Hey kidies! I'm baaaaaaaaack! n.n Okay, this has been sitting for a while just waiting to get put up, so without any further ado, chapter six of High School!


Reviewer Responses:

angelicmayuka - You updated your story! Squeals

Thankz for letting me know my chapie kicked ass...and -trippy. O.o ;P More DuoxRini fun in this chapter too! AND 01xRei makesa cameo apperance! n.-

babymar-mar - Glad to know jealous Mako was not in vain! More of her in this one too! Enjoy!

Black-Fire Eclipse - I updated asaic...try and figure that abbreviation out! O.o n.n Hope you like this one as much as you liked the others.

Jewels14 - Hope you did manage to wait! Here's the next chapter! Have fun with it! n.-


Disclaimer: The animes Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon do not belong to me. If anyone would actually believe that they did, they deserve an award.


Chapter Six – No need for Late Night Movies!

"Labyrinth!" Rini cried lovingly, holding the dvd case in her arms. Duo shook his head vehemently.

"No way! How about…hm…Disturbing Behavior?" Rini said no while in the background Mina made a face.

"Interview With The Vampire!"

"Perfect!" Duo exclaimed. "So whadda we got? That, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hamtaro, Pirates of the Caribbean and Serial Experiments Lain."

"Yeah…that's all of it! So what should we watch first? Pirates of the Caribbean?" Rini asked as she flipped through the stack.

"Sounds good." Duo said as he grabbed a pillow.

"I just wanna snuggle." Rei said as she hooked Heero's shirt and pulled him down, arranging him as a pillow. "Move your elbow Heero." Obliging, Heero kept his face neutral as the others laughed. Shooting them all death glares, Heero started threading his long fingers through Rei's raven black hair.

"Darien!" Bunny exclaimed, knocking him over in a hug. "Me too! I wanna snuggle!" Darien winced and tried to smile.

"Just as long as you don't drool on me when you fall asleep." Annoyed, Bunny smacked his arm.

"I don't drool!" She cried indignantly as Wufei watched them, amused, holding a quiet Lita in his arms. Ami reached for the remote from her position in Quatre's arms on the couch and started the movie.

"Children play nice…and no snogging." Mina snickered.

"Good luck Quatre." Blushing beet red, her brother glared at her. Opening his mouth to reply, he was interrupted by Bunny.

"Shhh! The movie's starting!" Quatre sighed and resigned himself to watching the movie.

Unfortunately, Rini and Duo could not keep quiet.

Duo began by acting the movie out as Jack and Rini pretended to be Elizabeth. The rest of the group was torn between laughing and wanting the throw the two out. In the end, the pair was saved by a unanimous vote for popcorn and a bathroom break.

In the kitchen, Rini hopped up on the counter and started humming the theme song to Hamtaro while Mina emptied a bag of popcorn into a bowl, placing a second bag in the microwave.

"Mina," Lita's quiet voice broke the silence, snapping Mina out of whatever she had been thinking.

"Yes?"

"I- Well, I just…thank you." Mina blinked.

"For what?"

"For everything. For making me feel better about today, even though you didn't have to."

"Of course I did! You're my friend! My best friend in fact! Who helps me in Home Ec. when my instant pudding explodes? Or when I managed to bleed all over my pillowcases? Or when I fail a math test? I have to be there for you when you're down, just like you're for me." Lita smiled softly.

"Thanks Mina."

"Like I said, no need to." Mina said cheerily as she hugged her. Rini watched the exchange silently, jumping slightly when the microwave blared loudly next to her. Rini smiled sheepishly and then almost had a near heart attack as the doorbell rang. Mina, in the middle of emptying the second bag of popcorn, stopped.

"Bet I know who that is." She said with a wink in Lita's direction. Lita, catching her breath, ran to answer the door. Opening it, she was confronted with the sight of a bedraggled Trowa.

"Tro!" Lita threw herself into his arms, hugging him tight. "Missed you." Startled, Trowa returned the hug, holding her tightly.

"Didn't know you cared." Trowa deadpanned. Lita chuckled.

"You bastard, of course I care. Now come on, the movie's about to start again, unless we're moving on to the next one" Grabbing his hand, she dragged him up the stairs.

"Which is…?"

"Hamtaro."

"Spare us all."


"Revenge!" Duo fell on top of Rini, tickling her mercilessly.

"St-st-stop! Help! Bunny!" Rini squirmed, trying to get away. Ami sighed in exasperation.
"Does anyone even watch movies anymore?"

"Naw, this is more fun to watch anyway."

"AhhH!" Rini managed to escape and ran into the bathroom, slamming the door shut before Duo could follow.

"Come on! Lemme in! I forgot my toothbrush!"

"Liar! I bet you don't even have one!"

"I do to have one! I just never use it!" Ami turned the TV off and rolled her eyes.

"Come on Duo! Leave her alone! Some of us are trying to sleep." Rei growled as she threw a pillow at Duo. Even with her eyes closed, the pillow still managed to graze his shoulder.

"Why's everyone picking on me?" he whined, flopping down on the floor in front of the TV, clearly moping.

"Because you react." Trowa murmured from his position next to a barely awake Lita. The bathroom door clicked open.

"You going to be nice now?" Rini asked, peeking around the door frame. Duo nodded tiredly.

"Yeah, adrenaline's worn off." Convinced, the strawberry-blonde beauty exited the bathroom to resume her position on the floor next to Duo.

"Hey, what happened to Hamtaro?"

"We quit watching." Ami said dryly. Rini winced.

"Sorry. I promise to be good if we put on Lain." Pretending to think about it, Ami finally conceded. Settling back down, Rini was presented with the remote as Ami decided she preferred to sleep instead. Halfway through the first episode, Rini dozed off against Duo who ignored the fact that his shoulder was going numb. An hour later, Mina plucked the remote out of Duo's limp hand and scooted back over to her place next to Trowa.

"We the only ones still awake?" she whispered. Trowa glanced over at Bunny, who was currently asleep, but not drooling yet, and shrugged.

"I think so."

"Anything else you wanna watch then?"

"No, not really; this is fine."

"You sure? 'cuz I think I'm gonna go ahead and go to bed unless you want some company."

"I don't want to keep you up…"

"The only thing that's going to put me to sleep is boredom. Come on." Dragging him, much the same way Lita had, into her room she riffled through her closet before triumphantly presenting Trowa with a pack of cards.

"Rich man poor man?"

"Sounds fun." Watching Trowa shuffle, Mina tried to think of something to talk about. Abruptly she blurted out:

"Lita really missed you today." before blushing. Trowa raised an eyebrow before dealing.

"I know."

"Than why do you keep doing this to her?"

"Because…I owe it to Cathy."

"Why?"

"She was my family for several years. I can't just forget that and abandon her in favor of a new family." Mina winced.

"Point taken." She picked through her cards, eyeing Trowa as she did so.

"I think…I think she has such a problem with me seeing Cathy because she's afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"That I might not come back." Mina set her hand down and stared. "I don't think it's conscious but…"

"It makes sense." Mina mused, picking her hand up again. "I mean, she didn't have you for the longest time. What's to stop you from going back to Cathy?"

"It's also the thought of me leaving in general. Cathy's just one way so she naturally views her as a threat. That's why they never get together."

"I bet it's hard on you." Mina said softly. Trowa looked up.

"It is."

"I wish Lita could see that."

"It's a small matter." Trowa replied, placing a card on the bed.

"It's pretty large for you." She retorted. As the silence wrapped around them, broken only by the sound of cards sliding together, Mina felt her eyes growing heavy.

"You should probably go to sleep now. You look tired" Trowa said as he gathered the cards together at the end of the game. Mina didn't have the energy to argue. Turning the lights off around the room, Trowa slipped in between the couch and Lita, leaving Mina to sleep in her room. His last thoughts as he drifted off were of how lucky he was to have Mina for a friend…and one who understood the situation no less and took it all in stride. Because when he thought about it, the situation was not pretty at all.


Author's Notes: I had so much trouble editing this! I kept haveing the leave and come back to it, s'why it took so long. . ANYWAY - next chapter coming really soon, so heads up readers!

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Btw, Quatre and Hotaru beg you! O.O Pwease? Take pitty! It's almost X-mas for pitty's sake! n.-

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