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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta. Pairing: Wu Fei + Duo Notes: Challenge 30. Baby Series 2 #47. Takes place a few minutes after A Stubborn Breed.
Rival Or Friend? //Where is everyone?// Wu Fei paused at the foot of the staircase looking around the entry hall. Duo appeared at the landing above him and Chang considered withdrawing into one of the side rooms but Heero’s words returned to haunt him and he stood his ground aware he needed to face not Duo but himself. He would not fall for that trap and he would prove to himself he could hold a civil conversation with this rival. //Rival? He is supposed to be my friend. We survived much during the war so can we not survive being rivals for one man’s attention?// “Hey, Chang. Looks like we’re the only ones brave enough to show our faces.” He had the reputation of a joker, a trickster. He enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest but training Duo Maxwell had demonstrated to Chang that the joker was a front. “Where is everyone?” He could be civil and he would be. The vision of an empty box of sugar cubes disturbed him and he needed time to meditate on words of wisdom from a loud-mouthed woman and a once emotionless automaton. //We all change, and of us all I think it may be Yuy who has changed the most.// “Her pinkness is venting again about sexy Zechsy refusing the electronic dog tag. It isn't pretty, so everyone’s hiding.” “That is hardly an appropriate way to speak of the King, Maxwell.” “It’s meant affectionately and there isn’t anyone around to hear it. Not like I call him Sexy Zechsy in public and anyway, he wouldn’t care one way or the other. Man’s not a snob or a prissy proper pansy. What you looking like that for, Chang?” “I can see why so many consider you to be the fool.” Duo sniggered. “More fool them for being so easily blinded. I’m off to the kitchen to get something to eat. No one in their right mind would linger out here when Lena’s on the war path. Coming?” Wu Fei eyed the landing behind Duo as he descended the stairs and considered the virtues of braving the upper hallways before deciding he did not feel particularly brave today. If Oz had employed the Princess Royal to stand on a cliff edge and scream the world into submission many lives might have been saved during the war. He worked through his frustrations by meditation and his katas but what recourse did the Princess have when dealing with a particularly stubborn brother? “Perhaps I should offer to teach her meditation techniques?” “Nah.” Duo moved past him. “I think she gets a kick out of screaming down the hallways. She can’t raise her voice or be unladylike in public and we all need a little screaming time now and then. She has such a reputation for being the perfect lady it must be frustrating as hell for her.” “Perhaps you are right.” “Of course I am. You coming for tea? We need to talk.” End |
