When The World Stops Turning

Chapter 4

Both Duo and Trowa were walking around outside doing absolutely nothing but staring at the flowers and trees admiring the beauty of it all.

"Hey Tro do you know if there are any dances coming up?" asked Duo as he stopped in front of one of the flower beds.

"Umm.....I think there is one this Friday, why?"

"I think I'm gonna ask Heero to go." said Duo smelling one of the many lavender and tulip flowers.

"That would be interesting."

"What?"

"The fact that Heero would ever consider going to a dance, rather then being out drinking."

"I swear if you try to have another conversation about Heero's faults again-"

"I was only stating the obvious."

"Which is?"

"He doesn't go to dances, and just because you're dating him doesn't mean he's gonna change his personality just for you."

"You're a very bitter person Trowa."

"You call it bitter; I call it animosity and life, now if you don't mind I'm going back to my room."

"You do that and I'll ask Heero to go to the dance with me."

Duo knocked on the door, but to his dismay no one answered so he slowly opened Heero's door, just to see him asleep on his bed curled up in the blankets and hugging his pillow. (how cute )

'He looks so innocent.' thought Duo as he kneeled by the side of the bed.

"No Cal maybe later that way we could invite Sammy to join us as well." said Heero as he turned in his sleep.

"Uhh.....wonder what that was about?" asked Duo to himself as he blinked Heero continued to move and mumble incoherent words in his sleep until finally he was facing Duo and his eyes crept open and blinked the weight out of them and looked at Duo slightly confused as to why he was in his room.

"Wake Heero?" asked Duo.

"Not really but for the most part." replied Heero pulling the covers over his head.

"Good I'll need you awake for this." said Duo sitting on the edge of the bed now.

"For what?" asked Heero.

"The question I have to ask you silly." Duo said as he started to bounce on the bed.

"You can ask it later right now do me a favor." said Heero as he opened the covers.

"Which is?"

"This." said Heero as he pulled Duo on top of him.

"Umm......can't we do this after my question?" asked Duo as Heero started to lick and lightly bite at his neck.

"This first, question later." was the last thing Heero said as he managed to some how get Duo's boots off with out him knowing and pulling him underneath the blankets.

After a few good hours of "male bonding" and an assortment of intriguing noises both Heero and Duo were exhausted.

"So now onto my question." said Duo getting up from the bed in search of his clothes.

"What question?" asked Heero in a soft voice.

"Arrggg.... the one I tried to ask before sex, but you said to ask after sex." said Duo a bit annoyed.

"Oh yeah I forgot, well?"

"Well what?!"

"Ask your question." said Heero once again covering himself in the blankets.

"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance with me this Friday?" asked Duo as he started to put on his cloths.

"I usually don't attend dances, but for you I guess I'll go, but on one condition."

"Which is?"

"You have to dress up like a girl." said Heero with an awkward smile.

"Hell no people are expecting me to go it would be fucked since you weren't gonna go in the fist place."

"Then I wont go." said Heero flatly.

"Fine I'll just find someone else to go with." said Duo opening the door to leave.

"Who? Trowa?" asked Heero automatically.

Duo stops dead in his tracks "What makes you so quick to say his name?"

"You two spend too much time together." stated Heero.

"You're one to talk!" hissed Duo.

"You know there's really no point in us staying together." scoffed Heero.

"What do you mean I thought you really cared about me." Duo was starting to shake now. (I can't believe I'm doing this to him)

"It's the sex I care about not you don't get yourself confused with my priorities."

Duo stood there at the doorway in utter shock how could someone act so nice and then act like such a jerk? How could he not listen to everyone's warnings? It only made him want Heero that much more to ignore everyone. He knew he was told to look for the greater good in people but Heero at this point deserves to die. (I agree)

"But then again it would be nice to go to a dance at least once in my life not counting a bar." said Heero as he got up and walked in front of Duo and kissed him roughly Duo quickly pulled away.

"Fuck you Heero."

"Been there did that."

"Go to hell!" yelled Duo as he ran off to his room and slammed the door shut.

"I'd have to say, I loved how that was done." remarked Cal.

"I kind of feel bad now that I've broke it off."

"Well don't." said Cal in a monotone voice.

"How long have you been behind the door?" asked Heero smiling.

"Long enough to hear all the interesting sounds coming from your room." replied Cal as he pushed Heero back into his room and shut the door behind them.

Dear diary

Forsaken

When it comes to you I do dream false.

How often I hope you love me, as I do you.

My tears do fall upon the ground, but all in vain.

Perhaps I wasn't meant to be loved.

That was just something I wrote after I finished crying. I've been spending a lot of time with Heero or at least trying to spend a lot of time with him. I guess I should have known that he really didn't like me, I mean seriously the only times I got to see him was one: he wanted sex two: Cal wasn't around and we just finished having sex. It was a love destined to fail and I lost my damn virginity to that asshole, maybe it's not me who's doing something wrong maybe I'm just trying too hard to find someone who could truly love me. On another note (damn can he change a subject) my poetry is improving I started a new poem and it's ready for class tomorrow, also I think that I'm not gonna go to the dance this Friday or maybe I should just go with Trowa. He didn't sound like he had a date for it. I think I will do that I'll ask Trowa to go, but if he asks about Heero I'll just say he turned me down that's all.

Duo out

Duo went to Trowa's room and knocked on his door.

"Come in." came the voice from inside.

"Hey Tro." said Duo closing the door behind himself.

"So how did it go?"

"What?"

"Asking Heero." stated Trowa.

"Oh ya umm..... about that, would you mind going with me instead?" asked Duo in a diminutive tone.

"What?" asked Trowa putting his book down fast.

"I said will you go with me instead."

"What about Heero?"

"He turned me down, so will ya please, I don't want to go by myself." said Duo taking a seat at the desk.

"I....I....don't know wont Heero get mad."

"He gave me the idea so I blame it on him." laughed Duo sadly.

"Are you ok you seem a bit down?" asked Trowa getting off the bed to stand next to Duo.

"Ya I'm fine couldn't be better." said Duo jumping out of the seat "how about we get some ice cream?"

"I guess I could use a break from work."

"Good my treat!" and they were out the door.

It was Thursday the day before the dance and Duo was still sitting next to Heero only he wasn't trying to drape himself all over him like he use to do every so often.

"Ok class it's time to read our poems I hope you guys finished it." said Mrs. Motosuwa grabbing her clipboard and walking to the back of the class.

"Oh god." said Duo letting his head fall to the desk

"Just for that comment you get to go first Duo."

"Awww......but-"

"No buts just go now!"

"Fine." said Duo stepping up to the front of the class and started to clear his throat in an exaggerating manner.

"Duo!!" yelled the teacher.

"Ok here I go." said Duo holding the paper up so it covered his face.

"People no longer care about the world and all the emotions it shares, the life it helps give. To share it with the one you love would mean so much more, in truth...maybe we weren't meant to live among its beauty. In truth doesn't it scare you the world is not as strong as it use to be?"(1) Duo handed his paper to the teacher.

"Trowa your up." said the teacher as she gave Duo his points for the day. Trowa just got out of his seat walked to the teacher and gave his paper to her.

"Can you at least read it to the class?" said Mrs. Motosuwa morbidly.

"....." Trowa just took his respectable seat.

"Fine I'll read it." she looked at the paper "Life is but a dream I pray I wake soon." she then looked at Trowa "Trowa you can't turn in the same work as last week for this weeks assignment."

"I read last weeks assignment I just didn't turn it in." said Trowa.

"Man I should have done that only just put "it is" at the end of my sentence." laughed Duo.

The teacher looked at Duo and scowled "both you and Trowa will stay after class."

"Awww I can understand me, but Trowa didn't do anything." said Duo.

"That's exactly my point he didn't do anything."

And both of them stayed after class and told Duo that it was good that he could state his opinions and so out going, but that he needed to tone it down. Then she told Trowa that he needed to speak up more let people know what's on his mind. He said that was a good thing and she suggested a self-esteem class and he said that he didn't need one. After that she let them go to lunch.

Duo was randomly putting things on his plate as Trowa just got an apple a sandwich a pudding and some water, then they went to find a table.

"Hey Tro, do you mind if we eat lunch with some of my other friends?" asked Duo.

"Not really." but it didn't really matter because they were already at the table.

Duo took a seat next to Kiley and Trowa sat next to Wufei so that he sat across from Duo. Trowa just stared at his food then just grabbed the water and drank it.

"I don't know why I even got this stuff."

"Man Trowa you should really eat more." said Duo eyeing Trowa's pudding.

"I'm not hungry."

"What about all those starving Chinese kids in Africa?" said Duo.

"I take offense to that!" stated Wufei glaring at Duo.

"Oh I guess I'll rephrase that.....what about all the starving kids in Africa?" asked Duo hoping no one took offense at that question.

"If you're so concerned you can send them my plate or better yet your plate."

"But if I do that then I'll be hungry."

"Well if your not gonna eat it can I?" asked Hassan as he took the sandwich and pudding the second he saw Trowa move.

"I wanted the pudding!" said Duo in a mock sad voice Hassan just stuck out his tongue and took a big spoon full of pudding and stuffed it in his mouth.

"You're evil you do know that right?"

"Of course." smiled Hassan.

It was now Friday and Duo just got out of the shower when he heard knocking on his door and opened it wearing his boxers. (he can't answer a door in a towel unless that's what you want, then you think it)

"Hey Trowa I'll just be a few minutes let me just get dressed then we can go."

"Your room is very colorful." said Trowa as he looked at all the orange and red blankets adorning his bed while posters were in various places.

"Well since I'm not sharing a room anymore I can put what I want up." said Duo in a light tone.

"What happened to Cal?" asked Trowa.

"He's rooming with Heero now." said Duo tying his shoes...err......boots.

"And you don't mind it?"

"Not really."

"I guess that just shows how trusting you are."

"Ya ya lets go now." said Duo as he and Trowa left the room.

As they entered the gym (yikes) it was surrounded by lights hanging from the top and had plants set here and there. Duo spotted Kiley and company at one of the many tables and started to walk over there.

"Wow looks nice." remarked Duo.

"I know."

"Too bad Q is missing this."

"That is true he loves dances." said Trowa.

"I bet he does." said Duo giving Trowa a weird look.

'He probably still thinks that Quatre and I are some sort of couple even after he told him he was straight.' thought Trowa as he and Duo sat at the table.

"Heya guys how's the dance thus far?" asked Duo.

"Fine, it's only been thirty minutes so far." commented Tessa just getting back from dancing with Lee.

"She's just being sarcastic it's boring." said Hana who really didn't want to come at all.

"That's good then I didn't miss anything" said Duo as he took someone's punch, who's he didn't care.

"I refuse to drink from that contaminated cup." said Wufei.

"Oh come on I don't have any diseases or anything." said Duo drinking the rest of what was in the cup.

"I don't care." said Wufei indignantly.

Duo just shrugged as the music started to play "Yo Tro...hey that rhymed."

"No." said Trowa

"Awww fine be that way, Hana do you wan..."

"I don't dance." said Hana.

"I'll dance with you Duo, Lee's tired anyways and I love dancing." said Tessa.

"A little too much if you ask me." remarked Lee.

"Cool." said Duo as they took off to dance.

"He is a lively one isn't he." said Kiley.

"You can say that again." Trowa said as he got up to get some punch.

"I honestly think those two should get together, they'd make such the cutest couple" said Hana with the barest hint of emotion.

"Better than Duo and Heero." said Wufei.

"Agreed." said Lee and Kiley one only seconds after the other.

"We should try and get them together." said Lee enthusiastically.

"Now how to get Duo to stop liking Heero." pondered Hassan.

"Problem solved." said Wufei staring at one of the tables behind them in the corner of the gym.

There sat Heero and Cal making out at the last table with barely enough light shining so you could make out the faces. Trowa came back to the table seconds after Wufei spoke and sat down as everyone turned their heads away from the scene in the back before Trowa could catch on to what or who they were looking at.

"So Trowa maybe you should go dance with Duo." said Lee.

"Why?" asked Trowa.

"Because it would make him happy." said Hassan.

"This wouldn't have anything to do with Heero and Cal over there would it?" said Trowa as he pointed in that direction.

"Uhh.....would you believe me if I said no." said Kiley.

"Fine." said Trowa as he got up and walked over to Duo and Tessa who had two other girls dancing with them.

"Hey Trowa came to join!" said Duo over the music.

"I guess." said Trowa who started to move hoping he didn't look as dumb as he felt trying to dance. Then the music led into a slow song.

"I'm gonna make Lee dance with me on this one." said Tessa heading towards the table.

"Duo dance with me." came the voices of the two other girls as Trowa slowly started to back away to the table.

"I'll dance with.....Trowa."

"What...Duo you're suppose to dance with a girl on a slow song." said Trowa as he slightly stuttered.

"I'd rather be a nonconformist." said Duo grabbing Trowa's hands and pulled him close.

"I'd rather go hid under a rock." said Trowa as he buried his face in Duo's shoulder hoping no one noticed it was him.

"You look cute when you blush, you know that?" said Duo.

"Shut up!" mumbled Trowa.

"You know.....I....I.....can't believe he'd do that." said Duo sounding like he was on the verge of tears.

"Huh?" said Trowa looking in the direction Duo was, then the warmth of Duo's arms were gone.

Trowa walked calmly over to where Heero and Cal was sitting. "Yuy what the hell are you doing here?" growled Trowa.

"I decided that since its high school and you only go through it once, might as well go to one dance." said Heero in a satisfying tone.

"You're right you only go through high school once." said Trowa as he punched Heero in the face and walked off.

"Where the hells a teacher when you need one." said Cal checking to see if Heero was all right.

Trowa stepped out the back way of the gym and saw Duo sitting with his legs pulled up against his chest by one of the flowerbeds.

"You doing ok Duo?" asked Trowa.

"Does it look like I'm doing ok?" cried Duo.

"I know it has to do with Heero, so what's wrong?" asked Trowa as he took a seat next to Duo.

"Heero told me that he wasn't gonna go unless....." Duo stopped and stared into space.

"Can we leave I don't want to be here." Trowa raised and eyebrow.

"I guess."

Trowa helped Duo get off the floor they walked off school grounds easily since all the teachers were at the dance making sure no one caused trouble, but its not like they're doing their job. They walked in silence till they got to this all night dinner were they sat and Trowa ordered some coffee and cheesecake.

"So you going to tell me what's wrong now?" asked Trowa sipping at his coffee.

"Well when I asked Heero to go to the dance with me he said that he wouldn't go unless I ...I....dressed up like a girl, I refused and we had a fight." said Duo in a dejected voice.

"Duo, nobody finds their other half so easily." said Trowa as he continued to sip his coffee.

"Other half?" asked Duo.

"Ya I remember hearing that a long time ago, people used to be connected to their other half, you know they use to have two heads on the same body. But one day and I'm not exactly sure because I can't remember how it went, but for some reason people were split in two. Everybody had his and her own individual body. I can't be positive, but I think it had something to do with arguing, but now people are stranded, scattered, searching for their soul mate. Their other half, you know...some people die without ever finding their soul mate. It's sad knowing you could end up dieing alone." Trowa looked at Duo, who had a mixture of expressions on his face, which he couldn't depict and quickly looked away.

"Trowa...do you think you'll ever find your soul mate?"

"I can only hope.....you?"

"Same here maybe I'm just trying to hard."

"Or maybe love is staring straight at you." said Trowa as he got up.

"Tr...Trowa."

"Hmmm." said Trowa not turning around and slowly started to walk out the door.

"Maybe it is, love I mean and my other half." said Duo as he fell into step with Trowa walking really close, then he leaned his head on Trowa's shoulder.

"Maybe....just maybe I've found my soul mate." said Trowa as he put his arm around Duo's shoulder.

One: the line "Doesn't it scare you the world is not as strong as it use to be." Came from a John Mayer song called Back to You (I love his CD).

A/N: there probably were mistakes but yay I love the ending . hope you enjoyed it too and please review and tell me your thoughts reviews make me so happy. Umm..I might put up a chpt 5 it might be short but it would be cute. bye