For Sunny- she asked for Trowa and Duo, hiking. (I admit, I had just reread a section of Ion that talked about the wonderful buggy outdoors...)

Halloween Drabble 53

Leaning against a tree, I uncapped my water bottle and took a quick swig, trying not to scowl at the greenery all around me. Give me space any day of the week- at least it wasn't crawling with plant and animal life.

I made a face at the caterpillar trying to climb over my shoe and shook it off. The sooner I got up to the cabin, the happier I'd be- though if Quatre had more activities like this planned, I was going to fake a cold or something and stay in my room with a book.

And a big bottle of bug repellent.

Consulting the map in my hand, I followed the trail up a little bit more, and nearly tripped over Trowa when I rounded a blind corner. He was stretched out across the trail, nearly flat on his back. Guess the idea of bugs didn't bother him.

"What the hell?" I demanded, making an awkward hop to the side so that I didn't fall on him.

"Twisted my ankle," he said and glared up at me when I started to laugh. "What?"

"Sorry man. Just surprised that the acrobat fell over his own feet out here."

"I wasn't walking a tightrope."

"But you work with lions and all that king of the jungle crap-"

He rolled his eyes at me. "In a circus tent- not out in the wild. Quit being a jerk and help me up."

"Should you stand on it?"

"I have to- how else am I going to get to the cabin?"

"Call in and tell one of the others to come and get you. Quat's got to have something that can get down here."

"I didn't bring my cell phone," he admitted and I smothered another laugh.

"It's one of the ten essentials! How do you not have it?"

"The ten what?"

"The ten essentials for hiking! Weren't you paying attention when Quat was talking about the hike? Or were you too busy admiring his-"

"Shut up. I was listening. I just... well, I didn't think we'd need all that stuff. This was supposed to be a short hike."

"Luckily for you, I did." I pulled it out and waved it at him.

"Did you bring the med supplies? They're part of the ten too."

"Nope, just the cell phone," I admitted. "Should I call Quatre direct or the cabin?"

"Don't you think Quatre's already there?"

"Good point." I sighed. "Bet all three of the bastards beat us there..."

"Not Wufei," Trowa said with a small smirk.

"How do you know that?"

"Because I ran into him earlier- and he'd run into some poison ivy. He wasn't moving fast."

"This is going to be a hell of a weekend."

"Going to be?" Trowa poked at his ankle and sighed. "I think it already is..."

I brushed a flying bug off my bangs and sighed as I dial Quatre's number. Next time we had one of these 'guy weekends' it was going to be someplace without a lot of other life forms...

OWARI

 

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