| Note to self: never post on holiday again. Only three people commented so I�m gonna assume the last part got lost in the Christmas shuffle. No hard feelings, though. This next part is for Shi-chan, my lovely sis Lady Tomanaiya (who can now get off my back for credit) and as always, my dearest beta reader, Misuzu. I talk like this when I get a migraine. Which I had when I wrote this. Tomanaiya when through and corrected the spellings so they sound like me when I�m not all there. If you have problems reading it, try sounding it out. I slur my words something fierce, apparently. Enjoy! Title: A Way to Heal 3/10? Author: Lady DarkAngel [email protected] Archive: Lady DarkAngel's Gundam Wing Fanfiction Library http://ladydarkangel_1.homestead.com/Main.html, Darkflame�s (if she�ll take it�.) and anywhere else is fine, just ask me first Category: Yaoi, angst, sap Pairing(s): 1+2 eventually (I�ma getting� there, don�t rush me!) Disclaimers: Gundam Wing or Shinkidousenki Gundam Wing is copyrighted and trademarked by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu Agency and associated parties with all rights and privileges. The characters were used without permission for the purposes of entertainment only. This is not meant for sale of profit. Any characters not created by those listed above are mine and hereby considered the sole property and copyright of the author. Anyway, I�m just a poor college student. So can I play with them? I promise I won�t break them�... much. Rating: PG Warnings: At this point, minor angst and sap, possible OOC for Heero and Duo in this part but I doubt it Feedback: Kami-sama, YES!!! [email protected]; any and all comments are welcome like the sweet ego-sustainers they are. Wide violet eyes blinked and stared at up him wearily. Duo�s whole face had the gentle appearance of one just woken from slumber. Sleep-softened features combined with those confused amethyst orbs served to make him look both innocent and helpless, as well as far younger then his fifteen or so years. The now-familiar and yet still irrational urge to protect and care for this delicate creature surged forth. He ruthlessly crushed it down. <Iie. Duo�s not helpless. He�s a gundam pilot, a fellow terrorist, who just happened to fall ill and was temporarily incapable of taking care of himself. That�s all. That�s why your presence was required and these�� feelings�� were necessary. He does not and will not be needing you to care for him any longer after this.> A strange sense of what he could vaguely term loss or loneliness ghosted past. All this vanished in a split second when a soft sound graced his ears. �He�. Heero?� <He sounds confused, disoriented, scared. I need to reassure him somehow.> Trying to curve his lips into what must have been a pretty pitiful attempt at a small smile, Heero attempted to look more�� friendly. The intrusion of the other three pilots had left him in a sour mood and it would have been evidenced in his face. That wouldn�t have been good for Duo to see. �Aa. I�m here.� A soft smile that he hadn�t seen in what seemed like years graced the elven face near him. �Thought so. Can tell tha glare�s yours. Somethin� wrong?� His voice was rusty from non-usage and illness but still sounded wonderful to the Wing pilot�s ears. �You can say that. But don�t worry about it. We�re safe here.� The eyes shifted, taking in the expanse of the room. �Nani? Where�s �here�? Not tha safehouse. Can tell.� �Do you know where we are? Can you recognize this place?� Realizing this for the dangerous ground it was, Heero carefully avoided directly answering the question. Maybe if Duo guessed, then he wouldn�t have the unpleasant task of admitting it�� �Nah. Too blurry. Can� see weal good. Feel nasty.� Heero mentally sighed. Oh well, hope was worth a shot�� He was a solider; he could take what he knew was coming. But being able to take it doesn�t mean you can�t stall it. �We�re�� somewhere else, as you noticed. It was necessary for us to relocate.� Remembering Duo�s lack of enthusiasm for hospitals from the last encounter they had with one, he wisely neglected to mention their exact location was in a bed in an infirmary setting. Kami-sama willing, they�d be gone before he figured it out. He didn�t want the ill boy to get upset and make himself worse. �Wha� happen�d?� �We had a situation.� Vague enough. And utterly true as well. Changing the subject, �How do you feel?� �Ma head hurts an ma voice dun work.� The assessment was slightly ambiguous and rough but the best he would get at this point. The American was barely clinging to awareness as it was, evidenced but the dropping eyelids and soft yawns he could detect. <This could be favorable. It would be better for him to rest even though it might make moving him a little harder, but if it saves us trouble in the long run��> �Then maybe you should rest. Get some sleep.� � �m stiff all over, can� see straight, can� think at all, not gonna sleep�� an why in the �ell are there tubes in me?� Glaring rather ineffectually at said tubes, Duo managed to sound appropriately miffed. �What kinda tubes are these, anyway?� No way out of this one. Perhaps fate can�t be avoided�� �IVs. You were ill.� �Uso.� The near-soundless exhalation startled him. �What did you say, Duo?� �Called ya a liar. Not sick. Never get sick. Uso.� �Duo, I�m not lying to you. You were extremely sick with a severe case of bronchitis. You suffered complications as well and�� You are one lucky baka. You scared Quatre quite a bit.� �Not sick, Hee-chan.� There was something indefinable in his tone, an emotion Heero had never heard before and most certainly not from his partner. It was dark and near ominous and totally out of character for the joking baka he knew Duo to be. �Yes, you were. But you seem much better now. Do you know what day it is?�, he tried changing tactics to get his point across. If he knew how much time had passed�� � �s Wednesday tha 4th , ne?� �Iie. Saturday the 7th. I�m not sure of the time exactly but best estimate is around 11 in the morning.� Confusion warred with disbelief on that heart-shaped face. He clearly didn�t want to trust what he had heard. <I wonder why? I know he hates anything medical with a passion but why deny something as simple as illness so vehemently?> �Not kiddin� me?� A glare dispelled that thought. �Course not. Ya couldn�t lie to save yer skin.� A deep sigh Heero felt more then heard rumbled in Duo�s chest. Pressed so close to the Deathscythe pilot, he could feel every breath that was taken and every small movement he made. Peace seemed to settle as the tension dispelled for the time being. They simply lay there, entangled in the sheets and each other. Heero took the time to notice how content he was feeling. For some odd reason, the unusual sensation of being pleased with life was rolling over him and he was in no mood to argue. ����eero?� �Aa.� �Are you layin� next to me?� Sudden realization poured in. He was indeed lying next to Duo. Had been sleeping next to Duo. Was currently wrapped around said pilot very protectively. While he didn�t have a problem with his position at all, the others had definitely seemed to. He wasn�t sure why; maybe it had something to do with personal space or one of the many social concepts he just didn�t seem to get. Maybe Duo would have a problem with this as well. He would want him to move. Which made sense. His mission was over; there was no reason to stay. <But it felt so�� pleasant. That�s why I stayed. Warm��> �I can move, if you want me to. I probably should; it might make you worse to��� He started to move but was stopped by a small hand tightening around his. �S�ok. Kinda nice. Cozy. Make ma feel warm. Like somebuddy cares. Arigato.� With that, Duo pulled Heero�s arms closer and snuggled deeper against his chest. The Japanese boy could have sworn his breathing took a turn for the worse and his heart sped up. But that was ridiculous. What could possibly cause that? �Didja stay with me?� �Nani?� �Ya look tired. Didja stay with me?� �Aa. The others assigned me to care for you. They made it my mission.� �Oh.� A disappointed noise and period of silence followed. �Demo, betcha they didn�t say ta sleep with me, tho�.� A familiar devilish gleam was back in these still glazed eyes. �Musta been your idea.� �Yes, it was. You were still asleep so I didn�t think you�d mind. The others were surprised too and�� what�s so funny?� The snickering Deathscythe pilot just smiled back. �Nothin�. Think yer right. Need ta sleep. Stay?� �Baka. I did before. I won�t leave if you don�t want me to.� �Good�...� The word was wrapped around a yawn. �Sa, Heero? Just where are we, anyway? Smells funny.� <K�so.> Heero knew he couldn�t lie. Duo would hate him forever and he wasn�t that good at it to begin with. Might as well get this over with. �We�re�� in a ���� hospital.� �Nani? Wha you say?� Duo was nearly asleep and was trying hard to listen and understand. �Duo, we�re in a�� hospital.� The eyes lost their confused hazed and widened completely in panicked anger. A look of outrage crossed his face and Heero braced himself for the inevitable. After watching him sit up bolt-right at an inhuman speed, the Wing Zero pilot found himself faced-down on the ground while his partner shrieked at the top of his lungs with his still-rusty voice, �We�re *WHERE*?!?!� (TBC��) I have a reason for making him afraid of hospitals. Just wait for it. I would like comments this time. Onegai???? 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