by Hex
Written for the LJ drabble challenge. Line: "Huh?"
"Hello? Quatre? Duo? Where are you?" Trowa called into the eerily quite house.
The five pilots had gathered together to celebrate three years of peace. Wufei had co-ordinated it all right down to forcibly removing Quatre from his desk at Winner Enterprises. Tonight, Trowa, Wufei and Heero had gone to the mechanics museum. Quatre had pleaded fatigue, until Duo flipped through the pamphlet and noted that the museum thanked Winner INC for their continued support. That was when Quatre admitted with a bored sigh that he had already been through the museum, several times in fact and wasn't interested. Duo had decided to stay with Quatre to resist temptation. It was cruel Duo in a room with machines and then not expect him to take them apart.
The pair had then started talking about some of the latest movies. Duo had seen most where as Quatre was behind and demanded Duo help him catch up. They planned on watching movies until they were red-eyed and nearly drunk with it. Coming back to Wufei's loft to find it nearly dead silent was strange.
"Quatre?" Wufei called and looked into the living room.
"They're in here!" Heero barked from the kitchen.
When Trowa entered the kitchen it was to find both Quatre and Duo stretched out on the floor moaning and clutching their stomachs. The kitchen counters and table top were covered in empty ice cream containers, two with spoons still in them. It should have been enough ice cream for five people over two weeks who ate the stuff nearly everyday. Instead every container in the freezer had been cleaned out.
Heero, Wufei and Trowa exchanged annoyed glances. It was easy enough to figure out what had happened. The ice cream had been pulled out so they could enjoy it while watching their movies, one thing led to another and some how, a challenge was made. Duo and Quatre were ridiculously competitive when they paired off head to head and an eating contest was just the type of silliness to get them going. After several tubs of ice cream each, they were prone on the floor, moaning about their stupidity.
"Why do you two always do things like this?" Wufei muttered and bent down to check Duo's pulse.
"Huh?" Duo mumbled, cracking an eye and looking at Wufei.
"Come on Yuy, help me put him in a bed." Wufei said and grabbed Duo to pull him up. Heero just made it into firing range as Duo vomited all over the floor. The toes of his sneakers ended up covered in creamy, multi-coloured bile. Heero's nose scrunched up but he managed to suppress his gag reflex. The smell was disgusting.
"Bucket..." Quatre muttered weakly, then louder "Bucket!"
Trow quickly shoved an empty ice cream pail under his face. Quatre filled it with his stomach contents and the room with a horrible gagging sound. Quatre let out a pathetic moan as Duo whimpered,
"Too much...."
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