Mail Order Heero Part 2
For Duo's sixteenth birthday, his friends had bought him an appointment at the colonization office. At sixteen, he was a legal adult so they said it was time for him to think about settling down and starting a family. After all, that's where Wufei met his wife Meiran. He didn't have the heart to tell them he wasn't interested in marriage or anyone. In fact, he always thought if he got lonely, he could hook up with a cutie like Trowa did with Quatre. But considering the fact they had all chipped in a quarter of their month's salaries to buy him an appointment, the least he could do was go.
Feeling uncomfortable in the suit he had borrowed from Trowa, Duo shifted in the rickety wooden chair as the lady behind the desk read his files with a slight frown and twirled a strand of bubble gum pink hair on her finger. The neon overheads caused scary lines to appear on her face it reminded Duo of sister Ayako at the orphanage.
"Well you're awfully young Mr. Maxwell, most of our brides are older than you by a decade."
Seeing an opportunity to get out of this without hurting his friends, he carefully schooled his face into a frown.
"I'm afraid that's a bit too mature for me. I want to marry someone younger than me." With that, he started to stand, the fresh taste of freedom in his mouth.
"Wait! I said most, not all. You are very lucky you were my first appointment today or I guarantee she would already have been snatched up. Just this morning, I got files on seven new brides. One of them, Heero Yuy, is seven months younger than you. Her guardian gave permission since she is an orphan."
Sitting back down with a sigh Duo disinterestedly took the folder offered and almost swallowed his tongue. All thoughts of freedom died a quick death as he stared at her picture. Those sullen yet sad cobalt eyes and that pouty mouth, she looked like someone had molded her out of all his secret dreams about the perfect girl. More importantly, she was an orphan like him. Just the thought of anyone else touching her burned him. Heero was his.
"She's perfect."
"Good. I'll get the papers. Until you have the money for her shuttle ticket, half of your paycheck will automatically be sent for her upkeep. And the..."
TBC...
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