Tic-Tac?

-Rattle rattle-

Quatre smiled politely for what felt like the hundredth time and tried not to scream out loud. He had been enjoying the tranquillity of his room while reading a novel when his peace had been broken by Duo. It was well known that the braided boy had a strong dislike for anything remotely peaceful or quite, but since noise and disorder seemed to follow him wherever he went he never had to put up with it for very long.

-Rattle rattle-

Quatre glanced up again at the strange sound, it was coming from Duo's pocket every time he moved. Which was quite frequently. Duo was bouncing around poking through drawers and articles that had been left on Quatre desk while occasionally inquiring about them.

-Rattle rattle-

"Hey, Quatre-kun, isn't this from Sandrock? Shouldn't it, like, be in Sandrock?"

"Well, Duo, it's only-"

"Oh, cool, I love Dir en Grey. Didn't figure you for a J-rock fan…"

"It's not mine, really, I'm just borrowing it from-"

"Nice camera; wish I could afford some flashy stuff like this."

"Duo…I…please don't touch that…or that…"

-Rattle rattle-

Quatre's forced grin almost slipped, his grip on his novel was becoming frighteningly tight. His bright blue innocent eyes narrowed at Duo's back as the brunette began flicking through his bookshelf, still chatting away to the blonde, unaware that he was being remotely irritating.

-Rattle rattle-

Quatre began rocking back and forth, his fingers creasing the pages as he held on tightly imagining his poor abused book to be Duo's thin neck. His smile had dropped completely, and had Duo been nearer to the boy he would have heard growling.

-Rattle rattle-

Duo turned around, a bright smile plastered on his face and caught sight of the murderous glare.

"Something wrong, Quatre-kun?"

"What-the-HELL-is-in-your-pocket?" Quatre all but screamed. Puzzled Duo reached in a grinned as his fingers brushed against the tic-tac packet. He produced the orange sugar sweets and rattled them experimentally, earning a deeper glare from the blonde. He rattled the packet in the direction of his friend.

"Want one?"

"AAARGHH!"

To be Continued


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Completed: 4th November 2005

-Dagger