Break Room Coffee

[Adaon]

Duo yawned, a very loud, over exaggerated, perfect expression of his tiredness yawn. He mentally decided that whoever invented 6am must have done it as part of an evil plot to destroy the world. Whoever decided he needed to get up at 6am really hated him.

Barely making his way through the headquarters of the preventers, Duo stumbled in to the private kitchen and break room for executive agents. Apparently he wasn't the only one needing a caffeine intake to survive this morning. He found Wufei and Trowa quietly sitting at a table sipping on their warm beverages. Duo's eyes brightened for two reasons 1)he wouldn't have to make the coffee, 2)he wouldn't have to wait for it. This day was looking better already.

He went for the pot, taking a mug out of the overhead cabinet, and decided to fill the near silent room with some small talk. "Is the coffee safe?"

"No" much to Duo's surprise was the immediate response. He looked over at Trowa who had spoken, only to find the man continuing to sip on his own mug full of what Duo presumed to be the same mixture.

"What did you say?" Asked Duo.

As if they were taking turns between their own coffee and responding to Duo, Wufei spoke. "You asked if the coffee was safe, and he answered 'no' is your hearing impaired Maxwell?"

Duo shook his head, this was confusing. "Let me see if I have this straight, this " pointing to the black liquid " is coffee, right?" They both nodded once to confirm. "I presume it's the same as what you are currently drinking." They both nodded again. "Then why would it not be safe?"

"It's Yuy's coffee." Trowa answered very matter-of-factly, as if that was the answer to everything.

"So what, you think he won't do anything if you take some but me he will hurt?" Duo jokingly asked while pouring his own cup.

"I doubt he would care much if you took a cup so long as at least one more was left for him." Wufei's turn to reply and not make sense. Duo was starting to wonder about his friend's sanity as he poured sugar in and mixed his coffee.

"I really don't get you two, if Heero doesn't mind then what's it matter to you?" Duo asked, blowing lightly on the top of his cup to cool it some before taking his first sip.

"It doesn't matter to me personally; I was just answering your question honestly." Trowa said while standing up to stretch some of his still stiff muscles. "Just don't say I didn't warn you."

Duo looked at his friends like they were nuts, but figured he was just missing something due to a lack of caffeine. He happily took a sip of his coffee; only to gag on the absolute assault on his mouth. He was coughing like crazy and ran for the sink. Sticking his head under the tap he turned it on full blast making any vain effort he could to wash the toxic waste out of his mouth.

His ever sympathetic friends that had of course seen everything were finding great amusement at his plight. Trowa was chuckling lightly, Wufei was laughing so hard he was holding his side. Duo concluded he needed more sympathetic friends. After several minutes of a constant stream of water, Duo concluded his tongue was official dead. He stood up, hoping he one day would be able to taste again but doubting it. "WHAT was THAT!"

Wufei managed to cease laughing at him just long enough to say: "We did try to warn you Maxwell, it's your own fault for choosing not to listen. Yuy likes a rather specific blend of coffee, which we have theorized includes some type of acid meant to deter others from drinking it."

Duo was still panting heavily trying to recover from this traumatizing experience that was so bad he was wondering if he would ever be able to drink coffee again. He shuddered at the thought, life without coffee would be worse then having bamboo stuck under his fingernails. "Just what kind of stick, crazy, messed up, oh hi Heero."

It was then that Heero entered, barley paying any notice to the people in the room as he went straight to refill his coffee. He said nothing as he poured it then returned the pot back to it's normal position. He bypassed the cream and sugar, of course taking his black, what else would Heero Yuy do? He sat down in one of the empty chairs and took a quick gulp, not making any efforts to cool it. His face suddenly seemed less tense, becoming more relaxed and at ease.

Duo was convinced all of his friends were crazy.

[Elyn Yuy]

Coffee addict, lol