Chapter Two: Together and Clueless
Disclaimer: Me no own GW. Me own OC. That all. *grunt*
"They don't remember anything?"
"No. I asked them directly. 04 looked unsure, but still didn't answer. 01, 02, 03, and 05 also responded unsatisfactorily."
"That's too bad. I had plans for them. You say they are now living normal teenage lives?"
"Yes, Grandfather. They all seemed happy. Must we really do this?"
"Getting soft, my pet?"
"No, Grandfather. It is just... they are only young boys..."
"They are the Gundam pilots, not mere boys. We need them. The war will soon be over. We can't have that."
"But Grandfather...."
"What else is bothering you, my pet? I can see it in your eyes."
"It is Relena, Grandfather. She...she did not remember me.."
"That is to be expected. The Alliance knows where their boys are. They removed Miss Peacecraft's memory of them and planted her in their school. Why? Are you in love with her?"
"G-grandfather.."
"Don't worry, my pet. You will have your young Queen, and I will have my Gundam pilots. Everyone is happy. Now return to the school and get close to them. I'll see you in a week. Email me with regular updates."
"Yes, Grandfather." ~~~~***~~~~
Heero followed Duo to their dorm room. He seemed to know where he was going, so Heero really had no choice. The braided boy was a bundle of surprises and energy. Every moment spent with him was filled with talk, sunshine and happiness. It was almost sickening, and yet...Heero didn't feel sickened. In truth, he was very attracted to the boy with the wide cobalt blue eyes, currently blue-violet in his exuberance. Duo sent out waves of life so strong, even Heero had to smile, albeit faintly. Not to mention that the boy was beautiful. If Heero wasn't gay already Duo would certainly have turned him. With that long chestnut braid, those big blue eyes, that wide smile, and that body...Heero got warm just thinking about it. It didn't help that Duo was bouncing before him, his jean clad ass swaying back and forth in a hypnotizing motion that had Heero so distracted he almost slammed directly into a wall.
"You okay, Hee-chan?" Duo asked, turning to look at Heero with those big eyes, concern darkening their cobalt blue depths. Heero nodded, trying his best not to drown in Duo's eyes. "So~o, what do you think our room looks like?"
"25 by 14 cubic feet of floor space, one bathroom, bunk bed, desk, walk in closet, side window-" Heero said monotonously.
Duo started laughing. "Whoa there, Hee-chan! What did ya do, research it?" he asked. Heero remained silent. "You did? Weird..." Duo was quiet for a few moments. Of course, not for long. "So, you want to be on top or bottom?"
Heero almost choked. Did Duo even know the sexual innuedo in his words? "Uh...um," Heero stuttered, blushing.
"What?" Duo asked innocently. " You wanna be on top?" At Heero's red face, Duo realized what he had said. And started laughing. "Don't worry, Hee- babe. I'll be on top. You can be on the bottom." Duo laughed again as Heero's blush deepened. He grinned, then leaned so close their noses touch. "Ya know, your cute when you blush." His grin widened as Heero's blush deepened once again.
"D-duo.." Heero whispered.
"Hm?" Duo whispered back, his grin fading to a soft smile. Heero opened his mouth...
"DUO!!!" a voice cried. Duo almost fell over in surprise. He spun around to see who yelled, smacking Heero with his braid. Realising what he had done, he spun back around, this time hitting whoever was behind him.
"Oh, gomen ne, Hee-chan!" he cried. A cry of outrage erupted behind Duo.
"Bakayaro!!" the person cried. "Even after four months, you're still an idiot!" Duo froze, then spun around. There stood a pretty girl with light brown hair curled in two thick spirals, and blue-grey eyes.
"S-sally??" Duo stuttered. The girl's pissed look changed to one of welcome.
"Hai, lover," she said. Next to Duo, Heero gasped. {Duo had a lover? Fuck!}
"Wha-What?! Lover? I'm not your lover!!" Duo cried, sneaking glances at Heero nervously. Somehow he sensed that the handsome Prussian eyed boy liked him atleast a little, and his current situation wasn't getting him any brownie points. Unfortunately, Sally caught his look. She grinned evilly.
"Is this your new conquest?" she chirped, looking Heero up and down. "Not bad. Not bad at all, Duo-koi." She addressed Heero directly. "Has he introduced you to his bed yet? I assure you, it's quite comfy." At Heero's shocked look, Sally laughed. "Oh, didn't he tell you? Duo-koi's bi. You know, plays both courts."
Duo's mouth opened and closed like a fish. {How the fuck did she find me?} "Du~o, didn't you miss me? Or was it Milliardo you missed.." Sally said, her eyes darkening. Duo gulped, more than a little frightened by the look in Sally Po's eyes. [1] Then he shrugged it off, deciding that cowering in fear while his new friend looked on was NOT good.
"Yeah, I missed Milli. He was so sweet, and nice.." Duo said tauntingly. "He wasn't a bitch like you." Sally gasped at Duo's cruel words.
"Why you little...I bet your friend here doesn't know you fucked my brother!" she shrieked. Her yelling was getting the attention of several students in dorm building A. Duo looked unfazed.
"Hmph. Your brother was a better lay than you'll ever be." Sally screamed in outrage as the hall filled with a chorus of 'oh's. "Why are you here, anyway? You stalking me?" Duo asked.
Sally snorted. "You wish. I'm protecting Milliardo from you. The poor boy was traumatized by your last encounter," she said.
Duo tilted his head to the side, looking thoughtful. "Really? He didn't seem traumatized. But I guess you can't really tell by their lips." Sally looked ready to burst.
"Whore!" she shrieked.
"Bitch!" he yelled back.
"Bastard!" she returned.
"Fuck you! I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I haven't had sex in a while! Leave me the fuck alone!" Duo yelled. He was met with silence, then Sally burst into loud tears. Many students stopped to give Duo accusing glances.
Duo was almost combusting with embarassment. Not knowing what else to do, he snatched Heero's hand and dashed off toward the boys' dorms. "12-A right?" he panted, hurrying up a flight of stairs to the second floor of dorm A. He dragged Heero down the hall until he reached their room number, then began patting his body for something. "Key...key.." he mumbled breathlessly. Heero tapped him on the arm and held up his own copy of their room key. "Thanks, Hee-man," he said. Quickly opening the door, Duo dragged Heero in and locked it. Heero had been right. The room was spacious, containing a long desk, a wide bunkbed, personal bathroom, walk in closet, and other helpful things. Obviously, Koobtean took care of it's students. Duo sat down on the bottom bunk, and gestured for Heero to sit next to him. When the quiet Japanese boy didn't move, Duo sighed, stood up, grabbed Heero, pushed him down onto the bed, and reseated himself.
"Lemme explain. Monster bitch back there was my ex, Sally Po. She's one vengeful motherfu...er, chick. Anyway, I met her about four months ago at some fucked up camp for 'rebellious' children. Don't know why Solo sent me there..."
"Duo," Heero said softly, trying to get the braided boy's attention. He was met with no response.
"...Anyway, I liked Sally and she liked me, so we crashed for a bit. You know, dated? Well..." Duo continued.
"Duo," Heero tried again. Still met with nothing but idle chatter.
"...I told her I was bi, and she was okay with it...until of course she caught me playing tonsil hockey with her fifteen year old brother..." Duo prattled on.
"Duo!" Heero said forcefully. Nothing.
"...and of course that didn't go over too well. We were getting real hot and heavy when she came in. It was mega embarrassing. She yelled, and screamed and cried. And Milliardo, that's her brother, wasn't helping any. He kept sticking out hs tongue and wrapping his arms around my waist. I like him and all, but he's really possessive. Shouldn't have kissed him..."
~~~**Flashback of Milli and Duo Begins**~~~
Duo and Milliardo sat on a couch in the camp commonroom, a stupid place to be doing what they were. Duo currently had Milliardo flat on his back, his tongue down the young blond's throat. Ocean blue eyes looked into cobalt, before they slid closed as the fifteen year old gave into the pleasure. Little moans and pants rose up from him as Duo's hands ran down his body and through blond hair almost as long as the braided teen's.
Right when they were really getting into it, the sound of the door opening drew them out of their pleasure induced haze. Both boys looked up to see a shocked Sally Po staring at her boyfriend and her brother.
"D-Duo?" she whispered. Duo looked really guilty and apologetic. He rose to try to comfort Sally, or atleast explain, but was stopped by Milliardo's possessive hands on his waist.
"Milli, let me up," Duo said softly, still watching Sally's stricken face. Expecting the arms around his waist to disappear, he was surprised when they tightened. Duo turned slightly to look at Sally's younger brother. "Milli..." He stopped when he saw what the blond was doing. He was sticking his tongue out at Sally while hugging Duo! "Milli, stop it," Duo commanded. Milliardo pouted but obeyed. Duo turned back to Sally, and was confused to see her gone.
*SMACK*
The sound of the slap reverberated in the air, revealing Sally to have moved to Duo's side. A large red handprint now graced his cheek. "H-how could you...to my-my brother..." she whispered. And then the torrent came.
~~~**Flashback of Milli and Duo Ends**~~~
"Like I said, lotsa crying and screaming," Duo said, following his recounting of the event.
"Duo?" Heero interrupted.
"Yeah, Hee-chan?" Duo answered, almost afraid to here what his new friend was going to say.
"Forgive me if I'm wrong, but to me it seems as if how you were treating Miss Po is completely uncalled for," said the confused Japanese teen. "I mean, you did cheat on her, and with her brother no less."
Duo looked confused, then another one of his Everything's-Fine-Again smiles bloomed. "Can't believe I forgot! No wonder you think bad of me," he said. "Lemme tell you the rest. Ya see, Sal over there cheated on me first. With some dude named Artemis or some other pussy name," Duo said darkly. It was obvious to Heero that Duo still felt angry about that. "I caught them tonguing in the back of my car on a camp trip. Of course, me being the lenient God of Death I am, I forgave her." Duo smiled sheepishly. "Of course, I was feeling it later on, so I decided to pay old Sally back. I set out to seduce her gorgeous brother, who I had a thing for anyway. Turn's out the little sizzler had a thing for me too. Next thing I know.."
"Your on the couch in the camp commonroom, swapping spit," Heero finished for him.
Duo grimaced. "I hope that's not your pick up line," Duo muttered. He raised his voice to sound nasal like Heero's monotone. "Hello, you wanna do me the pleasure of swappin' spit?"
Heero gave a small chuckle, something that would have given Trowa a heart attack. Heero wasn't exactly known for his sense of humor. "No, it's not my pick up line. How about 'Let's go meet the other's for breakfast?'" he joked.
Duo laughed, then winked. "You're my kinda guy, Hee-chan!" Still laughing, Duo led the way out of the dorm room toward the cafeteria. Heero followed close behind, deep in thought.
~~~~***~~~~
The two boys arrived in the cafeteria a bit later than the others. In a corner, Wufei, Trowa and surprisingly, Quatre sat waiting for them. They already had their food.
"Hiya!" Duo said in his usually exuberant way. "How'd you like your rooms?"
"Mine was acceptable," Wufei said, carefully slicing a piece of pancake on his plate and eating it. Beside his tray was another tray, piled high with pancakes drowned in syrup, blueberry muffins, waffles, toast and every other breakfast food known to man.
"That mine?" Duo asked. Before anyone could answer, Duo had grabbed the plate and was gobbling the food. "Arigato, Wu-chan!"
"You're welcome, Duo," Wufei said, a faint smile curving his lips at his brother's antics.
"I got yours too, Heero," Trowa said, pushing a plate with Belgium waffles forward. Heero thanked his cousin, slipped into the space beside Duo, and began eating quickly and efficiently. Duo stopped stuffing his face long enough to watch Heero.
"He always like that?" he asked, as he watched Heero devour half his breakfast neatly. That done, Heero cut the rest of his waffles into equal parts and ate that quickly too.
"As long as I can remember, yeah," Trowa said. A slight frown appeared on the handsome brunet's features. "For some reason, I have a few memories of some kind of training that requires quick eating. Sometimes even I get the urge to eat efficiently. The only solid memories I have are from about eight months ago, when me and Heero went to live with Uncle Odin."
"That's strange," Wufei said. "The only thing I clearly remember is being adopted by Solo Maxwell and meeting Duo. That happened about eight months ago."
"I went to live with Solo eight months ago," Duo said, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Can't remember much before that.."
"My family found me eight months ago.." said a quiet, melodic voice. Everyone turned to the cute blond angel beside Trowa who had been previously forgotten.
"Found you?" Duo asked, around a mouthful of English muffin.
"Hai. I washed up on the shores of Java Island, in Indonesia. I was reported as a missing child, and they saw the picture. I was picked up immediately and brought to a mansion near here," Quatre explained.
"Hm," Duo murmured, watching his food. For a minute he was silent. "So, like, why are you here? Not that I mind or anything..." he said.
"He's my roommate," Trowa said in his usual quiet way. Both Heero and Duo noticed the well-hidden smile of pleasure and...happiness?...on Trowa's usually stoic face. Interesting, they thought simultaneously.
"Well, welcome to the Drama geek group! You a Drama geek too?" Duo asked tactlessly. The Winner heir blushed.
"Uh...I have Drama 6th period," Quatre said. Duo flashed a huge grin and stood up to do a victory dance. "Uh.." Quatre said, confused.
"Don't mind him," Wufei said reassuringly. "He can't help what he is."
"What's that?" Quatre asked.
"A baka," Heero answered. The table laughed, and Duo came back over to pout cutely. He recovered quickly, and started waving his hands in agitation.
"Let's go explore! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" he whined loudly. Several students having breakfast turned to yell at him, but after seeing the adorable display, just 'aww'ed and went back to their food. "How come nobody's gettin' mad at me like last time, Wu-chan?" Duo asked curiously.
"Because you'd probably just annoy them more," Wufei answered. "Excuse me. I'll dump my food, then we can...explore."
"Iie. It's because you're adorable," Heero said quietly. Trowa turned to stare at Heero as if he were nuts. Heero shrugged by way of explanation. "What? They probably think the hopping's cute," he said. Standing, Heero dumped his trash and went to leave. Suddenly, he was glomped from the side.
"Arigato, Hee-chan!" Duo cried, hugging the frozen Japanese teen. "You said I was cute!"
"Uh, technically, Duo.." Wufei began. Duo turned to glare at his adoptive brother. "Er..I mean, uh...yeah! Yeah, he said you were cute," the Chinese boy agreed. Duo grinned.
"Now let's go explore!!" Sighing, the other three teens got up to follow the energetic braided American dragging the silent Japanese teen.
~~~~***~~~~
The sun was setting when the five boys finally finished exploring. On their trip around campus they had discovered the class buildings, a tennis court, a basketball court, and a swimming pool. There was also a performing arts center and a massive ballroom.
The tired boys trudged up to the entrance of Trowa and Quatre's dorm building. "Well...that was invigorating," Quatre lied, falling back to rest against the brick wall.
"Don't lie, Q. You know that was one hell of a walk! Who needs so many miles of school grounds?! We should be issued golfcarts or something!" Duo whined, squeezing sweat from his heavy braid.
"Stop complaining, Duo. If you'd exercised at camp like I did, instead of messing around with that Po girl, you wouldn't have a problem with this," Wufei said, sweeping a thin sheen of sweat from his brow. He looked like he'd only taken a quick jog.
"Bite me, Wuffie," Duo snapped. He turned to Heero. "Ready to return to air conditioning and soft beds?"
"Hai," Heero said. He smiled very (very) faintly at Duo. Trowa looked on in interest. He never thought Heero would take to someone as social as Duo. After only a day, Duo had Heero agreeing with him on something.
"Well, oyasumi," Quatre said. "Let's meet in the cafeteria in the morning. We do have all the same classes."
"Hai. Oyasumi," Heero said, bowing to the small blond. Wufei, Trowa and Duo all bid each other goodnight, then the boys split up. Wufei headed for Dorm building B, and Heero and Duo went back to A.
As the Japanese teen and the loud American trudged up the stairs, something caught Duo's eye that made him freeze, allowing a tired Heero to plow into his back. A flash of unnaturally long blond hair disappeared around a corner.{Milli?} Duo began to head down the hallway in search of the hair.
Heero sighed loudly, then reached out to tug Duo's braid. "Baka. Where are you going?"
"Hey! Leggo of the braid, man! Sheesh," Duo said. Somehow, Heero could tell he was distracted. "I just thought I saw something, is all."
"Well, whatever you saw could what til morning. The resident advisor will be making rounds soon," Heero said. He began walking back to their room. Duo hurried to follow.
"How do you know that?" he asked. Heero sighed again, this time sounding mildly irritated.
"I memorized the layout of our room, Duo. Of course I'm going to know the routines of our RA. Now go to bed and go to sleep." The Japanese teen unlocked their door and slipped in. After Duo slipped in after him, he locked the door and went into the walk-in closet. A few minutes later he came out wearing midnight blue boxers and little else. Duo gulped as he watched the small lamp light slide across Heero's muscles. He shivered.
"Go change," Heero said. "There's a hamper for our dirty clothes in the corner of the closet. Just put yours in with mine and I'll do them together." Duo nodded, then headed into the closet. He came out soon after wearing sweats and a thin black shirt. Heero quirked an eyebrow.
"What? I usually sleep in the nude, but I happen to have a roommate now," Duo explained. Geez, can't a guy wear sweats to bed? He decided not to dwell too deep into the look of disappointment he'd seen on Heero's face when he'd exited the closet. And Duo was sure it was disappointment. He'd only known Heero for a short while, but he felt like he'd known him longer. Plus, on the exploring trip just that afternoon, he'd begun documenting his facial expressions.
"Oyasumi," Heero said, slipping onto the sheets of the bottom bunk.
Duo saluted him and hopped to the top. "G'night, Hee-chan!"
"Don't call me that. It's embarassing," Heero grumbled, letting his exhuastion wash over him until he was dangerously drowsy.
"It just means I love you," Duo mumbled, slipping into that space between dreaming and awareness. Heero grunted, then was silent. "Hee-chan?"
"Hn."
"I bet you think I'm stupid," Duo whispered. He heard Heero shift slightly.
"Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects," Heero answered, his voice deliciously husky with almost-sleep. "You just happen to be ignorant on most."
"Thanks, Hee-chan...I think," Duo said, deciding to ignore Heero's last comment.
"You're welcome. Now sleep. Please!" After that, no more was heard from Duo except a rather loud snore. Heero sighed as he let sleep take him. {No, Duo. I don't think you're stupid. I think you're wonderful.} Yawning, with his last thoughts floating around his head, the Japanese teen drifted away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] Remember, this is an AU, and I can do whatever I want. So I made Sally a teenager, and Milliardo her younger, hormone driven brother. Yep. I'm good. Oh, and Sal might be a bitch, but she's justified. Also, it isn't really Sally Po. You could say she's a Sally Po Jr. You'll understand in later (much later) chapters.
Until the next....
Disclaimer: Me no own GW. Me own OC. That all. *grunt*
"They don't remember anything?"
"No. I asked them directly. 04 looked unsure, but still didn't answer. 01, 02, 03, and 05 also responded unsatisfactorily."
"That's too bad. I had plans for them. You say they are now living normal teenage lives?"
"Yes, Grandfather. They all seemed happy. Must we really do this?"
"Getting soft, my pet?"
"No, Grandfather. It is just... they are only young boys..."
"They are the Gundam pilots, not mere boys. We need them. The war will soon be over. We can't have that."
"But Grandfather...."
"What else is bothering you, my pet? I can see it in your eyes."
"It is Relena, Grandfather. She...she did not remember me.."
"That is to be expected. The Alliance knows where their boys are. They removed Miss Peacecraft's memory of them and planted her in their school. Why? Are you in love with her?"
"G-grandfather.."
"Don't worry, my pet. You will have your young Queen, and I will have my Gundam pilots. Everyone is happy. Now return to the school and get close to them. I'll see you in a week. Email me with regular updates."
"Yes, Grandfather." ~~~~***~~~~
Heero followed Duo to their dorm room. He seemed to know where he was going, so Heero really had no choice. The braided boy was a bundle of surprises and energy. Every moment spent with him was filled with talk, sunshine and happiness. It was almost sickening, and yet...Heero didn't feel sickened. In truth, he was very attracted to the boy with the wide cobalt blue eyes, currently blue-violet in his exuberance. Duo sent out waves of life so strong, even Heero had to smile, albeit faintly. Not to mention that the boy was beautiful. If Heero wasn't gay already Duo would certainly have turned him. With that long chestnut braid, those big blue eyes, that wide smile, and that body...Heero got warm just thinking about it. It didn't help that Duo was bouncing before him, his jean clad ass swaying back and forth in a hypnotizing motion that had Heero so distracted he almost slammed directly into a wall.
"You okay, Hee-chan?" Duo asked, turning to look at Heero with those big eyes, concern darkening their cobalt blue depths. Heero nodded, trying his best not to drown in Duo's eyes. "So~o, what do you think our room looks like?"
"25 by 14 cubic feet of floor space, one bathroom, bunk bed, desk, walk in closet, side window-" Heero said monotonously.
Duo started laughing. "Whoa there, Hee-chan! What did ya do, research it?" he asked. Heero remained silent. "You did? Weird..." Duo was quiet for a few moments. Of course, not for long. "So, you want to be on top or bottom?"
Heero almost choked. Did Duo even know the sexual innuedo in his words? "Uh...um," Heero stuttered, blushing.
"What?" Duo asked innocently. " You wanna be on top?" At Heero's red face, Duo realized what he had said. And started laughing. "Don't worry, Hee- babe. I'll be on top. You can be on the bottom." Duo laughed again as Heero's blush deepened. He grinned, then leaned so close their noses touch. "Ya know, your cute when you blush." His grin widened as Heero's blush deepened once again.
"D-duo.." Heero whispered.
"Hm?" Duo whispered back, his grin fading to a soft smile. Heero opened his mouth...
"DUO!!!" a voice cried. Duo almost fell over in surprise. He spun around to see who yelled, smacking Heero with his braid. Realising what he had done, he spun back around, this time hitting whoever was behind him.
"Oh, gomen ne, Hee-chan!" he cried. A cry of outrage erupted behind Duo.
"Bakayaro!!" the person cried. "Even after four months, you're still an idiot!" Duo froze, then spun around. There stood a pretty girl with light brown hair curled in two thick spirals, and blue-grey eyes.
"S-sally??" Duo stuttered. The girl's pissed look changed to one of welcome.
"Hai, lover," she said. Next to Duo, Heero gasped. {Duo had a lover? Fuck!}
"Wha-What?! Lover? I'm not your lover!!" Duo cried, sneaking glances at Heero nervously. Somehow he sensed that the handsome Prussian eyed boy liked him atleast a little, and his current situation wasn't getting him any brownie points. Unfortunately, Sally caught his look. She grinned evilly.
"Is this your new conquest?" she chirped, looking Heero up and down. "Not bad. Not bad at all, Duo-koi." She addressed Heero directly. "Has he introduced you to his bed yet? I assure you, it's quite comfy." At Heero's shocked look, Sally laughed. "Oh, didn't he tell you? Duo-koi's bi. You know, plays both courts."
Duo's mouth opened and closed like a fish. {How the fuck did she find me?} "Du~o, didn't you miss me? Or was it Milliardo you missed.." Sally said, her eyes darkening. Duo gulped, more than a little frightened by the look in Sally Po's eyes. [1] Then he shrugged it off, deciding that cowering in fear while his new friend looked on was NOT good.
"Yeah, I missed Milli. He was so sweet, and nice.." Duo said tauntingly. "He wasn't a bitch like you." Sally gasped at Duo's cruel words.
"Why you little...I bet your friend here doesn't know you fucked my brother!" she shrieked. Her yelling was getting the attention of several students in dorm building A. Duo looked unfazed.
"Hmph. Your brother was a better lay than you'll ever be." Sally screamed in outrage as the hall filled with a chorus of 'oh's. "Why are you here, anyway? You stalking me?" Duo asked.
Sally snorted. "You wish. I'm protecting Milliardo from you. The poor boy was traumatized by your last encounter," she said.
Duo tilted his head to the side, looking thoughtful. "Really? He didn't seem traumatized. But I guess you can't really tell by their lips." Sally looked ready to burst.
"Whore!" she shrieked.
"Bitch!" he yelled back.
"Bastard!" she returned.
"Fuck you! I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I haven't had sex in a while! Leave me the fuck alone!" Duo yelled. He was met with silence, then Sally burst into loud tears. Many students stopped to give Duo accusing glances.
Duo was almost combusting with embarassment. Not knowing what else to do, he snatched Heero's hand and dashed off toward the boys' dorms. "12-A right?" he panted, hurrying up a flight of stairs to the second floor of dorm A. He dragged Heero down the hall until he reached their room number, then began patting his body for something. "Key...key.." he mumbled breathlessly. Heero tapped him on the arm and held up his own copy of their room key. "Thanks, Hee-man," he said. Quickly opening the door, Duo dragged Heero in and locked it. Heero had been right. The room was spacious, containing a long desk, a wide bunkbed, personal bathroom, walk in closet, and other helpful things. Obviously, Koobtean took care of it's students. Duo sat down on the bottom bunk, and gestured for Heero to sit next to him. When the quiet Japanese boy didn't move, Duo sighed, stood up, grabbed Heero, pushed him down onto the bed, and reseated himself.
"Lemme explain. Monster bitch back there was my ex, Sally Po. She's one vengeful motherfu...er, chick. Anyway, I met her about four months ago at some fucked up camp for 'rebellious' children. Don't know why Solo sent me there..."
"Duo," Heero said softly, trying to get the braided boy's attention. He was met with no response.
"...Anyway, I liked Sally and she liked me, so we crashed for a bit. You know, dated? Well..." Duo continued.
"Duo," Heero tried again. Still met with nothing but idle chatter.
"...I told her I was bi, and she was okay with it...until of course she caught me playing tonsil hockey with her fifteen year old brother..." Duo prattled on.
"Duo!" Heero said forcefully. Nothing.
"...and of course that didn't go over too well. We were getting real hot and heavy when she came in. It was mega embarrassing. She yelled, and screamed and cried. And Milliardo, that's her brother, wasn't helping any. He kept sticking out hs tongue and wrapping his arms around my waist. I like him and all, but he's really possessive. Shouldn't have kissed him..."
~~~**Flashback of Milli and Duo Begins**~~~
Duo and Milliardo sat on a couch in the camp commonroom, a stupid place to be doing what they were. Duo currently had Milliardo flat on his back, his tongue down the young blond's throat. Ocean blue eyes looked into cobalt, before they slid closed as the fifteen year old gave into the pleasure. Little moans and pants rose up from him as Duo's hands ran down his body and through blond hair almost as long as the braided teen's.
Right when they were really getting into it, the sound of the door opening drew them out of their pleasure induced haze. Both boys looked up to see a shocked Sally Po staring at her boyfriend and her brother.
"D-Duo?" she whispered. Duo looked really guilty and apologetic. He rose to try to comfort Sally, or atleast explain, but was stopped by Milliardo's possessive hands on his waist.
"Milli, let me up," Duo said softly, still watching Sally's stricken face. Expecting the arms around his waist to disappear, he was surprised when they tightened. Duo turned slightly to look at Sally's younger brother. "Milli..." He stopped when he saw what the blond was doing. He was sticking his tongue out at Sally while hugging Duo! "Milli, stop it," Duo commanded. Milliardo pouted but obeyed. Duo turned back to Sally, and was confused to see her gone.
*SMACK*
The sound of the slap reverberated in the air, revealing Sally to have moved to Duo's side. A large red handprint now graced his cheek. "H-how could you...to my-my brother..." she whispered. And then the torrent came.
~~~**Flashback of Milli and Duo Ends**~~~
"Like I said, lotsa crying and screaming," Duo said, following his recounting of the event.
"Duo?" Heero interrupted.
"Yeah, Hee-chan?" Duo answered, almost afraid to here what his new friend was going to say.
"Forgive me if I'm wrong, but to me it seems as if how you were treating Miss Po is completely uncalled for," said the confused Japanese teen. "I mean, you did cheat on her, and with her brother no less."
Duo looked confused, then another one of his Everything's-Fine-Again smiles bloomed. "Can't believe I forgot! No wonder you think bad of me," he said. "Lemme tell you the rest. Ya see, Sal over there cheated on me first. With some dude named Artemis or some other pussy name," Duo said darkly. It was obvious to Heero that Duo still felt angry about that. "I caught them tonguing in the back of my car on a camp trip. Of course, me being the lenient God of Death I am, I forgave her." Duo smiled sheepishly. "Of course, I was feeling it later on, so I decided to pay old Sally back. I set out to seduce her gorgeous brother, who I had a thing for anyway. Turn's out the little sizzler had a thing for me too. Next thing I know.."
"Your on the couch in the camp commonroom, swapping spit," Heero finished for him.
Duo grimaced. "I hope that's not your pick up line," Duo muttered. He raised his voice to sound nasal like Heero's monotone. "Hello, you wanna do me the pleasure of swappin' spit?"
Heero gave a small chuckle, something that would have given Trowa a heart attack. Heero wasn't exactly known for his sense of humor. "No, it's not my pick up line. How about 'Let's go meet the other's for breakfast?'" he joked.
Duo laughed, then winked. "You're my kinda guy, Hee-chan!" Still laughing, Duo led the way out of the dorm room toward the cafeteria. Heero followed close behind, deep in thought.
~~~~***~~~~
The two boys arrived in the cafeteria a bit later than the others. In a corner, Wufei, Trowa and surprisingly, Quatre sat waiting for them. They already had their food.
"Hiya!" Duo said in his usually exuberant way. "How'd you like your rooms?"
"Mine was acceptable," Wufei said, carefully slicing a piece of pancake on his plate and eating it. Beside his tray was another tray, piled high with pancakes drowned in syrup, blueberry muffins, waffles, toast and every other breakfast food known to man.
"That mine?" Duo asked. Before anyone could answer, Duo had grabbed the plate and was gobbling the food. "Arigato, Wu-chan!"
"You're welcome, Duo," Wufei said, a faint smile curving his lips at his brother's antics.
"I got yours too, Heero," Trowa said, pushing a plate with Belgium waffles forward. Heero thanked his cousin, slipped into the space beside Duo, and began eating quickly and efficiently. Duo stopped stuffing his face long enough to watch Heero.
"He always like that?" he asked, as he watched Heero devour half his breakfast neatly. That done, Heero cut the rest of his waffles into equal parts and ate that quickly too.
"As long as I can remember, yeah," Trowa said. A slight frown appeared on the handsome brunet's features. "For some reason, I have a few memories of some kind of training that requires quick eating. Sometimes even I get the urge to eat efficiently. The only solid memories I have are from about eight months ago, when me and Heero went to live with Uncle Odin."
"That's strange," Wufei said. "The only thing I clearly remember is being adopted by Solo Maxwell and meeting Duo. That happened about eight months ago."
"I went to live with Solo eight months ago," Duo said, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Can't remember much before that.."
"My family found me eight months ago.." said a quiet, melodic voice. Everyone turned to the cute blond angel beside Trowa who had been previously forgotten.
"Found you?" Duo asked, around a mouthful of English muffin.
"Hai. I washed up on the shores of Java Island, in Indonesia. I was reported as a missing child, and they saw the picture. I was picked up immediately and brought to a mansion near here," Quatre explained.
"Hm," Duo murmured, watching his food. For a minute he was silent. "So, like, why are you here? Not that I mind or anything..." he said.
"He's my roommate," Trowa said in his usual quiet way. Both Heero and Duo noticed the well-hidden smile of pleasure and...happiness?...on Trowa's usually stoic face. Interesting, they thought simultaneously.
"Well, welcome to the Drama geek group! You a Drama geek too?" Duo asked tactlessly. The Winner heir blushed.
"Uh...I have Drama 6th period," Quatre said. Duo flashed a huge grin and stood up to do a victory dance. "Uh.." Quatre said, confused.
"Don't mind him," Wufei said reassuringly. "He can't help what he is."
"What's that?" Quatre asked.
"A baka," Heero answered. The table laughed, and Duo came back over to pout cutely. He recovered quickly, and started waving his hands in agitation.
"Let's go explore! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" he whined loudly. Several students having breakfast turned to yell at him, but after seeing the adorable display, just 'aww'ed and went back to their food. "How come nobody's gettin' mad at me like last time, Wu-chan?" Duo asked curiously.
"Because you'd probably just annoy them more," Wufei answered. "Excuse me. I'll dump my food, then we can...explore."
"Iie. It's because you're adorable," Heero said quietly. Trowa turned to stare at Heero as if he were nuts. Heero shrugged by way of explanation. "What? They probably think the hopping's cute," he said. Standing, Heero dumped his trash and went to leave. Suddenly, he was glomped from the side.
"Arigato, Hee-chan!" Duo cried, hugging the frozen Japanese teen. "You said I was cute!"
"Uh, technically, Duo.." Wufei began. Duo turned to glare at his adoptive brother. "Er..I mean, uh...yeah! Yeah, he said you were cute," the Chinese boy agreed. Duo grinned.
"Now let's go explore!!" Sighing, the other three teens got up to follow the energetic braided American dragging the silent Japanese teen.
~~~~***~~~~
The sun was setting when the five boys finally finished exploring. On their trip around campus they had discovered the class buildings, a tennis court, a basketball court, and a swimming pool. There was also a performing arts center and a massive ballroom.
The tired boys trudged up to the entrance of Trowa and Quatre's dorm building. "Well...that was invigorating," Quatre lied, falling back to rest against the brick wall.
"Don't lie, Q. You know that was one hell of a walk! Who needs so many miles of school grounds?! We should be issued golfcarts or something!" Duo whined, squeezing sweat from his heavy braid.
"Stop complaining, Duo. If you'd exercised at camp like I did, instead of messing around with that Po girl, you wouldn't have a problem with this," Wufei said, sweeping a thin sheen of sweat from his brow. He looked like he'd only taken a quick jog.
"Bite me, Wuffie," Duo snapped. He turned to Heero. "Ready to return to air conditioning and soft beds?"
"Hai," Heero said. He smiled very (very) faintly at Duo. Trowa looked on in interest. He never thought Heero would take to someone as social as Duo. After only a day, Duo had Heero agreeing with him on something.
"Well, oyasumi," Quatre said. "Let's meet in the cafeteria in the morning. We do have all the same classes."
"Hai. Oyasumi," Heero said, bowing to the small blond. Wufei, Trowa and Duo all bid each other goodnight, then the boys split up. Wufei headed for Dorm building B, and Heero and Duo went back to A.
As the Japanese teen and the loud American trudged up the stairs, something caught Duo's eye that made him freeze, allowing a tired Heero to plow into his back. A flash of unnaturally long blond hair disappeared around a corner.{Milli?} Duo began to head down the hallway in search of the hair.
Heero sighed loudly, then reached out to tug Duo's braid. "Baka. Where are you going?"
"Hey! Leggo of the braid, man! Sheesh," Duo said. Somehow, Heero could tell he was distracted. "I just thought I saw something, is all."
"Well, whatever you saw could what til morning. The resident advisor will be making rounds soon," Heero said. He began walking back to their room. Duo hurried to follow.
"How do you know that?" he asked. Heero sighed again, this time sounding mildly irritated.
"I memorized the layout of our room, Duo. Of course I'm going to know the routines of our RA. Now go to bed and go to sleep." The Japanese teen unlocked their door and slipped in. After Duo slipped in after him, he locked the door and went into the walk-in closet. A few minutes later he came out wearing midnight blue boxers and little else. Duo gulped as he watched the small lamp light slide across Heero's muscles. He shivered.
"Go change," Heero said. "There's a hamper for our dirty clothes in the corner of the closet. Just put yours in with mine and I'll do them together." Duo nodded, then headed into the closet. He came out soon after wearing sweats and a thin black shirt. Heero quirked an eyebrow.
"What? I usually sleep in the nude, but I happen to have a roommate now," Duo explained. Geez, can't a guy wear sweats to bed? He decided not to dwell too deep into the look of disappointment he'd seen on Heero's face when he'd exited the closet. And Duo was sure it was disappointment. He'd only known Heero for a short while, but he felt like he'd known him longer. Plus, on the exploring trip just that afternoon, he'd begun documenting his facial expressions.
"Oyasumi," Heero said, slipping onto the sheets of the bottom bunk.
Duo saluted him and hopped to the top. "G'night, Hee-chan!"
"Don't call me that. It's embarassing," Heero grumbled, letting his exhuastion wash over him until he was dangerously drowsy.
"It just means I love you," Duo mumbled, slipping into that space between dreaming and awareness. Heero grunted, then was silent. "Hee-chan?"
"Hn."
"I bet you think I'm stupid," Duo whispered. He heard Heero shift slightly.
"Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects," Heero answered, his voice deliciously husky with almost-sleep. "You just happen to be ignorant on most."
"Thanks, Hee-chan...I think," Duo said, deciding to ignore Heero's last comment.
"You're welcome. Now sleep. Please!" After that, no more was heard from Duo except a rather loud snore. Heero sighed as he let sleep take him. {No, Duo. I don't think you're stupid. I think you're wonderful.} Yawning, with his last thoughts floating around his head, the Japanese teen drifted away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] Remember, this is an AU, and I can do whatever I want. So I made Sally a teenager, and Milliardo her younger, hormone driven brother. Yep. I'm good. Oh, and Sal might be a bitch, but she's justified. Also, it isn't really Sally Po. You could say she's a Sally Po Jr. You'll understand in later (much later) chapters.
Until the next....