Beat of Destiny and other Drabble Shorts

One thing usually leads to another, or so I’ve been told.
A week after our disastrous vacation, and two after the stinky garage incident,
I got a call at the office from the local emergency room asking me permission to
treat one Duo Maxwell.

To say my heart was in my throat was an understatement! I
quickly told them to do what ever they needed and I’d be there as soon as I
could get there. I only managed to snag my phone and car keys before I was
bolting out of my office, leaving everything else behind.

I tried several times to contact my dark haired lover to no
avail. I’m not sure if he was in the middle of class or forgot his phone all
together. I wanted to throw the phone out the damn car window when it rang.

“Yuy.”

“Heero, I’m on my way.” I let out a sigh of relief at
the sound of Wufei’s voice on the other end.

“I’ve been trying to call you! What happened? Do you
know?”

“Sorry, my phone was in the Jeep. I didn’t get the
voice mail until ten minutes ago. I called the principal, but she told me to go
down to the E.R. for Duo.”  He
sounded a little shaken and I heard the gears grinding in the background. It
seemed that he was trying too hard to get to the same destination.

“Don’t drop the transmission out of that Jeep! Duo will
skin you alive if he has to fix it.” I heard a rough snort from the other end
before I he disconnecting. I’d rather he paid attention to the road than try
to talk to me anyway. At least I knew he was on his way.

I was parking my car when I spotted Wufei pulling into the
parking lot, tires screeching on the pavement. He pulled the Jeep into the first
available parking spot, throwing open the door and slamming it shut just as
quickly as he arrived.

“Wufei!” I shouted to get his attention, waving my arm
from the next row over. His hair tie was missing, letting his long hair tangle
and get in his eyes. I cut between cars, and grabbed a hold of his hand when he
held it out for me.

We said nothing as we walked up to the entrance. The
sliding doors gave way, and a gush of overly cold air hit us. My Chinese lover
detangled his fingers from mine, taking the lead to the registration desk that
sits off to the side of the huge double doors.

As Wufei talked with the lady at the desk, I watched nurses
coming and going, and little girl with a huge knot on her head leaving with her
parents. It didn’t seem to be a busy day here, so why were we waiting in the
hall.

“Come on,” Wufei tugged at my sleeve. “He’s down
the hall on the left.” He slapped the door release on the wall, hauling me
down the hallway by my shirt.

“Damn it,” I knocked his hand away from the now
wrinkled material. “I’m coming. It’s not like I can get lost here.” I
growled out, my fear now shining through the calm exterior I’d put in place.
He looked at me out of the corner of his eye, and I was thankful that he
didn’t snap back at me. Suddenly he’s cut in front of me, going into the
room I expect Duo to be in.

Lying on the gurney was my longhaired lover, mumbling to a
nurse that was at his side. She looked up as we entered, and smiled at us as we
drew near. He looked like he went a few rounds with an Oz solider and lost. Both
of his eyes were black and blue, nose swollen around the white tape across it. I
smiled at the white cotton shoved up his nostrils. He didn’t look any worse
for wear.

“Don’t tell me you dumped your bike again,” Wufei
asked, leaning down to swipe away a few bangs from Duo’s eyes. I heard the
nurse laugh lightly on her way out the door, which kind of surprised me.

“No, you wouldn’t believe me if I told ya,” Duo
mumbled out, as his blue eyes were going between Wufei and myself.

“Well, if you didn’t do that, I’m sure what ever you
did wasn’t too bad.” I said, as I reached down for his hand, lacing our
fingers together.

“I was getting the little rug rats ready for recess when
I noticed my shoe untied. Well, I bent over to tie it when I got smashed in the
face with something. Boy, I tell ya, I saw stars for a minute. I tried to shake
it off, but I guess that didn’t work.  I
woke up here.”

“Kids hate you there already?” Wufei smirked and I
chuckled a bit, but I could tell Duo didn’t find it amusing.

“It’s not funny! The nurse told me that Sarah, one of
the kids was here, too. Seems she ran straight into me. I hope she didn’t get
hurt too bad.”

“No, I saw her leaving with her parents. She’s going to
have one hell of a headache, though.”

“Yeah, you look like you got the worst of it, anyway.
Think you can sit up?” I asked, placing my hand under his neck.

“No problem. I’d be happy to get out of here and go
home.” He mumbled as I lifted him up into a sitting position.

“I’m sure you’ll be happy to get those tampons out of
your nose.” Wufei laughed, a smile spreading across his face. I could feel my
laughter starting…

“Shut up! This isn’t funny at all!”