Oh my gosh! I'm not dead... yet. I apologize for my absence. Family issues, graduation (on to the next grade with straight C's!), and much, much more (I have a new baby cousin! FWEE!).
Duo: Yay...
Ireland was great, too. ) Just remember, last chapter was fixed so no worries.
Trowa: Sigh... /-/.- I wonder what will happen today...
You never know.
Disclaimer made, though I'll say it again: I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING, MOST OF THE LOCATIONS, OR EAGLE ROCK HIGH. The Epyon is MINE.
So... On with the story!
Heero Yuy sat in the second row to the back of his first period, watching the other students gather themselves for the first class of the day like he always did. He would have been more concerned about the day if a familiar person had not stepped through the oak door: His waiter and the boy he had followed home the night before.
But why had he followed him home? The teen had simply had a sinking feeling that he should need to know. Now the boy was standing by the teacher, who had ushered down Quatre Winner, the rich boy with twenty some sisters. The teacher chatted with the two students and , apparently, Quatre would be showing Duo around the school for the rest of the day. Smirking slightly, Heero looked across the room at Trowa Barton, Quatre's know boyfriend, to judge his reaction. Blank as always. Knowing Mr. Kushrenada, both of them probably had already known about the new student.
The Chinese boy by the name of Chang Wufei took his seat beside Heero, his eyes placed, unmoving, on the new boy, "Well, Yuy, what do you think of him?"
"He seems a bit... odd," he turned his attention to the three at the front of the room again.
"He doesn't look much like a he; more like a she," Relena muttered to Dorothy behind them. Dorothy snickered, agreeing quietly.
The two blonds scooted their desks up enough to be heard by the two, Dorothy speaking up first, "So how did he- er... it... get a job at the Epyon?"
Snob... Heero rolled his eyes. "Why not ask him yourself?"
The teacher clapped her hands, drawing attention to her and the student. Heero assumed Quatre had returned to his seat and looked over to see he had. "Class, we have a new student who just moved here from Dallas, Texas. His name is Duo Maxwell," Mrs. Kelne smiled softly and muttered something to the braided teen. He nodded and made his way to the empty seat directed to. Heero heard Relena growl softly as she realized the empty seat was the one in front of her and beside him.
- -
Duo looked up into dark blue eyes- the eyes of the person Noin had warned him of just last night. Lovely... he pulled his book bag off of his shoulder and dropped it to the floor beside his desk. Behind him were the two blonds that had been with Heero Yuy last night, Relena Peacecraft and Dorothy Catalonia, if he remembered correctly. It would be a long day if he had every class with them, he just knew it.
- -
"So, Duo, why did you leave Dallas?" Quatre asked during lunch. The blond just wouldn't let up on the questions and Trowa wouldn't say anything! Duo simply sighed, confused by the two.
He answered the pestering heir anyway, "I just wanted to get out. Nothing much there for me."
Quatre nodded, smiling softly as he picked at his lunch, "I'm sure you have a lot of unpacking left to do. Is there anything we can help you with?"
A grin formed on Duo face and the blond teen realized his grave mistake.
- -
The gigantic River Line Apartment complex was owned by Milliardo Peacecraft, but why had Duo had the impulse to pick the largest place to stay? Trowa stared around the large apartment. It had four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a laundry room, a living room, a kitchen, and a dining room. It made no sense for one person to have so much space and so little stuff. The lanky teen heard a slightly annoyed grunt from behind him and turned around to look at Wufei.
An unseen door opened somewhere and two- no three- dogs of massive proportions charged at them. The cat Trowa had thought a statue hissed and ran off to hide at the sight of the dogs.
"Bromine! Alex! Zero!" they heard Duo yelp from somewhere in the back. The three dogs backed down and looked to the hall way where Duo had just appeared , wearing a paint covered white t-shirt and black shorts. He grinned happily at the three and walked forward to the dogs. "Sorry about that guys. They're just big puppies. They were my friend Hilde's back in Dallas but she sent them with me. It too me awhile to get Zechs to let them stay. The cats mine, though. Her name's Shi," he must have realized he was rambling because he laughed softly and shook his head. "Open the door back up, I'd rather not suffocate from the paint smell. The dogs won't run off or anything, they're too protective, same with Shi. So, kick off your shoes throw your jackets where ever and come on back. I just hope you don't mind painting and putting things together!"
- -
"Trowa, why are you covered in paint?" Catherine gasped at the sight of her half brother. "And is that a paw print?"
He chuckled softly and nodded. "Quatre, Wufei, and I helped a new boy from school with painting his apartment. He has a few animals and they got a little... excited." He didn't say anything else but simply walked off to his room to change.
"A new friend, then?" she yelled after him.
"I suppose so."
"Why don't you ask him over for dinner, I'm sure everyone would love to meet him."
Trowa didn't respond, but silently vowed the Catherine would never get a chance to meet Duo. It would be the end of the world if she did.
Trowa: uh... /O/.o
Oh, hush!
R&R!
