Shinigami's Song Part 18
The man just went on and on! He continued way longer than Relena or Wufei could ever continue a rant... it got to the point where Duo found himself absently nodding his head every few minutes just pretending to be interested.
Duo found suddenly himself sitting in a tall chair with some disinfectant being spread on his ear. He was so preoccupied with a long needle like object approaching his ear, he didn't notice them unbutton his shirt and spread some more disinfectant on his chest. His right nipple to be exact.
Duo eeped in surprise as a clamp was secured to his chest, but his attention was soon drawn back to the long implement that was now... well, piercing his ear. The pain was soon over, and Duo looked into the handy mirror at his new silver hoop dangling from his ear.
"Duo?"
He jerked around to see Heero's amused expression.
"What are you doing?"
"Huh?" Suddenly intense pain radiated from his chest, and only the restraining hands on his shoulders kept him from jumping out of the chair. "What the hell??!!!" He grabbed the guy by his shirt and lifted him a few inches from the ground before Heero rescued the poor clerk.
"Duo!" He pulled the startled man out of Duo's grip and pointed to Duo's chest. "Look."
Extremely pissed at losing his bloody vengeance Duo glared at his own chest. In an instant the glare turned to a dumb look of surprise. Another silver hoop now hung from his nipple. [1] His extremely red and dreadfully sore nipple.
"What?!!"
He stared hard at the piece of stainless steel as if willing it to go away and stop causing pain to his abused flesh. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Heero ushering the terrorized workers out of the area.
Really not paying attention to anything around him, Duo was jolted out of his reverie when arms wrapped around his shoulders.
"You should keep it."
Duo screeched like a scalded cat. "WHAT??!!"
Laughing softly, Heero nibbled on his unpierced ear. "I like it."
"Oh." Really, Duo couldn't think of anything more to say. So he buttoned his shirt and walked to the register where the nervous clerks cowered. He retrieved his care kit, and actually listened as they instructed him on how to use it. He paid the bill and walked out of the store with his head held high... and his hand on Heero's ass.
~*~
Heero slowly pulled into the driveway. He could barely keep himself from asking Duo right that second. ~Tonight. I'll ask him tonight.~
He got out of the car and opened Duo's door, conscious the entire time of the weight of the small back velvet box in his pocket. Suddenly something caught his attention- the door.
His eyes narrowed as he put a hand in front of Duo. "Hold up."
Duo froze at the familiar tone- the soldier was in charge. "What is it?"
"Stay here." Heero slowly advanced on the door of the mansion, and sure enough, it was slightly ajar. Someone was inside the house. ~Got you now, mother fucker.~
Heero pulled his gun from his jeans and cautiously entered the darkened building. ~It's funny how so happy a place can look so sinister when the lights are out.~ And it was the truth. Every piece of furniture, every statue that delighted now cast an eerie shadow upon the wall.
Heero continued silently through the house, listening for any clue as to where the person could be. But even his sharp hearing could pick up no clue. That was when he heard the sound of a car starting.
"DUO!"
He ran to a window in time to see the Ferrari peel out of the driveway so fast it left behind tire marks.
Heero ran out of the house after the car, but he already knew it was no use. The Ferrari had too much of a lead, and any car the perpetrator might have left behind could never compare to the speed of the sports car.
"NOOOOO!" He fell to his knees beside a puddle of suspiciously dark liquid... blood. Duo's blood. He'd failed.
Before he could slip into shock Heero pulled out his cell phone and called Wufei.
"Chang."
"Duo has been taken!"
"What??!!" The Chinese boy shouted loudly into the phone causing Heero to flinch.
"He's the victim of a stalker, and now he's been taken! I need your resources to track him down..."
"Explain yourself Yuy."
"Listen, this will take some time......"
~*~
Duo watched anxiously as Heero entered the building with his gun out. Some small part in the back of his head had been pissed that Heero had brought the gun with them to the mall, but right now Duo was extremely glad that he had.
His being so intent on Heero's progress might have been his downfall. Suddenly Duo felt something strike the back of his head and he fell to the ground with a soft thump.
His vision slowly faded to black.
~*~
Duo's first impression was a blinding whiteness. He groaned miserably and turned his head from the light that shone through his eyelids.
Suddenly it all came back to him, the mansion- Heero- the stalker. His eyes flew open. He instantly regretted it.
"Sonuvabitch!" He flung an arm over his sensitive eyes to try to ease the horrible stinging.
"Duo!!!"
"Huh?" He carefully peeked an eye open and looked up at the concerned figure leaning over his bed. "Vinny?"
"OH GOD Duo! We thought you'd never wake up! Three weeks Duo... you've had us so scared for three weeks!"
His hysterical manager was making absolutely no sense whatsoever.
"What are you talking about Vinny?"
The blonde man stopped his tirade and stared down at him. "Duo, you've been in a coma for the past three weeks."
TBC...
[1] Hehe I did research for this! No, I didn't get pierced... that's above and BEYOND what I'm willing to do for fic research! No, I went to a piecing website... Anyhoo the point is, this isn't realistic. (DUH!) They estimated it takes about 20 minutes to pierce a nipple... I wanted to surprise Duo with it... a 20 minute ordeal isn't a surprise.
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