Gundam Wing is copyright Sotsu, Sunrise, etc, etc, I wish I owned these bishounen, but I don't, so don't sue me, okay?

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Shi-chan: La de da, more 'Switch'...I will EVENTUALLY finish this fic...
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Switch
Part 6
~By Shimegami-chan

Warnings: Shounen-ai, sap, fluff, mild language, etc...

Music: "Jitensha Ni Notte," from Card Captor Sakura.




"I'll be back soon," Heero promised, giving Duo a quick kiss on the nose that turned into a full-tongue make-out. //Let 'em wonder. Wish I had a camera to catch the look on Wufei's face.//

"Be careful," Duo breathed, flicking his blond braid over his shoulder.

"I will." Heero nodded and stode to Wing Zero, giving Duo a longing look. Hlde and Sally shot daggars at him with their eyes. Duo sighed, trying not be worried. Heero was a brilliant pilot, and they'd made it this far hadn't they? Anyway, he was with Trowa and Quatre and Wufei, and they were all perfectly competent. Duo forced himself to relax and pasted a smile on his face.

"Well, girls, shall we get back to the house? We could play a game or something, I don't know...what do you think?"

"Relena," Sally started, "I've always had the utmost of respect for you, but...don't you think what you're doing with Heero is a little...immoral?"

"Nani? Not at all!" //I run, I hide, but I never tell a lie...and it's worth it seeing the looks on their faces.// "I love Heero, and Heero loves me."

Sally looked skeptical, and Hilde looked like she was about to burst into tears. Duo bit his lip and moved to her side, brushing his fingers across his former girlfriend's cheeks. "You okay, babe?"

Hilde blinked at the way 'Relena' had addressed her, then cast her eyes to the floor. "It's nothing. I just, um...I'm worried about how Duo...will..."

"It'll be fine, I'm sure," Duo assured her, trying not to give out too much information and still keep the secret. As tempting as it was with his big mouth, he didn't want to spill it on Ojousan. As angry as she had made him stalking Heero and getting them both into this mess, he considered her a friend and didn't want to see her hurt or embarassed. //Or angry at *me,* for that matter.// "If it makes you feel better, I'll tell you this: Heero loves Duo with all his heart, and he and I didn't do anything last night. We just shared a bed." The sudden reversal of tactics disapppointed the practical-joker in Duo, but he felt better after seeing the flash of releif in Hilde's eyes. She was a good girl, and a good friend. Best to keep the casualties of this little fiasco to a minimum.

"Oh." She blushed crimson and shared a look with Sally. The young doctor tugged Hilde and Duo toward the house. "Let'd get moving, then--we can have a 'girl's talk.' I'm sure there's plenty to discuss," she said, shooting a pointed look from Hilde to Duo. Duo blinked and allowed Sally to lead them into the house.

Duo and Hilde seated themselves in the living room while Sally prepared some tea, and Duo earned odd looks from both girls when he was forced to add four teaspoons of sugar to his tea, plus milk. He didn't have tea often and would drink it when Quatre made it, but whatever tea leaves Sally had used were too strong for his taste. He preferred coffee.

The girls seemed to be having a conversation with their eyes that stopped the moment Duo raised his head. "Nani? What's up?"

Hilde set her teacup down and folded her hands in her lap. "Relena, I have something to tell you that I've been meaning to tell you for a long time...I think you may have noticed already, but you've been so hard to get near since Heero arrived."

Duo put his cup down beside hers. "Oh? Go on, tell me!"

With a last look at Sally, Hilde edged a little closer and took Duo's hands in hers, a feeling that sent chills of veja vu up and down his spine. He blinked in confusion. "Hilde?"

"Relena...I've been watching you for a long time...and..."

Sally nodded, urging the raven-haired girl on. Hilde swallowed and looked Duo in the eyes. "Relena, I think I'm in love with you."

//You're what!?// Duo tried to force the words to come out of his mouth, but none came. Relena and *Hilde*!? He thought *he* was the only bisexual one around here! //Still...they *would* make a cute couple...// Duo smiled at the thought. "Wow, Hilde, I never knew..." he smiled brightly at her as the look of releif spread across her face. "I never would have thought..."

"You're...you don't hate me? You're not totally disgusted?"

"What? No way, Hilde! I just didn't expect...I mean--" he was cut off rather abruptly by the feeling of Hilde's ruby lips being crushed against his own, her sweet scent filling his nostrils, a sensation that still sent sparks through his body. His fogged mind reeled in the feeling and he was returning the kiss hungrily before he had time to think. //Hold up there, Duo. You and Hilde broke up months ago--what would she say if she knew? What would *Heero* say?// But it was hard to stop, because it felt so right. He had loved Hilde so much--they had just drifted apart, and then Heero had come along, and then he had revealed that he was bisexual, and now...now Hilde's lips intoxicated him again, when both their hearts belonged to another. With a wild cry he pulled back, his mind whirling. "I'm sorry! I can't--Heero--I..."

Pain flashed in Hilde's eyes, and she blushed in embarassment. "I--I understand. I just thought..." Lower lip trembling, she ran from the room and pounded upstairs.

"Wait! Hilde..." Duo slumped back against the couch. "I didn't mean it like that..."

Sally sighed resolutely. "I wish you wouldn't delude yourself about Heero anymore, Relena. He and Duo are quite happy together, and they.." The young doctor continued to talk, but Duo was already blocking her out. How was he going to get himself out of this mess without destroying a few people's feelings? "...I'd better talk to her. Relena, you have no idea what you've just done..."

"No," Duo said determindly, "I'll talk to her. It's my fault we're in this mess." //Sorry, Ojousan, but I don't lie. And this is for everybody's own good.//






"Hilde?" Duo knocked lightly on the door. "Hilde-babe?"

"Go away," the German girl hissed from inside. "I'm not interested in talking to you."

"Hilde, I have something really important to tell you," he said mildly, fingering a lock-pick he had taken from his room.

A moment of silence followed, then Hilde's muffled sob. "No."

Duo sighed and deftly picked the lock before nudging the door open, yanking his cross out of his shirt so it hung at the base of his throat. "Hilde-babe, I'm not quite sure how you're gonna take this, so I'm gonna come right out and say it."

Duo sat on the bed beside his former girlfriend and stroked his fingers through her hair, making her sit up and look at him. "What is it?" He eyes caught on the gold cross. "And why are you wearing--"

"--shh." He put a finger to her lips. "I want you to promise me that you're going to at least think about what I say and not run screaming, Hilde-babe. For all of our sakes."

"Why do you keep calling me that?" she asked suspiciously.

"Hilde," Duo took a deep breath and looked her in the eyes. "I'm not Relena."

He gave her a moment to take it in, her mouth gaping open, her eyes traveling from his face to his cross to his hair. "That's impossible. You *are* Relena, look in a mirror!"

"I tried that, babe, I tried that. Unfortunately I'm continuing to look like her, much to my dismay."

Her eyes hardened. "So, on the off-chance, that I actually *beleive* you, who are you and where's the real Relena?"

"I think you know the answers to both those questions, Hilde." Duo whispered hoarsely. "And I don't like them any more than Relena does."

A spark of recognition flickered in Hilde's eyes as she touched her fingers to the cross around Duo's neck, then reached up to pull the blonde braid over his shoulder. "No way..."

He nodded resolutely. "I don't lie, Hilde-babe. It's me."

"....DUO?!?"








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Shi-chan: The addition of the HxR thing was totally spur of the moment! Heheheheh. Tell me what you think!