Duet: *wearing a pair of Chobits ears* Chi! ^___^
Relena: *also wearing a pair* Chi! ^___^
Tori: *holds up a banner that says "Behold The Power Of Chiis"
Stanton: …no more Shoujocon cosplay for you…
Duo: *runs in wearing only his boxers and holds a flashlight directly over himself* WITH MY ULTRA-LONG HAIR AND THIS STRATEGIC LIGHTING, I SHALL RULE THE COSPLAY AS SUPER-SAYIN TRUNKS!
Stanton: *facefaults*
Trowa: *walks randomly through the room* Can you hear me now? … Good. …Can you hear me now? … Good…"
Duo: ____ MY COSPLAY!!!
Trowa: ///_^ V
~*~*~*~
"Water plus heat…equals steam. The world can be saved by steam!" Duo declared triumphantly, drawing the inquisitive looks of the other four boys in the room, who promptly went back to whatever they had been doing after they realized that no amount of inquisitive looks could save that poor boy from toppling off the edge of madness.
"I've got it," Heero said a few moments later.
"No. No… I've already fixed the US economy, patched the hole in the ozone, and solved pi. The answer is steam," the braided boy argued, waving the Perfect Soldier off.
"That's not what I was talking about… Come here and have a look at this."
Trowa, Quatre, Duo, and Wu Fei crowed in around Heero's laptop and squinted at the screen.
"You're kidding me…"
~*~*~*~
Relena hummed to herself as she poured another pitcher of warm water over Duet to wash the shampoo out of her mess of hair. The ingenious thing to have done would have been to turn on the shower, but the blonde girl much preferred this method as it allowed her to remain closer to Duet.
Sally's return startled her and she jumped a bit, splashing water all over the tile bathroom floor.
"I'm sorry… That's the second time tonight," the woman smiled gently and bent down to swipe up the mess with a towel off the counter.
"SALLY! SALLY! SALLY! SALLY! SALLY!" came five different voices from the end of the hall. They drew steadily closer, accompanied by the sound of hurried steps. The door burst inwards (which came as a shock because it was made to open outwards) and everything slowed down as first one, then another slipped on the wet ceramic tile.
"…Quatre…?"
"…yes, Duo…?"
"…can we carpet the bathroom…?"
"…any other time I would have said no…"
"…will you two get off me…?" Wu Fei murmured from underneath the pile. They straightened themselves out and looked over at Heero and Trowa standing silently in the doorway, then at Sally stifling laughter, then at Relena sitting on the edge of the tub mid-pour, and finally at Duet who was far too busy inspecting a rubber duck to notice or care about what had just happened.
"Was there…something you had to tell me?" Sally giggled, mopping up the last of the spill.
Heero looked over his arm at her as he tried unsuccessfully to replace the door on its hinges. "I found something on-line that might have to do with Duet."
The doctor's brow creased. "How so…?"
The Perfect Soldier released the door and walked to Sally. He pulled a rolled-up computer print-off from where it was tucked in the back pocket of his jeans and opened it so she could see. A moment of tense silence followed, marred only by the door which succumbed to gravity and crashed rather loudly to the floor.
"You think Duet…is one of these?"
~*~*~*~
Tori: I love Chi. She does the same things Duet does, but she manages to look innocent and naive doing them…
Duet: …Yukio…
Tori: ARGH!!! *rips up a Kodomo no Omacha manga* MY NAME IS YUKI!!! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU FIND AN 'O' IN YUKI!?!?!?
Duet: Tori, we can't speak anymore. I'm a bad influence on you.