Title: Rumors

Author: WickedGame

Genre: comedy/fluff

Pairing: a bunch of hints, but y'all know what I like! Totally safe for those of you on my flist that like 12 and 34

Rating: PG

Warnings: none really. Not beta read.

Notes: Written for klingonpoo, because she did a very nice thing for me at yaoi-con and I felt like gifting her back with fic!

"Watch!" Relena hissed as Heero left the room. Both she and Wufei watched Duo as his smile went from vibrant, to slight, and then to a frown in less than ten seconds.

"You were right!" Wufei said with awe in his voice. "He does literally wilt and droop every time Yuy leaves the room."

"And here he comes back!" Relena snickered and the nosy pair watched as Duo's frown grew back to a slight smile and then to a full-out grin. "He's got it bad."

Wufei sniffed. "I could've told you that. How do you think it is in the office? One minute Duo's happy to agree with you and pay attention to his work and the next he's looking out the window and not paying attention at all. It makes being his partner a pain in the ass. And don't get me started on when Heero goes away for missions. Duo checks to make sure he's still alive about every two hours."

"I think it's sweet," Relena said defensively. "But what about Heero?"

"You mean, does Heero feel the same way?" Wufei asked. Relena nodded. "Well, he did spend all that time in the hospital with Duo when he got shot."

"And don't they go to dinner at least once a week together?" Quatre asked as he barged in on the conversation.

Relena and Wufei looked at him doubtfully. "I don't know about going that far," Wufei said while scratching the back of his head.

"They do! Trowa and I saw them at the deli next to the cinema last Friday," Quatre explained. Wufei and Relena both looked at him questioningly.

"That is, there was a new movie… Trowa offered to go with… Shit," Quatre sighed, feeling like he just outed himself.

Relena patted him on the back. "We all saw that one coming a mile away, Quatre."

"Saw what coming a mile away?" Trowa asked as he joined them, bourbon in one hand and champagne for Quatre in the other. "You mean Heero and Duo? Heero keeps one photo on his desk and it's one of he and Duo."

The other three looked at him.

"You couldn't have shared this information sooner?" Relena asked.

"We've been dying over here trying to figure the two of them out!" Wufei growled.

"It's worse than a sitcom!" Quatre laughed. "I wonder if they're the only two people in this room who aren't wondering if they will or they won't?"

"Who will or who won't?" Duo asked as he and Heero sauntered up to their friends. "Is it Quatre and Trowa? Because I knew they would a long time ago."

Heero laughed lightly and placed a hand on Duo's shoulder. "I actually think, based on the way they were all staring at us, that we were the topic of conversation."

"You and me?" Duo asked, tossing back his head and laughing loudly. "You know, there was a time when even I didn't know for sure."

"Yeah, up until last night," Heero whispered, nuzzling Duo's neck and moving him steadily away.

"Sorry to interrupt your gossip, folks! Heero has apparently decided it's time to go home," Duo tossed over his shoulder as he and Heero left the room.

All four of their friends looked at each other and blinked.

"I heard that Sally Po might be playing doctor with Noin," Relena said suddenly.

"I heard she was playing doctor with Zechs," Quatre pointed out.

And their conversation began anew, even as Heero was pushing Duo against a car door and making sure he knew that they weren't characters in a sitcom anymore.

-The End-