"C'mon, I'll treat you to a snack before I take you to our last stop," Duo said, heading into the G-Alloy Café. Heero followed him slowly, the slight expression on his face something between annoyed and amused.
"Thank you," Heero said under his breath as they reached the counter. Duo smiled and nodded.
"Jasmine tea and what else?"
Heero just shrugged. Duo scowled and glared at his dining companion. One of Heero's eyebrows twitched slightly.
"Angel food cake." he said finally.
"You're weird, man, but okay. Whatever floats your boat, I say."
"Hn."
The cashier emerged from the kitchen after a few seconds; Duo smiled charmingly at her before placing Heero's order as well as his own request of coffee and chocolate pie.
The sound of laughter filled the café as Duo bounced over to a table, Heero scowling as he followed him with their food and drinks. Duo whipped around at the sound of the laughter, looking for its source.
"Shime!" he exclaimed, looking with surprise at a girl a bit younger than him seated alone in a nearby booth. She had short red-brown hair, much the same color as well polished cherrywood, and eyes of two different colors: one dark brown, the other dark green. "Hey, you lost a contact."
"Oh, heya Duo. Didn't know if you were going to get around to noticing me. Really? I'm missing one? Thanks for telling me."
Duo heard someone walking quietly up behind him, and grew quickly suspicious as the young woman's eyes widened slightly. He ignored the reaction; it was probably just Heero, looking as intimidating as usual.
"So," the chestnut-haired young man began, tapping his foot and tilting his head to one side. "Tell me, what's so funny?"
"You and your new boyfriend. What with his scowling and glaring, and your bouncing around, grinning your head off… It's hilarious!"
Duo looked confused for a moment. "Boyfriend? Who are you… oh." He turned around to look at Heero, and was surprised to find him staring, a tiny frown on his face. He'd never seen him show so much emotion before.
"Boyfriend?" Heero blinked, staring over Duo's shoulders at the girl.
"…Ooh. So, you're not going out?"
"No," they said in unison. Shime stood up.
"Well, good luck then, Duo. I'm sure you'll nab him eventually," she whispered into his hear. Before either boy could say anything else, she darted out the front door, yelling over her shoulder, "Thanks for paying for my food, babe!"
Duo froze for a split second, then bolted after her. "Jacqueline! Get back here, you-"
Before he got out of the building, he was stopped and dragged back to the table by Heero. "I'll pay for her," Heero said, shoving Duo down into his chair. He walked up to the counter to give the cashier the money.
"Hmm…" Duo thought to himself. "She's usually really good at guessing who I like, and I'm probably drooling all over the place… But why'd she think we're going out? Does Heero seem gay? I mean, just because a guy hangs out at a café geared towards writers, artists and actors doesn't necessarily mean that he's not straight! There're probably some guys here that aren't gay or bi… I've yet to find one other than the cashier, but still…" Somewhere amidst all the babbling in Duo's head, he decided to watch Heero and see if there were really any hints of his liking him. "Maybe she's just being a psycho again and trying to pair up every cute guy she sees with another cute guy. After all, Heero and I definitely both fit the whole 'cute' part…"
It was at about that point when Heero came back and sat down at the table. From then on Duo was so busy talking with, or at least at, Heero that the only other thought he paid the matter was that he would have to ask Trowa and Quatre what their opinions on the issue were.