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The Walk Into A Bar Meme!

The bar's a comfortable place, where everyone knows you just have to walk up, give the bartender a smile, and order up a drink. Everyone goes to a bar sometime, whether to pick up a companion for the night, to pick up a friend, or pick up a drink. You never know the story behind the guy sitting next to you, or the bartender. But that's what bars are for, aren't they? To learn about the guy on the stool next to you, drinking his gin and tonic.

So what do you do in a Walk Into A Bar meme?

1. Comment here with your character and their canon in the subject line.
2. Hit RNG for a number between 1-15.
3. Tag someone else using that number as your character's reason for coming to the bar.
4. Profit!

So, what's your poison?

1. Sex on the Beach - You're here at the bar for one reason and one reason only, to find some company for the night. It might help, to buy them a drink first. But then they might throw that back in your face...

2. Tonic and Gin - Life's been one disaster after another lately, and the only thing that makes it easier is the sweet numbing taste of alcohol...

3. Midori Sour - Your friends dragged you out here and they've suddenly abandoned you for some rock star in the VIP lounge. Are you bitter? Maybe. Or maybe you'll just use the opportunity to flirt with the cute bartender...

4. Shirley Temple - You got a call five minutes ago asking you to come to the bar to pick up your too-intoxicated friend/brother/sister. But now that you're here, theydon't seem to be anywhere to be found...

5. Poolside Pleasure - There's nothing like being on vacation in a tropical paradise, is there? And what better way to soak in that tropical vibe than to swim up to the Tiki Bar for a relaxing fruity drink with a paper umbrella?

6. Moonshine - Maybe you're underaged. Or maybe the bar isn't exactly what you'd call legal. Whatever the reason, you're not supposed to be here, but you are, and while you're here, might as well get something to wet your whistle, right? Just be careful not to get caught...

7. Hair of the Dog - Last night was... do you even remember last night? Probably not, given the wicked hangover pounding in your head right now. Well, nothing cure a hangover like having a drink in the morning to take the edge off, right?

8. Champagne - Something great has happened! Did you get a promotion? Kill your nemesis? Whatever it is, you feel great and it's time everyone celebrated with you. A round of champagne on the house!

9. Shaken, not Stirred - To everyone else, this is a regular bar, but not to you. You know you're here to meet a clandestine contact, an enemy informer or a secret spy. Better play it cool and keep your eyes open...

10. Sunken Pirate Ship - You've been out on the high seas for months, and finally made it into port with your pockets full of gold. What're you going to do first? Drink that gold away or buy some company for the evening? You can do both at the bar...

11. Punch in the Rain - You're the bouncer of this bar and you think the guy sitting next to you has probably had too much to drink. Maybe it's time to cut them off. Hopefully they'll go easy, huh?

12. Bartender - Everyone who walks through the door has a story to tell, and you're the guy they love to tell those stories to. Are you the type to listen, or the type to slip a little something extra into their drink in hopes that they shut up about their sob story?

13. Absinthe - Whatever it is you just drank didn't seem to agree with you. And at the corner of your eye you keep seeing this bright green faerie... Is everything happening around you reality, or have you slipped into some kind of hallucination?

14. 357 Magnum - Did you just insult my mother? Whether or not they did, you sure think so, and you know what's the best way to settle things in a bar? With a bar brawl, of course!

15. Happy Hour - Anything goes! Got another scenario you want to play out, this is the place for it!

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Wufei moved the brush through his hair slowly, taking his time and listening as he did. He hummed softly when Duo finished speaking, halfway through brushing it out. "I'm glad that you remember her," he said softly. "That you had her to care for you. A mother's love is an important gift," he knew that she wasn't literally his mother, but it was clear to him that she filled the role. "I've not had the heart to ask after the others' families. Our stories all seem to be filled with pain."

He sighed softly, moving a little higher. "I was married, a year ago. To a beautiful woman who called herself Nataku. She was a fierce warrior who was terribly impatient with her stubborn and bookish husband," he smiled a little as he worked. "But then there was an attack on our colony, and she sacrificed her life to save mine -- and the Shenlong. After that, I accepted my role as a warrior, and came here to fight with the same spirit and strength that she would have if she had survived long enough to reject sacrificing our colony for Dekim's war."

He laughed a little at Wufei calling Sister Helen a 'mother', or akin to one. She'd drove him insane at first always fussing after him. But in the end she'd been someone important. She'd been as close to family as he could have gotten at that point, since no one else had been able to handle him.

Duo nodded slowly. "We've all got a past." And they all sucked. They had to have. Otherwise why would they be doing what they were doing if they'd been happy before?

Then he went quiet. Wufei was talking about his wife... He'd talked about her when he was drunk but Duo wasn't doing to say anything. He wanted to hear the story from Wufei. From a sober Wufei who could remember sharing such personal information. So he listened.

"She sounds pretty amazing..." And he really wanted to ask why Wufei liked him after having someone so spectacular in his life. But at the same time was scared if he pointed it out Wufei would agree. Duo didn't want to lose something, someone, so soon after getting it, so he kept his mouth shut. "I think you've done her proud. Which is better than me. Sister Helen and Father Maxwell would freak if they knew what I was doing."

Wufei hummed in agreement, smiling a little. "She was, but I didn't recognize it until she was gone," he admitted. He laughed at the notion of Duo's family freaking out. "Maybe they would, but I bet they'd be proud that you're following your convictions. If you must fight, then let it be for what you believe in," he nodded a little. "And if we achieve peace..." well, how could a priest have a problem with that?

"When this is all over, we can all put down our weapons," Wufei said as he finished brushing out Duo's hair and set the brush aside, taking the hair in his fingers and carefully separating it into three sections to twist it carefully into a braid.

"Don't always know what we have until we're about to lose it..." It had been the same with him. Until he was holding their dead and dying bodies in his arms, Duo had taken them for granted that they'd always be there. Every time.

"Father Maxwell might understand. But Sister Helen? She'd hate what I'm doing. Especially doing it in her name." He turned his head a little to look at Wufei over his shoulder. "My reason for fighting wasn't a good one, Wu. It was revenge. Now I have other reasons. But at the start I just wanted revenge."

"Yeah. When this is all done, I don't wanna fight anymore..." Hadn't Heero said the same thing last night? Now Wufei was saying it. He wondered if Quatre and Trowa felt the same. It made Duo wonder... "I think, when this is all over. Maybe we should stay together a while. Just till we all get on our feet."

Wufei let out a huff of a chuckle as he finished up the braid and secured the end with a hairband. "You think that wasn't mine? I can't speak for the others, but I'm going to make Treize pay in blood for the death of my wife," he said it lightly, but there was a hardness in his eyes as he did. "That's my objective. Peace is just a nice by-product. So long as I can crush Treize and his legacy, I don't give a damn who wins the war."

He sighed softly, forcing himself to let go of the tension and anger that had been building as he spoke. Like a fist forcing itself to relax. "I think that would be good for all of us. I don't think I'll be the only one not knowing what to do with himself when everything is said and done. Except maybe go home," to an empty house. To the life of a colony leader and politician.

"I suppose not..." When his braid was finished, Duo reached up to take it and smoothed a hand along it's length. Wufei had done a pretty good job. He'd started to smile before Wufei mentioned Treize. As soon as he was mentioned the smile left his lips.

Duo twisted around to face Wufei then. "Just remember your promise." He said softly. It was a promise he was going to hold Wufei to, no matter what.

Wufei met his gaze for a long moment before leaning in to kiss him. "Why would I want a woman I've never met, when I have someone so perfect for me right here?"

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Duo flushed right to the tips of his ears and gave a slightly goofy smile and a shake of his head.

"I just meant... if home is where you're going, if you don't mind taking a stray with you...?" It wasn't as if Duo had a home of his own. He was an orphan, picked up off the streets. He had no love for his colony really. It had given him no love so why should he? So he could make his home anywhere.

Wufei lifted a brow. "You're hardly a stray, but you're absolutely welcome to come. And if you don't like it there, we'll leave. There are... expectations, but there's no leverage to hold me to them." They could try to tie him down and force him into politics, but if he didn't want to do something, he wasn't going to be forced by societal pressures.

"You're cute but I'm totally a stray. I'm a cat. You pet me. Now I'm gonna follow you everywhere." Duo grinned playfully and then twisted around to drop back and flopped across Wufei's lap.

"Expectations? How about we just run away?" Duo asked, looking up at Wufei with a quiet calm. "Where we don't have any expectations?"

"Just don't start headbutting me," he replied with a laugh, running his fingers through Duo's bangs. "We could run away," he agreed. "But I would like to show you off a little first. Your circumstances may have been the sort of thing they'd turn their noses up at, but they won't dare say anything rude to you if they know you're a Gundam Pilot," and if Duo thought Wufei was not going to brag, he was going to be very surprised.

"Just a suggestion." Duo grinned. The idea of anyone wanting to, or being able to, show him off was a new one. He didn't think there wss anything really special about him. Sure he was a Gundam Pilot but so what? Duo didn't say that though. He just smiled and laughed. "Let them. Like I'd let that bother me. So long as I've got you at my side I don't care."

He stiffened, just a tiny bit. "If you think I will allow someone to speak ill of you in my presence..." he shook his head, blew out his breath to let go of tension that was purely imagined, anyway. "The point is. I'd like to show you where I come from," he replied with a faint smile. "Maybe we could go to L2, too. Just for a visit, unless you want to stay longer."

Duo reached up and gently brushed the back of his fingers across Wufei's cheek. Having someone get that angry for him... When was the last time anyone had done that? Maybe not since Solo. It made his heart ache.

Before he could even think about what he was doing he'd cupped Wufei's cheek and pulled him down, lifting himself in the same movement to press a kiss to his lips. "I love you..." He said softly, word he had yet to actually admit to, even though Wufei had used them himself. Duo hadn't had the chance between one thing or another. But right then it was what he was feeling, an overwhelming love for Wufei. And gratitude.

"One step at a time, yeah?" they could circle around to L2. Let him see how he felt about the colony after the war.

Wufei moved when he was pulled, returning the kiss softly and smiling as the words were gifted to him. His cheeks were red as he took another kiss. "I love you, too," he whispered.

"Yeah," he nodded, smiling a little more warmly. "Whatever happens, we'll figure it out together," he promised.

He really could get used to hearing that. Duo smiled more and kissed Wufei again before he let his head drop back into his lap and let go of his grip of him.

"Yeah, together. And I think together we should probably get up. Can't laze around like this all day." Even though it was really tempting to just be a cat and let Wufei pet him.

He returned the kiss with a smile, and went back to threading his fingers through Duo's hair. "Why not?" he countered with a little smirk. "Heero's not up and around, I would've heard his stomping," which he knew was Heero's way of announcing his presence -- the bastard could be silent as a whisper when he wanted to be. "We could just stay here until he wakes up."

"Fine, we can stay a while since he's not up..." Duo's eyes were closed and his smile happy, Wufei was playing with his hair and he really liked it. It was oddly comforting.

Except something was niggling at the back of his mind and wouldn't let him fully relax.

Heero should have been up by now. So why wasn't he?

Just like that Duo shot up and rolled off of the bed, swearing all the way. "Fuck fuck fuck!" he was out the door in a heartbeat, not even giving himsf time to explain to Wufei what was wrong. Duo couldn't really explain the bad feeling he was having. He really hoped that he was wrong and he was being paranoid. But with everything that Heero had told him last night... What if he'd had nightmares too? What if he was reliving that awful day right then while he was laughing it up with Wufei? Heero wouldn't make a sound, would he? Maybe even his nightmares were silent? Duo so hoped he was wrong...

He knocked on the door, calling Heero's name in a rush. He counted to five. Called again. Five more and then he pushed open the door.

Wufei hummed softly, smiling down at Duo until... he suddenly was staring down at his empty lap, blinking a few times as he watched Duo go. The speed of his exit had Wufei getting up to follow as Duo pushed his way into... an empty room.

The bed was made to military precision, nothing was knocked askew or even the slightest bit out of place. It looked like a hotel room ready for its next guest.

Peering over Duo's shoulder, Wufei hummed. "I smell coffee."

Duo slumped against the wall and laughed weakly, a hand lifted to cover his face. Well didn't he look like an idiot? He near jumped when Wufei spoke at his side and cleared his throat, a light dusting of pink coloured his cheeks.

"Y-yeah, why don't you head down and see what's up? I'm just gonna run the bathroom and I'll be right down!" he sounded cheerful enough, practically dancing around Wufei and ducking under him to get passed and back down the hall. Distraction was key. He was laughing as he walked into the room and then the bathroom. The laughter stopped when the door closed.

His heart was hammering in his chest. The fear he'd felt just then scared him. The thought that Heero could have been suffering made him feel sick.

After a few calming breaths Duo moved away from the door. He dealt with nature's call before he ended up at the sink throwing cold water on his face. Only when he thought he was more in control of himself did he leave the bathroom and head down to the others.

Wufei watched him go, both eyebrows lifted. He went downstairs after a moment's hesitation, and when Duo came down to join them, Wufei and Heero were both seated at the dining room table with mugs of coffee.

And Heero even managed to look ashamed of himself, glancing up at Duo. "Sorry," and he paused, winced as Wufei kicked him under the table. "For frightening you."

Duo had walked in, all smiles, ready to put the whole thing behind him. Until he was brought up short by Heero's greeting.

The urge to run again was near overwhelming.

Flushed with embarrassment, he shot Wufei a look that could have been dirty if it wasn't for the hint of betrayal there. Then he forced a laugh and walked around to make himself a coffee too.

"You didn't. It's fine. Don't sweat it, yeah? Just let my imagination get the better of me is all!" he laughed again, sloshed coffee on the counter and cursed under his breath as he cleaned it up.

Heero grunted softly and nodded, busying himself with another sip of coffee.

And Wufei just rolled his eyes when he was given the look, shaking his head a little as he got up and went to pour Duo a mug, mostly as an excuse to get him to follow into the kitchen. Where they were slightly more alone. "I'm doing you both a favor."

"The hell you are." Duo muttered, letting a little anger through into his voice. "What good did it do telling him I freaked out?" and confirming that he was a monumental idiot. Heero Yuu could look aftrt himself. Where the hell did he get off thinking he could be of any use?

Duo gripped the edges of the counter. He'd thought he'd settled himself down. Clearly he hadn't even come close. "I thought wrong. That's all. It was my mistake. He didn't need to know..."

Wufei lifted a brow. "I didn't tell him you freaked out," he said softly, stepping closer and offering Duo the mug. "I told him that you were worried when he'd vanished, as any reasonable person would be. I told him that I was worried, too, until I smelled the coffee. There's no shame in caring for others, or being cared for in return," and it seemed like a lesson both of their thick skulls were particularly resistant to.

Good thing Wufei was stubborn.

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