Based tightly around a book called Strange Bedpersons.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I was a little skeptical with starting this fic but now I can see that you all really like it so I've decided to continue it.

I've gotten a few comments about the roles that Duo and Heero play. Heero being the messy and charismatic one while Duo is the businessman and cautious one. The role reversal is one of the reasons why I chose to do this fic - the fact that I've never come across a fic where Heero isn't the silent, brooding type and Duo isn't the bouncy, carefree American upset me. Where does it say that they have to act accordingly?

Nowhere.

Now, don't get me wrong. There are plenty of fics that show the deeper sides to these two characters. Well, here's mine. If you have any other thoughts about this don't hesitate to email me. I'd love to hear from you.

Adapting Part 2

Cursing, Adult Situations

"Try locking your door next time, idiot." Duo said as he stepped into the small apartment, making it seem even smaller.

All Heero could do was glare.

"Get out," he spoke with venom that failed at making Duo drop to his knees in agony.

"No," Duo said as he walked towards the kitchen, stopping briefly by Wufei, "what's up, Wufei? Nice to see you again."

By the time Wufei had thought of an appropriate response, Duo had already made it to the kitchen and was rummaging through Heero's fridge.

Heero huffed loudly and threw hands onto slim hips, tapping his foot against the thread bare carpet impatiently. "I said I want you to go. Are you deaf?"

"No," Duo said emerging with a beer in hand, "I can hear just fine, I just chose not to listen."

Heero resisted the urge to pull his hair out and instead made his way back to his ugly little armchair. He didn't expect Duo to walk over to him and swiftly kiss him, running a smooth tongue over his top then bottom lip. With a moan, Duo backed off and looked at Heero through heavy lidded eyes, "Missed you too."

"Leave...please?" Heero spoke weakly. He really didn't want to see Duo because he tended to do things that rendered him stupid. Like give him a toe curling kiss and smile that gorgeous, school boy, I'm-so-sexy-I'm-darling-so-stop-trying-to-deny-me smile.

"Uh uh," he shook his head and took a swig of his beer. "I need you, now more than ever and I'm not leaving until I have you."

Wufei whistled lowly.

"You don't need me, you don't need anyone."

Duo choked on his beer. "How can you say that? Of course I need you! You're my everything - my heart, my friend, my confidante, my..."

"Wow, you must really be in some deep shit," Heero dead panned.

"I am and no one can help me but you so have a little pity on me and..."

"No."

"No," Duo asked with a smooth eyebrow lifted.

"Yeah."

"Yeah, you'll do it?" Duo asked with a smile that threatened to rip his face in half.

"No, I wont do it so get the hell out."

"But you haven't even asked what I need you for?"

"I don't want to know." Heero opened the lonely pizza box and swiped a piece, shoving it into his mouth.

"Heero, just hear me out. I need one weekend, please. If you do this for me then I promise I'll do anything you want."

Heero swallowed his pizza before smiling evilly, "You need me bad, huh?"

"Yes," Duo said with a frown, "have you not been listening to me?"

"Watch it, pal," Heero warned.

With much effort Duo closed his mouth and leaned against the dirty wall, sliding down until he sat on the floor with his arms resting against his knees.

Heero noted the worn look that was laying across Duo's beautiful face and sighed as he knew his answer. No matter how much he wanted to reject the bastard like he had done him, he couldn't. Damn his inner hero and the irony of his name.

"Alright, I'll do it." Heero tried to calm his suddenly racing heart as watched Duo practically beam, "but...no sex."

"Sure, that's fine with me." Duo said all too quickly.

Heero narrowed his eyes. "Why is that fine with you? You're supposed to rant and rave about how I'm denying you your rights and...and..."

"Shit Heero," Duo laughed as he finished his beer off, "it's not like you give me any, anyway."

Heero felt his anger spiral and go through the roof. "Well," he stated with surprising cool, "who's fault is that?"

"And that gentlemen," Wufei stated safely, "is my cue to leave." He stood from the couch and stretched briefly to get the kinks out of his neck. He gathered his things and put on his shoes, "have fun," he whispered as he passed Heero. "Nice seeing you Duo," Wufei said as a farewell and once Duo stated the same he slipped out of Heero's Hell Hole.

"Smart guy, that Wufei. You should have more friends like him."

"Fuck you, asshole."

Duo smirked, "Nice."

Heero sniffed and grabbed another slice of pizza. "I thought so."

"Heero, I know that you're still a bit upset with what happened the last time we were together but...do you think, for one weekend, you could put it behind you?"

Heero sighed heavily as he set down his slice of heaven. "You really did a number on me that night..."

And for once, Duo looked sympathetic and Heero hated him for that. Duo Maxwell was easily the most gorgeous thing to grace his entire life but looks were only skin deep. Duo had many faces to him and they were all usually vain, snobby, arrogant, and superficial. Heero had tried, many times, to walk away from the violet eyed prince but that little bit of human, the little bit of decency that laid under all the ugly shields kept Heero trapped.

"I know Heero and if I could..."

Heero shook his head, not allowing him to finish. "Don't, just don't." He took a deep breath before placing elbows on his knees, giving Duo his full attention. "So what do you want me to do?"

"Well, it all started when..."

/Flashback/

"Max, my man! Good to see ya buddy," a tall, golden haired young man all but pounced onto Duo as he entered his office.

Duo laughed and clapped a hand on his friend's back. "Nice to see you too Zechs. What is it this time?"

Zechs ran a hand through tresses of platinum blonde and widened sky blue eyes comically. "What do you mean, 'what is it this time?' Can't a friend, a dear college friend slash non blood-related brother, just come by to say what's up?"

Duo shook his head as he threw his jacket across the back of his desk chair and gracefully flopped into it. Loosening his tie, he looked back up to see Zechs practically vibrating with energy and nerves. "No, now spill."

"Well, you know the Norcom account right..."

Duo sat up in his chair. "Yeah, we got the account?"

"Um no," Zechs began to fiddle with the things on Duo's desk. "Not exactly..."

Duo glared, "What do you mean 'not exactly?' " He placed his hands on Zechs to stop his meddling, "Stop messing with my stuff and sit."

Zechs sexy bum hit the seat before Duo finished his sentence.

"What the hell is going on? Why haven't we got the account and why are you all but pissing your pants?"

"Dad talked to Mr. Norcom..." Zechs began.

"And..."

"And he's definitely a family man, or so he suggests."

"Which we already knew. Stop beating around the fucking bush and..."

"You need to get married," Zechs blurted out.

Moments after his outburst Duo finally blinked. "What?"

"I said you need to get married."

"You've been smoking that shit haven't you?"

Zechs flew out of his chair and began pacing. "Be serious, Duo! I would never joke about this account. Besides, I haven't touched 'that shit' in almost 8 years." He ran a nervous hand through his long bangs. "Dad talked to Norcom and Norcom invited us to his cabin this weekend in upstate New York."

Duo tried to piece together the amazing puzzle Zechs was giving him but was failing horribly. "So how does..."

Zechs didn't have time for Duo's genius. "He invited us as well as our families..."

"But we don't have families."

"Exactly," Zechs yelled as he threw his hands into the air. He blushed a dark crimson when a passing secretary stuck her head into the office, muttered a harsh 'quiet' and continued on her way. Probably on her tenth break of the day.

"Holy shit," Duo groaned and threw tanned hands over his face. "What are we going to do?"

"I suggest that you go down to twenty third street with at least ten grand and..."

"I am not hiring a hooker you boob and definitely don't want to think about how you even know the ballpark of that price," Duo whispered harshly, parting his fingers to glare at the man across from him.

"Duo, can you please focus? This event could very well be life changing...in a good way."

Duo sighed and dropped his hands from his face. He fell back into his chair and looked across his desk, glancing at the picture frame with a smile.

"Are you with me, Duo?" Zechs leaned over the desk, staring into Duo's face.

"Yes, you know I'm with you." Duo said snapping out of his trance. "But for the life of me I cant understand why he wants to meet our families. I never told him I had one, did you?"

"Nope," Zechs confirmed with a shake of his head. "But right now I could care less. Whatever that man wants me to do, I'll do it. If he wants me to bring my family to his cabin this weekend then I'm picking up some hookers. If he wants me to run across Town Street butt, ball naked then damn it - watch out because that is exactly what I'm going to do. I'll even do a little jig from corner to corner."

"I don't doubt it," Duo said after marveling at his friends imagination.

"So you know what you have to do, right?"

Duo looked up at Zechs with question. "I have to..."

"Get married," Zechs finished for him with a satisfied nod.

"No," Duo stated simply as he twisted around in his chair.

"Duo!"

"Damn it Zechs you know I want this account because with this account I can become partner and make a lot of fucking money. But I'm not going to find the first thing with an ass and ask them to marry me for the weekend. That's absolutely ludicrous and I refuse."

"Well then...find a fiancee. A very serious fiancee with great acting skills." Zechs tapped a fine manicured finger against his hairless chin before snapping his fingers excitedly. "Hey, what about that fine actor-in-training you used to see! What was her name? Lion, Tiger..."

"Kitty," Duo stated through clenched teeth. "I haven't seen that girl in at least 10 years, we dated back in college for fuck's sake."

"Huh, so that's why I haven't seen her around lately..."

Duo strained himself not to reach over and pummel the guy. "You simple minded twit...I could kill you right now."

"Now is not the time for our emotions to get out of hand. We need to focus on getting you a fiancee this weekend..." Zechs thought for a minute before groaning loudly and throwing himself into the chair behind him. "It's hopeless, we'll never pull this off."

"Way to think positive." Duo snorted but looked on at Zechs with worry. Zechs maybe a simple minded twit with a father that controlled what the man ate but - he was a stubborn simple minded twit. Zechs never gave up on anything and to hear those words tumble from those lips kind of scared him.

"There isn't anyone you know that could fake it for one weekend?" Zechs muttered.

One name suddenly came to mind. "Heero."

"Oh hell no," Zechs shuddered before slouching even more into the chair and staring up at the ceiling.

"And why not? Heero's super smart and teaches math, science, social studies, and English," Duo finished with a smile.

"And? He teaches at that pathetic excuse for a building and lives in a dump. You've even said so yourself."

"Number one," Duo said holding up a finger, "that pathetic excuse for a building is an orphanage - so lay off. And for that remark you are definitely going to hell." He held up another finger, "Number two, Heero's place has nothing to do with what we need him as."

"No Duo. Anyone, and I mean, anyone but Heero."

"What have you got against Heero?"

"The guy threatens to kill me every time I'm within a 5 mile radius of him!" Zechs sputtered as if to say, 'isn't it obvious?'

"Only because you decided to litter and throw your trash down the sewer drain."

"And I have to die for that? The guys a total nut! Every time I drive past the MAC 1 Makeup Center I expect to see him with his little protest friends with signs saying, 'Animal killers,' or, 'Save the Animals,' or some dumb shit like, 'For Heaven's Sake, Stop testing on Snakes.' "

Duo had no choice but to laugh. "You have never seen Heero with a dumb sign that says that!"

"Im serious Duo, I think I have seen him with a sign like that. And when I threw my trash down the sewer drain, I didn't expect him to get so riled up that I had to sit through a 2 hour lecture on the creatures of the sea, what kind of trashy world we live in, where trash really goes and how the true sinners of the world are people who litter." Zechs raked a hand through his hair.

"Heero is just very Pro-Earth, that's all. He's a free kind of guy and there's nothing wrong with that. Seems like we need more people in the world who actually care about it."

Zechs rolled his light blue eyes towards the ceiling. "You know I gotta ask..."

"Ask what?"

"Just what do you see in this guy?"

Duo started to reply to Zechs question but stopped. He would never understand the sheer attraction of Heero's intellect or how it's incredibly endearing to see him get pissy when he finds a soda can laying on the ground. Instead of telling Zechs this he decided on, "He's got a great smile."

"That's it," Zechs questioned with a huff.

"What else do I need?"

"Tits and ass, man. One or the other, both are even better."

Duo groaned and tilted his head back. "Let's focus okay? Whether you like it or not, I'm bringing Heero. He's the only person I can count on for something like this and I know he'll pull through."

Zechs finally commented after staring at Duo. "Wow, the sex must be pretty good."

Duo frowned. "Why do you say that?"

"Because this has to be the first person that you've said you've trusted and haven't known for over 5 years." Zechs stood up and straightened his clothes. "If that's who you want to bring then go right ahead, just remember that I was the voice of reason this time."

"Yeah," Duo snorted, "this time."

And that is it. You like the 2nd installment or what? Drop a line and lemme know!