Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Life ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 6 )

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

 

// Flashback //

Chapter 5

 

 

After both Gary and Fei had roughly cleaned up all the feathers, Fei changed into a fresh cream colored T-shirt and disposed of the tear-soaked shirt in the hamper. He tamed back his ebony hair and tied it into a loose pony tail. Fei then took a few moments to calm his nerves. Gary put his hand on his shoulder and squeezed it lightly. Fei tilted his head up to look at him.

 

"Hey, everything is gonna be all right." Gary said softly.

 

Fei took a deep shuddering breath and exhaled it. "I'm okay now." He forced a smile.

 

"Okay, then. It's impolite to keep the guests waiting outside. Let's go." Gary took a hold of the wheelchair and headed out of the room.

 

When Fei rolled out from his room, four good looking guests perked up their heads to gaze at him. Fei was not used to people staring at him and he could feel his face and ears starting to get warm. He gave them a small smile of his own as Gary pushed him to the couch beside where their guests were seated. Once Gary locked the wheelchair, he moved to claim his seat right beside Fei. All of them were sitting in a circle.

 

The couch on which Gary was seated could hold three people. Duo claimed at the other end of it, leaving the middle empty. Next to Duo was a chair claimed by Heero followed by a love seat claimed by Quatre and Trowa which was opposite the couch.

 

The four guests stared openly at their Wufei. This was the first time in two years they had seen him close-up. This current version of Wufei had broader shoulders and slightly more packed with muscles, but overall if he was to compared to the rest of them, Wufei still was the smallest. Probably because of his Asian heritage. They wondered what Wufei's height was now after two years. Well, two years ago, both Quatre and Wufei were almost the same height and they tried anything to get themselves to grow. Wondering if their no-good-old-goats-scientists had done any damage to their hormones and purposely causing them to be stuck with their height. They were grudgingly envious of Heero, Duo and Trowa for they had sprouted endlessly since the war had stopped until they reached the age of 18 and their growth had slowed .

 

Their Wufei, who loved to wear his culture's clothes, justice ranting, sharp tongued, sharp wits and always frowning could no longer be seen now. His facial expression was more openly displayed. His hair loosely tied with a few strands hanging on his face and his current taste in attire made him look younger than the Wufei they once knew. They could see that he was fidgeting at the moment and his lap was most interesting to look at while his face was slowly colored with crimson. His ebony eyes rose up to look at them shyly every few seconds. How cute, they thought.

 

Gary was highly amused with his free show. The four guests had straightened their backs and stared openly at Fei as if he was a fine piece of art or as if they had never seen an exotic before in their life. Gary had been keeping track of time to see who's gonna blink their eyes first.

 

It had been almost three minutes and nobody had said anything and with every second that passed, Fei was getting more nervous. Every time he started to open his mouth to say something, the intense looks he got from the guests killed whatever courage he had just built up and he would look anywhere but at their eyes. Feeling self conscious, he tried to wrack his brain, checking his memory for anything out of place on him but he could think of none. He had made sure he was presentable before he met the guests. As the gears in his brain were busy working, his little tummy took that moment to let out a loud growl, capturing its owner attention away from his worries. If possible, his face got even redder than before.

 

Heero blinked first followed by the others.

 

"You lost!" Gary smirked and his forefinger pointed squarely at Heero's face.

 

The four guests just coming out of their trances blinked owlishly at Gary, including Fei.

 

"Lost? Lost what?" Quatre asked.

 

"In the staring competition of course." Gary answered and grinned at them. "What's to say. Fei is just way too hypnotizing what with his beauty and exoticness and all. Nobody would say no to him, am I right, Fei?"

 

Fei gaped at Gary. How dare he! Vein throbbing on his forehead and left eye twitching; he knuckled Gary's head from the side. HARD.

 

*BOK!*

 

"Ow!" Gary yelped. He rubbed at the sore spot and glared at Fei.

 

"Shut up and stop talking nonsense." Fei growled.

 

Gary pouted. Then, he reached out his hand to Fei. He used his fingers to tuck a few strands of hair behind his ears and smoothly brought up his hand with something white between his fingers in front of Fei.

 

"I believe you missed one." Gary grinned.

 

Fei looked at the white feather between the fingers. His pillow feather! He had made sure he was all tidied up back in his room. How... He quickly snatched away the feather from Gary's fingers and glared heatedly at him for not telling him that there was still a feather stuck to his hair. He blushed hotly. Wondered if that was what the guests stared about at him.

 

Gary chuckled at Fei's blushes. "Cute, cute. I wonder how many more shades of red your face can turn."

 

At that comment, Fei just blushed ten times harder. "Gary!"

 

Gary just cackled. He stood up and walked over to where Heero was seated. "Come, let us prepare our take-out lunch."

 

"Why me?" Heero asked as he looked up at him.

 

Gary rolled his eyes as if it was the dumbest question. "Why? 'Coz you lost, dude."

 

"I didn't lose anything."

 

"Yes, you did."

 

"Did not."

 

"Did too."

 

"Did not."

 

"Did too."

 

Both Gary and Heero gave their best death glare at each other. Well, just imagine their eyes releasing electricity and clashing in the middle of the air.

 

The rest of the audience was amused watching them fight. Even their heads were tilting from left to right and so on every time each made their counter-attack.

 

*Ku-rumble*

 

Quatre's face glowed red in embarrassment as everyone stared at him. "Sorry..."

 

"Hn. Whatever." Heero stood up to his full height and tilted his head up to give one last glare at Gary. "Omae o korosu." He growled, only for him to hear.

 

Gary also stood up straight and tilted his head down to echo the glare. He wondered what he just growled before he headed to the kitchen. Gary smirked as he found out that Heero's height just reached his nose. No matter what he meant by the words he just growled, he wished he would say it again. It was so sexy to hear him growl those three little words. He gave a wink to Fei before he trotted to the kitchen.

 

"Ah... I apologize for my behavior this morning." Fei shyly looked at them.

 

"No. We should be the ones to apologize. We know it was too abrupt for you." Quatre smiled. Trowa just nodded his head in agreement.

 

"Well, how about we try to make amends and start all over again?" Duo grinned at Fei. Standing up, he walked to just in front him, bowed a little and lifted his hand. "Hi, my name is Duo Maxwell. Just call me Duo."

 

Fei was mesmerized by the person standing in front of him. This was the first time he realized he had long chestnut braided hair as he could see the end of the braid resting beside his hip. His eyes were a rare violet color. His smile was brightly lit upon his face. He could feel that this person was full of laughter. He also could smell the sweet cologne he wore. Tentatively, he took the hand and shook it. "Fei." Fei introduced himself.

 

"So, Fei. Pleased to meet you." Duo pumped a few more time to get a better feel of his hand. All he could say was that it was as smooth as silk and soft to the touch. The shake was gentle. Two years back, Wufei's shaking would crush his hand without mercy.

 

Fei blushed slightly as Duo pumped his hand a little bit longer. He could feel the warmth of the strong hand. Then Duo stepped aside to let Quatre have a turn.

 

"I'm Quatre Raberba Winner. Quatre is enough. Pleased to meet you." Quatre took Fei's hand and shook it a few times.

 

"Trowa. Trowa Barton." Trowa did the same.

 

"P...pleased to meet you all." Fei stuttered.

 

As both Quatre and Trowa went back to their love seat, Duo sat where Gary had been beside Fei. Fei took a peek at the man beside him and his hair too. This did not go unnoticed by his guests but they just pretended they were oblivious to his action.

 

"A family member of ours has been missing for two years now and we have been searching high and low for him. It's really been eating us these last two years. We have been thinking all sorts of possibilities might have happened to him and why did he hide from us but it never occurred to us that he might have amnesia." Quatre took a deep breath and his face seemed ten years older. "It seems like we were all wrong. Thinking that he was hiding from us because we had done something wrong and he was upset with us or he had some personal problem and did not want us to know or help him." A tear slipped from his eyes. He used his knuckle to wipe it away. He tried to swallow the lump in his throat before he continued. "We are sorry we couldn't be there when you needed us. You must have been very scared when you lost your memory and were alone in a strange place. If only we had tried harder to find you. No matter what, we will find the culprit for you." Quatre clenched his knuckles until they turned white. Trowa wrapped a hand around Quatre's shoulders to offer some comfort.

 

Duo just sat there gritting his teeth. Hands clenched and unclenched in an attempt to hold back his temper. "Yeah, Quatre's right. I, Shinigami will personally dig the culprit out, even down in hell and there will be hell to pay."

 

Fei didn't know what to say when suddenly...

 

 

// "Nobody messeswith Shinigami..." A young boy lookinglike Duo smiled in a very unpleasant way seated in a very small room fitonlyfor oneperson, harnessed to his seat and a lot of colorful wires on the background.

 

"02! Behind your back! Watch out!" A voice warned him which sounds like himself. //

 

 

Fei blinked his eyes when a hand moved up and down in front of his face. "Huh?" He jumped a bit.

 

"Hey, buddy. You all right there?" Duo asked in concern.

 

Fei looked at him. "Oh, ah... I'm fine. Really." Fei let out a nervous chuckle.

 

Duo did not believe him but he just dropped it, not wanting to push him.

 

"Ah... so, I'm your missing family member. Which mean you must know me very well. Especially about my past." Fei looked at them and they nodded their heads. "Then... c...can you please tell me who I am?"

 

 

* * * * * *

 

 

Sounds of plastic rustling filled up the kitchen.

 

"Where's the plates." Heero asked.

 

"In the last drawer beside the fridge." Gary answered.

 

Heero took three strides and bent down to pull out the drawer to get the plates. Gary's eyes leered at his ass. Raising an eyebrow with appreciation, he whispered, "Nice butt."

 

Heero heard him all right. Straightening his back, plates in his hands, he turned to him. Putting the plates on the dining table, he growled, "Omae o korosu."

 

“What? Oh my ever court shoe?”

 

Heero just stared wide eyed at him. “Hn. Baka.” With that, Heero took the plates of foods and headed back to the living room.

 

“Baka? I wonder what that means.” Gary shrugged. “Anyway, he still made it sounds sexy though.”

 

 

 

 

 

TBC…