The Hero Chapter 8
Title: The Prince, the Hero and the Mystery of the Falcon
Pairing: Duo xHeero
Warnings: Lots of talk and some molesting, but no sex. PG or G?
The Prince, the Hero and the Mystery of the Falcon
An Official filler
The boy blushed scarlet. Heero choked in the inside remembering Duo reaction to people who thought he was a girl.
"Obviously I'm a boy!" he announced with a glare. "You can't just look at my braid and decide that I'm a girl! I really don't look that much of a girl, it's just the god damn braid!"
Catherine burst into laughter. Her brother would be so dead when she'd get her hands on him!
"Keeps telling that to yourself, boy. Maybe you'll believe in it one day."
She felt embarrassed, and she didn't like it at all. Well, at least the ice was broken between them.
"I don't look like a girl!" Heero groaned.
"Shut up."
The boy did, for a while.
"You don't mind, do you, Cathy?" he then asked adopting her nickname without losing his speed. "The shirt, I mean." She shook her head.
"No, it looks good on you. I actually came here to tell you two that..." she paused, before she felt the scent of Trowa's cooking reach her nose. "...that the lunch is ready, if you'd like to come down."
"Oh, sure!" The boy was up in a flash, but this time it was Heero who pulled him down.
"We'll be down soon", the stoic man said bluntly. "We have things to talk about."
Catherine nodded and made her way to the door. "Oh, and Cathy..." She stopped on her tracks. Had Heero noticed that she had been eavesdropping? Oh, she was so dead now...
"It's better that they think he's a girl as long as possible."
"NO! It's not!" came the waited protest from the boy. Heero didn't seem to care about it.
"He has the upper hand if they think he's a weakling like most of the ladies." She nodded.
"I understand, Heero."
When she was at the door she suddenly remembered a very useful thing. "Oh! " She turned her head. "Boy, what's your name?"
"Duo Maxwell, Ma’m!" He grinned widely. "I may run and hide, but I tell you no lies! That's me in a nut shell."
He bowed comically, falling off the bed in the process. She left the two to talk laughing as she closed the door behind her. Turning around, she got face to face with Trowa, who was grinning at her.
At the moment she was in such a good mood that she decided not to kill her brother just yet.
"You were right, little brother", she giggled. "He is a surprise. A nice surprise."
The siblings went downstairs and in the kitchen Catherine went to her business mode, chewing a strand of her hair. It made it easier for her to concentrate.
"So, what do we know about Duo Maxwell?"
"The truth?" Trowa grimaced. "Nothing."
There was a silence before the explosion.
"NOTHING! How can we know nothing about someone!" Yes, she had been in a drama club in her school time. Trowa rolled his eyes, thought about it, and rolled them again, to the other direction.
"At first, I've only just met him. Secondly, I've barely got one day to get to know him. Thirdly, I'm merely been observing him till this point." Trowa cut his speech after he realized he was almost repeating himself. Catherine's mouth formed an O.
"He reminds you of him doesn't he? Quatre Raberba Winner, sweet as candy and hard as stone. He left you for a chance to get out of the town."
"Change the subject", Trowa said icily. He didn't want to talk about this, not now, not ever. Catherine found herself obeying.
"So, what have you gathered, 'merely just observing him'?"
There was a silence in which Trowa arranged his thoughts.
"He's a complicated person. He has mood swings worse than yours in your puberty. He also talked something about being kidnapped. If it wasn't because of his looks, then it was probably because he's someone important. I just have to check it from my list of 'lost teenage sons of important people'. He seems to be very ...troubled. Something has happened to him and Heero knows something about it, I'm sure. Why else would he hover around Duo like he's doing."
"Jesus, I don't know, maybe He's In Love?" Catherine rolled her eyes. Trowa lifted his finger.
"That's a certainty. Heero is in love with him. But that doesn't explain this sudden weird behaviour."
"Heero has always been weird, Trowa." Trowa sighed, giving up trying to convince his sister. She had her mind made up. "Okay, how did Heero meet this boy?" Trowa chuckled at that.
"Apparently he fell on him on the North Square. Got bruises as evidence. It would be a Duo-like way to appear."
"Fell from the sky or jumped from the roof?" Catherine bit her lip.
"Jumping would seem more realistic, don't you think? Though, Heero was talking something about sky diving..."
“What’s ‘sky diving’, Trowa?”
“Never mind. Back to the theory about him jumping off a roof and landing on top of Heero.”
"Suicide attempt, then? Maybe it has something to do with what I heard him say." Catherine bit her lip thoughtfully. Trowa lifted an eye brow.
"And that was...?"
"He was talking something about this place making him insane and that he wanted to go home."
"Hmm... Would you think he really is kidnapped?" Trowa frowned. "That Heero kidnapped him? Does it seem possible to you?"
"Well, Heero has taken on many weird missions lately..." The sibling fell in uncomfortable silence.
TBC...
Pairing: Duo xHeero
Warnings: Lots of talk and some molesting, but no sex. PG or G?
The Prince, the Hero and the Mystery of the Falcon
An Official filler
The boy blushed scarlet. Heero choked in the inside remembering Duo reaction to people who thought he was a girl.
"Obviously I'm a boy!" he announced with a glare. "You can't just look at my braid and decide that I'm a girl! I really don't look that much of a girl, it's just the god damn braid!"
Catherine burst into laughter. Her brother would be so dead when she'd get her hands on him!
"Keeps telling that to yourself, boy. Maybe you'll believe in it one day."
She felt embarrassed, and she didn't like it at all. Well, at least the ice was broken between them.
"I don't look like a girl!" Heero groaned.
"Shut up."
The boy did, for a while.
"You don't mind, do you, Cathy?" he then asked adopting her nickname without losing his speed. "The shirt, I mean." She shook her head.
"No, it looks good on you. I actually came here to tell you two that..." she paused, before she felt the scent of Trowa's cooking reach her nose. "...that the lunch is ready, if you'd like to come down."
"Oh, sure!" The boy was up in a flash, but this time it was Heero who pulled him down.
"We'll be down soon", the stoic man said bluntly. "We have things to talk about."
Catherine nodded and made her way to the door. "Oh, and Cathy..." She stopped on her tracks. Had Heero noticed that she had been eavesdropping? Oh, she was so dead now...
"It's better that they think he's a girl as long as possible."
"NO! It's not!" came the waited protest from the boy. Heero didn't seem to care about it.
"He has the upper hand if they think he's a weakling like most of the ladies." She nodded.
"I understand, Heero."
When she was at the door she suddenly remembered a very useful thing. "Oh! " She turned her head. "Boy, what's your name?"
"Duo Maxwell, Ma’m!" He grinned widely. "I may run and hide, but I tell you no lies! That's me in a nut shell."
He bowed comically, falling off the bed in the process. She left the two to talk laughing as she closed the door behind her. Turning around, she got face to face with Trowa, who was grinning at her.
At the moment she was in such a good mood that she decided not to kill her brother just yet.
"You were right, little brother", she giggled. "He is a surprise. A nice surprise."
The siblings went downstairs and in the kitchen Catherine went to her business mode, chewing a strand of her hair. It made it easier for her to concentrate.
"So, what do we know about Duo Maxwell?"
"The truth?" Trowa grimaced. "Nothing."
There was a silence before the explosion.
"NOTHING! How can we know nothing about someone!" Yes, she had been in a drama club in her school time. Trowa rolled his eyes, thought about it, and rolled them again, to the other direction.
"At first, I've only just met him. Secondly, I've barely got one day to get to know him. Thirdly, I'm merely been observing him till this point." Trowa cut his speech after he realized he was almost repeating himself. Catherine's mouth formed an O.
"He reminds you of him doesn't he? Quatre Raberba Winner, sweet as candy and hard as stone. He left you for a chance to get out of the town."
"Change the subject", Trowa said icily. He didn't want to talk about this, not now, not ever. Catherine found herself obeying.
"So, what have you gathered, 'merely just observing him'?"
There was a silence in which Trowa arranged his thoughts.
"He's a complicated person. He has mood swings worse than yours in your puberty. He also talked something about being kidnapped. If it wasn't because of his looks, then it was probably because he's someone important. I just have to check it from my list of 'lost teenage sons of important people'. He seems to be very ...troubled. Something has happened to him and Heero knows something about it, I'm sure. Why else would he hover around Duo like he's doing."
"Jesus, I don't know, maybe He's In Love?" Catherine rolled her eyes. Trowa lifted his finger.
"That's a certainty. Heero is in love with him. But that doesn't explain this sudden weird behaviour."
"Heero has always been weird, Trowa." Trowa sighed, giving up trying to convince his sister. She had her mind made up. "Okay, how did Heero meet this boy?" Trowa chuckled at that.
"Apparently he fell on him on the North Square. Got bruises as evidence. It would be a Duo-like way to appear."
"Fell from the sky or jumped from the roof?" Catherine bit her lip.
"Jumping would seem more realistic, don't you think? Though, Heero was talking something about sky diving..."
“What’s ‘sky diving’, Trowa?”
“Never mind. Back to the theory about him jumping off a roof and landing on top of Heero.”
"Suicide attempt, then? Maybe it has something to do with what I heard him say." Catherine bit her lip thoughtfully. Trowa lifted an eye brow.
"And that was...?"
"He was talking something about this place making him insane and that he wanted to go home."
"Hmm... Would you think he really is kidnapped?" Trowa frowned. "That Heero kidnapped him? Does it seem possible to you?"
"Well, Heero has taken on many weird missions lately..." The sibling fell in uncomfortable silence.
TBC...