Hey. I was stuck for a chapter name. ^_^; Sorry if it don't really fit. Well, enjoy.



Chapter 12 - Confused Boys

The weeks passed, one by one. The group basically ate, slept and trained. They grew closer and close everyday.

"Here are your gundams. Sorry it took so long. We had to finish a few things." Quatre said smiling.

A huge curtain was pulled off of three shiny new gundams.

"Gundam 04, Oni, is Ashley's. Gundam 05, Sabur is Stephanie's and Gundam 06, Mysitc is Kim's." Quatre explained.

"Cool." they all said at once.

Then a rack of six suits was brought out. A soldier tossed two suits at each girl. They were designed to match their gundams.

"You have to try them on to make sure they fit."
"Let's go, I can't wait." Steph said excitedly.

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"This is sooo cool!!! It shows off my body in all the right places!!" Steph walked out in a red and black suit.
"Wicked."

Quatre looked at her and blushed. The suit was very tight and covered the whole body.

"What is this thong thing?" Ashley asked in an irritated tone. "It keeps riding up my ass!"
She continued to complain as she walked out in her black and white suit.

"It adds to the costume." Relena said as she walked out in her purple suit.

"Hey? Where's Kim?" Steph asked.

"I'm not coming out!!" Kim declared.

"Oh, come on." Ashley coaxed.

"No." Kim said firmly.

"Get out NOW!!!" Steph shouted as she banged on the door.
"Um...Ok. I guess I'll have to sometime."

The door squeaked open and Kim peaked around the corner. Steph and Ashley each grabbed an arm and pulled her out.

"It's cute!!" they said at the same time.

Kim stood there, 8 shades of red, in a blue and yellow suit.

"Fine!! I'm here just as you want me!!"

Heero and Duo smiled at each other.

"Turn around. We want to see the fit." The girls obeyed.

"Good fit. What do you think?"

"Great" Heero agreed.

"Please pair up so that they can get used to their new suits." the soldier said in a firm tone.

"Great!" Kim said them looked at Heero.
"Come with me?" she asked in a sweet voice.
"Ok" was all he said.

Trowa and Duo went with Ashley, Quatre with Steph and Wu-fei went by himself.

"Man, is he some kind of loner?" Ashley asked Duo.
"Nah. He likes to keep to himself a lot though." Duo tried to explain.

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Trowa worked on his own gundam while Duo helped Ashley with hers.

"Be right back." Duo said and jumped down.
"Ok." she replied. He wasn't too bad.

She climbed down and came face to face with Trowa.

"You finished all ready?" she asked.

Trowa just continued to stare at her.

"Helllooo..." she said in a sarcastic voice.

Trowa bent down and kissed Ashley. Ashley was surprised and didn't know what was going on.

"Ashley! I'm ...." Duo stopped short when he saw Trowa and Ashley. He was filled with anger. How could Trowa? He knew how he felt, that he liked her. He ran off, hurt and confused.

Trowa pulled away a few moments later.
"Um...Trowa?"

"I've liked you for a long time now. I want to know how you feel." he said as he looked at her, unblinking.

"Actually, I don't feel the same way. Sorry but...I like someone else." Ashley said cautiously.

"I guess I set myself up for that one. It's OK." Trowa said and the walked off.

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Ashley waited for Duo to return. She wanted to talk. When he never showed up, she went looking. He wasn't too hard to find. He was picking at his gundam in Deathscythe's hanger.

"Hey! Why did you ditch me?" she asked.

"Wouldn't you rather be with Trowa?" he asked her. "I saw the two of you."

"What?! He came onto me! You gotta believe me!"

Duo jumped down to face her.

"It meant nothing. Why are you so upset? What's your problem?"

"Listen. I meant to saw this for the past few days. I should have said it earlier."

"Yah?"

"I...I...Oh never mind. Your right, it meant nothing ." Duo sighed and looked to the ground.

"Really?"

Ashley smiled from ear to ear.

"Yah, let's go." Duo took Ashley's arm and lead her out of the hanger.

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Kim and Heero stood outside the door. They had just finished up and were on their way to wash up.

"Damn." Kim said. "So close." she said

"He'll tell her when he is ready." Heero said.

"It's romantic though. Don't you think?" Kim commented.

Heero uncrossed his arms and looked away.

"Why am I so intimidated by this... this feeling?" He muttered under his breath.

"Are you OK? You look upset."

"Why do you ask?" Heero asked in a monotone voice.

"Well... you worry me when you get that sad look in your eyes." Kim said, blushing.

"You do?!"

"Yah."

"Sorry. I have to go now. I'm tired." with that, he walked off.

"Why...why are you so afraid?" Kim muttered.

Heero overheard and glanced back over his shoulder. The girl had turned and begun to walk away in the opposite direction.

"Truth is...I don't know." he said to himself hopelessly and turned the corner.

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Later that night, Steph, Ashley and Kim crept downstairs and into the kitchen. They couldn't sleep so they decided to get a midnight snack. They each took a tub of ice cream and a spoon.

"Hey! Let's see what's on TV." Ashley suggested.
"Sure, sounds like fun." Steph said
Kim never said anything. She was too busy eating. Then she flinched and held her head.
"Brain freeze." she said.
The other two girls laughed.

Steph picked up the remote and began to flick through the channels. She stopped when she found a hentai series.

"Damn." Ashley exclaimed.

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"What the hell is going on downstairs?" Duo asked himself a bit annoyed as he rubbed his eyes. He walked out and ran into Heero and Quatre. They too were curious about what was going on. It came to no surprise that Wu-fei and Trowa weren't there because they slept like rocks.

They walked down the stairs and saw the dim light from the TV.
They looked around the corner. Their mouths dropped when they saw the three girls, tilted heads and mouths full of ice cream.

They noticed the boy's reflections in the TV screen and smiled evilly at each other.

"Yah...Duo can so do that." Ashley said.
"Me and Quatre so have to try that one day. Looks like fun and oh so kinky." Steph commented.
"I bet Heero could bend that way. Now there's a talent." Kim said in amazement.

After a few moments, the girls spun around and pointed fingers at the boys.
"Caught ya!!!" they shouted at once.
All three were bright red despite their efforts to hide it.

"Oh...very funny." Duo said a bit embarrassed.

The girls began to laugh uncontrollably. The boys smiled and began to tickle them.

"Hey Heero. Kim is really ticklish. Hint hint." Steph informed him.

"Steph...shut...up." Kim managed to get out between giggles.