Title: For Love and Basketball
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing.
Warnings: Yaoi, AU, OOC

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Chapter Eight

The small group of friend's sat at a table inside a small Chinese restaurant. Trowa and Quatre sat on the side next to the wall. Heero and Duo sat on the side closest to the kitchen. Wufei sat on the end closest to the door. After the movie, they decided to get something to eat.

Duo sat staring into his plate. He knew what he did was a big shock to everyone, not that he cared. It would get Zechs to leave him alone. Sure, he would have to explain himself, but he didn't care. That was an easy thing to explain, he thought. He knew eventually he would have to anyway.

"So, does anyone know what they want?" Their waitress asked. Everyone ordered what they wanted and gave the waitress their menus before she left.

Wufei took a sip from his glass of water and looked at Duo, serious expression on his face. "What was that stunt you pulled in the movie?"

Duo blinked. "You mean Zechs' horrible kiss?"

"The one you gave him, yes," Wufei said.

Duo shrugged. "Just something to get him off my back for a while."

"Is he homophobic?" Trowa asked.

"Not...quite..." Duo said slowly.

"So he's gay?" Heero inquired.

"Bi, actually," Duo stated. "But he doesn't like people to know."

"So did you two date at one point?" Quatre asked.

Duo shook his head. "He's one of those really paranoid people in relationships, and then once he breaks up with the person, he either hates them, or thinks that they can be friends with benefits. Of course, those who are friends with benefits have no problem with that. However, I'm not really into being friends with benefits with anyone, and we were too good of friends for him to hate me if we did date, so we didn't go out."

Quatre shook his head. "That's kinda confusing to think about."

Duo shrugged. "Not really."

"What happened between you two?" Trowa asked.

Duo sighed, taking a drink from the glass of water that was given to them when they were seated. "Alright, I was going out with this one guy who goes to Romefeller, and I took him to this party that Alex had at his place. Well, everyone liked him. I mean, what wasn't to like? Tight ass, great smile with the personality to match. So, I left him in the room with everyone while I went to go talk with Treize about something. However, I made the mistake of leaving my boyfriend with a drunk and horny Zechs. I walked back into the living room to find Zechs and him making out."

Duo shrugged, stopping as the waitress brought their food. Once the plates were passed out and she left, he started again as everyone started eating. "I yelled at both of them, broke up with my boyfriend on the spot, and left the house. That next Monday at school is when I beat the shit out of Zechs," Duo finished. He shrugged, putting a piece of chicken into his mouth.

"You seem way to calm discussing this," Heero commented.

Duo shrugged again. "I don't believe in holding grudges."

"It's bad karma to hold a grudge," Quatre said.

Duo chuckled. "I just think the person holding the grudge feels like shit when they do."

"So, why does Zechs hate you?" Wufei asked.

"I don't know. I didn't do anything to him, unless he hates me for embarrassing him in front of the whole school," Duo stated.

"It was his own fault, though," Heero said.

"I know, but he thought I was overreacting," Duo replied. "But, he's a stupid blonde bimbo, so I don't care what he thinks."

Trowa sighed, shaking his head. "Sounds like a stupid disagreement to me."

"How would you feel if you saw Quatre making out with some guy?" Duo countered.

Trowa glanced at Quatre then back at Duo. "Good point..."

"See, people thought that this was something stupid until they stop to think and put themselves in my place," Duo stated. "I mean, Treize understands why I did it, but he is usually very understanding to stuff like this."

Heero smirked. "Duo, did you really glue roses to his car?"

Laughing, Duo shook his head. "Nope, that wasn't me."

"Why were roses glued o his car?" Wufei asked.

"It was an April Fools joke last year," Duo said. "Zechs and Treize have the same car, just different colors. Well, Alex meant to glue the roses to Treize's car, but couldn't remember which was his, so he guessed."

"He did a really bad job of guessing then," Quatre commented. Duo nodded, laughing softly. "But, why did he want to glue roses to Treize's car?"

"He loves roses, for some strange reason, so for April Fools we decided to give him roses," Duo said. "They went to Zechs instead, though."

Rolling his eyes, Wufei stood, reaching into his pocket, pulling out a ten dollar bill, and tossed it onto the table. "Okay, I have an essay to finish before tomorrow. I'll see the four of you later," he said, grabbing his letterman's jacket and waving as he left.

"Yeah, I need to go too," Quatre said, standing as well.

"I'll drive you," Trowa said, standing, reaching into his pocket and tossing some money onto the table, enough for Quatre and himself. "See you," Trowa said, grabbing his jacket and leaving with Quatre.

Duo watched them leave out of the corner of his eyes. "They really are cute together," he commented.

Heero nodded in agreement. "It's about time Trowa found someone. He's been out of the closet for a year now and still hadn't found anyone."

"It's nice that they've found each other," Duo stated. He finished off the water in his glass and stood. "C'mon, let's go do something. I'm bored now." He tossed a few bills onto the table.

Heero chuckled softly. "Alright." He tossed his own money onto the table and grabbed his jacket. "You really need a Gundam High letterman's jacket."

"Why? What's wrong with this one?!" Duo asked.

"It's OZ..."

"Oh, yeah..." Duo rolled his eyes, walking towards the door. "I think mine's coming in tomorrow. At least that's what Howard told me."

Heero smiled. "Good, then you can burn that one."

"I'm not going to burn it! I've had this since freshmen year!" Duo stated, shoving Heero away from him. They left through the door, shoving each other the whole way.