When she came back to the house she found Heero in almost the same position as when she had left; he had moved the desk chair over to the phone, and was sitting hunched over it, staring intensely at the date and time display. Alarmed, Relena rushed over to him.
"Heero, are you all right?" she cried. "Did something happen? Did you have to call the nurse? I didn't hear my cell phone ring?"
He looked up only briefly. "...No," he said. "I didn't try to call anyone."
She stopped, puzzled. "But then, why are you staying so near to the phone?"
He shifted around a little. "...In case someone calls."
"Oh." Relena looked away. She started to put down her purse, but then stopped, thinking of yesterday. "Heero... would you like to go to the park again today?"
"I don't want to leave!" Heero protested. "Duo might call."
Relena suppressed a weary sigh. "Then the answering machine will take a message," she told him gently. "You don't have to be here."
"He doesn't like leaving messages," Heero protested. "And what if he comes while we're gone, and we're not here, and he calls and nobody picks up the phone?"
Relena closed her eyes. "Heero," she said. "Duo is not going to call while we're gone."
"Duo might call." Heero hunched further over the telephone.
"He is not going to call," Relena said wearily. "He is not going to show up while we're gone. He's not going to call today, Heero, so there's no point in waiting over the phone."
Only silence answered her, and as she opened her eyes again, she saw the tight line of his shoulders and stiff bow of his neck. "Heero?"
Heero didn't answer for a long time, and she took a step towards him. He turned to look at her, and fear flared up in her chest at the look on his face.
Re: A Day With Heero
Date: 2006-02-22 09:20 am (UTC)When she came back to the house she found Heero in almost the same position as when she had left; he had moved the desk chair over to the phone, and was sitting hunched over it, staring intensely at the date and time display. Alarmed, Relena rushed over to him.
"Heero, are you all right?" she cried. "Did something happen? Did you have to call the nurse? I didn't hear my cell phone ring?"
He looked up only briefly. "...No," he said. "I didn't try to call anyone."
She stopped, puzzled. "But then, why are you staying so near to the phone?"
He shifted around a little. "...In case someone calls."
"Oh." Relena looked away. She started to put down her purse, but then stopped, thinking of yesterday. "Heero... would you like to go to the park again today?"
"I don't want to leave!" Heero protested. "Duo might call."
Relena suppressed a weary sigh. "Then the answering machine will take a message," she told him gently. "You don't have to be here."
"He doesn't like leaving messages," Heero protested. "And what if he comes while we're gone, and we're not here, and he calls and nobody picks up the phone?"
Relena closed her eyes. "Heero," she said. "Duo is not going to call while we're gone."
"Duo might call." Heero hunched further over the telephone.
"He is not going to call," Relena said wearily. "He is not going to show up while we're gone. He's not going to call today, Heero, so there's no point in waiting over the phone."
Only silence answered her, and as she opened her eyes again, she saw the tight line of his shoulders and stiff bow of his neck. "Heero?"
Heero didn't answer for a long time, and she took a step towards him. He turned to look at her, and fear flared up in her chest at the look on his face.
He spoke. "Duo isn't coming, is he."