Chapter 6: I Fell in Love With You
It was so bright. Hotaru stared up at the lights of the airport. Quatra was fluttering over her, and past her Heero and Wufei were kneeling next to her body. Wait. But she was.. Hotaru looked down at her body and realized it was her own body! She was a girl, she was her and she was really back. Which meant she'd met Duo. But how? The boy! She'd run right smack dab into Duo and crashed. Then blackness.
But she was herself again! Hotaru sat up and grabbed onto Quatra and hugged him. "Oh my." He whispered, as she held onto him. "Miss?"
"Oh Q! I'm back to me again!" She said.
"Q?" He asked softly. "Miss Taru?"
She leaned back, "Who else would it be?" She grinned widely.
"Wow." He smiled. "You're you?"
"Hai!"
He grabbed her and hugged her. "I'm so happy for you. And that means Duo must be back to himself again."
Hotaru and him stood up slowly, and then walked over to where the others were. She kneeled down next to Wufei and smiled happily at him.
"What is so amusing Onna? You knocked our friend down."
"Wu-chan." She smiled happily, "it's more like we knocked each other out."
He blinked at her.
"Miss Hotaru, are sure you're alright though?" Quatra asked seeing a slight red mark on the back of her head.
She glanced at him. "It's just a bump Q, nothing more."
"Alright."
"Hotaru?" Heero asked. He studied her. "Hm. so that means Duo's back."
Hotaru swung her. braid? Over her shoulder. "Baka." She muttered at the still out of it Duo. "Does he always do braids? And he so does not know how to dress?" She glanced down at the loose black jeans and baggy white shirt.
Wufei chuckled, "I'm sure he'll love what you made him wear."
"Oh dear, I suppose you're right." Hotaru smiled. She leaned in over Duo. It was weird, being back in her own body. She was used to being a guy and being part of Duo, it was strange looking at him from the outside again.
Slowly his violet eyes fluttered and he stared up at the girl leaning over him. "Does Hotaru have a twin?" He asked softly.
Hotaru giggled, "No Duo-kun. We're back in our own bodies."
He blinked and looked at himself. Tight black leather pants and a silver shirt. "Oh wow." He muttered, "I don't remember wearing this. Wait.." He looked around in surprise. "I'm back?"
"Hai, baka." Wufie muttered.
"Wu-man!" Duo cried and lunged at Wufei grabbing him into a hug.
"Ack! Get off baka."
"Oh ya." Duo grinned, as he pulled back.
He stared at Heero, Quatra and Wufei. His friends were there. He was himself. Life was good. He glanced back at his body, no her body. Hotaru was there, in front of him. All herself. She looked cute with a braid. He reached up and touched his own hair.
Which was so not in a braid. He jumped up and ran off in search of a mirror. "He's going to die when he sees you've tied back his hair in buns with not a single braid with them." Heero commented.
And soon, the whole airport reverberated with a scream.
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After dragging Duo away from the mirror and trying to fix his hair, Hotaru and the guys had met up with Ruka and Michi. After seeing the fast bikes, the guys decided to stay and watch while Hotaru walked back with Duo to the apartment to try and get used to being themselves again.
Once back, Duo and Hotaru had both gone to his room and grabbed clothes. Duo his jeans and a black tank top, and Hotaru had grabbed a pair of boxers and pj top she'd gotten that so did not fit her now. She looked funny in over sized pj's.
Hotaru sipped her tea and smiled up at Duo. "Wow, so you had to deal with periods huh?"
He groaned into his cocoa. "Don't say the P word. I have a new respect for woman though."
"Ya. And I had no idea that you could." Duo threw his hand over her mouth. "Don't say what I think you're going to say."
Hotaru studied him, "How did you know what I was going to say?"
"I didn't. Just a guess." He blushed.
"Wow, it's weird." Hotaru said softly. She paused, "I mean, knowing the most intimate secrets of someone else. Relationships could actually work if couples could switch bodies for awhile like we did."
"The problem was we don't even know each other."
Hotaru leveled her gaze at him, "Correction, didn't know each other. I'm pretty sure I know almost everything about you now."
"Nope." Duo said. "You don't know my personality."
"Maybe not totally, but I did only say almost everything."
He grinned back. "I guess you did." He coked his head to one side, "So what now?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we know, as you put it, almost everything about each other. Our deepest darkest secrets. Like the time you."
Hotaru blushed hotly, "You read my diary."
"And you didn't read mine?"
She blushed redder, "I didn't want to at first, but I need something to do."
"Very funny." He leaned across the table, close enough to kiss her. "You've touched every part of me; haven't you?"
Hotaru stared at him, "I.. Um.. I didn't." She tried to laugh it off, but Duo watched her so intensely. She bowed her head, "Yes."
"Ya.. And I touched you." Her eyes jumped to his. They watched each other.
"It's not the same." She whispered.
"No."
"Don't do anything you'll regret later, Duo Maxwell."
"I'll never regret this." He said and kissed her.
It was hot, so very hot. Her blood was on fire; she need ice. But didn't want it. She wanted to burn. To press herself into Duo, and to hold onto him. She found someone who knew you to her soul. She didn't want to loose him. From his diary she knew him. From his body, she knew him. And now in his kiss, she most defiantly knew him. She was in love with him.
He was totally in love with her.
"Duo. Hotaru." Quatra scowled from the door. Hotaru and Duo pulled away from each other, but it was too fast and they ended up tripping and falling. Too bad there was a table underneath them. The table snapped and wood went flying. Hotaru and Duo ended up tangled in a mass of body parts.
"I think," he whispered to her, while they laughed, "that I've fallen in love with you."
She glanced at him and smiled, "I love you too."
The other filed into the room. Haruka stared at them and would have scream at Duo, had she not lived with him for month. She trusted him not to hurt her baby, and she trusted Hotaru not to get hurt.
"Well, what a wonderful ending." Michi commented to Quatra.
"Yes, they make a cute couple."
"I don't know, the baka couldn't keep someone like Ru." Wufei smirked.
"Careful what you say Wu-man!" Duo shouted. "Else I'll have to hurt you."
They all laughed, knowing Duo wouldn't and couldn't hurt a fly now that he had found a place to call home.
It was so bright. Hotaru stared up at the lights of the airport. Quatra was fluttering over her, and past her Heero and Wufei were kneeling next to her body. Wait. But she was.. Hotaru looked down at her body and realized it was her own body! She was a girl, she was her and she was really back. Which meant she'd met Duo. But how? The boy! She'd run right smack dab into Duo and crashed. Then blackness.
But she was herself again! Hotaru sat up and grabbed onto Quatra and hugged him. "Oh my." He whispered, as she held onto him. "Miss?"
"Oh Q! I'm back to me again!" She said.
"Q?" He asked softly. "Miss Taru?"
She leaned back, "Who else would it be?" She grinned widely.
"Wow." He smiled. "You're you?"
"Hai!"
He grabbed her and hugged her. "I'm so happy for you. And that means Duo must be back to himself again."
Hotaru and him stood up slowly, and then walked over to where the others were. She kneeled down next to Wufei and smiled happily at him.
"What is so amusing Onna? You knocked our friend down."
"Wu-chan." She smiled happily, "it's more like we knocked each other out."
He blinked at her.
"Miss Hotaru, are sure you're alright though?" Quatra asked seeing a slight red mark on the back of her head.
She glanced at him. "It's just a bump Q, nothing more."
"Alright."
"Hotaru?" Heero asked. He studied her. "Hm. so that means Duo's back."
Hotaru swung her. braid? Over her shoulder. "Baka." She muttered at the still out of it Duo. "Does he always do braids? And he so does not know how to dress?" She glanced down at the loose black jeans and baggy white shirt.
Wufei chuckled, "I'm sure he'll love what you made him wear."
"Oh dear, I suppose you're right." Hotaru smiled. She leaned in over Duo. It was weird, being back in her own body. She was used to being a guy and being part of Duo, it was strange looking at him from the outside again.
Slowly his violet eyes fluttered and he stared up at the girl leaning over him. "Does Hotaru have a twin?" He asked softly.
Hotaru giggled, "No Duo-kun. We're back in our own bodies."
He blinked and looked at himself. Tight black leather pants and a silver shirt. "Oh wow." He muttered, "I don't remember wearing this. Wait.." He looked around in surprise. "I'm back?"
"Hai, baka." Wufie muttered.
"Wu-man!" Duo cried and lunged at Wufei grabbing him into a hug.
"Ack! Get off baka."
"Oh ya." Duo grinned, as he pulled back.
He stared at Heero, Quatra and Wufei. His friends were there. He was himself. Life was good. He glanced back at his body, no her body. Hotaru was there, in front of him. All herself. She looked cute with a braid. He reached up and touched his own hair.
Which was so not in a braid. He jumped up and ran off in search of a mirror. "He's going to die when he sees you've tied back his hair in buns with not a single braid with them." Heero commented.
And soon, the whole airport reverberated with a scream.
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After dragging Duo away from the mirror and trying to fix his hair, Hotaru and the guys had met up with Ruka and Michi. After seeing the fast bikes, the guys decided to stay and watch while Hotaru walked back with Duo to the apartment to try and get used to being themselves again.
Once back, Duo and Hotaru had both gone to his room and grabbed clothes. Duo his jeans and a black tank top, and Hotaru had grabbed a pair of boxers and pj top she'd gotten that so did not fit her now. She looked funny in over sized pj's.
Hotaru sipped her tea and smiled up at Duo. "Wow, so you had to deal with periods huh?"
He groaned into his cocoa. "Don't say the P word. I have a new respect for woman though."
"Ya. And I had no idea that you could." Duo threw his hand over her mouth. "Don't say what I think you're going to say."
Hotaru studied him, "How did you know what I was going to say?"
"I didn't. Just a guess." He blushed.
"Wow, it's weird." Hotaru said softly. She paused, "I mean, knowing the most intimate secrets of someone else. Relationships could actually work if couples could switch bodies for awhile like we did."
"The problem was we don't even know each other."
Hotaru leveled her gaze at him, "Correction, didn't know each other. I'm pretty sure I know almost everything about you now."
"Nope." Duo said. "You don't know my personality."
"Maybe not totally, but I did only say almost everything."
He grinned back. "I guess you did." He coked his head to one side, "So what now?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we know, as you put it, almost everything about each other. Our deepest darkest secrets. Like the time you."
Hotaru blushed hotly, "You read my diary."
"And you didn't read mine?"
She blushed redder, "I didn't want to at first, but I need something to do."
"Very funny." He leaned across the table, close enough to kiss her. "You've touched every part of me; haven't you?"
Hotaru stared at him, "I.. Um.. I didn't." She tried to laugh it off, but Duo watched her so intensely. She bowed her head, "Yes."
"Ya.. And I touched you." Her eyes jumped to his. They watched each other.
"It's not the same." She whispered.
"No."
"Don't do anything you'll regret later, Duo Maxwell."
"I'll never regret this." He said and kissed her.
It was hot, so very hot. Her blood was on fire; she need ice. But didn't want it. She wanted to burn. To press herself into Duo, and to hold onto him. She found someone who knew you to her soul. She didn't want to loose him. From his diary she knew him. From his body, she knew him. And now in his kiss, she most defiantly knew him. She was in love with him.
He was totally in love with her.
"Duo. Hotaru." Quatra scowled from the door. Hotaru and Duo pulled away from each other, but it was too fast and they ended up tripping and falling. Too bad there was a table underneath them. The table snapped and wood went flying. Hotaru and Duo ended up tangled in a mass of body parts.
"I think," he whispered to her, while they laughed, "that I've fallen in love with you."
She glanced at him and smiled, "I love you too."
The other filed into the room. Haruka stared at them and would have scream at Duo, had she not lived with him for month. She trusted him not to hurt her baby, and she trusted Hotaru not to get hurt.
"Well, what a wonderful ending." Michi commented to Quatra.
"Yes, they make a cute couple."
"I don't know, the baka couldn't keep someone like Ru." Wufei smirked.
"Careful what you say Wu-man!" Duo shouted. "Else I'll have to hurt you."
They all laughed, knowing Duo wouldn't and couldn't hurt a fly now that he had found a place to call home.