Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Bonded ❯ And now they meet ( Chapter 6 )

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Chapter Summary: J and his trainee have arrived. Time for first impressions. What will they think of each other?

/~ blah blah ~/ G's thoughts
/* blah blah */ Duo's thoughts
//~ blah blah ~// J's thoughts
//* blah blah *// Heero's thoughts

Sweeper ship hanger, J's shuttle has arrived

"Hanger's pressurized kid. You can go greet the doc's guests now," the technician at the board next to him said.

"Thanks man," Duo replied, standing and moving through the now open door to the hanger. Carefully making his way towards the shuttle, he was glad to see the air lock open and two people make their way to the hanger floor.

As he looked the two visitors over, Duo was careful not to let anything of his thoughts show on his face.

/* That has to be G's mate. I hope he was better looking when he was younger. Now the guy with him … nice looks, probably look better if he smiled. Wonder what he's like. Will he like me? Hey! Wait a minute! Where'd that come from? Ooops! Time to get to work. */

"Hi. G sent me to guide you around the ship," Duo smiled at the two visitors. "Do you want the tour first or straight to G's lab?" /*Man, G was right. There is a definite aggressive feel to these two. */

"G's lab, if that's where he is right now," the older man, whom Duo assumed was G's mate, answered. "I need to talk to him right away." //~ Is G trying to insult me, sending this ill-mannered child instead of meeting me himself? ~//

"Whatever you say," Duo replied, turning around and heading back the way he'd come, adding at the last minute, "If you'll follow me please?" /* What is with that guy? Is he always that irritating? I hope the guy with him isn't like that. */

Without a word the two visitors followed Duo out of the hanger and down the hall.

//~ I can see what G meant about me not being able to train the boy, if this is his trainee. ~// J thought, absently noting the path they were taking. //~ He doesn't seem to be serious about anything. He is a bearer though. ~//

//* Is this the boy J wants me to bond with? J's lost his mind! There's no way I'll be able to deal with this boy! Although, he has got a gorgeous body, and those eyes … and that hair! Wait! What am I thinking? I must not be thinking. *// J's trainee gave himself a shake and told himself to watch where they were going, not their guide. Too bad his eyes didn't follow his command – they kept right on looking over their guide, top to bottom and back again.

Duo felt eyes on him all the way to the lab adjacent to the flight simulation room he'd spent half the morning in. He'd wanted to turn around and tell the two behind him to stop staring quite a few times, but had told himself no; that they needed to watch him to see where they were supposed to go, but did they have to stare?

He finally stopped beside a door with a lock. Typing in the combination he said, "This is where G told me he would be this morning. Let me see if he's still here." Stepping through the door Duo hollered "Hey Doc! You in here?" Spotting G at the far end of the room when he looked up at Duo's call, Duo started across the room, beckoning the two visitors to follow him, calling as he went, "Doc, your visitors are here."

G turned and waited for them to approach within speaking distance before saying "Hello J. Duo, have you finished yesterday's task yet?"

"Yes and no," Duo replied. "Yes, it's finished but no, I'm not done with it. It's not running as fast as it could be and I'm trying to fix it. If you don't need me for anything else, I'd like to get back to it."

"Go ahead," G replied after a glance at J, "and take this young man with you. He might be able to help you find the problem. We'll be in my office until dinner, if either of you need anything."

"Sure thing," Duo laughed, turning away and grabbing J's trainee's arm. Tugging the arm gently he said "Come on. I need to get this done before we can do anything else."

After the two boys left the room, G turned to J and indicating the door opposite the one the boys had left through said "This way. It's not that far." /~ Let's see if you can apologize for that last visit. ~/

As they walked down the hallway G kept his back to J and said not a word, not even when they reached to door to his office; he only opened the door and walked through, not really caring if the other followed.

"What is so important that you would skip a tour of this place J?" G asked, moving to the window but keeping his back towards his visitor. "That is very unlike you."

"Is there a problem with wanting to be alone with my mate?" J asked in return. Moving to stand behind G, he continued, "Besides, I wanted to ask your forgiveness for my behavior the last two times I visited you."

"Is that all?" G asked, not really believing the words J had said. "It sounds to me like you want my help with bonding your trainee and mine. Too bad. I've already talked to Duo about the whole thing. He knows it's his decision to make no matter what your boy tries."

"My boy won't try anything," J replied with a sigh. "He knows the rules and he will abide by them." Taking the last step he needed, to be right behind G, J reached out and wrapped both arms around his mate. Leaning forward just enough for his breath to reach the other's ear he whispered, "I am sorry for the way I acted the last two times I saw you. Please, let me make it up to you."

G removed the arms from around his waist and stepped away before saying, "Maybe another time, when I'm feeling a little more generous. Right now I'd like to know what was so important that you skipped the tour of this ship to come talk to me." /~ I know it wasn't because you actually care about me. ~/

"What do you mean G?" J asked, turning as if to follow. "I came to see you. To see how you were doing. Of course I'd skip the tour. I'm more interested in you than this ship." //~ Of course, information on the boy you're training would be nice. Is he, by any chance, our missing son? ~//

"You don't fool me J," G responded angrily, walking over and sitting down in front of his computer. After closing a couple of files he continued, "You came here for two reasons. One, your trainee needs a mate to remain emotionally stable, and two, you had to check on my progress for Operation Meteor. The simple fact that I'm you mate had nothing to do with it."

"You're wrong G," J replied, moving to stand behind G once more. Placing his hands on G's shoulders he continued, "Yes, those are valid reasons for my visit, but you forgot checking on the progress of the search for our fifth son and seeing you. The last one is the most important to me."

/~ Yeah, right. I don't believe that for a minute. You're only concerned about the mission. That's all that matters to you. ~/ G thought while shutting down the computer. Sighing heavily inside, G calmly said, "Ask your questions J. I reserve the right to answer or not per my discretion. After that we can discuss how you can 'make it up to me' for what you did the last two times you were here."

//~ Guess I'd better make this quick. I've got to convince him that I'm sorry. ~// J thought before asking, "Your trainee is a bearer. How did you meet him? What do you know about his background? Does he know who his parents are?"

"He stowed aboard my ship," G answered in a clipped tone, shrugging J's hands off his shoulders. "He doesn't remember having parents." /~ I know who they are but I'm not telling him, and I'm definitely not telling you. ~/

"Can you tell me anything interesting about him?" J asked, slightly peeved that his normally talkative mate was hardly saying anything without it being dragged out of him.

"I could," G said, standing and moving to look out the window once more, all without looking at J even once.

After a couple minutes of silence J quietly asked, "Would you? Please?"

/~ I got a please out of him. Guess I could tell him something about Duo. ~/ G thought sarcastically before answering in as close to an emotionless voice as he could get, "He's an orphan from L2. He survived the plague, losing his first teacher – who taught him everything he knows about stealth and thievery. He also survived the Maxwell Church Massacre. He's intelligent and a quick learner. He's been with me for about a year and he's doing things your boy is just now learning. He reads anything and everything he can get his hands on, and remembers all of it. Now, is there anything else you want to know?"

J sighed heavily before walking up behind his mate for the third time since they'd entered the room. He lifted his arms, as if to wrap them around the man in front of him but stopped when he saw the reflection of his mate's cold stare in the window. Letting his arms drop to his sides he said, "Just one more thing …"