Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Force ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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Sequel to You Make Me Feel So…(storyid=1344525)

Beautiful Force

By DBZ Vegeta

~*~ Chapter 2 ~*~

Quatre had left and returned shortly with Sally, who upon her arrival ejected Duo and Quatre from Heero's room. Duo paced restlessly back and forth in front of the fireplace, while Quatre sat quietly in an arm chair watching the agitated pilot. Duo's hands knotted tightly in his long braid, his face twisted with an inner torment.

"Duo, calm down. Heero will be all right, he's strong. He has been hurt worse than this before and survived." Quatre said gently.

"But, Quatre, it's all my fault that he's hurt. If I hadn't distracted him before he left for his mission then he wouldn't have been hurt." Duo cried, anguish filling his voice, his hands almost tearing the hair in his braid apart.

"Duo, enough!" yelled Quatre, standing up and grabbing the other pilot by the shoulders, shaking him hard. "Nothing that you did caused Heero to get hurt."

"But. . ."

"No buts, if he was supposed to of been hurt on this mission, then nothing you could have said or done would have stopped it from happening." Quatre said softly, wrapping his arms around the distressed young man. Duo collapsed forward into Quatre's arms, his emotions surging forth as he began to cry softly.

Sally stood in the doorway surveying the tableau unfolding before her. Quatre was seated on the couch with Duo's head cradled in his lap, the other boy's arms wrapped tightly around his waist. The braided pilot's face was streaked with tears, his eyes shut while Quatre gently stroked his hair back from his face.

"Sally." Quatre said quietly, as he caught sight of her standing in the doorway. Duo's eyes snapped open as he bolted upright from the couch. He stopped suddenly at the sight of the bloodied rag suspended from Sally's fingers.

"Duo. Quatre. I managed to stop the bleeding and stitch up Heero's wounds. But he is going to need a lot of rest for him to get better. He lost a great deal of blood. That means no missions for at least three weeks." Sally said sternly, as she stowed the rag in her pocket, breaking Duo's transfixed gaze.

"How can we ever thank you, Sally?" Quatre asked.

"Just keep him down and don't let him rip open those wounds. I will be back in two weeks to check on him. If you need me before then, you know how to reach me." she said, turning to head out the front door.

"Oh, Duo. Heero's awake and asking for you." she called as she stepped out the front door. A mischievous grin creasing her lips as she watched the braided pilot thunder quickly up the stairs and disappear from sight.

~*~

Heero heard the whispers of conversation from downstairs and then the loud sound of someone tearing up the stairs. A small smirk crossed his lip as he knew that it was probably Duo. The boy didn't do anything quiet, except when he was purposefully stalking, and then he could even, at times, manage to slip by him.

Hearing a creak of the door and a thud, Heero turned his head to look at the braided-hair pilot peeling himself off the floor. Duo's lavender-blue eyes came up and locked with his. He could see the relief that flooded through those beautiful depths.

"Heero, you're awake. Are you all right?" Duo yelled loudly as he jumped across the space between them and latched madly onto the boy laying in the bed.

"Hn, watch it" Heero groaned loudly as Duo landed on his chest. Duo jerked back suddenly, remorse filling his eyes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Heero. I forgot." he said, bowing his head in shame for his actions. His fingers once again latched on to the end of his braid.

"I'm fine, idiot." Heero murmured softly, looking lovingly at the bowed chestnut head in front of him.

"Heero, what happened? How'd you get hurt?" Duo asked in a rush of breath, his face still turned away from his.

"I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Heero said vaguely, his thoughts turning cold at the returned memory.

Duo looked up, in time to see the hardened look in Heero's cobalt blue eyes. 'Something must have happened that he didn't expect.' Duo thought. He watched as Heero took a deep breath and shut his eyes. His breathing evened and soon was in a restful sleep. Duo sat on the edge of the bed looking down at the sleeping boy, his face pale with small lines of pain formed around his eyes.

"Never again. Never again am I going to let you get hurt because of me." Duo whispered softly as he leaned down and dropped a light kiss on Heero's brow. Standing quietly, he picked up the chair from the desk and placed it next to the bed before sitting and watching the other pilot sleep.

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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, but it was a good place to leave off. I promise the next chapter will be longer. Tell me what you think and if there is anything you would like to see in this story.

Thanks for reading ~ DBZ Vegeta