I just drifted through the rest of my classes that day. I just couldn't concentrate! First of all I couldn't believe that Heero turned Relena down and told her to 'fuck off'. And he let me put my arm around his waist. I just didn't get that. I just didn't get him.
After school I saw Heero and Wufei about to make their way home so I ran over to stop them and ask them if they wanted to play basketball after school. Quatre, Trowa, Meiran and I usually played in the park that was just a block away from the school. They said yes so we waited for the rest ofmy friendsto come out from the prison we are forced to call school – but at least it's better than the place that is supposed to be my 'home' – before making our way over to said park.
After scaring the other kids off of the court (it wasn't that hard, Heero just glared at them and they ran off yelling for their mums saying that there was a big scary boy) we split into teams. Since Quatre and Trowa didn't want to be split up, I refused to be on a team with the both of them - they'll never concentrate on a game with each other in such close proximity – (the others didn't really care either way) the teams were as follows: Wufei, Meiran and me vs. Heero, Quatre and Trowa.
Heero and I were chosen for the tip off. The ball was thrown into the air so I readied myself to jump – there was no point. Heero leapt up like a cat, gracefulness and everything, and caught the ball before the force of gravity had decided to act on the ball and bring it down. I don't think 'surprised'is the right word to use for what I was feeling. I believe the term is "struck dumb" for I had forgotten we were playing a basketball game for a few precious seconds and was just standing there staring into the sky with a dazed expression on my face. Suddenly I snapped to my senses, hoping no one had noticed my lapse in sanity, and took off after the ball and the wielder of said ball, Heero Yuy. Let me tell you, that match was not easy. It was scorching hot that day, around 100 degrees; I'd already lost my shirt about halfway through the game. But that wasn't the main problem. The problem was Heero. Now I'm a very good basketball player, the best in my school, but I had a hard time keeping up with Heero. And I wasn't the only one because around the time I lost my shirt, Quatre and Meiran dropped out, claiming that they couldn't keep up with us. Pfft! Then, about half an hour after that Trowa and Wufei stopped playing. Personally, I think Trowa stopped because his boyfriend was no longer playing; I'm not too sure about why Wufei stopped. Soon it was just me and Heero left and I was running out of steam. We played for quite a while until the sun started to set.
"I win." he told me with that smug look on his face. I wanted so badly to punch him.
"Yeah! Only by one point so don't get too happy about it!" I then stuck my tongue out at him. Very mature. I think he thought so too.
"Hn. Whatever. I still won." It was then I collapsed onto the floor.
"Rub it in why don't you." It was then that he did something that I will never EVER forget. He reached down, grabbed onto the bottom of his t-shirt and pulled it over his head in one fluid movement, revealing rock hard abs rippling under unblemished, naturally tanned skin. His skin was glistening with a thin sheen of sweat from the day's earlier activities. This action thus caused me to revert back to my earlier impression of clueless-ness. I swear he did that on purpose. Then Trowa sat down next to me and whispered in my ear.
"Close your mouth, you're drooling." That snapped me right out of my funk enough to whip my head round and glare at him. He just smirked at me.
"Hey! Me and Heero are going to head home now." They had already turned away as Wufei called over his shoulder "We'll see you tomorrow in homeroom. Bye!" Heero just sent a wave over his shoulder.
"Bye." I got up off the floor having finally gotten my breath back. Next time, I was making sure Heero was on my team. Jeez! He was moving so fast down the court that it looked like he was flying.
"See ya Duo!" Quatre walked over to Trowa before heading off to Trowa's house.
"Hey Cat. Isn't your house in that direction?"
"I know that Duo but I'm going back to Trowa's."
"Oh. Okay! I'll see you two at school. Come on Meiran. I need to go home." I really did. I hadn't eaten since…lunchtime! Oh and I was gonna get hell from Richard for being home late.
The reason Quatre goes over to Trowa's house so often is because Quatre's dad is much like mine. In that they're both filthy rich and are fiercely homophobic. Quatre told his father he was gay before I even realised I was and saying that his father didn't take it well is a massive understatement. His dad positively freaked and yelled at him for an hour about how disgusting that was and how he didn't bring up any of his children to be queers. And when he was finished with that – as if it wasn't enough; Quatre was practically near tears – he gave him the well-documented speech about The Expectations of a Winner Heir that Quatre had heard so many times he knew it by heart.
I thought my life was bad but Quatre's is terrible. They say money can't buy happiness, and they're right. From the first time I met Quatre, every single thing he's done never seems to be enough for his father. Nothing was ever good enough. So Quatre has just stopped trying for his father. And you know how I know? I was there the night he decided to tell his father. I was there for moral-support. It was the first time I'd been to his house and I could tell from the moment I met him that Quatre's father didn't like me. His face twisted into an expression of pure disgust as he shook my hand. And after he had finished with his son, I was left behind to pick up the pieces and try to rearrange them into a semblance of the great boy Quatre was before his father decided to cut him down with his self-righteousbigotry.
So I set off walking home with Meiran – she lives about a block away from me – thinking about how much trouble I'm going to be in when I get home because I stayed out so late. It's really unfair! Relena came and went as she pleased; her parents didn't have to worry because she had a mobile phone. I had a mobile once – I'd saved enough from my job – but one morning I found it down the toilet. I'm still not sure if it was Relena or her father, Richard. Meiran's voice snapped me out of my musings.
"So, what do you think of the two new kids?" I narrowed my eyes. Meiran did not ask questions for no apparent reason. I wondered what she was getting at.
"They're okay. Heero is a bit quiet but I think Wufei makes up for that. Why do you ask?" She ignored my last question and pressed on.
"Do you think they're fit?" And then I knew what she was getting at.
"Of course! They're bloody gorgeous! Although I prefer Heero."
"Hey, Wufei's pretty cute as well."
"Hey I never said that he wasn't. So are you gonna go for it? You know, ask him out."
"Hey! I've only known him a day. I'll get to know him a bit better and then if I still like him then I'll ask him out. How about you? Are you going to ask Heero out?" She had a really fierce gleam in her eye when she said that, like she had a plan. I decided to pray for help against Meiran because I never come out unharmed after one of Meiran schemes.
"Well it's a bit more complicated for me. I don't know if he's gay. If I ask him out and he isn't he might freak out or something. And I barely know him."
"But he didn't freak out today at lunch when Her Royal Pinkness announced your business to the whole cafeteria."
"But that doesn't necessarily mean that he's gay. I could just mean that he doesn't mind hanging around with gay people."
"And I think that you're just trying to find reasons why it won't work, Duo Maxwell." And with that said she stalked off by herself. I ran after.
"Look, maybe you're right. But I find it hard to believe that a gorgeous, decent, obviously rich person like him would want to go with a ragamuffin like me."
"I think that you listen to Relena too much! You forget that you're a gorgeous," I scoffed at this but Meiran ignored me and carried on "decent person and you don't need to be rich to go out with someone who is. Heero does not look like the kind of guy that would only hang out with rich people. Remember what happened today at lunch?" I had nothing to say to this because she was right, so I kept my mouth shut. We carried on walking in silence. I was thinking about what she had said to me and I'd decided I would go for it after I knew him a bit better. We turned into Meiran's road. She turned around and faced me.
"Think about what I said, Duo. Bye I'll see you tomorrow!" And before I could reply she ran off towards her front door. So I turned around and went home.
xXx
"Where the hell have you been! I thought I told you to be home by the time the sunsets. It's pitch black outside!" was what I came home to. And to think I thought he didn't care.
"I'm surprised you even care. Yes you did tell me, but you're not my father so you can't tell me what to do."
"Duo! Don't speak to your father like that!" I swear my mum never listens.
"He's not my father, my dad is dead." I said slowly like I was talking to a small child, then I stormed up the stairs. We must have had that conversation so many times and yet they still don't understand. I will never EVER think of Richard as my father, the same way Relena will never be my sister.
I went into my room, even though you can hardly call it that. When you come through the door a small single door wardrobe is right by the door. It used to be white but I painted it black. Yep, they weren't very happy with that but there was nothing they could do to rectify it. Right next to the side of the wardrobe – practically attached – is my single bed with its black and silver bedclothes, and at the foot of my bed was the wall that had my only window. Next to the foot of the bed is a little table where I put my CD player, CDs and my hair stuff e.g. bushes and combs. We then come to my other wall, that has been painted a deep, blood red. I mean, it's more like a cleaning cupboard and it probably was before we came to live here. But that didn't matter I still managed to fix it up to my liking.
I slammed the door shut, flicked on my CD player and started blasting out 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana.
Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self-assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello!
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yay! Yay! Yay!
I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello!
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yay! Yay! Yay!
And I forget just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard, it was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, never mind
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello!
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
A denial! A denial! A denial! A denial! A denial! A denial! A denial! A denial! A denial!
xXx
Did ya like? Sorry about the lack of updating I tried to make the chapter longer to make up for it.I don't think this song makes any sense to the story but I just like this song so I decided to put it in there. So…tell me if you like! I'll be anxiously awaiting you reviews!Until next time minna!
