Duo Maxwell was used to moving. He'd always done it and therefore was it was normal to him. So when the orphanage found him another home he got ready as always. Same old reasons, problems, and emotions. He had no one to care for him, nobody wanted him, and he didn't give a damn if he was wanted or not. He packed what limited possessions he'd gathered in the past sixteen years of his life and left for his new "home."

Duo sat quietly in the backseat of the car as his new foster parents drove him to his new "home" both looked to be in their mid-thirties. His foster moms name was Elizabeth and his new father was Raymond. Elizabeth had long golden hair and green eyes. She was about 5' 9 and had a lean figure with fair curves. Raymond had dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was a little over six foot and looked like he could crush Duo without even trying... Basically they looked like one of those perfect high school couples that was voted most likely to stay together... The team quarterback and head cheerleader. 'Probably are, can't wait til' they realize what a pain I am and get rid of me.' Duo thought to himself.

As the car stopped Duo looked around and realized he must be at his new home. The house was very big and Duo couldn't help but think he'd get lost a lot in this new home. He followed his parents up into "his" room where they left him with words of comfort and dread. "We hope you like your new room. We didn't know what you'd like so we had the neighbors kid help. He's about your age and he'll show you around school tomorrow. Good night Duo honey. If you need anything, our room is down the hall and to the right." Elizabeth cooed. "Good night kid." Raymond said as they left Duo to settle into his new surroundings.

"Great I have to go to school already! These people are supposed to be my new parents and already they mess up? " Duo said as he started to change into his PJs. "Damn I swear I never get a break- Wha where are my sweats!" He whined as he realized he'd forgotten his pajamas at his old home. "Oh well screw it! I'll sleep in my boxers tonight!" Duo yelled loudly in what seemed a triumphant tone. He crawled into bed and decided he'd get some new PJs tomorrow. "The folks'll feel bad and fork out the money." he grumbled as pulled the covers over his head and fell asleep.

Duo woke up the next morning to someone trying to nudge him awake. The nudging generally became shaking and the shaking became annoying very quickly to one tired little braided boy. Duo wasn't completely awake and therefore couldn't be blamed for what he did to stop the rude quakes that ruined his dreams. He simply hit whatever it was as hard as he could. He felt it fly back and without the quakes to pull him from his dreams he began to slip back until he heard IT... It was a tiny whimpering that invaded Duos dreams and pulled him awake. The first thing he saw was somone bent over in pain. After a brief pause he realized it was his fault and jumped out of bed to help the person. When Duo got to the person he realized it was a boy of about the same age as himself.

As the boy turned to look at Duo, his jaw dropped. ' Duo had beautiful amethyst eyes...' He instantly rubbed his jaw from pain. ' Duo also had a strong right hook. He must be more careful to avoid his fist-' the boy stopped as he looked at Duo in shock. The boy was in nothing but his boxers. The boy eyed Duo for awhile before any ideas of speech came to mind. "Um...I'm Heero." he said realizing he'd been staring for far too long. ' He probably thinks I'm nuts or worse-' Heero thought to himself until realizing the other boy was going on and on about something and hadn't even been paying any attention to him.

Duo had been apologizing profusely for his idiocy. "Oh, shit man! I'm sooo sorry! Sorry I didn't mean to hit ya! Well I did but- I mean! God damn it! I..." He stopped when he realized the boy was just staring at him. 'Damn his eyes are a funny color.' he thought as he stared right back at the strange kid. 'Did he say his name was Heero?' He thought for a second and decided that was what he heard the boy call himself. 'I hope he isn't too mad at me...' He turned to help Heero up when he noticed- Oh crap! He left a fist sized bruise on the boys face! Shit he'd left a mark...Did it hurt?

Heero watched as Duos face changed from guilt to shock to confusion to concern and than care? All of a sudden he realized Duo was on the floor next to him and that he had his hand on his cheek. The next thing he knew he'd hit Duo clear in the face. "Kuso!" He yelled when he'd realized what he'd done. He immediately got ready for Duo to hit back. (Kuso means shit...for you otaku who didn't know)

" Owww. I guess I had that comin'. Well now that that's outta the way. Hiya I'm the new guy in town! You have one heck of a right punch, Heero was it?" Duo said laughing as he looked up from his ass at a confused Heero."Oh I'm sorry, Round two?" Duo asked jokingly as he noticed Heeros stance. 'Oy, he looks like he's ready to kick my ass, hope he doesn't seriously want to fight.' Duo thought to himself. "No." Heero replied without moving.

Figuring that he did something wrong other than the morning "greeting" Duo thought he should voice his concern." Um I know I hit ya and all but did I do anything else wrong? You seem pretty uptight?" He asked eyeing Heeros stance again. 'Does he know karate or something?'

"…No."

'What a relief... ' Duo thought to himself as he re-approached Heero.

"And yes." Heero quietly replied.

Duo stopped, he wanted to keep his head and some other parts intact in case Heero was going to hit him again. He would never admit it but Heeros punches hurt like hell! Duo just stared at Heero for a moment trying to comprehend the meaning of the double answer. Obviously realizing that the braided boy was confused as to his answers, he explained.

"No was my reply to being up tight and yes I do know karate." He said giving a slight smirk to a confused Duo. 'Shit! He hadn't even realized he'd said that out loud... Oh well that explained the killer punch. He'd have to be more careful around the guy. After processing Heero's answers it hit him, "Hey Heero buddy, you didn't answer my first question... Did I do something else wrong?"

Heeros answer was a simple question "Do you have a name?" Duo stared at him for a moment with a look of fake insult. "You gotta be kidding, right?" Duo said with a smile. Heero didn't know what he was supposed to be kidding about, it was a reasonable question. Duo laughed and went on to introduce himself "The name is Duo Maxwell, I may run and hide but I never tell a lie!" His answer was followed up with a famous Maxwell smile. As he smiled he noticed Heeros tan skin slightly redden. There was also a change of the look in his eyes that Duo couldn't decipher. Was he angry with Duo? Not wanting to make him mad he decided to try a conversation, but what to talk about? He looked Heero up and down for any sign of a conversation starter.

Heero was about four inches shorter than himself. He had tan, sleek skin. He was slim with fair muscle build. His hair was a dark brown. It was messy but Duo concluded it looked good that way. He had on fairly tight jeans and a green t-shirt that conformed to his body and showed off his muscle build. His features were very well sculpted. His eyes were his overall nicest quality though. They were such a deep blue that Duo couldn't help but wonder if he wore contacts or if it was his natural eye color.

"Hey, Heero is that your-" Duo started.

Heero knew what Duo was going to ask so he cut him off "Yes. This is my natural eye color." Since he was Japanese he found he had often been asked this…

"Really? Wow! I've never seen anyone with such an interesting eye color before." Duo said still staring into the ocean like pools of blue.

Heero gave him a skeptical look. "Isn't that your natural eye color? Or do you wear contacts...?" He asked curiously.

"Um...Yeah." Duo blushed slightly. He hadn't thought about the strange tint which his own eyes were and realized he probably sounded stupid. "This is my natural eye color." Duo said as he went to sit back on his bed. He'd been so busy watching Heero he hadn't realized how bad his ass hurt from sitting on the floor. He hoped Heero didn't notice he was blushing. He hated embarrassing himself.

Heero let out a small smile when Duo blushed which made him blush even deeper. "Um... So what're ya here for?" Duo questioned realizing that the boy had just come into his room, woke him up, hit him, made him blush, so on and so forth etc etc.

Heeros smile disappeared very quickly as he looked at the alarm clock conveniently placed on Duos bedside table. "Kuso!" He yelled for the second time that morning.

"Wha!" Duo yelled back

"We're late for school!" Heero yelled before grabbing some of Duos clothes out of his drawer, shoving them in his hand, and pushing him into the bathroom without another word.

Just so you all know this is my first fan fic so don't be too hard on me! ~EmoCloud