Author: Merula
Pairing: 1x2, implied 3x4x5
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.
Warnings on this weird bit of fic? Um... violence? No real plot? Stolen potted palm idea from sunhawk16?
Honestly, with testing coming up and yearbook deadlines, and spring fever, I think I'm just channeling it all at this point... I'm hoping that doesn't mean violent fics until the end of school... O.o
War Zone
The explosion rattled the shelves. Duo tucked himself more securely into his hiding place and covered his ears. The explosions were bad, but the screaming was getting on his nerves. How long had he been hiding in here? It seemed like hours...
The door to his hiding place slid open and he flinched back into the dark corner he'd found.
Please... any gods that might be listening... don't let them find him!
A figure slid inside and shut the door quietly. Duo squinted in the dim light. It looked like... could it be...?
"Heero?" He said softly.
Heero jumped, then turned and peered into the gloom. "Duo? Is that you?"
"It's me." Duo whispered back. "Come back here, in the corner where it's safe."
Heero joined him in the corner, wedging himself between Duo and the wall.
"I'm so glad to see you," he murmured. "Are you hurt?"
"No- you?"
"A few scratches."
Another explosion made them both wince.
"Have you been here since it started?"
"No- I was upstairs when it started. I'm amazed I made it down here alive."
A cry of pure rage echoed through the house. "That sounded close." Heero shivered. "I was right by the front door when they came in. If that potted palm hadn't been there...."
"They started right when they came in?"
"I think it started outside."
Glass shattered.
"I don't think we're safe here." Duo shivered. "Was the back exit free?"
"No, the table's in front of it. That's why I came in here."
"The window?"
"It sticks- we might lose too much time getting it open."
The shelves rattled again as another explosion shook the house.
"I think it's worth the risk." Duo took a deep breath. "If it's clear, we should make a run for it."
Heero leaned over and kissed him fiercely. "Cover me."
"Right behind you."
Heero slid to his feet and headed for the door, Duo right behind him.
As quietly as he could Heero eased the pantry door open. The kitchen was empty- the noises indicated that the battle had moved upstairs again.
He dashed across the kitchen for the window, struggled with the latch and forced it open.
A moment later and he and Duo were outside, running at full speed for the garage.
"I've got the jeep keys," Heero jumped over a group of smashed lawn chairs.
"I vote we go stay someplace far away from here for a few hours," Duo swerved to avoid a shower of broken glass. "Why did we think it was a good idea to live with those three?"
"Rent was cheap?" Heero suggested as they dove for the jeep. "And when they aren't having some kind of argument they are pretty easy to live with?"
He started the jeep's engine and Duo pulled on his seatbelt.
"I always knew Fei had a temper- but Quatre- and Trowa?"
"Love does weird things to people."
"We don't fight like that."
"And hopefully we never will." Heero took a deep breath once they were on the street. "Let's hope the house is still standing when we get back."
"It should be," Duo glanced over his shoulder. "It's lived through worse. Let's just be happy we got out of there when we did."
"Why is that?"
"Surely you haven't forgotten where we got stuck after the last fight? When they were in the making-up part?"
Heero turned red. "Making out is more like it. On second thought- I think we need to stay away for a few days..."
OWARI
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