Heh, so I ended up writing that fic after all. Surprised? Nah, I didn't think so.
Title: Chibiman
Author: Brandella
Pairing: 1+2, 3+4, 5+2
Rating: G
Warnings: My first Chibi fic, excessive cuteness
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine... ::sniff::
"Ok," Huffed a small voice filled with excitement. "I made it to the top! Are you ready?"
"I don't know, Duo... Are you sure about this? What if you get hurt?"
"I... I'm sure." Duo said in a wobbly voice. "I won't get hurt because you're here. I trust you, Heero." Large purple eyes lost all previous traces of fear and gazed with confidence down at the small boy standing so very far away on the ground.
Heero's tiny face scrunched up with determination. He would do his best not to let Duo down. "I'm ready."
"Okay, here I come!"
"Duo! What are you doing? Stop that right now!" A voice filled with anxiety cut through the room. "What are you guys thinking? And Heero, how could you let Duo get all the way up there? You know he's afraid of heights!"
"It's ok, 'Fei, Heero would have caught me, he's Superman!"
Huge black eyes blinked in confusion.
"We're practicing for Ha'ween. Heero's gonna be Superman and I'm gonna be Lois Lane." Duo looked to his accomplice for confirmation. Heero nodded once solemnly.
"It's pronounced Halloween, Duo."
"I like the way Duo says it." Heero stated supportively.
"Duo, how did you get up there?"
"Quatre! I thought your mommy said you weren't coming today." Duo jumped up and down with excitement, realized where he was, then dropped to his hands and knees in fear.
"Be careful, Duo! My mommy and I were going to go to the circus today, but she got called into a meeting, so she had Trowa's mommy bring me here with him instead." Quatre tried to look unaffected by the situation, but his quivering lower lip gave him away.
"It's ok, Quatre." Trowa put his arms around the shorter blonde boy and kissed the top of his head, remembering how much better it made him feel when his own mommy did it for him when he was sad. "When I grow up, I'm going to tame lions and be a trap, trapzzze... tapaieze, um, one of those people that walks on a string way up in the air. Then you can come to the circus anytime you want."
"Really? Thanks Trowa!" Quatre hugged his bestest friend in the whole wide world as hard as he could until he squeaked. Then he grabbed Trowa's hand and dragged him over to the area of the Duo Situation. "How are we gonna get him down from there?"
"Heero will catch me!"
"No way, Duo. Your mommy would put us in permanent time out if we let you get hurt." Wufei pretended indifference to the braided boy's well-being, but was really afraid something would happen to the smallest boy in their playgroup. "I think we should form a triangle and let him climb down that way. Heero and I will be the bottom, Trowa will be the top and Quatre can be back-up in case something goes wrong."
"That sounds acceptable." Heero agreed because he knew that Duo won't go along with the plan unless he did.
After much effort and daring, Operation Get Duo Off the Ottoman was a complete success.
"What were you doing up there, anyways?" Quatre asked after Duo was safely ensconced in Heero's lap and receiving much needed head pats.
"I was practicing to be Lois Lane for Ha'ween. Heero was gonna be Superman and save me after I fell off a building. How are we s'pposed to practice now?" The little braided boy's eyes started to get shiny, but he refused to cry in front of Heero. He wanted to be just as strong as his best friend and Heero never cried over anything, not even that time when he fell down the stairs.
"Don't worry Duo, we can practice with you!" Quatre came up with a solution as fast as he could - he hated to see his friend cry.
"Really? That would be great! Hey, Wufei can play Jimmy!"
"I refuse to play such a dishonorable role." The little chinese boy pouted off to one side.
"I'll play Jimmy, I don't think it's dishonorable at all." Quatre turned and pulled at Trowa's hand. "Trowa, you can be Jimmy too, so that I don't get lonely, ok?"
The green-eyed boy nodded quickly. His Quatre should never be lonely.
The two Jimmys turned to Wufei and asked him who he was going to play.
"I'll... I'll be Lex Luthor, who steals Lois Lane and has his wicked way with her." Wufei said with a hint of uncertainty in his voice.
"That sounds good to me." Duo said "Umm, what does wicked way mean?"
After a moment of consideration, Wufei said "I think it means that he eats cookies and soda in front of her, but doesn't let her have any." And with that, he grabbed Lois/Duo's hand and dragged him off.
"No!!!!! Save me Super-Heero-man!"
"This looks like a job for Superman!" The Jimmies chorused.
"Ninmu Ryokai." Super-Heero raced off to save his lady fair - and the cookies.