Konnichiwa, minna! Another chapter is up! This chapter was fun to write! Hope you like it! Domon might be a bit ooc, but I have an explanation (see end a/n). Oh, and I sorta made up Shirley's history, well the parts of it I didn't know. I hope that's ok with y'all. After all, this IS a fanfic…

Disclaimer: Don't own G Gundam… -starts to cry-


The trio had returned back to the apartment. Domon had stormed off to his room, while Rain and Chibodee went to theirs. Once inside, Rain turned to Chibodee with a serious expression on her face. Chibodee knew what she was going to say even before she said it. "We need to talk."

Chibodee sighed and nodded, "I know." He sat down on the bed and patted the area next to him. A few moments passed after Rain had sat down before Chibodee finally spoke. "Let's start with Domon."

Rain nodded once.

"Do we both agree that Domon was jealous?" he asked.

Rain shook her head. "I don't think so."

Chibodee's eyebrows rose. "Then why was he so furious when we asked him on the double date."

Rain gave him a hard look, "I'm sure he just felt like he was sort of there. As if we had invited him only because we didn't want to see rude, planning the evening right in front of him. I thought it was pretty clear." Deep down, though, Rain knew differently.

"Do you really believe that?" Chibodee asked her.

"Yes…" she squirmed under his gaze.

Chibodee sighed, "Alright, new subject."

Rain squirmed even harder now. "Ok…"

Chibodee took a deep breath, "You what we need to discuss."

Rain nodded reluctantly. "I do."

"I'm going to be frank." He took another deep and, turning to Rain, blurted it out before he could change his mind. "Do you have feelings for me?"

Rain knew he was going to say this. She had an answer all ready, but as soon as his words reached her ears, as soon as his question came out for real, from his lips, she froze completely. Do I? Mentally, she shook her head. Of course, I don't. I love D-nobody. Her slip-up did not go unnoticed. Rain began to feel very uncomfortable, almost claustrophobic. She licked her lips, "O-Of course I don't!"

Chibodee made a show of sighing in relief. Inside, his heart sank. Maybe she's lying, just like I am. But he couldn't convince himself. A spot of hope tugged at the back of his mind, all the same.

"Do you? Have feelings for me?" Rain's words brought Chibodee out of his thoughts.

"Uh, no. No, I don't." He said the words quickly, as if they had a bad taste and he wanted them out of his mouth.

Rain nodded and put a smile on her face. In reality, she didn't feel like smiling. Her heart was churning, and she was confused beyond words. Why am I upset that he doesn't love me?

Silence fell over the pair, but both preferred it that way. Neither wanted to have the conversation that had taken place. Neither had wanted any of this to happen, whether they realized what had actually happened or not.


Shirley retired to her room that evening after Rain, Chibodee, and Domon had left. She wiped her moist eyes and sat on her bed. Life was hard. Her life always had been. It just seemed unfair that when it appeared she finally had a home, life had to go and mess up her life again.
Shirley Laine had grown up in a small dingy home in the outskirts of the already dying city of New York. Her father had been a drunk, and her mother could spend no time with her daughter as she was constantly working just to keep food on the table. The neighborhood kids always bullied Shirley. She was a tomboy growing up, and that didn't help her. Finally, after finally finishing college at the local college, she left home and set out to find her life. She found it in a street gang in another part of the outskirts. She climbed up the ladder with her mechanic skills, and her ability to steal and cheat well. A couple rungs up, she met Cath, Bunny, and Janet. Finding a lasting friendship in the three of them, Shirley decided to stay at that level with them. The four were happy together, and went on their missions together all the time. They became experts in their separate fields. One day, however, that all changed. One of the gang members had leaked some information to the police, and the neo-American forces were after the four. They escaped the gang and fled. Now they had the gang and the police after them. The four hid for a few days, stealing just enough food to last them. It was fun to be independent, and the thrill of the chase excited them. Soon, though, they tired of living on the streets. Life became difficult. One day, not more than two weeks after their escape from the street gang, a man with blue and pink hair arrived nearby in a fancy car. He met with a few men and drove away. He came back again the next day and did the same thing. On the third day, the girls went to investigate. They discovered he was a boxer. Not just any boxer, but the boxer Chibodee Crockett, the neo-American Gundam fighter. The first thing that came to the mind of the street-hardened girls was money. He would have money with him. They planned to rob him. After listening in to one of the conversations, they discovered he was going to leave in a ship to neo-Morocco for his first Gundam fight. Shirley suggested they steal away in it. "Maybe we'll find a better life elsewhere," she remembered saying. The other three agreed and the four girls left two days later, following the car to the waiting ship. It was humongous. They marveled at it for minutes behind a communications office. The door to the ship opened and a ramp slid out. Shirley turned to the other three and nodded wordlessly. They nodded back and all three slipped out to run to the ship. Suddenly, a light shined on them. They froze and fear gripped them. The boxer stepped into view with a bodyguard standing next to him. The bodyguard was the one with the flashlight.

The boxer smiled slightly, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" He stepped closer. "Who are you?"

The girls began to inch back. "Nobody you need to worry about," she answered rudely.

"I think I do, considering you're trying to sneak onto my ship."

"We weren't," Janet spoke up defiantly.

"It sure looks like it. What were you doing, then?"

"Uh, just going home," Cath answered quickly.

"And where is home?" Chibodee asked gallantly. "I'd be pleased to escort you ladies there in my car."

Bunny opened and closed her mouth. Chibodee surveyed their clothes and nodded. "Do you girls even have a home?"

Bunny looked away. "No," she answered truthfully.

Chibodee looked mildly surprised. "You don't?"

All of a sudden, there was a great crash and a line of policemen knocked over a cluster of garbage bins. Fear flickered across the girls' faces once more. Chibodee took one look and immediately understood. "Come here," he said softly. He motioned with his hand for the girls to run into the ship. "Let's go." He and the bodyguard followed. The ramp slid back up and the door shut.

After that, their lives were never the same. Shirley settled into this life where she felt she had finally found a home. A place where she belonged. But home is not home when the ones you love are gone.

---The Next Day---

Rain walked into the kitchen for breakfast only to find Chibodee sitting at the table. Their eyes met and they blushed and looked away immediately. George, Shirley, and Domon shot each other a curious glance, but nobody mentioned anything. The air suddenly became tense. Rain and Chibodee refused to communicate throughout the rest of the meal. Finally, the atmosphere cleared when Chibodee finished eating and left the room. There was a collective sigh of relief. George's eyebrows rose. "Lady Rain, what happened with you and Chibodee?" Rain said nothing, but blushed pink. This brought strange looks from the other two. What is going on? George wondered.

The feeling followed the two whenever they were found in the same room. It happened again at lunch. This time only George and Domon were in the room. They finally began to talk to each other later in the afternoon, while Chibodee was grabbing a snack. The boxer took a bite of his sandwich and grinned. "What?" Domon asked somewhat sharply.

Chibodee looked up, smile still in place. "I haven't had a sandwich in a while."

George chuckled, "I suppose that means you really like them, huh?"

Chibodee's eyes crinkled, "I love 'em."

Rain, who was sipping some tea by the sink behind him, spluttered it all out of her mouth. The three men looked around in surprise. "Rain?" Domon asked in concern.

Rain blushed and shook her head, "I'm fine, sorry. It was too hot…" Her cheeks her stained pink, though, which was enough to tell the three men she was bluffing. The sprayed tea didn't help either. You don't splutter tea when it's too hot.

Chibodee looked away quickly and also turned pink. He mumbled a vague 'sorry', which the other three barely caught. Rain turned back to her tea, but Domon and George continued staring weirdly at Chibodee.
Domon left the kitchen not too long after. He could still taste Rain's tea in his mouth. Rain couldn't cook for her life, but she could make some damned good tea. That brought him back to what had been bothering him since breakfast. What was going on between Rain and Chibodee? He went through the clues mentally. They would blush whenever near each other. They've done… Domon gulped. No, that can't be it. They wouldn't speak to each other. Maybe they've had a fight? No, the blushing. They wouldn't make eye contact with each other. Something embarrassing has happened. When Chibodee talked about his sandwich, Rain spluttered her tea. Wait… Domon paused his mental train. She didn't actually splutter her tea until Chibodee said… Domon physically stopped. …that he loved his sandwich. Domon's eyes widened. Something was clicking vaguely in the back of his mind. He couldn't figure out what, but it was flashing a neon sign that read 'TROUBLE!' There's only one thing to do. The Arcade. Domon slipped out his coat in the front hall and left. The arcade could always help him get things off his mind.


Shirley watched Domon leave from the confines of her room. She followed him with her eyes until the only tab on him she had were her ears. His footsteps stopped for a minute, and she curiously peered out her door to find out what had happened. The man was just standing there, lost in thought! She didn't know Domon thought… Shirley smiled at herself and crept outside. Domon had started moving again, and this time, he was putting on a coat in the front hall. Shirley's interest piqued and when he shut the door, she jogged down the rest of the hall and grabbed her coast, slipping it on quickly before hopping outside. She ran silently behind him until she had caught up. Domon heard her and turned around in mild surprise. "Shirley?"

She let out a half-smile. "Hey."

"What are you doing here?"

"Fresh air. I saw you leaving and figured I'd go with you. Where are you going?"

"Well, I was going to the arcade, but I suppose we could just take a walk."

Shirley grinned, "Sounds great. Let's go this way." She pointed the down the path leading in the opposite direction to the arcade. They walked for a few moments in silence before Shirley broke it. "Something's bothering you."

"Is it?" Domon asked rhetorically.

"Sure looks like it. You know, when it comes to anger and jealousy, you're just about as easy to read as a picture book." She giggled quietly.

Domon glared at her. "Really? Read me, then."

"You're upset about something. You feel betrayed and you're annoyed. This thing has been nagging at you for a while, now. In one word, you're jealous."

Domon blinked. "No, I'm not." Shirley laughed. "What?" he asked.

"You're so obvious. If you weren't, you would just play it off. But because you are, you're denying it."

Domon shook his head, "You wish. Fine, who am I jealous of?"

Shirley grinned wolfishly, "Well, I can't tell just from looking at you, but knowing you, it isn't that hard to figure out. Rain and Chibodee." However, the latter name was said with a hint of the same betrayal found in Domon's voice.

"What was that?" Domon teased.

"What was what?"

"You didn't sound too happy when you said Chibodee's name. I think you're the jealous one."

Shirley answered quickly, "No! I'm not jealous of anybody! I have no problem with Rain and Chibodee."

"Doesn't look like it," he teased.

"Well, you have eye problems," she retorted.

Domon laughed this time. "I have eye problems?"

"Yeah."

Domon blurted it out before he could realize what he had said. "If you're so smart, then tell me what's up with Rain and Chibodee." He turned pink and hastily added, "Not that I really care. I just wanna see what you can do."

Shirley nodded, "Alright. I'll tell you."

"You know what's going on?" Domon asked in surprise before he could stop himself.

Shirley chuckled, "Yep. It's not hard, you know." Domon turned pink again. She shook her head. "Figures you haven't figured it out yet. Anyway, think about it. They won't make eye contact; they won't talk to each other; and they blush when they see each other. Obviously, they've admitted tat they love each other by accident, and tried to deny it, and now both are intrigued, embarrassed and confused." She smiled victoriously after taking a breath.

Domon's eyes widened for a variety of reasons. The most immediate being: That's why Rain spluttered her tea when Chibodee said he loved his sandwich. Another moment passed and Shirley's words finally registered in Domon mind. "They said they loved each other!" he cried out.

Shirley hid a bitter giggle. "You got it."

Domon recovered his composure, "Not that I care or anything…"

"Neither do I," Shirley assured him sarcastically. "Let's start heading back," she advised.

Domon said nothing but nodded his head and followed her. They said they loved each other… His face dropped. I can't believe it. There's no hope now. He blinked at Shirley. Wait! Why am I even worried about that? Who cares if they love each other? Domon bit his lip. This was confusing. Why do I care? It doesn't make any sense!

Shirley looked over at him and frowned. "Domon, what's the matter?"

Before he could stop himself, he cried out in frustration, "Argh! Why do I even care if they love each other? I just. Don't. Get it!" He ground the last words out. Domon's breath came out slightly laboured from his outburst.

Shirley covered her mouth with her hand, in a poor attempt to hide her smile. Domon glared at her. "You'll figure it out soon enough. I know I have." Her smile turned sad.

Domon's angry look vanished, and he just looked surprised.


Hey! I know, before you say it, yes, Domon was ooc. But think of it this way: He's sorta half-realizing that he loves Rain. He's Domon, so he's jealous as hell that they're together. He hasn't completely realized that he loves her, so for now he's totally confused as to why he's jealous. It just doesn't make any sense to him. And now they've admitted their love to each other (he thinks) and this is like solidifying their bond. On top of all of that, Shirley seems to know exactly what's going on, and he hates being out of the loop. He's sorta going over the edge and is (as you can see) prone to going over the edge and saying things he would normally never let loose. –takes a deep breath- And that's my explanation.

Personal Reviews:

Fang Sorry, not this chapter, but I will use it soon! I have it in the storyline, fear not! Haha the more I think about it, the more I just LOVE the idea! hehe Thanks for reviewing!

Cleopatra2 Yea, but it needed to be done. That's fine; couplings are opinions. But we'll have to find out where it ends. Thanks for reviewing!

RisingGundam2004 Domon's a bit slow…so I think Rain and Chibodee will have to do a bit more. We'll see though, won't we? –winks- Thanks for reviewing!

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ShinomoriMiyu It was a good title! It fits perfectly. Living in denial in bad for anyone, but I agree that this is true tenfold for Domon. Glad you liked the complication. We'll have to see how it turns out. –catches cookie like dog and Frisbee- Mm! I love cookies! Hehe. Thanks for reviewing!

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Ochako107 Chibodee is a cute brotherly figure to Rain, isn't he? But now, she likes him better as something more. I think the thing people want to see most is who ends up with who! Haha. Thanks for reviewing!

MysticalElfGoddess This was definitely less humor than other chapters. I hope you liked it! I see that you want Domon/Rain and Chibodee/Shirley, huh? Maybe you'll get your wish. Then again, maybe you won't. Haha, I LOVE keeping readers in suspense like that! It's so much fun! I won't do it too too much, though, I promise. Thanks for reviewing!

roses in bloom Decisions are so annoying like that, aren't they? Domon/Rain, or Chibodee/Rain… Hmmm… We'll see who it is. I'm so glad I've got you to like this pairing. For interesting reasons, you see. I'll tell you at the end. –winks- Thanks for reviewing!