“Not to me.” Duo shrugged helplessly. “Believe me, there’s nothing I’d like better than to throw it all away and stay with you. But I -- but -- I can’t abandon what I do here. What about the next man like you, who falls victim to some greedy bastard with a lot of money and no morals? If I’m not there to intervene for them, then -- then nobody will.” Wufei sighed, his shoulders sagging. “I was afraid you would say that,” he said, defeated. “Duo, you can’t keep this up forever. Sooner or later they’re going to catch you in the act, or some frustrated jail officer is going to put two and two together and realize that all these breakouts have been of your prisoners. What will you do then?” “What else?” Duo threw his head back and actually laughed. “Visit you in exile, of course.” “A worthy pair of outlaws,” Wufei said, deadpan. Duo laughed, then caught his breath, and the humor died. “You know,” he began hesitantly. “There’s -- there is a chance that I might not be able to come to you.” “All the police in Romafeller aren’t match for the Shinigami,” Wufei said fiercely, and Duo half-smiled. “Yeah, well -- one of them might get lucky. If --” Wufei interrupted him. “Then I will return to Oz, hunt down every last one of the dogs, and see that justice is delivered,” he said firmly, “even if I lose my own life doing so.” “That’s how I know I love you, you know,” Duo sighed. “I didn’t even have to ask.”
Re: THE DRAGON AS AN OBJECT OF PREY (cont.)
Date: 2006-02-21 10:14 am (UTC)Wufei sighed, his shoulders sagging. “I was afraid you would say that,” he said, defeated. “Duo, you can’t keep this up forever. Sooner or later they’re going to catch you in the act, or some frustrated jail officer is going to put two and two together and realize that all these breakouts have been of your prisoners. What will you do then?”
“What else?” Duo threw his head back and actually laughed. “Visit you in exile, of course.”
“A worthy pair of outlaws,” Wufei said, deadpan.
Duo laughed, then caught his breath, and the humor died. “You know,” he began hesitantly. “There’s -- there is a chance that I might not be able to come to you.”
“All the police in Romafeller aren’t match for the Shinigami,” Wufei said fiercely, and Duo half-smiled.
“Yeah, well -- one of them might get lucky. If --”
Wufei interrupted him. “Then I will return to Oz, hunt down every last one of the dogs, and see that justice is delivered,” he said firmly, “even if I lose my own life doing so.”
“That’s how I know I love you, you know,” Duo sighed. “I didn’t even have to ask.”
~owari~