I know, I know. The last chapter was short...blah blah. I'm postng a lot today so be grateful...BOO YA!

Chibi-Quatre: **drinking Kool-Aid out of chibi tea cups** We're almost out...

Of what, Kool-Aid? I bought 8 packs this morning....

Chibi-Quatre: **sheepish, yet still innocent smile** I know, **Cheshire grin** and they were good ^_^

Ugh....how many are left?

Chibi-Quatre: About half...

Four left? Oh, no problem there...

Chibi-Quatre: No, **holds up a pack** I meant half of this one...

Oh....peachy....--_--;; Save some for Du-chan. When d'you think he'll become sentient again?

Chibi-Quatre: In about an hour...

Chapter 5

Duo grabbed his stuff with one hand while he tried to keep the phone to his ear with the other.

"I think," Trowa was saying on the phone, "that we should try looking over their old bases. Maybe we could find some clues of where the new one is, or if there even is a new one." He said, referring to the Relena problem. Frankly, Duo was happy to have her gone. Heero had always thought of her when Duo was with him, Duo was sure of that. He had no clue how Heero could ever fall for Relena's type, for Pete's sake she talks to herself. He gave a mental shrug, It wouldn't have worked out between us anyway. He thought, and knew he was right. Heero's just too different from me. Besides, we both know he likes her more, I was just a way to get the war off his mind. Maybe it's her pacifist nature... Duo sighed, Whatever.

"Hai, good idea." He mumbled absent mindedly as he held the phone with his shoulder and he jumped around trying to pull on his black shorts.

"Are you listening?" asked Trowa, "Or are you getting ready to go over to that girls'?"

"We have to be there in 15 minutes, kitto I'm getting ready!" Duo answered as he pulled on a black tank top. "You've probably been primping your hair for the last hour!" He retorted. Trowa was silent and Duo laughed, "See! I'm right! You're gonna grab Mr. Pessimistic on your way over, ne?" He asked, referring to Heero.

"Sure, leave the possibly violent guy to me." Trowa shot back, "He might mess up your hair."

Duo started to laugh, if anyone was to complain about someone messing up their hair it would be Trowa. He thought. He then realized his hair was still un-braided. "Kuso!" he swore and Trowa laughed at him.

"I knew it, you always forget that. I'll leave you to your tangled mess as long as you get Quatre on your way by." Trowa said, but Duo had already hung up to begin to braid his chestnut mop.

Damn damn damn damn kuso!, he thought as he sat on the edge of his bed and rapidly tried to get his hair into its traditional braid. I shouldn't have took that nap! he cursed himself as he wrapped the black band around his completed braid and ran out the door of his room.

"Whoa! Duo, chotto matte!" yelled Quatre, who was waiting for him outside his door. "We still have 10 minutes, slow down!" Duo screeched to a halt.

"Oops, just a bit excited. We should really get going though." he said coolly as he grabbed Quatre and dragged him out the door of their shared safe house and down the street.

* * *

Trowa hung up the phone and made one final touch to his hair before he left the bathroom. He walked down the hall and knocked on Heero's bedroom door. "C'mon Heero! Duo'll have a conniption if we're late!"

The door opened and Heero stepped out, pushing Trowa out of his way.

"Urusai already." Heero stated coldly as he walked out down the hall and out of the house. Trowa followed behind him and shut the front door.

"You better not've messed up my hair!" Trowa said under his breath. Hearing this, Heero just shook his head and let a small smile play across his lips. Living with Trowa was a perfect arrangement. After he and Duo had gone their separate ways in the relationship they had both decided to switch roommates. Trowa and Heero got along fine. Both of them were silent and, unlike Duo, Trowa didn't really feel the urge to belt out Bon Jovi songs in the shower. Heero suspected that Duo was happy with Quatre as his new partner. Those two were closer than brothers and Heero thought it would be good for Duo if he felt he had to look out for someone once in awhile.

The two boys walked in companionable silence as they rounded the corner and started to walk down Swanmay Terrace, passing 12 and 10 on one side and 11 and 9 on the other. They were walking from the far end of the street.

Trowa saw Quatre and Duo walking at the other end and raised his hand in a sort of wave. Duo waved back and stopped at the gate of a huge grey-stone house that read number six.

"This must be it." said Trowa as he and Heero joined Duo at the gate. Duo nodded and pointed to the little intercom on a big iron pillar that was holding the iron gate.

"Pretty ritzy, eh? Quatre," He asked the blonde boy, "how do I use this thing?"

Quatre sighed and pressed the button that said 'Talk'.

* * *

"C'mon Reena!" pleaded Lys, "You gotta kiss him when he comes in!"

"No!" Reena said as she plopped down on a poolside chair. The other girls were already in the water.

"Well then," stated Ami, "at least let him see your bathing suit. He'll love it!"

"I will, I will." Reena sighed. They had obviously gone through this several times before. "I'm just waiting till he gets here. I don't want to have to climb out of the pool to answer the intercom, if it gets wet it goes berserk." She was sitting, wrapped in her towel as the other girls dived off the board and tried to get her wet.

"How's he ever gonna know you like him?" Lys asked as she dunked Ami. "And besides, you could get Jonas to answer the intercom thingy." The girl came up and coughed, then went after Lys.

"Nah, today's Jonas' day off. I told him to go have some fun or do whatever guys like to do." Reena muttered as she relaxed on the deck chair.

Jonas was something like Reena's butler, thought she didn't like to think of him like that. More of a big brother than anything else. He was the only person Reena was sure she could trust in the entire world right now, and she appreciated something as stable as he was. Although he was older than her, he wasn't an old man. She guessed his age around mid-twenties, though he'd never tell her.

Reena sighed again and closed her eyes just as the intercom buzzed. Muttering something about a lack of relaxation time, she went over and answered it, hushing the two girls. They stopped chasing each other and treaded water peacefully so they could hear the conversation. "Hello?" Reena asked in her usual cheery voice.

She heard what she thought was Heero's voice, "Now speak into it you imbecile."

"Ano...Reena? We're here." said Duo tentatively. Lys giggled.

"Sugoi, we're around back, in the pool." answered Reena, "Is Heero with you?"

"Hai, Mr. Tulips is as cheerful as ever." said Duo, then she heard a muffled 'itai!' come from that side of the intercom, she giggled, "C'mon in." she said as she pressed the button for the gate.

Reena turned to the two girls as Lys was saying to Ami, "She doesn't like him that much you know...if she did she would kiss him. Now that Amber girl at school'll be all over him. She'd kiss him."

"Oh no," said Reena, "I do like Duo! And fine, I will kiss him when he comes around that corner!" she said loudly.

* * *

Duo rubbed his bruised shoulder where Heero had punched him, "That hurt!" he pouted as he walked through the gates, followed by Quatre and Trowa laughing and the pissed Heero.

They walked down the gravel drive way and toward the big gray mansion that lie ahead of them. Well, it was a mansion to Duo. The roof, from what he could see, was flat and served as a balcony, there was a single small tower in the middle of the roof, and it spiraled up about 30 feet before ending in another balcony, this one had edges like that of a castle. All in all, Duo was impressed.

The boys followed a path around the side of the house, "So," asked Trowa as they went, thought Duo wasn't paying attention and had turned his interest to the bushes and willow trees in the back, growing roses and lilies that were mostly purple. Growing up on the streets he didn't have the opportunity to see many flowers, living in a colony made them even more rare. Duo was scanning the flowers with his jaw open in amazement, he thought he saw a bush in the back that had darker flowers, almost black, but he dismissed it as a trick of the light. Duo then realized Trowa was talking to him.

"Eh?" He asked, turning back to look at Trowa.

"Does the mutt have any idea of what he'll do yet?" Trowa asked, Duo thought he saw a smirk but dismissed that too.

Sugoi, he thought, more hallucinations, just what I need. You, Maxwell, are going insane...more so.

Just then, they heard Reena's voice, "I do like Duo! And fine, I will kiss him when he comes around the corner!"

Duo looked at Trowa and grinned, "This mangy mutt just got himself a new car!" he said quietly and turned the corner of the house to find Reena with her back to him, talking to the girls in the pool, the guys came around behind him.

"You won't," said Ami, "you'll chicken out!"

"Will not!" said Reena, "Soon as he rounds that corner I'll kiss him!"

Duo stepped up behind her, put his arms around her waist and spun her around to face him, "Not if I beat you to it!" he stated and kissed her. I can't believe I'm doing this! he thought, the God of Death brought to his knees by a girl, not possible!

Reena reached up and put her arms around Duo's neck, letting go of her towel. Quatre, Trowa and, yes, even Heero were all smirking at Duo and Reena as they kissed, but their eyes got wide when Reena dropped her towel and she had a bare back. Heero's eyes widened considerably as he starred, wide mouthed, at the pair. From what he could see, Reena's back was bare, no strings or straps or anything that would hold up a top. she had on white bikini bottoms and, to all appearances, nothing else but a dragon tattoo at the small of her back. Duo opened his eyes and saw the three guys looking at them, and Heero standing there with his mouth open wide. Trowa pointed to Reena's back and Duo ran his hand up it, feeling nothing, he gave them a weird look, then his eyes opened in understanding and the guys nodded.

Reena broke off the kiss with Duo and smiled at him, "Hi," she said sheepishly, "guess you heard me, ne?" He nodded, a blush working its' way across his face. Reena went to step back but she found he was still holding her, she giggled, "You mind?" he let her go and tried to keep his eyes glued to her face, she gave him a look. "You haven't said anything about my bathing suit. Well, what d'ya think?" she stepped back and as Duo slowly looked down his eyes went wide, she had on a white top.

The three guys, seeing Duo's eyes go wide, expected their suspicions were correct.

"Well?" said Reena. Duo was speechless, then looked over her shoulder to see Quatre, Trowa, and Heero with their mouths open wider than before, I've never seen Heero like that! thought Duo as he smiled mischievously at Reena, playing along with their guess. She got the point as he said, "I love that look! Why don't you turn around and show the guys." she giggled and winked before turning to the three boys. Quatre's hand flew up over his eyes as his face went crimson. Trowa looked down, blushing considerably. Heero just stayed frozen in place.

"Well guys," she said teasingly, "look at me and tell me if you like what you see." Trowa slowly looked up and sighed in relief when he saw she actually had a top on. Quatre took that sigh for something else and refused to move his hand away from his eyes, shaking his head vigorously. Trowa elbowed him and the blonde peeked out, sighing with relief. Duo and Reena laughed at the two of them, "Mou," she said, "I'm not that friendly guys! It ties up around my neck and has two invisible straps across my shoulders. Heero, close your mouth." she said, turning to the boy who was frozen in place. He recovered and blushed, looking down at the tile patterns like he had just noticed them. Everyone laughed at this, which caused him to blush even more.