The Princes' Choice sequel Part 3
Heero guided Duo to the dinning hall. They entered and headed for the head of the table. The King was at the head and the Queen on his right. Heero sat down to his left and Duo sat next to Heero. Wufei and Meiran sat beside the Queen. Duo was relieved to have Trowa sitting next to him and Quatre on the other side of Trowa.
"So, Prince Quatre, is this your chosen?" The queen asked.
"Yes he is, ma'am."
The queen smiled. "You're very handsome. What is your name?" She asked Trowa.
"My name is Trowa, your majesty."
"It is a pleasure to meet you Trowa." She looked at Duo, and noticed that he was not eating. "Are you not hungry?"
Duo met her eyes. "I'm sorry but I am unfamiliar with this food."
She smiled at him. "Well I suppose you are used to other foods. Is there something we can get you?"
"Um... some fruit would be nice."
"Of course. Stasha bring some fruit for the prince's chosen."
"Thank you." Duo was brought some fruit. He knew some of them, they grew in the forest but some he did not know. There was a yellowish green one that was oblong.
"It's a pear."
"Huh?" Duo looked to Trowa.
"That's a pear. I seem to remember it. I think it's sweet. If I remember right it taste better if it's cooked."
"Oh." Duo looked at it, and then took a bite of it. It was ok. Then he looked over at what Heero was eating. "What's that?" Duo pointed to something on Heero's plate.
"It's called steak." Heero answered.
"What's 'steak'?"
"Cow." Trowa told him.
Duo looked at Trowa. "What's a 'cow'?"
"It's a large animal that gives us many things, like milk and meat and leather for clothes." The queen answered him.
"It's an animal?"
"Many humans raise them for food. Like the ogres do with mice." Trowa told him. However the rest of the hall stopped eating and looked at their food for a few moments.
"Ohhhh, I see." Duo turned back to Heero. "Is it any good?"
"Would you like a piece?"
"Yes please." Heero cut a small piece for Duo and fed it to him. Duo sat and chewed it for a moment. "It's good."
"Would you like some more?"
"Yes please."
"Careful Duo, don't eat too much. You've never really eaten meat before." Trowa said.
"I'll only give you a small amount." Heero was telling Trowa more than he was telling Duo.
Duo ate happily. Towards the end of the meal Duo started feeling tired again. He couldn't understand it he had slept most of the day. Perhaps the trip took more out of him than he thought. However the food on his plate was becoming blurry. He looked up and everything in the room started to spin. He looked over at Heero and started to say something when everything went black.
Heero felt Duo's eyes on him and was turning his head when the elf fainted. Heero immediately had his arms round Duo. "DUO!! Duo, are you all right? Duo wake up!" Heero gently shook him.
Trowa stood when he saw Duo faint against Heero. He stepped over so he could look at Duo better. Trowa carefully check for pulse and then looked around Duo's head. Trowa was aware that the whole hall was watching him but at the time he didn't care. He was more concerned with Duo.
"Is he alright?" Quatre asked. He had felt a small tremor in Duo just before he fainted. Not enough time to do anything.
"He's alive. I think he's exhausted." Trowa answered.
"He has been sleeping all day." Heero said.
"Aa. Maybe it's because the tree is up rooted."
"Nani?"
"The tree is where he was born." Trowa whispered so only Heero could here him. "It gives him life-energy. Because it is up-rooted it cannot give him the proper amount of energy."
"Hn. So what do we do?"
"Take him to bed. He needs his sleep. But tomorrow you need to replant the tree."
Heero nodded and picked up Duo. He looked to his father who excused him. Heero then carried his chosen up to his chambers. Trowa sat back down next to Quatre.
"Will he be alright?" The queen asked.
"I believe so. You'll have to forgive him. He's never been out of the forest that was his home."
"So maybe he should return." Relena said.
Everyone looked at Relena. Trowa shook his head. "He will be fine. He just needs to rest."
Heero walked into his bedchambers and took Duo to the bed. He gently laid him down and sat next to him. Heero brushed away the pixie/elf prince's bangs. "I hope you'll be alright."
Duo opened his eyes and smiled at him. "I'll be fine."
Heero smiled a rare smile, one meant only for Duo. "Tomorrow we plant the tree. Will that make you feel better?"
Duo smiled even more. "Oh yes!"
"Good now you rest." Heero got up to leave when he felt Duo grab his arm. Heero turned to look at him.
"Stay with me? Just hold me." Heero climbed into the bed and held Duo. "Heero can I borrow something?"
"Whatever you want."
"It's not that easy Heero. I have only done this with one other person." Heero's eyebrows came together. He could only think of one thing. "I wish to borrow some of your life force."
"Nani?" That wasn't what Heero expected.
"Your life force. Mine is so weak, I need something to keep me going 'til we plant the tree."
"Aa. Of course you may take whatever you wish."
"When we are bonded we shall give and take life-force as if it is air." Duo closed his eyes. In his mind he was chanting words. He began to glow. Heero sat and looked at him in awe. Then Heero noticed that he too was glowing. He felt a little tired but not to bad. Then the glowing stopped and Duo opened his eyes and looked at Heero. "Are you OK?"
Heero nodded. "What happened?"
"I took some of you life-force."
"It felt weird. But nice."
"Aa, sleep, I'm tired."
The two closed their eyes and fell asleep. They didn't notice Relena had snuck into the room. Lucky for her Heero was too tired to notice. She crept around looking at everything. She was looking for this tree she heard Prince Quatre and his chosen talking about after dinner. In her mind she thought that if she took the tree and got rid of it then this Duo would have to go home and then Heero could be all hers. However she did not find any sort of tree in Prince Heero's chambers. Upset she left and went back to her own room.
TBC...
Back to Precious L. the Spacepirate's Fanfictions Page