Cute Beginnings: Chapter Four

Yellow Boxes

Author: White Destiny

Disclaimer: I own nothing of Gundam Wing and probably never will! It's owned by Bandai, ANB, and Sunrise! And to other companies not mentioned here, well then sorry! You guys are just too small to remember! -_-;;;

Warnings: 1x2, AU, cute little boys, nothing too sad here

Author's Notes: YO! I didn't get flamed this time! *claps* Thanks to:

Devina - Oh my gosh! You LOVE IT?!? *glomps Devina* Sorry...I couldn't help myself! Yay! Thanks!

Shin-chan - Yeah! I updated! Did it really take me that long to update?!? Ahh! Gomen nasai! Lol... Heero is the Sex God...yesssss... *drools*

Freak_on_a_Leash - You love it too?!? Thaaaaanks! And yes, his parents died... *sniff*

laconic angel- Lol. Thanks for reviewing! I'm not sure if you meant it in a good way but that's ok! :D

lil anime kitsune - YEAH! 1x2 Fo EVA! Lol! Thanks!

ShadowSage - Lol! Maybe I made Duo talk to much! But then how else would it be cute?!? 0_o ... Uhh... -_-;;; I'm stoopid? Thanks for loving the fic! :D Lol, oh well, Heero and Duo are going to get tortured by Relena! Mwuhahahahaha!

Blue_Pig - Omgomgomgomgomgomgomg! You love it too?!? *gasps and dies* This is me as a ghost. Yeah, his parents were awesome! And thanks for giving me the honor of having your longest review EVER! ^_^ :D

sapphire-wolf1 - Yeah, Heero's serious. I like him that way! ^_^ Mwuhahaha!

arabian - Is it really that sad? Thank you! Wow, people want me to update! 0_o *jumps up and down* Thanks for reviewing! Reviews make me feel good. :D

Nikkler - Wow, another person thought it was sad, too! *cries* Oh and I don't know what else was supposed to be in that review so...yeah... Thanks for reviewing!

Blue Eyed Angel2 - Yeah, Roy's the one with the reddish hair. I don't like Mark, he's not as cool as Roy. Lol... And when Roy speaks Japanese, he sounds like Heero's Japanese voice. *swoons*

Sarah - Hmm...I wouldn't mind a gun pointed to my head. *thinks about another type of gun ^_~* Yummy... I'm such a hentai! :P Anyways, yeah, it was sad in Chapter Three... But this one's going to be heroic! I hope! *crosses fingers*

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With heavy, stinging eyes, he blinked slowly to clear up his vision. Everything was blurring into an impressionistic painting and it all looked surreal. Why do I feel so warm, Duo thought drowsily. I like this feeling... He shifted around lazily to get a better look at his surroundings. His gaze travelled slowly around the room but there was nothing that piqued his interests. Well, I don't see anything out of the ordinary! Duo established, irritated. There was an annoyed cough from the side. Duo quickly looked to the direction of the sound and stared, disbelieving. Oh my gosh, Duo thought, he's in MY room, sleeping in MY bed, wrapped up in MY sheets, entangled with MY body!

Heero just stared at Duo's gaping mouth with a bored expression on his face. Heero's right arm was bent, his elbow pressed slightly into the bed, to prop up his head. The rest of his body was hidden beneath the navy blue sheets that he and Duo were wrapped in. He slowly started, "Duo, it's almost eight o' clock." Duo, still in shocked mode, was startled out of his mind-conversation. Figuring that Duo didn't hear anything he had just said, he repeated, "It's almost eight o' clock." Duo replied with a small "Oh" and hugged his sheets tightly to himself. I'm going to milk out every bit of this moment! Duo thought determinedly. Seeing that Duo wasn't going to make an effort to get out of bed, Heero got out under the sheets in one swift movement and grabbed the sheets to pull it away from Duo's grasp.

"Hey! I was using that!" Duo complained, a scowl covering his features. Well, that idea went down the drain, he thought dejectedly. He threw his legs over the side of the bed, rubbing his bare arms to produce friction for his now-cold limbs. "You could've at least warned me before you did that, you know," he criticized. Heero stood by the bed with detached air and grunted nonchalantly. Duo looked up at Heero's face and saw no emotion there. Duo looked down at the floor with a disheartened gaze. He probably stayed with me in bed so I wouldn't kill myself after that little display earlier, he told himself, oh well, it's better than nothing--and I really do appreciate it. Duo smiled softly at the thought and stopped rubbing his arms after he was satisfied. He pushed himself off the bed and stood with Heero. "Well, what's so important about eight o' clock, Heero?" Duo asked with semi-interest.

Heero turned to face Duo and replied, "You said you wanted to watch Wild Boyz[1]." Duo's face quickly lit up at the idea of watching Steve-O and Chris Pontius as "America's foremost ambassadors of absurd goodwill" on DVD. Duo dashed out of the door, leaving Heero by himself in the bedroom. Heero stared at the doorway for a while and then started to head out to the living room.

Duo was already sitting in the light tan loveseat in front of the TV. The theme song of the Wild Boyz was already playing and colorful previews of the ridiculous pair was flashing across the black screen; "America's foremost ambassadors of absurd goodwill," indeed. Duo turned his head to look at Heero and said, "Come on, Heero. You know they're hilarious! Sit down and watch!" Heero considered the option and decided that no harm could be done by watching the Wild Boyz, other than the loss of a few brain cells, that is. Heero sat down next to Duo on the sofa. Duo sat still and pondered about the closeness. I'm sitting really close to Heero, Duo giggled in his mind, and maybe I could get even closer. That sparked a wicked idea in his mind.

"Duo, what are you giggling about?" Heero asked irately. Duo thought about a quick half-truth and answered that he was giggling about the sick antics pulled off by the pair, especially the one about the zebra suit. Heero didn't find any of it significantly amusing. As the Wild Boyz continued on their self-mutilating journey around the world on DVD, Duo was hatching up a plan.

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Duo wasn't the only one conjuring up a plan. Across the street from their house was the same pink house from ten years ago, housing the same blonde girl who made Duo's life miserable throughout childhood. She, being sixteen years old, now had better plans to wrench Heero away from Duo for herself. She thought up of rumors, she influenced her clique to make fun of him, she did almost everything possible to get Heero into her grasp. But yet everything she tried never worked. Nothing. It only seemed like Heero and Duo's relationship solidified after each and every scheme she planned. "I've got to become more inventive," she said harshly.

She could still remember the first plot she executed all those years back. The three of them were all in first grade and it was the second day of school. Their parents dropped them off on the first day to ease the nervousness and on the second day their parents thought that their children should ride the bus to school.

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"Duo," Helen shouted, "Heero's here to walk you down to the bus stop!" She started to walk up the stairs to Duo's room to speed up the process of getting him out. "Duo," she said again. She opened the door to his room and found masses of clothes strewn around the area. "Duo!" Helen chided, "What are you doing?"

"Mo-o-om!" Duo called, "What can I wear to school today?" Helen blinked a couple times and then started to smile.

"Duo, honey, you've got to get out of your room now or else you'll miss the bus," she said lovingly, "and besides, what you are wearing now is fine." Duo looked up at his mom and gave her his best smile. Helen picked Duo up and walked down the stairs at a fast pace in order to minimize the amount of time wasted. She set Duo down and grabbed his backpack and lunch. She handed the lunchbox to him and helped to slip on the backpack on to his shoulders. She walked to the front door with a bouncy Duo in hand. "Now, Duo," she started, "be good and listen to the teacher, okay?" She was answered with a vigorous nod. "Have a nice day at school, honey," she said and she hugged him until there was no more time to spare. She opened the door and sent Duo on his way with Heero to the bus stop. "Bye boys!" she shouted. She heard a "Bye Mom!" and "Bye Mrs. Maxwell" as the two boys walked to their destination.

"So, Heero, do you like school so far?" Duo asked. Heero answered with an almost-content grunt. "Okay," Duo said happily. "I wonder what we're going to do today!" The two boys walked on the sidewalk a few houses down opposite the direction to Heero's house. Heero went to Duo's house today to walk him to the bus stop but that wasn't too much trouble since he would've passed Duo's house anyways on his way to the bus. They turned left on the corner and there was already a line of children the same age waiting for the bus. The two boys got in line at the end and waited patiently for the yellow Morriston Public School Bus to come. A few parents were around to see their kid off to school so no funny stuff could take place or else somebody would get in trouble.

Relena was standing in the front part of the line and glared at Duo who stood at the end. Heero will sit with me today, she thought gleefully, I'm sure of it. The big yellow bus rounded the curb and all the children started to jump up and down to get into the bus. The bus's yellow lights started to flash to signal to drivers that they needed to prepare to stop and then its red lights started flashing to tell drivers that they had to stop as it neared the group of children. The bus driver opened the bus's doors and the children started to pile in. A few parents said "Hello" to the bus driver and left. As the children made their way into the bus, some sat down in empty seats while others made their way farther into the bus.

In the bus, the superior fifth graders got the back and closer to the front sat students in descending grade order. Relena sat in an empty seat on the left side. She saw Duo walking in front of Heero in the bus aisle, she called, "Heero, would you like to sit with me?"

Heero didn't want to but Duo smiled at him and said that he should. "Oh come on Heero! Relena's a girl and I bet it would be fun!" Duo exclaimed happily. "I'll just sit somewhere over there," Duo pointed to an empty seat in the restricted third graders section. Heero nodded and went to sit by Relena. Duo walked farther to the middle of the bus and sat in an empty seat on the right side. He slipped off his backpack and set it next to him. He placed his black lunchbox by his backpack. He then folded his hands in his lap and sat quietly in his seat since he had no one to talk to.

"Hey, first grader!" someone shouted from behind. Duo was startled and looked behind his seat. "You can't sit there!" Duo looked at the older third grader with dirty brown hair, blue eyes, and roughed-up appearance. He looked like a bully.

Duo sat in his seat facing backwards and stared at the older boy. "Why can't I sit here?" Duo asked, challenging the other boy's authority. The older boy snickered.

"Because you're not a third grader, that's why!" the boy shouted. "Say... are you a boy or a girl?" The third grader reached over the seat and grabbed the short braid. Duo stared at the braid in the other boy's hand and tried to make him let go.

"Let go!" Duo shouted. The older boy kept on tugging and pulling and Duo didn't like the pain that came with it. "I said stop it!" he cried.

"What are you going to do about it, sissy?" the third grader taunted. The show was catching other students' attention and more and more kids were siding with the third grader. The third grader mocked Duo by impersonating him and saying: "Oh look at me, I'm a sissy!" and "I have a long braid because I want to be a girl!"

Duo looked at the pointing and laughing directed at him and started to whimper. "Please stop..." Relena's eyes flicked over to the scene towards the back of the bus. A third grader was bullying Duo and it didn't look like anyone was going to save him. Relena was congratulating herself on the success of her plan. Heero was sitting with her and Duo was far away and being made fun of. This is perfect! Relena thought. Her moment of triumph was coming to a stop as Heero turned around in his seat to see what was going on from behind. He saw that the other students were laughing and making fun of Duo. He turned to Relena who was on his right and saw that she was oblivious to the situation and kept on talking. Heero turned back to Duo and narrowed his eyes dangerously. He quickly got out of his seat, leaving Relena behind to talk to herself, and stomped over to the irritating third grader.

Heero stopped to stand beside the third grader and with narrowed eyes and threatening tone, he said, "Stop it right now, or else." The third grader looked at the shorter boy and started to laugh.

"Or else, what, first grader?" the boy asked, still holding Duo's braid. "Like you can do anything to me!"

"I bet I can," Heero answered coldy.

The third grader straightened in his seat while holding Duo's braid and said, "Oh really? I could smash your face in ten times over, shorty!"

Heero stood there by the bully's seat and a smirk played at the corner of his lips. Duo stared at Heero's expression incredulously. He knew that whenever he had that smirk, something bad was going to happen. "I bet you can't," Heero said coldy but with a hint of cockiness. The third grader's eyes bulged out at the response.

"Why you!" the boy shouted with malice. Duo stared at the scene with fear as he saw the older boy let go of his braid and tighten his fist into a potential weapon. Heero stood there in the aisle with his smirk and looked as placid as the calm before the storm. The third grader took a swing at Heero's face and--

"Heero!" Duo shouted and covered his eyes. The punch made contact with Heero's left cheek and Heero turned his face to the right to lessen the force. Heero's eyes darkened to an unimaginable shade of blue and his smirk turned into a deadly snarl.

"Not so great are you, first gra--" Heero punched the taller boy under the chin before he finished his sentence to add effect. The taller boy's head snapped up and his body fell backwards on to the seat. A string of surprised gasps sounded throughout the bus.

Heero stood there, satisfied with his mission, and said, "Ninmu kanryou[2]." Heero stepped over to Duo's seat and sat in it. "Duo, are you okay?" he asked. Duo nodded and stayed quiet. Duo touched Heero's left cheek with great care and quickly brought it back after the Japanese boy hissed in pain. "I'm okay, Duo," Heero assured.

A static noise sounded over the speakers and the bus driver asked, "What's happening back there?" A wave of voices crashed down and the bus driver asked, "One at a time, please?"

A girl with purplish-black hair shouted, "Mueller was making fun of kids again!" Then a boy yelled out, "And then Mueller punched a first grader and then the first grader punched back!" Then the same girl from earlier cheered, "The first grader was helping out his friend!"

The bus driver mumbled and cursed inaudibly and parked in a nearby parking lot. The bus driver turned off the engine and started walking toward the middle section of seats. The bus driver looked at where Mueller was sitting, body sprawled out on the seat. Serves you right for all the things you've done, the bus driver thought. "Okay," the bus driver, Mrs. Brighams, asked, "who punched Mueller?"

"I did," Heero answered. Mrs. Brighams looked toward the voice and saw a boy with dark brown hair sitting with a boy with a braid. She pointed to Heero and looked at him questioningly. Heero nodded. She looked from Heero to Mueller, then to the braided boy and then back to Heero. She couldn't believe that a first grader could bring down Mueller and now that she saw Heero, she could scarely believe that he had a chance to even consider bringing him down. She stared at him for a long while and after she stared too long, Heero got annoyed. He shot her a dangerous glare and that earned him the desired effect. The bus driver's eye twitched in fear and then she reconsidered the first grader and decided that if he could send her a glare with such venom, then obviously he could knock a bully out.

"Your name?" Mrs. Brighams asked. Heero answered her question and the bus driver told him that Mueller would be punished. She also said that he might be punished as well but doubted it since it was Mueller who started it. Even though schools don't care about who started it, she assured him that she would put in a word for him and get him off the hook. After the long talk, she stood up and walked to the wheel. Well, that was the highlight of my day! she thought.

"Thanks, Heero," Duo said. He then hugged Heero for all his worth. Heero returned the gesture and whispered into Duo's ear that that was what friends were for. "Heero," Duo started, "you're my best friend, did you know that?"

"I do now," Heero replied with satisfaction. Heero hugged Duo tighter and rested his head on top of Duo's. They stayed like that on the bus until they got to school.

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Relena snarled at the memory. "After everything I do," Relena shouted, "Duo's always the one to get Heero!" She slammed her fist on the desk she was sitting at. She moodily got out of her chair and walked over to her dressing table. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and put on her sweetest smile. "Oh, no, Duo Maxwell," she said sweetly with her hands clasped in front of her, "this time I am going to win." She flipped her hair behind her shoulders with a quick flick of her wrist. She then lowered her head to give herself a dark appearance. In a maniacal frenzied tone, she screamed, "You are going to betray your beloved and then Heero will be mine!" Relena turned away from the mirror and let her most wicked laugh ring throughout her house.

[1] ...Wild Boyz... - *sighs happily* This is so funny, I just can't explain it! It's on MTV at 10:30p.m. on Sunday nights! If you haven't seen this show then, WOW, you're TOTALLY missing out! Steve-O and Chris are so hilarious! They're "scientists" benefitting mankind! :P

[2] ...Ninmu kanryou... - It's Japanese for Mission complete. I don't know if it's past tense or whatever but you get what I mean. :D

Author's Notes: Well, did that suck or what!? 0_o I think this is like the best chapter I've ever written so far in my LIFE! *gasps* Well, tell me what you think! Via ff.net, mm.org, or e-mail! I don't care, as long as YOU tell me what you think! ^_^ I LOVE feedback!