Silent In The Shadows

Trowa was minding his own business and walking through the shadowed halls of the Preventor Headquarters. He came upon Sally and Wufei.

“I’m sorry Wufei, but I’m going to have to give you a needle.”

“A needle, that’s injustice. I am perfectly healthy! *coughs* I refuse to let you stick a needle in my arm.”

“The alternative is one in your rear.”

*Wufei starts to grumble* “Alright, I will take this weak needle of yours. Only if I can take Mr. Cuddles along with me.” Wufei hauls out a stuffed animal from somewhere and starts to hug it.

Trowa was walking through the dorm rooms; he needed to borrow some hair gel from Duo again. He got to Duo’s door and tried to knock but the door swung open. Duo was sitting on his bed, stroking his braid.

Every once in a while he would pick up a pair of scissors and snip off a piece of hair.

“Damn split ends. I have got to get a stronger conditioner.”

This time Trowa was passing through the halls on his way to the public washrooms. He had accidentally flushed his mask down the toilet and still needed to go. On the way past Heero’s room he heard the man declaring his everlasting love.

“I love you, my precious.”

Trowa was never one to miss opportunities like this one. He opened Heero’s door expecting to see Relena in there with him. All there was in the room was Heero sleeping, his arm hugging his laptop.

Trowa sincerely hoped he was thinking of Relena in his sleep because the alternative was just plain scary.

He was walking toward Relena’s bedroom, looking for her bodyguard because of troubles with the security system. When Heero wasn’t in his room he was with Relena. It was kind of sweet, and romantic, or at least that was what his sister kept saying. He got to the door and opened it without knocking or thinking.

Relena was sitting in front or her vanity. Heero was standing behind here brushing out his hair. She was laughing at something he had said and he was smiling at her through the mirror. Trowa felt like he was interrupting a special world and backed out of the room.

He slipped on the newly waxed floor and skidded to a halt just in front of the steps. His head whipped around as he heard Relena’s door slam shut. He lost his balance and tumbled down the stairs. Hilde, Catherine and Duo were coming up the stairs at the same time. The girls scattered and left poor Duo to stop his friend’s free-fall. They plunged together for a couple of stairs until Duo’s braid got caught in the rail and he jerked to a stop. Trowa landed in an awkward heap at the foot of the stairs, his hair bent at a right angle.