Title: Catching Duo
Author: Mistress Tsunami
Warnings: AU, OOC, school-fic, angst, 1x5 LEMON in part five, limey in part six (cont. from five), drug-use, Duo-torture (no NCS or BDSM, though), yaoi, shonen-ai, het, get-together fic (is that a warning?).
Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out.
-Adrienne Gusoff-
The next day was as hot as the previous one had been. Heero had made it into all of Duo's classes, as he had planned, but he kept his word and didn't say a word to the other boy. He also never made a move to provoke Duo, like he had on the first day of school, into speaking to him.
After a long morning, both Quatre and Trowa were free with him during the forth block. It was just after they had bought their lunches that Quatre asked Duo how things were going.
"I haven't told him yet," Duo answered as he sat down, watching Heero mirror his actions a few minutes later not that far away and knowing that it was that particular subject that Quatre was referring to.
"WHAT?" Quatre demanded, outraged, looking like Duo had just calmly stated that elephants were pink. Quatre turned slightly pink himself when he realized that his outburst had drawn the attention of several of the students in the lunchroom, including Heero. He glared firmly at them, and Quatre, being Quatre, got what he wanted, most all of the students looking away.
"Care to explain?" Trowa asked Duo as his partner fended off questioning looks with glare o' deaths that Heero had previously patented.
"I...uh...kinda agreed that I'd TRY things out with Heero. If anything it'll give me a few more nights over at Kat's and away from the orphanage, not that I don't love the kids, but...uh...I kinda haven't told him yet. He agreed not to bug me for a while, and I just...um..."
"Can't seem to talk to him?" Trowa offered when Duo trailed off.
"Kinda," Duo admitted reluctantly.
"Come on," Trowa demanded suddenly, pulling Duo up by the arm and pulling the braided boy away.
"Wha- where're we goin'?" Duo asked, startled and confused by the usually silent boy's sudden change in demeanor.
"To talk," was all Trowa would say.
Quatre took the opportunity to make his way over to Heero, already knowing what his love had been planning. "Hello Heero," Quatre greeted, ever the polite, innocent boy. "Would you please come with me for a few minutes? I want to ask you something, but I don't want everyone to overhear us."
Heero raised an uncertain eyebrow. He didn't know the boy very well, but he nodded his agreement and stood up, his lunch forgotten in favor of learning more about Duo's cherubic-looking friend.
"It won't take long, I promise," Quatre added, and then made his way to the bathroom, not even looking to see if Heero was following him. Once there, he put his hand into his pockets, and mildly cursed, if it could even be called cursing, it was so light. Truthfully, Heero was surprised to hear even that, and he was certain that the word 'hell' wasn't even in the blonde's dictionary, or if it was, it's definition read: do not say upon penalty of looking bad, and you'll probably die too. "Well, darn. It seems that I've forgotten something in my locker, Heero, would you mind waiting in there for me until I find it? Won't be long, promise."
Heero nodded that he understood, and entered at a sedate pace. He knew something was up before he even heard the door's lock slide home; Duo was in there, and no one else seemed to be nearby.
Duo turned when he heard someone enter, and found himself staring at the lovely face of one Heero Yuy. "H-Heero?" he stammered, unsure of what to say.
"Yes?"
"Wha-?"
"Your 'friends' locked me in here with you. Did you want to tell me something?" Heero asked, one eyebrow raised in question and an almost hopeful look on his face.
Duo sighed, grumbling something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like 'hate bathrooms' and 'kill them when I get out.' Heero nearly smiled, but knew that Duo would never really kill his friends, nor would he even intentionally hurt them, it did not seem to be in Duo's nature to hurt those he trusted, and Heero wanted to make that short list.
"Well...ah...actually, I kinda did have something to tell you, although this was NOT how I planned on doing it. I didn't plan it really, which I guess is what Kat's problem was, but I don't see how Trowa got in on it, and...I'm babbling, aren't I?" Heero didn't comment, but one side of his mouth curled up in a smirk.
"I guess what I wanted to say is...I'm willing to give your offer a try...I think. I don't want to be distracted in class anymore, though. I want to BE in class, too; no more sneaking off. And...well...I'm kinda new at all this, but I thought maybe it would be okay, for a little while at least, but I wanna be able to say what I feel and have it respected and if you can't handle that or can't handle me being in class and studying and all then deal's off and-"
"Duo," Heero interrupted, a smile on his face. "I'm not asking you to change. I was just wondering if maybe you would like to be with us for the year, and it's always a possibility that it could be longer. The only rule we really have is that we share the apartment."
Duo's face went an interesting shade of white. "W-what?"
Heero looked confused for a moment, then understood what Duo was fearing when he realized it was what the others had feared in the beginning. "We just live together, Duo. Me, Wufei, Meiran, and the twins. No one's going to ask you to do anything you don't want."
"I don't know," Duo answered truthfully. "I didn't realize that. I...uh...was planning on sleeping over at Quatre's if it got too late."
"Too late?"
"Yeah, it's kinda not good to walk home at night where I live, ya know?" Heero nodded. "Anyway, I'll have to think about it."
"I'll compromise."
"Huh?"
"Spend the night on weekends, just like a friend would, and then during the week you can either go home or to Quatre's if you want, until you get comfortable."
Duo was shocked, to say the least. Heero never comprised on anything. Period. Heero either got his way or you got out of his way. Why was he willing to change that now? Duo didn't feel that he was that much of a prize for the local gang member - Heero had done much better last year with the preppy senior cheerleader - so why should Heero even CONSIDER a compromise?
Was there more here than met the eye?
"That okay?" Heero asked. Duo nodded his agreement, promising himself to talk to Quatre later. "Good, then come over here and get a hug; you look like you need one."
Duo bristled a bit at the order, but was too shell-shocked to even notice his discomfort with it. He willingly put himself into Heero's embrace, and once he relaxed a bit, he realized that he DID need it, and was willing to hug Heero - no, his boyfriend - back.
Duo laughed suddenly.
"What?" Heero asked, pulling away a little to look at Duo's smiling face.
"Nothing, I was just thinking that I should be thanking Quatre and Trowa for this, but that would mean that I'd have to thank them for locking me in a BATHROOM."
Heero chuckled, it was odd, and unusual, but he had to admit, it was also very Duo to think of something like THAT.
Duo sighed. "Let's get outta here and get some lunch before you mess my record up and make me flunk."
Heero shrugged. "At least you won't be expelled."
"I think the flunking's worse."
Heero laughed. All in all, it had been an interesting first two days of school, but he couldn't say that he didn't like the results.
THE END.
The sequel, Catching Colds, is in progress, and will likely be posted first on my site ( caveofbats dot faithweb dot com ) before on FF dot net, unless there are enough people who review that want to see it. I don;t think that I completely finished it, either, so it's a WIP that's currently on hold. please also remember that these have never been edited or beta read, same as all my other fics, so if something doesn't make sense, feel free to ask, but please leave an email, AIM handle, or some way for me to get a hold of you.
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-Tsunami