Shinigami's Song Part 9
Heero marched into the hall and faced Duo's closed door. He prepared himself for the worst. Duo was definitely going to be a brat today. He'd been too complacent and now the braided boy would surely be his usual difficult self... right?
Heero paused a moment and grinned at some of the more colorful curses that could be heard from behind the closed door. He took one step inside before he burst out laughing. Duo was sitting on top of a suitcase that was filled with far too may clothes to allow it to close. He was also dressed in nothing but a pair of zebra striped boxer shorts.
Duo looked up immediately and blushed crimson. "Ohayo Heero..." Then inexplicably, the dirt under Duo's nails became fascinating, because he focused on cleaning them for over three minutes.
"Need some help?" Without waiting for an answer, Heero hopped up onto the suitcase beside Duo. Their combined weight caused the lid to sag a little before springing back open again.
Simultaneously they began bouncing up and down on the lid until it finally caught with a resounding 'click'.
"Sugoi!" Duo bounded off the piece of luggage and began pulling on a pair of warn jeans, much to Hero's disappointment. "Hurry up and pack! We gotta get moving."
"Huh?" ~Eloquent as ever Yuy.~
Duo shrugged a shirt on. "My lease ran out today. Frankly, even with my 'celebrity status' I don't think I'm encouraged to renew it."
"Aaa."
"Besides, it's time I kicked it off!" Duo resumed his frantic packing of random items into random boxes that lay scattered around the room. Items deemed unnecessary were tossed over his shoulder, to be left behind for the cleaners presumably.
~Did I miss something?~ "Kick what off?" Heero realized he wasn't picking up on something...
Thrusting a box into Heero's arms, Duo hustled him out into the living room. "My tour! Shinigami Lives!!"
~*~
~What I wouldn't give for a camera!~ Truly, the look on Heero's face was priceless. If Duo had let himself pause in retrieving Heero's bag (packed completely and resting upon the folded blankets on the couch) he would have been rendered just as speechless as Heero. But he was completely focused on ushering the stunned ex-soldier out the door.
Duo popped the few boxes into the back of his car and slid into the driver's seat.
After only briefly checking his mirrors, Duo whipped the car out into the street. He took the long way that was mostly back roads that hardly anyone drove on. Duo made it a point to see how long he could drive without touching the brakes. It freaked out anyone who rode with him, but it kept Duo entertained.
~Hmmm Heero is being awfully quiet.~ Duo glanced over; Heero was looking rather pale, reflexively clutching what Duo cheerfully referred to as the 'oh shit' bar.
~I guess I should slow down.~ Duo gently tapped his foot on the brake, but instead of slight resistance and deceleration, his foot pushed the pedal down to the floor. And the car kept gaining speed.
"Oh shit."
"What?!"
Duo glanced over at Heero's ashen face as regret and fear overwhelmed him. "There's no brake! We're gaining speed and I can't stop this thing!" ~Why did I have to be such a stubborn baka?!~
Heero gaped for a moment. "Pull the emergency brake!!"
Duo manoeuvred around a curve, barely avoiding a passing car. "This P.O.S. [1] didn't have one when I bought it!" Duo took yet another turn, this time taking it on only two wheels. ~If only there was a lake or something soft we could crash into!~ But Duo knew this was a futile hope. There was absolutely nothing like that around, and here was yet another corner coming up.
"Duo! Down shift into low gear, that should slow us down!" Heero braced himself in his seat as best he could.
"Got it!" Duo quickly changed gears and looked down at the speedometer. Amazingly it worked! The speed was indeed decreasing! But the corner was quickly approaching.
~There it is.~ Duo grimly clutched the wheel and prepared himself. He'd often taken this corner quickly when he'd felt suicidal, but never at this speed. And even though they'd slowed considerably, they were still traveling at a speed far above anything he'd ever consider safe around this turn.
Duo went into the left lane, ready to take the corner as widely as possible. Halfway through the turn, Duo realized that his speed was still decreasing and they actually had a chance of making it! ~I did I! We're going to be ok!~
That is when the car hit the patch of loose gravel.
TBC...
[1] P.O.S.= Piece of shit! I've ridden & driven plenty of these, though if one has lacked an emergency brake... I dunno. Lets just say its aristic license & leave it at that ^_^
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