Dragon Costume for Shadow
Drabble 83
I pulled my guitar case out of the wardrobe and heard the soft whump of a dragon landing on the balcony. The sound of the door sliding open a moment later confirmed my guess that it was Duo, home from work.
"Heero? Are you up there? I picked up the costumes on my way home."
He sounded amused about something and I wondered if I should be worried about my costume. Dragons have a strange sense of humor at times.
"I'm up here. Just checking my guitar," I called back as I opened the case.
"The Matriarch is pleased that you agreed to play for her party."
I laughed a little at that. "As if I could refuse? I owe her so much as it is..." I looked up as Duo reached the top of the stairs and blinked at him. He was already wearing his costume...
"Duo...?" I questioned eyeing the green scales and long spiked tail. "Is that a dragon costume?"
"Yep," he confirmed with a grin.
"But... you are a dragon."
"True."
"Soooo....?"
He laughed out loud. "Well, I did think about other things to be- but really, what's better than a dragon? Besides, as a kid I really envied Trowa all those green scales and the fire breathing and all of that."
He envied Trowa? Duo's dragon hide was matte black, his hide a smooth pebbled surface. In the night sky he was invisible- a shadow of death- a piece of darkness that breathed a poisonous explosive cloud.
And yet, at the same time, beautiful enough to steal my breath away.
"Heero?" He waved a hand in front of my face. "Heero? What's wrong?"
"Nothing." I caught his hand with mine and pulled him down for a kiss. "Just for the record- I think I prefer your normal look to all those green scales and such."
He smiled against my mouth. "Wait till you see yours."
"I don't have a banshee costume, do I?"
Duo made a rude sound. "Of course not- do you know the costume place didn't even know what a banshee was? But I was able to get you something from the other side of your heritage."
I blinked. Oh no. "A fish tail...?" I opened the bag he put down beside me. Damn it. "Duo- how am I going to walk in this? And there's no shirt or anything...?"
"Well, you are going to be sitting around singing all night. I can carry you down there." He pouted at me. "As for the rest, since I can't hang out with you- the least you can do is let me ogle you."
I sighed. "The things I do for you."
"It could've been worse," he informed me as he pushed me down and divested me of my shirt. "They had a virgin costume to go with the dragon one."
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