Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ To See You Again ❯ Sick (part 2) ( Chapter 38 )

Chapter 38: Sick (part 2)

 

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I felt warm and content as I rolled over in the bed and cuddled closer to Duo. I could tell it was him by scent alone and who else would be in my bed any way? I buried my nose in his hair that he must have left down last night.

 

Last night? On shit! I fell asleep before he even got back. I felt guilt stab through my chest at the thought of not waiting for Duo to come back into our room. I wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him tighter, trying to share my warmth with him as an apology.

 

I glanced up at the clock, 10:07 a.m. it read. Well, I definitely wasn't going into to work when I was an hour late. Duo probably told her I wasn't going to be in for a few days any way. "Heero? What's wrong, baby?" Duo asked me softly. He couldn't turn over since I had pretty much smushed myself into his back and was holding onto him too tight.

 

"I'm sorry." I whispered to him. I could feel Duo trying to move out of my grasp. I loosened my grip and let him roll over to face me. I ducked my head and kissed his chest, the area right over his beating heart. He stroked my hair and I could feel the kiss he placed on the top of my head. It made me feel warm.

 

"Why are you sorry? I don't understand." He asked me worriedly.

 

"I fell asleep before you could get back into bed last night. I'm sorry." I chanced looking up into his eyes and saw the surprised look he gave me.

 

"Heero... you're sick. I don't want you trying to keep yourself awake for my sake. You need to rest, don't apologize for falling asleep." He leaned over and kissed me on the forehead then made a trail of light kisses down my cheek to my lips, where he shamelessly ravaged my mouth.

 

The kiss held so much, love, caring, protection and only the carnal lust Duo could offer me. He finished me off with a light nip to my bottom lip and a soft peck before pulling away to look at me. "You have your color back, and you don't have a fever anymore." He stated, after pressing the back of his hand to my forehead.

 

"You're going to get sick if you keep kissing me like that." I smirked.

 

"I don't care. I'll kiss you and touch you and stay with you as much as I want, just to make sure you're getting better. I told Margo yesterday that you'd be out for the rest of the week. She didn't seem to mind since you were already done with the inventory you were working on. She thought it would take four days to go through everything and you did it in one. She was pretty impressed and wasn't that surprised that you get sick. Working as hard as you do, she's still amazed that you haven't fallen over from a heart attack yet."

 

"I'm in peak physical condition Duo. I just have a cold." You would think he thought I was forty or something.

 

"I know you are, especially if you look at our sex life." I glared at him. He just shrugged. "I'm kidding. You know I am. I just wish you would remember that you're human too." He switched to a more serious tone. One that I really didn't like. "You can't keep pushing yourself like this forever. What if someday they find you laying on the floor somewhere having seizures because you locked yourself away and stole everyone's work. Here you are, thinking you have to be perfect, and you have to bring in those numbers and then you go and die on me! I just-I just wouldn't be able to handle it!"

 

He ducked his head so I couldn't see his face, but I could tell by the hitching breath, he was going to cry. "Duo. I'm sorry. I know you worry and if you want, I'll promise you I'll take it easy while I'm home, okay? Please don't cry, my love." I pushed his hair out of his eyes and caressed his cheek with one of my hands. Tears had welled up in his eyes, but they hadn't fallen yet. I sat myself up, surprised that I could without feeling too dizzy, and kissed his eyelids as they closed over those violet gems.

 

"It's okay, I shouldn't have lost it, especially since you're the one who's sick. I'm supposed to take care of you, not the other way around." Duo chuckled trying to get his emotions under control.

 

"I'll always take care of you first, no matter what condition I'm in." I whispered against his cheek.

 

"I know you will. You always do and I love that you take care of me, but you have to start taking care of yourself too, you know?" He kept his eyes closed and nuzzled his nose against my cheek. The touch sizzled my senses and I latched onto Duo once more, kissing him senseless to the point of him collapsing on the bed and letting me explore him.

 

I knew I was still too tired to have sex, and I wasn't in the mood for it any way, but that didn't stop me from wanting to touch Duo. Laying parallel to him, I used the tips of my fingers and trailed them over every crevice and indent that was on his body. Those firm abdominal muscles, although impressive, are also extremely ticklish and I made sure I got all the right spots. He was heaving and gasping, as well as caught in a fit of hiccups before I let him up.

 

"Hey *'hic'* no *'hic'* fair!" He tried to whine, but the pout only served to make him look awfully cute. He didn't seem to think the same way I did. Surprisingly, the hiccups left him pretty quickly and then he helped me get up in order to make a trip to the bathroom without even having to ask what I wanted him to do prior.

 

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By the mid afternoon, I got sick of being in our bedroom and told Duo I wanted a new view. He complied and walked me into the parlor. It wasn't really that I needed his aid to walk now, rather he wanted to make sure I didn't fall flat on my face when I tried to stand unaided. Once I accomplished standing, I could walk pretty well, it was just getting up that made my head spin and almost caused me to topple over if not for Duo's steady hand.

 

He helped me sit on the couch and dragged my legs on it to before covering me with a couple of thick blankets he had pulled out of the closet. The remote was sitting on the table and I made a grab to get it, but Duo was faster and handed it to me instead.

 

"I don't want you falling off the couch, while I go make us some tea. Promise me you won't try to crawl off on me while I'm gone."

 

"Yes mommy, I promise." I grinned at him as he started down at me, mouth open and eyes bulging.

 

"I am not a mother hen. That's Quatre, not me."

 

"Sorry Duo, but I think you've taken up the role since I'm sick." I batted my eyes at him then curled up under the blankets some more. Our couch was really comfy, fluffy and soft, without smothering the person sitting on it.

 

"Shit." Duo cursed as he walked away. Off to make the tea and grumbling about becoming Quatre's clone, due to Heero sickness. I chuckled a bit, not too much because my throat was still sore, but enough for Duo to catch it. "I can hear you in there Hee-chan!" I smirked and settled my head on the pillow waiting for Duo to come back.

 

He tinkered around a bit, taking mugs out of this cupboard and getting the honey off the lazy-susan in the corner. Every little sound he made, I could tell what he was doing. The kettle whistled for a bit before Duo removed it from the stove and poured the water, dousing the teabags already in the cup. A sweet smell filled the air and I knew that Duo was making chamomile tea. It was the best to drink when someone had a cold, or at least that was what I had learned through books and papers.

 

Duo came over and set the mugs on the table and sat next to me on the edge of the couch. "You wanted the remote, but you don't even turn the TV on?" He raised a questionable eyebrow at me and I just shrugged.

 

"Listening to you work in the kitchen was more enjoyable. Besides, I was waiting for you to get back." I was in all truth, waiting for him to come and sit with me before I watched anything. His eyes softened and leaned down to press a light kiss to my head, I purred in contentment.

 

"So want to see what's on?" He asked, as he picked up the blanket and laid down next to me then wrapped himself in it as well. I pressed back further into the couch to give him more room and he took advantage of my offering and snuggled firmly against me. I wrapped my arms around him and let him rest his head against my shoulder as he took the remote from me and turned the TV on.

 

He channel surfed for a while and if he thought it was something that I liked he would stay there until I told him to turn on whatever he wanted. I was comfortable with just being sandwiched by the soft, comfortable couch and being under the blanket with Duo's warm body in my arms.

 

I was happy.

 

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TBC...

 

Part three of this chapter is coming up next...

 

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