Heero bent down, carefully picking Duo up.
"Can you ride?" Heero asked.
"We'll find out soon wont we?" Heero shook his head in
exasperation.
"God Duo, you're not one for straight answers are
you?"
"Nope!" Duo laughed at the expression on Heero's face.
Heero lifted Duo up onto the horse and climbed up
behind him. He had his arms on either side of Duo as
he held the reins. After travelling for half an hour
Duo's head started to droop and he began to shiver. He
pulled the jacket tighter around himself.
"Are you okay?" Heero asked anxiously.
"Well I'm fine aside from being cold, sore and tired."
He said yawning. Heero stopped briefly to pull a
blanket from his saddle pack. He wrapped it around
Duo.
"Lean back into me" he whispered. Duo leaned back, his
head resting on Heero's shoulder. Heero held the reins
in one hand and wrapped the other around Duo's waist.
Duo entwined his fingers in Heero's and with a mumbled
"Thanks Heero" he fell asleep.
When they reached the palace Heero dismounted and
carefully lifted Duo from the horse so as not to wake
him. He carried Duo to his own room and placed him on
the large bed. He called the doctor in and had him
treat Duo's wound. Heero slept in the adjoining room.
Duo woke the next morning and was surprised to find
himself in a large bed covered in creamy, white silk
sheets. He stretched and sat up. His head was bandaged
and his ribs were tightly bound also. All the
scratches (and there were a lot) had been cleaned.
"Are you hungry?" startled Duo turned in the direction
of the voice to see Heero walking into the room. Duo
nodded eagerly.
"Oh yeah…the doctor had to shave a patch off the back
of your head to get at the wound…" Heero said.
"What?!?!?" Duo jumped up, frantically feeling the
back of his head. He was about to remove the bandages
when he noticed Heero laughing. He glared at him.
"Calm down Duo" He laughed "I was only joking…I wanted
to see how you would react."
"You little sneak" he laughed and lunged at Heero.
Heero was surprised Duo could move so fast
considering his injuries and all. He tackled Heero to
the ground tickling him mercilessly.
"If…you…hahaha…don't stop…eeeyahaha…I'll
call…the…ahahaha…g…guards…" he managed between laughs.
"Say you're sorry!!" Duo grinned.
"I…I…I'm…hahaha…never sorry…" He flipped Duo and
without noticing he was straddling Duo tickling
furiously. Duo's musical laughter filled the room.
"Mercy!" he cried "I…eeyahahaha…I give up!" Heero
stopped tickling and looked down at Duo's flushed
face. He noticed the way he was positioned.
"I don't think you should be doing this with your
injured ribs" Duo was staring at him directly in the
eyes. He pushed himself up from the ground and kissed
Heero on the lips. Heero returned the kiss. He moved
his legs slightly.
"Nnngghh…oowww" Duo groaned into Heero's mouth.
"Oh God Duo I'm so sorry…Did I hurt you?" Heero asked
quickly.
"Just my back…I'm fine, umm…how about that food?"
Heero smiled and helped Duo up. They made their way to
the dining hall. Duo caught Heero, tickling him and
ended up running the rest of the way to the dining
hall with Heero chasing him.
He burst into the dining hall.
"Hah! I won!!" he shouted laughing. Then he noticed
his parents taking to Heero's father. Heero crashed
into him sending them both tumbling into the hall in
fits of laughter. The two kings looked over.
"Hahaha…geroff me Heero!" Duo laughed.
"I can't get off of you because I'm not on top of you"
Heero laughed "See…that's your leg not mine!!!" After
a few more struggles the managed to untangle
themselves and both boys were standing panting from
exertion. Heero's father looked at them with a smirk
on his face. Treize had one eyebrow arched and a
slight smile on his face. His mother wore an
expression of disbelief. She rushed forward.
"Duo honey, what happened??" she asked hysterical.
"What?" Duo said and looked down "Oops" he said when
he noticed he was only wearing a pair of boxers and an
open shirt exposing his heavily bandaged chest. He
grinned at Heero who was also still in his PJs
"My parents always overreact" he whispered with a
wink. Treize had grabbed his wife's arm knowing she'd
only do more harm than good hugging her son.
"What happened Duo?" Treize asked more calmly.
"Umm I got in a bit of a scrap!" he laughed "But no
worries cuz Heero was there to rescue me"
"With who?" Treize asked.
"The Lady Relena and he band of Merry Men" he added
with a scowl.
"I see…and what did Relena and her…ah…men do to you?"
Duo's frown deepened.
"I'd rather not say…" Treizes eyes darkened as
comprehension dawned on him.
"Well an alliance with Milliardo is no longer
necessary now that I have one with Wufei here." He
watched his sons face light up…he wouldn't have to
marry Hilde.
"King Chang and I were discussing betrothals"
"Yes its high time you found yourself a bride Heero"
Wufei said "we were thinking that ye should be
betrothed to eachother…"
"Do ye agree to this?" Treize asked. Duo was waiting
for Heero to say…
"Yes" No wait a sec…that wasn't it! Duo looked in
shock at Heero, genuinely surprised by his answer.
"Duo?" his father asked.
"Y…Yes" he stammered. Heero looked at him and smiled.
Duo was about to smile back when a loud ~grumble~
was heard echoing through the room. Seconds later
Heero's stomach joined in the protest and the smiled
embarrassed. Treize grinned at his son, he was so glad
to have come looking for him here first. Now he would
finally be happy. Also there would be no need to worry
about heirs because Heero had a brother, Odin, and
they could take one of Heero's nephews as heir. He
watched as Heero and Duo whispered happily together,
both eating. Une squeezed his arm and he smiled
lovingly at his wife. He loved her so much but his
heart belonged to someone else. Someday
Milliardo…someday…
The End
Im not sure yet but im thinking of writing a sequel
based on the last line...