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"SHADOWS AND LIGHT: AN UNBREAKABLE BOND" Written By: Stone Angel
Please see Prologue for disclaimer, ratings and explanations. ^_^ AN: Well this chap is a chance for Duo and Heero to have some fun without it ending badly. About damn time, ne? I mean, 1st movie, the party, and then the 2nd movie... They were long over-due. This chap is comedy, some innuendo-ing, and a little bit of cruelty(but only to a character who really deserved it) and is fun to read. I think you'll like it. ^___^
SHADOWS AND LIGHT: AN UNBREAKABLE BOND:
"So where are we going?" Duo grinned to him from the driver's seat. "You'll see. It's a surprise." Heero rolled his eyes. "I thought we didn't like surprises." Duo grinned wider. "I don't. But this one is safe. Chigiru." The car pulled into a small parking lot and Heero looked around. It was the bar/restaurant with the dance floor to which he had come to binge-drink after meeting Duo on the road. 'What a night that was. The whole world kind of spun and turned upside down, only for me to find it better than it had been before it had.' "Oh. Our place." He turned to Duo with a bright smile. Duo smiled back. "I thought you'd like it." He pulled into a parking spot. "Just don't get so drunk I have to hold you up when you use the urinal again." Heero laughed. "Yeah. That was great. The guy that walked in." Duo laughed as well. "Ah. A classic moment." He turned off the engine. "Shall we?" Heero grinned. "We shall." The two exited the car and Duo took Heero's hand in his. They entered the establishment with a whole new outlook of the place. 'I have to admit.' Heero thought to himself. 'It's a little weird being here. Nostalgic. I thought I was too young to feel that way about anything. Hn.' He and Duo went to the bar and Duo took out his driver's license. There were two bartenders working that night. And one was the one who had been there the night Heero's world had changed forever. "Hi." He said as he sat on a stool. The man looked up from wiping the bar and gave him a look for a moment before recognition sparked in his eyes. "I remember you. You're the kid that almost died right?" 'Oooohhhhhhhh, not good.' He fought the urge to cringe or glance at Duo, rather he just ignored the question. "Can I get a club soda?" The bartender smirked and Heero knew that he had remembered that he wouldn't serve him alcohol again. He filled a glass with bubbly water and then turned to Duo. "What about you?" Duo handed him his driver's license, a fake, but much better made than Heero's, and the bartender handed it back after looking it over. "Margarita please." He switched the plastic card in favor of a Ten in his pocket and put it on the well polished bar top. The bartender left to comply with the order, pocketing the bill. Heero turned to Duo with a grimace. "Sorry." He saw the hurt in Duo's eyes, though it was covered well. "No big." He smiled brightly. Heero felt guilty. He knew now that Duo would never have hurt him, but at the time, he had only thought that he had met a murderer on a back road. The bartender came back with Duo's drink and Duo smiled and left the bar, waiting for Heero to follow him, before heading for a booth table. Heero picked up his glass and followed him to a booth. The two sat down and Duo took a sip of his drink. "Oh yeah." Said Duo after taking the sip. "They REALLY have the best margaritas here." He looked up to Heero and smiled as he held the glass out to him. "Try some. It's really good. WAY better than plain Tequila or Vodka with no chaser." He said with a grimace and his eyes held a sparkle of humor. Heero smiled as well and took a sip from the glass. 'Wow. It IS good.' He grinned and held the drink out to Duo who waved it off. "Half of it is yours. Go nuts." Heero grinned again and took another sip, setting the glass down and looking to the people on the dance floor. "I'm sorry." He said, speaking again of the thing the bartender had said. He looked to Duo from the corners of his eyes to see him smiling sadly. "It's Ok, Hee-kun. You didn't know me. I'm not offended." Duo picked up the club soda and took a sip, smiling as he put it back down on the table. Heero smiled slightly. "Still." He looked back to the dance floor. Duo reached over and took another sip from the glass when Heero did not touch it for a moment before putting it back down. He gazed at Heero, smiling slightly, and Heero felt warm as he was held captive by his eyes. "Care to dance?" Heero smiled and took his hand. * * * Duo came back from the bar, holding another margarita. He sat down across from Heero. "You know, when I said half of it was yours, I didn't mean the bottom half." He said, making a joke of Heero finishing off his drink in a mere few moments. Heero laughed. "I never had margaritas before. Gomen, ne?" Waving a hand in dismissal, Duo smiled sweetly. "Forgiven." Heero smiled brightly, taking a sip after Duo took one and offered it to him again. It was their third one. Duo grinned and looked around the place. "So did you come here often? You never did answer my question that night." Heero smiled. "Not really. It was one of the few places that were open late and I intended to be here until after midnight. Not as long as we actually were here but not early either." "Ah. Gomen." "Don't be." Heero said with a grin. "I'm not." "Good." Duo smiled sincerely. "So do you ever go to the beach at night?" Taking a sip of the club soda, Heero shook his head. "Naw. I was too tied up in homework or work. And I kind of avoided romantic places. I found it depressing. But now, I would love to." He smiled brightly. Duo smiled back. "Great. It's truly amazing, the waves in the moonlight. I can't wait to show you." He glanced to his side and smiled wider. "Hey. You want to play a game?" One of Heero's brows cocked, raising in a confused gesture. "What kind of game?" Gesturing to the other side of the bar to the green tables near the far wall, Duo grinned. "Pool. You play?" Heero grinned as well. "Ah." Duo held out his hand and Heero placed his in it, each of them taking a hold of a glass and walking to the far wall of the club where there was a single, and seemingly seldom used, pool table. After setting down his drink on the windowsill on the wall four feet from the foot of the table, Duo took some quarters out of his pocket and put them in the slots of the table, pushing the small tray in and then moving to the foot of the table to retrieve the released balls as he took the triangle off the wall by the cues. He set them up and then, removing the triangle, took two well-chalked sticks off the rack on the wall and held one out to Heero. "You break." Heero took a stick but didn't move to take aim. "Why not you?" Duo smirked. "Trust me. You're going to need the first shot." Heero smirked as well, taking aim and making a very impressive break, the balls scattering across the table, a striped ball getting knocked into a pocket. Duo ran a hand up his back. "Cool. You might just pose a challenge." He said as Heero made his next shot, knocking in two. The next shot Heero tried to make was not met with success, however, and Heero did not pocket a ball. 'Hn. My turn.' Duo smirked as he studied the angles and positions of the balls on the table. 'Ok. That one.' He took perfect aim and let fly. The cue ball hit in the first, sending it into a pocket, ricocheted to hit a second into a different pocket, hit another ball that sped into movement to hit another into a pocket, and then barely tapped one by a corner into the hole. He looked up at Heero who had eyes that were nearly so wide as saucers. "No. Way." Duo grinned madly. "Afraid so." Heero groaned as he sized up the table for the next shot. "Well, I'm doomed. But I'm not going down without a fight." Duo laughed. "Good. I wouldn't have it any other way." Within a few moments, the only balls left on the table were the stripes and the Eight. And of course the cue. Duo wanted to miss so the game would not end, but he didn't want to insult Heero by doing so. 'And besides, I have more quarters.' He smirked at the position of the black ball, the white one and where Heero was standing. 'Ooh. This could be fun.' He moved to take the shot, coincidentally, placing himself between Heero and the pool table. He bent over and took aim, pushing his backside against Heero ever so slightly as his braid snaked down his back to the table. He pushed the cue stick back a few times by the side of his hip in a suggestive manner before he hit the cue with precision. He made the shot perfectly and then looked over his shoulder from beneath his lashes to see Heero laughing silently even as he blushed. "Another game?" Struggling to control his giggles, Heero nodded. * * * "Oh, I give up. There's no way I can beat you. It's been seven games and you've kicked my ass in each one." Said Heero as he took a sip of the now melted margarita. Duo ginned at him as he put the cue sticks away. "Ok." Heero set the drink down and realized that he had to use the bathroom. "Duo, I hate to do this again, but I gotta pee." Duo laughed as his eyes sparkled. "Aw, that's Ok. I gotta, too." He took his hand and they headed for the restroom. * Once inside, they both stood before two farthest from the door of the three urinals, Duo at the one closest to the door in a subconsciously protective gesture. Just as they began, the door opened and Duo looked to his side to see a tall boy about Heero's age that was obviously a body builder and had shortly cropped, dark curly hair with deeply set black eyes that were covered by thick glasses. He didn't pay him much mind_his chief concern was that he was actually peeing a green alcoholic beverage and he didn't want the boy to find it strange_until the boy spoke. "Hey, Heero." Duo's head shot to his other side even as he heard the boy stand next to him at the vacant urinal. He noted that Heero looked rather annoyed with something. ‘"Who is he?"’ 'Leo.' Duo smirked. 'Hehe. More fun. IF he's really dumb enough to try anything.' "It's funny running into you here. I came here for the bar." Said the boy in a tone that seemed to lack any intelligence yet still managed to be sarcastic about every word. Duo snorted quietly and spoke in a bored voice. "Wow. That's almost interesting." Heero snickered so softly Duo doubted Leo could hear him. Leo continued as if he hadn't heard him or didn't understand his body language, and Duo guessed it was the latter. "I didn't think that other than Doug, little Heero had any friends. That's not what I expected." "Happy to disappoint." Said Duo with a false tone of disinterest. He looked to his side from the corners of his eyes to see Leo studying his braid and the way he stood so close to Heero. He forcefully suppressed the urge to growl and saw as Leo's mouth twitched with the beginning of a smirk. "You know, it says 'Men' on the door." Leo said with a cocky smirk as he turned forward again, obviously thinking he had really done Duo a horrible grievance. 'Oh, no. A gay AND girl joke. I never heard any of those before.' He thought sarcastically as he thought up a response, one coming to his mind with ease within a half a second. He looked down for a moment at Leo's manhood and smirked for the idiot to see. 'Aw. This is just TOO easy.' "So, you're in here....why?" He heard Heero erupt into hysterical laughter on the other side of him and saw Leo turn red with rage. 'Time to move.' He quickly zipped up his fly when he saw Leo do the same and then ducked when the boy threw a punch that was slow by his standards at him, catching the fist and holding it in midair. As the modern age Neanderthal regrouped for a follow up, Duo released his hand and pushed against his solar plexus, roughly. And with a single finger. Leo stumbled backwards into the wall, sliding down it. Duo crossed his arms and stood over him with a smirk. He gave Heero a mental caress as he felt him stand beside and behind him. "So." He said as he looked down into Leo's terrified, glasses-covered eyes. "What should I do to him?" Heero chuckled behind him, a cold sound as he spoke to increase the ass-hole's fear. "Don't kill him. That's all." "What? What is this?!" The boy demanded. Duo grinned. "This is me kicking your ass." "What?!" Leo looked really pissed now. Duo sighed. "I hate repeating myself, but I guess you didn’t hear me. Though, I imagine it WOULD be hard to hear when one has their head shoved up their own ass." He laughed as Leo turned bright red with rage. "I said I’m going to kick your ass." Leo gulped but covered his fear with anger in a last attempt to save his pride and possibly intimidate. "Who the hell do you think you are, freak?" He asked Duo. Duo smirked. "Me? I am the man you should consider from now on if you even so much as THINK of SPEAKING to Heero. I am the man that will be giving you much grief if you do so for him. See, he's what I like to call..." He looked up to the ceiling in thought for a moment before finding the right word. "... Mine." He smirked at the boy's angry/shocked/discusted/afraid/I'm-glad-I-went-cause-if-I-hadn't-I'd-be-pissing-myself look. "I own his heart, his body and his soul." He smirked wider at his next choice of words. "And YOUR pathetic, profanely stupid ass." He emphasized his point by placing a foot on the stunned boy's groin faster than he could defend with reflex, but applying no pressure. "I can easily make your life a living hell." Leo gaped at him. "I believe it would be a wise choice to stay the fuck away from Heero. Don't you?" Exhibiting a small sign of intelligence for the first time that night, the boy nodded and remained perfectly still, not wanting to risk Duo crushing his genitals. The expression almost sweet in nature, Duo smiled brightly then, removing his foot as he and Heero walked towards the door, paying a quick stop at the row of sinks before heading out of the bathroom to leave the jock with his own embarrassment. Once outside, Heero exploded into laughter. "Duo... That was fucking awesome! You didn't have to do that." He wiped at the tears in his eyes as he continued to laugh, one hand waving in a gesture of mirth. Duo grinned. "Ah. I thought so as well. And fuck the fucking fucker. I don't tolerate people touching what's mine." He growled possessively. "I doubt he'll give you problems now, ne?" Heero shook his head. "I doubt it, too." He leaned down and kissed him. Duo smiled inwardly as he responded and the world seemed to melt away for a few moments. When he pulled back, he looked deeply into Heero's eyes. "Wanna go to the beach?" Heero's eyes sparkled. "Ah." Duo led him to the bar, leaving there the glasses and a Twenty for the bartender who was now working alone and the two left for his car. Heero was still giggling slightly and Duo turned back to grin at him as they got to his car. They got in and headed down the road with a few speed bumps that let out to the highway that went to the beach, going slowly. Duo put a CD in the player and let Eminem play over the speakers. "You listen to Eminem?" Heero looked incredulous. Duo shrugged. "Why not?" "He's so anti-gay people. I like some of his music but I can't stand the guy." Duo smirked. "Hee-kun, it's an act. Think of it this way: Is Rob Zombie really a zombie?" Heero looked at him, waiting for an answer. Duo rolled his eyes even as he smiled to him. "No, Hee-kun, he's not. They do not exist. They are both mere acts. Nothing more than images that they portray." "Oh." Heero thought about that. "I guess that makes sense." Duo grinned to him. As they passed under a street light, Heero frowned and leaned forward, examining something with a scowl. "Ne, Duo? What's this?" He fingered the little red button. Duo was reaching out to take his finger away from the small red button when they hit a speed bump and Heero accidentally pushed it. 'Shit!' The car sped up to sixty miles an hour and they hit the next bump in the road and caught air. "FUUUUUUUUCK!!!" By some act of god, they landed on all four wheels and Duo hit the button again before they came to the next bump, the car returning to its normal speed. Duo pulled over to the side of the road, thankful that it was a straight one, breathing heavily and wanting very badly at that moment to get out and kiss Shinigami's hood simply for not being destroyed. He turned to Heero who looked afraid, amazed, stunned and confused all at once. "Heero, that was the NO2. Nitrous Oxide. Please don't push the button again. I like my car too much to let it fall to pieces." He smiled slightly so Heero would not get upset. "You have nitrous?" "Ah. It comes in handy." Heero nodded. "Yosha. Gomen nasai." Duo waved it off. "Hekki. Just be careful." He started the car and headed back down the road to the freeway to go to the beach. * * * Duo and Heero walked along the waves, the sound of lapping and rolling water soothing as the surfaced shimmered with moonlight. The scent of the sea and the plant life that washed up on shore was strong in the air. The sands sparkled as if strewn about were a thousand diamonds. The cliff along the beach cast a jagged shadow along the shore. "See what I mean?" Heero squeezed his hand tighter, his other buried in the pocket of the leather jacket. "Hai. It's beautiful." "Ah." He looked around for a moment, finding no one. He smirked to Heero as he formed a Ki ball in his vacant hand and threw it into the waves. Heero gasped as the water exploded outward as it glowed a brilliant white/violet, nature imitating art for a moment. Duo grinned to him. He spied in the shadows some beer bottles and cans that had been left. At any other time he would have been cross for the depravity of the perfect landscape of the shore but he was rather intrigued. "Hey. Wanna practice aim with your Ki?" Heero smiled slightly. "Ok." Duo squeezed his hand before letting go and disappearing into the shadows for a moment, picking up the bottles and cans and returning to the moonlight so Heero could see him. Heero smiled at the targets and looked around. Duo grinned as he walked to a sharp rock that was erected in the sand near the water, well lit by the moon. He set three of the items on it, dropping the rest to the sand, and then stepped back to let Heero target them. He stood by his side and drew him back a few paces, situating them thirty feet from the rock. He held a small but bright Ki ball in his hand to illuminate the area for Heero to better see, grinning back when Heero smiled to him in thanks. "Go nuts." Heero smirked and raised his hand, palm out and facing away from him. He formed a small white ball with a prussian outer layer and drew his hand back to throw it like the ball it was. "Iye. There is another way." Duo took a gentle hold of his wrist and guided his hand back to how it had been. "You don't have to throw it. You can also push it. But your aim must be perfectly flawless." He aimed Heero's hand himself to hit the left most bottle directly. "Just push the ball with the rest of your Ki as hard and fast as you can." Heero scowled and concentrated and soon the ball of light was flying quickly towards the bottle. It was hit head on and knocked from the rock. "Segoi!" Duo smirked. "Ah. It's really the aim that will give you the most trouble. Now. You do the others." Heero smirked as well and took aim upon the second, missing thrice before hitting it and knocking it down the rock to clink and clatter to the ground. He took aim on the third and hit it upon his second shot. Duo grinned as he let his Ki disperse. He winked at Heero in the new darkness as he moved to set up the rest, not wanting to touch the bottles that had touched the Ki as they were hot unto painfully so. Upon returning to where Heero stood, he pulled him back a few steps so he would have to shoot farther. He formed another illuminating ball of light and waited for Heero to take shot. After each one, Heero took a few steps back, taking down the last four cans or bottles with ease. Once they were no longer sitting on the rock he turned to Duo with a grin. "That was fun." Duo laughed. "Ah. And it is good to practice and hone your skills so as not to be caught vulnerable. Just be careful not to cause destruction or do it in public and you should be safe." He dropped his Ki and took Heero's hand in his, leading him around the rock to continue the walk along the beach.
The tall blonde woman with long wavy hair passed by, merely looking to them from the corners of her green eyes as she walked, her light blue dress blowing the slight breeze. "This is my turf. No hunting." Duo nodded. "Wouldn't dream of it." He said as he resumed walking, pulling Heero with him. 'Shit!' Fear began to emanate from Heero to crash against him. ‘"Iye, it's Ok, Hee-kun. She was not a mark. And we are in her territory. But she won't harm us, just give us grief of we took out any of her targets. So long as we do not, all is alright. It's Ok, Koi. I promise."’ He squeezed Heero's hand tighter and continued walking, smiling to him reassuringly. He sighed when he felt the tension leave that hand and Heero's emotions return to a state of unalarm. He heard Heero dig into the pocket of his jeans for a moment before the sounds of a metal case being closed and flint being struck reached his ears. He looked to his side and saw Heero take a drag on his cigarette. He wanted to lecture him on not smoking, but he knew it would do no good. And besides, it was his choice. He reached forward and took the case out of Heero's jacket pocket where it had been placed and drew the lighter from his hand. They released hands and he took out a long, white cylinder, closing the case as he handed it back to Heero. He flipped the lighter open and stuck the end of the cigarette now between his lips into the cage, turning the flint and lighting the end. He flipped the lighter closed with a thumb and handed it back to Heero, taking the cigarette from his lips and blowing a cloud of smoke into the air. "Somehow, I get the feeling you've done that before." Heero said with a smile. Duo grinned at him. "Ah. Used to. It's one of the few things that actually has an effect of us as it goes directly into the blood from the air one breathes. We don't get addicted but we don't hate it. It's kind of calming, really. Wu smokes, too. It's not so uncommon. We don't have to worry about lung cancer." At that he shot Heero a meaningful look which was ignored as if it had not been. "I smoked for a long time." Heero scowled slightly. "Why'd you quit?" Looking up to the stars, Duo sighed and spoke, his tone slightly forlorn. "I broke my lighter." Heero stared at him for a moment before erupting into loud laughter. "That's gotta be a whole new level of laziness right there. My god." Duo grinned and chuckled as he took a drag and blew it out into the night. "Yeah. I amaze MYSELF at times. Naw, I just lost interest. And I could light a cigarette with Ki if I wanted to, but that drops one's shields in public and draws attention if there's another vamp in the area." He shrugged. As he took Heero's hand in his, he looked to his side at his beloved who was looking up at the sky, smiling. "For your birthday, I'll get you a lighter." Heero said and then realized his mistake, looking regretful and staring at Duo. Duo smiled. "Ah. I don't know my birthday, Hee-kun." He scowled before chuckling. "Or yours." Heero smiled. "August Twenty-fifth." Duo grinned. "Well, it's far off, but I think I'll find something in the way of a present. And I can also learn how to make cakes. You'll have to test them though." He smiled to him, knowing that ningens loved cakes and eating them before they were done held some strange allure for some reason. Heero chuckled. "No arguments here. And you've already given me a gift. Not just the jacket. You." Duo smiled brightly and moved forward, kissing him lightly before stepping back and resuming their pace along the deserted beach. "As for my birthday, we can just celebrate the day we met. It wasn't the day I was born, but it was the day I started living." Heero grinned as well as he took his hand in his. "Yosha." Duo studied him as they continued to walk leisurely, noting the way Heero's eyes shone in the starlight as he gazed up at the sky. "Oi, Duo-kun?" "Ah?" "Let's do this more often, ne?" He beamed a bright smile at him. Duo flashed him his best grin. "Ah." * * * Duo opened the door to his house and stepped in, holding the door open for Heero who entered behind him. He grinned and rapped his knuckles against the door before closing it, making a show of knocking on wood. "Hey. We made it home in one piece." Heero smiled. "So we did." He looked to the grandfather clock. "Wow. Time flies, huh?" Duo glanced to the clock as well to see it was One in the morning. "Ah. Apparently. Bed?" Heero grinned with a spark in his eyes. "Perfect end to a perfect night." Letting a predatory gleam show in his eyes, Duo smirked, giving him his best ‘come hither’ look, and led him back to the bedroom by the collar of his jacket. * * * The next morning Duo shook Heero awake at Eight-thirty. "Mn. Noooo." He whined. "Not yet." He rolled onto his front and buried his head in the pillow. Rolling him back over, Duo chuckled. "Baka. Come on, get up. You have fifteen minutes before you have to leave. Come on. I made coffee and cereal." Heero grinned even though his eyes remained closed. "How exactly do you MAKE cereal." Duo grinned; it was obvious in his voice. "Oh that's easy. You leave the box of cereal by the milk. You can also add a bowl and spoon but only for fancy occasions." Heero chuckled silently. "Your bed is always so warm. It's hard to get out of it." He snuggled further under the covers. "Oh no you don't." Duo pulled the blanket down, cool air washing over Heero's skin. "Hee-kun, I can and WILL carry you from this bed and MAKE you go to school." His voice was in good humor and said with an audible smile, but within lay an undertone of steel, betraying the good-natured words for the threat they were. Heero only halfheartedly glared at him. "You wouldn't dare." "Watch me." He moved to lift him but Heero waved his hands in front of himself. "Ok, Ok, I'll get up. Sheesh. So much for my pride." He stood and stretched. An idea occurred to him and he bent over slowly to retrieve his boxers. Duo laughed as he stood and waltzed from the room. "Nice try, Hee-kun. But I'm in control of my hormones." Heero "hmph"ed and followed him into the kitchen after dressing, not needing to bathe as he and Duo had showered the previous night to wash Heero’s semen from their abdomens after they had made love. As soon as he saw the coffee, the day seemed a bit brighter and he was willing to stay out of bed. At least for a little while. He embraced Duo from behind. "That for me?" "Well, it ain't for me. I was up all night. I plan to go to sleep as soon as you're out of here." Heero smiled. "So that's why you're kicking me out." Duo turned to hand him his coffee and mocked a wounded look. "Ouch." He pretended to pull something out of his back with a wince. "Is this yours?" He held up the imaginary knife he had pulled out of his back and then handed him the cup. Heero grinned and took it, taking a sip and once again adoring the way Duo made coffee. "How do you make it like that?" Duo grinned. "I don't use water." "....Nani? You HAVE to use water." Duo smirked. "Hn. Nope. I boil the milk and then add the insta-coffee and sugar." Heero looked down at the cup he was holding. "Wow. I never thought of that. It's really good." Duo grinned. "Of course it is; I spent a LOT of time perfecting coffee. I finally got it figured out so it's the best." Heero nodded. "I agree." He went to the table and poured himself a bowl of cereal. "I work tonight but I'm off before Nine." Duo grinned and sat across from him. "Cool. Head over here. I'm not planning on going out, but we can just hang out here. I'm sure we could come up with SOMETHING with which to occupy ourselves." His grin turned predatory. "You really didn’t let me get much sleep last night." "Me?! YOU were the one trying to see if you could actually chew a hole THROUGH my pants." Duo laughed. "Mind you I didn’t think it would work." He said with a wolfish grin. Heero returned the look before smiling brightly. "Hey, can I tell Doug what you did to Leo?" Duo waved a hand dismissively. "Of course. Does he pick on poor old Doug, too?" "A few times. Not as much as me." Duo grinned. "So long as Doug hangs out with you, I don't think Leo will bug him." Heero nodded. "Sao ka." He finished his cereal and coffee, throwing away the bowl and cup and then heading to the bathroom to brush his teeth with the toothbrush he had brought over. Flashing a grin at Duo from the hall on his way to the living room, he walked to the door. "I'll see you at Nine?" * Duo grinned and embraced him. "Hai." He kissed Heero lightly before leaving the room altogether to head for his bed. He heard the door close and smiled to himself. 'Hee-kun REALLY didn't let me get much sleep last night. I'm just glad Wu is a heavy sleeper. Or was he just pretending again? God I hope not. That would be horrible. Naw, when the guy really IS asleep, he's a rock. Man, am I tired. I need to get some rest.' He crawled onto his bed and fell asleep within a few moments. * * * When Duo awoke, it was already late afternoon. He stretched lazily as he stumbled from the bed into the kitchen to get a glass where he found Wufei finishing one off himself. Wufei's eyes turned to him as he finished the blood but he did not pause or stop. When he brought the glass away from his lips he scowled at him. "What?" He demanded. Duo threw up his arms. "Ugh. Nothing. I was just waiting for the damned glass." He explained. Wufei handed it to him and then walked into the living room where Duo had seen a book. Duo sniffed the glass when he thought he smelled alcohol and found himself to be correct. Rolling his eyes, he washed the glass to have some of the dark red liquid himself. He hated that Wufei was there in the next room but he wasn't as shy as he had once been around him. He took out a pint and heated it in the glass, drinking it quickly and thanking Quatre for the hundredth time in the last few days for the new stock and heater. It was still gross, but not nearly so much as the stuff he had had. After washing his glass, he turned to walk into the living room and hit his knee on the leg of the table that was right inside the doorway. Hard. He rubbed his knee and let loose a string of colorful profanities, no order to them, just saying whatever came to mind. "Shit piss fuck! God damn it, mother fucking, pendejo, piece of fucking horse shit, chikushou, mierd, sheisa, son of a_" "Is all that really necessary?" Came Wufei's apathetic voice from the living room. Duo hobbled into the living room, still holding his knee to see Wufei turning the page on his book and not looking up from the text. "I banged my knee." He grumbled while rubbing it. Wufei turned the page again. "You are far too bored for your own health, Maxwell." A small smirk quirked his lips. Duo gaped at him. "Oi? Was that a joke? Did you just joke?" He ran forward and melodramatically felt Wufei's forehead for a fever though vampires did not get fevers. "Are you Ok? What's your name? What year is it? Who's the current president?" He asked rapid fire. Wufei smirked more, though he looked annoyed at his hand on his brow. "Yes. Wufei. Two Thousand, Two. And don't remind me." Duo was shocked. "TWO jokes now? Ok. Hell has finally frozen over. Or does this have anything to do with the alcohol in that glass?" Wufei shot him a short-lived glare and resumed reading. "Shut up." Duo giggled. "Wait a sec. You really DID Irish up your blood? Ha!" Wufei grumbled something else and stood up to go to his room. Duo caught the pained expression in his eyes and stopped him with a gentle hand on his shoulder. "She still hasn't called, huh?" Wufei shook his head silently as he gazed at the floor. Unsure of how to help, Duo sighed. "Just give it time. Oi, we have enough, ne?" He tried to cheer his friend up. Wufei nodded and walked out into his room. Sighing again, Duo took a moment to put himself in Wufei's proverbial shoes. 'Poor guy. I don't know WHAT I'd do if it was happening to me. There are just some things I can't joke about.' He sighed again and flopped down onto the couch, ignoring the bite of the springs. It was a small price to pay for helping his friend. He looked down to his immaculate bandage and took it off, finding it not painful. He gaped at the smooth, unbroken skin. "ALRIGHT! WOO-HOO!" He jumped up and threw the bandage away, happy if he never had to see one again, and then went back to the couch to watch some TV. * * * At Nine, Duo thought he heard an engine outside and got up from his bed, turning off the music. It was an engine. A motor bike engine. 'Yippie!' He ran to the living room, flinging the door open to have Heero barrel into him and sweep him off his feet. Duo giggled up at him and kissed him, circling his arms about his neck as he was carried into the bedroom, kicking one foot behind Heero to close the door. ‘"Miss me?"’ Heero smirked as they continued to kiss. 'Ah.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I liked that chapter. ^_^ _____________________________________________________________________________
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