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Ch 3: First Sign of Madness

Heero entered his room and threw himself on the bed facedown. 'What the hell just happened out there?' He knew Duo had a "thing" for guys, just as much as he knew about Quatre and Trowa's "Midnight rendezvous", but he would never in a million years consider himself to be…

"Hell no..." He mumbled into his pillow.

"You know, talking to yourself is the first sign of madness." A voice spoke from the doorway. Rolling onto his back, Heero saw that the voice belonged to Quatre. Rolling his eyes he turned on side until his back was facing the blonde. Quatre smirked and walked into the room until he got the bed and sat on it.

"Why more glum than usual, and where did you run off to earlier?"

Silence Shaking his head, Quatre spoke again. "We made sure Relena won't come back for a while, so you don't have to worry about that." More Silence "Ok…what did Duo do?"

He saw Heero tense as he mentioned Duo's name. Grinning, Quatre gave a little chuckle. "Ah, I see I've hit a nerve, so it was Duo's doing then?" Heero didn't move, but Quatre could somehow tell that he was listening.

"You know Heero; you don't have to freak out every time Duo messes around with you, because that's what he's doing, playing."

Heero finally turned so he could glare at Quatre, but then he turned back around. "He didn't look like he was playing when he kis…" Heero stopped. Quatre lifted an eyebrow. He leaned over Heero to look at him.

"He tried to what? What did he do?"

"Never mind…but, he just…didn't look like he was joking…that's all."

Quatre grinned and bounced lightly on the bed. "He tried to kiss you didn't he, oh c'mon Heero, he did right?"

Silence Grabbing Heero's shoulder, Quatre shook him.

"C'mon don't be such a baby…all he did was kiss you!"

"He didn't kiss me! He…tried to but…he didn't because I…sigh he didn't really kiss me, it was just like…" Grumbling, Heero turned to lie on his back quickly and put his pillow over his face. Though, it wasn't quick enough to hide the blush Quatre saw. Quatre smiled and patted the pillow. Sighing, he got up from the bed and left the room. Heero thought he heard him say something, he didn't catch it. Taking the pillow off his head, he stared at the window which faced the yard where he and Duo had been earlier. 'What is he trying to do to me?'

"Look…he just need's time, you know that."

Swish, two points.

"Heero will never change, he's just so…" Stealing the ball, he ran left, then right, left again and-

Swoosh two points.

"You can't say that Duo, just…keep trying."

Dodging the braided boy, he ducked and took a shot, and missed.

"Right…look, just because you and Quatre are all 'happy do da', doesn't mean its going to be the same for me. God knows I've tried and Heero just looks at me like I'm a disease." Duo stopped running with the ball and sat on the floor trying to catch his breath. Trowa plopped down beside him and flipped his hair out of his eyes.

"Well, that's because neither Quatre nor myself are as stubborn as Heero…just, don't keep playing games with him, let him know you mean it."

Duo stared at the ball in his hands. "Maybe I should just back down and forget about this." He looked up to see Trowa giving him a blank stare. Duo grinned and threw the ball lightly at him.

"Yea, ok, I know I'm lying…"

Trowa shook his head and got up from the floor and started throwing free throws. Duo kept his place and started studying his shoes.

"Hey Trowa, why do you think Heero actually has a chance to change…I mean, he's just so…"

Trowa stopped and turned to face Duo. "Stubborn? Uptight? Grave? Just plain hard ass? Yea...I know but, does he have enough will power to change? Yea, I think he does."

Duo smiled a bit and got up. He tried to block Trowa, failed and laughed. "Shinigami won't give up yet Trowa…not in the least!"

Trowa cracked a little smile and dunked the ball successfully. "I win."

As the two boys began another game, a shadowy figure disappeared from behind the plexi glass window of the entrance to the Pilot's locker room. As the figure walked down past the row of showers and out the other exit, they pulled down their hood to reveal Mr. Cobalt-eyes himself. He walked down the hall, past the weight room and, into the entrance that combined their house to the activities building. As he entered the kitchen he saw that he wasn't alone, Wufei was at the kitchen table. Heero nodded a hello and Wufei responded with a small grunt. Opening the refrigerator, he grabbed the milk carton, opened it and took a drink. Pausing, he turned and looked at Wufei. He turned the carton upside down and a single drop came out. Wufei stared at Heero and shrugged.

"Sorry." He said while eating a spoonful of cornflakes. Heero threw the empty carton in the garbage and sat down after grabbing a banana. They sat in silence for about a few minutes when Wufei cleared his throat lightly. Heero looked up from his half eaten banana.

"Yes?"

Wufei looked as if he was thinking and, then he paused and looked at Heero seriously.

"So…you and Duo…?"

Heero glared at Wufei before he could finish, and Wufei picked up his spoon quickly.

"Never mind."

Shaking his head Heero got up and threw away the rest of his banana, since he lost his appetite. He walked out of the kitchen and down the hall into the bathrooms. He made sure to avoid looking at 'Duo's Shower', to also avoid the chance of flashbacks. Going over to one of the sinks, he turned on the cold water tap and splashed water on his face. It was refreshing and seemed to cool his attitude down as well. Taking one of the towels, he dabbed his face dry. As he began to place the towel down from his face, the bathroom door opened.

"Don't get so cocky Trowa, next time I'll-…"

Duo stopped as he walked halfway through the door. Heero froze and kept his grip on the towel. Duo paused momentarily and gave Heero a small smile.

"Sorry if I scared you…I didn't think anyone was in here." He walked past Heero and stopped in front of his shower stall. Turning to face him, Duo placed his clothes he bought with him on two of the hooks. Heero made his eyes tear away from Duo's as he felt heat flooding his cheeks, and threw his towel in the sink. He was about to storm out of the bathroom when Duo spoke.

"Heero, wait!"

Pausing by the door, Heero kept his back to Duo. He didn't answer but, Duo figured he was listening.

"Look…I'm sorry about earlier today. I shouldn't have done what I did, it was out of line and…I apologize."

Silence

Duo pulled at his braid impatiently waiting for an answer. Heero finally turned around slowly.

"No your not…"

With that said, he left the bathroom and, a stunned Duo.