Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Never Been Kissed ❯ One-Shot

Duo settled back into the couch, sighing contentedly and stretching. "Okay, guys... dinner's out of the way. What now? No place to go tonight, really, and I don't know about you, but I don't have enough energy to go anywhere. I was the one who drove us all the way here, you know."

Heero chuckled good-naturedly and smiled at his companions. "I think we've all had enough excitement for one lifetime. I'm perfectly content to spend some quiet time with the important people in my life."

Grinning, Hilde punched Heero lightly on the arm and teased, "Quiet time?! Define quiet time! For you, quiet time is all the time!"

"Hn." Heero grinned as he lifted his chin in the best approximation he could of Relena's quiet dignity.

"I," Hilde announced, standing up and grabbing Heero's arm, pulling him off of the couch, "challenge you to a duel. How's that for quiet time?" She nodded towards the T.V. and video game console against the wall.

"You're on." Heero moved to sit in front of the T.V. and arched one eyebrow as if Hilde's invitation to play was an invitation for her to lose. Choosing Wufei to imitate this time, fighting his grin, "Are you prepared for defeat?"

Now sprawled out all over the newly vacant couch, Duo offered helpfully, "She had better be, or else she's going to be mighty surprised when you kick her ass."

"Bite me, Duo," Hilde snapped bemusedly, picking up her controller and winking at Heero. "Here goes."

Laughing, Heero picked up his own controller, his legendary focus allowing him to handle both the game and taunting Hilde at the same time. Small smirks escalated into a playful elbow jostling hers, as his look dared her to retaliate. "Come on, Hilde... gimme a challenge!"

Growing increasingly frustrated with her obvious imminent defeat, she growled and tried harder, starting to pull ahead of Heero. Even so, it didn't take long before she was overcome and pronounced the loser of the match. Tossing her controller aside, she turned quickly and tackled Heero, knocking him to the ground. "You cheat! You only won because you're better than me!" she cried, trying not to laugh and failing.

"Duo, help!" Heero laughed, while making a show of trying to fend Hilde off. "If you save me, you have the honor of playing winner."

Untangling himself from the various couch pillows he had somehow wrapped himself around while getting comfortable, Duo launched himself off of the couch with a warcry, barraging into Hilde. They rolled off of Heero in a pile of giggling, struggling limbs, Duo ending up pinning Hilde. He smirked triumphantly. "I have saved the princess, evil doer. He... or is that she... is no longer in your cruel clutches."

"Any other time I _might_ just be insulted by the gender bending." Heero picked himself up and settled again on the couch. "But at present, I'm the reigning champion, so..." he trailed off with a smirk.

Hilde pushed Duo off of her, complaining, "You're heavy." Standing up and brushing herself off, she reached down and took Duo's hand, helping him up. "Go get your ass kicked," she said, patting his shoulder. "He's good. You're going to die."

"Am not," Duo said. "You just don't have any faith in me. There's no love for me." He went over by Heero and sat down, taking the controller Hilde had used. "How unfitting it is that I should be engaged in combat with my recently rescued princess," he said dramatically, putting a hand to his forehead.

"Watch it, Maxwell." Heero managed what would have been a convincing glare except for the upward twitching of one corner of his mouth. "Or this princess will end up kicking your ass into next week."

"You wish." Duo hit the start button and the game commenced. Both he and Heero held their own nearly equally, taking turns going into the lead. Whenever he made an especially good move, Duo cackled loudly, cheering and gloating uninhibitedly. "Eat THAT, princess!" he would occasionally jeer. It would have been far less annoying if he wasn't nearly constantly making good moves.

The glare shifted into something far more real with each of Duo's statements. Heero muttered quietly, "It'll be a treat to see you forced to eat your words."

Hilde had by this point moved to the couch, and was watching the match quietly, smiling. Upon hearing Heero's comment, she agreed, "He's going to win, Duo."

"Is not!" Duo retorted sharply, eyes never wavering from the T.V. screen. "I'll beat his girly pink-skirted ass down!"

"I do NOT wear PINK!" Heero retorted as he clinched the game with a winning move. With the proof of his win flashing on the screen, he turned to face Duo, thought better of it, and looked at Hilde. "Ever seen me wearing pink?"

Hilde smirked at Duo, who was sitting dumbfoundedly, mentally warring between killing Heero and making Heero wear pink. "No," she said, looking at Heero. "HAVE you ever worn pink? And if you have... tell me it wasn't a skirt. Please."

"Hilde, I'm shocked." Heero pressed one hand to his breastbone in surprise, "You should know me better by now! Not even Relena could talk me into wearing pink."

Coming out of his daze, Duo said slowly, "So you haven't worn pink. Why did you ask if we'd ever seen you in pink, then?"

"Just making it a part of public record." With a clumsy attempt at changing the subject, he offered his controller to Hilde. "Interested in a loser's bracket?"

Hilde shook her head, holding up a hand to ward off his offer of the controller. "No more games for me tonight." She paused, then winked. "Well... no more video games, anyway."

Heero dropped the controller and slumped onto the couch, coming shoulder to shoulder with Duo. With a silent sigh, he dropped his head to rest on the pleasantly available shoulder. "Sounds like a good plan to me. What now?"

Duo shrugged, giving Hilde a pointed look. "I have no idea. She's the one with the interesting ideas, usually."

"Why, thank you," Hilde said with a smile. "Well... I guess we could play some sort of typical party game. Not that three people's much of a party, but..."

"It's all the party we need. Much less all the party we can handle." Heero glanced significantly from Duo to Hilde before resting his head again. It didn't occur to him to worry about the game.

Hilde's eyes lit up with sudden inspiration. "Never Ever!" she said excitedly, grinning. "That's always fun!"

"There we go!" Duo ruffled Hilde's hair. "I knew you'd come up with something."

"Um..." Heero had the oddest look on his face, and there was a long hesitation before he asked, "Never Ever?"

"Well, this is usually a drinking game, but we haven't gone shopping yet, hence we have no booze. So we're going to play it like the minors play it. We all hold ten fingers up. Someone starts, and says something they've never once in their life done. If one of the other two of us has done that thing, that person lowers one of his or her fingers. First one down to no fingers loses... or wins, depending on if you see innocence or corruption as the greater evil," Hilde explained. "I can't believe you've never played this."

Heero's look was suspicious, enough to cause him to sit up again, "Innocence or corruption? THAT does not sound reassuring."

"Since when are we supposed to be reassuring?" Duo quipped, holding up ten fingers. "Let's go. Dibs on not going first."

"Dibs!" Hilde chimed in quickly, raising her ten fingers as well.

"I feel suckered," Heero muttered as he held up his own ten fingers and wracked his brain for a question, "I've never... um... uh...." he had gathered this game was about saying potentially shocking things, but he wasn't sure what would be shocking enough. "I've never been so drunk I couldn't remember things the next morning."

"You HAVEN'T? You poor thing!" Duo said sadly, patting Heero on the shoulder, putting down one of the fingers on his other hand. "Where have you been for all of your life?" Hilde followed suit, bringing both of their totals down to nine.

The look he threw at Duo said that Heero wasn't sure it was a good thing. But he held his tongue as he looked expectantly at Hilde.

Hilde paused, thinking, and then nodded, seeming to have come up with an idea, and said, "I've never kissed a girl. And I mean really kissed... just mwah-type pecks don't count."

Folding down one finger, Heero almost sighed, but didn't comment. A glance at Duo showed no change in the number of fingers and he felt a sense of surprise. Tamping it down, he waited for the next question.

Watching as Heero lowered a finger, Duo felt a vague sense of surprise, even though he'd seen it coming. Mentally shrugging it off, he said challengingly, looking right at Hilde, "I've never kissed a boy. And I mean really kissed," he said mockingly, smirking slightly.

Hilde scowled. "Damn you!" She lowered a finger, leaving eight still raised. Heero's fingers didn't move.

Deciding to follow up on Duo's progress, Heero threw a wicked glance at Hilde. "I've never done anything of a... sexual nature with a boy."

"Oh, you both suck! Screw you!" Hilde snapped, lowering another finger, leaving seven still raised. "Ganging up against me... bitches, both of you." She settled back into the couch, pouting slightly.

Duo raised an eyebrow at Heero. "Anything of a sexual nature?"

"That's what I said." Heero looked back innocently, but perhaps not innocently enough. "I believe it's your turn, Hilde."

"I've never 69ed," Hilde stated after a moment or two of thought. "Have no idea whether either of you have... wasn't aimed at anyone."

Fighting his blush, Heero lowered a finger. He hadn't anticipated how embarrassing this could get. Especially after Duo's fingers didn't change, again. He almost groaned. Who would've thought he would have more to blush about than Duo Maxwell?

Hilde reached over and tweaked Heero's nose. "Way to go, Heero! You lady charmer, you!" Duo was strangely silent, looking at Heero surprisedly.

Heero couldn't fight his blush this time. He was painfully well aware of Duo's surprise and Hilde's teasing hadn't helped. He found himself almost dreading the next question, since he was sure before the end of this game Duo's opinion would be forever and irrevocably changed. He wasn't quite sure why that bothered him so much, but he also wasn't sure he wanted to know.

Curiousity peaked now, Duo couldn't help but say it, to see what Heero and Hilde would say; especially Heero. "I've never had sex."

It was with a certain amount of relief that Heero noticed one of Hilde's fingers fold down at the same time as his own. He grinned at her flushed face, but didn't tease her, mostly because he didn't want to invite her teasing in return. Since Duo was looking like he was an angel in truth, not an angel of death, Heero decided Hilde was fair bait, though even he doubted if his shot would hit. "I've never had sex in a public place."

Blushing even more, Hilde asked, "Er... does a movie theater with very few people in it count as a public place?"

"Fuck yes, it counts!" Duo crowed before Heero could answer, grinning evilly at Hilde. "Shot DOWN!"

Hilde looked straight into Heero's eyes, with a look on her face that promised revenge. "I've never had sex while there were any stuffed animals on the bed."

Unable to control his groan, Heero lowered another finger. His face was as pink as some of those stuffed animals, though he tried not to think about it. He couldn't bring himself to look up, which allowed him to miss Hilde's triumphant smirk.

In the meantime, Duo had fallen off of the couch, collapsed in laughter. "Stuffed animals... oh God... fluffy and cute and... that's so wrong... ah man..." he forced out between laughs, rolling around, holding his stomach. He glanced up long enough to see that Heero had put down a finger, and his eyes widened comically. "You... ah, jeez. It's 'cause of Relena... oh wow... just wow." He succumbed to laughter again, then wiped at his eyes and stood up, getting back on the couch. "I'm sorry, Heero, I'm sorry... it's just the pictures I got in my head! I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Heero cleared his throat, glared briefly at Duo before moving the full force of his glare to Hilde. It was a glare worthy of pre-War Heero, though it was almost robbed of its effect by the lack of an accompanying threatening statement.

Still a bit short of breath from his laughter, Duo inhaled deeply, then exhaled, calming himself. "All right, all right. My turn, right? Since we seem to be a on a dirty kick with these questions... I've never had sex on the beach."

Hilde shook her head, leaving her five fingers up, not lowering any. "Can't say I've ever done that. Can't say I don't want to, though," she added as an afterthought, seeming to consider the possibilities.

"It's overrated. Sand gets everywhere..." Heero trailed off as he felt the blush heat his face even more as he lowered yet another finger, tying him with Hilde.

"Duly noted," Duo commented. "You know, I never would've taken Relena to be the kinky type. Something new learned every day, I guess." Despite the nonchalant tone his comment took on, it was obvious from his expression that he was considerably surprised by Heero's admission.

"I wouldn't have called it kinky, just..." Heero shrugged, slightly uncomfortable. He clearly hadn't thought of it as kinky or otherwise at the time. "Might as well continue the theme. I've never had sex in a moving vehicle."

Neither Hilde nor Duo lowered any fingers, but Hilde leaned towards Heero eagerly, an evil smile tugging at her lips. "A moving vehicle... does that mean you've had sex in a stationary vehicle?"

Watching Heero's face, Duo saw the dead giveaway look of chagrin as Heero realized he'd caught himself in his own avoidance of a potentially embarassing subject matter. "If that's not a yes," he answered for Heero, motioning to Heero's expression, "I don't know what is, Hilde."

With a sigh of resignation, Heero lowered a finger, bringing him to four. He looked at Duo, clearly nearly dreading what would come next.

"I've never..." Duo started, then caught the look Heero was giving him. "I've never... had a better idea than to just say that Heero loses and to end this game." Besides, he wasn't going to be lowering any more fingers any time soon, and it was getting embarassing.

Heero threw a very grateful look at Duo as he happily lowered his hand. He slanted a half teasing, half serious look in Hilde's direction. "I think I'll fire Hilde as social director, if you don't mind."

"Fine, Mr. Sexual Deviant," Hilde retorted teasingly. "What brilliant ideas do you have, then? 'Cause I'm out of them, I think."

"We could just talk," Duo suggested before Heero was left to come up with something on the spot. "Nothing wrong with that, eh?"

"In theory," Heero laughed, too relieved that the inquisition was over to take umbrage at Hilde's teasing.

Hilde echoed Heero's laugh. "You think you're off the hook? Not by a long shot. I still have full rights to pick on you. As in... I'm glad you and Relena were happy and all, but man, it was such a cliche. The hero... well, the Heero... and the princess. How did it happen, anyway?"

"She jumped me at the peace celebrations," Heero deadpanned, the only giveaway a slowly growing mischevious glint in his eyes. "Seriously though, she chased me. Cards, flowers, simple invitations. Somewhere along the line, there was a distinct date and we both had a really good time." He shrugged, grinning.

"If you don't mind telling us," Duo chimed in, "then on a more serious note, how did it end? And when, for that matter?"

The surprised look on Heero's face showed he thought they both knew. "We both grew up. She grew out of her fairy tale and I grew out of being a soldier. One day, we looked at each other and realized that though things were good, it wasn't what either of us wanted or needed in the long run. Since it's preferable to part on good terms, we did. She's dating some politician now and he calls me periodically for help when he doesn't have a clue how to deal with her."

A slight blush stained Hilde's cheeks. "Well... I hope you don't get pissed, but I was surprised when I heard you'd hooked up with Relena. I always thought it'd be you and Duo, Heero."

Heero stared a Hilde for a moment, the oddest expression crossing his face. A fantasy of Relena's immediately came to mind, a threesome with her, him, and Duo... a fully participating threesome. At the time, he'd teased Relena for being a hentai and the moment had passed in laughter. Now, the thought of being with Duo stole his breath. In an attempt to recover his equilibrium, he motioned slightly at Hilde and Duo. "I have to admit that I thought it would you two."

Duo shook his head violently, still seeming rather stunned by Hilde's suggestion. "Not us two. That'd be the closest thing to incest without us actually being siblings. She's my little sister in everything but shared parents." He leaned over and kissed Hilde's nose, smiling. Even so, his eyes still showed he was harping over the him-and-Heero thoughts now forced into his mind.

"It's probably safer for all concerned, anyway. You two are scary enough as is." Heero laughed and shifted the subject to plans for the next day, proving that some of dating a diplomat had rubbed off.

~~~

Duo lay comfortably across one of the two twin beds in the bedroom, staring up at the ceiling. This room was where they were going to sleep for the weekend. They'd be there for three nights, so each night, one of them would take a turn at sleeping on the floor, while the other two got the beds. Hilde was in the bathroom down the hall, taking a shower, and Heero was sitting cross-legged on the other bed, seeming to be lost in his thoughts as well.

Was he thinking about the same thing? Duo could only hope. The thoughts running through his own head revolved around Hilde's comment. What if it had been him, after all, and not Relena? Did he wish that had happened? Well... yes, he did wish that. It was a thought that had always lurked in the back of his mind, and hadn't really been paid that much mind to until Hilde had pulled it to the forefront. Now he was torn between daydreaming about his unspoken wish and wondering what Heero's reaction had been. Was he disgusted? Indifferent? Certainly not surprised or interested... right? The look on his face had been indescribable. Duo had never seen it before, for better or for worse. All he could do was guess, since the last thing he was going to do was ask.

Across the room, Heero was indeed lost in his own thoughts, or perhaps more accurately, trying to lose them. But Hilde's comment wouldn't leave his head, nor would its implications. During the war, it had quite frankly never crossed his mind to think of Duo in a romantic manner. Duo was his partner, someone he trusted in the most extreme of circumstances. But then, it hadn't crossed his mind to think of anyone that way. It was only after the war, when he could let his training slip, that those thoughts had been allowed free reign. He supposed it was only natural that Relena had been the one to follow up on the opportunity. Now he wondered what would have happened if he'd spent more time around Duo then. The idea of them experiencing together all of the things he had learned caused his breath to catch.

No one could have missed Duo's lack of experience any more than they could have missed the breadth of Heero's. This caused a sudden twist in the pit of his stomach. He couldn't, wouldn't, refused to have merely a case of lust for Duo, no matter how attractive he was. Duo was his friend and deserved better. And Duo was far too important to him as a friend to mess it up by bringing up a potentially unwelcome subject. He had seen Duo's shock when Hilde brought it up, though he'd tried to play it off. Heero hadn't been able to tell if it was a good or bad reaction. This was taking him nowhere but around in circles. With a sigh, he tried to clear his mind again, his hands flexing into fists on his knees before he consciously relaxed them.

The silence was slowly but surely getting to Duo. It was leaving him with too much mental space to think, and he didn't really want to think about the thoughts that wouldn't leave him alone. So he broke the verbal stillness with a conversational "So..." and a forced smile.

While, if asked, Heero would have said that he had been painfully aware of Duo's presence across the room, he apparently wasn't as aware as he thought, because Duo's voice startled him enough that he actually jumped. Biting back a surprised cry, and trying to play off his reaction, Heero turned to face Duo, "Yes?"

"I dunno," Duo said, starting to regret having talked, as now he wasn't sure what to say. "Just... it was too quiet. Thought we should talk. Or... something. Yeah." Smooth, Duo. Real damn smooth.

Heero immediately flushed and coughed at the mental images that sprang to mind. Down boy, that's not what he was saying and you know it. "Talking seems like a good idea. Did...um...hell, we shouldn't be this uncomfortable with each other because of what Hilde said!"

Taken aback slightly, Duo said somewhat incredulously, "So it made you think, too." He smiled faintly, seeming vaguely relieved. "Good, so I'm not losing my mind."

"Not unless we're both going insane together. Mind, it's not that far a stretch, but still..." Heero smiled, as much at Duo's reaction as his own. He was just as relieved that Duo wasn't rejecting the idea out of hand.

"So... I might as well ask. Think she's losing her mind, too, for saying that?" Duo asked tentatively, dreading the answer he was sure he was going to get, but unable to restrain his curiosity and need for closure.

"Noooooo," Heero said slowly, his eyes on the bedspread, one hand idly picking off the tiny balls of lint. Though she wasn't for suggesting it, he thought they might be for considering it. He hazarded a glance at Duo to assess his reaction.

For a moment, Duo looked thoroughly shocked, then his face shifted to a more neutral expression as he carefully and quickly masked his emotion. "Oh?" he forced out, mind racing, possibilities arising and being shot down by logic at lightning speed. "O... kay."

Heero felt almost like he'd been shot again as he watched the play of emotions across Duo's face. It looked like he'd been wrong about Duo not rejecting it, he was just being a little nicer than to say hell no first thing. Time to back pedal, bail water out of the sinking boat, or whatever metaphor applied best. He flopped back onto the bed, bringing one arm over his face to shield his own reaction. At this point he was sure his eyes would give away his disappointment, which seemed all the sharper after such swiftly raised hopes. He forced a laugh, though it sounded a little flat to his ears. "We run across crazy ideas all the time. I mean, I think piloting a Gundam rates as insane, right?"

Before he could stop himself, Duo retorted defensively, "It's not THAT crazy." Then he realized what he'd said, and the implications behind such a statement, and internally cursed. Another smooth move.

Heero decided, in that moment, that he just couldn't take it anymore. They were going to sort this out, by god, and if that meant they would have to strip away a couple of comfort levels, then so be it. In one sudden, graceful move, Heero rolled off the bed and onto his feet, drawling, "Oh, really?"

He stalked across the space between the beds, not because he'd planned to, but because of the deliciously shocked look on Duo's face. Leaning down so that Duo would have a harder time hiding his expressions, he braced himself with one arm on the bed and continued in the low drawl he knew he'd learned from the man right in front of him. "Since we've determined we've both done something crazier..."

"Define... crazy..." Duo nearly whispered, eyes wide and staring. He leaned back slightly, hands behind him, holding him up so he could look into Heero's eyes, trying desperately to determine whether his friend was serious or not.

"How about this?" Heero smiled softly as he leaned in closer and ever so softly brushed his lips across Duo's. Pulling back about a millimeter, he whispered, "Does that count?"

A faint blush rose on Duo's cheeks, and he whispered back impulsively, "I'm not sure. You're going to have to do that again so I can decide."

Heero's smile broadened. "I suppose I could do that..." He kissed Duo again, lingering a moment longer, pressing against him a tiny bit more.

Sighing happily against Heero's lips, Duo leaned into the kiss, raising his hands to rest on Heero's shoulders, just slightly pulling him closer as he closed his eyes.

Heero indulged himself for a few heartbeats more before gently pulling back. He pressed a soft kiss to each eyelid, then scattered a few gently over Duo's face. He could feel the gentle smile curling his lips as he delicately rubbed noses to get Duo to open his eyes.

Opening his eyes on the unspoken cue, Duo smiled and said quietly, "It's decided. We're crazy." He leaned forward, resting his forehead against Heero's, content to simply look into his eyes.

Hilde walked back down the hall, wearing a tank top and shorts, hair damp from the shower. She walked through the door to the bedroom, and was about to greet them, but stopped short in the doorway, seeing her two friends in a peaceful, loving moment. She smiled and leaned against the doorframe quietly, happy to see them happy.

~Owari~

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