June 9, 2004 -- Sorry Guys this isn't a new chapter, just reformatted it a bit, put it in HTML format so it'd be a bit nicer. I AM WORKING ON CHAPTER 13!! It's turning out to be pretty long though so I may just split it up. Sorry for making you wait so long. Would you all really mind if Chapter 13 ended up being 13 & 14 and would just come out a little sooner or should I wait til I'm completely finished? I refuse to give up on this fic, so it will be finished!! Thanks for being so patient everyone!
Series:
Gundam Wing
Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, and 5xOC
Rating: R (Language, Violence, sexual situations, fluffiness and anything else
I see fit to add)
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any money from this. Besides the only thing I actually own is a cat. and you
can't have him!
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Author Notes: ALL PRAISE HANNIO! bows down lol She was the wonderful
person who beta'd this chapter. I was in a panic because I finally finished the
Chapter and sent it off to be beta'd only to gasp receive no reply. My
previous beta was the reviewer Natasha Radinov, and she did a great job with
all the other chapters. It's just been a long time since I've needed help. But
when I sent an e-mail begging for a beta, Hannio was nice enough to do it. It
could have been much longer before this Chapter finally got posted if not for
her help. So, with that said, glomps Hannio Thank you so much!!
Happy Thanksgiving guys! I
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"You know I'm not sure I like this house," Duo mumbled as he tossed
another box into the living room.
"You're just grumpy because we have to actually attend school while living
here," Wufei smirked at the grumbling brunette.
"I don't know why you're upset Duo. You always get along with everyone and
it's not like you have anything better to do," Heero added as the last box
was set down.
"Sleep." The braided boy said the word as if it should explain
everything. Wufei opened his mouth only to be interrupted as two blondes came
bouncing in nearly dragging a certain tall brunette behind them. Trowa seemed
nearly in a state of shock as the two shorter pilots pulled him along, heading
for Quatre and Trowa's room. The brunette turned his head to look at them,
almost like a silent plea. Duo seemed perfectly happy to watch the scene and
Heero looked somewhat amused. Wufei, however, knew at least some of the strange
ways those two could come up with to torture someone, so he stepped in front of
the bouncing blondes. It halted them, both giving him equally curious looks
while Trowa looked grateful.
"Just what are you two doing this time?" He asked, shooting Duo a
look for good measure. He always seemed to be a part of the mischievous
happenings. He was sure they were up to something that the quiet boy hadn't
agreed to, their perfectly innocent looks made him positive of it.
"We're going to mine and Trowa's room."
"Yea, Trowa made a promise." the said boy's voice cut Talia off,
"I didn't promise anything!" She sighed, turning to look back at him,
"Ok, so maybe not exactly a promise, promise, but you did say we
could!" Quatre seeing his love look so depressed released his hand,
putting his arms around Trowa's waist. He turned back to Talia - who had
released the hand she'd had a hold of so the brunette could hold his little
love - and Wufei,
"I don't think he meant immediately. We'll do it tomorrow."
"Alright, tomorrow morning. He has to make a good impression."
Everyone else was completely lost in the conversation by this point and Wufei
cleared his throat irritably,
"Excuse me. I believe I asked you a question. Do you mind answering
it?"
"Huh?" She looked confused for a moment before it dawned on her what
he meant. "Oh! Well, Trowa said Quatre and I could erm. change, no, alter.
Yea, alter his wardrobe." It was at this point Duo piped up in an
incredulous tone.
"Seriously? No turtlenecks?" Both blondes grinned, answering in
unison,
"None." Trowa groaned in despair before both he and Quatre went to
their room.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
"Move
over Duo, you're crowding me!"
"Do I look like I have any place to go?"
"I can't breath! And you keep elbowing me!"
"Will you two shut up?" Wufei snapped at the bickering pair from
across the office, "Heero is just as cramped as you two and he isn't
complaining."
"Wu-man, Heero didn't complain when he broke his leg and set it
himself," Duo retorted with annoyance and a hint of pride. The Perfect
Soldier had had no intention on moving and he wasn't going to complain about
something so trivial. Though every time they had shoved or elbowed one another
he'd received the same treatment twice over. He'd sat there first; no way was
he moving this time.
"I don't care, the point is that you both need to shut up. You're the
geniuses who wanted to sit three people on a two person bench."
"But, they usually make these for fat people Wufei. They tell you two-
person, but in reality three people can sit comfortably on it. It's just like a
loveseat." Talia smiled and nodded her head in agreement for a moment
before returning an elbow into Duo's ribs.
"Alright, Duo, paper, rock scissors. Whoever loses sits on the
floor." They turned towards each other as much as possible to play their
little game. A moment later Talia slid to the floor muttering a curse about
luck. No one noticed as Heero took in a deep breath, they weren't the only ones
who'd been squished. A few minutes later Quatre appeared, looking quite pleased
for having been in the principal's office.
"I have our schedules. Mr. Archer said as soon as everyone finished the
last forms we could go to class!" He grinned, handing everyone his or her
slip. Immediately they were comparing with one another. Quatre had almost all
his classes with Trowa, including, of course, a music appreciation class. Wufei
was grumbling that he got leftovers in class choice and that he had "the
annoying Onna and the braided baka" in two of them. Heero's and Talia's
were scattered all over, both having at least one of the other pilots in each
class. And poor Duo was trying to figure out how he ended up with both Interior
Design and Fashion.
"Alright! We've got English first Heero! Let's go," Talia smiled at
the brunette as she opened the office door. "Almost forgot," she
tossed the filled out papers at Trowa and followed out after Heero. Trowa
placed the papers on the front counter and frowned.
"Quatre, can't I at least put a jacket on over this?" Wufei took the
question as cue to leave and dragged Duo out the door.
"But you look so sexy in it," Quatre stuck out his lower lip as he
straightened his love's shirt. He personally thought the brunette looked
absolutely wonderful in the carefully chosen outfit. It was simple with black
slacks that were loose around his legs, a navy blue silk button up shirt with
the top 3 buttons left open with a white undershirt beneath. It also showed off
the lovely mark on his elegant neck that made Quatre grin with pride.
Trowa only shook his head knowing that once again this was a battle he wasn't
going to win. It wasn't that he didn't like the clothes exactly. It was just.
clothes like this didn't belong on him. He felt exposed without his turtleneck.
Not to mention all the looks they been receiving just this morning. He'd been
positive all the looks were directed at Quatre until his little love had went
to meet with the principal. He'd made the mistake of trying to find the
restroom by himself and every nearly slipped and killed himself in several
puddles of drool. Not to mention more than one girl who he had to pry off his
arm, and one he'd had to shake off his leg. He could deal with a whole army of
OZ soldiers trying to kill him, but sappy-eyed girls were a whole different
story. Needless to say he didn't find the restroom, he made a run for the
office after receiving a disturbing offer dealing with the janitor's closet.
Apparently he hadn't gotten down Yuy's glare because nothing had fazed any of
the offenders. This never happened when he wore his normal clothes! Quatre
leaned up and placed a chaste kiss on his cheek.
"Come on. Let's go to class. Maybe we'll meet some interesting
people." He grinned as they strolled out the door, not noticing the
green-eyed boy's face as he paled considerably.
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"I hate English," Heero grumbled as they neared the classroom. Talia
smiled and nudged him with her elbow.
"Only because it's not your first language. It's not so bad."
"It makes no sense. It has no order; there are 10 different rules for
every two words in a sentence. Half the words all sounds alike, the other half
are all spelled the same but have different meanings!"[1]
"Japanese is hard too, you know."
"Hn."
"Look. I'll help you with English if you'll help me with Japanese."
"I don't need any help." He nearly tossed the door open right in the
girl's face.
"Jeez, you'd think I called him stupid or something." She followed in
after, closing the door softly. An elderly woman, with a kindly smile stood
from her desk to greet them.
"Welcome. I'm assuming you're Mr. Heero Yuy and you're Ms. Talia
Roan?" She attempted to shake Heero's hand but instead received a grunt in
response. Talia kicked him before taking the woman's hand and shaking it
politely. The boy didn't even acknowledge the kick. "Well, I'm Mrs.
Harper. I'm only a substitute, your regular teacher should be back by next hour
if you would want to come by and meet him. For now, you can both sit in
back." She pointed out two empty seats and returned to her desk. Talia was
quite awake of the stares directed at them. Most of them, she assumed, looking
at Heero. They're just sat down when the teacher handed out a pile of
worksheets, instructing them to get in groups. To her dismay a giggling group
of girls surrounded them both. Three of them moved in on Heero, while the other
three nearly drug the blonde from her desk. Once they were half way across the
room they let her plop into another seat.
"So, are you friends? Or maybe he's your brother?"
"Huh? Who?" She felt rather dazed after being hauled away like a
mule.
"You and that cute guy, duh!"
"Oh. He's not my brother. Maybe something like a friend, I dunno."
She rubbed her ear when they started giggling again. Looking back she saw a mop
off brown hair surrounded by girls, most of who were beginning to look a little
upset. Talia was starting to wonder where all the guys were when she noticed
several groups near the front. 'Damnit, why couldn't I have gotten stuck with
them instead of these geese.' She never gotten used to the behavior of 'normal'
girls. [2] She'd grown up trying to be just like the soldiers her father
trained. Then she'd become a Gundam pilot. There was nothing feminine about
that. Living in a house with five males that until just recently you thought of
only, as comrades or friends didn't help much either. It wasn't hard to forget
the differences in gender when your best male friend had longer hair than you
did, big beautiful violet eyes, and a boyfriend. Sometimes she thought Duo was
more feminine than she was. She was brought out of her reverie when one girl
dropped her face directly in front of her.
"So do you think he'd date me?"
'Uh, am I really supposed to answer a question like that without laughing?' She
thought, staring blankly at the girl in front of her.
"Of course not Katie, he's way too good looking for you. But he might date
me, don't you think. um, what was your name?" A tall brunette girl asked
as though finally seeing her. She had the look of money. Not money like Quatre,
but definitely money. Fancy clothes, a smirk that screamed 'I'm better than
you' and one of those $100 haircuts.
"It's Talia, and I know for a fact that he wouldn't date any of you. He
probably won't speak to you; if you're lucky he might look at you twice. Of
course, that would only happen because he'd be trying to figure out how someone
so shallow ever figured out how to put her shoes on straight. Now if you'll
excuse me, I don't think I can handle much more of this ignorant babble."
"Hold it, sister." The tall brunette girl put a hand on her shoulder,
pressing it down. "You've no right to talk to me that way."
"I'll talk to you any way I damn well please. Besides you're the one who
wanted to know, aren't you? Now get yours hands off me." The girl removed
her hand but didn't get out of the way.
"I get it now. You feel threatened. You want him. It's so obvious, and
totally understandable, but really you don't have any chance." Talia
stared at the taller girl for a half a second before she burst into laughter.
Between laughs she managed to gasp out,
"What's your name?"
"Tina Walters, and I don't know what you find so humorous."
"You." She took a deep breath, regaining at least a little composure,
"You wouldn't. Not enough space between air pockets up here for
comprehension." She pointed at her head before pushing past towards the
front of the room. For the rest of the period she worked with one of the groups
of males, feeling much more comfortable. She also learned that Tina Walters was
indeed a rich young lady. Her father owned a good portion of the town. She was
a cheerleader, vice-president for school government, and had dated over half
the guys in school. Guys could be really helpful if you asked the right
questions. They'd also been kind of stunned that she'd laughed in the face of
someone so popular. Not to mention, that just because she wasn't comfortable
interacting with other girls all the time didn't mean should couldn't be just
as cute and sweet as the next one to get some information.
The bell rang and Heero bolted
from the room. It was like having ten Relena's hanging on him at once. Except
he couldn't point a gun at any of them! He ducked around a corner and watched
the gaggle go by. Hopefully everyone else was having a better first day. With
that thought Duo came bounding down the hall dragging Wufei behind. The braided
boy caught sight of him almost immediately. It was what Talia had
affectionately dubbed as 'Baka radar'. If Duo wanted to find someone, he found
him or her. It was some kind of sixth sense. Maybe he had some kind of radar
hidden in that long braid of his.
"Heero! How was your class?" He hugged his love, releasing a thankful
Wufei.
"It was pointless."
"Aww, he's just mad cause all the girls drooled on his homework."
Talia chirped having found them. The Perfect Soldier shot her a glare and she
"eeped" jumping behind Wufei for protection.
"I'm not going to save you Onna. Not when you're the one trying to provoke
him."
"Gee, thanks Wufei. You know, if you'd lived in medieval times, you would
have made a really crappy knight." She grumbled moving to stand beside
him. He just smirked at the comment.
"I think we have the next class together Tal. Algebra 2, yuck." Duo
tucked his schedule back in his pants pocket.
"It'll be easy, and you know it. Finding the class though, now that might
be fun." Taking the hint Duo said goodbye and they began room hunting.
Wufei watched them a moment before turning to Heero.
"Do you really think it's safe to let them go off alone together?
Especially in a place like this?" The brunette snorted, but the corners of
his mouth lifted slightly as they parted ways.
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"If you two would wait outside a moment. I'd like to get the class settled
before introducing you, you understand." Without waiting for a reply the
teacher left them standing in the hall. They stood there quietly for a few
minutes before she reappeared and ushered them inside. "Now class we have
two new students. Duo Maxwell and Talia Roan. I'm sure you will all be friendly
and courteous to them both." She then turned and addressed them. "You
may sit anywhere you'd like in the furthest row on the left." Talia sat
behind Duo, leaning forward to whisper,
"That was completely pointless." He turned his head slightly,
replying in the same low voice, "Yea, now they all know our names as
if." A crumpled paper plopped down on Duo's desk and he frowned as he
unwrinkled it.
-Didn't think I'd ever see you two again, at least not so soon-
His head shot up as he scanned the room, vaguely aware that the paper had been
snatched away. They both spotted him at the same time. The strawberry blonde
haired young man sat there grinning like an idiot across the room. The rest of
the class was spent hurling notes across the room. Once it was over the pilots
waited outside the classroom door. Both glomping the poor boy at nearly the
same time.
"Guys, get off. Seriously, you can't do that kind of stuff here."
They both obediently back off smiling.
"Sorry, just glad to see you're still alive."
"But, aren't you a little old to be a student here Rishou?" Rishou
laughed and nodded as they began walking, drawing quite a bit of attention to
the odd trio.
"Yes, that's why I'm a teacher's aide. A teacher in training supposedly.
Really though I'm just the teacher's lackey, fit for grading papers and doing
all the unpleasant things she doesn't want too." The bell ran again and he
turned towards the gym, "Meet me here at lunch if you can." Both
pilots nodded, dashing off to their next class. Lunch came rather quickly and
Talia met Rishou outside the gym doors. Duo came running down the hall,
skidding to a halt in front of them.
"Can't stay," He panted, "Talk later!"
"Omae o kusuro!" Was heard before Heero appeared around
the corner and the braided boy took off again. The pursuing brunette didn't
even glance their way as he chased down the other.
"Will he be alright? Should we help him?" Rishou asked with real
concern as the two disappeared from their sight. Talia laughed and tugged his
arm in the opposite direction,
"Duo will be fine, this is a regular occurrence. No matter where we are,
or what we're doing he just has to push Heero's buttons. It's a bad habit of
his." The ex-soldier nodded though he still looked puzzled. It only took a
few minutes for them to fall into easy conversation. Both avoided anything
dealing with the Red Claw or Zoma. Talia wasn't really sure she wanted to know
if the bastard had made it out alive. Before she had decided whether or not to
ask they were in front of a familiar classroom.
"What are we here for? This is my English class."
"I need to get my lunch. You should come in and talk to the teacher. He's
a nice guy." Rishou's eyes twinkled mischievously as he unlocked the door.
"Uh, I'm no teacher's pet. I'll just stay out here."
"Oh, come on!" He grabbed her arm and hauled her in the door. To her
relief the room was empty. "Damn, he's not here yet."
"I'll just meet him tomorrow Rish. It's no big deal." She gave him a
strange look, not understanding why it was so important she meet her English
teacher today.
"It might be awkward like that though."
"Why? Will you just spill it?" She frowned at him. The door clicked
behind them and the young man grinned.
"Hello Rishou, brought a friend for lunch today?" Talia almost jumped
out of her skin at the voice. She turned around so quick it made her dizzy.
"No fucking way in hell!" Her mouth dropped open.
"You're late Milliardo." Rishou seemed to be enjoying the shocked
look on both of the other's faces. He'd been around the tall blonde man long
enough to know the signs of his surprise. Outwardly, it was only a slight
widening of his eyes and a minute jerk of his head backwards when she'd whipped
around. He recovered first however and smirked,
"So who's following who?"
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Wufei set his tray down, staring distrustingly at the food upon it. He picked
up a fork, pushing a yellow glob back and forth. He looked up as Quatre and
Trowa joined him. Trowa was looking pretty rumpled, his shirt was wrinkled,
even his hair was a bit messy. Without thinking the raven- haired boy asked,
"What happened to him?" Quatre started giggling and the brunette
turned pink. Wufei suddenly wished he hadn't asked, wanting to kick himself.
The little blonde seemed to understand what he thought and shook a finger at
him,
"It's not what you think. Trowa's just been very popular with the girls
here. They keep wanting to hang on him." The said boy shot his lover a
look,
"It's not funny Kat. And it's your fault, it's these stupid clothes."
He plucked at the color of the silk shirt. Quatre patted his hand, smiling.
"I'm sorry, love. But, I have been trying to make it clear that you're not
available." Trowa sighed and leaned forward, resting his head on his now
folded arms. The little blonde ran his fingers soothing through his hair,
smiling faintly. The seemingly forgotten pilot across the table cleared his
throat. Without stopping his hand's motion Quatre turned his attention towards
Wufei.
"So where's Talia? We saw Heero chasing after Duo in the hall, they'll
probably be in after a couple minutes." Wufei shrugged, discretely
scanning the cafeteria for signs of the girl.
"I haven't seen her since after first hour. I had assumed she and the
braided baka were up to something." Apparently mentioning him, summoned
him, as Duo entered the lunchroom with Heero close on his heels. They sat down,
Duo next to Quatre, Heero across from him next to Wufei. The violet- eyed boy
was grinning as usual, completely ignoring the glare he was receiving from
across the table. Quatre repeated his question, this time directly it at Duo.
"Oh, she's probably having lunch with Rishou, like I was supposed to be
doing."
"What?!" Was the initial reaction from the group, including Trowa,
who's head popped up immediately. Though he and Quatre had been absent on the
mission they'd both read the reports and heard about everything the reports
didn't mention. Everyone started talking at once.
"What's he doing here?"
"Is he following us?"
"He left with Zechs didn't he?"
"Does that mean Zechs is here as well?" It left Duo thinking maybe he
shouldn't have said anything.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
"Where were you at lunch?" He asked seeming more interested in shuffling through a notebook.
"Didn't Duo tell you?" He looked at her, one eyebrow raised.
"Yes, I was rather hoping he was imagining things though. He said you were having lunch with that guard from the compound."
"His name's Rishou. And yes, we both went and had lunch with an old friend." The bell run and she noticed the same tall brunette girl from her English class take a seat on the other side of Wufei.
"Old friend? What exactly do you mean? To my knowledge you've never been to this school or even this city in your life." He sounded a little worried and the girl wondered just what he was thinking.
"I'll tell you later. But don't worry I'll still spend plenty of time with you." She winked at him causing the boy to straighten in his seat, facing the front wall. For most of the class he remained that way, rigid, with his eyes forward. The rest of the time Tina was apparently questioning him. He'd lean over towards the brunette every now and then. And at least one time she heard the prissy girl giggle and saw her put a hand over his as she thanked him. Talia wanted to knock her teeth out! What made it worse was that Wufei didn't even get upset, no glaring, no nothing. He acted like nothing happened, like it was completely normal for some strange girl to be flirting with him like a tramp.
'If that were me, he'd have already bitten my head off or at least be ignoring me for the rest of the period!' She set about glaring holes into the teacher as he babbled on about something that never reached her ears.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
By the end of the week she'd seen Tina with Wufei quite a few times. The girl was like a leech or something. This of course put Talia in a foul mood. She's wasn't the only one who was upset with things at school.
After two days of being hounded and drooled on Quatre had finally let Trowa wear his normal attire again. To the green-eyed boy's great dismay their classmates didn't seem to notice and continued their drooling. Quatre was actually being to get upset about the whole situation, he KNEW Trowa was sexy. That, however, did not mean anyone but him had the right to touch him. He'd actually ripped into one girl, surprising everyone present into a stunned silence. Duo and Talia, who being present, broke the spell by suddenly cheering and clapping. Quatre had turned a pretty shade of pink while his tall lover looked like he wanted to jump his bones right then and there. Duo had kindly shown them to the nearest vacant restroom with a locking door.
Heero was having his own troubles. Most of the girls had backed off after the first day. The Yuy glare was worked pretty well. However, anytime he was around Duo the braided boy made some kind of scene. If it wasn't him yelling something about Heero needing to get laid (as he did the first day) or something like 'You just need to laugh!' (For some reason this prompted every person who heard the comment to try and amuse him) the violet-eyed boy was pulling him around some corner and groping him. It wasn't that he really minded the attention - at least the groping - it was that after he'd thoroughly turned on the Perfect Soldier he just walked off. Just walked away! He'd turn back, grinning like an idiot, and wave. To make it even worse, there was so much work to do at home Heero hadn't had the time to get him back for the torturous treatment. It was putting him in a very bad mood. Today was Friday though, and he had every intention of getting him back ten-fold this weekend. Talia hurled her locker shut with a bang, bringing Heero from his lecherous thoughts. He watched her stalk off and actually pitied Wufei.
Indeed Talia had finally decided to have a little talk with her roommate about the brunette puppy he'd acquired. No sooner had she turned the corner than she spotted him. Tina was trapped against the wall, his arms to either side of her head. The next moment the girl's arms were around his neck and her lips pressed to his.
"Fuck this!" Talia screamed as she turned on her heel. She didn't bother to watch where she was going, as she continued muttering curses and death threats. She'd wanted to confront him and ask him what was going on without jumping to conclusions. That idea had just jumped out the window and plummeted fifty feet to its death. Something large suddenly blocked her way and she looked up to find a rather heavyset teacher scowling down at her.
"Now listen young lady," He began, pointing one finger at her, "That kind of language is not allowed in this school. I suggest you clean up your mouth before someone gives you a detention. Do you understand?" He crossed his arms and she glared as she snarled,
"Yea, got it." He moved out of the way and she was able to leave without further problems.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Wufei slammed the door behind him when he got home. The entire week had been horrible. Tina had taken to hanging on his arm, attempting to suck the very life out of him as though he were some kind of life support. It had put him in a bad mood and he knew his roommate was not happy either. He and the blonde had argued once during the week, the rest of their time together had been spent in silence as far from each other as possible. This included their walks home. Then today he'd finally gotten fed up enough and tossed the parasitic brunette off him and pinned her to the wall. He'd started lecturing her about inappropriate behavior and all the damned unwanted touching. Then the stupid bitch had the nerve to grab him and kiss him! At first he'd thought for sure she was insane, until he heard Talia's voice down the hall. He'd managed to see her storm off in the opposite direction. Of course, it all made sense at that point and he'd blown his top at the idiotic female before rushing off to walk home with Talia and hopefully explain the situation. Of course, he should have known she wouldn't wait for him. So now here he was, cold and pissed off.
'Women and their damned emotions.' Heero was typing away on his laptop as the raven-haired boy entered the dining room. "Have you seen Talia?"
"She went with Duo to the store. They should be back in an hour or so." He answered without pausing in his typing rhythm or looking away from the screen. Wufei nodded silently though Heero couldn't see it before climbing the stairs. He changed into more comfortable clothing and lay down on his bed. Within moments he heard a scratching sound and the door swung open. He grunted as a much larger than puppy-size ball of fluff landed on him. Ralph, still convinced he was a little puppy, whimpered as the raven-haired boy tried to avoid the wet tongue. With a sigh he gave in, allowing the poor thing to lick his face happily as he stroked the soft fur.
"You are a pain. Why can't you bother someone else?" The fluff ball merely let his tongue loll out in a dog's version of a happy grin. Surprisingly, Wufei felt oddly comforted by his roommate's pet's presence.
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"Duo," Talia finally spoke up having been silent the entire afternoon. They'd gotten a new computer, one everyone could use and a printer for school assignments. Duo gave her a sideways glance, paying attention to traffic but letting her know he was listening.
"How about this weekend we see a movie?"
"Just us?"
"No, we'll bring Rishou." She knew Duo would agree. Rishou was quickly becoming very close to them both, almost like an older brother neither had ever had.
"But none of the other pilots, right?" The question had a slightly dejected tone to it. She knew he wanted Heero to come along. He wanted Heero with him everywhere.
"Right. I was also thinking of inviting Milliardo along too." He shot her a strange look and she hastened to add, "He doesn't seem to get out much."
"You know the others won't like that idea." Her mouth fell open. She gawked at him a second before realizing what she was doing and shut her mouth. 'Duo? The voice of reason?'
"They won't even know. They don't mind Rishou anymore, even if they don't trust him. It's understandable we can't trust anyone completely. But they won't even give Milliardo a chance!" It bothered her how defensive she sounded but the guy had been nothing but nice to her since the war. Not that she planned to disregard all caution, but there was no reason to be unkind. No reason to not be friends. Even if it was friends with secrets. A lot of secrets.
"I suppose. But I pick the movie!" He grinned suddenly and as if it were contagious she smiled too.
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"Please?" She whined once more into the phone, while walking circles around the dining room table. For the last 15 minutes she'd been trying to talk Zechs into coming with them to the movies. He'd also been telling her no for the last 15 minutes.
"Rishou was so much more agreeable than you!" He chuckled softly on the other end,
"Rishou doesn't have to worry about his job." She snorted,
"That's not a good enough reason not to come! I've known you since LONG before this stupid student-teacher relationship thing ever began."
"To anyone else, that doesn't matter."
"This isn't a date! I mean if anyone says anything I'll just tell them you're my brother. or uncle or something!"
"Why is this so important? Why not just go with Duo and Rishou or bring Wufei? You two seem close, at least from what I saw the last time."
"It's important because you're a homebody! And as much as I love Duo, he and Rishou have been driving me crazy lately."
"Wufei then?"
"He doesn't like theaters." She answered lamely. There was a heavy sigh on the other end and she crossed her fingers.
"Fine. I'll go. You owe me though." She laughed for the first time that night,
"Yeah, yeah. I already owe you; I'm not worried about it. We'll meet you guys tomorrow at three o' clock. Rishou knows which theater it's at."
"Right. We will see you then."
"Bye!" With the press of a button the phone clicked off. Since coming home she'd helped Duo set up their computer downstairs and then called Zechs. Neither her nor Wufei had said one word to each other. She wasn't sure she ever wanted to talk to him. Her anger had disappeared leaving her with an empty feeling. If Wufei told her that he and Tina were. She shuddered. They couldn't be together. But if they were. she refused to cry over any guy like that. If she were going to cry over someone it'd be her father. They were still trying to find out his whereabouts, if he was still alive or indeed dead. They'd been unable to find any death record on him, but that wasn't uncommon. It was something she tried not to think about very often, there were other things to worry about.
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Wufei had eventually drifted off to sleep, warm and comfortable with Ralph against one leg. He'd laid there for some time thinking things through. It'd taken him quite a while to finally sort out his feelings. Somehow he felt like Meiran would be pleased by his final conclusion. He had decided to actually sit his rather nitwitted roommate down and explain things to her, maybe then he wouldn't feel so exhausted. Finally, feeling much calmer and at peace he'd drifted off to sleep.
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She'd just started to walk away when the
phone rang again. She picked it somewhat hesitantly, no one ever called them.
"Hello?"
"Hi! Is Wufei there?" A female voice chirped in greeting.
"Uh, yeah. May I ask who's calling?" It didn't sound like Sally.
Hilde didn't call Wufei and it most definitely wasn't Relena, she'd only call
for Heero.
"Oh! Is this Talia? Hi! This is Tina, from school. I didn't know you lived
with Wufei." Talia very nearly bit her tongue off as her mouth snapped
shut. She managed to compose herself enough to speak.
"Yea, well I've been living with him since the war. So, uh, why are you
calling?" She asked as she stomped down the hall towards hers and Wufei's
room. The girl on the other end giggled,
"I just wanted to see if my new "boyfriend" wanted to go out to
dinner tonight." The blonde's fist hit the door and it swung open to bang
against the wall. 'Boyfriend?!' Her mind screeched to a sudden halt with the emphasis
placed on the word. Quatre's head popped out of the door across the hall.
"Talia?" He asked quietly. She was standing stock still in the
doorframe with the phone to her ear. He was contemplating tapping her shoulder
to get her attention when Trowa's hand landed on his shoulder.
"Don't even think about it, Kat. You can't help her with this." He
very gently pulled the smaller pilot back into their room, closing the door
quietly.
Wufei shot up in bed, looking ready to kill someone. He'd been napping
comfortably before someone came barging in. Ralph leaped off the bed and went
running out the door with his tail between his legs at the loud sound. [A/N:
Smart dog ]
"Ah well, that's nice. Here he is," Talia, said sounding far too
friendly moments before she hurled the phone at her roommate. She stomped out
of the room, 'If that's how its gonna be, fine! Have fun with Tina, you
asshole.' She was halfway down the hall when before she turned around and
headed back. No way was she sleeping in the same room with him - she'd much
rather sleep on the couch - but she was getting her teddy bear this time. She
walked in, a bit more calmly this time.
"Hello! Hello?" The raven-haired boy was yelling at the phone,
apparently getting no answer. She grabbed her bear and attempted to exit.
However, a hand grabbed her forearm in a firm grip, stopping her in her tracks.
Wufei held her with one hand, the phone in the other. Getting no answer from
the blasted device he pulled it from his ear, turned it off and let it drop to
the floor. By now the girl had started jerking her arm in an attempt to get
free, going as far as to try beating him with the teddy bear. "Stop that
right now, you're acting like a two-year old." She stopped struggling and
glared at him. The poor stuffed bear was still in a death-grip, having been
inches away from striking the offending arm again. Wufei suddenly gave her arm
a hard tug and she toppled over onto his bed, face first into the mattress.
Before she could right herself he'd gotten up, shut and locked the door.[3]
"Now, we are going to sit here and talk." He sat down cross-legged in
the center of his bed, looking quite comfortable though upset.
"There's nothing to talk about Wufei." She sat up, her legs bent
beneath her.
"Bullshit! Onna, don't lie to me! You came in here trying to throw the
phone through me instead of just to me. You've avoided me since school was let
out. I believe that is enough reason for us to talk." Talia flinched at
his tone. Reminding herself that she was the one who had the right to be angry,
she recovered quickly.
"Was I not supposed to be upset about what I saw at school?" She
started to shake as the scene replayed in her head. She couldn't remember the
time she'd been so angry. Angry at Wufei, angry with herself for acting so
childish, and most definitely angry with Tina.
"What you saw was completely out of context. If you hadn't been avoiding
me I would have explained it to you," Wufei started, trying to calm her
down at least a little. He wanted to comfort her, she was only a foot away, but
the logical part of his mind told him she wouldn't take that so well.
"Look, I don't have time for this. I have a date tomorrow and I need to
figure out what I'm going to." She started to get off the bed only to once
again be held back.
"You are not going on any date without me, you are mine." For the
second time that day Talia's mouth dropped open.
'Did I just hear him right?' A part of her wanted to laugh and demand to know
who this person was and what he'd done with the real Wufei. The other part won
over though and she closed her mouth turning back to glare at him, "I'm
not your damn property Wufei. People can't be property." His whole
expression changed in an instant, his eyes were soft, matching his voice. He
held her gaze as he spoke,
"Perhaps people themselves cannot be owned by another. But you surely have
become the owner of my heart." Against her will tears blurred her vision.
How dare he play with her emotions like this? This was beyond cruel. She moved
forward intent on hitting him for such a lie. Instead she virtually collapsed
against him trying to force back tears.
"If I hold your heart then why if she your girlfriend? Why not me? Why
were you kissing her in the hall? How can you lie to me like that, just to make
me forgive you!" She hit his chest half-heartedly once as his arms closed
around her. She didn't know how long she cried but she realized sometime later
that he was quietly rocking them. Feeling immensely tired, completely drained,
she lifted her head. "Why?"
"After school, I was trying to talk some sense into her. She refused to
take the hint that I wasn't interested. In the middle of my eh."
"Rant?" She smiled wanly. "You rant when you're upset."
Pleased to see she was actually calm and attempting a smile he returned it with
one of his own.
"That's not the word I would choose but for now, alright. In the middle of
my rant she suddenly kissed me. I found out afterwards it was because you'd
come to find me. I lost my temper, yelled at her. I thought that was the end of
it. Where'd you ever get the idea she was my girlfriend?" Talia was
feeling rather stupid now as pieces fit together. Tina had almost gotten her
revenge for that first day. She'd made Talia believe there was something
between her and Wufei to get back at her. Feeling embarrassed for falling for
such an old trick she answered meekly,
"She called to talk to you, "her boyfriend", about dinner
plans." Wufei snorted,
"That girl need help, she's like Relena's clone."
"Wufei? I'm really sorry. I couldn't help it. She just hung all over you,
and you let her. And then after school and the phone call. I was just jealous
because well, the thought that you would want someone like her. After all the
time we've spent and I thought we were almost a couple or something, then she's
there and."
"You should have more faith than that. I thought you were smarter than
that." He raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it's not like you've ever told me how you actually feel or
anything. For all I know I'm the only one who's feeling something and you're
just along for the ride!" She sat up away from him. He chuckled,
"That's actually part of the reason I thought we needed to talk. I."
He paused, this had been easier in his head. Where had all those words gone,
he'd planned out what to say. He hadn't wanted it to sound cheesy or mushy,
there'd already been enough of that. For the life of him though, now that he
was actually going to say it the words had fled. He sighed,
"I will never be good at telling someone how I feel, or probably even
showing it. But, at the risk of sounding like an idiot I'll try." He was
surprised to see her sitting there, completely calm. It was something one
didn't see very often.
"You're very important to me, perhaps the most important person in my
life. There is no other person in this life I would rather be with." The
room was very quiet for a full thirty seconds. Then suddenly he was having the
life squeezed out of him. Her face was buried in his chest as she said
something. As she loosened her hold he asked her to repeat it.
"I said that was all I needed to hear." Smiling he lay back, pulling
her up beside him. They laid there quietly for a while, enjoying the contact.
Wufei had almost drifted off to sleep when out of the blue Talia asked,
"So, you won't let her hand on you anymore?" Smiling he answered,
"You let her hang on me without saying or doing anything."
"Not anymore," She gave him a brief squeeze, "You're mine."
"I thought people couldn't be property?"
"Phooey, I just made that up. You're mine, because I'm yours right?"
She looked up at him with shining blue eyes and he couldn't help but smile,
"Right."
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[1] Holy crap is that true! I HATE English grammar! I've been studying German
for 4 years and I've been forced to learn more freakin' grammar than anyone
should have to know! starts yelling and pulling out hair
[2] Before anyone kills me, I don't think this is how normal girls act. lol I
happen to be a girl myself, though probably not what most people would call
normal. I used to do the whole, giggle 'Oh he looked at me' blush 'No way!'
gossip thing myself. Uh, I (thankfully) grew out of that. But girls like that
just drive me nuts; they are all over the place at my school.
[3] - The door just locks from the inside, but it's harder to get away if the
door's closed. Ya know?
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