Ex-boyfriend

When we arrived at school all the girls ran to find out if I was okay. I really wanted to be with Heero at that moment but he seemed to have been pushed out of the way. Quatre pushed his way through the crowd and pushed me towards the school. Once we were free from the crowd we ran up to the class room. We found Heero, Trowa, Yin, Hilde and Wufei already in the room. I was about to embrace Heero when Relena came in.

"So your back."

"Yeah I'm back."

"Shame that guy didn't get you better."

Trowa and Wufei were physically holding Heero from punching her.

"Relena you really should keep your opinions to your self. They will get you in trouble."

"Whatever. Heero are you going to Quatre's sister's party tonight?"

"Hn."

"He says yes." Trowa said.

"Save some dances for me."

"Hn. Hn."

"He says he won't he already has a date and he promised to dance with her."

"Do I know her?"

"Hn."

"He says, doubt it. she only speaks Japanese."

"That's a shame. I really wanted to talk to her."

"She understands English but she doesn't speak it. but she is really good company. Like Duo." Quatre said.

"Q-man, she does have a good sense of humour and Heero really likes her. I'm just glad she is friendly."

"Mr Maxwell, Mr Yue, Mr Barton, Mr Winner, Mr Wufei, Miss Yin and Miss Hilde. Mr Marquees says he'd like you to go see him something about your projects."

"Thank you sir we'll go straight away." We said as we walked out of the class room. We walked up to the art room and knock on the door. Zechs opened the door.

"You're early."

"The teacher turned up early. Thanks again."

"It's no problem. So why did you want out any way?"

"Your pathetic sister."

"Say no more."

I sat down and took out my pad.

"What are you two doing your projects on?"
"I was thinking on making some sculptures. I can get the material easily but I need the space to make them." Heero said sitting next to me.

"Duo?"
"My friends and family. Past and present. Basically my life. All my drawings old and new."

"Sounds good. So why are you five here?"

"They are my models." I said holding up my pad showing Hilde sitting staring out of the window. Hilde looked at me and saw it.

"Whoa! Duo, that is bloody amazing."

"It's only a sketch so far."

"So how are you going to fit everyone on to the pages?" Zechs asked.

"It's only my close friends I'm drawing." I said as my hand moved across the paper.

"Are you looking forward to tonight?" Quatre asked.

"Of course. Relena may see me as an outcast but my father speaks to me."

"Is he coming tonight?"
"Nope. He had something else on." Zechs said looking at Yin and Wulfei.

"Kuso. Where is it?" I said rummaging in my bag.

"What you looking for?" Heero asked.

"My rubber. I can't find it. I left it in my pencil case."

"Here borrow mine." Heero said handing me his.

"Arigatou."

"You're welcome."
"Something between you two has changed." Zechs said looking at us both.

"What do you mean?" We asked.

"I don't know. You seem closer."

"That would be because of Monday." I said erasing some lines.

"Huh?"

I lifted my shirt and showed him my burses.

"Whoa! What happened?"

"I got beat up. Heero was the one that found me and knocked the guy out." I said redrawing the lines. "My arm is still itchy." I muttered to my self. I stuck the pencil that I was holding under the cast and ran it across my skin.

"Duo, your not suppose to do that." Heero said taking the pencil away.

"It's itchy." I said pouting.

Quatre, Hilde, Trowa, Wufei and Yin laughed.

"I know but you have to keep it still."

I moved my arm to fast and it banged into the desk.
"OOOOWWWW!" I screamed grasping it.

Heero jumped off his chair and moved the desk. He crouched down and examined the arm.

"Baka. You could have broken it again. You have to be careful." He said turning my arm over. "Try moving your fingers."

I tried to move them but was unable to.

"You HAVE broken them again. What you in the rest of today?"

"Chemistry, RE, Physics and PE."

"No way in hells are you doing PE. The others may be you just have to be careful. I'll go home at lunch time and get that other cast."

"Arigatou Hee-chan."

Heero passed me my fallen pencil and pad before smiling at me.

There was a knock at the door.

"Can I help you?"

"No brother you can't. I'm here to see Heero." Relena said impatiantly

"He's busy. Perhaps I can pass on a message for you?"
"No. I'd like to speak to him."

"You'll have to wait. He's tending to his patient." Zechs said moving to show Heero examining my arm (again).

"He can do that later. This is a matter of urgency."

"How insensitive can you be?" Zechs asked rhetorically before walking back to his seat.

"Nani?"

"What?"

Trowa and I laughed.

"Maxwell what are you laughing at?"

I glared at her.

"Heero asked what you wanted." Trowa said.

"Oh about tonight meet me in the court yard."

"No I will be waiting on Violet-chan." Heero said in Japanese.

"He says he'll be waiting on his girlfriend." Trowa said.

"Good you can get me in the court yard."

"My girlfriends name is Violet not Relena." Heero said glaring at her.

"Violet is it?"

"Yeah it is. Now if you don't mind we have other things to do without nosy busy bodies hanging round us."

"Why is she called Violet?"

"Like I would tell you."

Hilde stood and walked over to Relena.

"I don't like you. Even though we have to work on a project together I really don't like you. Stay away from us till we are doing the project." Hilde said pushing her out of the door before closing it and locking it.

"Way to go Hil and Heero."

"I would have punched her but that is too much energy spent on one move." Hilde said shrugging.

We all laughed.

"She really has it bad for you Heero. She seems more determined than ever now. So who exactly is Violet?"

"Japanese girlfriend." Trowa said as he looked through some old pictures. "Hey Duo-chan did you draw this?" he asked holding up a picture of a mermaid.

"Yeah that's one from last year. There should be more in there."

"Have you seen his angel one?" Zechs asked.

"Err…"

"It's on my bedroom wall."

"Oh yeah it's really good. Who is it of?"

"Sister Helen." Quatre said.

"Who?"

"Someone who took care of me." I said still drawing.

"Someone from your past?" Zechs asked.

"Hai. She died when I was five."

"Hai?"

"Oh sorry. Hai means yes."

"So Violet? What's she like?"

"She has violet eyes, long brown hair, some would say she and Duo were twins." Hilde said.

I put the finishing touches to the drawing. "Hil-babe what do you think?" I asked holding it up.

"Wow. How did you get so good at drawing?"

"It's natural. I love to draw but also to write." I said shrugging.

"How many more have you got to draw?" Quatre asked.

"Trowa, Wufei, Yin, Heero, Zechs, Treize, Noin, Irai, Kagome, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, father and Radishi. So fourteen. Then there's all the information to go with it and the colours."

"Okay so a lot to do." Zechs said almost laughing.

"What time is it?" Hilde asked.

"Almost ten."

"Zechs do you mind if I go for a walk?" Hilde asked.

"No go ahead."

Hilde grabbed her coat and walked out of the classroom.

"How about we get started on the P.S.E. project?" Wufei asked Yin.

"Sure thing."

"May be we should start as well." Trowa suggested to Quatre."

"Sure thing."

They went to the opposite sides of the room and talked quietly among themselves.

'I really want to be alone with you just now.' Heero wrote in Japanese to me.

I feel the same. But Zechs will know that we are going out if we go together

may be we should just be open about it?

But then tonight won't work. May be later on in the week?

Friday. I can't handle you getting abused and tormented because you are Bi.

I have dealt with it for five years. A couple of more days or months won't hurt me that much.

There was a knock on the door. Zechs opened the door.

"Can I help you?"

"I was told I could find Duo Maxwell here."

That voice. It can't be.

"S…Solo?"

"Hey Duo, Baby. Can we talk?"

"No you can't talk to him Solo. You're not allowed to come with in fifty feet of him" Quatre said stepping in front of me.

"Well if it isn't Quatre the big brother?"

"Solo leave now. You remember what happened the last time you turned up. Now leave."

"I'm going. I'm going. Just wanted to tell Duo that I meant what I said three years ago and I'm willing to make it happen." He said turning around and walking out of the door.

I sat shaking in my chair. Heero noticed and pulled me into a hug.

"Daijobu Duo-chan."

"…Hee-chan. Watashi oke. He just scares me."

"Duo, are you okay? You have one awfully pale." Quatre asked.

"I'm better now. Thank you Quatre. Thank you Heero."

"You're welcome." They said in unison. I started to colour in the drawing of Hilde. I could feel my arm dropping and my hand getting heavy. I placed my pencil down and tried to relax. After ten minutes I picked up my pencil again. It dropped to the floor as I grasped my head.

"Duo? Are you okay?" Heero asked seeing me grasping my head.

"I…Iie."

"What's wrong?"

"M…My head. So …sore."

Quatre took out his phone and started speaking to someone on the other end.

"Radishi is on his way up." He said getting off the phone.

"It's just a headache it will go away soon." I said resting my head on the desk.

"Radishi will want to make sure."

"I'll be fine Q-man. I've probably not drank enough."

Heero handed me a bottle of water and some painkillers. I took them both and finished the bottle of water off.

"Gomen Hee-chan."

"It's okay Duo. As long as you are alright."

"Is everything okay master Quatre?" Radishi asked form the door way.

"Duo is complaining of a sore head but I think it is more than that."

"If it get's any worse phone me and I'll take him to hospital."

Heero looked at me concerned.

"I'm okay really. Probably stressing out about tonight."

Heero didn't look convinced but dropped the subject anyway.

"Something definitely has changed between you two. I just can't put my finger on it." Zechs said staring at us. We both shrugged and I started to draw again. Quatre suddenly burst out laughing. I looked up at him. He was looking at me.

"What?"

"Your hair. It's all lumpy."

"What? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't realise till now."

"Yin do you know how to braid?"

Yin shock her head.

"Wulfei?"

"My sister does mine."

"Anyone?"

Trowa, Quatre and Zechs shock their heads.

"I do." Heero said sheepishly.

"Can you braid it for me?"

"Sure but I can't do it with an audience. It there any free class rooms on this floor?"

"The one next door. No one uses it."

We both walked out of the class room and into the one next door. Heero closed and locked the door.

"Why are you concealing the truth from Quatre?" Heero asked brushing my hair.

"Because he worries too much. It's like having a mother in the form of your best friend."

Heero laughed slightly. For some reason I remembered what Solo had said to me that night three years ago.

'You are mine Duo and no one else's. I will be back for you. No one will have what is mine.'

I felt something run down my check. It was a tear. I wiped it away.

"Duo, are you okay?"

I shock my head.

"It's Solo. Ne?"

"Ne." I whispered.

"He can't hurt you. You know that right?"

"Yes but he can hurt the ones I love."

Heero wrapped his arms around me.

"No one will hurt you Koi. Even though he can try and hurt us he won't succeed because of the bond we all have with each other. It can't be broken." Heero said.

"Arigatou Heero-chan."

"Don't mention it." he said dividing my hair up.

"About tonight. I think Violet should be there for the first few hours or until Relena has seen you two dance together and then I'll come in after she has gone."

"Okay. But one thing."

"What's that?" I said looking up at him.

"I get to do this when ever I want in front of the others." He said before kissing me. I would have toppled over if Heero hadn't been standing there. When we pulled apart I nodded.

"Good. That's you're hair braided."

"Arigatou."

We walked back into the classroom.

"Where's Yin?" I asked looking round the classroom.

"Her maths teacher pulled her away." Zechs said.

Trowa and Quatre were sitting closer together. Wufei kept shooting glances at Zechs.

"Don't even think about it Duo." Heero whispered in my ear.

I shrugged and went back to drawing.

At quarter to eleven Hilde arrived back at the class room.

"No need to explain Hilde. I know about you and Noin."

Hilde turned white.

"I won't tell besides she knows about all my boyfriends."

I gave her a reassuring smile before she sat down.

"May be we should tell her." Wufei said staring out of the window.

"Only if you are sure Wufei." Quatre said.

"I'm positive. We know her secret she has a right to know ours. Right Zechs?" Wufei said turning to look at him.

"Fine with me."

"Hilde your not the only one that is dating a teacher."

"What do you mean Wufei?"

"I am also dating a teacher."

"Correction two." Zechs said.

"Huh?"

"I like two teachers. We started dating last year. One of them is Zechs and the other is Treize."

"That explains a lot now." She said smiling at him.

"So we won't tell your secret if you don't tell ours. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Is that why your sister considers you as an outcast?"

"Yeah because I am gay and liked some of her boyfriends. So Violet is going to be there tonight?"

"Only for a few hours then she has to catch a flight back to Japan for her cousins wedding." Heero said.

"How often do you see her?"

"Not that often. When we lived in Japan it was only every second weekend but now it is when ever we have holidays. Japan doesn't go back till mid September. Oh that reminds me. Trowa Shu-chan is coming here in two months time."

"Huh?"

"N-G studios gave them a contract but they have a new member in the band. And he is also going out with someone. He didn't say who though."

"A lot has change in a few months."

"I thought you said you only moved here a few days ago?" Quatre said looking confused.

"We did but we haven't seen Shu or Lang for five months." Trowa explained.

"Who's Lang?"

"Well you see. This is where it gets complicated. Lang is Hiroshi Nakano also know as Hiro. Sounds similar but not. So to stop confusion we all called Hiro Lang and Heero –Heero." Trowa said.

"Makes sense."

"Wait a sec. Shu? Do you mean Shuichi?"

"Yep."

"Who are you talking about?" Quatre asked confused.

"Remember the songs I asked you to listen to and you said they sounded okay?"

"Yeah."

"Shuichi is the guy that sings the lyrics in the band and they are coming here."

"Oh okay."

The rest of the day went by dead fast. To fast for my liking. Soon we were on our way home. The minute I walked in the door Kagome and Irai grabbed me.

"What are you doing?"

"We have some thing for you." Kagome said as Irai strapped a chocker onto my neck.

"What is this? ... what have you done to my voice?"

"It's a voice changer. This way you can speak Japanese in a female voice."

I took it off.

"Thanks Irai. Thanks Kagome."

"No prob little bro."

Heero and I went up to my room.

"When did this get here?" Heero asked picking up a laptop.

"I think Radishi brought it over."

"No wonder I couldn't find it at home."

"How am I going to cover this up?"

"You're wearing gloves remember?"