Chibi Kisses 05 – Halloween!

(written for Ery, co-conspirator in chibi plot bunnies! ^_^)

Pairing : 1+5, 13+6
Ratings : PG
Warnings : AU, cutesiness, fluff, very mild shounen-ai
Disclaimer : Gundam Wing belongs to Bandai, Sotsu, Sunrise and associated affiliates, not me.

Summary : The G-boys troop down to Fei-fei's house for a party!

A/N : *waves tiredly* Finished this in the midst of exam period - it's like stress-relieving! ^^;; At any rate, hope you guys like this one as well! Managing 7 boys is hella tiring! LOL.

She sighed wryly as she watched her husband sweep Fei-fei into his arms, sheet and all. The sheet, which had been covering most of Fei-fei, slipped to reveal all caramel-rosiness of a small, round child. Proceeding to bear-hug the little one, the man found himself having to contend with a bundle of giggles as Fei-fei struggled to escape. The shrieks and squeals eventually subsided into little gurgles as Fei-fei curled into his father's arms.

Eyeing the deceptively meek-looking boy cuddled against his chest, the man raised an eyebrow. "Monster?"

At this, Fei-fei instantly reacted. Squirming until he was face-to-face with his father, he shook his head hard. "Ba Ba!" he protested indignantly, looking like a petulant little emperor. "GHOST! Feifeighost!"

"Oh..." the man said, suitably enlightened. Then, he lowered his head and added in a conspiratorial tone. "Ghosts are very scary."

Mimicking his father's solemnity, Fei-fei pressed his little head to his father's. "Feifeiscary," he said in a hushed voice.

Her amusement at the father-son exchange turned to a groan as her husband trooped over and deposited a wriggling Fei-fei onto her lap. Giving her a sheepish smile, he disappeared quickly up the stairs. Work again, she supposed, not to her surprise at all. Well...at least he did take care of all of the decorations for the party. She glanced around the living room, taking note of the carved, grinning pumpkins, the swirls of cobwebs, the black and white sheets

"Ma-mee! Ma-mee!"

She blinked as Fei-fei held up the white sheet to her face and waved it wildly.

"Help...pweeease" he begged, dimples flashing in time to his excited grins.

Smiling, she pulled the sheet over Fei-fei, tugging at the white cloth until the holes were where they should be. The newly-transformed little ghost on her lap stared back her from big, bright eyes. Tickled, she planted a kiss on the top of that round head.

The doorbell rang, bringing Fei-fei bouncing excitedly onto his feet. At at her opening the door, a crowd of young boys on her doorstep was revealed. She smiled at their appearances, all decked out in an array costumes. Young Heero stood the closest to her, dressed like a pirate, complete with puffy, white shirt, black trousers, little boots, and a small toy sword at his side. And next to him, with an almost identical intense-shy air about him was Trowa, clad in the striking colours of a clown's outfit, and a half-mask covering his face so only one bright green eye could be seen.

Fei-fei was quick to pounce on his beloved Heero, managing to wrap his arms, although sheet-covered and everything, around the chest of the older boy. "Hiropirate!" he exclaimed.

Heero smiled back affectionately, feeling pleased with his own costume. He liked pirates and ships and adventures on the sea. Then, he noticed Fei-fei's costume. It was basically just a white sheet but little Fei-fei made a very adorable ghost. "Fei-fei's a ghost!" he said, petting the younger boy on his round head.

Behind, Heero, the two oldest boys, Treize and Zechs said their greetings, both man-boyishly good-looking with their respective morphing into a suave vampire and charming prince. Treize was dressed completely in black, a stark contrast to his russet hair and sharp, fanged white teeth when he smiled. Zechs had on a white outfit with deep blue velvet trimmings. Their hands were holding onto the two young kids the same age as Wufei. Lil' Duo looked absolutely sweet dressed as an angel with his red robe, golden band around his messy tumble of russet curls and mischievous sparkle in violet eyes. Then there was Q-ball, all pink and white fluffiness in his bunny rabbit costume. He beamed shyly at everyone, blue eyes twinkling under his cloud of golden hair.

At the sight of his two peers looking so much less scary than him, Fei-fei bounded out, arms waving, babyish voice yelling "BOO!" at them.

A startled Q-ball gave a little meep of surprise, before ducking behind Zechs. Lil' Duo however, looked wide-eyed for a split-second, then he gave a huge chuckle and flung two arms around the round little ghost who had tried to scare him.

"CASPER!" The russet-haired child squealed, cuddling his Casper like he would his toy plushie.

"Notcasper! Leggo!" Fei-fei's voice declared from somewhere beneath the sheet and lil' Duo's curls. Then, his indignation turned to comical distress when he realised he was not going to be released. "LEGGOFME!"

Heero and Trowa looked at each other, one wry, the other resigned, much like they would the last time at the carnival, they stepped in and each disentangled the cheery angel and miffed ghost. Fei-fei's mother then retreated into the kitchen, where she would later occasionally emerge from to bring out the food, or just to check on them.

Heero found himself having to keep step with a little white ghost as it shuffled along next to him, and turned now and then to either snuggle its head into his arm, or to glare at the still-grinning lil' Duo just behind him.

The little spate of unrest didn't last long however, especially when bright, alert eyes fell on those huge bowls of multi-coloured M&Ms, those strawberry-flavoured sweets that Fei-fei loved, caramel drops, jellies, fudges, chips and anything else that could possibly be conjured up and filled into those bowls. Their swirls and dots of rainbow colours, if anything, looked almost too pretty to eat, but that hardly deterred the boys as Q-ball made a bee-line for the M&Ms. He dipped a tiny hand into the bowl and came out with a fistful of those candy-covered chocolate, and for a moment, looked almost like a real bunny as the little bob-tail sewn onto costume twitched as he happily popped two M&Ms at once into his mouth.

"BalleatingMMs"

Heero glanced down. Beside him, the sheet-covered Fei-fei was staring thoughtfully at Q-ball, now accompanied by lil' Duo who loved every single kind of sweet that existed in the world, munching on the candies. Amused, Heero bent down a bit so he was face-to-face with his little ghost.

"Does FeifeiGhost want to eat the sweets?" he asked.

Fei-fei shook his head firmly.

"Why not?"

At this, two chubby, sheet-covered arms rose and Fei-fei clapped his hands over where his mouth should be. "Ghosthavenomouth." His voice was muffled by both hands and sheet.

"No?" Heero teased. When Fei-fei shook his head again, Heero grinned and abruptly pulled away Fei-fei's hands. "What's this?" He scrabbled his fingers over the sheet covering Fei-fei's face, poking at where he could feel a giggling mouth. Producing a strawberry sweet in his hand, Heero unwrapped it and slipped his arm under the sheet. Big black eyes lit up in pleasure as Heero fed the sweet into Fei-fei's waiting mouth. Heero thought the sight of the little ghost sucking on the sweet, the sheet moving with fat cheeks, was so funny.

"Iwannaplay," Fei-fei said around the sweet in his mouth.

"What do you wanna play?"

"I know!"

Heero blinked at the sudden exclamation from Treize, who had obviously overheard their conversation. The older boy smiled at both of them, and for one moment, looked really disturbing with his fanged teeth.

To be honest, Heero did feel a little leery every time the two oldest boys get ideas into their heads. Ever since the carnival, the whole group of them had met up several times, and each time had been chaotic. But this time, it was actually ok. And fun even.

Zechs had all the kids ushered into a line behind him, with young Trowa holding onto his waist, followed by lil' Duo, then Q-ball, Fei-fei and Heero. The three youngest boys were giggling as they stood in line. They had played this game before. At the rear, Heero angled his head to see if Treize was going to move. The russet-haired youth winked at him and Heero ducked out of sight. Facing Zechs, Treize extended his arms, curling his fingers into claws.

"Be careful! Count Treize is gonna get you!" Treize wriggled his 'claws'.

"Now when I'm around!" Zechs rejoined, spreading out his hands to protect his line of precious ones. "Evil one!"

Heero, who had taken off his sword so he could run better, tried not to laugh. He had never met two teenagers who were so capable at *not* acting their ages. But he didn't have too much time to ponder over it, when there was a sudden eruption of movement and squeals. The line shifted and Heero scrambled to keep up as Treize lunged to one side to get at them. Zechs just barely managed to turn to block; it was hard with five other children clinging onto him. The littlest kids shrieked every time Treize came near, and giggled when Treize's 'claws' missed them by inches. But Zechs couldn't protect them for very long, and Treize got his victim, swooping and snatching lil' Duo into his arms. The boy giggled as his older brother ruffled his curly little head.

"I'll turn you into a vampire!" Treize said in mock menace as he flashed his white fangs. "Wanna be one?"

"VAMPIRE!" lil' Duo agreed brightly.

The game didn't quite followed rules after that. Carrying Duo in his arms, Treize played the runner, while Duo cackled as he bent and tried to catch his fellow playmates. Then, Trowa became the catcher, and Heero the protector. That had been really difficult for Trowa since Treize and Zechs bent the rules by lifting the youngest kids every time Trowa came near. Patient as he was however, Trowa then gave up trying to catch the little ones and calmly lunged at his big brother and holding firmly onto one black trouser leg. Held up in Treize's arms, Fei-fei began struggling and gesturing to be put down. The reason was pretty clear.

"Iwannacatch!" Fei-fei demanded, and Treize laughed as he obliged and released the little ghost.

Pleased, Fei-fei scurried, although clumsily so with the sheet, to the front of the line. Lil' Duo had been appointed protector and the little angel made whooping threatening noises as he waved his arms like any good protector would. If it had been hard for Trowa, it was even more so for a catcher that was one of the smallest of all of them, and covered in a sheet that was almost as long as the whole of himself. But Fei-fei persisted, his enthusiasm fading not a bit even when his little scampering and waddling legs couldn't quite get the boys lined up behind lil' Duo.

Then, the sheet slipped and Fei-fei's feet caught onto it and tripped. He fell, landing with a loud bump, his arms and legs stretched out in a dismal heap. As with his accidents, Fei-fei looked dazed, rather than upset, and maybe even surprised that the sheet was no longer covering him, but now trapped under his body.

Alarmed, the other boys stopped the game and Heero quickly knelt down by the unusually quiet Fei-fei. How was it Fei-fei got into accidents so easily all the time?! He helped the little boy up, dusting him off with gentle, worried swipes of his hands, peering anxiously into the lowered caramel face for any signs of distress. Crying? Was there crying?

Before Heero could actually ask however, two little arms flung around his neck and a burst of giggles floated around his head as Fei-fei gleefully announced to the others "CatchHiro!" The rest of the boys began to laugh as they realised Fei-fei had very successfully tricked his boy-nanny. Heero had the most comically surprised expression his face, which gradually changed into wry smile. It was pretty clear to everyone Fei-fei had him all wrapped around his little finger.

They played a little more, several more games, with Fei-fei faring better after he decided to wear his white sheet as a cape instead. Then, Q-ball grew more interested in the sweets again and the rest of them got hungry as well. All sprawled out around the low table, they feasted, the food disappearing fast. It was then Zechs decided to round up their little party with story-telling. Spooky stories too.

Q-ball, lil' Duo and Fei-fei, all so fearless and reckless during the games, now began crawling onto the laps of the older boys. Fei-fei made sure Heero's arms were snuggly around him before Zechs could start.

There was a big, big town with a big, big clock tower. In the day, when the big, big sun was shining, the people went to the big, big market. It was noisy in the day.

But in the night

On the edge of the big, big town, was a big, big forest. With big, big trees. With big, big branches that *waved*.

At this, Zechs made a sudden sweep of his arms, and Q-ball meeped. Lil' Duo ducked his head into Trowa's neck. And Fei-fei? Heero petted the little one as he burrowed into his chest.

In the middle of the big, big forestthere was a big, big housewith a big, big room

And in this big, big roomwas a big, big door

Behind this big, big, door

In this big, big, box

"Hirroooo" Fei-fei whined softly, although he couldn't look away from Zechs as the youth paused dramatically. Curling his arms tighter around the younger boy, Heero himself drew back a little in anticipation of some horrible creature in the big, big box.

And in the big, big box was a

Zechs fell silent again, then he lunged at them. "GHOST!!!" he bellowed.

The three youngest boys shrieked. Heero jumped. Trowa gasped. Zechs fell back laughing, with Treize laughing right along too. Teenagers could be such a pain, Heero decided even as the laughter continued, and he found himself chuckling along. In his arms, Fei-fei was chortling like he had heard the funniest joke ever, instead of a spooky story.

And still in the midst of laughter, the boys went up, one by one and sometimes in twos to tell their stories, not to be outdone by one another.


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Wasn't it amazing how much noise several kids could make?

He rubbed the bridge of his nose wearily, and pushed aside the final draft of the proposal he had been planning. It was as flawless as he could make it. He left the room quietly, making his way down the stairs.

It was silent now, all the earlier yelling and laughing gone after the boys had left. It appeared he was just in time too, as he stepped into the living room and saw his wife sweeping remnants of food and whatnot from the floor into a pan.

"All gone?" he asked.

She turned at his voice, and lifted a finger to her lips. Then, she pointed towards the sofa, and he understood why. Their son was fast asleep on the sofa, the white sheet curled around his body and wrapped tightly in his fists. His little face was tucked against one fist, thick eyelashes resting heavily on his cheeks.

He nodded and gestured upwards. He'd carry Fei-fei up to bed. Bending, he tenderly slid his arms beneath the sleeping bundle and lifted it to his chest. At once Fei-fei squirmed, then gave a small sigh and snuggled his head into the crook of his neck.

He looked up and exchanged indulgent smiles with his wife.

It must have been quite a party for Fei-fei.

~*~ fin ~*~
November 2003

What's next : I...have little idea! But probably a chapter on Fei-fei taking a trip to the library...it's probably time he learns to read like a pro! ^^