Plans
I pulled on a top that was loss but didn't cover my cast. Radishi and I meet in the foyer and we drove to the school. I leant against the car and waited for them to come out.
"Duo."
"Hey Hilde."
"Are
you okay?"
"I'm fine."
"You're not limping?"
"No I'm not."
"Your hair is a mess."
"I know but I can't braid with one hand."
"I'll do it for you. I know you hate people touching your hair but your not you without your braid."
"Okay but if you can't braid it pull it back into a ponytail and leave it."
"Okay"
"Father says that your invited to Irai's birthday party tomorrow night but you can also spend the next three night's in our house."
"Do
you have enough space?"
"Hilde, there are over forty bedrooms
of course we have room. Oh and you can bring a date."
"Noin is already invited." I heard her whisper.
"Then you don't mind bunking with her for the night?"
"Nope." Hilde said brightening up. "I can't do this. I'll just put it in a pony tail.
"Thanks."
We waited for the others to come out. Quatre, Trowa, Wufei and Heero all came running out of the building.
"I take it Relena is after them?"
"Been like this all day."
They saw me and ran to us. They skidded to a stop in front of me.
"Hey Duo. Good to see you up and about." Quatre and Trowa said.
"Yeah Heero was really worried till he disappeared about half eleven and repapered at half twelve." Wufei said.
"Well what can I say? I was worried." Heero said smiling slyly.
"So why were you running?"
"Heero." Relena called running up to them
"Need you ask?"
"Nope. Oh father says you're all invited to Irai's party tomorrow night and that you can spend the next three nights at our house."
Quatre looked a little pale.
"Quatre breath."
Quatre got some colour back.
"Come on."
"Heero." Relena screamed before jumping on his back.
"Would you get off? You are a heavy lump." Heero screamed at her.
"Heero what about that technique that your master taught you?" Trowa asked.
Heero looked confused for a sec before smiling evilly. He reached up and tickled her. Her arms came off of his neck and she screamed. Heero stood up properly and she fell to the ground.
"Shall we get going?" I asked looking at Heero.
"Okay. We'll meet you there." Trowa and Heero said walking to their bikes.
"Heero, where you going?" Relena asked as he drove away. She then turned to me.
"Where are you going with my Heero?"
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm going home. Hilde, Wufei, Yin are you coming?"
"Sure." They all replied.
Quatre, Yin, Wufei, Hilde and I all sat in the back off the car.
"Are there any others sir?"
"No Radishi." Quatre said smiling.
Radishi closed the door and went back to the front of the car and drove us home.
Heero and Trowa were leaning against their bikes when we drove up.
"Hey guys." I called as we got out of the car.
"Hey Duo. Sorry about that."
"Don't be. We left her confused." Hilde said smiling.
We walked up the stairs and into the house. We all sat in the living room and talked. I caught up on what I had missed in school and what Relena had been doing.
"She followed me to art." Heero said pouting. I smiled and touched his shoulder.
"She is also coming to this party for Irai but with Treize."
"So why is Treize bringing her?"
"Her family wanted her to be known in the world of class. Treize was miffed at it but agreed to it because he wants to see her face when her brother turns up but also when she realises that you are taken, Heero."
"May be we can have some fun with that." I said smiling.
"What you got planned?" Quatre asked.
"What theme has Irai chosen this year?"
"Masked ball."
"Then this may work."
"Duo?"
"Well we know that the girls are desperate to know who I am dating and that they have always wanted to dress me up."
"Okay I'm following so far."
"Well I could be here for the start of the party as myself and then be here the second half as someone else."
"You mean dress as a girl as Heero's date?"
"Duo, think about it. You will be dressed as a girl in front of half of the school."
"That's the beauty of it all. Only you six and the sisters will know the ones that are giving me a hand any way. And you can kiss me in front of everyone and they would think that you are straight and taken. We only have about three months till Christmas then four till the end of the year. Then we'll all be going to college, university or to jobs."
"This
might just work. But what sisters?"
"Kagome, Irai, Sapphire
and Glory."
"Glory?"
"She's Quatre's seventeenth older sister."
"Why don't we call them just now?"
"They are out."
"When will they be back?"
Just then the door opened and twenty nine laughing girls came in.
"And then he asked if I had any sisters."
"What
did you tell him?"
"Yeah I do. Then he asked if any of them
are single. I said all twenty eight were and he fainted."
They all started laughing again.
"Hey sisters."
"Quatre, Duo. How are you today?"
"Good."
"Been better."
"We're going to put this stuff away we'll see you soon."
"Kagome, Glory, Irai, and Sapphire can we speak to you for a sec?" Quatre asked.
"Okay little one." Kagome said sitting down. Irai sat down next to me and Heero and Glory and Sapphire leant against a wall.
"What do you want to talk to us about?"
"Well you know that I'm gay, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well you have meet boyfriend."
"Really?"
"Yes. In fact this is my boyfriend." I said clasping Heero's hand.
"He's so cute." Sapphire said.
"We need you help. There is a girl at school who fancies him and she is coming to your party tomorrow."
"Okay
following."
"And she will follow Heero around all night. And I
don't want to show father up so I was thinking that may be you four
could help me."
"Do what?"
"Dress as a girl for half of the party and that way keeps Heero safe from her."
"What about your cast?"
"There is another version that can keep his arm in place. In fact I have it at home." Heero said thinking.
"Okay we can do this but we are going to have to sort this out tonight so we just have to slip away for a couple of minutes and get you ready."
"We'll need Heero's help as well. Considering he is going to be dancing with him."
Heero looked at the clock. "Trowa and I have to speak to your father but we'll be back soon." He said standing up. He kissed me on the check and walked out with Trowa and Quatre, Quatre was showing them the way.
"Hilde, Yin you're helping as well. Wufei can keep watch. Tell us if any of the other sisters came to the door." Glory said.
We walked up to Glory's room. Sapphire, Irai and Kagome all went and got a couple of dresses and pairs of shoes and their make up.
They started to dress me when there was a knock on the door. Glory opened it slightly before gesturing the people to come in. Heero, Quatre and Trowa slipped into the room.
"This feels awkward." I said looking in the mirror.
"You have to wear a full length dress unless you want to wax your legs." Kagome said wishing I would.
"Hell no."
"Thought not. Now shut up."
I sighed.
"I don't think that colour suites him." Heero said looking at the dress.
"What colour then?"
"How about this one?"
"Duo, take that one off." Irai said helping me to unzip the dress. She slipped the other one on and fastened it.
"That's better, but I wish he would wear black. Other colours don't suite him." Quatre said.
"Quatre shut it." Kagome said going towards him with a lipstick. He dogged behind Trowa and grasped Trowa's sleeve.
"Kagome leave Quatre alone." Sapphire said as she started to do my hair.
"Do you want it up, down, plated, braided, straight, and curly?"
"We'll have to play around with it to see."
I groaned and this and sat huffing the whole time.
"Nope. It's going to have to be down after your appearance tomorrow night."
"I'm not painting my nails."
"Didn't ask you too, your nails are fine as they are."
"No lipstick."
"Lip gloss. Pale lip gloss."
"No mascara."
"Hate to tell you but yes mascara we'll use brown so it's not that obvious."
"You're enjoying this more than you should be." I said growling at them.
"Shut it. How did dad take you and Heero going out?"
"Really well."
"So he doesn't mind?"
"Apparently not. I'm getting out of this now."
"Fine but be careful with it."
I stepped out of it and pulled on my trousers again.
"That's the Duo we now." Quatre said
"Q-man damare. I know that this is how every one sees me but there are some times when I surprise people.
"You can't talk to anyone that would recognise your voice." Kagome said braiding my hair.
"Fine Heero can speak for me."
"Huh?"
"I can speak Japanese Kagome. I can whisper what I want to say to people to Heero."
"When
did you learn Japanese?"
"Over the summer."
"Full of surprises yet again."
"Hey you guys dinner is ready." Wulfei called through the door.
"We're coming."
Dinner was quiet and unusual. Quatre and Trowa sat beside each other and Heero and I sat across from them. Hilde and Wufei sat beside Heero and Trowa and everyone else sat were ever they could.
"Duo?"
"Yes father?"
"See that thing you're doing tomorrow. If you get caught I'll kill you."
"I know."
"What thing are you doing tomorrow Duo?" Ruby asked.
"You'll find out later."
"Tell. Tell."
"Nope."
For the rest of dinner those who didn't know tried to get me to tell them.
"We're going up to my room." Quatre said as Trowa, Hilde, Yin, Wufei, Heero and I followed him out of the room.
We ran up the stairs and barricade the door.
"Are they always like that?" Yin asked.
"Yep." I said as I sat down on one of the couches. Heero sat next to me and wrapped an arm round me. I snuggled into him.
"So why didn't you answer you phone earlier?" Quatre asked
"I was in the shower. Trying to keep my cast dry." I said
"Where did you go Heero?" Trowa asked
"I came here. I got worried." Heero said shrugging.
"When did you get here?" Quatre asked.
"Twenty to twelve."
"Huh."
"What?"
"Well knowing Duo he showers for twenty minutes."
"I was drying my hair when Heero came by."
"And?"
"And what? I was drying my hair. I heard Heero calling for me. I went and greeted him Sally came to check on me father came in Heero and Sally left father and I talked then I came and got you lot." I said looking at Quatre.
"Have you missed anything out?"
"No. Ask Sally if you want."
"I don't have to."
"You bugger you still have those cams in my room."
"Nope. The look on your face says it all."
"Fine we kissed that was it? God you are so bloody noise."
Quatre smiled at me.
"If you weren't my best friend, adoptive brother and my cousin I would kill you."
"I know you would."
Hilde, Wufei, Trowa, Yin and Heero laughed at us.
"I'm coming back to school tomorrow. What are you all in first?"
"Double study." Heero said
"Ditto." Trowa said
"Same." Quatre said
"Same." Wufei said
"Same." Hilde said.
"Same." Yin said
"So we are all in Double study. That's good but also bad. Relena's going to be there."
"We can get a note from Zechs saying we have some stuff for his class to do. You guys can be our models." Heero said.
"That would get us out of that class."
"I'll phone him." Wufei said taking his phone out. "hey it's me… we need a favour… see tomorrow can you write a note to our Double studies teacher saying that you give us permission to get out of class? … Yin, Trowa, Heero, Duo, Quatre, Hilde and my self… thanks I owe you… okay see you then."
"Well?"
"He says he can do that. He doesn't have a class those two. He says he expects us there ten minutes after the bell rings."
"That gives us time to tell the teacher and get out of there before Relena says she is part of the group." Hilde said.
"Children time to go to bed." Came a voice from the other side.
"Yes Kagome."
"Were are we sleeping?" Hilde asked.
"Duo and Heero are doubling up, you and Yin are three doors down, Wufei has the single four down that way and Trowa is in here. Fathers orders. I hope you don't mind?"
Everyone shock their heads.
Heero and I said good night to everyone and walked to my room. We walked in and I closed the door. I felt Heero's arms go round me. I leaned back into his arms and smiled.
"You're so beautiful. I prefer you in this rather than a dress."
"I know you do but if we are going to get her of your back then I need to do this or have Hilde hang all over you."
"You
know I think your right. But still why do I have to pretend to be
straight?"
"Because if you tell them that you are gay they
will see you as an outcast. I found that out the hard way."
Heero held me closed. I wanted nothing more than to wrap my arms round him but I was scared.
"Duo, are you okay?"
"Yeah just thinking."
"About
your past?"
"Yeah."
"You don't have to tell me but I'm here for you no matter what."
"I have to tell you. Other wise I won't be able to be close to you."
"What do you mean?"
"Remember how I called my self the god of death?"
"Yeah."
"Well that's because every one I have loved has died. My mother, my father and the people who took me in before Quatre did."
"That doesn't make you the god of death. It just an unfortunate misfortune. Look at it this way. If your parents hadn't died you wouldn't have known Quatre, Trowa, Hilde, and Wufei, Yin or me. Besides you can't be responsible for their deaths you were only two at the most."
Tears were running down my face "I feel responsible for it though."
"Duo, do you love Quatre?"
"Yes, as a brother."
"And Mr Winner?""Yes."
"And the sisters?"
"Sometimes."
"Me?"
"With all my heart."
"Are we dead?"
"…Iie."
"Then you are neither responsible for the deaths or are you the god of death. We better fall asleep soon. We have a lot to do tomorrow."
I smiled slightly as we lay in each others embrace on my bed.
