Claiming Duo Maxwell Part 12
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch." Duo looked round as his lover limped down the stairs the next morning.
"Ohayo!" Duo smiled.
Heero glared at Duo. "This is your fault!"
Duo smirked and finished eating his breakfast. "You shouldn't have dropped me, then you would have been on top!"
Quatre giggled at the two.
"No matter what happened I would have still been on the bottom." Heero growled sitting down carefully wincing as his sore butt came into contact with the hard seat.
"What happened to you?" Ashley asked as she entered the room.
"Duo happened to him." Quatre giggled again and Ashley raised an eyebrow at Duo.
"So that was the noise I heard last night, right?" She asked.
The old man walked into the room.
"What are you doing in here? This room is for the youths only!" Ashley reminded her grandpa.
"Yeah but Grandpa can walk faster than Heero can this morning." Duo laughed as his lover sent him a death glare.
Grandpa looked between the two of them and grinned. "So that was you two! I must say you are very loud, though Heero seemed to be enjoying it!"
The whole room burst out laughing as a bright red Heero hid under the table.
* * *
"Oh Duo!" Relena hugged him. "I'm so happy for you both!"
"Thanks Lena. I'm lucky to have someone like Heero." Duo slid his hand around Heero's waist and nestled close to his lover.
Heero pulled a face at Duo. "After this morning you think I'll let you cuddle?"
Duo looked mildly hurt before realizing that Heero was joking.
"Guys, I want you to meet Merian." Wufei suddenly appeared by the bench in the snow-covered park with a Chinese girl hanging of his arm.
"Hey Merian!" Duo waved at the small girl. She was the theatre manager's daughter.
"Hi Duo."
"Merian this is..." And Wufei introduced her to everyone there.
"WUFFLES!!!" Duo suddenly jumped to Wufei.
"It's WU-FEI!"
"Whatever. Look." Duo waved his left hand in front of Wufei's face.
"What?" Wufei looked puzzle.
In the background the other 10 teens laughed.
Merian gasped. "Oh Duo, it's lovely." She grabbed his hand and looked closely at the ring on his wedding finger.
"Duo?"
Duo smiled brightly at Wufei. Wufei looked across at Heero who was sitting on the bench with a very large catlike smirk on his face.
"I didn't know you had it in you, Yuy."
"Heero Maxwell." Duo tried the name on his tongue as he turned to look back at everyone else.
"No. Duo Yuy." Heero corrected him.
"That sounds awful."
"So does Heero Maxwell."
"Duo Maxwell-Yuy and Heero Yuy-Maxwell."
Heero laughed. "If it makes you happy, love."
* * *
A week later
"Two days then we perform! Everyone take your places!"
With Merian's father back in town Aladdin was ready to perform. They just needed to do the dress rehearsal.
"Three, Two, One... Raise Curtains and ACTION!!!"
Three hours later
Duo flopped onto the sofa in the backstage area.
"Perfect!"
Everyone looked up at the director.
"Do this on Friday night and it will be the best performance of your life. Rest tomorrow and I'll see you midday on Friday!"
Everyone got ready to leave.
"I'm going early Maxwell. See you on Friday." Wufei gave Merian a quick kiss and waved to Duo.
"How are you getting home Duo?" Merian asked noticing they were the only ones left in the theatre.
"I've got my motorcycle. Heero should be meeting me in about 10 minutes."
A soft click filled the silence and Duo turned round to see Merian pointing a gun at him.
"Merian?"
"Hands up." She ordered.
Duo raised his hand thankful he had already changed his clothes.
"What's this all about Merian?"
"I had a visitor a few days before Christmas." Merian walked forward and searched Duo for any guns, she found one hidden in the small of his back and she tossed it across the room. "There's a very large price for your body, my mother is dying in hospital because we don't have the money to save her. The money I get when I hand you over to Pepsin will be more than enough."
"He won't give you the money." Duo told her.
Merian smirked. "Don't be too sure. We have a deadline to stick to. Out of the back way, now. And don't try anything. This gun is loaded and I'm not scared to use it."
* * *
Heero skipped up the steps to the theatre and called out Duo's name. He got no reply.
"DUO!" He yelled again but only silence met his ears.
Heero hurried back outside. Duo's new silver and blue motorcycle was still chained outside. Heero raced back into the theatre calling Duo's name repetitively, but still he got no answer.
Heero made his way backstage. No one was there but... on the sofa at the back of the room laid the keys to Duo's motorcycle and his leather jacket. Half way across the floor was a gun. Heero hated the fact Duo carried one around with him.
Heero pulled out his mobile and speed dialed Duo's mobile.
"The mobile phone you have called is switched off, please call again later." Heero heard.
"SHIT!" He yelled.
Heero rubbed his forehead and dialed Quatre's number.
"Hello?"
"Quatre is Duo with you?" Heero nearly screamed down the phone.
"No, he isn't. Why?"
Heero bite his lip.
"Meet me at the Riverside Complex as soon as possible!" Heero ordered Quatre, grabbing Duo's keys and jacket.
"What's wrong Heero?"
"Duo's gone missing!"
TBC...
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