Sorry to leave you at that cliffhanger for so long! ^_^ On to the fic!

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Duo, changed back into his human form, opened the door to his house. He walked in and flopped down onto his bed. 'I'm such an idiot.' He thought miserably as he remembered how Hiiro had reacted to his transformation. He had known that Hiiro wouldn't understood about him being Shinigami, there was just no way for a mortal to do so.

**Flashback**

Hiiro stared at Duo, shocked. Duo turned his head, not wanting to look into Hiiro's icy blue eyes. "You… you're… what?" Hiiro asked, not understanding. Duo kept on staring at the wall, not trusting himself to speak. Hiiro walked over to him. "Talk to me, Duo!" Hiiro's hand turned Duo's face toward his, so as to make him look him in the eyes. Duo started. Hiiro's eyes held a mix of shock and misunderstanding. Duo's mind reeled. He could lie, do anything to keep his ground, but no, he wouldn't be able to lie to Hiiro. He opened his mouth to speak, but just then the phone rang. Hiiro stood there for a few seconds before answering the phone. Duo could barely hear the voice on the other end.

"Hello? Hiiro? Hi! How are you?" Relena. Hiiro visibly cringed. "Hiiro, why aren't you answering me?! Hiiro? HIIRO!" Hiiro spoke.

"Hn."

"Oh, GOOD, Hiiro! You're there! For a second I thought I was talking to the wall… well, of course I wasn't talking to the wall, I'm on the phone…. With YOU, Hiiro!!" Hiiro sweatdroped as Relena's incessant chatter refused to stop.

"What do you want?" Hiiro's voice held no emotion.

"What? Oh! That's it, I forgot why I called you! I would like for you to meet my sister! Her name's Usagi! She just got here a few days ago, and I'd like her to meet my friends. We ARE friends, aren't we, Hiiro?"

"Hn."

"Oh, GOOD! I was scared for a second there, you know, because you used to say you'd kill me and everything…. Oh, you know what Hiiro?! I was thinking, because we're about to start dating and everything now, how about you bring Duo over and let him meet Usagi? She'd like him I think, she's very nice! She'd never do anything harmful or anything…" Hiiro heard a faint snickering in the other line, which he decided was Usagi, probably listening in on their one-sided conversation, but Relena didn't seem to notice as she kept on babbling on and on. "…She's almost like Quatre! Except she didn't pilot Sandrock… or try to kill millions of people because she never went insane, and she's a girl. Hmm… I dunno if she likes tea though…." Hiiro heard something click as a phone on the other line hung up. Hiiro could hear faint footsteps as someone ran down the stairs at Relena's house, and heard another girl talk to Relena.

"Relena, you'd better get off the phone now."

"What? Why? I'm talking to Hiiro! He's my boyfriend, isn't that right, Hiiro? Hiiro? Hii" Hiiro hung up the phone, and then smashed the phone into the wall, so Relena wouldn't be able to call back. He turned towards the place where Duo had been, but Duo had left.

"Duo…"

**End flashback**

Duo held back tears by pounding the wall. "Why…" He shook as he shouted at the wall. "WHY DID I RUN AWAY?!" He stopped as tears slid down his face. 'Why am I crying? I'm a real man…'

~*~ At Hiiro's apartment ~*~

Hiiro heard a knock at the door, and hesitated to open it. What if it was Duo? What would he say? Well, he decided, he'd just have to find out. He braced himself and opened the door, but nothing could have prepared him for what he saw.

Relena.

Hiiro tried to shut the door, but couldn't as Relena ran inside and glomped him.

"HIIRO!! Oh, I'm so glad you're safe!! When your phone line was cut, I thought that someone had done something to you, because you would never ever hang up on me!" She looked at Hiiro's smashed phone. "Oh my gosh, Hiiro! Have you been robbed? What did they take? Are you ok, sweety?" She looked him over before continuing. "Of course you're ok! You're my perfect soldier! But, Hiiro, if you were robbed… why… why didn't they talk to me? Oh well, that's not why I came. Well, of course it's why I came because I wasn't able to call you, and I was going to ask you about that but now I see that you're phone's destroyed, it explains things. I was going to ask you when you were coming over? Because you MUST come over and meet my sister! Oh, and bring Duo with you! Hmm… how about you come over tomorrow at 3:00? Yes, yes… that would be perfect. Just in time for tea! And then I'd be able to see if Usagi liked tea… hmm… yes. You don't have anything going on then, hm? Oh good. I'll see you at three then! Bye Hiiro!!" Hiiro watched her with astonishment as she ran outside again, and then slammed the door shut. 'Well, I might as well go.' He thought as he locked the door and walked back into his kitchen. 'At least it would give me a good excuse to see Duo again.'

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-Moonluna