Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Happy Birthday ❯ Happy Birthday ( Prologue )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Happy Birthday
By Nanashi Tenshi


"We're going to be late Heero, c'mon, the plane leaves at six!" Relena shouted in a panicky voice.
"Hn. It's five Relena, and it only takes 15 minutes to get to the port." Heero replied, to Relena's shrilly exclamation as he calmly leaned against the doorframe of their bedroom watching Relena toss her remaining wardrobe into her suitcase, her cheeks flushed pink, and in a hurry. Heero lifted his lips into a small smile; she was even more beautiful with her cheeks that rosy color, he thought to himself.

"Besides"-he continued, "I don't think your own private jet would leave with out its only two passengers." Heero looked up to see Relena with an aggravated expression, trying to hold back her smile.

"I don't want to keep the pilots waiting, and you know I hate to be late for things!" Relena locked the latches of her suitcase, pulling it off the bed with much struggle, and nearly managing to pull her arms straight out of their sockets with it as it dropped instantly to the floor, narrowly missing her feet.

"Mou!" she muttered in frustration under her breath. Heero just as easily picked the suitcase off of the ground by the handle, and started down the stairs, Relena scooting behind him frantically checking her watch, completely oblivious to Heero's polite gesture.

When they got to the car, Heero handed Relena's suitcase to the footman and tossed his little pack into the trunk. The poor man's face turned red, unable to hold the suitcase up to put it into the trunk, so Heero kindly took it from the man's hands and threw it into the trunk with ease.

"Thank you Heero-sama!" the footman said, tipping his hat. Heero bowed his head in return.

As this went on, Relena had shuffled her way around the car, and had already been waiting with impatience inside the warm vehicle. Heero strolled to the car door, casually sliding in next to Relena, who he caught looking at her watch, *AGAIN*.

"We're not going to be late, Relena." Heero assured putting his hand over Relena's silvery watch, and held her hand.

"I don't think I've ever been on a real vacation." Relena confessed, nervously smiling, looking out the car window as they drove.

"Me either, but I don't think you're supposed to be quite so tense… Just relax, we'll reach our destination in a few hours." He said reassuringly.

"Where are we going anyway Mr. Yuy?" Relena interrogated suspiciously, lifting an inquisitive eyebrow.

"I told you you'd see when we got there, Mrs. Yuy". He emphasized the last part, liking the way that sounded… "Mrs. Yuy" that is.

"What if I don't like where ever we're going?"

"Then I guess that's your problem." The corners of his mouth curled into a teasing smile. Relena retaliated by pinching his arm, he responded in not even a flinch. Relena decided to attack the most brutal target she could think of: (A/N: think higher, you hentais!!) the hair. She whipped out a comb from her purse and began to neatly part his hair. Heero reflexively snatched her wrist, and plucked the instrument from her fingers, tossing it out the open car window, without giving Relena a second glance. Relena juvenilely crossed her arms, and sighed a "What am I going to do with you" expression.

The car came to a halt just then.

"Uh-OOPH!" Heero's face scowled as Relena crawled over Heero's lap, and stepped out of the car standing with a victorious smile, holding out her hand to help Heero out of the car. Heero grabbed her hand, pulling her roughly to him to kiss her with a passionate revenge. He let go, causing a wide-eyed Relena to stumble backwards. Heero smirked, and stepped out of the vehicle. The bodyguards that surrounded them stood waiting, each exchanging irritated looks, and rolling eyes after observing this scene. The plane attendants took their suitcases from the footman, and it was quite a scene watching two grown men struggle to carry one very large suitcase into the plane; of course it was Relena's. Heero saw Relena check her watch again in the corner of his eye, which read 5:45 pm, and he gave her a very subtle "I told ya so" look.

"The pilots are ready for you to board the plane." One of the flight attendants politely informed the young pair.

Relena took Heero's arm and led him up the stairs into the plane, which was quite elegantly decorated, and very roomy, which was to no one's surprise noting Relena's wealth. Inside the plane there were only five sets of four seats. Relena looked closer to Heero who sat quietly next to her, and whispered into his ear, grinning with "trouble" written all over her face,

"You know… There's a bedroom in the back.."

An unsuspecting Heero turned his head to face her with a blank look, wondering if he'd heard correctly.

"Hn." Heero's lips quirked curiously, eyeing Relena who bit her lip to hide her smile.

The pilot cut in at that moment to make an announcement over the intercom,

"Would all passengers please remain seated and fasten their safety belts for the first thirty minutes of the flight. We will announce the appropriate time to remove them. Thank you. We will have take off in 5…….4…….3…….2……..1."

The high-pitched sound of the plane's engines could be heard as the plane took off. It was indeed a beautiful day for flying. Clear, blue skies, and a promising forecast for the rest of the afternoon, for the rest of the week for that matter.

Relena sighed and rested her head on Heero's strong shoulder, closing her eyes in hopes of sleeping during * most * of the long flight. Heero wrapped an arm around her waist protectively, like he always had a tendency to do whenever she was close enough.

"I'll meet you in the back in thirty minutes." Heero said softly, gingerly kissing Relena's hair, that fell gracefully down her shoulders like silk. Relena smiled back, in agreement.

In the plane with Relena and Heero were her five, main bodyguards, who sat a little ways in front of the married couple with the backs of their seats to them, but with a table in between. The two bodyguards closest to them had apparently over heard their entire * ahem * "secretive" conversation some how and snickered to one another.

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A little while later, the pilots made another announcement over the intercom that everyone was now permitted to remove their safety belts.

Relena sat up to undo her safety belt, as did Heero. Remembering the "deal", Relena stood, leading Heero seductively to the back room, that happened to be a bedroom for comfort reasons when Relena's occupation called for long hours of traveling.

"It's about time they let us get up, I was getting bored." She declared.

Relena shut the door of the room behind her, and pulled Heero's collar to gently tug him towards her. Heero simply half-smiled, and snaked his arms around her slender waist, trailing kisses down her neck, slowly unbuttoning her shirt. In between kisses, they managed to remove each article of clothing, and Heero laid Relena on the O-so-convenient bed behind them and slid under the covers. Putting his knee between her legs to hold himself up, he pressed kisses all down her body, coming back up to her inviting lips. She moaned pleasurably at his ministrations, and he mumbled a "Happy Birthday" into her ear with his deep monotone voice, sending shivers down her spine. His warm hand on her breast caused a wide grin on Relena's face, followed by uncontrollable giggles.

"That tickles!" She laughed, but gasped when Heero pushed harder, wiping the smile off her face, as Heero smirked with success. Still at it, the bed started to squeak, with made Relena just laugh hysterically again.

"I- REALLY-h-hope-HA HA! Tha-at- the-ese- a-a-re- so-und- p-ro-of wa-a-alls!"

Heero tried not to laugh, but found he couldn't hold back. Sweat beaded on their brows,

"I think you're going to break some kind of record Heero", Relena commented, relieving the intensity of the moment.

"Well it * is * your birthday."

She smiled, but couldn't help yawning as she desperately tried to hold it back; it was too late. It wasn't him; she was just incredibly tired after staying up so late * last * night…

"Hn." Heero's arched an eyebrow and decided that extreme measures were to be taken. He less gently than before grabbed her breast again and began to tickle her with his other hand. Relena laughed uncontrollably, wriggling under Heero's strong straddle.

"H-Heero!!!"

* More laughing *

"Get…. Ge-get, GET OFF ME!" she giggled, trying to sound serious.

"Hn. Promise not to * yawn * next time?"

"I promise! I promise!" Relena exclaimed, still gasping for air.

"What's the magic word?" He teased, satisfied with the tickling torture he had inflicted.

"PLEASE! For god's sake I SURRENDER!" He finally got off and rolled over to lay next to her on the bed, breathing heavily. Both sat there for a brief minute or two catching their breathes, but then Relena turned to tackle Heero, pinning him to the bed. Though he could easily pull out of her "restrain" he allowed her to have her way.

"Not so fast. This time * I * get to be on top!" She demanded. Heero just smiled.

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About an hour later, a knock was heard on the door to the room where Heero and Relena "rested" in the back of the plane.

"Mr. and Mrs. Yuy, the plane will be landing in five minutes, please hurry to your seats and put your safety belts on."

The couple scattered out of bed and scurried around the room in search of their clothes, which laid in heaps all over the floor. Once this was accomplished, the two burst through the door, both looking rather disheveled to the turned heads of the bodyguards who accompanied the couple on this plane flight. No one in the plane missed the obviously blushing Relena who wiped smeared lipstick off her face, and ran her fingers through her now tousled hair, and when Heero slyly buttoned the last button to his pants. They both looked rather suspicious, as one could imagine. Relena conspicuously cleared her throat, making a wordless command to mind their business, and every man simultaneously obeyed her order, turning right back around. The two lovers clumsily took their seats and fastened their safety belts, as they were directed. Relena clutched Heero's hand as the plane lowered to the ground to land, and they waited patiently until is was time to evacuate the plane.

"We're here!" Relena said excitedly, then lifted an eyebrow to Heero glaring at him, "Where ever * that * is."

"Hn. You're about to find out."

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"Well you can at least tell me what country we're in!" Relena complained (blindfolded) as they drove down road to a destination only Heero knew.

"Fine. We're in the U.S.A, California if you want to be specific."

"Okay."

Relena sat back, satisfied for now with that answer. After about an hour of driving, Heero removed the blindfold and she found herself looking at her beach house (A/N: Basically a really huge mansion that happened to be in front of an ocean). Relena looked at Heero, puzzled.

"Doushite?"

"You'll see koi, you'll see."

They strolled up the walk of the beautifully landscaped home, and Heero took a house key from his jean pocket and slowly inserted it into the door, hoping to cause more anxiety (A/N: he, he…). As they stepped inside, Heero flicked on the light in the entrance. Out of no where, to Relena's bewilderment, Duo popped up from behind the sofa and hollered,

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 'LENA!!"

Hilde popped op next to him with an exasperated expression,

"BAKA! You were supposed to WAIT!"

"Oops…" Duo said scratching the back of his neck, and shrugging innocently.

Relena everyone else come out from various other pieces of furniture, a bit less enthusiastically compared to Duo, and several delayed "surprises" scattered across the room to Heero's disappointment. Relena's face immediately lit up, utterly delighted to see all of her friends had come to celebrate her birthday, and gasped in an exaggerated, half genuine surprise.

"O, my god, you guys! This is so sweet, awww!"

Wufei rolled his eyes as Duo sprang from behind the couch to give Relena a bug bear hug (the only kid Duo knows) lifting the slender girl off her feet. Everyone else went up to her and kindly exchanged friendly hugs and kisses. A rather pregnant Noin walked into the room with Zechs just then and Relena instantly ran up to give her beloved brother, and her sister in law hugs.

"You two told me you were going to L2 for the weekend!"

"That was part of the plan so we could get here with out you knowing." Noin explained with a loving smile.

"Happy Birthday, dear." Zechs said tenderly pecking Relena's forehead, Relena squeezed her brother's waist in return.

"Thank you."

"Don't thank me!" Zechs insisted, "This was all * his * idea." Zechs said centering his look on Heero.

Turning her attention back to her husband, she thankfully kissed his lips,

"Thank you Heero." She whispered, and pulled away from him to look back at her smiling friends.

"Let's get some music is this joint! Ya can't have a party with out some music, ne Tro?" Duo shouted, and Trowa silently nodded his head.

"Sou da ne!" Quatre replied for his friend, putting a Two-Mix CD in the stereo (A/N: The album: Dream Tactix, for all you Two- Mix fans out there!)

Duo voluntarily brought out a couple of six-packs for everyone, tossing them out.

"Beer for everyone! On the house!"

"Except for Quatre, cuz we don't have any 'non-alcoholic' beer here." Duo said giving a pointedly sarcastic glare to the easily blushed blonde.

"Damare Duo." Trowa calmly demanded, standing up for his meek friend.

Duo ignored him as usual, and continued to merrily pass out beers to anyone and everyone, throwing one to Trowa as well, while he waved one of his in front of Quatre's face.

"Hows abouts a nice cold * beverage * hmm Quatre?" he tempted. He really wanted to see the boy drunk, and knew he would easily succeed by the end of the night, everyone did.

"C'mon Duo, give him a break!" Sally insisted.

"Get me a beer WOMAN!" Wufei yelled from the patio to Sally who unfortunately stood next to a cooler filled with beers.

"Come get it yourself!" She laughed.

"Injustice!" Wufei pouted, walking over to the icebox.

"Fine! I'll take a beer Duo!" Quatre finally gave into the constant coaxing of a particular very persistent braided boy, whose motto was "Where there's a will, there's a way", and right he was. Trowa sighed at the very obvious mistake the poor vulnerable Quatre had made, and knew that Duo would get a mouth full from Dorothy at the end of the night.

"I think it's time for cake and presents!" Noin announced to the bunch walking in from the patio.

"Yea, CAKE!" was the only rational response Duo could think of, jumping up from the coach in glee, racing into the kitchen, proudly being the first to seat himself in front of the large chocolate and vanilla swirl cake, with twenty candles stuck into it.

"All these candles make me feel old!" Relena joked.

"Well you certainly don't look it, and that's something to be happy about!" Catherine pointed out. Relena smiled, pushing Duo out of the chair that sat directly in front of the cake.

"Heeeyyyyyy!!"

"My birthday, my cake."

Duo stuck his tongue out, but quickly sucked it back in as Sally and Hilde came in with the matches.

"* I * wanted to light the candles!" Duo whined.

"Yea, but then Relena would have to blow out the whole house, you klutz!" Hilde said poking a disappointed Duo in the ribs, who childishly crossed his arms, sticking his chin up in the air,

"Hmph!"

Finding that he got no sympathy from this, he returned to menacingly leaning over Relena's shoulder, grinning mischievously.

After singing the "Happy Birthday Song", Zechs told Relena to make a wish. She closed her eyes, inhaling deeply to blow out the candles, when all of a sudden; Duo blew as hard as he could over her shoulder, successfully extinguishing all twenty candles. A horrified look crossed everyone's face, except for Heero who smiled at the perfect example of something Duo would do, Wufei who crossed his arms rolling his eyes muttering a "baka" under his breath.

To everyone's relief, Relena simply giggled,

"Well, Duo, what did * you * wish for!?"

Duo chuckled, quite content with himself for his masterful plan.

* SMACK *

"Owey Hilde! Whaddya do that for koneko?" Duo said rubbing the back of his head, and Wufei raised an eyebrow,

"Owey?"

"Baka! I can't believe you sometimes! And don't call me that!"

"Koneko? Doushite?"

"Because!"

"Oi, yamete!" Duo screeched as Hilde tugged at his long braid.

The scene seemed to amuse the rest of the party, for they couldn't help but started laughing at the couple's childish behavior.

"Apologize you dishonorable idiot." Wufei demanded.

"Okay, Okay, chill Justice Boy! (A/N: "Justice Boy" is a trademark of all Gundam Wing fanfic writers, so forgive me, everyone who thinks it's theirs alone! ^--^ ) It was just a harmless joke! Ne, Relena?"

She folded her arms, obviously expecting an apology.

"O, alright…Gomen nasai." Duo said half-heartedly, and Relena smiled,

"I accept your apology."

"Domo arigatou! See I * can * apologize!"

"Good, because you're going to have to do a lot of that tonight I guarantee." Trowa warned, referring to Quatre's inevitable drunken doom that night. Everyone seemed not to hear the quiet comment of the normally silent boy who stood away from everyone else at the doorframe next to the table.

"Time for presents!" Noin subtly interrupted, clapping her hands together before giving Duo enough time to think up another obnoxious remark.

"Here Relena! Open mine first!" Duo shoved a poorly wrapped, all black box (of course) that was unmistakably Duo's gift, in front of Relena.

"Uh-oh, I'm not sure-" Catherine started, exchanging worried glances with everyone else who were aware of Duo's unpredictable gift habits.

"You'll love it, * I * picked it out, ALL by myself!" Countless groans were heard around the room.

Relena neatly unwrapped the messy package, pulling off random strips of tape stuck everywhere imaginable. When she finally had unwrapped the package she discovered a…. Recent photo of Duo placed in a pretty, silver and black frame, with the words, "The Great Shinigami" engraved on it, and a miniature class 5 Deathscythe Hell Custom model kit, complete with paint and glue. Relena giggled appreciatively, and thanked Duo.

"Yea I figured since I couldn't give you the best present ever…* ahem* ME! I'd give you the two next best things!" Duo boasted.
"Well, this certainly * is * like you, Duo!" Relena stated, not at all surprised by the self-important gift, and not at all disappointed.

Next, Sally happily handed a gift to Relena that was signed from her and Wufei. It was a long, and very heavy gift, so she had quite a trial opening it. When she finally unwrapped it, she saw a long, narrow, wooden box that had beautiful engravings on it. Unlatching the box, she found a long, shiny sword lying in the velvet interior.

"It's an ancient, Chinese warrior's sword. It is the same design as my clan." Wufei proudly explained. Relena's instant reaction was to jump up and wrap her arms around Wufei's neck,

"EH! Get off me woman!"

And then Sally's.

"Thank you so much, this is a lovely gift." She smiled, and seated herself back in her chair.

"You're welcome dear." Sally said, a little nicer than Wufei had.

The next present that was put in front of Relena was from Lucrezia and Milliardo. She unwrapped it anxiously to find a photo album. Flipping through the pages, were pictures of her and Milliardo as toddlers (before they were split up). And as Relena continued through the album, she found more and more recent photos of her, Noin, and Zechs, and even a few of her and Heero, all together like a family. A teary-eyed Relena reached over to hug her brother, her tears saying all the thanks needed.

"Thank you, both of you. Where in the world did you find these pictures though?"

"I did some looking around." Was all Milliardo said in response, so they left it at that, moving on to the rest of the gifts. When Relena finished, she had received a gorgeous painting from Trowa and Catherine, a fine wine and a set of four crystal glasses from Dorothy and Quatre.

During the completion of the unwrapping of presents, Heero had silently snuck out of the room, and had snuck back in just as easily while Relena thanked all of her generous guests. Heero walked over to where Relena sat, and held something in his arms, putting enclosed hands in front of her. She gasped when Heero gently opened his strong, protecting hands, to expose a pretty, white, tabby kitten.

"Oh! Heero, it's adorable!" Relena gawked.

Everyone smiled as the cute kitten slept peacefully on the table in front of Relena, occasionally making soft "mewing" noises, curled up in a tiny, white fuzzy ball.

"Can I play with it!?" Duo pleaded.

Relena promptly stood to hug Heero, and thanked him with a kiss as he whispered sweetly into her ear,

"Happy Birthday, Relena."

Relena smiled, and her expression turned serious, and her delicate brow furrowed in thought.

"I've got to name it now…"

Everyone else seemed to be thinking up possible names for the cute little creature as well, as they all looked around the room for inspiration.

"How about TIGER!!" Duo suggested, gritting his teeth savagely, but Relena shook her head in definite "no".

"Well, how about Snowball?" Catherine said softly.

"NO! Tiger is COOLER! Snowball sounds * GIRLY *!" Duo declared.

Just then a roll of thunder vibrated the house, and rain drizzled down the window they all stood by. Relena turned her head to look at the window in deep contemplation, and her face relaxed, with an idea.

"Raindrop." She finally said, "I'll name him Raindrop."

Everyone smiled with approval, as well as Heero. Duo just grumbled to himself,

"Should've named him Tiger…" and of course his low comment went ignored, but his face brightened again as soon as he remembered his scheme….

"Hey Quatre, how about another * ICE-COLD * beer, eh?" Duo tempted.

"I-I think one's enough Duo, I don't"-

"Aw, C'mon! A few beers never did anyone any harm!"

"Well I"-Quatre tried, but Duo cut him off, yet again by throwing him another can of beer.

"There ya go! * Cheers * to Relena!" Duo shouted, slapping Quatre's back as the blonde prudently sipped his beer.

"Naw, Quatre! Ya gatta take a swig, like this!" Duo gulped down his beer in one chug, and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "See?"

Quatre mimicked Duo, gulping down some of his beer, coughing violently afterwards.

"You okay, buddy?" Duo grinned, patting Quatre's back.

"Yea." Quatre gasped, his eyes watery from choking.

Meanwhile, the rest of the crew sat mingling on the patio outside, where they were ground level with the beach, admiring the sunset over the ocean. Relena sat with Heero's arm around her on one of the benches, with her new pet fast asleep on her lap.

"Thank you all so much for this party, it was lovely. It was nice seeing all of you again too! You are all staying for the night, I expect?"

"Trowa and I can't stay, unfortunately, we have a performance tomorrow, sorry." Catherine politely apologized.

"O, that's too bad… I wish you luck then on your performance." Relena smiled.

Catherine nodded in thanks.

"Hey! You know, it's still light out and the rain stopped… What do you say we all go for a quick swim?" Hilde excitedly suggested.

"I think that's a great idea! C'mon Hilde, I'll go with you!" Sally agreed.

"Yea I'll go too!" Relena joined in.

"Let me get Quatre and Duo, and I'll meet you guys out there… Where are those two anyway?" Dorothy questioned, and no one seemed to know the answer, until Trowa spoke up that is.

"Hn… I believe Duo's plan was to, as he put it, to get Quatre 'smashed'. In other words, Duo's in the kitchen getting Quatre nice and drunk."

Wufei snickered, and Hilde groaned, slapping her forehead. Dorothy sighed, rushing out of the room, hoping to stop Quatre before it was too late. To her amusement, she entered the kitchen to find a hysterical Quatre rolling on the floor, beer in hand as he slurred random, incoherent phrases. Duo stood against the table, slapping his knee, laughing to tears, finding Quatre's state a very comical one.

Dorothy grabbed Duo's shoulders shaking him,

"How much beer did you give him!? Duo! DUO!" She repeatedly yelled, after Duo continued to laugh uncontrollably.

"YIKES! I only gave him three, I don't know how much he drank after that!" Duo said, still laughing, now clutching his side in mirth.

"Well, stay here with him while the rest of us go swimming, and don't let him have anything else to drink!" Dorothy ordered, snatching the bottle from Quatre's mouth, who resorted to sucking his thumb instead.

"But I wanna go swimming too!"

"Then get Wufei to watch him, he's not going swimming."

"I figured… Wu-man just ain't any fun at all. Maybe I shoulda gotten him drunk instead."

Dorothy just stomped out of the kitchen, and a very (shall we say) * lucky * Wufei came in at the same time, hearing his name from the patio… Some how.

"Wu-MAN! Just the guy I wanted to see…" Duo said, obviously up to no good. "I'll give ya twenty if ya look after pretty boy here for me, so I can go swimming." Duo bribed, slinging a lazy arm over Wufei's shoulders. Wufei answered with crossed arms, and a casual death glare,

"Fifty." Was his offer.

"Aw, MAN that's gipped!"-

"Take it or leave it."

"You're killin' me Justice Boy! How about just doin' a favor for a friend in need, eh buddy?"

Wufei slowly started walking out of the room, and Duo desperately leaped, grabbing hold of Wufei's legs, causing him to topple over.

* THUMP *

"AH! Baka!"

"OK! OK! Fifty!" Duo gave in

"Deal. But if he pukes, guess who gets to clean it up…" Wufei stood, dusting off the invisible dirt off his clean, pressed shirt.

"Ugh!" Duo whined as he skidded out of the kitchen, leaving a poor Wufei with a drunken Quatre, who now sat upright, with his legs crossed talking to himself about…Cheese? Wufei rolled his eyes. He knew better than to agree to a deal with Duo.

As Duo slid across the wooden floors in his socks, and swimming trunks, grabbing a towel, he suddenly heard a very loud howl from the kitchen… Sounded like Wufei's war cry if he wasn't mistaken.

"QUATRE! YOU STUPID, BLONDE PANSEY! I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!"

"O shit…" Duo said to himself, scrunching up his face, expecting the worse.

Unfortunately, everyone had heard, and rushed past Duo into the kitchen, and very worried Dorothy and Sally in the lead. Duo followed them into the kitchen, but before they made it, a very excited Quatre ran out of the room, wearing only the underwear on his head. An angry Wufei ran after the boy with fists swinging wildly, and a frantic Sally ran after Wufei yelling at him to stop. Sally sincerely hoped Quatre could outrun Wufei for his own physical well-being.

Everyone stood watching in disbelief as Wufei continued to chase the naked, and giggling Quatre around the living room, as he climbed the coffee table shouting (but mostly slurring),

"In the name of the Moon, I shall punish you, I am… SAILOR MOON! I fight for love, and justice and… stuff…" while jumping off the table. Duo's face went from a wide grin, to an "I didn't do it" look as everyone turned their heads accusingly at the "braided baka".

"What! I gave him three, that's it! I SWEAR!" Duo put his hands in front of him defensively, then hid behind Relena as Dorothy approached him with a not very happy look on her face,

"Quatre has never had a drink in his LIFE, and you choose Relena's birthday to introduce him to * BEER *?"

"What happened, geesh!" Duo exclaimed, ignoring Dorothy's angry lecture, staring at the scene.

"Quatre took a swing at Wufei" Trowa said, cringing at the sight of Quatre's nudity, as he ran swiftly past him with a goofy smile, followed by Wufei.

"Ugh! Wufei! Stop chasing him so I can get him to put his pants on!" Dorothy shouted.

Wufei looked down at Quatre, just noticing that the boy was naked, noting the underwear on his head…

"Aeck! Injustice!" Wufei screamed with disgust, stopping in his tracks to turn around.

"Duuuuuoooooo!!!" Quatre said gleefully, looking at Duo, who instantly looked up to see Quatre running towards him, arms wide open.

"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! GET HIM AWAY FROM MEEE!!!!!" Duo screeched, zooming past Hilde who stood next to Relena trying to hide their giggles. When Quatre realized he was too slow to catch up with the Shinigami, he turned around racing to Relena and Hilde.

"Uh-oh!" They said in unison, making a break for it, they split up: Hilde jumping on Duo's back, and Relena on Heero's.

Quatre stopped running and his dumb smile fell into a frown as he fell to the floor, passing out, but not before puking on the newly polished maple floors.

"DUO!" Relena said glaring at the pilot of Deathscythe who cringed at the thought of having to be the one to clean it up. Wufei, still yelling obscenities at the unconscious Quatre, with his back turned to him, spun around after hearing the final thud of Quatre's fall to the ground, and smiled evilly at Duo immediately noticing the puddle of vomit.

"Shut-up." Duo said reading Wufei's mind, hoping he would forget about that fifty-dollar deal…

"Dorothy, do us all a favor, and for the love of god, put some pants on that boy!" Sally spoke for the rest of the room when she made this comment.

"At least he didn't go outside." Trowa said in perspective, and everyone nodded in agreement. Duo looked outside and saw that it was dark now, and he had missed his chance to go swimming L.

"Man, this SUCKS!"

"Relena? Do you mind if I put Quatre upstairs for the night?"

"Of course not… You want some help?"

Heero glanced at Duo, "Duo, help Dorothy carry Quatre upstairs." He commanded.

"Why me?!" Duo complained.

"It wasn't a suggestion, and you're the one who got him into this mess." Heero retorted, and Duo decided that was a reasonable enough response, and didn't object. Duo moped over to Quatre's body and lifted him over his shoulders with ease, and followed Relena up the stairs to one of her very large guest rooms. Dorothy followed them into the room yawning, and Duo dropped the limp Quatre onto the bed, and walked out, no doubt going to clean up the "mess" on the floor…

"Sorry about Quatre, but Happy Birthday Relena." Dorothy looked exhausted, and even Duo had looked less energetic, and so Relena figured the party was over.

"It's alright Dorothy, and thank you so much for coming!"

Relena walked back downstairs where she found Trowa and Catherine on their way out.

"Are you leaving now? O, well it's late, be careful driving!" They exchanged goodbyes, and Relena bid them farewell, and thanked them as well. As Relena waved from the door, Heero snuck up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder. Relena smiled, and turned her head to kiss him on the nose,

"Would you make yourself useful and go show Wufei and Sally to their room, while I show Duo and Hilde?"

"Alright, but then I'll meet you in * our * room afterward, hm?"

Relena giggled, and unraveled herself from his arms. She walked Duo and Hilde to their room, with Heero following, showing Wufei and Sally to their room. Zechs and Noin who had made themselves pretty scarce during the party (not wanting to interfere with the "youthful bonding") showed themselves into the second master bedroom next to Relena and Heero's.

Relena quietly shut the door to Duo and Hilde's room, and turned around to see Heero doing the same. He half smiled and, scooped Relena off her feet and carried her down the hall to their room. Shutting the door behind him with his foot, Heero walked Relena over to the bed and threw her gently onto the soft, down comforter that laid on top of it. Relena giggled as Heero crept up to her, kneeling on the bed and leaned down over her, supporting himself by his arms on either side of Relena's head.

"So, Heero. What do * you * want for your birthday?"

"I don't have a birthday." He pointed out.

"Well, when would you * like * it to be?" she asked seriously.

"How about… Now." He said, lowering his head to engage in a deep kiss with his lover.

"Well, then Birthday Boy, I have something for you." She smiled, wrapping her arms around his muscular neck, roughly pulling him down for another kiss.

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From that day on, Heero's birthday was unofficially recorded as the day directly after Relena's.
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