Title: In Disguise 3/6?

Author: Canisa

Pairing: Meiran+5 lead to 5+Meiran and ^__^ 1+2/2+1 !!!!

Warning: AU (NO GUNDAMS!!! Just the gw boys). Shonen ai. Cross-dressing, attempted sap.

Note: This story is inspired from yoshizumi wataru's manga. Well, at least the concept ^__^ have to do some changes to fit our GW boys in it ^__^;;;

Quick Summary:

To check out his half-sister's (Meiran) crush, Duo boldly transferred to her boarding school without her consent and disguised as a female student because there was no more bed for a boy.

Thinking that Heero Yuy was Meiran's crush, Duo challenged him and won the basketball match, and started to gather attention from the student body.

At the same time, Relena Peacecraft, who viewed Heero as her possession, found out that her new roommate was in fact Duo as she yanked off the comforter from the top bunk. Shocked, she lost her grip on the rail of the bed and fell..

Chapter 3 ---The Idiot ---

"WHAT!?"

Duo winced. Sticking his fingers into his ears, he at least managed to reduce the high pitch scream a bit. "Meiran, it's not like it was my fault! God knows what that crazy girl was doing when she fell!!"

Meiran breathed heavily. Her beautiful brown eyes narrowed instantly as she stepped toward Duo. Her little fingers curled into a ball under her long pajamas.

Alarm went off in his head as Duo automatically backed a few step but then the wall stopped him. Looking around the hallway desperately, he searched for people to help in the hallway. The attempt was futile naturally as it was 6 AM in the morning. Most of the students were still in bed. Duo did not know if he could survive his sister's wrath.

"Did she find out about. YOU?" Meiran breathed the words harshly. She would single handedly strangled the long-braided idiot if needed. The thought that Relena found out exactly what Duo was and spread around in the school mortified her. This was her last year and she damned well would graduate with happy memories. She so did not want to be remembered as the girl whose weirdo brother had cross-dressed as a girl..

"No! No! No! Absolutely not!!!" Duo shook his head violently but inwardly he laughed. This was pathetic. Here he was, scared of his younger sister?! "Er. " He scratched his head nervously. "At least I don't think so.. I mean, I still have my fake breasts on and I was NOT sleeping naked as I used to. and I was wearing this baggy short...."

"THINK!!!" Meiran fumed. "What else could she see that made her faint??"

"I don't know!!! I don't know!!!" Duo frantically threw his hands in the air. "I just woke up by the crushing sound and then I just found her on the floor!!! I called the nurse office and they just came and took her!!!"

Silence fell as Meiran stared at her brother in disbelief. She could not believe it. She had thought that Relena would scare away Duo with her uttermost annoying aristocrat posture but the table had turned. Her brother actually managed to make her faint somehow. The lucky boy actually got the room all to himself with Relena gone. Suddenly, Meiran did not know if she should laugh or be disappointed. Fate had a cruel sense of humor. At first, she was sure Relena would send Duo back to the East coast for her but it did not look like it was going to happen anytime soon. Meiran sighed. Maybe it was meant to be? She ran her fingers through her messy hair.

Duo grinned, sensing that the danger had dissipated. His body relaxed as he leaned closer to his sister affectionately. "By the way, I have to say your taste was pretty good...."

Meiran tensed. "What?"

Duo grinned even wider. "Come on, little Sis, I know who it is. It's not so hard to pick him out in the basketball team."

Meiran blushed. "I . I don't know what you are talking about."

Duo laughed. "Don't worry! I will take care of it! Well, AFTER I approve him of course. "

Meiran immediately felt her blood ran cold. It was not that she did not trust her brother. Knowing how Duo LOVED to overdo things, she shuddered to think what he would come up with. "No! NO!!!" Meiran immediately shouted out as she clung to her brother. "Please don't interfere!! Promise me that you will not do anything!! PROMISE ME!!!" She looked up at her brother expectantly.

"But that's what I am here for.."

"NO!" Meiran shouted, her eyes gleamed with anger now. "I said NO!"

Sensing that Meiran was adamant about her decision, Duo unfolded his arms. "Okay. okay.. I won't say a thing."

"SWEAR ON IT!"

Duo sighed. "Meiran, I SWEAR I will not tell him about you okay?"

Meiran studied her brother's eyes intently. "I will hold you up to that promise!"

"Aw, Come on, You know me. I run, I hide but I don't lie." Duo grinned.

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BORING!!!!

Duo rested his chin on his hand as he sat in the classroom. Life as a female was incredibly, surprising boring to him. 15 minutes of break between classes now seemed like eternality as he stared blankly at the slightly chipped paint on the ceiling.

It was not that he was an outcast of the class. In fact, it was the opposite. The basketball match had totally raised his status among the girls and Duo had became the newest topic in the school. Many girls desperately tried to befriends with him while many more boys tried to get on his good side.

Duo had to admit he loved the attention at first. But as time dragged on, he painfully realized that he hated it.

Duo sighed inwardly as a group of chattering girls surrounded him. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could even spot a few boys drooling over him by the windows. Duo sighed again secretly. This was not the way he had imagined. He had thought it would be more exciting than this. Instead, he was forced to listen to all those garbage about the latest fashion that came out of some girly magazines.

Maybe this was all a bad idea. He should not have come after all.

Duo glanced toward his sister who was standing a few feet away from him, chatting to her girlfriends.

Life could not be more boring than this. His sister had ceased to talk to him unless it was necessary and now he was a prisoner of this silly group of girls who have nothing intelligent to say.

BORING!!!

Duo threw his attention to the other side where Heero Yuy was seated, alone.

A definite sign of antisocial.

But that was okay.

A few days in the class had convinced Duo that Heero Yuy was a very intelligent person. Though the Japanese did not volunteer often, when the teacher had called on him he would always provide a more than satisfying answer in the most concise form of language.

Duo liked that.

Most people who had much to say usually did not have anything important to say anyway.

Duo knew too well.

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Sunday

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Heero Yuy stepped into the Convention Center, an empty backpack threw behind his shoulder.

The computer convention was larger than the one he had previously attended. There were at least 100 dealer tables, each had their posters boosting their low prices.

Heero impassively handed over his entrance ticket, while mentally went over the things he needed.

Another 60G Hard drive for his Linux box. A 10/100 Ethernet card for his laptop. His desktop definitely needed an upgrade. A Pentium III 800GHz was certainly not powerful enough for his hacking hobbies.

The new Pentium IV 2GHz?

Heero mentally went over his bank account.

Not good. He had already spent most of his money last week on the new pocket-sized Olympus D40 digital camera.

Heero turned and picked up a flyer but suddenly he felt a rough push from the back.

"OUCH!!"

He froze, recognizing the voice.

"Geez, you all right man? Sorry, I didn't see you there...."

Heero turned around. He recognized the widened violet eyes.

".you see, I was...er..HEERO!"

He recognized that cocky smile as well.

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Duo stared at the Japanese boy in front of him. His jaw slightly opened before he finally coughed to disguise his astonishment.

Duo did not expect to see any of the high school people at the computer convention. He would not want to have anyone to recognize that he..

Shit! He was supposed to be a female!

Duo quickly glanced down to check out what he was wearing.

Thankfully, his light brown jacket had conveniently covered his flat chest. And with his loose black T-shirt and blue jeans, Duo looked like an average girl who dressed like a tomboy.

"Fancy meeting you here, Heero Yuy." Feeling safe and relaxed, Duo Maxwell smiled as he tilted his head a little to the side. Duo supposed that he was not surprised to see Heero Yuy here. After observing Heero for a long time, he should have guessed Heero's obsession in computers.

His loner image was a big clue.

Duo felt even more relaxed as he watched the Japanese boy nodded to acknowledge his existence. "Duo."

The long-braided boy smiled. This was a good start. "So you got anything you want to buy?" Duo leaned closer as he tried to take a peek at the flyer in Heero's hand.

It was a list of microchip-processors.

Heero shrugged. "Pentium IV 2GHz"

Duo could tell Heero was convinced that he, of all people, would not understand what the heck he was talking about. Well, he could not really blame him because most girls don't really know this shit. Well, let's see about this! Duo grinned. "AW. Pentium IV? I am disappointed in you, Heero!" Duo scratched his head. " I would go for AMD if I were you, especially if you are on a budget. Athlon 1900 sounded pretty good ya know. It has good performance and bad marketing. I bet it would not be shied from the Pentium too much! And the price was more reasonable too!"

Duo had to applaud to himself for restraining his laugh at seeing the rare astonishment on Heero Yuy's face.

This was a good start.

Duo only promised Meiran that he would not tell Heero Yuy that he was her crush right?

Duo smiled as he watched the astonishment erased from the usual stoic Japanese boy's face. He could swear that he saw some sort of acknowledgment from Heero's face that they stood on the same ground.

This was definitely a fortuitous start

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Few days later.

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It all started as a simple observation from a over-sensitive observer. But the news started to roll like a snowball as more people started to witness the same scene. The rumor became bigger and bigger.

"Did you hear?"

"The new girl and Heero Yuy?"

"Heero Yuy? No way!!! The guy who hates everyone?"

"You don't believe me? Look look!! What's-her-name is sitting there eating lunch with him now."

"Where?"

"Idiot! Three tables ahead of us!"

"Hum. I don't know.. Heero seems like he just sit and eat. The girl is doing most of the talking. Maybe she is Relena the second!!!"

"Look closely , idiot! He is actually paying attention to her!"

"Holy shit! You are right! Did she just took a sip of his coke? Shit! She is drinking out of his soda can!!"

"WHAT? Really? Oh my god, then the rumor is true!!"

"What? What? What did I miss? What happened?"

"Where the hell have you been? Didn't you hear? Heero Yuy and Duo Maxwell are together!"

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Life was much better.

Duo decided. He had felt like an outcast earlier. His sister would not talk to him. The people who tried to know him bored the hell out of him. The boys stared at him like hungry wolves.

But Heero Yuy was different.

He was intelligent. He was always listening. He was his best friend, his savior from this boring world!

Duo had decided that Heero Yuy had passed his inspection. He was a good match for Meiran.

And Of course, Duo had heard the infamous rumor about him and Heero being together.

Duo had almost laughed right in their face. So little did they know! Why must people assume that when a guy and a girl hang out together, they had to be a couple?

Idiots. He and Heero were buddies, partners in crimes! After knowing that Heero was like him who enjoyed harmless hacking and poking around the internet, the two had been hiding out in Duo's now single room (thanks to Relena's tendency to faint), spending enormous amount of time together building and hacking computers.

Duo could still remembered the first time Heero had carried his laptop to his room.

//"Surprise, man!"//

Who said that Heero Yuy never cursed as he stared at the huge picture of himself Relena had placed on the wall?

//"Hey man, don't look at me, I didn't put this up there. Relena did."//

Who said that Heero Yuy never groaned?

//"She is that bad hun? I heard she was hardly the secret admirer one would want."//

Who said Heero Yuy never spoke a sentence more than three words?

It was great. This was the high point of Duo's life. Let the people talk as much as they like. He was sure that Heero did not even notice them let along hearing all those rumors. Heero was definitely not the type to care what other people feel. And Duo himself certainly did not mind the rumor. Not only had Duo found a great friend, the rumor of them being together also deter people from pursuing Heero. And he had checked with Meiran. She told him she had no problem of him befriending Heero Yuy.

Hence the reason Duo spent most of his time with Heero. He enjoyed his newfound friend who shared his passion of harmless hacking. The only annoying part was that he had to wear the uncomfortable fake breasts or a light jacket to hide his true identity. Maybe he should just tell Heero the truth. But then, it was hard to do for he did not want to loose his friend too quickly.

"Duo."

"What, Heero?" Though his eyes still stayed focused on his computer monitor, Duo tilted his head slightly toward Heero, indicating that he was listening. "You cracked it already?"

"Ah."

"No way!!!" Duo abandoned his own computer immediately and slid his chair toward Heero's desk. Well, it used to be Relena's but since she was still in the nurse office, recovering from her second shock of hearing the rumor, Duo had GENEROUSLY let Heero used her desk and her bed sometimes when Heero crushed for a night of sleep.

Duo could not help to chuckle at the irony. He wondered what Relena would feel if she knew that the object of her affection used and slept in her bed?!

"Show me!" Duo eagerly pressed his head toward the small laptop monitor, his body pressed against the Japanese boy's body. "I can't believe you beat me!"

Heero brought up the window with one mouse click. His fingers flew across the keypads as he typed in the commands.

A long list of names immediately scrolled down.

Duo leaned even closer to the monitor to read the fine prints just to double make sure. "Shit! That was way cool, man! You really got into the school's database system before I did!" Excited, Duo turned around and laughed. "You are such a genius, Hee-chan!! What did we bet this time.was it....Mphm.."

Duo felt the world spun and became disoriented. It spun and spun until all of the sudden, it froze. Eyes widened, Duo smelled a faint fresh detergent fragrance emitted from Heero's shirt. He blinked as he felt Heero's spiky brown hair brushing against his eyelashes.

Heero was so close to him

Heero was so unbelievably close to him..

Heero was..

It was not until seconds later, Duo noticed the warm and soft presence pressed against his lips.

Duo tensed and immediately pushed himself backward as his brain registered what it had meant. Duo pushed back so hard that the chair tipped and the longhaired idiot found himself sprawling on the floor with a blank expression.

"You all right?"

Duo watched his best friend rose from the seat and kneeled down a few feet in front of him. Duo numbly recognized that Heero was embarrassed and was afraid to be too close to him.

Fuck! Heero had kissed him! The man Meiran had a crush on and the man who he regarded as his best friend had fucking kissed him!

This was not happening. This was soooo not happening.

"What. what. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Still seating on the floor, Duo watched in disbelief as he swore he saw a faint blush quickly surfaced and faded on the Japanese boy's usual impassive face.

"I thought you knew." Heero said calmly.

"What... what. what.. What are you talking about?"

"I thought you knew I like you."

Jaw opened, Duo only stared. "I .. I like you too!" Duo stuttered. "But not like this. THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!!!"

"Why not."

"Because. because.." Duo frantically tried to explain but his promise with Meiran about not telling Heero about her crush made his words stuck in the back of his throat. Duo pleaded with Heero silently. If he could only understand.. "I just want to be friends." Duo finally gritted his teeth. On top of Meiran's situation, Heero had kissed him thinking that he was a girl. God, how did he get himself into this mess. IDIOT!!! "Look. I like you. I like you a lot but you don't know what I am. I don't think I am your type."

Heero face remained stoic. "I was similar to you. I did not think I would be attracted to a girl, until you came. You are nothing like any girls I have met."

IDIOT! BECAUSE I AM NOT A GIRL!

Duo screamed in his head. "You don't understand. you don't understand." Duo mumbled. "I am not your type."

"I will be the judge of my taste." Heero's eyes were now as cold as Duo had seen the first time. "You do not think I am good enough for you."

"NO! you are WRONG!!! Wrong!!!!" Duo shook his head violently. "Please do understand I do like you as a friend!!! There are too many reasons why I must remain as your friend!"

Heero rose to his feet.

Duo could see the white knuckles on Heero's ball of fist. Duo panicked. In split second, Duo knew if he let him walk out of the door, he would not see Heero again. Duo knew he did not want to loose Heero. There was no way he was going to loose him.

Duo decided to risk it.

"WAIT!!!" Duo bit down his lips as he grabbed Heero's wrist harshly and yanked him back. Seeing that the Japanese did not offer any resistance, He pushed the Japanese boy, making him sit in the chair.

Duo put a good 5 feet distance between them and sat on the floor, his back facing Heero. "I will show you the reason why I am not your type."

Duo could just feel Heero raised his eyebrow behind him but Duo did not care. "Just sit there and don't move." Having said that, Duo suddenly took off his light jacket.

"Duo?"

The longhaired boy could hear the uncertainty in the Japanese's voice. "SHUT UP! I thought you want to know why I am not your type. Just sit tight and watch."

Duo started to pull his T-shirt over his head.

"DUO! Don't do this! I am not.."

Duo would have laughed at Heero's panicked voice if not for the serious situation he was in. God damn it. He was trying to save their friendship. This was his last chance. He could not tell Heero about Meiran but he could damn well show him why they could only be friends.

Ignoring Heero's protest, Duo shed his top clothing completely and turned toward Heero.

And...Duo swore it was the blankest expression he had ever seen on Heero's face.

"Shit." Duo cursed.

Heero's face was as white as a flawless paper.

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TBC