"Duo?" Quatre stood and looked at his lover, worried "Trowa, come on!" they ran into the kitchen and were confronted with an odd and amusing scene. Duo sat on the floor, looking confused and disoriented. He was covered in dough, baking soda, sugar, flour, and other baking items, and Heero was standing over him, glaring, while Wufei stood on the other side of the room, his eyebrow raised in disbelief and the side of his mouth twitching, threatening to become a smile.

"What happened?" Relena asked, poking her head over Trowa's shoulder to see what had occurred.

"Duo made something explode." Wufei said, succumbing to his desire to grin.

"Duo, the oven is a privilege, not a right!" Heero snarled down at the braided boy, his hands on his hips. The right side of his body was covered in all of the same powders that coated Duo, and he did not seem happy about it. Wufei, on the other hand, was completely clean and seemed very smug about it.

"How did you escape this…?" Relena asked Wufei, smiling slightly.

"I was getting brown sugar when the cookie dough exploded." Wufei said and gave a soft, rich laugh that was saved for his friends.

"It wasn't the dough…" Duo pouted, standing up and examining his braid "It was the hand held blender. I don't know what happened, Cat! I swear, I had nothing to do with it!"

Heero scowled, then rolled his eyes "Baka. Are you hurt?"

"No." Duo said, still pouting "But I have weird sticky stuff in my braid." He glared his friends as they all started laughing "Not that! You guys are sick!" he scowled, attempting to give Heero's glare of horrible death, and failed.

"S-sorry…" Quatre gasped, still giggling "You can use the shower if you want…you know where it is."

Duo shoved past his small friend, still muttering under his breath about sick, depraved people.

Quatre watched him go, amused, then focused on the kitchen and sighed. "This is going to take a while to clean…Duo had to make something explode the day the maid was sick, didn't he?"

Relena smiled slightly. "I'll take care of it, Quatre. You go handle the problem at the plant; I'll clean up."

"And I'll help." Trowa said and smiled at his lover gently before turning back to the kitchen. "But first I need to talk to Wufei…"

Wufei nodded, still smiling slightly, and followed the Cyclops out of the room.

"So, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes…but involves pain on your part."

"Of course it does."

"Oh, don't whine. I just need you to sprain your ankle so that you have an excuse to stay behind."

"….What?"

"You heard me. Une is going to have an emergency perventers assignment, and everyone but you and Quatre will go. Quatre won't go because he's only a part time agent, and you because you'll be hurt."

"Great. This sounds fun."

"Please?"

"Fine. But don't ask me for anything else. I hate the thought of having to succumb to pain…"

"Well, there is one thing…"

"No!"

"Wufei, Trowa, we need your help!" Relena yelled towards the living room where it sounded like the two men were having a heated argument. "Heero, go find them."

He looked at her and raised his eyebrow slightly "Yes, your majesty." He said, somehow managing to keep his voice mostly sarcasm free. Mostly. As he approached the living room door, he heard his lover and his friend discussing a topic, which caught his interest immediately "Did you say 'party'"? He said softly, leaning against the doorjamb, his arms crossed and a smug smirk on his face.

A/N: Chapter three! WOOHOO!(dances)

Jaist Majere:Glad you like it so much! Hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as the others.