Disclaimer: Gundam Wing cute sexy 'not' real guys who in no way belong to me. Isn't that just sad?

Story: Building a Better Mousetrap 101

Warnings: Oodles of kissing, from nearly everyone. Yeah!

Being a Mouse doesn't mean you're helpless or weak.

Current Pairings: 1xR, 2xOC, 3x4, 5xS, HxOC, 6xN and OCxOC (past 1x2)

Chapter 13 – Night in the garden

It lasted about 3 hours, the party was a great success and everyone was having a wonderful time. Some were just having a more wonderful time than others. It was actually Noin who spotted the 'Black Cat' cornering his giggling 'Mouse' as he dragged her out into the gardens. Soon all the friends had gathered and were skulking on a balcony overlooking the gardens below. Heero mentally snickered, the Baka thought he had privacy out here. Yeah about as much privacy as he had hiding in the closet.

"Really people, should we even be watching this? I mean it's their business right?" Noin posed the questioned to no one in particular.

"Shh Pet, and hand over opera glasses your using. I want to look too" Zech's winked at the now flustered Noin. Wufei a little flushed from the spiked punch was about to launch into one of his triads.

"The Injustice…" Sally giggled and clapped a hand over the Chinese boy's mouth.

"Not now Wufei Darling, you can tell me about it later."

"Yes My Dear, whatever you say."

The already flushed Wufei added a blush to his already bright cheeks. Sally of course thought it was adorable. Relena giggled and leaned against Heero who had no need of the Opera glasses the girls had somehow thought to bring along, the Baka wasn't 'that' far away. Quatre and Trowa were busy in a corner making out themselves, and the group was torn between watching the two attractive male ex-Gundam pilots go at it, which they had all seen before (But damn, it was still hot). Or watching the scene unfolding in the garden below, the garden won out as it was new, and Quatre and Trowa had been sucking face for a while now. Hilde and Gloria were sitting on the floor of the balcony and peering thru the railing.

Meanwhile Rick was contemplation dragging Mike into the other corner, well after he saw that his cousin was happy. He knew the couple had become very close. But he also knew his cousin, and that she tended to not think of herself as a hot commodity. He wanted proof that the very attractive chestnut haired male did. Rick looked over at Mike who was leaning over the railing, his cute little behind wiggling in the air. Idiot, he was going to fall off if he wasn't careful and well… the target was just too tempting. He placed his hand on that wriggling butt and pushed it down so Mike didn't fall off the balcony. Mike gasped and turned quickly to tell Rick to go to hell when…..

"Shhh look, there they are." The 6 couples on the balcony stilled and silence reined as they all peered out into the night.

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Duo had had enough. He wanted his Mouse to himself. She giggled as he dragged her out into the garden and crisp autumn night air. She only placed a token resistance as he pulled her by the hand out the door and into the garden. Now all he needed was a relatively private spot. They weren't the only ones roaming the gardens looking for a place to make out. Finally Duo thought he found a good one, little did he know he had just given 'everyone' on the balcony a near perfect view of the unfolding scene. His gorgeous amethyst eyes twinkling in the moonlight he swung the giggling girl around in a big circle and then captured her in his arms.

Laughing happily Mouse looked up at him and dug her hands in that wealth of chestnut hair. On the balcony the entire group moaned. Duo, wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close and grinned as he placed a hand on her butt and gave it a little squeeze.

"Eeep."

Duo's deep rich laughter reached even as far as the demented dozen on the balcony. Pulling her even closer his other hand cupped her face to turn it 'just right' as his lips descended on hers in a blistering hot kiss, using his thumb he prodded her chin to get her to open her mouth, and soon their tongues were dueling for supremacy. Duo was a very aggressive kisser, but Mouse wasn't about to be outdone by him. Arms wrapped tight about each other they lost themselves into the kiss. This time actual groans could be heard from several of the sneaky spies. Wufei, still sipping his spiked punch was getting ever more flushed by the minute, pouted and murmured to no one in particular.

"Where the Hell did Maxwell learn to kiss like that?"

It was a good thing that the light was so poor on the balcony or perhaps someone other than Relena would have seen the blush that actually stained Heero's cheeks. Quatre, taking a rare breath of air from sucking on Trowa piped up.

"When Duo and I were hiding out in the desert, I think he slept with nearly every girl there." God bless the clueless.

"The Injustice, that I, who was once married do not kiss as well." Sally grinned evilly.

"Wufei darling, we can practice this 'particular' skill all you want, until you feel worthy once more." The ex-05 pilot in a little boy voice, that none of the others had 'ever' heard from him before replied.

"C-can we start now?" Sally was more than happy to oblige, and pulled the slender black haired teenager into her embrace. Relena giggled again and ribbed Heero.

"That's so sweet. I didn't think Wufei had it in him to show affection in public." Heero smirked.

"He's drunk, once his head clears he'll either deny it or threaten us all with certain death if we ever bring it up."

By this point Noin had managed to drag the grinning Zech's back into the party. They were the hosts after all and they couldn't be gone forever, damn her rotten luck. Rick decided his cousin looked happy enough with her current lot in life and had managed to corral Mike into a nearby corner and was popping chocolates into the smaller male's mouth and then using his tongue to get his share. Gloria snickered from her seat on the floor of the balcony and Hilde decided to rib her girlfriend about her brother.

"Looks, like Rick has managed to convince Mike were his sexual preferences lay." Gloria giggled her baby blue eyes alight with mischief.

"Yes, He mentioned that Rick had managed to 'convince' him at least 3 times so far."

"Looks like Rick is more than ready to try 'convincing' Mike a fourth time." The 2 couples that were still unoccupied on the balcony chuckled, especially as Rick had chosen just that moment to pick the smaller males slender legs up and wrap them around his waist so he could get closer to the object of his desire. Namely, the delectable male in his arms.

"Perhaps we should move back into the party." Heero suggested, between the three couples making out on the balcony and the one below he was starting to get seriously warm. Damn, Relena looked mighty pretty tonight. Well maybe they could stay out here a little bit longer, the solid Japanese boy turned his girlfriend around in his arms, smirked and then captured her lips to start a make out session of their own. He never noticed when Gloria and Hilde up and left the four couples to their own devices.

Speaking of couples, the one in the Garden, that had started all this kissing stuff going on (well except for Quatre and Trowa), they had managed to end up on the ground, Duo underneath as Mouse lay on top of him unconsciously rubbing that fine, fine body all up and down his. It was probably a good thing Mouse was wearing a one piece leotard, it was helping to keep the couple firmly on second base, well maybe they were sneaking up on third. Duo rolled Mouse over onto her back to get better access. A hand cupped and massaged first one soft mound and then the other, flicking the nipples thru the soft material. He idly wondered if he could get his hands down the front of the outfit without ripping it. Little brain was all for it, but big brain was still able to rub at least two cells together, and was forbidding it, saying something like she'll kill you if you rip her outfit and she can't go back into the party…. Blah blah blah…

"D-D-Duo, (gasp)we s-should get b-back to the P-Party."

"A-aH Fuck, I k-know your r-right. G-give me a-a m-minute to calm down."

Duo stopped kissing her and rested his forehead against hers, his hair forming a nice soft curtain around their heads as they regained their composure. Damn this was nice, sure he was a little, um, he-he, uncomfortable, but he could live with it. Up until this point in his life, nearly all of his relationships had been, well basically nothing more than…. Wham bam thank you ma'am types. Well other than what he had had with Heero during the war, and even then they had usually had some suicide mission to run off to soon afterwards. This, this was nice, being able to actually enjoy the person he was with, and not just any person, his Mouse.

Asking Heero last weekend about what girls liked had proven to be a complete bust. He should probably have known better. Heero's idea of a pickup line had been "Omae O Korosue'. He thought about asking Quatre or Trowa but figured that neither of the gay male pilots would know a damn thing about 'girls', they had come together during the war and had never separated. Zech's was a complete and utter moron, seeing as it had taken him 5 years to get a grip on his relationship with Noin. So Duo wasn't about to ask that Idiot anything regarding dating. SO he'd approached Wufei, the Chinese pilot had told the American pilot that he wasn't the best to ask either, as his first marriage had been arranged by his clan, and Sally had been the one to ask him out. But Wufei had made a good suggestion, he told Duo to talk to Sally or Noin, girls should know what girls liked, right.

Duo had talked to Sally, thinking that as Noin had held out for that Moron Zechs for over 5 years that she might be a little deficient in that dept as well. It had been an interesting and enlightening conversation for the young braided male. Who knew girls thought like that? But it was kinda cool when you think about it. Made life more interesting, and Duo was all about interesting and not getting bored, and as we all know, a bored Duo is a bad thing. So this a Figuring out the female thought pattern should take up a little time, like oh, the rest of eternity.

One of the first things he had gotten from his initial exploration in to the female perspective was that they liked to be touched and held, and if possible kissed, a lot. Okay Duo could handle that, he was a touchy feely kind of guy himself, it had driven Heero to distraction on several occasions and accounted for two of the broken ribs he'd given the braided pilot during the war. Heero had not been exactly a people person when they'd first met.

The next thing he reasoned out was that gifts 'were' good. But it wasn't what or even how much it cost that was important. Flowers and candy were nice, sure. But what made a gift really special to any girl was the thought put behind it, and the more personal the better. Sally went on to explain that on earth boys still gave girls their high school ring when dating, and that back in the olden days of fraternities and such, college boys had 'pinned' the girl they were serious about. Sally had chuckled and said that men always seemed to feel a need to 'mark' their territory. She said it also explained why 'visible' hickeys were so common among those dating, especially early on. Duo smiled as he now looked down at the girl pinned partially under him. He traced a finger gently down her neck and across the glorious hickey he'd given Mouse. He-he, Sally hadn't mentioned they were fun to give as well. He placed a hand over his own neck, where he was sure she had reciprocated. Duo didn't bruise easily, she'd really had to work on it, but he hadn't minded, not one little bit.

The pair sat up slowly and then got to their feet. Mouse was grinning evilly at Duo, he didn't know it yet but she had managed to give him a monster of a hickey, well once she'd gotten that kitty cat collar with the bell off him. She was sure it was around here somewhere. Duo decided that now was as good a time as any to give her the gift he'd thought of. Pulling it out of his pocket, it was wrapped in a bit of cloth. Mouse was intrigued, stepping closer she watched as he unfolded the cloth to reveal a braided chestnut colored bracelet, the same chestnut color as his hair. She wondered where had he managed to find that. She found out soon enough as he tied onto her left wrist.

"I, um, I made this for you."

"Made it? Really, wow Duo this is great, it looks to be an exact match to your hair color."

It was nighttime so she hadn't noticed yet that the 'friendship' bracelet he was giving her wasn't made out of string, but his 'actual' hair. He gave her a cocky grin and pushed the mass of his hair up and back to show here where he had snipped a lock off right behind his left ear.

"D-Duo, you..? Duo was blushing now.

"I-I used a lock of my hair to make it. Sally said the more personal the better. Other than my bangs which Solo cut when I was a kid, I've never cut my hair except to trim it up. I-It was the most personal thing I could think of to give you. And when I found this braid pattern on the internet I thought, well that it was perfect, you know cause I um, braid my hair and all, and….M-Mouse you okay?" Tears had gathered in the dark haired girls smoky gray eyes.

"Oh Duo, I'm fine, really. T-this is the most wonderful thing anyone has ever given me." And she melted into his arms to show him just 'how' wonderful she though his gift was.

It was another 20 minutes before they made it back into the now slowly dying party. Many of the guests had already departed for the night. Their friends had also finally made it back inside at this point. Quatre just blinked as the couple rejoined the rest of them, their eyes glowing, hair still mussed, despite attempts to smooth it out, lips soft and puffy from all the kissing and, and, and….

"T-those have got to be the biggest hickey's I have ever seen. What were you trying to do, exchange blood or something?" The oblivious twosome, blinked and then each clapped a hand over their necks to nearly the entire group's amusement. All except Wufei, who was put out once again.

"Damn it, the injustice of it all, Come here 'Woman'." Wufei grabbed Sally and began to place kisses and suck on her neck. It took the dazed honey blonde a few seconds to come to her senses, but when she did she winked at the others and turned on Wufei to give him a little of what he was giving her.

And so ended the single best party any of the Gundam pilots had been to yet. All of them ended up with Hickey's by the time they got back to their rooms. Men are just so competitive. But sometimes it's a good thing.

AN: Yeah!