Author: Merula
Pairings: 3x4
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Yaoi, Sap
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is not mine.
For Crystal Lilly
Drabble 56
"Not another one!" Trowa waved the shipping order at Cathy and scowled. "You promised-"
She didn't look up from the book perched on her knee. "But Trowa, you are so good at it. Word has gotten around."
"It wouldn't get around if you didn't spread it! What is it this time? Another psychopathic bird?"
Cathy lifted an eyebrow. "The bird wasn't psychopathic- it just didn't like masks. You figured it out."
"Only after it broke my best mask!"
"We ordered you another one- and the client was very grateful!"
Trowa rubbed the space between his eyebrows. "Look, Cathy, I know it's lucrative, but the circus is doing well- I don't want to be some sort of... animal fixer!"
"Animal whisperer," Cathy corrected, the corner of her mouth curling up in a smirk.
"Please tell me you're not calling me that."
"I'm not calling you that- one of the clients- the one with the poor little monkey-"
"The deranged little monkey that trashed my trailer?"
"Yep, that one. He started calling you that." She looked up from her book. "Face it, Tro. Word has gotten out there- to all the circuses, zoos and exotic pet places- you've become the one to turn to when their animals need..." she paused over the word. "Counseling."
"I'm a clown! An acrobat! I haven't been trained- They need to see a professional!"
"They usually do- you're the next step."
"Cathy-"
"Trowa- while you are here getting angry at me- there is that-" she pointed at the shipping order, "waiting for you in your trailer."
He groaned. "Just tell me it came in a cage and you didn't just let it loose in there!"
"I wasn't going to keep the poor thing in a cage! It's obviously overworked and needs some attention!" She turned back to her book. "I can lend you a leash if you like."
Trowa flung the shipping order at his sister's feet and stalked out of the trailer. If whateverthiswas had wrecked his trailer, then he was going to- hell, run away or something- and leave it for his sister to deal with! This wasn't how he'd wanted to spend his free weekend- he'd hoped to- ah hell.
Flinging open his door, he stalked inside his trailer, scanning the small kitchen area quickly. Nothing here- where the hell was it? What the hell was it? Closing the door, he moved further into his trailer, hoping the damn thing hadn't made itself comfortable in his closet like that maniacal puppy had- he'd lost several pairs of shoes to that thing-
He flicked on the bedroom light and blinked.
Quatre was curled up in the center of his bed, fast asleep.
Overworked- Cathy had said- and she was right. He could see the dark circles under Quatre's eyes, knew that the man had to be tired to have missed Trowa's angry entrance.
Trowa turned off the light and slid onto the bed. Quatre murmured a little as Trowa pulled him close and wrapped himself around his exhausted lover. Tomorrow, or maybe the next day, he'd have to remember to thank Cathy...
OWARI
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