Title: Detention 4/12(

Title: Detention 4/12(?)

Author: Skye

Archived: Yes to those who already archive me...anyone else please ask ^_^.

Disclaimers: don't own...anything! blah blah blah...don't sue.

Rating: PG-13/PG whichever is lowest

Note: uhh...OOC I think...you've been forewarned

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Detention 4/12

Duo quietly followed Heero up the stairs to the library, lost in his own thoughts.

He couldn't forget the look on Heero's face moments ago at the fountain. At first he'd thought Heero has hurt himself somehow but he'd seen something lurking in those Prussian blue eyes. Something he had never seen before. Duo didn't know what it was but he was determined to find out, sooner or later.

As Heero pushed open the wooden library door Duo let his customary smile fall back into place. He had to concentrate not to let his eagerness how. Believe it or not, Duo Maxwell loved the library. Old Earth authors like Anne Rice, Robert Jordan, and Michael Crichton intrigued him. He was particularly fond of the Vampire Chronicles, which he'd borrowed from Howard months before. He made a mental note to return them, eventually.

Duo stepped past Heero and bounded into the library. He stopped dead in his tracks as his violet eyes were met with an unexpected sight. Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were among the seven present occupants of the room. He heard Heero grunt in annoyance behind him, shaking him from his shocked stupor.

He waved amicably at the blond Arabian and took a seat near the long row of windows comprising the far wall. He blinked in surprise as Heero chose a seat near him. Duo suppressed a grin, it looked like he had a day of Heero-torture to look forward to.

The five pilots and four fellow students sat in silence as they waited for the Principal to arrive. Duo took the opportunity his to study his fellow detainees. Besides his comrades four other boys occupied the library. Three Duo recognized from the after school basketball games he and Heero occasioned. They were jocks, brawny and full of shit. He and Heero could tear them up on the courts, off the courts he did his best to avoid them. The past had left him cautious if nothing else. The other was a slightly built boy with limp brown hair. He seemed a bit nerdy with his horn-rimmed glasses and too large eyes which avoided eye contact like a medusa's gaze.

Duo wasn't surprised to find all the students were male. Rumor had it that the school had prohibited coed detention after a female student got pregnant. It probably wasn't true but like most rumors it was likely much more interesting a tale.

Just then the door flung open and the Headmaster stalked into the room. He glared at each student in turn before speaking.

"Everyone of you has been assigned all day detention, for various offenses. You will remain here in the library for the length of the day. Lunch will be brought to you at 12:30pm and you will have thirty minutes to eat. If you cooperate you will be released at 6:00pm. If any problems arise the responsible persons will receive a three day suspension. Understood?"

No one responded with more than a nod which seemed to satisfy the Headmaster. "Good. While you are here you will write an essay on the benefits of discipline on modern youth. There are pencils and paper on the circulation desk." He paused and eyed the three jocks suspiciously.

"I suggest you begin promptly."

With one last glance for signs of dissent the Headmaster made his way to the door. He exited the library as quickly as he had entered, the sound of the lock falling into place following soon after. His heavy-footed steps echoed down the hall till they faded from their range of hearing.

Several minutes passed in silence and finally Duo decided he'd had enough. He stood and stretched lazily, shirt riding up his abdomen a few scant inches. "Well, I'll be damned if I'm just gonna sit here."

Heero shot a glare in his direction, "We have to stay in the library."

Duo nodded, "I know that, oh master of the obvious. But who said we had to sit here and stare at each other all day?"

"What are you going to do Duo," Quatre asked, blue-green eyes aglow with curiosity.

He shrugged, "Explore."

Wufei scoffed, " I doubt the library supports a section on comic books Maxwell. Nothing here to interest you."

Across the room one of the jocks laughed, "Hey, good one chink."

"Excuse me?," Wufei demanded rising quickly to his feet.

Before the six foot mass of muscle could respond Heero was on his feet. He placed a restraining hand on the chinaman's shoulder and layered his best glare at the other boy.

"Fighting is counterproductive to our goal."

The apparent leader of the jocks laughed, "And what the hell is this so-called goal Yuy?"

Prussian blue eyes narrowed menacing, "For you, making it through the day unharmed."

End part 4.