I found myself rereading this the other day, and I realized how cute it was. It was originally posted at gw500 way back in June, 2005, and it can be found at my old fanfiction archive, but if you've never read it before, it's new to you! Please enjoy.

Title: Bloodhound
Author: Ileana
Pairing: 1+2
Warning: Typos, AU, two swears
Disclaimer: I don't own either Dog Style or Gundam Wing. I'm just the idiot that brought them together.
Notes: Based heavily on Modoru Motoni's Dog Style, which is published by Libre, under Super BBC. So heavily, I am ashamed. (Think of it as a fusion. faint giggle) It's also slightly altered from the original, but not for the better... (Slight note: You know it's a bad cause if you begin to wonder if your much-loved protagonist's name is misspelled and if you really always did spell it that way...)

The wind was cool and a bit strong up on the roof. The three of them huddled silently by the door, hiding as they tried to judge how distracted Yuy was.

Leaning against the protective railing with his back to the door, Yuy seemed to be in his own world, resting his chin on his arms.

Polanco, trying to soften his nervous breathing and slow his heart, prepared himself by the open door. He told the others he could get to Yuy before the other guy noticed the approach, but they only scoffed at his boast.

"Toullon tried that last week. And she only got two steps out the door before that bloodhound called her out," said Ino, the sensible little pessimist. "And she's practically a snake, that one."

"Please don't call her a snake," Take said gently. He had a bit of a thing for the serpentine Toullon.

Polanco, not necessarily the most daring, nor the most light-footed, felt too lucky that afternoon to let talk of snakelike women and Yuy's legendary senses bother him. Brazenly, he swore he could get farther than Toullon.

Sure, the last three times he tried to catch Yuy off-guard, he barely took his first step before Yuy noticed him, but he could feel this time would be different. Different enough that he may get five steps in, at least.

With Ino and Take watching, Polanco steadied himself. Mentally whispering, "GO!", he took one step towards Yuy with all the stealth of a young lion on the hunt.

"What is it, Polanco," Yuy said, not bothering to visually confirm what he somehow already knew.

"Err," Polanco stalled, startled a bit by the unmoving back and the sudden defeat. "Nothing."

Knowing they failed, the three left the roof and headed back down to their homeroom, passing an upperclassman on the way down.

Maxwell had only to look at the grumbling defeated and the still back of the victor to get an idea of what had happened.

Half-certain of how far he would get, he mentally whispered "GO!" and made his way to Yuy.

One step. Two steps. Seven steps. Yuy stared out towards the river that bisected the city.

At eighteen steps, with Maxwell looming just feet away, Yuy yawned.

At 22 steps, Maxwell's chest was a sliver away from Yuy's back. His face dark, he waited for a moment before scooping up the shorter, completely startled Yuy into a choke hold.

"What's wrong with you, asshole, sneaking up on me like that!" Yuy yelled, glaring up at his assailant as he tried to break free.

"What's wrong with you, when I wasn't even trying!" Maxwell yelled back, trying to keep the hold from breaking. After a playfully aggressive struggle, at least on Maxwell's side, he chuckled, loosening his grip and letting Yuy escape.

"Fuck's wrong with you," Yuy growled, but that only made Maxwell chuckle more. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and stood next to Yuy at the railing. They stood in companionable silence.

"I was actually wondering why you're the only one that can," Yuy said carelessly after a while, leaning against the railing.

Maxwell blinked. "And?"

"I couldn't think of anything."

They stood side by side against the railing, Maxwell's hand absentmindedly ruffling Yuy's hair as one would pet a loyal dog's head.