Woohoo! Guess who went on a writing spree today! ^^;;; You all
get another chapter fresh off the press! Er- out of Microsoft
Word, but yeah! You all know what I mean...
Thanks once again to allllll my faithful reviewers!! I luff you guys! ^^
Disclaimer: I STILL don't own anything related to Gundam Wing- damn! Ah well, one can dream, can't she?
Warning: Drool-worthy sexy bishounen scene. *hands out drool buckets* Other than that, the usual crap. Oh! And OBVIOUS 3x4 insinuations. ^^
***
At 12 o'clock the next morning, one of the Sweepers came to drag Duo out of bed for work, though when he got to his room there was a piece of paper taped to the door with 'DO NOT DISTURB' scrawled on it in black ink. Not wanting to tempt death, he took heed of the warning and continued on.
But Howard, on the other hand, pretended to be totally oblivious to the blatant sign and barged right in a few minutes after the Sweeper had left, only to meet a very compromising scene. He wished he had a camera with him, it was a great blackmail-worthy picture.
Amidst a tangle of blankets, Duo was curled up against Heero's bare chest, his arms wrapped somewhere down around his waist and looking quite content. Heero's face was nuzzled atop the other boy's head, his right entwined with long chestnut hair as if he had fallen asleep combing it with his fingers. (who -wouldn't- want a picture of that?!)
Howard put Duo's leave papers on the desk beside the threshold and cleared his throat loudly.
Heero stirred and squinted up blearily, "...Howard?"
"Didn't mean to interrupt, just brought Duo's stuff. You two have fun now," he winked and quickly slipped out into the hall again, shutting the door behind him.
It took a second for what he said to register in Heero's sleep befuddled mind, then he realized where he was and knew -exactly- what Howard meant. Heero groaned, not about getting caught with Duo, he didn't mind that at all, but the fact that he was the one who had to call Quatre.
'Damn...'
Heero began to stroke Duo's hair once more. "Duo...Come on, time to get up."
"Do we have to?" he pouted, yawning and snuggling in closer.
"Hai..." Heero kissed his forehead. "Besides, Howard's already been in here and if we aren't up, he's liable to come back in here again."
Duo muttered something that distinctly sounded like 'pervert' into his shoulder then disentangled himself from the bed and started pulling on his clothes along with Heero.
"So where's the communications computers in this place?"
"Huh?"
"I told you I would contact Quatre if you could beat me, didn't I?"
"So are you admitting that I beat you?" Duo grinned slyly, beginning to braid his hair.
"Hai, but in a good way."
"Of course, look who you're talking to! It's at the end of the hall, can't miss it."
Heero went out into the corridor after making sure it was empty. The room Duo had spoken of was like a bachelor pad version of a living room, there was a large overstuffed couch and a few assorted armchairs scattered about, a pool table, some old video arcade machines, a big screen TV and a full surround sound system. The computers he was looking for were tucked away in a side area, partially walled off from the rest of the room for privacy purposes and to cut out the some of noise if there were other people.
Heero hesitated for a moment, his fingertips hovering over the keyboard.
This was going to be -really- awkward.
He took a deep breath and entered the link codes. Waiting for his connection to be accepted, Heero heard the rec room door open and Duo joined him as Quatre's face appeared on the screen.
Upon seeing who it was, he was shocked.
"Heero?" Quatre asked incredulously.
"Hai."
"Q-man! How's it going?" Duo piped up cheerfully, propping his chin on Heero's shoulder and waving at the astonished Neo- Arabian.
"F-fine, just a little..."
"Stunned?"
"That's one word for it." He blinked.
"Duo finally caught me."
"Yep! Totally by accident too, to tell you the truth. But that's all right," he grinned broadly. "Ne, Heero?"
Quatre's expression transcended from dumbfounded to glad; it seemed like forever since he had last seen the braided boy so happy, and there was a significant difference in Heero's attitude too. It wasn't like before when it felt as if you were staring into a statue made out of ice, the ice was melting now and the true figure was emerging.
"Have you heard from Wufei recently? I wanna get everyone together, like a big family reunion kinda thing, you know?" Duo went on buoyantly. "I thought since it's been forever since we last did- it was Christmas, wasn't it?- so this would be like a nice surprise for everyone!"
"That sounds like an excellent idea, and yes I have heard from Wufei, he called the other day as a matter of fact, with the same proposition. It seems he also has a 'surprise' for us."
"Really...coming from him...that scares me."
"No kidding." Heero muttered. Duo and Quatre both looked at him and blinked but he merely smirked.
"Well...anyways, you can all come here. I was actually going to call you later today, Duo, and see if you could take time off, but it seems like I don't have to now, do I?" Quatre smiled pleasantly. "He's coming in tomorrow and bringing his 'surprise' with him, do you think you two would be able to make it by then?"
"Oh yeah, I've already got my leave days cleared, we can hop the next shuttle out to L4," said Duo, trying to nod with his chin still on Heero's shoulder.
"Great, then we'll see you two tonight." The blonde boy's face disappeared as the connection was cut.
"I wonder what Wufei's 'surprise' is?" Heero asked uneasily.
"I dunno, but do we really want to know?"
***
A few hours later, the two were on a shuttle to L4. They got to Quatre's sprawling estate that evening and found him and Trowa waiting for them outside the front door.
As soon as Heero climbed out of the taxi, or more rather Duo dragged him out of the taxi before he had a chance to climb out himself, Quatre ran down and hugged the tall Japanese boy. Like Duo, he hadn't grown much since he had seen him last and only came up to the bridge of his nose. Quatre automatically began fussing over Heero in a very maternal fashion.
"Don't you ever go off on us like that again, got it? I will personally hunt you down next time and haul you back." he said sternly. "Allah, you're too thin, when's the last time you had a decent meal, Heero? I'm taking you in right now to the kitchens and we're going to get you something..."
Duo chuckled as Heero was steered inside the mansion and stood with Trowa in the doorway, watching them disappear into one of the side hallways. "Don't be too hard on him now Q-man!"
"So where did you find him?" Trowa asked mildly as they went in.
"L1, I was just almost ready to give up on him too and he suddenly pops up out of nowhere," Duo answered, gesturing to the corridor Quatre had lugged him off to.
"Life's funny like that." Trowa shrugged, but looked down at him sincerely. "It's good to see you happy again, I mean it. For a while there, we all were really worried about you."
"Yeah..." Duo trailed off somberly for a moment. "It took a lot of convincing though, to coax him out of hiding...A lot of-" His eyes darkened, but he quickly shook it off and grinned up at him again. "I got him out though, that's all that matters. So any clue about what Wufei's little surprise is?"
Trowa paused; there was clearly a large amount to the story that Duo wasn't caring to divulge to them, which was probably for the better, so he didn't press the issue. "No, Quatre's been trying his hardest to pry it out of him, but he's keeping it all under wraps."
Duo sighed melodramatically. "Damn. Typical. I wanted at least -some- forewarning, but I guess we aren't gonna get that are we?"
"No, we're not. Even I'm curious. The way he said it was both irritated and exuberant, so there's no clue as to what he's talking about." Trowa shrugged again as they went into one of the nearby living rooms off the spacious corridor.
"So what about you and the Q-man, eh?" Duo nudged him insinuatingly in the ribs. "How're things going with you two?"
He cleared his throat uneasily and Duo started laughing as he saw a crimson tinge spread across Trowa's face underneath his unibang.
"What's so funny?"
Heero had finally gotten Quatre off his back and the two had come into the room.
"Ah, nothing. Seeing how you're still in one piece, I take it Quatre didn't tear into you too bad," Duo tactfully changed the subject.
Quatre smirked; Trowa was having troubles getting rid of the bright flush and he was able to guess what they had been discussing. "No, I left him in one piece. Didn't want to hurt him too bad, it might put a bit of a damper later on tonight, wouldn't it Duo?"
"Touché."
Heero's jaw dropped and it was Duo's turn to go scarlet.
"But- how did you - That's low!" he spluttered.
Quatre only smiled innocently.
'Well, this is certainly going to be an interesting reunion...' Heero thought dazedly.
***
Anyone care to guess what Wufei's little 'surprise' is? ^^ Betcha can't guess.
Thanks once again to allllll my faithful reviewers!! I luff you guys! ^^
Disclaimer: I STILL don't own anything related to Gundam Wing- damn! Ah well, one can dream, can't she?
Warning: Drool-worthy sexy bishounen scene. *hands out drool buckets* Other than that, the usual crap. Oh! And OBVIOUS 3x4 insinuations. ^^
***
At 12 o'clock the next morning, one of the Sweepers came to drag Duo out of bed for work, though when he got to his room there was a piece of paper taped to the door with 'DO NOT DISTURB' scrawled on it in black ink. Not wanting to tempt death, he took heed of the warning and continued on.
But Howard, on the other hand, pretended to be totally oblivious to the blatant sign and barged right in a few minutes after the Sweeper had left, only to meet a very compromising scene. He wished he had a camera with him, it was a great blackmail-worthy picture.
Amidst a tangle of blankets, Duo was curled up against Heero's bare chest, his arms wrapped somewhere down around his waist and looking quite content. Heero's face was nuzzled atop the other boy's head, his right entwined with long chestnut hair as if he had fallen asleep combing it with his fingers. (who -wouldn't- want a picture of that?!)
Howard put Duo's leave papers on the desk beside the threshold and cleared his throat loudly.
Heero stirred and squinted up blearily, "...Howard?"
"Didn't mean to interrupt, just brought Duo's stuff. You two have fun now," he winked and quickly slipped out into the hall again, shutting the door behind him.
It took a second for what he said to register in Heero's sleep befuddled mind, then he realized where he was and knew -exactly- what Howard meant. Heero groaned, not about getting caught with Duo, he didn't mind that at all, but the fact that he was the one who had to call Quatre.
'Damn...'
Heero began to stroke Duo's hair once more. "Duo...Come on, time to get up."
"Do we have to?" he pouted, yawning and snuggling in closer.
"Hai..." Heero kissed his forehead. "Besides, Howard's already been in here and if we aren't up, he's liable to come back in here again."
Duo muttered something that distinctly sounded like 'pervert' into his shoulder then disentangled himself from the bed and started pulling on his clothes along with Heero.
"So where's the communications computers in this place?"
"Huh?"
"I told you I would contact Quatre if you could beat me, didn't I?"
"So are you admitting that I beat you?" Duo grinned slyly, beginning to braid his hair.
"Hai, but in a good way."
"Of course, look who you're talking to! It's at the end of the hall, can't miss it."
Heero went out into the corridor after making sure it was empty. The room Duo had spoken of was like a bachelor pad version of a living room, there was a large overstuffed couch and a few assorted armchairs scattered about, a pool table, some old video arcade machines, a big screen TV and a full surround sound system. The computers he was looking for were tucked away in a side area, partially walled off from the rest of the room for privacy purposes and to cut out the some of noise if there were other people.
Heero hesitated for a moment, his fingertips hovering over the keyboard.
This was going to be -really- awkward.
He took a deep breath and entered the link codes. Waiting for his connection to be accepted, Heero heard the rec room door open and Duo joined him as Quatre's face appeared on the screen.
Upon seeing who it was, he was shocked.
"Heero?" Quatre asked incredulously.
"Hai."
"Q-man! How's it going?" Duo piped up cheerfully, propping his chin on Heero's shoulder and waving at the astonished Neo- Arabian.
"F-fine, just a little..."
"Stunned?"
"That's one word for it." He blinked.
"Duo finally caught me."
"Yep! Totally by accident too, to tell you the truth. But that's all right," he grinned broadly. "Ne, Heero?"
Quatre's expression transcended from dumbfounded to glad; it seemed like forever since he had last seen the braided boy so happy, and there was a significant difference in Heero's attitude too. It wasn't like before when it felt as if you were staring into a statue made out of ice, the ice was melting now and the true figure was emerging.
"Have you heard from Wufei recently? I wanna get everyone together, like a big family reunion kinda thing, you know?" Duo went on buoyantly. "I thought since it's been forever since we last did- it was Christmas, wasn't it?- so this would be like a nice surprise for everyone!"
"That sounds like an excellent idea, and yes I have heard from Wufei, he called the other day as a matter of fact, with the same proposition. It seems he also has a 'surprise' for us."
"Really...coming from him...that scares me."
"No kidding." Heero muttered. Duo and Quatre both looked at him and blinked but he merely smirked.
"Well...anyways, you can all come here. I was actually going to call you later today, Duo, and see if you could take time off, but it seems like I don't have to now, do I?" Quatre smiled pleasantly. "He's coming in tomorrow and bringing his 'surprise' with him, do you think you two would be able to make it by then?"
"Oh yeah, I've already got my leave days cleared, we can hop the next shuttle out to L4," said Duo, trying to nod with his chin still on Heero's shoulder.
"Great, then we'll see you two tonight." The blonde boy's face disappeared as the connection was cut.
"I wonder what Wufei's 'surprise' is?" Heero asked uneasily.
"I dunno, but do we really want to know?"
***
A few hours later, the two were on a shuttle to L4. They got to Quatre's sprawling estate that evening and found him and Trowa waiting for them outside the front door.
As soon as Heero climbed out of the taxi, or more rather Duo dragged him out of the taxi before he had a chance to climb out himself, Quatre ran down and hugged the tall Japanese boy. Like Duo, he hadn't grown much since he had seen him last and only came up to the bridge of his nose. Quatre automatically began fussing over Heero in a very maternal fashion.
"Don't you ever go off on us like that again, got it? I will personally hunt you down next time and haul you back." he said sternly. "Allah, you're too thin, when's the last time you had a decent meal, Heero? I'm taking you in right now to the kitchens and we're going to get you something..."
Duo chuckled as Heero was steered inside the mansion and stood with Trowa in the doorway, watching them disappear into one of the side hallways. "Don't be too hard on him now Q-man!"
"So where did you find him?" Trowa asked mildly as they went in.
"L1, I was just almost ready to give up on him too and he suddenly pops up out of nowhere," Duo answered, gesturing to the corridor Quatre had lugged him off to.
"Life's funny like that." Trowa shrugged, but looked down at him sincerely. "It's good to see you happy again, I mean it. For a while there, we all were really worried about you."
"Yeah..." Duo trailed off somberly for a moment. "It took a lot of convincing though, to coax him out of hiding...A lot of-" His eyes darkened, but he quickly shook it off and grinned up at him again. "I got him out though, that's all that matters. So any clue about what Wufei's little surprise is?"
Trowa paused; there was clearly a large amount to the story that Duo wasn't caring to divulge to them, which was probably for the better, so he didn't press the issue. "No, Quatre's been trying his hardest to pry it out of him, but he's keeping it all under wraps."
Duo sighed melodramatically. "Damn. Typical. I wanted at least -some- forewarning, but I guess we aren't gonna get that are we?"
"No, we're not. Even I'm curious. The way he said it was both irritated and exuberant, so there's no clue as to what he's talking about." Trowa shrugged again as they went into one of the nearby living rooms off the spacious corridor.
"So what about you and the Q-man, eh?" Duo nudged him insinuatingly in the ribs. "How're things going with you two?"
He cleared his throat uneasily and Duo started laughing as he saw a crimson tinge spread across Trowa's face underneath his unibang.
"What's so funny?"
Heero had finally gotten Quatre off his back and the two had come into the room.
"Ah, nothing. Seeing how you're still in one piece, I take it Quatre didn't tear into you too bad," Duo tactfully changed the subject.
Quatre smirked; Trowa was having troubles getting rid of the bright flush and he was able to guess what they had been discussing. "No, I left him in one piece. Didn't want to hurt him too bad, it might put a bit of a damper later on tonight, wouldn't it Duo?"
"Touché."
Heero's jaw dropped and it was Duo's turn to go scarlet.
"But- how did you - That's low!" he spluttered.
Quatre only smiled innocently.
'Well, this is certainly going to be an interesting reunion...' Heero thought dazedly.
***
Anyone care to guess what Wufei's little 'surprise' is? ^^ Betcha can't guess.