Title: True Lies
Author: Chibikit
Pairing: Various
Warning: Drama, Angst, Sap, Some OOC, and AU
Disclaimer: Don't own just borrowing with the intention of returning unharmed.
"Onii-san?" called the small boy.
"Hai Duo?" answered his older brother.
"You'll always be with me right?" asked the younger; head bowed with long bangs shading his eyes. Quatre looked at his sibling and smiled.
"Hai, always. . . I'll always be with you Duo," he smiled. Duo's head shot up and looked into his brother's blue eyes, the sun's light giving them the impression of being blue diamonds and a halo was resting on his head. Duo blushed and looked away.
"Good, 'cause I want to be with Onii-san forever." He said passionately his blush darkening.
"Winner-sama,"
"Winner-sama, wake up," Mimi stared at the sleeping boy who wouldn't budge and decided on another tactic. Moving over to the heavy drapes at the French windows she pushed them aside when his voice startled her.
"That wasn't necessary Mimi," looking over her shoulder she saw he was still in the same position as she left him.
"Hai sir," she said softly as she watched him up sit up in the large bed. Duo looked at her and frowned his eyebrows gently knitting together.
"Mimi when we are alone there is no need to address me in that manner," he grumbled as he slid across his bed that was draped in midnight blue satin sheets.
Mimi closed her eyes and took a deep breath; she opened them again to see him stretching his body. His lithe frame was arched and stretched taught. She stared at his form, the suns rays filtering in from the window shone upon him and his unbound hair making him seem like an angle about to unfurl his wings. Her master was slim for a man, but breathtaking beautiful. She stared at his form examining it as she did everyday, his arms were smooth hard muscles that reached high above his head, the heart shaped face tilted towards the sun with its pert nose and red bow lips puckered, and a sharp chin completed the sight. A smooth pale neck lead to a firm hard chest, her eyes traveled down to his flat abs that spoke of rigorous work outs, moving past the slim hips covered in black satin boxers she stared at the rippling muscles in his legs and calves and at his manicured feet and toes.
A chuckle brought her out of her examination of his figure and she realized he was laughing at her blatant ogling. "You see me everyday there is nothing new to look at," he teased the blushing maid.
"Ahh, Duo you are so lucky you were blessed with such great looks," Mimi blushed as she moved into his bathroom to start his shower. Duo rolled his eyes as she passed by and moved over to his window looking out on his family's vast estate.
'What's in store for me today Kami-sama' Duo thought as he folded his arms and sighed wistfully.
"Duo get in the shower you still have to eat breakfast or you'll be late," Mimi huffed as she came out of the bathroom walking over to the large walk-in closet across the room.
"Hai hai, I'm going," he smiled shaking his head as he headed into the bathroom and closed the door.
As Duo stood under the shower his mind played back an echo of his dream, 'You'll be with me always right?' 'Hai Duo always.' He closed his eyes tightly as he felt the sting of tears behind his lids and took a deep breath. He shook his head fiercely to shake it of the memory and turned his face up to the shower making sure to soak his hair completely.
Half an hour later he stepped out into his empty bedroom to see the bed fully made and his uniform laying on the end of his bed. He smiled and took off his towel and moved over to his dresser to pull out his underwear. He grabbed his brush and moved over to his bed where he set his brush down and pulled on his pants, zipping them up he picked up his brush again and started brushing through his thick chestnut mane. With quick fingers he pulled in all into a neat braid which he tied off at the end with a matching hair tie.
He pulled on some socks and grabbed his shirt pulling it on as he moved over to the full length mirror that was on the wall of his walk-in closet buttoning up his shirt and tucking it in. He buttoned his pants and buckled his belt and then looked at his reflection. Satisfied he walked out to his bed and grabbed his jacket and slipped on his house slippers. He picked up his schoolbag as he reached for the door of his room taking one last look as he opened the door. His room was depressing he thought with all its dark colors and the single ray of light filtering in from the French windows. Sighing he pulled the door shut and walked down the hallway to the half spiral stairs at the bottom of the stairs he put his schoolbag down and stared at the breakfast room doors.
As he approached the breakfast rooms white double doors he donned his expressionless mask knowing already what was behind the door. He opened the door and walked straight to his seat.
"Ohayo Chichiue, Hahaue, and Onii-san" he said softly before sitting down. A plate was placed in front of him and he took some toast and buttered it, he poured some juice into his glass and took a bite of his toast. Breakfast was always an auto pilot affair for him and this morning was no different.
"Duo how are your dive forms coming along?" asked his mother as she gave him a warm smile.
"Fine Hahaue," he answered respectfully, his mother's smile dimming around the edges. Not one to be discouraged by his reclusive nature she tried again.
"When is your next meet maybe I could come cheer for you," she asked airily so that he wouldn't think she was prying. Duo never liked it when his family pried because it always made him withdraw more.
Placing his glass down that was halfway to his mouth he looked over at him mother studying her expression for false promise. Her eyes were sincere interest so he answered her question.
"Friday at five pm," he took another sip of his juice before excusing himself from the table and announcing his departure. Before he could walk out the breakfast room his father's voice stopped him.
"Duo," the deep baritone called.
"Hai, Chichiue?" he asked turning to face the piercing violet eyes of his father. "Don't forget we have guests on Friday" he said leaving the rest unsaid as he stared at his youngest son.
"Hai, Chichiue," he said walking out the door before the servant closed it behind him he heard his father address his brother "That goes for you Quatre, you have to set a good example for your brother."
"I understand father," was the soft baritone of his brother.
Duo quickened his steps to his schoolbag that was sitting at the bottom of the stairs before hurrying to the door. He skipped down the steps slipping into the backseat of the black Mercedes, his driver closing the door once he was safely inside. Once again Duo fought back the tears that stung his eyes and stared dully ahead and cleared his mind during the ride to his school.
When the door to car opened he stepped out and looked up at the building he would spend the better half of his day in and sighed.
"Would you like me to have one of the cars dropped off for this evening sir?" his driver asked looking at him in the rear view mirror.
"Hai, Thank you," was the soft answer.
"Have a good day Master Duo," his driver said softly bringing a small smile to Duo's face.
"I'll try Masano," he said glancing at the man before walking off and into the building.
As he walked down the hall the students called out various greetings to him or bowed as he made his way down the hall to the lockers.
"Winner-sama" screeched a high feminine voice causing Duo to tense and brace himself for the attack. A female with honey-blonde hair and cornflower blue eyes shot out of the room he was passing by and latched onto him causing Duo to shudder.
"Winner-sama, ohayo," she purred staring up into Duo's face adoringly. Duo stared down at the female known as Relena and repressed the urge to sigh as he continued walking towards his locker.
"Good morning Relena," he replied as he stopped as his locked and dislodged the girl from his arm as he took out his first period's text.
"Winner-sama I thought we could walk to class together this morning," she cooed fluttering her eyelashes at him.
"Relena you were here well before me I'm sure you know the way to the classroom sufficiently," he said detachedly.
"I do but its much more fun to walk with some else," she smiled twirling a lock of her hair attempting to be cute.
As every other morning Duo was about to ignore Relena so he could have some thoughts to himself when low murmurs and swooning caught his ear. Slowly turning his head he saw what was causing such a fuss, 'Quatre Raberba Winner' he thought with distaste.
Quatre had chin length wavy blonde hair, pale porcelain skin and wide aqua blue eyes framed by thick lashes a shade darker than his hair, his lips as some say are 'kissable pink' were in a constant pout. Looking the other boy up and down Duo looked stared at the pale neck that was encircled by a thin black collar and the slight glimpse of the smooth chest beneath that showed from the first two buttons of his shirt being undone and tried to look away but his eyes and curiosity betrayed him.
He continued downward and noticed the other boy's jacket unbuttoned and frowned. The shirt un-tucked from the Royal Blue slacks hiding the slim waist beneath. Quatre's legs were long and equally muscular to his own and his feet were tucked into black leather shoes that were highly polished. Bringing his eyes back to the almost angelic face he noticed a smirk on the boys face and broke his gaze turning back to his locker.
Quatre walked down the hallway ignoring everyone as they were too common for his taste only one beauty truly held his attention . . . sighting the person his thoughts were on a small smile grew on his beautiful face. He saw his brother's attention gravitate to him just as he hoped it would and smiled as the wide violet eyes wandered over his form. As he got closer he noticed his lovely little brother wasn't alone that wretched girl was there contaminating him.
With his thoughts growing darker he approached the pair smiling widely.
"Ohayo, little brother," Quatre called to Duo his eyes and attention solely fixed on the braided boy, not even bothering to acknowledge the girl at his side.
Duo looked over at his brother that was casually leaning against the locker next to him and nodded before turning and striding off.
"Ikimasho Relena," he called causing her to blush and stutter before rushing off after him.
Quatre glared at the retreating figure of Relena as she latched onto Duo's arm, hating the girl for keeping his brother's attention from him. Smiling and shaking his head he pushed off the locker and shoved his hands in his pocket as he walked off to find his first class.
Passing the main registration office the blonde planned his next encounter with the braided boy, when the door opened and someone stepped out into his path bumping into him.
With a glare so harsh Quatre looked up at the person on to have the scathing remark get stuck in his throat. His features softened seeing a boy much taller than his five feet – seven inches with copper tanned skin and brown hair. The boy suddenly turned to him and Quatre was pinned with warm forest green eyes.
"Hey sorry about that," the boy smiled down on him "Are you ok?" he asked warmly staring at Quatre who had yet to answer or move.
"Um . . ." shaking his head he put on a glare and snapped "Watch where you're going next time" before stepping around the boy and turning the corner and out of sight.
Trowa stumbled into the hall after Heero pushed him and almost slammed into a small figure, but managed to stop himself in time. Looking over at the person he thought could be a freshman he smiled.
"Hey sorry about that," noticing that the boy was staring at him probably still in shock he asked if he was ok. "Are you ok?"
After an awkward moment where the boy fumbled for a minute he was surprised by the sharp glare and harsh words. "Watch where you're going next time" the boy snapped before stomping off down the corridor and around the next corner.
"Tro, making enemies already and we haven't even been here for 30 minutes yet?" joked Heero as he peeked over Trowa's shoulder.
Sighing at his brother and ignoring the encounter with the blonde for the minute he faced Heero. "It's your fault if you remember correctly since you pushed me into the poor guy,"
"Ah, but I didn't dear brother. I pushed you through the door where you landed was of your own doing." Heero defended making Trowa roll his eyes.
"Let's go Mr. Psycho analyzer before I take you to the school nurse to have your head checked," he grumbled grabbing Heero around the neck and dragging him off.
Sighing and looking out the window onto the vast grounds of well manicured grounds of the school Duo let his mind drift from the teacher lecturing to the Earth Sphere Swim Lanes closing his eyes he pictured himself on the diving board.
Standing tall and straight on the diving board he looked down at the blue water which he knew was warm and felt like silk against his body. He closed his eyes as he stretched his arms high above his head and took a deep breath. He imagined the waterfall as he did each time dark and cold standing at its top that was misty, water lapping at his ankles.
Backing up he took three large steps then opened his eyes and ran to the edge and launched himself into the air spreading his arms straight out beside him. He curled himself into a tuck, pulling his knees to his chest causing his body to roll then straightening out quickly he locked his legs and wrapped his arms around his body twisting it, pushing against the force of falling he bent his upper body towards his feet arms reaching to his toes performing a perfect pike. He then went into a straight pose ready to crash through the icy waters when the door to the classroom opened breaking him out of his reverie.
"May I help you young man?" asked the teacher looking at the student standing in the doorway over silver rimmed glasses.
After leaving Trowa at the intersection Heero had turned down the corridor on the left heading to his English class. With unhurried step Heero surveyed the halls with its hand carved sculptures, abstract painting and domed ceilings and sighed.
Approaching room 303 as his schedule indicated he slid the door open, as saw a stern looking woman with light brown hair and sharp blue eyes teaching. She turned and looked at him over her thin silver framed glasses.
"May I help you young man?" she asked kindly despite her outward appearance.
He slowly walked forward and handed her his note from the main office saying he was a new arrival at that school.
"Welcome Mr. Barton, if you would please take a seat next to Mr. Winner we will continue with our lesson," she said pointing to right side of the room.
Heero followed her finger just as the boy named Winner turned his head and Cobalt blue eyes locked with Violet eyes. For a minute Heero forgot he was supposed to move as he stared at the heart shaped face with its pale skin and the wide violet eyes framed by long thick lashes and the rose petal bow lips.
Duo turned to the front of the class when the teacher spoke his name. He was slightly surprised when he looked at the boy who was obviously Japanese at the front of the class and saw he had such blue eyes.
'Maybe one of his parents is a foreigner' he thought.
Not really caring anymore Duo was returning his attention to the teacher when he noticed the new student was still standing there staring at him. Sighing with irritation Duo threw a hasty glare in the boy's direction.
"Mr. Barton, please take your seat," Mrs. Chang chided snapping Heero out of his daze.
"H. . . Hai Sensei," he blurted before hurrying to his seat causing snickers to filter through the room.
Heero turned a bright shade of red and bowed his head to stare at his notebook, as the teacher resumed her explanation of some passage in the book. Heero looked up to the boy sitting in front of him and noticed the long braid that fell over the back of his chair. He briefly wondered what the mass of chestnut, gold and copper hair would look like loose and flowing down the other's back. Unbidden an image of the other boy with his hair loose and flowing in the wind came to mind, and he was sucked into a daydream where Winner was calling his name.
"Barton-san. Hey, Barton-san," breaking out of his daydream Heero looked over at on his right and saw a girl with black hair giving him a knowing smile. She was pretty with her black hair so dark it had blue highlights and soft blue eyes.
The girl stretched a hand out to him introducing herself. "I'm Hilde Schbeiker," she smiled at him.
"Heero Barton," he replied extending his own hand to shake Hilde's.
"Here you can read the passage so you know what Mrs. Chang is talking about," Hilde said handing over the book and pointing to the passage.
Smiling Heero took the book, "Thanks Hilde." For the rest of the period Hilde and Heero shared a book, and talked in hushed whispers. By the end of the class period Heero had almost forgot about the braided boy until he caught sight of Duo moving towards the door. Once again Heero found himself entranced by Duo's braid, he stared at Duo as he turned and thought how beautiful the boy was.
A girl with blonde hair and a braid at the sides of her head stepped into Winner's path causing him to stop. He watched as the girl said something to Winner who glanced at her before continuing on his previous course. The girl gasped and hurried to catch up to him before latching onto his arm with Winner not even acknowledging her.
"You know you don't stand a chance right?" blinking Heero looked down at Hilde standing beside him who was also looking at where Winner and the girl were just a few moments ago.
"What are you talking about Hilde?" he feigned gathering his notebook and pencil.
Leaning over to look into Heero's face Hilde smiled. "Duo Winner silly, I saw you staring at him."
"Relena won't let you get within an inch of him . . . and Winner-sama well let's just say you'll get frostbite before you even get ten feet near him," she sighed.
"You sound like you are speaking from experience. What's the story on the two anyway?" he asked walking to the door and looking at his schedule.
Walking beside him with her book bag pulled in front of her she told Heero about Duo's cold manner and Relena's obsession to the youngest sibling starting about a year ago. By the time they made it to the first floor Heero had pretty much a good idea of who Duo Winner was.