Quatre made his way back to his room. He wanted to take a shower before tonight's dance. He pulled out his towel, soap and shampoo before heading to the bathroom. Quatre turned on the water and stripped out of his clothes. He climbed into the shower making sure that he cleaned every nook and cranny.
'If he's there tonight,' Quatre thought. 'I don't wanna look like a slob.'
Quatre quickly finished his shower and dried himself off with his towel. A knock came on his door just as Quatre reached for his toothpaste in his suitcase. With his towel wrapped around his waist, Quatre opened the door to see Wufei holding a tuxedo up by a hanger.
Wufei had changed into a white, formal, Chinese outfit with a black dragon embroidered on the side. His hair was still pulled back into a ponytail and he held himself with an air of sophistication.
"Hello Wufei."
"Hello Quatre. Your sister asked me to bring this to you." He replied, handing the tux over to Quatre. "Tonight, everyone has to dress up in formal wear."
"Oh, ugh. I hate these things." Quatre said, eyeing the tuxedo in his hands. "They're so uncomfortable."
"And that's why I am wearing this." Wufei smirked.
Quatre smiled. "You look awesome."
"Thank you. Now if you don't mind, your sister and my wife are doing their hair in our room and I want to make sure that they don't mess anything up. My wife has a tendency to do that. I'll see you in a bit."
"All right. Bye Wufei."
Wufei gave the blonde a slight nod before turning to go into his own room.
* * *
Heero knocked on Trowa's door.
Trowa groaned and rolled onto his side. "What?"
"Trowa, get off your ass and open the damn door." Heero barked.
Trowa glared at the door as if Heero could see him. He slowly got up and shuffled to the door. Heero was standing in the hallway, all dressed up. "What?"
"You have to wear your tux, tonight."
"Whatever for?"
"It's a formal dance."
"Ugh. Then I'm not going."
"You have to."
"Why?"
"To meet my brother."
Trowa eyed Heero suspiciously. "You're an only child, Yuy."
Heero rolled his eyes. "He's not my brother by blood but by bond. C'mon. You'll like him."
"Fine, fine. Is that all?" Trowa sighed irritably.
"Yep. I'll see you later."
"Yeah." Trowa closed the door.
'We've got to get him a man…' Heero thought. He shook his head and turned to go to his room, down the hall from Trowa's.
Duo was struggling with his bow tie when Heero came back. "Stupid piece of shit! I just don't understand how this works!" The braided boy complained after giving up for the thousandth time.
Heero chuckled. He walked over to Duo and started fixing the bow. "Calm down, baka. It's just a bow tie." Duo simply scoffed. "I'm sure Trowa's only going to come of his room to eat during this entire trip." Heero said as he finished with the bow. "At least he's agreed to meet Quatre tonight."
"You mean he actually wants to be social? Weird…hmmm…"
"Hmmm what?
"What's Quatre's preferences in the sexual department?"
"Are you asking me if Quatre's gay?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Why?"
"Well…I was thinking...maybe we could set him and Trowa up."
"How about no."
"Why not? Trowa's a good guy. And you said so yourself that everyone who meets Quatre likes him."
"No, Duo." Heero said sternly.
"Well, why not?" Duo said crossly.
"I don't want to interfere with my brother's love life. Again."
"What do you mean 'again'?"
Heero sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "About three years ago, I set Quatre up on a blind date."
Someone knocked on the door. "Come on guys! The sooner we go, the sooner I can get back to my room." Trowa called through the door.
Heero sighed again. "I'll tell you later."
The two stepped out of their room to see Trowa in his tux.
"Hey! Tro-man! Lookin' good!" Duo winked. Trowa rolled his eyes and began to walk off. "Hey! No 'thank you'?" Duo called.
"No." Trowa called back over his shoulder.
Duo simply shrugged it off. He placed an arm around Heero's shoulders and followed Trowa to the elevators.
* * *
"Quatre, you look fantastic!" Iria squealed as she looked at her brother.
"So do you." Quatre smiled. "Shall we go milady?" He held out a hand to his sister.
"We shall." She smiled, taking Quatre's hand in her own. The two siblings walked down the hall behind the Changs.
"Guess who's here." Quatre smiled pushing up his glasses.
"Uh, Bob?"
"No, silly. Heero. And he finally settled with someone."
"Heero Yuy?!" Quatre nodded. "Wow…I remember when he was just eight years old."
The four made it to the elevators but were stopped be a huge crowd that surrounded said elevators.
"Awww man…" Sally sighed. "You guys up for the stairs?"
"I don't mind. I'd rather take the stairs that wait here." Iria said.
"Alrighty then, let's go. Onward to the stairs!" Sally called out, marching off to the stairs. Wufei shook his head muttering what sounded an awful lot like 'onna'.
Quatre and Iria laughed and followed the married couple.
One of the three elevators arrived to the third deck. In it was Heero, Duo, and Trowa. Trowa glanced at the crowd when he spotted a familiar blonde head.
'It's him!' Trowa's jaw dropped slightly before pushing his way through the crowd in the elevator.
"Trowa! Where're you going?" Heero called.
"I'll catch you guys later!" Trowa called back.
The brunette boy emerged through the groups of people and pushed his way to the stairs. He muttered 'excuse me' every now and then, keeping an eye on his blonde. Trowa noted that there was a woman attached to the boy's arm.
'She has to be his sister.' Trowa thought, noticing the striking resemblance between the two. Trowa convinced himself that that's all she was and continued to follow the two up to the second deck where the dance was being held.
They finally reached the dining area where the blonde and his companions took seats at the bar. Just as Trowa was going to approach the boy, he spotted a girl walking towards his goal. She had long blonde hair, held from her face with a headband. She approached the blonde boy and tapped him on his shoulder. As the boy turned, Trowa watched in horror as the girl threw her arms around the blonde's neck and planted a kiss on his lips. Trowa felt his whole world crashing down on his newly torn heart and fled from the scene.
Author's Notes/Disclaimer: I don't own GW people. You should know that by now.
Okay. So Heero's a bit OOC. Or maybe a lot. But that's okay, right? Yeah. And the whole thing where Duo makes fun of Trowa and Trowa makes fun of Duo and Heero curses at Trowa, it's a friend thing. It's a weird friendship but a friendship nonetheless. And I know you do it to your friends too. So that's about it. Oh yeah...poor Trowa. To get so close only to be crushed...I cry for you. :.(