Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Force ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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

Beautiful Force

By DBZ Vegeta

~*~ Chapter 3 ~*~

"How long has Duo been like this Quatre?" whispered Wufei from the doorway of Heero's room. He and Trowa had returned from their mission only moments ago and had wanted to check on their injured comrade.

Duo stirred slightly at the sound, but then fell back asleep in the awkward position that he held in the chair. Seeing that he was still asleep, Quatre waved the other two pilots out of the doorway and down the stairs. Reaching the living room, Quatre looked so forlorn that Trowa immediately pulled him into his embrace and sat down on the couch with him cradled in his lap. Wufei took the arm chair across from the pair and waited expectantly for the explanation.

"You know the basics of what happened, two nights ago Heero returned severely wounded and Sally came to patch him up. Duo at first freaked out when we found Heero and since then has refused to leave his side. I barely can get him to eat and then only when Heero is awake and glares at him." Quatre said, his voice muffle from where he had his head burrowed into Trowa's shoulder. "He's blaming himself for Heero getting hurt. Keeps mumbling something about distracting him."

"Duo's blaming himself for Heero's injury?" Wufei said startled. "Doesn't he realize that at anytime any one of us could get injured or killed on a mission?"

"I told him that, but he doesn't believe it. He is acting like he committed some great wrong to Heero before he left on his mission that caused him to get hurt. And to top that off, he's in love with Heero, but won't admit it." Quatre said as he sat up, looking at both Trowa and Wufei.

"He's what?!" Wufei yelled.

"Shh, you don't want to wake them." Quatre said, quickly standing up and moving towards the door listening intently for any movement from upstairs. Sighing in relief, he turned back to the stunned pair.

"Duo's in love with Heero. Ever since Heero left for his mission, Duo has been moping around the house and when I watch him take care of Heero I can see it in his eyes and touch." Quatre sighed again, visualizing the tender way Duo took care of the injured pilot.

"That's good." Trowa said quietly. Wufei looked aghast at Trowa, who had a slight smile on his lips.

"Do you have a problem with it, Wufei?" Quatre asked.

"No, I just didn't see it coming." Wufei said quickly. "I have no problem with them being together, but you said he won't admit it. Why?"

"I have a feeling that he thinks he isn't good enough for Heero." Quatre answered.

"No good enough, that idiot! Wherever did he get an idea like that?" grumbled Wufei. Trowa and Quatre both looked surprised by the Chinese boys' outburst.

"I'm not sure, but it is going to be interesting watching how this all turns out." Quatre said ruefully, smothering a huge yawn behind his hand. Trowa stood up from the couch and walked across the room to the tired boy.

"You should get some rest." he said softly, his hand coming up to rest gently against Quatre's cheek. Quatre looked up into his emerald green eyes, one hidden by the fall of bangs and nodded softly. Looking around Trowa's tall frame, "Goodnight Wufei." he said.

"Night, Quatre." came a distracted response. Looking up into his love's eyes, Quatre frown lightly. Trowa shrugged and with an arm about his shoulders, led him from the room and towards their bedroom on the first floor.

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Heero opened his eyes in the dark room, the only light coming from a small lamp on the other side of the room. The soft glow whispered over the chestnut head lying on the edge of the bed next to him. Reaching a hand out, he gently pushed back the Duo's bangs from his face, looking down at the tired boy. Duo stirred slightly at the touch and a soft sigh filled the room.

Mumbling, Duo snuggled unconsciously closer to the warmth of his hand. Heero face broke into an unexpectedly soft smile and he closed his eyes, as his hand tangled in the long braid of the pilot leaning on the edge of the bed, the smile still tugged at his lips.

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Duo looked at the closed door apprehensively, the tray clutched tight against his chest. It had been a week since he had woken up with Heero's hand tangled in his braid and a soft smile on his face. He had been shocked not only by the smile but the hand that wouldn't let go of his hair. Sighing heavily, he pasted on a big grin and pushed open the door to the room.

"Hey Heero, got your breakfast here, so wake up sleepyhead." He said cheerfully as he literally bounced into the room almost spilling the contents of the tray onto Heero's lap as he slid to a halt next to the bed.

"Hn." was the only response he got from the occupant of the bed, who was currently focused on the laptop cradled in his lap.

"Dammit Heero, where'd you get that! I thought I hid it from you!" yelled Duo as he snatched the laptop from Heero's lap and replaced it with the tray, ignoring the death glare he was receiving.

"Now eat your breakfast while I put this somewhere where you won't find it." he scowled fiercely down a Heero before turning and storming out the door. Quatre ducked as Duo's braid nearly hit him in the face as he exited the room.

"Was that your laptop?" Quatre asked as he slid into the room. The response he got was a grunt as Heero didn't look up from his eating.

"Heero, you need to concentrate on getting better, not working. You know that Dr. J will not send you any missions until you are completely healed. So why don't you relax for once and enjoy being pampered for once." Quatre said, sitting down in the chair permanently placed next to Heero's bed.

"Quatre, I can't do that." Heero sighed as he placed his fork back down and slid the tray off his lap.

"I know Heero, everyone of us understands how you feel. But, at least you have Duo here waiting on you hand and foot. It's not often that you get pampered by the one you love, is it." Quatre smirked at the surprised expression that darted across Heero's face before it was schooled to its usual blank countenance.

"I don't know what you are talking about Quatre." Heero said, turning his head away from Quatre's piercing gaze to stare out the window.

"Don't give me that line of crap. I have eyes in my head and I can see that you both are suffering. You not wanting to acknowledge your feelings for Duo and Duo feeling that he is not good enough for you." Quatre exclaimed angrily. "Why don't you get some balls and just tell him how you feel. Don't do what I did and try to suppress your feelings and almost kill the one you love."

Quatre stood up and stomped angrily towards the door, stopping in the frame and looking back at the pilot in the bed. "Do it now before something happens that will cause you to regret it for the rest of your life."

Heero turned his head, watching as Quatre slammed the door hard behind him and heard him stomping down the stairs and out of the house. It was rare that Quatre ever got angry, but when he did, everyone tended to stay out of his path. Unfortunately for Heero, he couldn't very well get out of his way. The wound on his side, while still healing, had caused him to become very weak. The excursion that he had taken to find his laptop had nearly done him in. Closing his eyes, he leaned back on the pillows and thought about what Quatre had said to him. 'Duo didn't think he was good enough for him.' he snorted to himself, 'More like I'm not good enough for Duo.' he thought.

A soft sound caught his attention and he opened his eyes to find that Duo had slipped back into the room and was sitting in the chair asleep. He wondered how long he had been thinking if Duo had come in and actually had time to fall asleep.

'What am I going to do about Duo?' he thought as he fell back asleep watching the beautiful young man sleeping next to the bed.

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A/N: Okay, here is the next chapter. Chapter four has been started but is going slowly as I have other stories that I am also working on. I hope to update the next chapter in the next two weeks. Tell me what you think and if there is anything you would like to see in this story.

Thanks for reading ~ DBZ Vegeta