Domesticating Duo
Part Two: The First Signs of Trouble
After Heero had tried nudging his lover's limp body with a toe Sally
finally resuscitated the boy with a bucket of water. Now a sopping wet
Duo, looking quite similar to a drowned rat, was driving them both down
town to the wedding planner's office.
God… I'm too young to be a dad. I'm sixteen years old for god's sake!!
"Watch out!"
A car honked at him as he nearly rear ended some one, again.
"Are you okay, Duo?"
Duo nodded at Heero, grinning at the other boy in what he thought was a
comforting manner. In reality, however, it came off as somewhat forced
and more than a little frightening, and Heero found himself shrinking
back in his chair.
"Umm…good."
They finally reached the office, waiting at the front desk for the
planner to come into the room. The person who showed up, however, took
Duo completely by surprise.
"Dorothy?" Duo blinked. "What happened to…well, whatever it was you
were doing?"
"Oh, my therapist thought I should try something different, a job
outside politics."
Heero nodded. "Dr. Tanuki?"
Dorothy grinned. "You're seeing him too? He's great."
"Yeah, well," Duo made vague motions with his hand gesturing for the
two to hurry it up. The sooner they finished, the sooner he could get
home and soak in the tub. Preferably with Heero.
"Of course," Dorothy smiled, "if you'll just follow me. I thought we
could go look at sites today, decide where you'd like to hold the
event."
The three of them got into Dorothy's limo, and she gestured at the
chauffeur to drive off. "There are numerous places you could host the
ceremony and reception, depending on what you're going for."
"We'd like a cathedral."
"Oh, are you Catholic?"
"No, not really."
Dorothy blinked at Heero, but decided to let the point pass. "That
narrows it down in the ceremony department, then. There are only three
cathedrals in this city, so we can check those out before lunch. As for
the reception-"
"We'd like an outdoor reception."
Duo blinked at Heero, unaware that the other boy had planned it out so
thoroughly.
"Great," Dorothy said, smiling, "it probably won't take us all that
long then, after all."
* * *
Duo sighed, packing his things in a bag to carry down to Heero's room.
Today had been the absolute longest day of his life. They had gone to
see all three cathedrals, and Heero decided that the one he absolutely,
without a doubt, wanted and needed to have the wedding at was also the
one that still frowned on same sex marriages. Dorothy had agreed to try
to pull a few strings, but Duo honestly didn't know if she could sway
the church. Then they had gone around to all the popular outdoor sites,
Heero not being able to make his mind on any of them. After driving
around the city the boy finally decided to have the party at Quatre's
mansion, a decision that had Duo clenching his teeth in frustration at
all the wasted time.
Duo swung open the door, pleasantly surprised to see Heero in bed
wearing nothing but a white t-shirt and a pair of briefs.
"Well, aren't we looking yummy tonight."
Heero smiled bashfully, blushing a little as he made way for Duo on the
bed. "I was just looking through apartment listings."
Duo lay down next to the other boy, placing his hand on Heero's side
and stroking gently. "Apartment listings?"
"Well, we can't rely on Quatre to support our family. We'll need a home
of our own."
"Oh."
"I'm seeing what we can get on our salaries, but looking at our
accounts I don't know if we can do it. What is it you do exactly, any
way?"
"… I thought you knew. I'm a mechanic."
Heero grimaced. "A mechanic? You can do a lot better than that."
"I like what I do, Heero." Duo shrugged, as if to accentuate the point.
"You should go out tomorrow, look for a higher paying job. Like an
office job or something like that."
Duo blinked. "You've got to be kidding."
The glare he received told him the other boy was not.
"Fine, fine."
"Good." Heero leaned closer, pressing his lips to Duo's in a quick
kiss, not resisting when Duo delved deeper into his mouth. He moved his
tongue along Duo's for awhile, until Duo started to move his hand down
to his thigh. He promptly turned away, forcing Duo's hand off.
"What?"
"No sex. It's bad for the baby."
"You've got to be kidding!"
Heero glared again.
"Fine, fine." Duo got up, intending to relieve his sexual frustration
manually, when Heero called out to him.
"While you're up, could you get me some caramel covered pickles?"
Duo closed the door to the bedroom, frowning when he saw Quatre
smirking from across the hall. The little blond made a little swooshy
hand motion, mouthing a word to go along with the gesture.
Whipped.