Some Kind of Wonderful - Part 4
At half past eight, the two boys had parked up along the drag and were casually leaning on the bonnet, trying to look at ease with Friday night routine. Duo hadn't bothered to change out of his usual black garb but Heero had once again selected the finest items of clothing that he owned; a dark green shirt and black suit pants. Duo had duly taken the piss out of his outfit when he had picked Heero up but secretly, he couldn't help but notice how good the Japanese boy looked.
He had almost, almost, told Heero how he felt about him, spurred on by his undeniable attraction and the thought that he might lose him to Relena, but the words had caught in his throat. He had no idea how Heero would respond and frankly, that scared him. Duo couldn't imagine living without Heero's companionship should he reject his declaration of love. With that thought, he decided that his pain must be kept to himself.
From their vantage point, the two boys had a clear view of Treize, who like them, was leaning on the bonnet of his red sports car, talking to a pretty young thing that Heero quickly recognised as the girl he had seen Treize kiss in the hallway at school. He looked as though he was about to kiss her again before he noticed Relena, tight-lipped and angry, making her way towards him. As he had done previously, Treize sent the girl on her way before turning and flashing Relena a brilliant smile. Heero clenched and unclenched his fists angrily as he watched Treize's expression change to one of surprise as Relena tried to walk past him.
"Relena?" he said innocently as he moved to stand in front of her. "What's the matter?"
"Treize, I've had about enough of this," she snapped, her cheeks flushed with annoyance.
"What?"
"Look, if you were more of a person you might be enough for two girls but you're not."
"You know," Treize said, shaking his head slowly. "This jealousy crap is getting a bit tedious."
Relena stared at him for a moment, studying his arrogant expression. "Yeah well, you won't have to deal with it anymore," she said quietly, breaking eye contact and attempting to step past him.
Treize caught her arm and drew her close, aware that others were watching them curiously. "What's that supposed to mean huh?" he growled.
"Get out of my way!" Relena hissed through gritted teeth, yanking her arm from his grip.
"No," Treize replied, unwilling to be shown up by a mere female. "Not until we straighten this out."
She looked at him, her anger subsiding into pity for this vain and desperate man. "It's not going to work anymore, Treize," she said backing away from him.
"Yeah?" he replied before flashing her a brilliant grin. "You walk out on me then where you gonna go, huh?"
"Relena? Can I see you for a minute?"
Relena and Treize turned to see Heero Yuy stood waiting for a response from the girl he had just addressed. Seeing it as the perfect opportunity to get away from Treize, Relena nodded and started to walk towards the Japanese boy, turning back only to shoot a sarcastic grin at her soon to be ex-boyfriend.
Having seen Relena back away from Treize, Heero had decided that this was his best opportunity to make his move. Leaving a forlorn Duo by the car, he had called her name and had been shocked when she had readily agreed to come and talk to him. Now, as he stood waiting for her to cross the street, his mouth had gone dry and he hadn't a clue what to say. On the other side of the road, Heero could see Treize and his friends watching curiously, which only added to his nervousness.
"Um, hi," he said dumbly as she drew close.
"Hi," she replied, a little unsure why this boy she only vaguely recognised from school wanted to speak with her.
There was an awkward silence as Heero struggled to choose his words, which eventually prompted Relena to speak.
"Um, what do you want?" she said as kindly as she could without sounding too impatient. It was fair to say she wasn't in the mood for aimless chitchat.
Grinning stupidly and aware that he needed to say his piece quickly before she got annoyed and left, Heero began to stumble over his carefully planned speech. "Well, I was… I was er… wondering if you wanted to go out… with me…sometime."
The corners of Relena's mouth were starting to curl into a smile and Heero suddenly felt incredibly vulnerable. Although he wasn't sure why, he found himself wishing that Duo was there with him.
"But if… if it's too difficult a time then, then I understand…um… I'm…"
He stopped and took a deep breath, now deeply embarrassed. Relena laughed, finding the bumbling Japanese boy endearing.
"So you're asking me out? On a date?" she said incredulously.
From his position, now lying across the car bonnet, Duo couldn't hear the exchange of words but he had grimly deduced from the gestures that Heero hadn't been shot down in flames by the object of his affections. Slightly glassy eyes watched, as Heero appeared to shake Relena's hand, a broad grin spread across his usually serious features, before he started to make his way back to the car. The braided boy's unshed tears were unnoticed by the object of his affections as he bounced across the road, barely able to contain his joy.
"Mission accomplished!" he grinned, oblivious to Duo's obvious misery.
On the other side of the drag, Relena marched up to Treize and his friends defiantly. She couldn't believe that she had accepted a date from someone she barely knew but it felt good to see the sulky-boy expression on Treize's face.
"So what did he want?" Dorothy asked, flicking her long blonde locks over her Versace-clad shoulder. Dorothy was a wealthy young lady, who ran with Treize and his friends because of her healthy bank balance. Despite her own family's less than comfortable lifestyle, Relena had moved with the elite at Seventh Street because of her friendship with Dorothy.
"He asked me out," Relena replied.
"What did you say?" Dorothy said, unable to stifle her laughter.
"I said yes," Relena spat, deliberately glaring at Treize as she said it.
Feeling mighty pleased with the shocked reaction she elicited from Treize, Relena stalked off down the road, swinging her hips haughtily.
"She's just mad," Dorothy reasoned, glancing nervously at Treize before she raced after the hastily departing girl.
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Detention, Monday morning. Since his arrival in the classroom, Heero had been unable to wipe off his face the stupid, winsome grin that he had worn since Relena had agreed to go out with him. Over the weekend, his own father had remarked on the change in his disposition, but he had been less pleased when Heero had informed him of the reason for it. Odin viewed girls as a distraction from his son's education. Duo had also had the mother of all black moods on him over the weekend, but Heero had offered him little in the way of catharsis, his own euphoric state making him blind to his friend's unhappiness.
In his usual position at the desk next to Heero, Wufei was putting the finishing touches to a sketch of his own. Satisfied with the final image, the Chinese boy turned the pad slightly to allow Heero to cast his artistic eye over it. On the page was a skull complete with eyes and hair, which was divided into two shoulder length braids. The skull was grinning a wide toothy grin, which gave it a slightly psychotic look.
"That's what my girlfriend would look like without skin," Wufei announced proudly.
Heero nodded in amusement, impressed by the quality of Wufei's work slightly more than his choice of subject. Heero had been surprised to learn that Wufei's girlfriend was Sally Po; an excellent academic who was destined for a glittering career in medicine. They were an unlikely couple, but Wufei clearly worshipped her in his own bizarre way. What she saw in him was quite another matter.
"And while we're on the topic of the double-breasted party machine, congratulations on your latest coup!" Wufei said with a grin as he grabbed Heero's hand and shook it firmly.
Heero grinned back and accepted his gesture of celebration.
"You know about Relena Peacecraft?" he said, surprised. "How?"
"You think I live here? I have a personal life too, man!" Wufei said defensively. "Anyway, how'd you manage to swing that one?"
Heero paused to consider the question carefully.
"I don't know, Wufei. I asked her out, she said yes, we're going out…" he trailed off, grinning broadly.
Wufei nodded triumphantly.
"Anytime somebody from the outside lifts a woman from a gwot like Treize man, we can all fight Custer rejoice. I'm proud of you!"
Heero looked at him dubiously.
"A gwot??"
TBC…