Title: Holding Out for a Heero 4?
Author: Gaia
Pairings: 1+2, 3+4, 5+OC
Rating: PG-13-R
Warnings: slight language, slight sexual content, self-insertion, slight OOC, AU
Disclaimers: While I would love to own the Gundam pilots, I don't, so don't sue me. I'm just a jobless college student!
Notes: Please don't judge me too harshly… it's my first long fic! Feedback is always appreciated!
Part Four: Why Don't We Go For a Swim?
"Mattaku!" Wufei swore as he threw the shovel to the ground. He put his bleeding finger in his mouth and swore again. The splinter was pushed deeper when his tongue swiped his finger.
Whipping his finger from his mouth, he gazed down and saw two centimeters of wood sticking out of his body. Sighing, he tried to grab it to pull it out, but only succeeded in pushing it deeper. Soon, only half a centimeter was visible.
Wufei looked up at the low growl of a car. The sleek, low slung black car shimmered as it pulled into their next door neighbor's driveway. He looked it over quickly, taking in the design, and immediately place it as a 2005 Chevrolet Corvette. (1)
Nearly drooling, Wufei watched as the door opened slowly. Sara gracefully stood as she slid out of the car and waved. She pulled off her black sunglasses and started towards her door.
Sara paused and looked over at Wufei again. She noticed that his hand was bleeding and immediately changed directions, reaching his side in less than a minute.
"What happened to your hand?" She asked, concern evident in her features.
"Nothing, onna." Despite his words, Wufei's voice was soft.
"Then you're bleeding for no reason?" Sara reached around him and grabbed his hand before he could pull it away. He stood in shock at her speed, while she examined his hand, turning it this way and that.
Sara sighed as she looked at his hand and grabbed his other one, pulling him behind her into her house.
"LISSA! CAN YOU GRAB THE FIRST ADD KIT AND SOME TWEEZERS?" Sara's voice echoed through the house.
A muffled, "Sure!" came from the stairwell that led upstairs. Almost immediately, Lissa appeared with a blue metal box with a huge red cross painted on the top.
"What happened?" She asked, looking at Wufei. Looking down at the hand that Sara was holding delicately, she noticed the blood dripping on the kitchen floor. "Oh. Splinter, huh?"
Sara nodded as she took the tweezers and set to work on getting the splinter out of Wufei's hand.
Wufei flinched when he felt the first tug on the splinter. The second tug caused him to yelp.
"Onna! That hurt!" Wufei tried to pull his hand away, but Sara's grip was strong.
"Stop moving and it will hurt less. I'll also be able to get it out faster, so it'll hurt even less!" Sara pulled his hand closer, so it almost touched her chest, and went back to work.
Wufei tried to stay still, but couldn't help flinching every few seconds as Sara worked the splinter out.
Finally, Sara straightened, holding the tweezers up triumphantly. She looked around quickly and noticed a napkin on the counter. Moving Wufei towards the napkins, she carefully placed the splinter on the napkin.
"And that is why it hurt so much, my dear Wuffie." Sara pointed to the splinter. It was at least an inch and a half long, with only half a centimeter not covered in blood.
"That whole thing was in me?" Wufei squeaked, not even noticing how Sara had butchered his name.
"Yeah, and if you had left it in, it would have gotten infected." Lissa nodded enthusiastically as Sara upbraided Wufei.
Sara quickly wrapped Wufei's finger with a band-aid covered in antibiotic cream.
"Now, since it's been three days since we've hung out, how would you feel about going back to your house and inviting everyone over to go swimming. We'll make sandwiches for lunch." Lissa smiled at Wufei.
"…Um…sure, why don't I go do that?" Wufei walked slowly out of the house, a slight smile on his face. He might not have warmed up to the girls on that first day, but he knew that today had helped them worm their way into his circle of friends.
Duo was, predictably, the first at their house, dressed in light blue jean cut-offs and a tripped wife-beater. A towel was slung over his shoulder, as well as a red bathing suit. Almost directly behind him were Quatre and Trowa. Quatre still seemed slightly wary. He was wearing khaki shorts and a white t-shirt. Trowa was carrying a green duffel bag, which probably contained his and Quatre's bathing suits and towels. His blue jean cut-offs were darker than Duo's, but they were also short, showing off his long, muscular legs. He also wore a white t-shirt. His free arm was wrapped around Quatre's waist.
Lissa smiled when she saw where Trowa's hand was. She had guessed that something was going on between those two, knowing instinctively that they would make a good couple. Noticing that Duo was there too, she wondered where Heero and Wufei were.
"Hey, Duo, where are Heero and Wufei? I thought they would come over with the three of you." Lissa inquired.
"Um. They just said that they would be over in a few minutes. I don't really know what they are doing, so I'm just as clueless as you. Can I use your bathroom to change into my swimsuit?" Duo smiled brightly.
Lissa grinned and nodded. She looked over at Quatre and decided that today, she would either find out why he was so uncomfortable around them or she would make him comfortable. Her grin grew, stretching from ear to ear.
Quatre looked up at Lissa and almost had a heart attack. Her smile was wide enough to scare even the most innocent at heart. He knew that that smile had something to do with him, probably because her gaze was focused on him. A slight shiver rose up his spine, almost immediately soothed by Trowa's large, warm hands.
"Calm down, Sand Cat." Trowa's deep voice helped his hands work their magic over Quatre's shoulders.
"Sand Cat? Would it be impertinent of me to ask why you have that nickname?" Lissa's smile grew less scary.
Quatre blushed and nodded. "Sorry," he mumbled.
"Don't apologize. I asked if it would be rude, you answered, enough said." Lissa wanted to hug the small boy, but thought it would freak him out right now.
"Um. Ok." He smiled slightly and looked up into Trowa's eyes. He saw that Trowa remembered how he had come up with the nickname from the humor bubbling under the surface of those emerald green eyes.
Lissa watched the two of the gaze into each other's eyes and couldn't contain her sigh at the cute scene.
Trowa broke the gaze first, his cheeks flushing slightly as he realized they had an audience. Quatre nearly fainted when he realized that Lissa had seen the look that had passed between him and Trowa. His eyes filled with tears and he whirled to run from the house.
Lissa's mouth dropped open when she saw the look on Quatre's face before he whirled and started to run out of the room. "Quatre, stop, please!" She shouted after him.
He stumbled to a halt right before he passed through the archway to the front door. Tears were spilling from his eyes, streaking his face.
Lissa ran up to him and wrapped him in a hug. "Why are you crying? What did I do?" Her voice was hoarse. It sounded to Quatre like she was about to start crying. He gasped and buried his head in her shoulder.
Realizing that he was seeking comfort in her shoulder, he pulled himself away and turned toward the door.
"You hate me now, don't you? You've found out my secret." Quatre rasped out.
"H-hate you? How could I hate you? You're one of the sweetest people I've ever met. You make Trowa happy, I can see that clearly. You have to be a good person to make others happy."
Quatre gasped as her meaning sunk in. "You mean you don't hate me or Trowa because we're gay?"
"Why would I hate you because you're gay?" Lissa's eyebrows drew in, confusion written across her face.
"Most people do when they find out… Why do you think I was so uncomfortable when we were here the other night? I was scared shitless that you would find out and then refuse to befriend us. We've lost so many friends because of me and Trowa."
"Well, you won't lose me. Or Sara for that matter. We're both very open-minded. Doesn't help that some of our friends from home are gay or bi. We couldn't care less that you and Trowa are a couple. In fact, I personally think you make a really cute couple and I've thought that from the beginning." Lissa smiled and pulled him back into a hug.
Quatre sighed happily and settled into the hug. He saw Trowa framed by a braid that hung over Lissa's shoulder and smiled at him.
"Do you want to know something, Quatre?" Lissa continued as she felt his nod on her shoulder. "Duo asked us that first night if Sara and I were a couple. Do you think it bothered us, even though we aren't? Of course not! By the way, I've also known Duo was gay since that first day. Have you seen me hating him? If anything, it just makes me like him more because I don't have to worry about him wanting to get in my pants." Lissa felt Quatre giggle against her shoulder and couldn't help but join in.
Suddenly, commotion from the direction of the bathroom grabbed their attention. The door to the bathroom swung open with enough force to slam against the wall and bounce off. Duo fell to the floor and cringed when the door hit his head after it bounced.
"Hi. Sorry, lost my balance." He scrambled up and rushed back in the bathroom, but not before the three standing in shock noticed that his bathing suit was only half on.
Wufei stood in the middle of his room, surveying the mess he had made. Trying to find his one bathing suit was turning out to be more difficult than he would have thought.
He sighed and went to his closet. Pulling out his katanas, he pushed the boxes and storage containers around until he found a neatly folded pile of clothes. His eyebrow twitched up. He hadn't realized that he had a pile of clothes back there. He pulled it out and laughed. His bathing suit was there, along with one shirt.
The shirt was black with tire marks diagonally across it in white. Duo had given it to him two years ago for Christmas. He shrugged and decided to wear it over his bathing suit to go over to Sara and Lissa's house.
Quickly changing, he packed another set of clothes and a towel. He laughed silently as the black shirt billowed around him. He had to get used to wearing t-shirts. He snorted and ran out of his room, duffel bag in one hand. He stopped short when he saw Heero standing in front of his closest out of the corner of his eye.
"Heero, I thought you had left with the others." Wufei was now in the threshold of the room.
"D-does… Nevermind." Heero turned away from the closet and pulled his blue bathing suit from his dresser.
"Heero? What is the matter?" Wufei couldn't help but wonder why the boy would be standing in front of his closet motionless.
"Nothing. Let's go." Heero picked up his towel and change of clothes off the bed and slipped past Wufei, down the stairs and out the door.
Wufei stood in shock, then shook his head and followed Heero.
By the time Wufei and Heero arrived at the house, the other three boys were already changed. Lissa and Sara were no where to be seen. Duo was bouncing around the kitchen, looking through the sliding glass doors at the pool. It was obvious that he wanted in, but was told to wait.
"Where are Sara and Lissa?" Wufei asked the obvious question, curious as to why they were waiting.
"Lissa is upstairs getting changed into her bathing suit and Sara…left. We weren't told where she went." Trowa said quietly.
Wufei nodded and placed his change of clothes on the bags already piled in the corner of the kitchen. Heero followed suite.
Sara drove steadily along the highway. She was grinning like a maniac.
They had been planning a get-together with one of their friends for quite awhile. Sara knew it would be a whole lot more interesting now that the boys were involved. She made a mental note to herself to find out where they were all originally from. It was clear that Wufei had Chinese in his background and that Duo was American, but the other boys were a mystery to her.
She pulled up to a large brick house and turned the car off.
Sara was just stepping out of the car when a whirlwind of energy hit her, almost knocking her back into the driver's seat.
"Hey. I knew you missed me, but I hadn't realized how much." Sara's laughter ended in a squeak as all her breath was forced from her lungs by the girl hugging her.
"You have no idea how much I've missed you! My god, it's been almost six months! Was I supposed to not miss you or something?" Aneliya stood back and Sara remembered how tall she was.
"Um… I don't know. You might not have missed me. You never know! Damn, woman, did you get taller?" Sara giggled as a red flush crept up her friend's cheeks.
"I…I think so." Aneliya's head dropped.
"Hey, I'm not making fun of you. I still think it's really cool that you can tower over me and you're a year younger than me." Sara smiled and walked Aneliya around to the other side of the car. "Now, get in the car before I have to force you in."
Aneliya sat quickly in the passenger seat and looked around the car. "By the way, when did you get such a freakin' awesome car?"
Sara laughed and started the car up again. As she pulled out of the driveway and headed for her new home, she told Aneliya what she and Lissa had been doing for the past six months.
"So you mean to tell me that you've only been doing this for six months and it's already made you that much?" Aneliya's shock was evident as Sara pulled smoothly into her driveway.
"Yup. Lissa and I are successful AND we love what we do. What more could any twenty-one year olds want?"
"Um. Boyfriends?" Aneliya looked hesitantly at her friend to see her reaction.
Sara shrugged. "Yeah, that would be nice, but I wouldn't want a boyfriend who was only after my money. Besides, I haven't met anyone worth it yet. I hope to meet that man someday, but, for right now, I'm fine. Besides, you have yet to see who we are going to be swimming with." Sara grinned evilly at her friend.
Duo had forgotten about the sliding glass door because watching it made him want to jump into the pool too much. He had switched to watching out the front door for Sara's car.
"She's back and she has company!" Duo bounced through the house, trying to locate everyone. Heero was, predictably, in the weight room, working out. Wufei was using the yoga room along with Lissa. Lissa was doing yoga and Wufei was practicing his martial arts. Trowa and Quatre were sitting in the living room, talking quietly. "Aren't you guys interested at all?" He shouted and ran out the front door.
"Sara! You're back!"
"Hey, Duo! Were you guys waiting for me? You didn't have to do that!" Sara yelled to him as she hopped out of the car.
"Of course. We couldn't party in the pool without you! It wouldn't have been the same." Duo came to a halt before he hit Sara and then shrugged, throwing himself into her arms for a hug.
"Oh, that's so sweet, Duo. Hey, can I introduce you to someone? You have to let go of me…" Sara smiled and hugged him quickly. "Duo, this is Aneliya. She's joining us for the pool party."
Duo pulled away from Sara and looked at the girl who was stepping out of the car. He smiled.
She was tall, very tall. Her dark hair was pulled back into a ponytail, falling down to her shoulders. Her dark brown eyes flashed with intelligence. Her slender figure was covered in a tight dark blue tank top, covered by a red, black, and white jacket, and slightly loose fitting khaki colored shorts. He smiled when he realized that she was nicely endowed. She had an athletic build, which he realized must have been caused by fencing, when she turned around to get her bag out of the car, revealing that her jacket said Fairfield Fencing.
"Hi." Duo held his hand out to her as she rounded the car.
"Hello." She shook his hand, her grip strong and tight.
Duo blinked at her accent. If he hadn't missed his guess, then she had to have lived in Russia for a good portion of her life. He watched her face and saw that she was a little nervous. He glanced at Sara and automatically knew that Aneliya didn't know about the other four.
"Aneliya, why don't we go inside and I'll introduce you to the others." Sara smiled gently at the shocked expression on Aneliya's face.
"O-others? There are more of them?" Aneliya's mouth dropped open. The boy in front of her was gorgeous. If there were more boys in the house, would they all look like this? She shut her mouth quickly and one corner tilted up. She could deal with that.
The three of them walked into the house with Sara in the lead and Duo bringing up the rear.
By the time they made their way inside, Wufei, Heero, Trowa, Quatre, and Lissa had all gathered in the living room to greet the guest.
As soon as Aneliya caught sight of Lissa, she ran across the room and threw herself into a hug.
Sara smiled. "Once she's done hugging Lissa, I'll introduce you to my guest." With that, she threw herself on the couch.
Duo giggled slightly and sat down next to her. "I have a question. Is she from Russia?"
"Not telling until you guys give me just a little background on yourselves." Sara smiled evilly.
"I'm American and people used to call me Shinig….Shiney." Duo stumbled at the end of his sentence, causing Sara's eyebrow to lift.
"Shiney? Why Shiney?"
"It's because I'm always so happy." Duo grinned, inwardly pleased at his cover. "Now, can you tell me if I'm right?"
"Nope." Sara's evil grin got even bigger.
"Why not?" Duo's voice got shrill when he realized Sara was baiting him.
"I said I would tell you when you gave me background on you guys. You only told me about you." Sara giggled and looked around the room.
The other boys were watching the exchange with shocked expressions. Lissa and Aneliya were talking animatedly in the corner about their lives.
"What if we do not want to tell you our pasts?" Wufei said grumpily.
"I'm not asking for your full history, Wufei. I just want to know where you are all from. If you want to tell me your histories, I'm perfectly willing to listen, but you don't have to." Sara's smile turned gentle.
"Fine. I'm of Chinese descent. Is that enough for you?" He was still grumpy.
"Yup. That's fine. I just want to get to know you guys better."
"I'm of Arabic descent. So are the Maguanacs." Quatre smiled widely at Sara.
Sara's mouth dropped open. Quatre was comfortable and talking without looking around warily.
Quatre smiled at her shocked expression. "Is it because I'm Arabic?" He said jokingly.
"No, not at all. You're comfortable. You're not tense anymore. What happened?" Sara had a confused look on her face.
"Lissa and I had a…talk." Lissa looked up at her name and Quatre grinned at her. He then poked Trowa in the side.
"Oof. What? Oh." Trowa caught Quatre's look and remembered what they were talking about before. "I'm from…Eastern Europe."
Sara's eyebrow lifted at his slight evasion, but she pretended to ignore it and looked over at Heero.
He just glared at her.
She waited patiently.
He grunted. "I'm of Japanese descent."
"Thank you, boys. I've been wondering about that since I met you. The next thing we're going to work on is how you all met, but not today." She saw the boys open their mouths to protest and quickly cut them off. "Now, I believe some introductions are in order." She looked over at Aneliya and saw her gawking at the boys.
Aneliya thought she had died and was now being rewarded. The four boys she had not met stood around the room, looking like young gods. The one Sara had called Wufei drew her eye more than the others, though. She smiled at Sara, knowing that this pool party would be very interesting.
"Aneliya, these boys are Duo, Wufei, Quatre, Trowa, and Heero. Guys, this is Aneliya." Sara grinned as she watched the six interact. Duo and Quatre waved to her. Trowa and Wufei both nodded slightly. Heero just glared at her.
"Wuffie?" She looked at Sara questioningly.
"WUFEI, ONNA!" Wufei yelled, and then sighed under his breath about stupid onnas and Duo.
Aneliya laughed and quickly grabbed his hand as a peace offering.
Aneliya shook each of the other's hands in turn, except Heero's because he hadn't offered it, while she tried not to drool.
The tidal wave splashed over the edges of the pool as Duo disappeared. The other seven stood at the sliding glass door, having just opened it.
"Um. Can I ask something?" Lissa asked quietly as the water slowly ebbed back into the pool.
"Sure." Quartre was the only one who spoke.
"Did you guys give him sugar? Any sugar?" She asked.
"Um. We didn't, but he did have waffles with a massive amount of syrup for breakfast about an hour ago."
Sara and Lissa both glanced at Quatre in shock. "Breakfast? But it's two o'clock!" They said together.
"Yeah. That's usually what we say when he eats that late. But that's when he wakes up." Quatre shrugged. "We're all used to it by now."
They all looked up as Duo shouted for them to join him in the water. Apparently, being in a pool by yourself wasn't that much fun, especially when you were hyper.
"Marco!" Duo called out, waving his arm around like a maniac.
Sara giggled slightly as she and the others called out, "Polo!" Duo looked hilariously while he was trying to find people in their game. His arms waved dramatically and he flopped himself out in the water every time he heard the slightest sound.
Heero stood in the corner of the pool, watching Duo's antics with an almost imperceptible frown on his face. He knew that Duo had excellent hearing. He would be able to hear the noises the water made on a person's body and tell them apart from the normal sounds of a pool. Heero had seen this in action. However, he was acting like he couldn't tell the sounds apart, acting like he couldn't find anyone. Heero didn't understand it. He told himself that he would ask Duo about it later.
Duo threw himself in the direction of the filter, knowing that no one was there. He could hear three people behind him, one to his left, and one to his right. He knew that Heero was the only one not moving, so he had to still be in his same corner. Duo grinned, knowing he could go for any of the people in the pool at any moment, but he wanted to act normal for one day. He wanted to be a regular teenager.
Eventually, he decided he had had enough of being it and it was someone else's turn. He listened carefully as he moved around the pool. The person he was looking for was on the opposite side of the pool than the filter. Hearing the filter up close and personal, he half turned and started for the other side of the pool. He waved his arms around, just for show, as he alternately walked and swam to the other side of the pool. Hearing a slight difference in the water, he threw himself to the side suddenly. His hands connected with solid flesh and muscle, telling him he had hit his target. He opened his eyes slowly and smiled.
Heero looked up in shock as Duo slammed into him. Those violet eyes slid open and Duo smiled up at him. Heero felt warm fingers slide down his chest as Duo pulled his hands away. Duo mumbled something to him as he backed away slowly.
"You're it, Heero." Duo mumbled and started to move away. He shivered, but from the cold water. He could still feel the heat of Heero's body against his hands. Duo turned away and swam quickly to the other side of the pool.
Heero was his best friend and he didn't want to ruin their friendship. He didn't want to reveal his feelings, but he hadn't been able to resist touching Heero. He cursed himself for trying to get Heero involved in the game.
"Duo?" Duo's head jerked up at the sound of Quatre's voice and quickly smiled, masking the other emotions on his face.
"Yeah, Cat?"
Quatre was not impressed with Duo hiding his emotions, but he decided not to press the matter for now. "You still playing?"
Duo nodded and turned around to face the others. Heero was still standing in his corner, shock still evident on his face. Duo flushed slightly and looked away.
The others in the pool all noticed his flush, but made no comments on it. They had all individually decided to talk to him later.
Eight people stood dripping on the patio by the pool. They had eventually given up on playing Marco Polo and just relaxed together.
Duo's stomach growled. It was getting late and they had skipped lunch. He grinned and looked over at Sara and Alissa. "You guys did say that you would make lunch."
Sara and Alissa grinned. "How about we dry off, then we'll make sandwiches? Sound good to you?" Alissa looked expectantly at Duo for his answer.
He nodded vigorously, causing all three girls to the ground with laughter.
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