EEEPPP!!! It's been soooo long since I updated this fic, gosh I'm ashamed! I last updated in June of 2002! That was like, last year! Oh well, here it is: the (hopefully) long-awaited fourth chapter of The Circus of Life! Please RxR, it makes my day and I'd like to know that someone out there still reads this occasionally!
To: Trowa
From: Quatre
Subject: Megami
Message: Be kind to her, Trowa! I can sense something, but I can't tell what, exactly. If it's alright with the others, bring her to meet us, or at least to meet me. Let me know where you are and I'll come and stay nearby. Oh, and be alert for new missions. I'm on Earth right now. Duo's staying here with me. Heero and Wufei are both on L3, staying in my mansion there. Contact us soon.
To: Trowa
From: Duo
Subject: is she hot???
Message: Aw, man! you didn't give us any details about her! come on, bring her down here to see us! is she hot? have you kissed her? is she single? put on the news or something mentioning the gundams and see if she freaks out. it doesn't look like she knows who you are. i'd bet you need to keep it that way, unless you want perfect-soldier boy there to kill you. see ya later! tell her i said hi!
To: Trowa
From: Wufei
Subject: Baka!
Message: You have taken in a baka onna? That was a very stupid thing to do. And she knows who you are?! I'm surprised Yui hasn't killed you yet. If she sees your Gundam or knows who you are, she must be eliminated. Immediately. And Barton- don't fall for any of those women's tricks. They are all weak.
To: Trowa
From: Heero
Subject: none
Message: If she knows your identity, kill her. We will all be on L1 soon. Stay there.
Trowa smiled inside. Each of his friends were truely unique. He should have anicipated their answers- Quatre was concerned with both Megami and Trowa, Duo was interested in Megami's looks, though he did show some intelligence, Wufei called her weak and thought of her as a distraction, and Heero was... simply Heero. Just as he shut down his computer, Megami came out of the bathroom. Somehow, her hair was dry, and she was wrapped in a towel that was just a little too short. Trowa looked away quickly- not because he wanted to, just for decency. Megami grabbed her clothes and changed quickly, then re-emerged and bounced happily on the bed.
"So what are we going to do today, Bang-man?" she asked, grinning as she watched his reaction to her new nickname for him.
"Bang- Bangman?!" he sputtered.
"Yeah! I found an old comic book in a telephone booth that featured Batman, so I decided to twist it a bit and I got Bang-man. Don't you like it?" Megami asked, doing her best impression of a sad puppy.
'God she's good at that.' Trowa thought.
"Course I like it. As for your earlier question, I'm going to make breakfast and then I have to go and practice with Catherine. You're welcome to come and watch, or you can wander around and watch other people." he said, getting up and stretching before heading out of the small bedroom.
Megami plopped onto the couch. She had been trying to help Trowa but had ended up tripping him when he had coffee in his hands.
"I don't know how you can banish me from the kitchen when it's so close from anywhere I go!" she informed him idignantly. He rolled his eye. (An: Yes, his EYE. Singular. Uno. Not dos, Uno. *Anime Sweatdrop* Yeash!)
"Maybe Wufei's right." he muttered.
"Who's Wufei?" Megami immediately asked. Trowa mentally sweatdropped.
"He's one of my... friends." he said carefully. She noticed the way he said it, but did not comment.
"Cool! You must have a lot of friends!" she exclaimed, sitting down at the table/booth thing. Her smile turned upside down when he replied.
"Not really."
"Why not?"
"Why does it matter?!" he snapped. Seeing the look of hurt in her eyes, he immediately regretted saying it like he had.
"I'm sorry, it's really none of my business anyway." she babbled. He sighed slightly as he set a plate of scrambled eggs in front of her.
"It's alright. I have four friends, at least I think they're friends. Wufei's one of them, and there's also Duo, Quatre, and Heero." Trowa explained.
"Would you mind telling me about them? I don't know anyone, 'cept you now, but before yesterday I didn't know anybody." Megami quickly added onto her question after the man across from her had shot her a strange look.
"Alright... Wufei is Chinese, and thinks all women are weak. Justice means a great deal to him. Duo has too much energy and too little to direct it at. He's American and loves playing pranks on people." Here Trowa shuddered inwardly, thinking about the last time Duo had played one of his pranks on the banged boy. What had resulted was a very angry Trowa that had so much SuperGlue in his hair that he couldn't get his bangs down, instead they were in a mohawk for two weeks, and Duo's braid had barely survived. Quickly he realized Megami was waiting to hear about the other two.
"Quatre is Arabian and very peace-loving, though he understands the need for war. He's an empathy, and is very kind. Heero, well, he's Japanese and.... That's about it. It's hard to explain about him, but you'll understand when you meet him."
"When I meet him?"
'Dammit I meant to say 'if' she met him. Damn!' Trowa thought.
"Yeah... I emailed Quatre to ask him if he could run a DNA test on your blood to figure out your real name. I think he told the others. I hope you don't mind."
"Course not! You're friends sound really nice." she assured him. He mentally chuckled when he realized how much she was going to eat her words. Speaking of eating...
"You haven't touched your eggs." he noted.
"Gomen, Trowa. I didn't mean to offend your cooking-"
"How can you, you haven't tried it yet."
"-BUT I'm not used to eating in the morning." she finished, not looking at him.
"Nani?"
"See I only had so much money and so I got used to eating something at least semi-filling at midday, and maybe having a cracker or something at night and just drinking water inbetween." Megami tried to explain, still not meeting his gaze.
"Is that why you're so tiny?" he asked, trying to get her to lighten up a bit so that she would A: answer more of his questions and B: not drop into depression.
'A Gundam pilot knows how to interrogate his prisoner.' A voice in the back of his mind said. Mentally, Trowa punched the voice and got back to reality.
She giggled slightly, and then lifted her shirt a bit, showing off her lean, muscular stomach. She tried to pinch up some fat, but couldn't find any to pinch.
"Guess you're right." she joked before digging in to her eggs. Trowa forced his jaw not to drop- she ate like Duo, only worse.
When they were finished, Trowa stuck the dishes in the dishwasher and then they headed out, locking the trailer door behind them.
Megami followed, looking around her in awe at everything that was going on. Last night they had packed nearly everything away except the tents, but now it was all back out again.
"Oooh Trowa I wanna go pet the elephant can I come watch you in a minute?" she asked. He nodded, and she kissed him quickly on the cheek before blushing and running away towards the elephants.
"Hi!" she called to the man that stood with them. There were three elephants, all brownish/grey and HUGE.
"Hello there. Sorry, but the shows and stuff doesn't start until the evening." he said, not reconizing her and therefore assuming she was a local girl.
"Oh that's okay I'm staying with Trowa my name's Megami what's yours can I pet her?" she asked, all in one breath. It took the man a moment to comphrehend what she had said.
"Oh, okay. My name's Jim." he replied. Megami walked up to the elephant that he held on a lead. She put her hand on its flank, and it turned it's head toward her.
"His name's Zip." Jim told her.
"Hi Zip!" she called up, afraid it wouldn't hear her. Jim chuckled.
"Do you want to ride him?" he asked.
"Ride- an ELEPHANT?" she responded. He nodded.
"Uh no thanks I think I gotta be going now buh bye!" she called as she ran back towards the big tent. Jim shook his head in amusement; it wasn't as though he had asked her to chop off her arm or anything.
"Hey Trowa!" Megami called as she entered the tent. Unfortuantly, he was at the opposite end and didn't hear her over the other conversations taking place. She shrugged and made her way down to where he was. He was sitting on a stool with his half-mask thing in his hand, glaring at it. His laptop sat open next to him.
"What's the matter, Trowa?" she asked, standing in front of him.
"My friends want me to take you to see them today." he replied.
"Well what's wrong with that?" Megami questioned, confused. Trowa shrugged slightly.
"Are you afraid that they won't like me?" she thought aloud. At this comment, Trowa stood up and grabbed her hand.
"That's not it at all!" he said sternly. "I'm just afraid that they'll scare you."
"Huh?"
"We're a bit different from most guys our age." he clarified.
"So? Come on, Trowa, let's go see them!" she exclaimed.
"You really want to meet them?" he asked, incredulous.
"Yes! Please?! Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty deep breath pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty please?" Meagmi begged. After a few more moments of thought, Trowa replied.
"Fine." he walked over to Jalke.
"I'm leaving." he announced.
"What? When will you be back?" Jalke demanded. Trowa shrugged and walked away.
"Won't you get fired?" Megami asked.
"No." Trowa replied, not elaborating on the subject. They went back to the trailer, where Trowa threw some clothes into a bag. After telling Catherine that they were leaving, Trowa strapped his bag onto the back of his motorcycle and they took off. After an hour of riding, they pulled up in front of a huge mansion.
"Whoah." Megami breathed, looking up at the imposing house.
"This is Quatre's mansion." Trowa said, grabbing his bag and striding up to the front door. With a cool, calm confidence, he opened the door and went right in, with Megami right behind him.
"Hello Trowa!" Quatre greeted as the two entered the living room where he, Wufei, and Heero sat. Megami was out of view, hidden behind the taller boy.
"Hello Quatre. This is Megami." Trowa introduced, stepping to the side. All three sets of eyes bugged out. She was even more beautiful than they had imagined. Something rose in the back of Heero's mind, but he pushed it away.
"Megami, this is Quatre Winner, Wufei Chang, and Heero Yui. Where's Duo?" he asked.
"Asleep. It's nice to meet you, Megami." Quatre said, standing and extending his hand to her. She shook it.
"Duo's the one you call 'braided baka', right?" Megami asked Trowa. Wufei cracked a smile.
"Speak of the devil." the Chinede one said under his breath as Duo entered the room. He was dressed only in a pair of smiley-face boxers and an open black robe, and he was yawning and scratching his butt. As the yawn faded, he opened his eyes and saw Megami.
"Holy crap!" he exclaimed, drawing his robe around him. "Quatre, why didn't you tell me your girlfriend was coming over?" Duo demanded. Quatre blushed about fifteen shades of red.
"She's not my girlfriend, Duo." he replied. Duo's attitude immediately changed as he rushed to stand next to her.
"Well then my I introduce myself to the only angel I've ever seen on Earth. I'm Duo Maxwell; what's your name babe?" he asked, putting his arm around her waist.
"I'm Megami." she said, blushing even brighter than Quatre had. Seeing red with jealousy, Trowa shot Duo a death glare that could rival Heero's. Unfortuantly, Duo didn't catch the look.
"Oh so you're Megami! It's great to meet you finally. Say, how would you like to go out later and see a movie?" he asked, moving in for the kill. Megami glanced at Trowa briefly and he gave her the slightest, unnoticable inclination of his head.
"Okay, sure." she replied.
"Great, we'll go out tonight then. See ya later!" Duo exclaimed, disappearing to get changed.
'Of course she'd like him. They're exactly alike. I should have known that she'd find someone she liked more than me, but I didn't think it'd be so soon.' Trowa thought, sitting down on the couch. The others moved back to their original seats and Megami sat next to him. She frowned a little, as did Quatre.
'Why does Trowa feel sad?' Quatre wondered, noticing that Megami seemed to be picking up on their friend's feelings too. He turned his attention to her, feeling with his empathy to determine her emotions. He felt a streak of worry and protectiveness run through his heart. Quatre's eyes snapped to her face. 'She wants to protect him?' Then he saw her eyes turn to him, and she nodded slightly. This confused him even more. 'Is she an empathy too?' he thought. Megami smiled a bit and tried to strike up conversation with Trowa.
"Trowa, how long have you guys been friends?" Megami asked him. He shrugged a little, still feeling bitter about Duo's antics. Her smile fell.
"Well how'd you guys meet?" she tried again. She got no reply. 'One last try.' she thought.
"Is Duo really as annoying as all that?" Megami asked.
"You ask too many questions." Trowa snapped, standing and leaving the room. Crushed, a tear welled up in Megami's eye. This did not go unnoticed by any of the others. Quatre shot Duo a look as he came back. The two communicated silently for a moment before Duo understood what Quatre wanted him to do.
"Come on Megami! Let's go raid the fridge!" the braided one exclaimed, grabbing her hand and pulling her off the couch. Reluctantly she followed, cheering up a bit as she saw the five huge refridgerators lining the wall.
Meanwhile, Quatre followed Trowa. He caught up with him on the balcony of Trowa's room.
"Quatre." the taller boy said flatly, though he didn't turn from his position. Trowa leant on the balcony railing, staring out into the backyard.
"Trowa, is there something you left out when you told us about Megami?" Quatre asked. Trowa tilted his head to look at the blonde Arabian.
"Like what?" he returned.
"Is she an empathy?"
"How should I know?"
"Nevermind. But, Trowa-"
"What?"
"Do you like Megami? You were a little harsh back there."
"I was not harsh. She was asking too many questions."
"Strange how you skipped my question and went right to defending yourself. That's not like you, Trowa."
"She has no effect on me."
"Sure, Trowa, sure. If that's what you want to believe." With those last words, Quatre was gone. Alone, Trowa allowed himself a small sigh.
To: Trowa
From: Quatre
Subject: Megami
Message: Be kind to her, Trowa! I can sense something, but I can't tell what, exactly. If it's alright with the others, bring her to meet us, or at least to meet me. Let me know where you are and I'll come and stay nearby. Oh, and be alert for new missions. I'm on Earth right now. Duo's staying here with me. Heero and Wufei are both on L3, staying in my mansion there. Contact us soon.
To: Trowa
From: Duo
Subject: is she hot???
Message: Aw, man! you didn't give us any details about her! come on, bring her down here to see us! is she hot? have you kissed her? is she single? put on the news or something mentioning the gundams and see if she freaks out. it doesn't look like she knows who you are. i'd bet you need to keep it that way, unless you want perfect-soldier boy there to kill you. see ya later! tell her i said hi!
To: Trowa
From: Wufei
Subject: Baka!
Message: You have taken in a baka onna? That was a very stupid thing to do. And she knows who you are?! I'm surprised Yui hasn't killed you yet. If she sees your Gundam or knows who you are, she must be eliminated. Immediately. And Barton- don't fall for any of those women's tricks. They are all weak.
To: Trowa
From: Heero
Subject: none
Message: If she knows your identity, kill her. We will all be on L1 soon. Stay there.
Trowa smiled inside. Each of his friends were truely unique. He should have anicipated their answers- Quatre was concerned with both Megami and Trowa, Duo was interested in Megami's looks, though he did show some intelligence, Wufei called her weak and thought of her as a distraction, and Heero was... simply Heero. Just as he shut down his computer, Megami came out of the bathroom. Somehow, her hair was dry, and she was wrapped in a towel that was just a little too short. Trowa looked away quickly- not because he wanted to, just for decency. Megami grabbed her clothes and changed quickly, then re-emerged and bounced happily on the bed.
"So what are we going to do today, Bang-man?" she asked, grinning as she watched his reaction to her new nickname for him.
"Bang- Bangman?!" he sputtered.
"Yeah! I found an old comic book in a telephone booth that featured Batman, so I decided to twist it a bit and I got Bang-man. Don't you like it?" Megami asked, doing her best impression of a sad puppy.
'God she's good at that.' Trowa thought.
"Course I like it. As for your earlier question, I'm going to make breakfast and then I have to go and practice with Catherine. You're welcome to come and watch, or you can wander around and watch other people." he said, getting up and stretching before heading out of the small bedroom.
Megami plopped onto the couch. She had been trying to help Trowa but had ended up tripping him when he had coffee in his hands.
"I don't know how you can banish me from the kitchen when it's so close from anywhere I go!" she informed him idignantly. He rolled his eye. (An: Yes, his EYE. Singular. Uno. Not dos, Uno. *Anime Sweatdrop* Yeash!)
"Maybe Wufei's right." he muttered.
"Who's Wufei?" Megami immediately asked. Trowa mentally sweatdropped.
"He's one of my... friends." he said carefully. She noticed the way he said it, but did not comment.
"Cool! You must have a lot of friends!" she exclaimed, sitting down at the table/booth thing. Her smile turned upside down when he replied.
"Not really."
"Why not?"
"Why does it matter?!" he snapped. Seeing the look of hurt in her eyes, he immediately regretted saying it like he had.
"I'm sorry, it's really none of my business anyway." she babbled. He sighed slightly as he set a plate of scrambled eggs in front of her.
"It's alright. I have four friends, at least I think they're friends. Wufei's one of them, and there's also Duo, Quatre, and Heero." Trowa explained.
"Would you mind telling me about them? I don't know anyone, 'cept you now, but before yesterday I didn't know anybody." Megami quickly added onto her question after the man across from her had shot her a strange look.
"Alright... Wufei is Chinese, and thinks all women are weak. Justice means a great deal to him. Duo has too much energy and too little to direct it at. He's American and loves playing pranks on people." Here Trowa shuddered inwardly, thinking about the last time Duo had played one of his pranks on the banged boy. What had resulted was a very angry Trowa that had so much SuperGlue in his hair that he couldn't get his bangs down, instead they were in a mohawk for two weeks, and Duo's braid had barely survived. Quickly he realized Megami was waiting to hear about the other two.
"Quatre is Arabian and very peace-loving, though he understands the need for war. He's an empathy, and is very kind. Heero, well, he's Japanese and.... That's about it. It's hard to explain about him, but you'll understand when you meet him."
"When I meet him?"
'Dammit I meant to say 'if' she met him. Damn!' Trowa thought.
"Yeah... I emailed Quatre to ask him if he could run a DNA test on your blood to figure out your real name. I think he told the others. I hope you don't mind."
"Course not! You're friends sound really nice." she assured him. He mentally chuckled when he realized how much she was going to eat her words. Speaking of eating...
"You haven't touched your eggs." he noted.
"Gomen, Trowa. I didn't mean to offend your cooking-"
"How can you, you haven't tried it yet."
"-BUT I'm not used to eating in the morning." she finished, not looking at him.
"Nani?"
"See I only had so much money and so I got used to eating something at least semi-filling at midday, and maybe having a cracker or something at night and just drinking water inbetween." Megami tried to explain, still not meeting his gaze.
"Is that why you're so tiny?" he asked, trying to get her to lighten up a bit so that she would A: answer more of his questions and B: not drop into depression.
'A Gundam pilot knows how to interrogate his prisoner.' A voice in the back of his mind said. Mentally, Trowa punched the voice and got back to reality.
She giggled slightly, and then lifted her shirt a bit, showing off her lean, muscular stomach. She tried to pinch up some fat, but couldn't find any to pinch.
"Guess you're right." she joked before digging in to her eggs. Trowa forced his jaw not to drop- she ate like Duo, only worse.
When they were finished, Trowa stuck the dishes in the dishwasher and then they headed out, locking the trailer door behind them.
Megami followed, looking around her in awe at everything that was going on. Last night they had packed nearly everything away except the tents, but now it was all back out again.
"Oooh Trowa I wanna go pet the elephant can I come watch you in a minute?" she asked. He nodded, and she kissed him quickly on the cheek before blushing and running away towards the elephants.
"Hi!" she called to the man that stood with them. There were three elephants, all brownish/grey and HUGE.
"Hello there. Sorry, but the shows and stuff doesn't start until the evening." he said, not reconizing her and therefore assuming she was a local girl.
"Oh that's okay I'm staying with Trowa my name's Megami what's yours can I pet her?" she asked, all in one breath. It took the man a moment to comphrehend what she had said.
"Oh, okay. My name's Jim." he replied. Megami walked up to the elephant that he held on a lead. She put her hand on its flank, and it turned it's head toward her.
"His name's Zip." Jim told her.
"Hi Zip!" she called up, afraid it wouldn't hear her. Jim chuckled.
"Do you want to ride him?" he asked.
"Ride- an ELEPHANT?" she responded. He nodded.
"Uh no thanks I think I gotta be going now buh bye!" she called as she ran back towards the big tent. Jim shook his head in amusement; it wasn't as though he had asked her to chop off her arm or anything.
"Hey Trowa!" Megami called as she entered the tent. Unfortuantly, he was at the opposite end and didn't hear her over the other conversations taking place. She shrugged and made her way down to where he was. He was sitting on a stool with his half-mask thing in his hand, glaring at it. His laptop sat open next to him.
"What's the matter, Trowa?" she asked, standing in front of him.
"My friends want me to take you to see them today." he replied.
"Well what's wrong with that?" Megami questioned, confused. Trowa shrugged slightly.
"Are you afraid that they won't like me?" she thought aloud. At this comment, Trowa stood up and grabbed her hand.
"That's not it at all!" he said sternly. "I'm just afraid that they'll scare you."
"Huh?"
"We're a bit different from most guys our age." he clarified.
"So? Come on, Trowa, let's go see them!" she exclaimed.
"You really want to meet them?" he asked, incredulous.
"Yes! Please?! Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty deep breath pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty please?" Meagmi begged. After a few more moments of thought, Trowa replied.
"Fine." he walked over to Jalke.
"I'm leaving." he announced.
"What? When will you be back?" Jalke demanded. Trowa shrugged and walked away.
"Won't you get fired?" Megami asked.
"No." Trowa replied, not elaborating on the subject. They went back to the trailer, where Trowa threw some clothes into a bag. After telling Catherine that they were leaving, Trowa strapped his bag onto the back of his motorcycle and they took off. After an hour of riding, they pulled up in front of a huge mansion.
"Whoah." Megami breathed, looking up at the imposing house.
"This is Quatre's mansion." Trowa said, grabbing his bag and striding up to the front door. With a cool, calm confidence, he opened the door and went right in, with Megami right behind him.
"Hello Trowa!" Quatre greeted as the two entered the living room where he, Wufei, and Heero sat. Megami was out of view, hidden behind the taller boy.
"Hello Quatre. This is Megami." Trowa introduced, stepping to the side. All three sets of eyes bugged out. She was even more beautiful than they had imagined. Something rose in the back of Heero's mind, but he pushed it away.
"Megami, this is Quatre Winner, Wufei Chang, and Heero Yui. Where's Duo?" he asked.
"Asleep. It's nice to meet you, Megami." Quatre said, standing and extending his hand to her. She shook it.
"Duo's the one you call 'braided baka', right?" Megami asked Trowa. Wufei cracked a smile.
"Speak of the devil." the Chinede one said under his breath as Duo entered the room. He was dressed only in a pair of smiley-face boxers and an open black robe, and he was yawning and scratching his butt. As the yawn faded, he opened his eyes and saw Megami.
"Holy crap!" he exclaimed, drawing his robe around him. "Quatre, why didn't you tell me your girlfriend was coming over?" Duo demanded. Quatre blushed about fifteen shades of red.
"She's not my girlfriend, Duo." he replied. Duo's attitude immediately changed as he rushed to stand next to her.
"Well then my I introduce myself to the only angel I've ever seen on Earth. I'm Duo Maxwell; what's your name babe?" he asked, putting his arm around her waist.
"I'm Megami." she said, blushing even brighter than Quatre had. Seeing red with jealousy, Trowa shot Duo a death glare that could rival Heero's. Unfortuantly, Duo didn't catch the look.
"Oh so you're Megami! It's great to meet you finally. Say, how would you like to go out later and see a movie?" he asked, moving in for the kill. Megami glanced at Trowa briefly and he gave her the slightest, unnoticable inclination of his head.
"Okay, sure." she replied.
"Great, we'll go out tonight then. See ya later!" Duo exclaimed, disappearing to get changed.
'Of course she'd like him. They're exactly alike. I should have known that she'd find someone she liked more than me, but I didn't think it'd be so soon.' Trowa thought, sitting down on the couch. The others moved back to their original seats and Megami sat next to him. She frowned a little, as did Quatre.
'Why does Trowa feel sad?' Quatre wondered, noticing that Megami seemed to be picking up on their friend's feelings too. He turned his attention to her, feeling with his empathy to determine her emotions. He felt a streak of worry and protectiveness run through his heart. Quatre's eyes snapped to her face. 'She wants to protect him?' Then he saw her eyes turn to him, and she nodded slightly. This confused him even more. 'Is she an empathy too?' he thought. Megami smiled a bit and tried to strike up conversation with Trowa.
"Trowa, how long have you guys been friends?" Megami asked him. He shrugged a little, still feeling bitter about Duo's antics. Her smile fell.
"Well how'd you guys meet?" she tried again. She got no reply. 'One last try.' she thought.
"Is Duo really as annoying as all that?" Megami asked.
"You ask too many questions." Trowa snapped, standing and leaving the room. Crushed, a tear welled up in Megami's eye. This did not go unnoticed by any of the others. Quatre shot Duo a look as he came back. The two communicated silently for a moment before Duo understood what Quatre wanted him to do.
"Come on Megami! Let's go raid the fridge!" the braided one exclaimed, grabbing her hand and pulling her off the couch. Reluctantly she followed, cheering up a bit as she saw the five huge refridgerators lining the wall.
Meanwhile, Quatre followed Trowa. He caught up with him on the balcony of Trowa's room.
"Quatre." the taller boy said flatly, though he didn't turn from his position. Trowa leant on the balcony railing, staring out into the backyard.
"Trowa, is there something you left out when you told us about Megami?" Quatre asked. Trowa tilted his head to look at the blonde Arabian.
"Like what?" he returned.
"Is she an empathy?"
"How should I know?"
"Nevermind. But, Trowa-"
"What?"
"Do you like Megami? You were a little harsh back there."
"I was not harsh. She was asking too many questions."
"Strange how you skipped my question and went right to defending yourself. That's not like you, Trowa."
"She has no effect on me."
"Sure, Trowa, sure. If that's what you want to believe." With those last words, Quatre was gone. Alone, Trowa allowed himself a small sigh.