Title: What's Popularity Gotta Do With It?
Author: chibidark angel
Summary: Duo, Quatre, Hilde, Dorothy and Wufei are the unpopular group in school; Heero, Trowa, Relena, Noin and Zechs are the popular group. Put them together and what do you get? Pairings!
Warnings: YAOI! YURI! If you are offended by guy-on-guy or girl-on-girl action, pleeze turn away now! AU, slight Treize bashing, and heavey cursing, that's all I can think of now.
Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5x6, DxR, HxN
Disclaimer: I do NOT own them, if I did, do you seriously think I'd have let duo stop heero from killing Relena? No, I'd have made him join in with heero and then go for some good old guy-on-guy action!
A/N: oh my god, people I am just sooooo sorry!!!!! It's like taken me forever to update I know, but I'm getting back into it and I will be updating more, I swear!!! So, here are my thank-yous:
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Tysonkaiexperiment: hey, cool name! And hey, Dorothy and relena are not dumbasses! Well…Dorothy isn't, and relena's not stupid, a little stubborn and annoying, but not dumb! But glad you like my fic anyhoo, thanks for your review!
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Okay, so there you go, again I apologise for the delay, but I'm on my summer hols, so I shouldn't take that long again! Anyhoo, on with the chapter, here we go!!!
Chapter Six: Break Time
The bell rang, and all the students gave a relieved sigh as they stood up, gathering their books and bags up and making their way out of their classes.
"Oh thank god, that was so boring," Duo sighed as he, Quatre, Hilde and Elaine made their way out of the chemistry lab and into the crowded hall.
"I know, I just can't wait to get onto the experiments," Hilde grinned mischievously, rubbing her hands together.
"Yeah, but right now, lunch!" Duo cried gleefully.
"And…Nikki, hey!" Elaine called, waving excitedly at a black-haired girl exiting the woodwork classroom with Heero and Trowa, "Wait up!"
"Elaine, hi!" Nikki smiled, waving back.
"Gotta go guys, I've got a hottie waiting for me," she winked at Heero and Trowa, then turned to the group who'd just walked up.
"Hey, you need to go to your locker?" she asked, eyeing the other girl up.
"Yeah I need to grab one or two books," Elaine smirked, "Cya later guys," she called to Duo Hilde and Quatre, as she walked off with Nikkie, who waved at Heero and Trowa, the two girls talking, laughing and leaning slightly against each other.
The two groups eyed each other, momentarily unsure what to do, until Hilde suddenly chirped, "Hey guys…Heero and Trowa right?"
Heero hn'd in acknowledgement and Trowa nodded to both Duo and Hilde, before smiling at Quatre.
"Hey Quatre," he said in a soft tone.
"Hey Trowa," Quatre smiled, "Heero."
"Yo T-man, Hee-chan!" Duo gushed in a loud tone, as he slung an arm around Heero's shoulder, "How's it hangin?"
"Actually it's more falling," Heero smirked as he quickly side-stepped away from Duo, who stumbled before managing to quickly right himself, shooting a dirty look at Heero, who merely replied, "And it's Heero."
"What's Heero?"
"My name," Heero replied in a slightly annoyed tone.
"What, your name's a hero? What does it do, save letters of the alphabet from burning buildings and whatnot?" Duo sniggered, while Heero glared at him, muttering, "baka."
"Yeah, but I'm a damn cool baka," Duo grinned, "Unlike some others, Mr Speaks-a-lot," he added, in a sarcastic tone."
"But I don't speak a lot," Heero said in a frustrated tone.
"Wow, someone's being so observant today," Duo rolled his eyes, "Anymore witty insights to share with us today, Hee-chan?"
"Omae o korosuo," Heero said menacingly.
"Ha! I'd like to see you try, because I, my friend, am known as Shinigami. Therefore, you – can't – kill – me," he finished, emphasising each word by a prod on Heero's chest with his finger, while Heero's glare grew more and more murderous.
"Okay, I think it's time we went," Quatre smiled, as Hilde grabbed Duo's arm to pull the taller teen away, "See you later guys.
"Yeah, bye," Trowa nodded in reply, while Heero grunted his farewell.
"Bye guys, looking forward to having a conversation like this soon – MWAH!" Duo grinned, blowing a dramatic fake kiss at Trowa and Heero, while all the time being pulled by Hilde and Pushed by Quatre down the hall.
"Well, you seem to turn all soft around Quatre – you definitely got it bad," Heero smirked, as he and Trowa started walking in the opposite direction to their lockers.
"Who can tell?" Trowa shrugged vaguely, then grinned as he added, "And things seem pretty heated between you and Duo – he's a bundle of energy, pretty much like you," he said, his voice taking on a subtle teasing tone at the last part.
"Still doesn't mean anything," Heero replied in a defiant tone.
"We'll see…" Trowa smirked, as they came to a halt at their lockers.
"Awwww, you and Trowa were all smiley at each other, it's so cute – almost disgustingly so," Duo grinned, skipping down the corridor.
"Yeah, you two seem to melt into puddles of goo around each other – you'll make the perfect couple," Hilde giggled.
"Stop it now," Quatre replied in a sensible tone, his cheeks tinged with pink, "We might like each other, but that doesn't mean we'll get together. I have to get to know him first."
"Smart guy Quatre – always thinking ahead," Duo said, patting him on the back.
"Soooo….," Hilde said slyly, as she smirked evilly at Duo, "You and Heero eh?"
"What about us?" Duo asked in a puzzled tone.
"Oh, I dunno…maybe the fact that you two seem to immediately be in each other's faces is food for thought," Quatre grinned, while Hilde added, "Yeah, seems like you're going to have a fun two weeks."
"More like boring," Duo moaned, "From what I can tell he's got no sense of humour and he wouldn't get a personality if it wore a pink tutu, and jumped up and down screaming, 'pick me! Pick me!'"
Duo paused momentarily to think about this image, before he laughed and shook his head, then continued on, saying, "He has the same taste in music as me, though at the same time he acted kinda prissy in pastoral care, like the bloody perfect student or something and then I'm trying to be friendly and he can only glare at me and go on about how he's going to kill me."
"But you think he's hot, ne?"
"I suppose so…"
"Good, then at least it's a start," Quatre smiled, "Just give him a chance Duo, to show you who he is; right now you barely know him, so get to know him, got it?"
"Got it," Duo smiled, as they rouned a corner.
Looking up, he grinned wickedly and said, "Hey, there's Wufei – Oh Wuffie-kins!!" he yelled, before he ran down the corridor to glomp the Chinese teen.
As the bell rang, Wufei and Zechs grabbed their bags and started packing away their books. Une and Sally passed by; Une glaring at Wufei who pointedly ignored her, while Sally offered a shrug and an apologetic smile to Zechs, who nodded and smiled in reply. Trent passed next, waving and calling goodbye as he left the room, followed by the teacher, which left Wufei, Zechs and Noin in the classroom.
"Well, the class wasn't too bad, at least we didn't get a lecture about exams or anything," Noin smiled, as she leaned back against a desk across from Zechs and Wufei.
"It's good to ease back into it," Zechs agreed.
"And with something interesting too," Wufei added with a smile.
He and Zechs finished packing their bags and stood, ready to go.
"Bout time," Noin smirked as she lead the way out of the classroom.
They made it out into the slightly crowded hallway, when they heard a voice cry out, "Oh Wuffiekins!" from the other end of the hall.
Wufei growled, while Zechs shivered from the sensual sound, and whipped around.
"Dammit, it's Wufei Maxw-," he began, but was suddenly cut off short as he found himself with an armful of braided teen.
"Did ya miss me?" Duo crooned to the fuming teen, smirking, quickly hopping back to his feet to avoid being dumped on the floor.
"Maxwell, I honestly don't know why I put up with you," Wufei sighed, shaking his head.
"Cause of my enigmatic and charming personality?"
"Hardly," Wufei snorted, while Zechs smirked, and Hilde and Noin gave each other wicked looks.
"It's simply because you're a glutton for punishment," Quatre beamed.
"You know, you're probably right," Wufei replied in an amazed tone.
"This isn't fair, I'm getting insulted and I haven't even eaten yet," Duo cried out in protest.
"Alright fine then," Quatre laughed, "Come on guys, Dorothy's probably waiting for us outside."
"Outside? You mean you don't eat in the cafeteria?" Zechs asked.
"No, the food's rotton and it's way to stuffy in there," Duo scoffed, wrinkling up his nose.
"It's much more liberating outside – fresh air does wonders for the mind," Wufe smiled softly, before his face once again grew hard as he nodded, saying, "Zechs, Noin, I'll see you both later."
"Definitely," Zechs smiled warmly, while Noin nodded affirmatively, eyes still glued on Hilde, who was still staring back.
"Alright then, later dudes!" Duo winked, then rolled his eyes as he grabbed Hilde's wrist saying, "Come on Hilde, time to go!"
"Oh, okay," Hilde replied in a dazed tone, "Bye!" she called, before finally tearing her eyes away from Noin.
"Bye," Noin said, waving, a smile on her lips.
"Awww," Zechs cooed, smirking.
"You're no better with Wufei so don't start," Noin laughed, as she and Zechs turned to make their way down to meet Heero and Trowa.
Dorothy exited her classroom, and walked towards Relena's, hoping to get a chance to talk to the blond girl before she met up with the others. She smiled softly at their previous conversation, then smiled even more as she looked up and saw Relena just a bit down the hall. Said teen turned around and smiled, waving. Dorothy gave a small wave back, and had nearly reached her, when three cheerleaders elbowed past her, quickly making their way to Relena, with calls of welcome and gossip. Relena smiled and laughed, immediately falling into an easy banter with them, not seeming to notice Dorothy nearby. Dorothy however, was not to be deterred by a couple of cheerleaders; she never really gave a shit about other people, whatever their position in the so-called hierarchy of the student population. So she calmly walked up to the group, smiled and said, "Hey Relena."
Relena looked up, shocked, and opened her mouth to say something, when one of her friends, a girl with curly brown hair, suddenly said, "Em, excuse me? Do you mind?"
"Yeah, Relena doesn't want to talk to you – we're having a private conversation," another friend said in an annoyed tone.
"Oh please do forgive me," Dorothy scowled, "I'm so sorry for interrupting the banal bantering and gossip of a bunch of air-heads."
"We are not airheads, you…you…freak!"
"Oh my god, please no, stop it now," Dorothy gasped in a mock shock tone, "The level of cruelty and wittyness in that retort is just astounding, I take back what I said."
"Good," the cheerleader replied in a satisfied tone, "I told you we weren't airheads."
"And you just went and proved me right with that statement," Dorothy smirked.
"Em…what?" the curly-haired teen asked in a confused tone.
Dorothy rolled her eyes and sighed before she cried out, "Sarcasm, sarcasm people! Sheesh, something you obviously wouldn't recognise if it came up and did a perfect cheerleading routine in front of you, but oh, I forgot – you wouldn't recognise that either," she finished, smirking cruelly. It was a low blow, she knew that, but she didn't care, those girls were pissing her off and Relena wasn't saying anything; just standing there, looking uncomfortable.
"Well, I must be off, I wouldn't want to ruin your reputation by letting you be seen with a 'freak' like me."
This was directed totally at Relena, who refused to meet her pointed gaze.
"Ladies, it's been a pleasure as always," Dorothy smirked, ever the civil one, as she turned and quickly walked off.
"Wait here," Relena quickly said to the three girls, as she headed after Dorothy.
"Dorothy, please wait," Relena pleaded, reaching out to grab the other girls shoulder.
"Save it Relena," Doroth snapped in a harsh tone, not even glancing back as she muttered bitterly, "Go back to your lap dogs."
With that, she stormed off down the hall and out the school to sit under the tree directly across from the cafeteria.
Duo and the rest emerged from the school, laughing, only to find a pissed-off looking Dorothy sitting under a giant oak tree; their lunch spot since first year.
"Hey Dorothy, what's up?" Hilde asked.
"Nothing, just had a lovely bitching session with the airheads," Dorothy replied in a pleasant tone.
"Ah, the cheerleaders," Duo nodded wisely, plonking down on the grass, "Pray tell, why did they start on you today?"
"Because I tried to talk to their queen bee," Dorothy replied, pulling a face.
"Why would you do that?" Duo asked in a totally perplexed tone.
"Relena, the girl I was paired up with in pastoral care, she's the head cheerleader," Dorothy sighed, leaning back on Wufei as he sat beside her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Ah, so you were trying to talk to her," Quatre asked, sitting down across from her.
"Yeah, we had been talking in Pastoral Care, and I thought we were getting along okay, but as soon as her friends were there it was like she didn't even have a voice," Dorothy mumbled bitterly.
"Don't worry about it Doro," Hilde chirped as she took a seat on Dorothy's other side.
"Yeah, we're all stuck with people we don't know, we just have to stick together and try to ignore them."
"Hey! Maybe some of us don't want to ignore them!" Quatre cried in protest.
"Okay okay, those of us who want to ignore them will," Duo replied, laughing, "We'll leave you love-smitten people alone."
"That's more like it," Hilde smirked, patting her lap for Duo to rest his head on as he lay down, his feet laying on Quatre's lap.
The group of friends took out their food to eat, talking and laughing, all the while not noticing the watchful eyes upon them.
Relena watched sadly as Dorothy stormed off, quickly disappearing in the crowds of students around her.
"Shit," she muttered, yet remembered her friends behind her.
Sighing angrily, she turned around instantly smiling as she walked back up to them, as they peered at her questioningly.
"What was up with her?" the curly-haired girl asked with a snort of contempt.
"Oh, we were paired up for a project in pastoral care," Relena replied vaguely, with a wave of her hand, "Anyway, I'd better go, I've to meet up with Heero and the guys."
"Send him our love," on of their girls called, while the others laughed and giggled.
"Will do," Relena laughed, then turned, rolling her eyes as she did so.
Quickly she made her way down to the cafeteria, where she found the rest of the gang sitting at their usual table; right beside the exit to the outside. Instead of a wall running alongside them, huge fiber-glass windows lay between the cafeteria and the outside, so the group could look out into the sun-drenched fields.
"Hey, something wrong?" Noin asked, as Relena sat down beside her, a slightly put-off expression on her face.
"Oh it's nothing," Relena sighed, then added nonchalantly, "Oh and the girls wanted me to tell you that they send you their love Heero."
Heero 'hn'd,' an eyebrow twitching in an annoyed manner, then continued eating his rice. It was then that Relena noticed that Trowa and Zechs were currently occupied with staring intently at something outside. When she enquired about it, Noin smirked and pointed out the window. Looking outside, Relena's eyes widened slightly as she saw Dorothy sitting under a tree, an angry expression on her face as her friends gathered around her. Her eyes narrowed and a slightly surge of jealously ran through her as an oriental boy leaned back against Dorothy, wrapping an arm around her shoulder, but she quickly shook it off, reminding herself that they were friends, as she took out an apple to nibble on. Looking around, she smirked as she noticed that Zechs looked slightly jealous, his eyes fixed on the boy and Dorothy. Noin suddenly smirked, though Relena was surprised as she said, "Hey Trowa, you look kinda pissed, something wrong?"
"No, I'm fine," Trowa answered shortly, his gaze never wavering from the group outside.
Noin followed his gaze, and her smirk grew as she saw 'Maxwell' leaning up against Trowa's partner, a small blond teen.
"Ah, so Maxwell-"
"Duo," Heero interjected, his eyes never leaving the book in front of him as he continued to eat.
"Yes, em, Duo," Noin said, her smirk rivalling that of a Cheshire cat's, "Is leaning against your partner."
"Quatre," Trowa said, eyes glued on the blond teen.
"Quatre, yes. What's wrong Tro, jealous?"
"Of course not," Trowa replied stoically, but suddenly grinned as he said, "Oh and by the way; Duo's now lying down with his head on your partner's lap."
"WHAT?"
Duo pulled the biscuit in half, licked the cream in the centre off and then handed the two biscuit halves to Hilde who munched them up with a satisfied smile. Meanwhile, Quatre was busy playing with his laces, while Duo tried to wiggle his foot away enough to poke him on the side, causing the smaller teen to squirm and laugh.
"I can't believe you two still do that," Wufei commented, immersed in a game of slaps with Dorothy, "Don't you know that you can get cooties?" he finished with a wry grin as he successfully dodged Dorothy's attempt to hit his hands, causing said girl to curse, and then place her hands out, preparing to dodge.
"Aww Wuffie, you're so cute," Duo gushed, "I knew you cared about me!"
"Actually I was warning Hilde," Wufei retored then suddenly curse as Dorothy moved her hands out of the way.
He placed his hands together, and put them out, only to give a small yelp as Dorothy promptly smacked them. He cursed, and Dorothy gave a cheer of triumph, as Duo took up another biscuit and poked Quatre simultaneiously.
"That's so…disgusting," Relena whispered in horror, as she watched Duo and Hilde share their biscuits, "How can they eat like that?"
"I know, how can she?" Noin murmured, except she wasn't staring in horror, she was glaring at Duo.
"What's wrong Lucy, jealous?" Zechs asked in a teasing tone, noticing her glare.
"No…I just can't see how she can eat biscuits that have been licked," Noin retorted.
"Bet you wouldn't mind if it was you who licked the biscuits," Heero murmured, still immersed in his book.
Noin didn't reply, yet a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, as she went back to watching Hilde, only to glare yet again as she saw Duo feed her the biscuit parts.
"There we got, that's them gone," Duo smiled, as he teased Hilde with the last part of biscuit.
"Yeah, best tradition ever," Hilde smiled, as she snatched the biscuit part off Duo with a mock glare, "Ever since Kindergarten."
"Ah memories," duo mock sniffed, wiping an eye.
The two teens rested in peaceful silence, until Quatre suddenly announced, "Finished!" in a gleeful tone.
Duo glanced down, then sat up suddenly as he registered that his shoelaces were tied together in many knots and bows.
"Shit, that's gonna take forever to undo!" Duo moaned, lifting his feet up to get a closer look, "Oh Quatre you are sooooo dead," he suddenly smirked, as he quickly slipped his feet out of his runners, and pounced on the unsuspecting teen. Quatre squirmed underneath Duo, laughing his head off as the braided teen ticked him mercilessly.
"Woah Trowa, that's just…scary," Zechs commented, staring wide-eyed at the uni-banged teen, who was glaring frighteningly at Duo who was straddling Quatre, tickling him, while Quatre squirmed and wriggled under him, trying in vain to push him off.
"It's so cute – he's all protective and jealous," Relena cooed in a laughing voice.
Trowa said nothing, only continued to glare at the braided teen, even after he stood, helping Quatre up.
"Now, that's what you get," Duo smirked as he bent down to help Quatre up.
"No fair Duo, you're taller than me, it's an unfair advantage," Quatre pouted.
"Yeah, well, revenge is a dish best served dirtily," Duo grinned, then pointed to his runners as he added, "I think you know what to do."
"Yes master," Quatre replied with a roll of his eyes, as he plonked down beside Hilde to undo Duo's laces.
Meanwhile, Duo had flopped down beside Wufei and Dorothy, propping his head on his hands as he watched their game avidly.
Wufei was now the slapper, and he deftly caught Dorothy with about six slaps, before Duo smirked and threw himself at Wufei from behind, with a call of, "Hey Wuffie-baby, what's up?"
Wufei yelled as he was thrown slightly forward.
"Maxwell!" he yelled, "How many times have I told you, it's Wufei!"
"Aw Wu-kitty, you're so funny," Duo giggled, still leaning against him, arms around his neck.
He then looked up and cried out, "Gosh your hands are so red," as he reached out to grab Dorothy's hands, running his hand over the back of it.
"Hey, it's double-glare time," Trowa commented dryly, "Now who's jealous?"
"Shut up," Zechs and Relena simultaneously said, then went back to glaring at Duo, who was wrapped up in talking and laughing with Wufei, who he was leaning up against, and Dorothy, who's hand he was holding.
"You do realise Heero that everyone here has something against your partner," Noin smirked.
Heero blinked and looked up from his book as he said, "So?"
"Aren't you annoyed?"
"No, and anyway, why are you glaring at him?"
"Because he's flirting with our partners!" Relena cried out shrilly.
"He's their friend, he's just being over-friendly," Heero replied with a roll of his eyes, "It seems to be in his nature."
"Oh so you wouldn't care that Wufei's currently straddling him?" Zechs asked with a smirk.
"What?!" Heero cried out, looking out the window angrily, only to freeze as he saw that that wasn't the case as all; Duo was not pulling back on his runners, while chatting animatedly to his friends.
Heero quickly looked down angrily at his book, a blush staining his cheeks as he muttered in Japanese.
"Sorry Heero, couldn't resist," Zechs smirked, as he bell suddenly rang.
"Well, let's go, we've got English now," Noin said, standing up and grabbing her bag, along with the rest.
Sparing one last look for the group outside, who were gathering up their bags to go, they turned and walked off to class.
Finished! Okay, I know it's not the best, and I'm sorry I took so long in getting it posted up, but it's done now, thank god! Please let me know what you think and review, please!!!!!!! Farethee well!