I don't own Gundam Wing.
Duo puked into the conveniently placed bucket near the G-force synthesizer. Hilde patted his back and handed him a towel.
"Thanks," he mumbled, more sore over having lost to Heero than he was at just spilling his lunch into the bucket.
"Duo Maxwell," Hilde scolded in a teasing tone. "You know that 5Gs with major turbulence is just too much for someone to handle."
"5G's in high turbulence?!" Jin's voice yelled from across the hangar.
Heero flinched. She didn't sound too happy. By the time she made her way across the bare floor to where he sat, his head had stopped swimming and he could finally force his eyes to focus on her very upset-looking face.
"Answer me, Heero." Her tone left no room for dispute. The few remaining students who had been watching the spectacle of their instructors making themselves sick ran from the hangar. Only Hilde, Duo, Trowa, and Roddy remained
"5G's in high turbulence," he confirmed.
"Damn you, Heero," she said, her voice nearly growling with anger. "Why can't you ever grow up?"
That wasn't a question that she wanted answered, he decided, so he hung his head instead. He didn't look up again until he heard her footsteps storm out of the hangar. Silence hung heavy in the air after the door slammed shut, making them all jump a little.
"What's going on, Heero?" Trowa asked him.
Heero just shook his head. "I don't know. Some days she's like she always is. Other days, she seems to get mad at me for no reason."
"Have you asked her about it?" Duo added to the conversation.
"If I ever ask if something's wrong, it turns into one of those days where she's mad at me. I've stopped asking," Heero admitted.
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Trowa sighed and plopped into the chair behind his desk in his private office. Well, it wasn't his private office. Partners shared offices, so Roddy's desk was against the wall and both their names were painted on the frosted glass of the door. Only his quarters were his private area, and even now his space was being invaded.
For the past three weeks, ever since they came to the Preventor Academy, Jin would randomly come and sleep in Trowa's bed. It had scared him the first time he woke up and found that he was holding a girl in his arms. But now he was used to waking up and finding her there curled up next to him. And he didn't object. If Jin wanted to talk about it, she would. Trowa wasn't going to pressure her to say something she wasn't ready to.
On nights where Jin wasn't in his bed, he'd learned that she often slept in Duo's bed. Heero's bed became the exception instead of the rule. And Heero never seemed to object to Jin's leaving him in the middle of the night. He never spoke harsh words to Duo or Trowa about it. Trowa didn't know what he said to Jin, if they ever talked about why she leaves him in the night.
Jin may smile, but the haunted looks on Heero's face got worse and worse every day. Heero never looked at Trowa with jealousy in those blue eyes, which made Trowa breathe a sigh of relief. At least Heero didn't think that he and Jin were having an affair, because they weren't. Trowa would never describe their relationship as anything more than friends.
Still, she continued to surprise him by being next to him when he woke up in the morning. Jin would smile at him, kiss him on the nose, apologize for invading his bed, and then return across the hall to her and Heero's room. He'd never heard her and Heero arguing, and at times they acted very much in love as if nothing was wrong. But Heero still had a scared look in his eyes and Jin's eyes flashed in anger even when they seemed happy and fine.
Trowa sighed and let his forehead fall to the smooth wood of his desk, evoking a loud thump. He had his own suspicions, but kept them to himself.
"You know what you need?" Roddy's cheerful voice said as she entered their office.
Trowa grunted.
"You need to go out on a date and quit worrying about your friends."
Hope sparked in Trowa's heart. Did Roddy want to go on a date? With him? It was too good to be true. "Go on a date?" he repeated.
"Yea," she said flashing a big smile as she hoisted herself to sit on top of her desk. "There's this really pretty girl that works in budget management…" Trowa's hope flickered out and died. He didn't really listen as Roddy continued telling him about Stacy from budget management. "…and so I arranged for you to go out with her to China Jade tonight."
Trowa lifted his head from where it'd banged against the desk. He smiled his best fake smile. "That sounds like a great idea, Rod."
Roddy took a mental step backwards. Trowa was supposed to reject this idea telling her that the two of them should go out, not agree with her. This wasn't working the way she wanted. "Great then," she lied. "I'll tell Stacy about it during lunch."