Pairings: Duo/Heero, Quatre/Trowa

Warnings: possibilities of later violence, supernatural stuff, kinky moments, guns...um...gundams, implied sex

Author's comment: Uploading this one while I'm on vacation. Hope you guys enjoy it. Also for my commenter requesting for some Wufei/Treize action, I'm almost certain there will be some to show. For some reason these two just don't want to stay away from each other. XD And they're fun to watch.

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Operation Blank Conspiracy 23

"…."

"…."

"…What?" Heero frowned having Quatre sitting across from him at the lunch table. Heero had been enjoying himself pretty well until the blond showed up and sat down across from him. Since his arrival he'd been glancing up at Heero then glancing down quickly when he'd been caught staring. It was getting annoying and Heero just wanted to get the questions over with quickly so he could be in peace. "Say what's on your mind."

"…How was it?"

Heero almost choked on the milk he took a sip of at that moment. Did he really need to ask that question first of all things?

"…What?"

"You know…" Quatre blushed as he leaned forward some so any passers-byers wouldn't be offered up some free ear candy. "Did it…um…w-was it..?" It was like he couldn't get the words past his lips. But Heero got the general idea of what he was asking. He didn't like it. "H-How did it feel?"

"That's…not something you should be asking me," Heero said blushing and doing his best to calm himself down. Of course it felt good. That was the only reason for why they'd done it again in the bedroom and once again in the shower. Argh, he really didn't need to be thinking about this right now. He'd done so well so far with keeping it out of his mind, especially with Duo away doing his training with Trowa. "You'll find out when you finally get around to confessing to Trowa."

That just made the blond grow even redder than before as he quickly tilted his head down staring at his own plate of food. "I just…I figured doing something like that would hurt." Seriously, they were all rather pathetic when it came to any form of sexual anything. A lot of it contributed to the fact that all they really did was train and go on missions. This was the longest Heero had been without a mission that he could remember and it was leaving him bored out of his mind staying in the space station all day. It might have been the reason for why he was getting so…attached to Duo.

"You'll find out," Heero said again before he started to stand. He had to meet up with the colonel today. He didn't have time to listen to Quatre whine about his love problems.

"W-Wait!" Quatre lowered his voice quickly when a few people looked their way but he just ducked his head more before he looked up at Heero shyly. "Just…just a few more questions, ok?"

Heero frowned getting the feeling he was going to regret it but he sat back down slowly, eyeing the boy. "What else?"

"Well just…are you two an item now?" He didn't blush as badly at this question, staring up at Heero as if expecting an answer.

But it was a question that baffled even Heero as he frowned slightly thinking on it. "I don't know…" He didn't know. They hadn't really talked about it, or much of anything else before Duo had bolted out of the room. The thought of the boy still made his heart beat faster and his cheeks redden. The whole admitting to lovesickness didn't really do much to alleviate his symptoms. In fact, since this morning, they'd only gotten worse. Maybe a combination of lovesick and anxiety attacks?

"Ok well then…this one should be a simple one." Quatre smiled at him reassuringly. Heero wasn't buying it. "Is Duo going to be rooming with you from now on?"

"…" Why was he asking him all these questions? It wasn't like he knew…did he even want Duo in the same room with him? "Why?"

"Well since you two are…like that…it'd just make it easier for you if he's already there with you right?"

"What exactly is 'like that'?"

"…Well…intimate. You're already pretty close to each other."

"How about you go be intimate with Trowa and just let Duo have your room then."

"Heero!" Heero ignored his outburst, though he mentally smirked at the blush creeping up to Quatre's ears. If nothing else, he did enjoy getting a rise out of him.

"I'm leaving," Heero said standing again. "I'm supposed to meet at the colonel's for a briefing. Trowa's meeting me there as well."

"A mission?"

"Yeah probably," Heero said looking down at him. "She said we'd start tomorrow and should be done by the end of the day. It's probably nothing hard." Quatre got up as well, finished with his food.

"I hope so. Are you going to let Duo know you're going to be gone?"

"I'll let you handle that since you'll be seeing him again this afternoon," Heero said starting for the door, the blond following him. Until he could get things situated in his head, he didn't want to see Duo. If he did, he knew it'd only spur up all those weird feelings he'd had since last night.

As he was walking out of the cafeteria he looked up just in time to see Duo coming into the place. The two of them looked at each other, frozen for that instance. The violet eyes were staring at him. They were making him uncomfortable, reminding him of the night before and even of this morning. Feeling his cheeks heat up Heero glanced away, eyes dropping down to Duo's lips. Then they went further down and he could vividly remember every detail of Duo's body down to his toes.

Clenching his eyes shut, as if that'd work, he rushed past Duo, the back of his hand unconsciously coming up to cover his mouth again. Did he really need to deal with this right now? He needed to keep calm.

He faltered in his steps when he felt fingers brush past his shoulders. It sent a spark down his spine and forced him to glance back at the person who did it.

"We uh…probably need to talk," Duo said not really looking at him as he rubbed at his neck. Duo glanced up at him shyly as if afraid to look at him before he used Quatre as an excuse to look away. "You don't mind if I steal Heero away for a moment, do you?"

"I don't," Quatre said shaking his head. "I'm sure what you two have to talk about must be important." He gave Heero a knowing look when he walked past him and that growing urge to want to throttle the blond was having a hard time of leaving. When the young blond was finally gone the two realized that they were alone…well not completely. They did still have a cafeteria full of people. And since they were standing in the entrance like two idiots, they were definitely gaining some attention.

"Let's go somewhere else and talk," Duo said leading the way for them. He hadn't even been here for a complete week and already he knew the layout of the space station well. Heero wasn't sure where he was leading them but he kept following knowing the braided one had an idea of where he wanted to go.

His braid kept swaying past his butt drawing attention to it as well as Duo's tight buttocks. But Heero didn't follow his temptations to grab them, braid included. Instead he continued to follow Duo until they were out in the garden area. There were a few people here, mostly couples that had found a way to get away from the crowds of other people to be alone.

The spot Duo took them to was secluded and blocked from the view of others thanks to the indoor grown trees and bushes. It took artificial sunlight and wind control to make it feels authentic. They stood by a window that, while a person couldn't see in, those inside could see out. Duo watched space floating pass them as time did every moment of their lives. And Heero watched him as he stared at the void.

He knew he should have been getting to the conference, but he was willing to spare a brief moment for this. Duo looked, and he hated admitting it to himself, beautiful. He was beautiful…a perfect human…and someone that Heero wanted to protect. He also looked a little jittery. Maybe nerves?

Heero stepped forward to get his attention and at the same time Duo decided that was the perfect time to want to turn around. Heero's steps froze leaving the two once more staring at each other but within closer range this time. He saw Duo swallow nervously, his eyes being drawn to his throat having thoughts of wanting to just suck on that neck.

"He…Heero…."

That's all it took. Hearing his name off those lips was all it took to break him as he leaned in kissing him hard. Duo's response was instant, the other giving out a soft moan against his lips as he kissed him back hungrily. He started to lean Duo back against the glass, forgetting for a moment about the location they were at. He pushed his hips forward grinding against him feeling that the other was just as enthusiastic as he was about it. A low groan escaped from Heero's lips causing Duo to push into him harder in response with a groan of his own.

It was intoxicating, to the point that Heero started sliding his hands under Duo's shirt touching the skin on his tummy. He could literally feel the shiver running through Duo's body at his touch as he gasped. Duo had no complaints about any of this, that much was obvious. Why had he been running from this?

Then Lady Une's frowning face appeared in his mind as he literally had to pull himself back to keep from doing more to Duo. The two males were staring at each other, panting hard to capture a breath they didn't know had left. Both sets of eyes were searching, reading one another before Heero swallowed and glanced away.

He'd just literally lost control of himself again for a moment, his heart again beating fast in his chest. Heero held his fingers to his lips still feeling the kiss there, reddening slightly when he looked up and saw Duo watching his fingers, watching every move he made. Heero swallowed and cleared his throat before he attempted to speak.

"I…have a meeting I need to get to."

"Heero, wait," Duo grabbed his wrist quickly stopping Heero once more. The brunet thought about forcefully pulling his hand away and continuing on to the briefing. But he stayed put, maybe because he wanted to know what Duo had to say. He really wasn't used to wanting anything. But he found himself wanting a lot from Duo and wanting to give a lot to him. "Um…about last night…"

Heero glanced back catching the hesitation in the other's voice. He was nervous…about as nervous as Heero was feeling. Well that was interesting.

"Look um…I-I wanted you to know that I really enjoyed it. I mean…not that I know much about…that kind of stuff." He frowned in confusion as if wondering how they did know what to do. Instinctive maybe? "I kinda think maybe…we might be moving this a little fast…and a little sudden…and well…damn, I don't know what I want to say!"

"Then don't say anything."

"Huh?" Duo's brows lowered in confusion as he tried to understand what Heero was saying. Heero frowned remembering the words of his old mentor and the only person he'd really known as a father. "Follow your emotions…live by your emotions…"

"…That sounds really deep coming from you," Duo said sounding real sincere.

"I've…been running from those words," Heero said. He didn't want to say them even after so long. He didn't like to think about the reason for why he ran.

"Why?" Heero knew why but he couldn't tell that to Duo. He wasn't ready to face that reality. But when he looked up at Duo he found he really wanted to hold him. He wanted to protect him, to keep him close, to fight with him against his enemies, to trust him…and to be trusted. He wanted to be trusted by this guy. He…He wanted Duo. It just seemed that fact kept escalating in his mind since last night. Since he stared at the man then initiated the kiss that started them on this spiral they were following now.

He was, and he couldn't deny it, in love with Duo Maxwell.

"Duo…"

"Y-Yeah?" Duo looked up at him with expectation. He wanted to hear something, maybe even the very words that Heero wanted to say. Heero's mouth opened to say them but he paused closing it again and frowning finding them to be hard words to say. They felt…weird, foreign to him. He couldn't bring himself to say those words. Not something so unfamiliar to him. He knew his heart sped up even more at the thought of saying them. He knew he could blame them on it just being anxious because he was so close to Duo. But he couldn't hide from the warm feeling that entered his heart when he saw Duo staring at him and licking his lips nervously as if afraid of being crushed.

Was this really love? This feeling that made him want to hold on to this person he felt might be the most important person in the world to him? If it was then he had no complaints against it.

"Duo…I…I might be-" His phone went off causing the two usually alert males to jump. Fumbling in his pocket, Heero pulled out his phone and turned away quickly to answer it. "Hello?"

There was a pause on the other side of the line before he heard the words, "Heero, is that you?" It was Colonel Une and she sounded surprised to him. When he thought about it he remembered that he rarely ever answered the phone with a greeting, especially with one that made him sound so unsure. He was really a wreck right now. "You do realize you're supposed to be in a meeting with me right now, correct?" Her tone held a hint of authority to it but he couldn't help catching the hint of worry there as well.

"Sorry, I got held up. I'm on the way right now." He hung up before she could say more and turned to look at Duo who was watching him. He scratched behind his head, feeling a little unsure about what to say since he'd been interrupted. "We'll…talk later."

"In your room?" Duo asked quickly and Heero's face heated up quickly. Bad idea. If they did that, he had a feeling there wouldn't be a lot of talking. Then they'd just end up in this awkward situation again.

"No, we'll talk after our training tonight. You haven't done anything with me since we started your Preventers training." Though the first time hadn't been Duo's fault. If the colonel hadn't called the nurse that caused Duo to lash out at everyone, they would have trained that night. Though the second one was fully blamed on Duo. If he hadn't been so full on trying to get out of his training causing Heero to end up in bed with him, they might have made some progress. He still didn't regret it though.

Duo nodded his head agreeing with the arrangement before Heero started to turn away to head to the meeting. But he couldn't fully turn since Duo had grabbed his arm tugging hard making Heero turn around quickly before he had the soft lips on his. He blinked staring into the violet eyes and started to kiss him back loving his lips.

And just as quickly as the kiss was initiated, Duo broke it sliding past Heero as he headed for the exit. "See ya later, Heero!" He turned waving smiling happily and leaving Heero staring after him with a surprised look on his face before he started to smile. Well that had been interesting. Right, he needed to get to his meeting before Lady Une really had his head.

TBC…

Hope you enjoyed the chapter and it wasn't too confusing at some points. Working on chapter 26 as we speak.