by Melody
Part I: Defeated
Chibi Wufei was sitting behind the garage, moping. One elbow was resting on his knee and his chin was cupped in his hand. He had an interesting purple lump steadily rising on his forehead, as well as numerous scrapes and bruises. His clothes were torn and dirty.
"What happened to YOU?" asked Relena. "Been fightin' 'gain?"
"Yeah," Wufei answered, remaining motionless. "Duo 'n Heero 'n me had a fight and I lost." He sighed. "I'm so 'shamed that I'm such a weakling."
"Oh, my poor Heero!" Relena panicked. "Where is he? Is he hurt bad?"
"No. Heero 'n Duo went in the house to clean up 'fore Melody sees they've been fightin'. I don't care if she sees me."
"I'm gonna go see how Heero's doin'," Relena said, hurrying away in the direction of the house.
"Do you see her?" Duo whispered. He was standing behind Heero, who was peering around the doorframe so he could look into the living room without being noticed.
"Nope. Let's go," said Heero.
"Where are you two going in such a hurry?" Melody asked as she came in through the front door.
The two chibis stopped dead in their tracks. Heero's cheek was swelling purple and he had various other bruises, as well as a bloodied nose. Duo had several black and blue marks, scratches, and the beginnings of a black eye. Their clothes had so much ground in dirt in them that Melody could instantly see that she was going to have yet another laundry challenge.
"Uh oh," Duo muttered to Heero. "She's got that "there'll be no dessert tonight" look on her face."
"I see you've been fighting again," Melody said sternly. "What was it about this time?"
"You said we had to 'cide on what color we'll paint the doors 'n stuff for the Nursery," Heero began to explain. "Trowa 'n Quatre said they didn't care what color it was."
"I wanted black, Wufei wanted red an' Heero wanted that UGLY green he likes so much,"
"So Wufei 'n us 'cided that we'd fight for it. The winner'd get to have the color he wants," Heero continued.
"An' I WON!" Duo exclaimed, launching into his usual victory dance. "Yay! We get to have BLACK!"
"Where is Wufei?" Melody asked.
"Outside," the boys answered in unison.
"Do I have to follow you around all the time to make sure you stay out of trouble?"
"No!" they both quickly answered.
"Then you'd better stop fighting."
Heero felt the lump on his head.
"We can still have black doors an' black carpet an' stuff, can't we?" Duo asked, looking at Melody with pleading in his eyes and a contrite look on his face. "I DID win fair 'n square."
"You know, when I told you boys to decide on a color I didn't mean for you to fight for it," said Melody. "I should have known better than to let you handle this on your own, though. So I will let you have black if you promise to try to find better ways of solving your differences. Okay?"
Both boys looked sheepishly up at her. "We'll TRY," they promised with great sincerity.
"All right. Now go get washed up and then come to the kitchen and we'll see what we can do about your injuries. I'm going to find Wufei."
Duo touched his swelling eye gingerly.
"Thanks!" said Duo, grinning proudly.
They heard the screened kitchen door shut with a bang.
"Heeeerrrrrooooo!"
"Uh oh, here comes Florence Night-and-gale," observed Duo. "Wufei musta told her we been fightin'."
"Run!" Heero urged Duo. "We gotta get to the bathroom an' lock the door 'fore she sees me! I DON'T want her helpin' me with the band-aids!"
They ran up the stairs as fast as their little chibi legs could go.
The End
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