Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Crossing Paths ❯ First Date ( Chapter 6 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Crossing Paths

by Izanami Hime

Disclaimers: Gundam Wing is not mine. I wish it was but I'm not that creative. You'll agree with me when you start reading my fanfic. The only characters that are mine are Suiri, Aya, Tanoshi, Shizuka, Meiyo, and any other characters that don't belong in GW. Thanks for reading it. Please send me mail. Flames are welcome too. I like to know when I really suck at something, but please remember this is my first attempt at fanfic writing.


Part 7

The sound of Suiri's voice disrupted Tanoshi's laughing fit.

"Don't you have a date to get ready for?"

Tanoshi sat up and glanced at the clock. It read 6:00 p.m. She jumped off the bed and started running around the room, arms flailing around in the air.

"Damn it! I'll never be ready in time! What should I wear? What should I do with my hair?" She ran over to her closet, and pulled out everything she owned.

"Suiri I need your help. I have no clue what to wear. Help me please?" her eyes got big as saucers.

Suiri knew from experience that it would be faster and a lot less painful if she just helped, so she turned away from her laptop and walked over to where Tanoshi's bed used to be, but now was just a mountain of clothes.

"If I'm going to help you I need some info. Where are you going?"

"I don't know the name of the place, but he said we're going to a club."

Suiri nodded. She had a look on her face that said that she was really thinking about something.

"If you're going to a club I assume you'll be sneaking in. You're underage, and I doubt he'll have a fake ID for you already. I suggest something black, so you can sneak in without trouble."

Tanoshi had a look of shock on her face. "Wow Suiri I think you've just broken your 12 word quota for the day. Tsk tsk."

That earned her a whack on the head. "Owwww!"

Suiri smirked. "Baka."

Tanoshi quickly recovered from her injury and started rummaging through the mountain of clothes on her bed.

She picked out a black knee length skirt, a black long sleeved shirt with the word 'Goddess' on the front written in sliver, and below the knee black boots.

She laid it out on Suiri's bed, because hers was occupied at the moment.

"So whaddya think?" Suiri pictured her friend in the outfit, and gave her nod of approval.

Tanoshi grabbed the outfit and ran to the bathroom. "I'm gonna take a shower. If Duo gets here before I'm out let him in, and please don't scare him away. I really like this guy. Okay?" She was practically begging her friend.

"Fine. I'll let Duo in, and I won't scare him away." She turned back to her laptop.



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It was 6:45 when Tanoshi got out of the shower. She quickly got dressed, then prepared for the task of doing her hair.

She walked out of the bathroom to grab her brush and some hair ties, then went right back into the bathroom. She started on the almost impossible mission of untangling her hair.

When she was halfway done there was a knock at the door.

"Suiri can you get that. It's probably Duo." She called through the door.

Suiri stood up from her desk and answered the door. In the doorway stood a boy about her height. He had blue almost purple eyes, and a braid that reached his back. He was wearing black leather pants a black sleeveless shirt, ankle length black boots, and a smile like she only seen on Tanoshi before.

"Hi, I'm Duo. Does Tanoshi live here?"

"She's in the bathroom fixing her hair at the moment. Are you going to come in or just stand in the doorway until she's done? Either one is fine by me, but she may be a while."

Duo stepped into the room and took a seat on Tanoshi's now clean bed.

"So what's your name?" He turned to look at the girl who had answered the door.

"I'm Suiri." She didn't feel much like talking to Duo, so she turned her attention back to her laptop.

'Man she remind me of Heero.' He laughed at the thought of there being another human being like Heero Yuy.

Suiri turned around and glared at him

"What are you laughing at?"

'Yup, just like Heero.'

"Oh nothing." She turned back around and decided to ignore Duo.

Meanwhile in the bathroom Tanoshi was doing her hair. She started braiding, stopping halfway and dividing it into three little braids.

When she was finished she grabbed her brush and exited the bathroom to find Duo sitting on her bed and Suiri typing away at her precious laptop.

"Hi Duo. Sorry to keep you waiting, and to have left you with such a great conversationalist." She said pointing to her room mate.

Duo smiled "Yeah she just wouldn't stop talking. I'm glad you're here." Now it was Tanoshi's turn to smile.

"Well let's get going. Bye Suiri, I'll be back later. Don't stay in front of your laptop all night, it's not good for a person."

With a wave they exited the room.

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"Well that's Suiri for ya. As antisocial as hell. Sometimes I wonder how I can live with her and still manage to keep my sanity."

"Believe it or not my room mate's the same way." A sly grin slid onto Tanoshi's face.

"Well maybe we should set up our little friends."

Duo pictured Heero and Suiri together, then laughed.

"Yeah, their dates will consist of sitting in front of their laptops and glaring at each other."

They laughed as they made their way out of the building. When they got to the parking lot Duo led the way to the car him and the guys had rented.

Once inside Tanoshi and Duo talked about the rest of their day, and spent a couple of minutes dissing the school.

"So Duo what's the plan. How do we get in to the club?"

Duo looked at his date and frowned a little in thought.

"Well, we sorta have to sneak in."

Tanoshi smiled at Duo's frown. "I figured that much, but how are we gonna do it? I'm an expert at sneaking into places, so don't worry about me."

Duo's face brightened. "Well I figured we could sneak in the back. The bathrooms've got windows that we should easily be able to get in through."

Tanoshi thought it over. "Sounds good to me."

They pulled in to a parking lot a few streets away from the club. They proceeded with their plan and made it into the club undetected.

After sneaking into OZ bases full of soldiers, this was a piece of cake for them.

"So what now?" asked Tanoshi.

"We can talk and get a drink, or we can dance."

"Let's dance." She decided.

They made their way to the dance floor, danced for a few songs, then decided to rest for a while.

"What do you want to drink?" asked Duo.

"I'll have whatever you have." Was her answer.

He went to get their drinks.


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Duo came back a few minutes later with two drinks. He took a seat in front of his date, and handed her her drink.

"Here ya go pretty lady."

"Why thank you kind sir."

When they were settled the question answer period of the date occurred.

"So Tanoshi, where are you from?" asked Duo.

"Well I'm actually from L2."

"No way. That's where I'm from." They laughed.

"That's weird, my friend Aya met a boy today from her colony too. They went out for tea after class." Duo smiled

"Oh she must've met Quatre. He loves tea. Personally I like coffee better."

"Me too. Aya's always tryin' to get me to have some, but I'd much rather have me a cup of coffee than that dirty water."

They were quiet for a while when Tanoshi thought of something.

"Hey, you don't have a friend named Trowa do ya?"

Duo looked surprised. "Um ya actually I do. How do you know him?"

She shook her head. "No it's just my other friend mentioned him. Shizuka's in math class with him, and I guess they're an item now. He kissed her in the library."

Again Duo was shocked. "Trowa kissed a girl in the library? That guy never fails to surprise me. I'll have to congratulate him when I get back."

"Yeah, I never thought Shizuka would do something like that either. I thought I was the only one of us who do something that crazy."

They talked a little more about their friends, then switched back to talking about each other.

"So you're from L2, but why are you here instead of back in the colonies?" asked Duo.

"Um well I came with some friends for a visit." Tanoshi hated lying to Duo, but she couldn't possibly tell her why she was really on earth.

"Why are you here Duo?"

"Pretty much the same as you. Um where are you're parents? Shouldn't they be with you?"

A dark look crossed Tanoshi's face, but it quickly passed. "I don't remember my parents. They were killed when I was younger. I'm what you'd call a war orphan. I've lived on the streets for as long as I can remember."

A flicker of sadness crossed Duo's face. "I'm sorry, I know it must've been really hard on you. I know what you've been through, because I'm a war orphan too."

"Oh that's okay. My life hasn't been too horrible, I'm still alive at least. Everyone I knew back on L2 died, everyone I ever loved. I couldn't take it anymore, so I joined a group called the Sweepers, and got away from there."

A sad smile reached her face. "I'm sorry, I'm turning out to be a very depressing date." Duo shook his head.

"No you're not. I find it interesting, our pasts are so much alike it's weird. You joined the Sweepers too? I must've seen you before then. Well as I said my life is very similar to yours, I'm the only survivor of the Maxwell church massacre. "

"I remember that. I had a lot of friends there. It was awful. Let's change the subject. Have you seen any of the Sweepers lately? How's Howard? He used to help me out all the time, I haven't talked to him in a few months."

"Oh he's great. Same as ever, always wearing those pink Hawaiian shirts." They laughed and talked some more about their lives.

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When they got back to the school it was around 12:30 a.m. Duo walked Tanoshi to her room.

"I had a really great time Duo. I hope we can get together again soon."

"I had a great time too." With that they kissed. When they broke off Duo smiled.

"Thank you. Um Good night, I'll see ya in class tomorrow."

"Good night Duo. Thank you for a wonderful evening." Tanoshi said smiling.

She walked into her room. Suiri was asleep.

'She looks so peaceful. You'd never guess what she's like when she awake.'

Tanoshi got ready for bed and fell asleep thinking of Duo.


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Ok, is it just me or did that part suck or what? I've never been on a date, so I have no clue what people talk about or do on them. Oh well, let me know whatcha think, and thanks for reading.