A snicker breaks over the quiet and then dies.
Another, snicker... again. Heero shifts in his bed and turns over, pulling the pillow over his head and clenching his eyes shut.
"Oh wow... "
"Duo"
"Hmm?" another bout of muffled laughter.
"Shut up."
"Oh! Oh yeah, sorry. No, I'm sorry, I know you wanna sleep. Hey, you should see this though. Oh this is a riot. Listen to this, 'They weren't sure if they wanted t-'"
"Duo!"
"Ohp! Right. Quiet."
Silence.
Snicker.
A groan and Heero sits up annoyed and staring at his roommate.
"Sorry!" the braided young man, his bare back in shadow but his face and the front of his upper torso bathed in blue light from the computer screen, shoots a look over at Heero and grins to hide the nervousness. "It's just, you gotta read this, buddy. I'm sorry. But you just gotta."
"Hn."
Duo stares at him and then a burst of laughter. "Oh yeah, that's here too!" and with a sniggering to beat the band, hunches over and tucking his arms around himself, plasters himself to the screen.
Not so much overcome as just intent on turning the stupid machine off (and not wasting a bullet or waking up the dorm by shooting a hole through the blamed thing - it wasn't his computer, Duo had bought it six months before from a girl who'd just recently graduated) Heero stands up and stalks the width of the room, pulling up a chair and plopping into it.
"Okay, okay.." Duo's excitement could be contagious, but it was more annoying than anything right now. "So, read this, okay? It's a Gundamium web site. Someone decided they thought we were pretty good looking so they got our pictures and stuff. Heero! It's a fan site! We're famous! Right next to the Back Street Boys.." and his laughter says quite a bit on the subject of preteen-geared boy bands. "This is so cool."
Heero silently reaches up to turn off the screen and his wrist is grabbed in a tight snatch of fingers.
"Oh... I hope no thirteen year old fan girls read this stuff..." Duo whistles. "Check this out. 'Heero groaned. His' - umm.. we won't read that.. "Duo smiles innocently and reaching down, quickly shuts the screen off. "Okay.. I'll turn everything off, you go to bed.." as he reaches down to touch a few keys to start the computer's shut off process. Didn't need the screen on for that.
He gets to the second to last of the three buttons and Heero turns on the screen. "Wait.." his one word answers and prompts were normally endearing but tonight, they might have become just a tad annoying.
Duo groans and settles back into his chair with a sigh. "Yeah... yeah.. just.. yanno, don't kill me or anything."
Heero says nothing, only leans forward.
At his side, Duo holds his breath, keeping his eyes on the shadowed wall behind them. Until a breath, a click, and the room is dark again.
A few clicks of keys, even Heero wasn't going to leave that up! Then Duo can hear the computer slowly wind down. He grins in the darkness. "Pretty wild, eh? I mean, they've got us in sections. That was cool. But I dunno about the pairings. I mean, Quat would have a fit if he found out that they'd paired him up with Trowa. I mean, he's so straight you can't help but use him for a ruler. And Trow and Wuffie.. they'd get so mad." He laughs nervously. More nervously than before. Duo laughter, as a rule, was fairly nice to listen to. But at three in the morning, it left something to be desired.
"Yeah, and well, that stuff about you and me. That's just weird." The rustling of bed clothes on the other side of the room reminds him to get into his own bed and he lays back, rambling nervously. "I mean, do you think people truly believe I'm gay? Yeah, I've got the braid and stuff, but I thought I'd explained that back on the Misty show last February. Or maybe it's not my braid.. maybe it's something else. But you! Man, who could ever think you were gay? You're more straight than Quat is, knowwaddeyemean?"
"Duo."
"Hey, sorry, it was just so funny at first. I didn't know that they had that kinda stuff in there about you and me. I was laughing at the other stuff, wondering about the guys and all, what they would think and how they'd react and ... all ... that ..."
"Duo.." a soft sound.
"Yeah?" in the dark.
"If it were true.."
A breath, shocked. "It's not though."
"Hn."
"Okay, so if it were true?"
"It wouldn't bother me."
"What?"
"Being gay."
"I'm not following you, buddy.." it was rare to hear Duo sounding so exasperated.
"I mean, why should it bother me when I'm not gay, that people think I am? If I was gay and it said I was heterosexual, that wouldn't bother me either."
"Lots of words from you, Hee-chan."
"Good night, Duo."
"Yeah."
...
"Heero?"
"What?"
"Are you gay?"
A sigh of exasperation. "Go to sleep, Duo."
"Oh. Okay. Just checking."
...
"Umm.. Heero?"
"Five."
"What?"
"Four"
"Oh! I was just going to say that-"
"Three"
"- you didn't answer the question."
"Two"
"I'm asleep now!"
"One"
Silence.
Another, snicker... again. Heero shifts in his bed and turns over, pulling the pillow over his head and clenching his eyes shut.
"Oh wow... "
"Duo"
"Hmm?" another bout of muffled laughter.
"Shut up."
"Oh! Oh yeah, sorry. No, I'm sorry, I know you wanna sleep. Hey, you should see this though. Oh this is a riot. Listen to this, 'They weren't sure if they wanted t-'"
"Duo!"
"Ohp! Right. Quiet."
Silence.
Snicker.
A groan and Heero sits up annoyed and staring at his roommate.
"Sorry!" the braided young man, his bare back in shadow but his face and the front of his upper torso bathed in blue light from the computer screen, shoots a look over at Heero and grins to hide the nervousness. "It's just, you gotta read this, buddy. I'm sorry. But you just gotta."
"Hn."
Duo stares at him and then a burst of laughter. "Oh yeah, that's here too!" and with a sniggering to beat the band, hunches over and tucking his arms around himself, plasters himself to the screen.
Not so much overcome as just intent on turning the stupid machine off (and not wasting a bullet or waking up the dorm by shooting a hole through the blamed thing - it wasn't his computer, Duo had bought it six months before from a girl who'd just recently graduated) Heero stands up and stalks the width of the room, pulling up a chair and plopping into it.
"Okay, okay.." Duo's excitement could be contagious, but it was more annoying than anything right now. "So, read this, okay? It's a Gundamium web site. Someone decided they thought we were pretty good looking so they got our pictures and stuff. Heero! It's a fan site! We're famous! Right next to the Back Street Boys.." and his laughter says quite a bit on the subject of preteen-geared boy bands. "This is so cool."
Heero silently reaches up to turn off the screen and his wrist is grabbed in a tight snatch of fingers.
"Oh... I hope no thirteen year old fan girls read this stuff..." Duo whistles. "Check this out. 'Heero groaned. His' - umm.. we won't read that.. "Duo smiles innocently and reaching down, quickly shuts the screen off. "Okay.. I'll turn everything off, you go to bed.." as he reaches down to touch a few keys to start the computer's shut off process. Didn't need the screen on for that.
He gets to the second to last of the three buttons and Heero turns on the screen. "Wait.." his one word answers and prompts were normally endearing but tonight, they might have become just a tad annoying.
Duo groans and settles back into his chair with a sigh. "Yeah... yeah.. just.. yanno, don't kill me or anything."
Heero says nothing, only leans forward.
At his side, Duo holds his breath, keeping his eyes on the shadowed wall behind them. Until a breath, a click, and the room is dark again.
A few clicks of keys, even Heero wasn't going to leave that up! Then Duo can hear the computer slowly wind down. He grins in the darkness. "Pretty wild, eh? I mean, they've got us in sections. That was cool. But I dunno about the pairings. I mean, Quat would have a fit if he found out that they'd paired him up with Trowa. I mean, he's so straight you can't help but use him for a ruler. And Trow and Wuffie.. they'd get so mad." He laughs nervously. More nervously than before. Duo laughter, as a rule, was fairly nice to listen to. But at three in the morning, it left something to be desired.
"Yeah, and well, that stuff about you and me. That's just weird." The rustling of bed clothes on the other side of the room reminds him to get into his own bed and he lays back, rambling nervously. "I mean, do you think people truly believe I'm gay? Yeah, I've got the braid and stuff, but I thought I'd explained that back on the Misty show last February. Or maybe it's not my braid.. maybe it's something else. But you! Man, who could ever think you were gay? You're more straight than Quat is, knowwaddeyemean?"
"Duo."
"Hey, sorry, it was just so funny at first. I didn't know that they had that kinda stuff in there about you and me. I was laughing at the other stuff, wondering about the guys and all, what they would think and how they'd react and ... all ... that ..."
"Duo.." a soft sound.
"Yeah?" in the dark.
"If it were true.."
A breath, shocked. "It's not though."
"Hn."
"Okay, so if it were true?"
"It wouldn't bother me."
"What?"
"Being gay."
"I'm not following you, buddy.." it was rare to hear Duo sounding so exasperated.
"I mean, why should it bother me when I'm not gay, that people think I am? If I was gay and it said I was heterosexual, that wouldn't bother me either."
"Lots of words from you, Hee-chan."
"Good night, Duo."
"Yeah."
...
"Heero?"
"What?"
"Are you gay?"
A sigh of exasperation. "Go to sleep, Duo."
"Oh. Okay. Just checking."
...
"Umm.. Heero?"
"Five."
"What?"
"Four"
"Oh! I was just going to say that-"
"Three"
"- you didn't answer the question."
"Two"
"I'm asleep now!"
"One"
Silence.