spilled the last of its contents. Duo reappeared, coughing and spitting, and grabbed hold of his edge of the plastic spar, stabilizing it. "Damn it, Yuy!" he growled, in between coughs. "You really are trying to kill me, aren't you?" Heero flushed slightly. He really didn't know what had caused his outburst, but he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of it. "I'm... sorry," he said, a trifle stiffly. "I wasn't trying to hurt you." That came out a little more naturally. "S'okay." Duo sighed. It really wasn't worth the energy of being angry. Heero looked aside, avoiding looking at Duo, and his eyes fell on the much-contested canteen. "There's still some left," he said quietly, and held it out. "Drink it." Duo turned his face to the side. "No way," he growled. "I won't drink it either," Heero said flatly. "It will just go to waste." "Maybe we should save it," Duo suggested, a faint tone of apology in his voice. Heero was silent for a moment, and then sighed. "It's what you said before," he said wearily. "There really isn't any point to that." Duo's mouth twisted in wry agreement. He eyed the bright silver medatively. "Half each?" he suggested. Heero thought about it, then nodded. He took the canteen, and took a long drink from it, then passed it over to Duo. Duo did likewise, and then handed it back, one eyebrow raised. Heero growled as he heard the tiny sloshing sounds inside, Duo hadn't taken the extra that Heero had left for him. And why had he done that? His thoughts confused him. He didn't know. For a while, they were silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Heero held the canteen in his hands, unfocused gaze on it. Duo stared out over the ocean. At length, he sighed. "You know," he said quietly, "it's kind of ironic. I came all the way to Earth, to all this water... and I'm going to die of thirst after all." Heero looked up. "You're from L2?" he asked. "That's what you said before." Duo nodded, and Heero tried to bring to mind everything he knew of L2. Most of his information was related to the Alliance in one way or another, but he knew that of the Colonies, the Alliance had allocated the largest number of troops to act as a policing force in L2. "That is one of the poorer Colonies, isn't it?" he asked, searching his mind for more information. "Yeah." There was undisguised bitterness in Duo's tone, and when Heero
Re: Three Days
Date: 2006-02-21 04:51 am (UTC)"Damn it, Yuy!" he growled, in between coughs. "You really are trying to kill me, aren't you?"
Heero flushed slightly. He really didn't know what had caused his outburst, but he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of it. "I'm... sorry," he said, a trifle stiffly. "I wasn't trying to hurt you." That came out a little more naturally.
"S'okay." Duo sighed. It really wasn't worth the energy of being angry.
Heero looked aside, avoiding looking at Duo, and his eyes fell on the much-contested canteen. "There's still some left," he said quietly, and held it out. "Drink it."
Duo turned his face to the side. "No way," he growled.
"I won't drink it either," Heero said flatly. "It will just go to waste."
"Maybe we should save it," Duo suggested, a faint tone of apology in his voice.
Heero was silent for a moment, and then sighed. "It's what you said before," he said wearily. "There really isn't any point to that."
Duo's mouth twisted in wry agreement. He eyed the bright silver medatively. "Half each?" he suggested.
Heero thought about it, then nodded. He took the canteen, and took a long drink from it, then passed it over to Duo. Duo did likewise, and then handed it back, one eyebrow raised. Heero growled as he heard the tiny sloshing sounds inside, Duo hadn't taken the extra that Heero had left for him. And why had he done that? His thoughts confused him. He didn't know.
For a while, they were silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Heero held the canteen in his hands, unfocused gaze on it. Duo stared out over the ocean. At length, he sighed.
"You know," he said quietly, "it's kind of ironic. I came all the way to Earth, to all this water... and I'm going to die of thirst after all."
Heero looked up. "You're from L2?" he asked. "That's what you said before."
Duo nodded, and Heero tried to bring to mind everything he knew of L2. Most of his information was related to the Alliance in one way or another, but he knew that of the Colonies, the Alliance had allocated the largest number of troops to act as a policing force in L2. "That is one of the poorer Colonies, isn't it?" he asked, searching his mind for more information.
"Yeah." There was undisguised bitterness in Duo's tone, and when Heero