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Ridiculous Drama
Trowa POV
I watched Duo and Quatre from across the room. With a sigh I pushed myself off the wall and head for my room. It was depressing to watch my love with someone else. I sat down at the window seat and stared out the window. It was raining. It matched my mood well. the door creaked as it was opened and someone slipped into the room with me. A second later the door closed and the person came to stand beside me. After a minute of silence I looked at my trespasser. "What is it, Yuy?" I asked.
"Dreary day, isn't it?" he avoided.
I stared at him, calmly waiting for him to state his real purpose for visiting. "I'm sure you didn't come to tell me about the weather, Yuy. Spit it out," I demanded calmly.
Heero sighed, "Just seeing how your doing. You have been becoming more irritated as the days pass."
I thought about it a moment. He was right. I was snapping at people more. I sighed and turned back to the window. "Is that all?" I asked when Heero didn't move. After a second he left, the door clicking behind him. After a minute I rose and began to pack. I should probably have done this a long time ago.
2:00 a.m.
I silently opened my bedroom door and slipped out. This would be the best time to leave. Nobody would be up. "Where are you going?" a small voice down the hall to my left asked.
I didn't want to turn, but I knew I would anyway, so I just gave in and turned around. I stared at the braided boy coming out of Quatre's room. Oh, sure. Just throw my reason for leaving in my face. "I'm leaving," I answered.
Duo's face clouded with hurt. "Why?" he asked. I didn't answer. I didn't want to admit that I couldn't have the one thing I really wanted. I simply turned and left.
Normal POV
9:30 a.m.
"You just let him leave?! Without an explanation?!" Quatre demanded.
Wufei snorted, "If you weren't so preoccupied by Maxwell, you would know. Even the oblivious Yuy knows why Barton left.
Quatre's face fell. They were right. He hadn't been paying any attention to anyone but Duo. He was a terrible friend. "What can I do?" Quatre asked in a sad whisper.
Wufei walked toward the door but he answered Quatre's question before he left the room. "Nothing, Winner. Nobody can help Barton."
Trowa POV
3 Months Later
I looked around slowly. Another place, another life. I wondered how many times I had moved since the day I had finally decided to stop torturing myself. So here I was. I'd work here for a couple of weeks until the memories caught up. Then I'd move again. I wondered how long it would continue. A year? Five years? Longer? Til I died? I was just another day, another place, another job.
Normal POV
A Winner Estate
Quatre was ready to cry. He had been searching for Trowa for so long, but ever time he got close, he would find out Trowa had left not a day or two before. It was frustrating. "I already told you there is nothing you can do for him. Duo's starting to feel like Trowa's more important to you than he is. If you're not careful he'll be the second to leave because of you," Wufei said from the doorway.
Quatre's head shot up. "He left because of me?! What did I do?!" he whispered.
"You didn't hear what I said. Duo is getting ready to leave, too," Wufei repeated before leaving the room. Quatre stared after him. He didn't know what to do.
That Night
"You're not going to leave me, are you Duo?" Quatre asked as he stepped into his lovers room.
Duo looked up at Quatre in surprise, then his head went back down in guilt. "I was... going to leave tonight," Duo whispered, but Quatre heard him.
"Why?!" Quatre demanded as tears began to prickle at the corners of his eyes.
"Because all you care about is Trowa! Even the WEI, the business you care so much about is being run by Wufei!" Duo exclaimed.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! But please don't leave me! Please!" Quatre begged as he fell to his knees.
Duo sighed as he bent down to comfort Quatre. "We can't go on like this," Duo told the blonde.
"I know! I know, but please don't go! Wufei said it's my fault that Trowa left, and it would be my fault if you left, too! I couldn't live with that!" Quatre cried.
Duo sighed, "It wasn't exactly your fault. I had a suspicion."
Quatre quieted a little, "Suspected what?"
Duo sighed again, "I suspected that Trowa like you. Maybe even loved you. When he left without telling anyone why, I was pretty sure I had been right."
Quatre stared at Duo. "Trowa had liked me?" he asked in a whisper.
"Yes, he liked you. I have also suspected that you hadn't really liked me."
Quatre's eyes widened, "I like you!"
Duo gave him a sad smile, "But just as a friend, right? That's why I was going to leave. I won't now, under two conditions," Duo said.
Quatre nearly sighed with relief. "What are your conditions?" he asked.
Duo stared at Quatre a moment before answering, "Me and you break up, but still remain friends." Quatre nodded. "And I want to help look for Trowa," Duo finished. Quatre nodded emphatically.
Trowa POV
1 Month Later
I looked around. It was about time I left again. Things seemed to be catching up with me again. Maybe I should catch the next shuttle to some random colony. I began to pack, but was interrupted but knocking on the door. I looked at my wristwatch. It was 5:00 a.m. Who in their right mind would be at my door at this time in the morning? I made my way to the peephole and looked out. I froze. There stood Quatre and Wufei. I silently grabbed the last of my things and ran for the back door. I opened the door and froze again. "Hi, Trowa. Going somewhere?" Duo asked with fake sweetness. Heero stood beside him.
10 Minutes Later
"So, tried to run?" Wufei asked. I frowned.
"Why do you keep running from us, Trowa?" Quatre asked in that soft, heartbreaking tone of his. I almost gave in. Almost. Silence reigned for several minutes as I refused to speak.
"That's enough, Barton. The game is over. No more running, no more hiding, and no more lying. Tell us why you ran in the first place," Wufei demanded in his no nonsense tone. I still refused to say anything.
Suddenly Duo lept forward and took a swing at me. I was taken off guard, but still managed to dodge his punch. Heero quickly took control of the very uncooperative braided boy. "You're so stupid! If you can't figure is out, how do you expect someone as innocent as Quatre to figure it out?!" Duo yelled.
"Figure what out?" I growled.
"Figure out that Winner likes you and you like Winner," Heero said calmly.
I froze. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Quatre also freeze. We both stared at Heero for a minute and the room became deadly quiet.Then Quatre turned toward me. "Is it true? Do you like me?" Quatre asked.
I forced my face to become completely devoid of any emotion. I didn't know what to say, so I said the best thing that came to mind, "It doesn't matter how I feel. You're with Duo. Can I go now?"
I saw a dangerous glint in Wufei's eyes as he forced me to remain seated. "You didn't answer the question, Barton," Wufei hissed.
I could feel the panic building up inside me. I couldn't do this. I just couldn't. Suddenly Heero's voice cut through my panic, "Calm down, Barton. This isn't an Oz interrogation, we're all friends here."
I slowly calmed myself. Heero was right. I had already lost my heart, and I knew they would never get fiscal with me... well, except for Duo, but Duo was always the exception to any rule. Luckily, Duo was being taken care of by Heero. No escape then. Finally I answered, "Yeah. I like you, Quatre. But you're not mine, you're Duo's." I carefully glanced up to see Quatre's reaction. Yep, dumbstruck. Next comes the disgust or hate or rejection.
"You know, Quatre isn't going out with me anymore," Duo suddenly announced. Everyones heads shot over to stare at him. I stared at Duo then looked at Quatre. He seemed ashamed that his affair with Duo had failed. I felt some hope stir in my stomach, but I quickly stepped on it. Even if he was single didn't mean I had a chance.
Wufei grunted. "So you two finally realized you didn't love each other, but totally different people," Wufei said.
"What do you mean by that?!" Duo shouted at Wufei.
Wufei sighed, "Maxwell, you were in the same predicament as Winner. You love him as a friend, nothing more." Everyone simply stared at him. Wufei sighed again.
"Oh... I guess you're right," Duo said. "I was more worried about how Quatre would react then I did about my own feelings, I guess."
Quatre thought about it a moment, "You're right. I'm the same." Again I had to step on that annoying bit of hope in my stomach.
Wufei nodded. "Now is there anyone that you feel you couldn't live without, like if they said they didn't care about you? And I don't mean the friend hurt, but something more intense," he asked us.
All four of us nodded. Even Heero. "They are the one we love?" Quatre asked. Wufei nodded.
tbc!!