More great revisions done, sigh, that's all I seem to be doing lately for my fan fiction. REVISIONS! Gah! 10-15-05

Ch 2: Breakfast smiles

Duo hummed along with the radio as he flipped a pancake in the air with the pan. He had been half through singing "Wish Matrix" by Iceman, and had cooked about 12 pancakes, when Wufei, Trowa, Heero, and Quatre walked in the kitchen. They all sat down at the table, yawning and rubbing the sleep out of their eyes. Quatre stifled a yawn with his arm and laid his head down on the table, staring at Duo.

"Cooking pancakes for breakfast hmm Shinigami?" Duo nodded at him and piled two each onto 5 plates. Heero got up and went to the coffee machine, pouring himself a cup, and 4 more for the rest of them. Duo turned to face the boys at the table.

"Want anything on your pancakes, plain syrup, regular butter, whipped cream, fruit?"

"Strawberries."

The 3 said in unison. Heero turned and stared at them weirdly. Then he turned to Duo, who was staring at him. He could see the boy's lips trying to sustain a smile. He grimaced and turned away scowling.

"Heero, how would you like yours?" Duo said while trying not to laugh. He saw Heero frown.

"Just plain."

Quatre grinned thankfully as his pancakes were set in front of him. He dug into them quickly, while trying to take at the same time, finally realizing that it wasn't the brightest idea, he swallowed them. "I don't know about you guys but when I got up this morning I had the biggest urge to eat strawberries." The other 4 looked at him. Trowa and Wufei nodded. Duo just smiled, and Heero said nothing. This time Trowa spoke up.

"Your right, when I woke up, I could practically smell them in my room. I didn't know what to make of it." Wufei just nodded again, savoring the flap jacks. Duo smiled again and took a sip of his coffee.

"Sorry guys...it was me. This morning I woke up and took a shower. I must've over dosed on the strawberry shampoo. I didn't know it went into the vents. It must've been nice to wake up to though, Heero should know that, shouldn't you Heero?" he turned to Heero next to him and tilted his head to the side with a wide eyed look. Heero just sipped his coffee silently.

"Yea...so..."

Wufei looked up. "What do you mean?" Heero turned to the Chinese boy and looked at him quizzically. "I smelled it to before...so...I just...went to...find the source of it...and...I did... unfortunately." Wufei just blinked and shook his head. Trowa shrugged, and Quatre smiled behind his mug of coffee he was holding in front of his mouth. He got the picture at least. He gave a light chuckle and got up. Throwing his plate in the sink, he walked over to Duo and bent down to meet his level. "Nice move Shinigami..." with that he walked out of the kitchen.

Heero stared widely at the blonde as he left. 'How can he just smile at my misfortune, does he think it was funny that I had to go through that shit in the bathroom...and to make matters worse I wasn't exactly...proper with my body! What the hell is going on here? I'm not...no..., no...I'm supposed to be with...Relena...do I love her...hell no...I'd rather have my ass run around naked in Antarctica than say that I loved...her...but; I can't be attracted to him. Can I? No…no, I'm not. Not. NOT!'

Heero was like this, talking to himself for so long, that he hadn't realized that he was the only one in the kitchen now. He grumbled to himself and got up. He went to his room for a quick change. No sooner had he slipped on a fresh pair of shorts, a figure burst through his door. Make those three figures. Quatre, Wufei and Duo had charged into Heero's room, their faces stark white. Heero eyed them strangely.

"What? What's the matter?"

Duo answered first. "We were cleaning the Gundams, and it just happened...scared the hell outta me...!"

Then Quatre spoke up. "It was as if she just popped up out of no where. I wanted to run, but it was like…I couldn't. My legs were jelly!"

Wufei peered out of the door then back at Heero. "Trowa is trying to stall her now...but you better hide Heero...she's coming for you!"

Heero stared at the three as if they just had six heads attached to each of them. He crossed his arms and cocked his head to the side. "What the hell are you guys talking about? Who the hell is after-" No sooner had he spoken. A voice floated from the hallway and into the room. A creepy, perky, voice of the spawn of hell itself. Heero's face paled and he dropped his arms to the side. No. No. Not now. Shit!

"R-Relena?" The three nodded at him. "What am I going to do? I can't go through the hallway. She's there isn't she?" he spoke with his voice low, and filled with fear. Duo bit his lip and looked around the room, but nothing!

A closet would be too simple, under the bed is too original, the window is- wait the window would work! Duo grinned and ran over to the window, opening it all the way. It was perfect to go through, and it led right to the backyard. "Heero, the window, climb through and wait outside somewhere, try and find a good far away hiding place. So then we'll distract her and say your not here, then I'll come out and tell you when she's gone okay?"

Heero nodded and quickly shoved himself through the window. He made it out and ran out onto the grass. The three others closed the window and went into the hallway. Quatre almost shrieked as Relena ran up to him, grabbing him by the collar. "Is he in there? Quatre tell me if my Heero is in there?" Quatre looked at Wufei and Duo, then at Trowa over Relena's shoulder, who was currently shaking his head frantically. "Uh...um...n-no Relena...we didn't find him...he, um...uh...he must've stepped out!"

Duo rushed past the Blonde boy and grabbed Relena by the shoulders, watching as her eyes filled with tears, making Duo want to gag.

"YES RELENA! He's not here, he stepped out, I remember now, and he said he was leaving out earlier to check up on a few things. Im not exactly sure what they were, ya know how Heero is, he didn't explain much to me." Duo kept talking, and pushing Relena towards the door at the same time. He finally reached it, and Wufei opened it for him. "Well...sorry we couldn't be of much help..., we really have a lot of work to do..., so see ya! BYE!", and with a final push and slam of the door. Relena was out. The 4 pilots slumped against the door in relief. "I thought she'd never leave." Trowa said with a look of exhaustion on his face. Duo nodded and got up. "Well I'll get Heero...you guys stay here."

The boys nodded and parted to do their own things. Duo peeked through the small window on the right side of the door to make sure Relena had gone, but he could still faintly see her silhouette a few feet from their home. 'Crap! Why wont she just leave already, now I'm gonna have to climb through the damn window myself…is this what we have to resort to now?' Grumbling under his breath, he made his way back into Heero's empty room and shoved the window wide open. Sliding through it, and making sure his braid didn't get stuck, he was finally out of the room. He planted his feet firmly on the grass and peered around their large back area to see if he could spot Heero. He couldn't spot the brunette anywhere. Walking around, he leaned against the apple tree, his eyes still searching.

"Heero, where the hell did you run off-"

thunk

"What the hell?" Duo touched the spot on his head where he was hit. Frowning he looked down at the object that was on the ground, that apparently just fell on him. Picking it up, he cocked an eyebrow. It was an apple. Looking up he rolled his eyes. Heero was sitting on one of the branches munching on an apple and staring at Duo nonchalantly.

"Hey, Baka."

Jumping down off the branch, Heero landed perfectly next to Duo and, sat down while leaning against the trunk of the apple tree. Duo shook his head and smiled, sitting down beside his friend. He bit into the apple that had been dropped on him. "Nice hiding place you have here Heero-kun, I definitely was stumped as to where you were…but do me a favor and next time hide somewhere that isn't going to cause me damage?" Duo laughed, Heero only rolled his eyes.

Smirking Duo shook his head and bit into the apple again. "I guess you're still kind of ticked of at me for getting you a bit happy down there hmm? I can apologize to you, but I can't apologize for my sexiness…ow!"

Heero thwaped Duo on the head with his hand and gave him a red faced glare. "I didn't get happy anywhere you moron and, you are not sexy, stop being so full of yourself…happy…down…there…" He trailed off grumbling, and biting into his apple too hard. Duo just chuckled happily. He patted Heero on the back, almost making the boy choke in the process, and smiled. "You'll never change hmm Heero, what will happen when there is no Relena, who will love you with that attitude?"

Duo turned to face Heero and leaned on his knees staring at him intently. He gave him a knowing look. Heero shook his head and kept his gaze away from the braided boy. "What do you care Shinigami, why should it be a necessity that I fall in love, why are we talking about this?" Giving Duo a weird look, he grumbled once more. He glanced back at Duo, and gave a weird look. Duo was staring at Heero through narrowed eyes, as if trying to read him or something. Finally, he broke his awkward gaze and gave a sly smile. Leaning forward slightly so he was closer to Heero, close enough to blow the hair out of his blue eyes, he finally spoke.

"You've never been kissed before, have you? At least, not a real kiss."

Eye's as wide as saucers, Heero turned red for about the third time that morning. He tried backing away from Duo, but the tree has stopped him from leaning anymore back. 'What the hell…why did he ask me that? Why has this conversation changed from hiding to kissing?'

"What! Why…of course…what the heck kind of question is that, does it matter?" Heero's voice got higher by the second. Duo only kept that devilish smirk on his face, and if possible moved closer. 'What is he DOING? NO!' Unfortunately his mind was busy rambling, so it didn't have time to register the fact that Duo had pinned him down to the ground. 'SHIT! NO! He isn't, he better not! I swear if he…oh my god!' He could now only hear his heartbeat in his ears getting faster and louder as Duo's bought his face down to the Japanese boy's. Closing his eyes tight, Heero waited for the feeling of soft lips pressed against his.

And he waited.

Nothing had happened yet, and this actually gave a moment for Heero's mind to run again. 'Um…what is he…' Opening his eyes, he noticed the smirk still plastered to the boys face that was less than an inch away from his own. As Duo spoke, Heero could feel his warm breath against his lips, and the sweet tang of apple filled his nostrils. Goosebumps broke out all along his body, but he didn't think about it.

"Do you really think I'd force you to do something that you wouldn't want to Heero, now want kind of man would I be if I did that."

Heero heard a bit of sadness in his friends voice, but quickly dismissed it as he felt Duo's lips brush against his own very slightly, like a butterfly kiss. Then, feeling a whoosh of air, Duo's face was gone and in its place was a hand. Duo had gotten up and offered a hand to help Heero. Grabbing it with caution, Heero was lifted to his feet. Shinigami only smiled and ruffled Heero's hair with a wink.

"Cute!" and with that he began to walk towards the side of the house, and left Heero alone with a frown on his face. Grumbling low again and dusting the grass off of his shirt he walked towards the side of the house.

"…damn baka."

OK MINNA! I've finally finished chapter two after, how many years? giggles Sorry for making you wait. I bow and humbly ask for your apology. :) I hope you liked the end of this one…poor Duo just love's teasing his Heero-kun. Let's see what happens next with the au pair! Ch 3 coming soon! R&R.