Blue Forest Banshee by PlaidDragon
Part 17
"Do... Do your wings... you know... work?"
Heero cut him a midnight glare. "Of course they work!" he replied indignantly.
He leaped upward, Duo clasped firmly in his arms, and the powerful wings drove them into the air, each thrust taking them higher, climbing quickly.
Duo squawked, then screamed as he looked down.
"Noooooooo! Don't drop me! Don't drop me!"
Heero laughed wildly, glorying in the exhilaration he always experienced on take-off.
"I won't drop you! Stop squirming!"
Duo froze, panting like a dog, fingers slipping on Heero's smooth scales as he tried to hang on.
Over the rush of the air, Heero could hear him whispering, "Caz, Shar, Teal," over and over like an incantation.
He hitched Duo up against him with one arm and reached behind his knees to scoop him up, cradling him against his broad chest. Duo squeezed his eyes shut and shrieked, his arms snaking around Heero's neck.
Heero laughed and continued to gain altitude.
"I won't drop you, Duo! Come on; open your eyes! The view is wonderful!"
"Noooo!" Duo wailed, his face hidden against Heero's chest. "I'm sorry I asked!"
"Duo! Look around you or I will be tempted to drop you!" Heero growled.
Slowly, fearfully, Duo turned his head. His long braid flapped in the wind. His eyes remained tightly shut, his mouth trembling.
Heero nudged him with an elbow, as he leveled out, cruising high above the countryside.
"Look, Banshee," he said more gently. "I don't do this for everyone."
Duo's head moved; he might have been nodding. He opened one eye a crack. Then the other.
He gasped.
"Ohhh..." he breathed.
He raised up in Heero's arms to peer down at the town, fields, and roads all sailing past them. For several minutes, he just stared down. Then he looked up at Heero.
He looked, Heero thought, as if he were going to faint.
"We're flying..." he whispered. "You can really fly..."
"I can really fly," Heero agreed softly.
Duo looked down again. "I... Oh, I feel like Lois Lane..."
Heero shifted his hold on the Banshee, bringing him higher.
"Do you like it?" Heero murmured in his ear.
"Oh, yes..."
"Any time you like, Duo, just ask. We'll go flying."
"Really?" Duo's bright eyes were wide, excited pools of purple. "Oh wow, Heero..."
::Score! Top this, Wufei!::
"Any time at all, Duo..."