"Duo you idiot. Stay still," Heero Yuy said sharply as he held the injured longhaired boy to the bed.
A pair of pained violet eyes focused dazedly on his face and Duo moaned. "How bad is it Hee-chan?" He asked in a pathetic sounding tone.
"Three bullets to your left side," Heero responded bluntly, running his fingers along the left side of Duo’s rib cage. "None of them protruded any vital organs though. You’ll live."
"Doesn’t feel like it from this end," Duo replied softly.
Heero reached for a bottle of alcohol and a cloth sitting on a nearby shelf. Once Duo caught sight of it, he cringed and weakly shook his head in protest.
"No, Hee-chan. Don’t make it hurt worse than it already does," Duo pleaded as he clutched Heero’s shirt with one hand and placed his arm over his burning side with the other. "Please, just clean it with water or something."
"Calm down," Heero said with a sigh. "I have to clean you up before your wounds get infected. Just lie still and I’ll do this as quickly as I can."
Duo moaned and turned his head to the side and shut his eyes tightly, waiting for the pain to start. The Japanese boy poured some of the alcohol into the cloth and unbuttoned the black blood-soaked shirt in front of him. He turned Duo’s face towards his and gave him a slight smile. "Y’know if it hurts," He said softly. "You can squeeze my arm. That’ll make it not hurt so bad."
"So I’ve heard," Duo choked out, returning the smile as best he could. "I-I never found out if it works though."
"Well, you can now."
"O-okay."
Without another word, Heero pressed the cloth against Duo’s side. The braided boy inhaled sharply and grasped Heero’s arm as tightly as he could. He held on, almost digging his nails into the other boy’s skin, but it didn’t seem to be helping much. "Is that the best you can do?" Heero asked.
"Y-yeah," Duo murmured. "Some kid almost broke my arm doin’ this when I was younger. It hasn’t been the same since. Maybe I should have sued him."
Heero rolled his eyes, "Baka."
"And now I get verbal abuse too?!" Duo exclaimed as he tried to roll onto his side but was prevented from it by Heero’s free hand holding him down. "I…itaiii…" He groaned, not trying to sound funny anymore. "Ano, Hee-chan…It hurts," Duo whimpered softly and again tried to move, only to be held still by Heero.
"Stay still," He ordered flatly. "I’ll get this over much faster if you wouldn’t move. I need to see what I’m doing."
"B-but—"
"Do you ever stay quiet?"
"Nope…People even…threaten my life…and they can’t get me to shut up," Duo said in a whisper.
Heero suddenly pressed the cloth a little harder against Duo’s side. The braided boy did all he could to keep himself from crying out in pain. He bit his lower lip tightly and dug his fingernails as far as he could into Heero’s skin, but it did nothing to help the intense pain in his side. "Daijoubu," Heero reassured him. "I’m almost done."
"Would you p-please…hurry?" Duo choked out in annoyance.
"Would you stop complaining?"
"No…I—Mmph?!"
Duo’s eyes widened in surprise, being caught completely off-guard as a pair of warm lips pressed against his. It took him several moments to register that it was Heero kissing him. He closed his eyes, taking in the full situation and kissed back. The pain in his side seemed to vanish as the two kissed more deeply.
A few long minutes passed before Heero pulled his lips away from Duo’s and he swept the bangs out of the braided boy’s eyes. "Well," He began, gazing down at Duo with serious blue eyes. "Does it still hurt?"
The American smiled dazedly at Heero, barely noticing the dull ache in his side. "Does what hurt?" He whispered as they kissed again.
"I don’t believe it," Duo said a while later, watching Heero put medical supplies away with a coy smile.
"What?" Heero asked without turning around.
"Just one little kiss and that makes it stop hurting. I guess I should have tried that when we were younger, then maybe you wouldn’t have nearly broken my arm, ne, Odin-chan?"
Heero sighed and shook his head as he turned around. "Anything to shut your mouth for two seconds, koi."
Duo smiled widely and grabbed Heero by the shirt, pulling him onto the bed with him. "Well you wouldn’t want me to change, would ya?"
Heero shook his head and smiled at him. Duo was honestly amazed. He hadn’t seen one of Heero Yuy’s genuine smiles for a very long time.
"Ne Hee-chan, I think you broke something…Y-you’re actually smiling!"
"Nothing’s broken…" Heero said softly as he kissed Duo’s lips for a second time.
"A-are you sure?" Duo choked as he pulled away. "Cuz I could—"
"Duo," He said sternly, clamping a hand over the American’s mouth.
"Mmm?"
Heero removed his hand and moved to kiss him again. "Just shut up for two seconds, okay?"
Duo only nodded and whispered, "This probably would have worked when we were kids too."
"Damare," It was all Heero could say before their lips met again and he was lost in the braided boy’s loving embrace.
"Arigato Odin…"
"Arigatio Duo…"
