Chapter 6: The Queen of Hearts and Her Harem
Warnings: bishie torture from Relena, oh lord...the sappiness of this chapter. You have been warned.
Note: Relena's harem scares me a little bit. It's not as if they actually want to be there, she just kind of forced them into it. Poor bishies...
Pairings: 3+4, 2x1, Rx1, D+R, R+a bunch of pretty bishies
While constant glares kept being directed in Duo's way, the three boys moved on.
"Why hasn't Relena forced you to be in her harem, Trowa?" Duo asked, trying to strike up a conversation.
Trowa glared coldly at him. "She has, you idiot!"
Duo blinked, and then started to laugh hysterically. "You're in her harem?!"
Trowa still glared. "Why is that so funny, Duo? You could be in the same position any day, you know."
Duo shook his head, still laughing. "I don't think so, Tro. I would die before I let that girl put me in her man-whore club."
"Man-whore club?" Quatre asked, snickering.
Trowa grumbled something that oddly sounded like "Fuck off, Duo."
"Really, Tro! You shouldn't say such things!" Duo said, still laughing.
"I can't help it that I'm in her harem," Trowa muttered. "She forces all of the guys in Wonderland to join."
"Duo managed to stay out of it," Quatre pointed out helpfully.
Trowa's face held an annoyed expression; Duo's, a smirk.
Quatre just smiled gently at Trowa." We're just teasing you, Trowa."
"I know that," Trowa grumbled, as he walked ahead of his two tormentors.
"We didn't really upset him, did we, Duo?" Quatre asked, a tone of worry in his voice.
"Nah. He's just too uptight. He needs to loosen up," Duo replied, still smirking. Then, his smirk grew even bigger. "You could help him with that, Quat."
"Oh, I'm not sure..." the blonde paused, realizing what Duo was suggesting. "Duo! Trowa and I aren't even dating!" he hissed.
"Well, I can fix that! Trowa!"
Duo ran up ahead to walk beside Trowa, Quatre quickly following him.
"What now?" the green-eyed boy asked grimly.
"Nothing bad, really. I was just thinking that you and Quat would be really cute together. Don't you agree?"
Trowa blushed a little, even though blushing really wasn't his thing. Quatre's face, on the other hand, was quite red.
"Well? Don't you think so?" Duo persisted, after a couple moments of silence.
"I guess so, yeah," Trowa muttered.
"Great! So...that means that you guys are dating then, right?"
Poor, poor Quatre looked as if he was about to faint, and still remained speechless.
"That depends on what Quatre wants," Trowa replied.
"Okay, then. He wants to, right Quat?" Duo asked.
Quatre nodded meekly.
"Yay! Okay, Quat. You can jump him now."
After a few seconds went by and Quatre didn't "jump" Trowa, Duo started to complain.
"Ah, c'mon you two! I went through all that trouble getting you together, and now you're just going to stand there like you barely even know each other?! Besides, you're supposed to help your boyfriend relax, Quatre!"
"I'm not going to help him relax that way, when we haven't even kissed yet!" Quatre said a bit loudly, still blushing.
Trowa smiled at his newly found boyfriend. "Are you saying that you want to change that, Quatre? That can be arranged, you know."
"Well, I, um-"
Before Quatre had time to make a decision, Trowa did the only realistic thing he could think of.
He shut Quatre up by taking his chin in one hand and putting his own lips on the blonde's unexpected ones.
"Well...that was...very nice," Quatre said, after the kiss was over.
Duo cleared his throat. "Okay...that wasn't really what I meant, but it was good enough. Stop with all this fuzzy, bubbly sap for now, kay? We really need to get to Relena's palace."
Trowa and Quatre both looked a little pouty.
"Stop pouting. You two are the midst of getting some action, so now I have to go save Heero!"
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"Dammit! when are they going to get here?" Relena almost screamed, as she tapped a croquet mallet against the ground.
"I'm sure they'll be here soon," Heero grumbled, watching the various bishonen run around painting white roses pink.
"This is a tragedy!" Relena cried. "How could anyone be so stupid as to have ordered white roses instead of pink?!"
Heero inwardly grinned.
"Someone very foolish, my Queen," Dorothy answered, standing next to Relena with another mallet.
"At least they got the hedgehog order right," Relena murmured, sipping tea and nibbling on a cookie, as Dorothy held both mallets. "Did you make these, Dorothy?'
"Yes, my Queen," Dorothy answered smiling brightly.
"They're good. At least someone around here can cook," she mumbled, glaring at the previous occupants of the Mad Tea Party.
"Hey! I can cook!" Catherine growled, only to be stopped from moving by Sally.
"She may have you killed, or something, Cathy," Sally whispered harshly.
Catherine reluctantly sat down.
Relena grinned, a satisfied expression on her face.
However, her "victory" was soon over as the anticipated party arrived.
"Where have you been?" Relena demanded of Trowa. "And why is that awful thing with you?"
Duo grinned at her. "Nice to see you again too, Relena."
Heero hid a grin behind his hand. Let's just say he had been admiring the brave, humorous boy ever since the braided boy had cut off all of the roses on the palace grounds.
"Excuse me, Queen Relena?" Quatre asked politely.
"Oh, you must be Quatre. What do you want?" she asked, checking to see if her roses were dry yet.
"I was wondering if I could challenge you to a game of croquet."
Relena's eyes instantly lit up. "Well, I suppose we could. Please get us a few of the new hedgehogs, Dorothy."
"Yes, my Queen."
As Dorothy dashed off to get the hedgehogs, Relena beckoned Quatre to her.
Now with the only thing on her mind being croquet, Duo snuck up behind Heero and "kidnapped" him. It really couldn't be called a kidnapping, considering that Heero was very willing in all aspects of what occurred while he was in Duo's care.
Quatre sighed. Hedgehogs? He thought. What the heck are we going to do with hedgehogs?!
To say the least, he was beyond confused. Oh well, he thought. This won't be that bad. What harm can a little croquet do?
Apparently, Quatre hadn't seen the flicker of something in Relena's eye. She planned to win...no matter what it took.
Quatre just smiled at Trowa, and waited for what lay ahead.
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Review please. Have you tried to boost anyone's ego today?