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Irreplaceable - Chapter 1: The Invitation

By Moonraven

"What da ya mean you're not going?" Duo's image scowled at him from

the video screen. Heero poked his head in front of Duo's to get a

visual confirmation for the reason of his lover's outburst.

Trowa sighed. "I have a house guest. I'm afraid I can't make it."

His cool tone betrayed none of the turmoil in his heart.

"But he's turning eighteen, man. It's a BIG thing. You HAVE to

go." Duo insisted almost angrily.

"Bring your friend." Heero's quiet voice added. "I'm sure Quatre

would rather you do that than not coming at all."

Trowa had nothing to say. His mind was filled with things but none

were coherent and none made it pass his vocal cord. Quatre. Trowa

vaguely recalled Duo's enthusiastic agreement to Heero's idea and his

own concession to go. What was he getting himself into?

For the more than 6 months, Trowa had stayed out of communication

with Quatre. He knew very well how the other pilot felt about him;

he just couldn't drag Quatre into the kind of life he was leading.

Quatre had everything. Trowa would not deny Quatre the luxury that

the little blond was accustomed to. Even if it meant that he himself

would not have the young man in his life.

"Why the long face?" A low husky voice said from the bedroom door.

Trowa turned to the young man leaning languidly on the doorframe.

Peter was naked and trying quite successfully to entice Trowa back to

bed. His pale blond hair falling seductively across his blue eyes,

pink moist lips pouted teasingly while his hand strayed to touch his

swollen flesh.

Trowa swallowed a lump in his throat as he watched Peter caress

himself. He turned back to the videophone to make sure that he'd

disconnected with Duo and Heero. He wasn't sure what they would

think had they seen Trowa's 'house guest'. Peter looked remarkably

like Quatre.

"Tro...wa..." Peter moaned as he increased his pace, his head thrown

back in ecstasy, hips thrusting forward.

Despite the misgivings, Trowa could not help but become aroused at

the scene. In three swift strides, he was kneeling in front of Peter

with the other man's engorged member deep in his mouth.

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"I don't know Heero, he looked like we were asking him to go to

Relena's party instead of Quat's." Duo climbed onto his lover's

lap. "They were so close, why wouldn't he want to go see Quatre?"

"Hn." Heero was looking at the now blank screen thoughtfully.

"I was sure they would get together after the war. Man! Quat was

really crushed." Duo sighed into Heero's neck.

"Hn." Came another typical Heero reply.

"Hee-ro!" Whined one braided baka. "Are you even listening to me?"

"Aa. Did you call Wufei?"

"Yep. HE looked and sounded happier than Trowa did. His only

complaint was that the 'onna' was going to be there too!" Duo

giggled, wiggling on Heero lap. "I think she's perfect for him."

"Hn." Heero grunted again noncommittally. The only thing he knew

was that Duo was perfect for him. He told Duo so and got up,

carrying his lover to their bedroom to show Duo just how perfect he

was.

~~~oO)@(Oo~~~ ~~~oO)@(Oo~~~

"Truly, Duo? Truly?" Quatre's large blue eyes sparkled with

something suspiciously like tears.

"Yeah, Quat. Why are you so surprised? What's going on?" The video

screen did nothing to hide the moisture in the blonde's eyes or the

trembling of his lips.

"He's been so cold to me...after the war I thought...I hoped..."

Quatre looked down and Duo was sure his little friend was

crying. "He doesn't return my calls and when I do get him, and I'm

sure by accident, he was so...cold, so aloof." Quatre looked up at

his friend in misery. "I don't know what I did, Duo...but he hates

me now."

"Hey Q-man. He's coming, man. He doesn't hate you. You know Tro,

he's probably in his I'm-so-silent-I-can-hide-from-radar mode." Duo

tried to sooth his friend. "He's got a guest staying with him and

he's even dragging the guy's butt down to your party..." It had

suddenly occurred to Duo that the 'friend' might be more than just a

friend. Shit!

"Duo! What is it? You don't look too good." Quatre forgot his own

misery immediately.

"Er...nothing, Quat. I just remembered that I...er...I forgot to

call Wufei. Heero would kill me." He rubbed the back of his neck

sheepishly.

Quatre laughed. "I'll call Wufei for y---."

"NO!" Duo shouted, earning a startled look from Quatre. "Heero

would really kill me if he knew you did it for me, heh heh. I guess

I better go call him now and don't worry about Trowa, 'k?"

Quatre smiled weakly. "I'll try. Thanks, Duo."

Duo turned off the videophone and cursed again. What the hell was

wrong with Trowa? He punched a series of number on the keypad and

within seconds the screen flashed and was replaced by a young man

with short blonde hair. For a second there Duo thought he had typed

in Quatre's number by mistake, and then the young man smiled and

spoke.

"Barton residence." His voice was deep and warm.

"Er...hello. I'm looking for Trowa." Duo squinted at his screen.

"Trowa is in the shower." The blonde spoke slowly, looking curiously

at Duo. "He should be out soon. Would you like to leave a video

message or call back?" The 'warm' voice was cooler by a few degrees.

"I...I'll call back." Duo's brain was running at a million miles per

second. "Who are you?" He blurted before he was disconnected.

The blonde looked surprised and narrowed his eyes. "Who are YOU?"

Duo let out a relieved sigh. The stranger couldn't have been close

to Trowa if he didn't know Duo...right?

"Duo Maxwell. I'm a friend of Trowa's. You must be the house guest

he mentioned." Politeness sucked.

The young man narrowed his eyes at the mention of 'house

guest'. "Peter Klein. I'm Trowa's lover."

Peter emphasized the 'lover' and actually smirked when Duo looked

taken aback. Duo wanted to smack the guy hard -- with Deathscythe.

Better yet, one of Shenlong's kawaii dragon extensions would do quite

nicely. Unfortunately, none of the Gundams were available.

"No shit." Duo responded. "You looked so much like one of our

dearest friends I actually thought you were him for a second." Duo

flashed Peter one of his irresistible smiles. "You DO know Quatre at

least?"

"No." Peter didn't like the fact that Trowa had friends he didn't

know of, let alone 'dearest'.

"You must be new then. Ah well, don't worry about it, I'm sure Tro

will tell you all about our cute little Quat. They were VERY close

during the war. Come to think of it, I'm not surprised one bit that

he would pick a lover that resembles Quat. I'll just call Tro back

in a bit. Nice talking to ya, Peter." Duo hung up with a satisfied

click. Payback's a bitch, ne, Peter? Let's see Trowa get out of

this one.

Oh-oh. Duo's eyes widen at sudden realization.

"Trowa's going to kill you." Heero's calm, if not emotionless, voice

sounded behind him. Duo jumped 3 feet into the air with an

undignified yelp.

"Geeze, Heero! Make some noise will ya?" Duo held his hand up to

his thumping chest. He was thinking along the same line, hence the

nervous response.

"Nah!" He waved dismissively after a brief hesitation. "By the time

he sees me he would have calmed down-I hope." He twined his arms

around Heero's neck. "If not, you'll have to protect my ass, ne, Hee-

chan." He ended by turning around and rubbing his ass against

Heero's crotch.

"Hn." Heero responded wrapping his arms around his crazy

lover. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Showing you that it's to YOUR benefit to save this ass." He leaned

back and pressed himself harder onto his lover.

Heero spun Duo around to face him. He held on to Duo's hips firmly

as he ground his growing arousal against the other man. "I'm talking

about the last phone call." Heero lips grazed Duo's jaw line

eliciting a soft sigh from Duo.

"I'm doing the best I can, short of locking them in a closet with no

hope of escaping until they declare their love for each other.

I'm...helping them." He looked up at Heero innocently. Damn, how

that boy had grown this past year. Heero was now at least 3 inches

taller than him and still as breathtaking as ever. Those brilliant

blue eyes never ceased to sparkle with love and currently something

else, something that could turn Duo knees to jelly and the rest of

him on fire.

"Don't interfere, Duo." Heero ordered softly as he suckled on Duo's

earlobe.

"Interfere? Me? Never." Duo gasped as Heero's tongue traveled

lower along his neck.

"Hn." Heero was not about to waste time on words, not when he had

one braided baka to pleasure.

~~~oO)@(Oo~~~ ~~~oO)@(Oo~~~

The party was to be held on Earth at one of Quatre's many retreats.

He had always loved the Earth, ever since he had first set his eyes

on it. Quatre sighed apprehensively as the final preparations were

being made. Would Trowa come? Would he bring his friend? Quatre

was not a fool. He knew very well that chances were Trowa's friend

was more than just a friend. He had a feeling that Duo knew it too.

Quatre could feel that Duo was hiding something from him and his

suspicion was confirmed when Heero and Duo arrived few days ago. He

was more than happy to have Duo's cheerfulness and Heero's quiet

strength be his support during this hectic and anxious time.

"Did you arrange the rooms like I told ya?" Duo's voice cut into his

thoughts.

"Um...yes." He said rather distractedly.

"So you did put Sally's room next to Wufei's, right?" Duo asked just

to make sure. This would just KILL Wu-man. Duo almost danced with

anticipation. He couldn't wait to see the expression on his Chinese

friend's face.

"Ah-huh." Was Quatre's reply.

Duo looked at his friend suspiciously. Quatre looked preoccupied.

Was he even listening?

"And you put Trowa in your room, right?"

"Ah-hu...WHAT?" Quatre nearly drop the teacup he was holding.

Duo burst out laughing. "You should have seen you face." Duo hugged

his stomach as he continued to laugh. "It was priceless."

"That's not funny, Duo." Quatre reprimanded his friend half-

heartedly. He could never be mad at Duo for long.

"Sure it was. Pay attention, man. And stop thinking about Trowa."

"I was not thinking about Trowa." Quatre denied, blushing

furiously.

Duo looked at his friend's misery for a few moments before making up

his mind.

"I promised Heero I won't interfere but...well...technically I'm NOT

interfering. We're just talking about a friend, right?" Duo bit his

lips at the thought of an upset Heero. Then his face brightened at

the thought of making up with an upset Heero.

Quatre frowned, not following Duo's train of thoughts.

"Look, Quat. I know you're worried about Trowa's 'house guest'."

Quatre's face reddened a few more shades. Affirmative.

"You have nothing to worry about, I'm positive." Duo reassured his

friend.

Quatre frowned slightly, not convinced. He knew that Duo didn't lie,

it was not in the young man's nature, but he was still hiding

something.

"You wanna know why?" Duo was now grinning. Quatre swallowed

nervously. A grinning Duo could be scary.

"Because Trowa is in love with you." Duo concluded with a sure nod.

Quatre blinked at his friend blankly. How did Duo come up with a

conclusion like that?

"Duo...have you been going into Rashid's Vodka collection again?"

Duo burst out laughing. "Quatre, you're a hoot. If I'm not so

smitten with Heero and you're not nuts about Trowa, I'll make a play

for ya myself." Quatre choked on his tea and Duo thumped his

friend's back helpfully.

"Seriously, Q-man. The dude is your double. I saw him."

Quatre looked up at Duo, "What dude?" Then his eyes widen in

surprise. "Trowa's friend? My Double?"

"Yeah...well not your twin or anything but come on! Blond hair, blue

eyes? When he picked up the phone, I thought I dialed your number by

mistake. I swear!" Duo held up his hand in emphasis.

"Many people have blond hair and blue eyes." Quatre said softly but

Duo could see a light of hope flickering in those bright blue eyes.

"Ah-huh. And how many does our Trowa know, huh? And how many could

bring our Trowa back from the insanity of the Zero system, huh?" Duo

prompted, hoping to fan that flickering light into a brighter blaze.

Quatre colored some more at Duo's insinuation.

"I don't know, Duo..."

"Quatre, my boy...I do. Trust me on this will ya? I have a plan."

Duo rubbed his palms together and grinned broadly.

Quatre cringed. Yep, a grinning Duo was pretty scary. Especially

when he had a plan.

TBC

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