Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Chibi Wufei ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 8 )

Disclaimer : I do not own any GW characters. The origin ficcy `Chibi Wufei' is based on is a Weiss Kreuz version titled `The Tale of Two Chibis' from Chaosdreamer at mediaminer.org. Permission has been obtained from the author to write this GW version. Credits go to Chaosdreamer.

 

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

A new graphic added drawn by Tina Chan which she has sent me as a gift for me last month and only manage to upload this time for you to see and for me to share with everyone. You can see at http ://www.gundam-wing -universe.net

Thank you Tina Chan and sorry for the late reply.

 

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Chapter 7

 

 

Squeezing his eyes shut, he shoved a spoonful of soup into his mouth. Everyone was holding their breath and they could clearly see his throat moving up and down as Duo swallowed audibly.

 

Five seconds passed...

 

Duo opened one of his eyes, spoon still in his mouth. Then, he opened the other eye. Pulling his spoon out from his mouth, he licked his lips, eyes twinkling.

 

"It's not so bad," Duo shoved another spoonful into his mouth again. "Um~~ It's de~~licious! Hey, I'm not that a bad cook after all." He threw away his spoon and gingerly using his both hands to lift his bowl of soup and drank it from there. After gulping down all the soup, he put the empty bowl on the dining table with a loud thunk. He smiled and sighed in contentment. His upper lip had a trace of soup.

 

Only then did everyone start to remember to take a breath.

 

"B... but... but... but..." Quatre was at a loss for words, forefinger pointed at Duo.

 

"You did not turn into a chibi," Heero deadpanned.

 

Sally shifted her weight to her right leg, left hand on her hip, still gripping the pencil while the other just dangled from her side, still holding her note pad. She glared at Duo. "What exactly did you put besides the mushrooms, Duo and why only Wufei?"

 

"I swear it's only the mushrooms and I cooked it just the way I did last time right in front of you all. How am I suppose to know what might make Wu-man shrink? Maybe he ate something earlier before he ate my soup," Duo protested.

 

"Okay. Assuming that Wufei had eaten something earlier, do you know what he ate?"

 

One hand crossed over his chest and supported his elbow as he tapped his chin with his forefinger and his head tilted to one side.

 

"Let's see... Two slices of toast and his ever bitter tea," Duo made a face at the mention of Wufei's favorite tea, remembering his first and the last time tasting it. "Whelp, that's all." He shrugged as both of his hands rose.

 

Sally, still not satisfied, went to ladle another bowl of soup and served it right under Heero's nose. Heero's face went slightly pale and his left eye started twitching. He turned to look Sally in the face and said, "I am NOT going to eat it."

 

"Hee-chan, it's not that bad. C'mon, give it a try," Duo looked at him with his wide eyes gleaming with hope and both hands clasped together in front of him, pleading since this was his first... no, scratch that... his second try as a chef and it was... quite successful so to speak. He wanted Heero to try it. "Pretty, please~~? With me on top?" He batted his eyelashes at him.

 

Heero flushed as he looked at Duo batting his eyelashes and... what's it got to do with him on top and on top of what? He quickly averted his eyes and looked at the bowl of soup set in front of him. He swallowed hard. He picked up his spoon and scooped up some soup. Hand trembling slightly, making a few drops of soup fall back into the bowl. Heero took one more look at everyone for the last time. Just in case he didn't make it this time after all of his attempted suicides in the past. Quatre was already chewing on his fingernails; both Une and Sally just stared at him and Duo watching pleadingly. Taking a deep breath and squeezing his eyes shut, he shoved the half full spoon of soup (his hand was trembling for crying out loud) into his mouth. Quatre gasped and chewed his fingernails more furiously than before.

 

Five seconds passed...

 

Heero blinked his eyes open. Everyone was holding their breath. He blinked his eyes again before he pulled the spoon from his mouth and licked his lips. "That... was nice."

 

"I told cha, didn't I!" Duo practically glomped Heero with a goofy smile plastered on his face, making both of them land hard on the floor with Heero on his back and Duo sprawled on top of him. A very compromising position indeed.

 

"Ah..." Quatre blushed.

 

 

* * * * * *

 

 

The sun was already high indicating lunch time. Winter was just around the corner so the heat of the sun did not feel very warm. Parents and their children started to leave the playground. Wufei was playing on the slide and now, he was on top of it. Wufei sat down and readied to push himself when Trowa, who was standing at the end of the slide to catch little Wufei, said, "Wufei, this will be the last slide okay, and it's lunch time now. So, what do you want to eat?"

 

Wufei's brow furrowed and biting his bottom lip as his little mind's gears were running. "I wanna eat ice-cream."

 

"Wufei, ice-cream is not suitable for lunch. Pick other choice."

 

"Um... I wanna cake."

 

"No. No cake."

 

Wufei lips started to tremble... again.

 

Trowa cringed and he quickly added, "You can eat cake only after you have your lunch which is not something sweet. Try again."

 

Wufei's lips stopped trembling and there was a moment's pause before he voiced, "I wanna eat rice."

 

"Rice?" Trowa raised one of his eyebrows. Come to think of it, every time when it was Wufei's turn to do the cooking for everyone, he cooked some rice for himself, sometimes for Heero too if he requested and cooked something which didn't include rice for the rest of them. "Okay, rice it is. After that, you may have your cake."

 

Wufei grinned and he pushed himself down the slide. Trowa, hands spread in front of him waiting his arrival, grasped him under the arms to lift him into the air before he slid all the way to the ground.

 

"Gotcha!" Trowa exclaimed.

 

Wufei giggled as he got caught and dangled in the air above Trowa. Setting him back on his feet, hand in hand, Trowa led both of them to a restaurant. They picked the nearest one and were led to a table by a waitress beside the big window over looking the street. Once both of them were seated, in Wufei's case provided with a booster seat, they picked up the menus which had been laid on the table. The waitress just stood there, hands readied with a note pad and a pen. Wufei's tiny fingers flipped open the menu to have a look. While Trowa scanned through the menu, Wufei had turned his upside down to get a different view. Trowa heard the waitress making a soft cooing at Wufei. Clearing his throat to get her attention, he started to order.

 

“One spaghetti, one fried rice, two orange juices and one chocolate cake for dessert, please,” Trowa closed the menu and put it on the table.

 

The waitress blushed as she jotted down the order. “I repeat; one spaghetti, one fried rice, two orange juices and one chocolate cake for dessert. Is that all?”

 

“Yes.”

 

The waitress started to collect the menus but was hesitant to get the one from Wufei as the little boy turned it again at different angle to look.

 

“Um… I'll just leave that menu here in case you would like to order more later,” the waitress remarked.

 

“Thank you,” Trowa replied.

 

“You're welcome.” The waitress dismissed herself.

 

 

* * * * * *

 

 

Seated on the chairs, there was a large bump on Duo's head while Heero sitting with his arms crossed was miffed.

 

“Since we don't know what might have turned Wufei into a… child,” Sally waved her hands around in the air, “we can do nothing right now until the report is out.” she shrugged and let out a weary sigh.

 

A few minutes passed and nobody said a thing. Duo, continued to nurse the bump on his head with an ice pack, Heero continued to miff and Sally just stared into the space. The silence was broken by the sounds of Sally's phone ringing.

 

“Sally speaking,” she answered.

 

Pause.

 

“Hm.”

 

Pause.

 

“Hm.”

 

Pause.

 

“We'll be right back.” Sally put back her phone. “Something needs Commander Une and my attention at Preventers,” Sally stood up, “Call me immediately if any changes happen to Wufei. Commander, it's time…” Sally turned her head to look at Une but she was nowhere at sight. “Commander Une?” Sally turned around searching for her and spotted her hunched over the soup pot with her hand grasping the handle of the ladle, half way to her mouth. Quatre was holding a bowl with a spoon in his mouth.

 

“Oh… ah…” Clearing her throat and straightening her back, pretending as if nothing happened, she asked, “Did you just… call me?” Her face was slightly tinted with pink.

 

Quatre pulled out his spoon and blinked his eyes innocently at them. “I'm… just curious.” He smiled sweetly.

 

Sally raised her eyebrows at them. “Commander, we need to get back to Preventers, pronto.”

 

Une took three seconds to compose herself. Clearing her throat again, she commanded, “I will give all you boys two days leave ONLY and I want your working schedule and your plan e-mailed to me by tomorrow afternoon. Do I make myself clear?”

 

“Hn.”

 

“Yeah, yeah. As clear as crystal.”

 

“Yes, Lady Une.”

 

Une gave them one more look and she turned to Sally. “Let's go.”

 

Sally packed her things up and followed Une out. Before she stepped from the mansion, she looked over her shoulder and reminded them again, “Don't forget to call me if something changes with Wufei.”

 

“Yeah, yeah. We got it.” Duo said as the three of them sent both Sally and Une on their way. “And don't forget to watch your ste~p.” Duo slammed the door shut. Turning around, he leaned on the door for support. “Whew, what a long day. Remind me to never get on Sally's bad side.”

 

Heero and Quatre nodded in agreement.

 

 

* * * * * *

 

 

A few pieces of rice were stuck around Wufei's mouth and a few managed get into his hair. Wufei glanced at Trowa's plate of spaghetti a few times.

 

“You want to try some?” Trowa forked out a small portion of the spaghetti and brought it near Wufei's mouth.

 

Eyeing it curiously, he opened his mouth and accepted the offer. He chewed and made a face but still he swallowed it.

 

“I dun like it.” Wufei put down his spoon and drank his orange juice.

 

So, Wufei didn't like spaghetti.

 

“I'm full.” Wufei said.

 

“Well, what about your cake?” Trowa wiped his mouth with the napkin.

 

Wufei looked forlornly at him. He really wanted to eat the cake but then, his stomach couldn't take anymore.

 

“How about we pack it and take it back home? You can eat it when ever you want to.” Trowa suggested and was amused.

 

Wufei's face lit up. “Hm.” He nodded.

 

Trowa paid the bill and took the package heading back home. Trowa started to walk but stopped as he was being pulled back and looked down.

 

“I wanna sleep.” Wufei rubbed his eyes with the back of his fisted hand.

 

After the incident that morning in the mansion, spending the rest of the morning at the playground and a full stomach was starting to take a toll with little Wufei's body. Trowa lift him up and cradled him in his arms. One arm supported his weight while holding the package of cake and a hand supported his tiny back. Wufei's hands wrapped around Trowa's neck and he snuggled his head onto Trowa's shoulder near his neck and closed his eyes. Trowa smiled.

 

 

 

 

TBC…

 

 

P/S: I'm having a fun time in not telling you the secret of how Wufei turn into a chibi. There is more than just a simple normal soup the first time Duo cooked for Wufei to try. Even Duo himself doesn't know when he left the soup unattended just for a second. So, you just got to be patience until I feel it's about damn time to tell you the truth. BWA… HA, HA, HA….!