Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Bonded ❯ Ooops! I did not need to see that! ( Chapter 7 )

Notes: This chapter has a foreshadowing of what Duo might have seen when he opened the door on Libra and found the five doctors.

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Chapter Summary: Duo and J’s trainee go off to the room J’s trainee will be using during his stay.

/* blah blah */ Duo's thoughts

//* blah blah *// Heero's thoughts

"I'll show you to the room you'll be staying in while you're here. There's a terminal there that I can use while you make yourself comfortable," Duo said as they left the lab and headed towards the visitors' rooms. They traveled in silence for a few minutes until …

"What's your name?"

"Huh?" the question shocked Duo out of his thoughts on the code that was his current task.

"I asked what your name was? Did you not hear me?"

"Not really," Duo answered. "I was thinking about the problem in my code and I guess I blocked you out. Sorry. My name is Duo Maxwell. What's yours?"

"I don't have one. I can't remember ever having one," J's trainee responded with a trace of sadness in his voice.

"Any ideas on what you'd like me to call you? It's not exactly polite to keep calling you things like 'kid' and 'hey you'. I don't like being called things like that so I won't do it to someone else," Duo said in reply, feeling sorry for the other boy. "Think about it and let me know when we get to your room, okay?"

"Hn" was all the reply Duo got so he went back to contemplating his problem code.

Minutes later Duo stopped beside another door and said, "Here we are. There is no lock on the door but as long as it's closed no one will bother you."

"You leave doors open when you occupy a room?"

"Not always. Only when you don't mind anyone and everyone visiting you," Duo answered. "I really wouldn't know. I sleep with the mechanics in a dorm room and most of the other rooms I use have coded locks on the doors." With a shrug of his shoulders Duo opened the door before waving his companion through and quickly following. "Anyway, I've never had a room to myself that I can remember. The bathroom is through that door. You'll be sharing it with, what was his name, J, right? Yeah, you'll be sharing the bathroom with him. His room is to the right when you walk out of this one. Make yourself comfortable while I get back to work on my code."

Duo pulled a disk out of one of his pant's pockets and sat down at the desk, in front of the computer that he had turned on as soon as he walked into the room. Once the machine had finished booting up, he put the disk in and started up his editing program. By the time he found the problem section of code another chair had been drawn up to the desk, on the side nearest the door.

The words "you choose" startled Duo, causing him to jump. He had totally forgotten there was someone in the room with him. Turning to face his companion he said, "Come again?"

"I said, you choose" came the reply.

"Hmm" Duo hummed as he studied his companion. "Alright. Since I don't know you very well I'll give you three choices. You pick the one you like best. Okay?"

"Fine."

"Your choices are: gorgeous, blue eyes, and angel. That's the best I can do until I know you better."

"I'm no angel and since gorgeous describes you better, I guess it will have to be blue eyes. What's the problem with the code?"

Duo blinked at the change in topic. /* Keeping up with this guy's gonna be hard. */ "Uh … the code? Oh, this section is causing the function to not respond as quickly as I need it to. It's slowing the system response time down."

"Show me."

Over the next hour the two boys went over the code. They found a couple other sections of the code that they managed to improve besides the original problem area. They might have found a couple more but they were interrupted by Duo's stomach.

"Guess it's time to go find something to eat," Duo said as he saved the code and started shutting down the computer. "Let's go give this to G and then go get something to eat. Come on Blue Eyes" as he headed for the open door, J's trainee quickly following.

Minutes later the two boys were standing outside G's office. Duo pressed the buzzer, letting anyone inside know there was someone outside wanting in. After a minute with no response Duo entered the code to unlock and open the door. Sticking his head through the door he called "Doc! You in here? I got" Pulling his head back out just as quickly he turned to the other boy and said, "I so did not need to see that!"

A minute later G stepped into the doorway, clothes slightly askew. "You needed something Duo?"

"Yeah Doc. Here's that code," Duo replied, turning bright red, as he held out the disk. "Do you think you could get it loaded before dinner? I'd like to try it out tonight, if that's alright."

"No problem Duo," G replied, taking the disk. "Go get something to eat, and take him with you. Then go hit the books. I'll quiz you on what you've been studying tomorrow morning."

Duo reached out and grabbed hold of the other boy's arm and started dragging him back the way they had come while calling over his shoulder, "No problem Doc. See you in the morning."

Once around the corner, Duo stopped. Dropping to the floor, he pulled his knees to his chest and buried his face against his knees, then he started mumbling something that the other boy couldn't quite hear.

After a minute Duo felt a hesitant touch on his shoulder. He raised his head and looked at the other boy. "What?"

"Can we go get something to eat? I'm getting a bit hungry."

"Sure thing," Duo replied, getting to his feet once more and heading down the corridor.

"What was that all about?"

"What?"

"Back at the office. What did you see?"

"Something really disturbing," Duo answered curtly. Holding up a hand to forestall any comments or questions he continued, "I don't want to talk about it. In fact, I don't want to even think about it. Let's just get lunch, then we'll go to my study room."

A "Hn" was heard but nothing else, so the two boys went and got their lunch and then went off to spend the rest of the day together.