Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Blood Bonds ❯ Out of Breath ( Chapter 10 )

Blood Bonds

By Tygerlilee

Chapter Ten

Out of Breath

*Disclaimer: ho, hum...I don't own um. Wish I did, but Someone else bid....

Heero and Huy reached the cafeteria right as it opened, thus the room was nearly empty.

"Kinda funny how it's jam packed when it opens and dinner, but empty at breakfast," Huy observed, his voice laced with irony. They quickly passed through the line and took a seat at the same place that they had sat at yesterday.

"Okay, let me see your schedule," Huy mumbled through his cereal. Heero and Huy had come early so that Huy could give Heero a tour of the school. That way he wouldn't get lost. Huy had explained last night that whoever had designed the school was a moron with no sense of space and proportion. Oddball hallways stuck out here and there with a bay window in the middle. If you asked for directions from a student, it was understood that they told you to 'Walk down yonder, turn left, and go through the green door,' no matter where you were going.

Huy spewed his food across the table as he scanned Heero's schedule typed on a little note card issued from the main office. "THREE AP's!!!! You're INSANE!! My parents made me take one last year and it was horrible!" Huy's voice rose slightly as he said this.

Heero shrugged and finished his food.

Huy shook his head solemnly. "It's been nice knowing you, Heero, it really has," he said sadly.

"Why what's going to happen to me," Heero smirked.

"You'll suffocate in a pile of books and homework papers, that's what! Well, at least you have gym first period," Huy smiled brightly. "Hey, you have it with me actually. At least you'll always be able to start your day good!

"Mrs. Ormsby is out from having her baby though, so we have a sub. You're lucky-she really takes her class seriously. We each have to design our own workout program and pass certain fitness qualifications to get an A. But with a sub, we've just been shooting hoops. We picked teams yesterday, but mine is short one so we'll probably get you. Jimbo's in there too. Do you play basketball?" Huy asked, one eyebrow up.

That's a serious question for him, Heero thought. Why does he want to know so badly?

"With friends and gym only," Heero said quietly. Zoram had been in that class...

"Great! We'll really screw with some people's minds, heh!!" Huy nudged Heero with his elbow. "Well, okay. 'Nuff chatting, let's see if I can get you thoroughly lost in this blasted school!" Huy said cheerfully.

Ten minutes later Huy was leading Heero around in circles. "Okay, some of the language and lit. classes are down this hall, which circles around and connects with the math hall. The other half of the language and lit. classes are downstairs next to the pool. The science classes are the last room at the end of each hall and the vocational are every-other room down the second hall that way and all downstairs," Huy paused for a second and looked at Heero questioningly. "Do you got all that?" he asked.

"I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually," Heero assured.

"Okay, the lockers are over this way. They're numbered first by the floor level, A through D, D being the first floor and A the top-don't ask me why it's not the other way around because I don't know-and second by the row, that varies with each floor, and lastly by the number in the row."

"BRRRRING! BRRRRRRING!"

Huy jumped five feet as the bell rang-a speaker was right next to his head. "Com'on, let's get to first period," Huy said frustrated as he wiggled his finger in his right ear.

Huy lead Heero to a locker room. Heero pulled his uniform from his backpack and picked a locker, while Huy pulled his from his own locker.

Down the row, Heero heard someone shriek and jump backwards into several lockers. "What was that?" he asked.

"Probably someone forgot to get his sweaty cloths in the wash last time," Huy's muffled voice came through the head hole of his shirt. "There's a Laundromat in the basement of the dorm building, but half of the machines don't work. There's also a community wash. You have to label everything and get it down on time though. That's what most people do-he must have forgotten. Com'on, let's get outside before the smell gets down here," he said as he jumped over a bench in the isle.

Outside on the court, the air was amazingly fresh and clean in comparison to the stuffy locker room. "Hey Iwasato!! Who's your twin?" a voice called from across the court.

Huy and Heero walked toward a tall, lanky red head with more than a few freckles holding a ball under his arm. "This is my roomy-just transferred in. Heero Yuy, Shez Conor."

"Hey, if you play basketball as much like Huy does as you look like him, then we've got this season made!" Shez said seriously.

"Don't get you're hopes up," Heero warned him. He was actually fairly good, but he was still feeling a bit off.

"Hey Shez, think fast!" a short Indian looking boy yelled as he rolled the ball out of Shez's grasp and proceeded to the basket. Suddenly, the teams, as if by magic, were in their places chasing after the Indian.

"Heero, play center!!" Huy yelled as he took off.

Heero shrugged and joined in. After twenty minutes of play, it was evident to Heero that several of the basketball players were here, that and he was even sicker than he thought. After the first five minutes, he was out of breath-not that he let anyone see. He tried to keep up and his head was swimming.

Don't let me collapse, stay up body! Heero continued to silently push himself.

He could see Huy watching him, along with everyone else. They obviously thought that because he looked like Huy, he would play like him too.

Tough noogies guys...I'm Heero, not Huy, Heero thought as he lost possession of the ball. Heero found himself thanking whatever deity was in power at this moment when the sub told them that the bell was in five minutes. They all sprinted to the locker room to change.

As Heero turned to go to Physics, Huy stopped him. "Hey, Heero. You remember where to go?" he asked, but his face was tight with worry.

Heero nodded and turned down a hall and vanished.

Huy stayed, as if rooted in place, for half a minute watching Heero leave. His face was scrunched up, a combination of worry and speculation printed on his face. Finally, he shook his head and went to his own class.

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A/N Okay, I know exactly where I'm taking the story, and there will be some action in this story. It's not going to be all Heero going to school and meeting people and so on. There's a bit more to it...

Also, Hades, my in-box would like to sincerely thank you for temporarily staving its appetite!! And thanks diamondgirl for your input about the ol' gang coming back. Hugs and...er...MORE hugs to all!! (I didn't think that you'd like kisses...) Thanks bunches!!! =)

Toodles, Tygerlilee =^.^=