Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Life ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer : I do not own the GW characters but I do own the OCs.

Author's Note: Beta'd by lass 48 (^_^)

 

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Beautiful Life

 

Chapter 4

 

 

“Gary!?” Fei yelled in frustration as Gary rolled him out of the shop and stopped in front of two strangers.

 

“Fei, I just found two new friends and I want you to meet them,” a hand was raised to point at the braided man, “This is Duo Maxwell and,” the hand moved over to the next person, “this is Heero Yuy.”

 

Fei stared at Heero and Duo perplexed.

 

“Wufei…” Duo sucked in his breath deeply. Finally, they had found him. He stepped forward toward him but was halted at the expression on the face in front of him.

 

“No, my name is Fei.” Fei looked away. He clenched his hands tightly on the grocery bag in his lap. His heart was beating a mile a minute and he felt like he couldn't breathe.

 

There was a sad look on both Duo's and Heero's face, especially Duo's.

 

The sounds of a bell chimed and two young men emerged from the shop.

 

“Duo, Heero.” Quatre acknowledged them. Trowa just nodded at them.

 

“Well, well, well. You must be the other two so called family members, eh? I saw you in the picture. Um, I must say that all of you are more striking than in the picture.” Gary nodded at them approvingly. “Won't you introduce them to me?” Gary turned to ask Heero.

 

“Ah, you must be Dr. Gary Jenkin. I'm Quatre Winner. Pleased to meet you.” Quatre politely extended his hand.

 

Gary accepted the hand and gave it a few shakes.

 

“Trowa Barton.” Trowa shook hands also.

 

“Introductions are done. Let us all get more acquainted at our house, shall we? More comfy and more convenient. What do you say?” Without waiting for any response, Gary resumed his task of pushing his reluctant Fei home and whistling the Care Bear's theme song.

 

Quatre questioningly eyed the packages Heero and Duo were holding.

 

"Lunch take-out." Heero said in a monotone.

 

"Oh..."

 

No more words were exchanged as their eyes fixated on Wufei's back. Afraid if they looked away, he would disappear again.

 

They had walked for about ten minutes when they arrived at the beach and spotted a few chalets on a row, facing the sunset, each situated about fifty meters away. They walked on the sandy beach and stopped at the second chalet.

 

"Well, this is our home sweet home. Welcome to our humble little house." Gary smiled and winked at his guests.

 

"You own this chalet?" Quatre asked as he scrutinized the place.

 

"Yup, all these chalets are individual private property. Mostly owned by rich people to use at their convenience and some are used as rentals for tourists."

 

The deck was surrounded by a balcony. Half of the steps to the deck had been renovated into a ramp. The chalet had a wide set of French doors and a bay window. They could clearly see the flower patterned drapes in a soft color through the door glass. Between the window and the French door, a wooden plaque was hung with the words Home Sweet Home embossed on it. There were a patio table and three chairs near the corner in front of the window.

 

Gary pushed the wheelchair up the ramp and over the threshold while the rest took the steps. Gary engaged the wheelchair's brake as he dug around his pocket to get the house key. "Ah, ha!" Gary made a goofy grin as he found the key and inserted it into the lock. Then he pushed the French door wide open. The drapes fluttered as the sea air rushed into the house. Gary pushed the cloth aside and stepped in to tie it back.

 

Fei clumsily released the brake and rolled himself into the kitchen to deposit the things in his lap without saying anything or even glancing at his guests. He had been quiet since they left the coffee shop. He could feel their eyes on him and that made him nervous. Two persons claiming he was their missing family member was more than he could handle but four.

 

"If there is nothing else, I will be in my room." Fei said in a quiet voice and without waiting for any response, he rolled away to his sanctuary. He did not even acknowledge the guests in the hall.

 

Gary turned to look solemnly at the retreating back in the wheelchair. The four young men's eyes followed Wufei until the bedroom door closed with a soft click. They could see how pale their Wufei was. Quatre gasped and put his hands on his chest where his heart was beating. His eyes brimmed with tears. He could feel Wufei's confusion, his nervousness and most of all, he was afraid, scared.

 

"No..." A tear rolled down his cheek. Trowa pulled him into an embrace to offer some comfort and rubbed his back soothingly. Quatre buried his face on his shoulder as he cried silently.

 

"Shh... everything will be all right." Trowa murmured in his ear.

 

When Duo saw Wufei's retreating form and the pale look on his face, he wanted to walk over and hug him. To comfort him. To protect him from any danger. To keep him safe. To chase away his nightmares. To keep him warm. To spoil him. But he couldn't. With Wufei's current condition, he would only chase him away. Scare him away. He could do nothing but watch. He clenched his hands until his knuckles were white. If only... if only he had told him two years ago...

 

Heero just stared at the retreating figure. He was mad. Yes, he was mad at himself after seeing Wufei. He was mad because he was not there to help him when he needed it. He was mad for not trying harder to look for him. He was mad because he was not good enough to protect him. He was mad because he was useless. He was mad because he could do nothing but watch. He wished so hard that it was him who was sitting in the wheelchair. If only... if only he could get his hand on Wufei's attacker... He would make them pay tenfold for what they had done to Wufei.

 

"No... stop... please." Quatre's voice was muffled on Trowa's shoulder.

 

"Heero, Duo. Enough. Control." Trowa warned them. Trowa was also having a hard time controlling his emotions but for his lover's sake, he had to.

 

Both Heero and Duo tried to tone down their bubbling emotions.

 

“Sorry.”

 

“Gomen.”

 

"Why are you all still standing? Please take a seat and make yourselves at home." Gary came out from the kitchen holding a tray of drinks. "I have nothing fancy to drink here so I hope tea is fine for you all?" He raised his eyebrow when he saw the blonde boy crying silently within the uni-banged boy's embrace and being comforted with affection.

 

"No, tea is fine. Thank you." Heero replied and with a heavy heart, both Duo and Heero took their seats.

 

Quatre sniffled, trying to calm his crying, taking a deep breath and embarrassed, he turned to look at Gary. "It's so embarrassing for me to cry here. So sorry." Quatre hiccupped as he clumsily wiped away his tears, face flushed. "May I use your washroom?"

 

"It's ok. We are human after all." Gary remarked. "Washroom is adjacent to the kitchen. You won't miss it."

 

"Thank you."

 

"My pleasure."

 

Quatre dismissed himself as Gary and Trowa took their seats. It was silent and the air was tense. Gary could see their eyes fixated on Fei's bedroom door longingly and their faces were grim.

 

"Look," The young men looked at him when Gary started to speak. "I know you have finally found your missing family member but I do not want you to force him or something. Let him set the pace. Don't forget he has amnesia and has been living in a new world, a new life than his previous one, which he doesn't remember nor do I know what it was like. If you rush him, you will just scare him away. Give him time to adjust. To accept this new found knowledge. Of course, family support is important too. Take it one step at a time. If you have been waiting for two years, there's no harm in you waiting a little bit longer. Give him some room and I'm sure his memory will come back with your help now. Take my advice as a doctor." Gary stood up. "I'm going to check on Fei for a bit."

 

"Why," Heero asked. "Why you are helping us now when you opposed us this morning."

 

Gary stopped mid walk but he didn't turn his head as he replied. "Suffice to say that he's one of my family too." With that, Gary walked to Fei's bedroom, leaving the three young men behind.

 

 

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Fei was anxious and had butterflies in his stomach. He just didn't know what to do or what to say. He knew he was a bit rude out there just now but he really couldn't face them at the moment and he needed to be alone to sort out his head. The bitter part was he's an orphan. After two years of thinking that he must have a family with a mother, father, siblings... or maybe he had his own family with a wife and children.... His hopes had been brutally crushed today. He was just an orphan. He was no one. Fei tried to swallow the lump forming in his throat but his emotions were riding on a roller coaster. Slumping forward, elbows resting on his knees, he clutched at his hair. A few tears dropped on his lap, making wet spots on his pants. He sobbed silently beside his bed.

 

Soft knocks on the door filled the room before Gary let himself in and closed it behind him softly. His heart wrenched at seeing Fei's silent sobs. Slowly, he walked over and knelt in front of Fei. He leaned forward and two hands brought his head up and pulled it onto his shoulder. Fei wrapped his arms around Gary's neck and buried his face in his neck. Gary wrapped around his shaking body and one hand brushed his back soothingly.

 

"Why are you crying?" Gary whispered ignoring the wet feel on his neck and probably his shirt too. "You should be happy because your family has found you."

 

"I... I don't... have f...family. I'm an... orphan." Fei's sobbed and sniffed hard.

 

"No. I could tell you that they really are your family although not blood related. They have been trying very hard to search for you. They worried about you."

 

"B...but I... don't r...remember them. I'm s...scared. I want to... stay with y...you. I don't wanna go a...away. T...this is my... home."

 

Gary smiled and Fei's declaration had set his heart fluttering happily. Yes, their home. "You don't have to if you don't want to. Nobody is forcing you. You can wait till you are ready. I'll be always by your side if you need me. This home will always welcome you back at any time. If they forced you, then I will fight tooth and nail for you. I will slash them to pieces and use them for fish bait. Then, I will grill the fish for our dinner."

 

Fei giggled. "Yuck. That's d...disgusting. You eat it y...yourself." Fei pushed away to look at him. Though tears were still rolling down from his puffy eyes on his flushed face and his runny red nose, he smiled.

 

"Now, that's the smile I want to see from my baby brother." Gary said out loud as he no longer needed to whisper and grinned. "But the smile doesn't fit with your puffy eyes and red nose." One hand over his chest and one hand holding his chin he frowned as if he was trying hard to make a decision in picking a dress for his date. "Have you changed your profession to a clown?"

 

That did the trick. Fei picked up his pillow from the bed and smacked him on the head. "Take that!" Fei smacked him a few more times as Gary yelped and tried to dodge the oncoming attacks. Fei was no longer crying but smiling. He was grateful he had gotten to know Gary in his life.

 

The sounds of fabric tearing could be heard clearly followed by feathers floating in the air. Both stopped their actions. Fei looked at the pillow on his hand which now had become deflated. Gary, hands over his head for protection during the bout looked at it too.

 

"Looks like your weapon has worn out." Gary deadpanned.

 

A feather brushed over the tip of Fei's nose. Fei scrunched up his face before he sneezed explosively and fire his second loaded weapon onto Gary's face.

 

*SPLAT!*

 

"Ew~~!"

 

"I'm sorry!"

 

 

* * * * * *

 

 

It had been fifteen minutes since Gary went to see their Wufei and a composed Quatre was back from the washroom. Their minds kept thinking about the doctor's speech. Trowa had relayed it to Quatre.

 

"What the doctor said is right. We can't cause stress to a wounded animal. The more we push, the more the wounded animal wants to try to run away. We need to take everything slow to gain back its trust. Let him understand that we are not here to hurt him." Trowa broke their train of thought.

 

"For short, just more waiting." Duo said brusquely.

 

"But at least we found him safe and sound and we can help him in his recuperation now. I'm sure Wufei will gain back his lost memory." Quatre remarked.

 

"We've got no choice. We can't risk losing Wufei again." Heero stated.

 

They all perked up their heads when they heard the bedroom's door open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TBC...