"Crap, crap, crap." Trowa thought as he ran off campus. His talk with Ms. Bradley took longer than expected. It was already three fifteen and he was supposed to meet Quatre before they were to go to the river, fifteen minutes away from that. Trowa ran down the street and onto the elementary school campus. He made his way to the opening and squeezed through.
'Please be here...' Trowa thought. Trowa looked around the area but there was no sign of Quatre. "Dammit..."
Just then, something fell and hit Trowa on the head. It was a piece of crumpled paper. Trowa opened it and read, "Look up, silly."
Trowa obeyed and looked up to see Quatre smiling down at him. "You, Trowa Barton, are late."
Trowa smiled. He began to climb up the tree. When he reached Quatre, he sat down and watched him. "I thought you would have left by now."
"Nope. I'm still here. Waiting. Like I said I'd be."
"Quatre, about lunch, I'm sorry. I was being stupid."
Quatre just stared at Trowa. He cocked at eyebrow. "You're not gonna get mushy on me, are you?"
"Hm."
"You're not upset anymore?"
"No."
"What happened?"
"I talked to Heero."
"Did you?"
"Yes."
"And what did he say?"
"He said that I'm very lucky to have you as my best friend. I agreed."
"Well, geez."
"What?"
"I don't know what to say. I thought you'd still be upset and we'd talk through it and all that junk. Oh well. Now what?"
"Swimming?"
"Okay."
* * *
When Quatre got home, he dug through his drawers to find his bathing suit. He changed, pulling over a white tank top as well. He pulled out a towel and searched the bathroom for his sun block.
The doorbell rang and Quatre ran down the stairs to answer it. He flung the door open to see Wufei.
"Hey Wufei!" Quatre beamed.
"Hello, Quatre."
"Come on in." Quatre stepped aside. "You're the first one here."
"Quatre, could you get me a glass of water?"
"Sure."
"Thanks." Wufei took a seat on the couch and pulled out a book from his bag.
Quatre smiled and shook his head. 'Always studying...' Quatre went into the kitchen and retrieved the glass of water for Wufei.
"Thank you. I'm parched. It's scorching out there."
"That's why swimming was a good idea. Don't you agree?"
"I agree."
The bell rang again. Quatre answered it to see Trowa.
"You're quick." Quatre told him.
"So are you."
Quatre led Trowa over to where Wufei was.
"Hey Wufei."
"Hello, Trowa." Wufei said not looking up from his book.
The doorbell rang one last time. The three boys made their way to the front door. Quatre flung the door open and his jaw immediately dropped. Standing on the porch was Heero and Duo locking lips.
"Oh, for heaven's sake. Get a room!" Wufei snapped walking past the couple.
"We did." Duo replied and smiled at Wufei before returning to Heero's lips.
Trowa just shook his head.
"I see you two hit it off." Quatre said slyly. He winked at the couple before locking the door and joining Trowa and Wufei. The five boys made their way down the streets to the river's edge.
Quatre wore royal blue trunks with a white Hawaiian design along the side of them. Wufei wore white trunks with a black dragon stitched onto the right leg. Duo wore black trunks trimmed with a dark gray. Trowa wore green trunks with white stripes that ran down the sides. And Heero wore navy blue trunks with white Japanese symbols along the right side.
The five spent hours jumping in the river and swimming around. They would have swum all day except the sun was beginning to set, forcing the boys to pack up and go home. They walked Wufei home since his house was the closest from where they swam. Duo and Heero went their separate ways bidding a farewell to Quatre and Trowa.
"Today was fun." Quatre sighed.
"...Parts of it."
Quatre watched his feet as he walked and smiled. "I think it's awesome that Duo and Heero hooked up. I mean, they hardly know each other but they can learn along the way, right?"
"Mm-hmm."
"I wonder what'll be like to have what they have." Quatre scoffed at his own remark. "I wonder if I'll even find someone."
"You'll find someone."
"I hope so."
"I know so."
"You can't be so sure, Trowa. Maybe a few years from now, I'll sprout a huge wart on my nose. Then no one would ever have a decent conversation with me cause they'll be too distracted by my wart."
"Bad visual."
Quatre chuckled.
"Go ahead and laugh. It's very unlikely that it'll happen."
"You never know."
"Hm."
Trowa walked Quatre to his porch. Quatre sat on the swing, wanting to watch the sunset before going home. Trowa sat down with him.
"Man...we're gonna be in high school in August. Where'd the time go?"
"Time flies when you're having fun."
"Then I must have had a lot of fun."
Trowa smiled. "Me too."
"I'm glad you're my friend, Trowa." Quatre said yawning.
"And I'm glad you're my friend." Trowa pulled Quatre over to him so he could lean on him. Quatre smiled and found himself a bit droopy. This afternoon took a lot out of him.
"Quatre?"
"Hm?"
"Promise me something."
"What?"
"Promise me that we'll always be best friends, no matter what."
"Hmmm." Quatre purred. "I promise...Trowa?"
"Hm?"
"You promise me?"
"I promise..."
Quatre yawned again. "...So...tired..."
Trowa smiled. "C'mon. Get up so you can sleep in your own bed."
Quatre slowly got up and stumbled to the front door. Trowa followed. Quatre clambered up the stairs with Trowa watching in amusement. Somehow, Quatre managed to change out of his trunks and into his pajamas in the bathroom. He plopped into bed. Trowa bent down, resting his chin on the edge of the bed, and looked at Quatre who looked up at him.
"Night, Quatre."
"Night Trowa..."
Quatre closed his eyes and dozed off.
"Sweet dreams..." Trowa brushed Quatre's hair out of his face, before turning to go home.
Author's Notes/Disclaimer: I own nothing!! Well...maybe a safety pin but that's besides the point. A nice promise between friends to end a somewhat hectic day. Nice, don't you think? Review! Don't you just want Trowa to give Q a little kiss while he's asleep? Or maybe that's just me... Oh and if you finish reading this chapter could you all check out my other story called "Tough"? It's not very long and it only has one chapter. Please?