Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Reality Check ❯ The Safe House ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Sefarina Malaika 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.03.2004 | Updated On: 12.03.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 5.3K | Visits: 292 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.03.2004 | Updated On: 12.03.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 5.3K | Visits: 292 | Status: Completed
Title: Reality Check
Part Two - The Safe House
Author: Sefarina Malaika
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the GW. Besides there is absolutely no point in suing me for the simple fact that I have absolutely no money what so ever.
Warning: Shounen ai at the beginning, yaoi, language
Pairings: implied 1x2/2x1, 3x4/4x3 later on.
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Reality Check by Sefarina Malaika
Part Two - The Safe House
Well, it s about time you guys got back. What took you so long? Quatre inquired, with a gleam of suspicion in his eyes.
Hn. Was Heero s response as he left the room to go to his and Trowa s shared bedroom.
Duo shrugged and headed towards the living room to watch TV. Sitting on the lazy boy, he picked up the remote and turned on the television. Flipping through the channels, he came across his favourite show, Wing Wong. Alright, talk about great timing. Duo exclaimed.
I wonder why it took them so long to get back . Quatre pondered. I ll pry it out of Duo later, I wont be able to get a word in while he s watching that show. Quatre sighed and went to his and Wufei s room.
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Yeah! Woohoo! Get him! exclaimed Duo as he got into his program. Man I love this show. To bad no one else will watch it with me though, this thought was accompanied with a slight frown, which turned to a grin as one of the bad guys got blown up
A commercial came on and Duo headed towards the kitchen for something to eat. For added emphasis his stomach growled loudly. I hear you. He muttered exasperatedly as his stomach growled again.
Opening the fridge door Duo began to rummage through it. Hmm lets see what do we have to eat. Oh look, how pleasant, tofu. Quatre, DON T YOU DARE TRY AND COOK TOFU FOR SUPPER! Duo shouted out the kitchen door. Oh gross, sauerkraut, I m so doing the groceries next time. Taking the tofu and sauerkraut out of the fridge and throwing them out, he began to look through the cupboards. Aha, so that s where they hid the chocolate. Grabbing a few Mr. Big's, Duo headed back to the living room, just in time for his show to come back on.
As he sat back down on the lazy boy, Wufei walked in. Hey Wu-man, how s it going? Duo inquired, his eyes never leaving the screen.
Maxwell, don t call me that! Wufei commented as, he turned towards the hall and went to his room.
Um ok. Duo shrugged, turning all his undivided attention back to the TV.
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Tap, tap, tap, tap was the sound Trowa was greeted by as he entered his room. Raising his one visible eyebrow he inquired. When did you get back?
Not looking away from his screen Heero answered monotonously. Twenty minutes ago.
Why so late? Trowa asked in a deadpan.
Hn, because it was that late. Something wrong with that? For the first time Heero looked up from his laptop and glared slightly at Trowa.
Trowa merely shrugged his shoulders and walked over to his proper desk. Sitting down he picked up his book and began to read. Heero went back to his typing, only God knows what, on his laptop.
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Hey Wufei, Quatre greeted the Chinese boy as he closed the door to their shared room.
Wufei nodded to him and picked up his sword and began to polish it.
Quatre got up off of his bed and walked over to the CD player. Inserting one of his many CD s, he pushed play and sat back down. The sound that was emitted from the speakers was the Backstreet Boys(1), soon began to sing along. This is preposterous! Shut that racket off! Wufei demanded.
Quatre merely turned it up. Ahh! Wufei shouted as he took off out of the room, dropping his sword in the process. Running into Trowa and Heero s room Wufei began to rant frantically. He s doing it again. This is completely unfair. I can t take it anymore!
What are you talking about Wufei? Trowa inquired, setting his book down.
Quatre, that s what I m talking about, declared Wufei, as he flailed his arms in the air.
What about Quatre? Heero asked monotonously.
He s playing that Backstreet Boys crap again. As well as singing along with it. Why did I get stuck with the kid that has no taste in music? Wufei ranted on.
Heero and Trowa mentally shuddered. Hn, so tell him to shut it off. Heero commented, turning his attention back to his laptop.
I did, he turned it up and sang even louder. Wufei continued to rant.
Heero snorted, then replied. So shut it off yourself or unplug the CD player.
Right, like I am going to get close enough to the damn thing to be able to do that. Wufei crossed his arms in annoyance.
So ask Duo to trade rooms with you. Said Trowa, while picking up his book again.
That won t work, Duo practically inhabited the single room the moment we stepped into this house. If I were to take his room, let alone ask to trade, heads would roll, which wouldn t get me anywhere. Wufei pointed out, as he began to pace.
Just then, the person in question popped his head through the open door. His braid falling half undone beside him. What s with all the yelling? Duo cocked an eyebrow at his fellow comrades.
Nothing. Wufei replied.
It sure didn t sound like nothing in the living room. Returned Duo.
We were discussing Wufei s problem. Heero put in, trying not to stare at Duo.
Really? And what is your problem Wuffie old boy? Duo was now leaning against the open door frame.
Quatre s music. Maxwell youre are changing rooms with me! Wufei demanded, totally forgetting his previous statement about the braided boy.
Pushing himself off the doorframe and cocking an eyebrow, Duo simply replied in a dry tone. No. With that he turned and left the room.
Wufei sputtered, Trowa and Heero gave him a knowing look. Well, that was expected You were the one that said that he wouldn't give it up in the first place Wufei, especially since Duo s been waiting forever to get the single room. And he wouldn't give it up for anything. Trowa commented. He resumed reading his book.
Still speechless, Wufei left their room and headed towards the kitchen.
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Change rooms with him. HA! I don t think so. Why would I want to do that? It took me forever to get the single room; now that I have it I m not going to exchange it. Besides I know what Quatre s music is like. I m gonna stick to my Stroke 9 (2). Duo mumbled to himself as he sat back down in the lazy boy. Picking up the remote, he began to surf again.
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Quatre was still listening to his Backstreet Boys disk, not as loud of course, while he was trying to figure out a way to get information out of Duo. I wonder how I can get him to answer. It ll have to be away from the house and Heero. But I know how to get him out of the house. This will be great. Quatre jumped up off of the bed, shutting off his music, he went to find Duo.
Walking into the kitchen, Quatre spotted Wufei at the table eating an apple. Have you seen Duo? Quatre inquired.
Hn. Wufei answered, as he pointed towards the living room.
Thanks. Quatre answered as he left the kitchen. Walking into the living room he noticed Duo slightly dozing on the lazy boy. Hey Duo.
Duo jumped in surprise as he heard his name being called. Gods Quatre, you scared me. Don t sneak up on someone that s sleeping. You re lucky I didn't have my gun or something Settling himself back down into the chair he began flipping through the channels once again.
You knew I was there, I just wanted to know if you wanted to do something tonight. To get out of this safe house. Quatre finished.
Um you sure? why not? What are we going to do? Duo agreed.
It s a surprise. Be ready by nine. Ok? Quatre told Duo.
Um ok. Replied Duo; there was just a little hint of reluctance in his voice.
Great, see you later. With that Quatre left the room heading back towards his bedroom.
Shrugging, Duo picked up his schoolbooks, deciding for once to do his homework Ten minutes later, he finished his biology questions and was starting his cooking class work. I can t believe my teacher gave us cooking work. Like come on. It s pointless. Sighing, Duo began reading the question. Name the four food groups of the food guide? What kind of a question is this? Sheesh, this is so pointless. Sighing once again, Duo wrote out the answer, closed his textbooks and put them back in his backpack. He would finish the rest later.
Duo looked around for something to do, finding nothing, he got up and went to his room, Closing the door behind him he walked over to his Playstation Six and put in the Legend of the Dragoon Tten . He loved the graphics on the game. And out of all of the games he had and played this was his favourite Just as he finished defeating one of the numerous bad guys, he heard a nock on his door. Glancing towards his clock he noticed it was only 7:30 so it wouldn't be Quatre. This intrigued him, Who would come to my room on their own free will? he wondered, making his way to the door. Opening it he found Heero standing on the other side.
Um hi Heero, what you doing? Duo asked, walking over to his bed and flopping down on it.
Do you have your biology text book? Heero asked
Sitting up, Duo gave Heero a quizzical look. My text book? Don t you have yours?
No, I left it in my locker. Do you have yours? Heero asked once again.
Well, yeah I do, but since when do you forget something? Duo inquired.
I had something else on my mind.
Really?! What could possibly be on your mind to make you forget some of your homework?
You Heero thought but did not say. Can I borrow your book?
You sure, it s in the living room. In my backpack
Thanks.
Duo looked up at the thank you from Heero, surprised written all over his face. Um no problem. Anytime buddy. Heero left the room, closing the door behind him.
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In truth, Heero didn't forget his textbook, he thought he had but then remembered that he d lent it to Trowa, who needed it for his Sex Ed class. And he wanted to borrow Duo s because it was Duo s, which was cute in a pathetic kind of way.
Walking into the living room, Heero found the black backpack next to the lazy boy. Looking through the bag, Heero came across a sketchbook. Hm, I wonder when Duo started drawing. Come to think of it, I didn't know he could draw. Heero picked up the book and started flipping through it. Some pages had houses, others had plants, sceneries. Near the back, there was about half a dozen pictures of Duo, along with a few of Heero. There were even some of them together. What the his thoughts were cut off by a voice behind him.
What are you doing? Duo demanded, he noticed the sketchbook. Hey, put that down. It s rude to go through someone s stuff. I thought you needed the bio textbook. Crossing his arms, Duo waited for a response, although he knew that he would probably not come.
I do, these are nice, when did you start drawing?
The question caught him off guard. Drawing? I can t draw. It s not my book, some girl I know from school drew them for me.
Oh, well, they re nice anyways. I ll give you your book back when I m done. With that Heero put the sketchbook on the floor and left the room.
Duo scratched his head in confusion, he sighed, picked up the sketch pad and backpack off the floor and went back to his room. All the while shaking his head.
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Wufei sat down at the table once again. This time with a bowl of soup. As he started eating, he could smell a distinct odour in the room. It smelled like something burning, confused Wufei turned around and swore. He had left the burner on and accidentally placed a dishtowel on top of it. Jumping up off of the chair, Wufei ran to the pantry to get the fire extinguisher. On his way back he managed to spill his soup, and knock the table along with two chairs over.
Heero and Trowa, having heart the commotion from their bedroom, came running in, each armed with a gun. When Wufei turned around, fire extinguisher in hand, he was met with two gun barrels in his face. Um guys? Could you move? He stammered while pointing at the stove. Heero and Trowa both simultaneously put their guns to their sides as Wufei ran to the stove and used the extinguisher. Duo came into the kitchen five minutes later, curiosity written all over his face
What s going on in here? he took a quick look around and stopped at the stove. Cocking an eyebrow, he continued, Um I don t think it would be wise for you to set the stove on fire, I do believe one a day is good enough. And besides I don t think Quatre would appreciate you burning down the safe house. Duo shook his head and finger at the three boys.
Heero and Trowa in turn turned to glare at Wufei. What were you doing? Heero demanded.
What do you mean, what was I doing? Wufei crossed his arms in annoyance.
I think Wufei what they mean is why did the stove catch fire? Duo put in, trying to clarify his companion s question.
Oh, well you see, I left the burner on after making some soup and I suppose I left the dish towel on top of the burner. Wufei s explanation managed to make Duo laugh. Well, I m glad some one finds this funny.
I m sorry Wu It s just that your explanation is just really bad now Trowa s explanation for blowing up the stove made a lot more sense then yours did. Duo managed between fits of laughter.
Shut up, Maxwell! Wufei yelled.
Raising his eyebrow, Duo shook his head and left the room.
Make sure you clean this up before Quatre sees it. With that Heero left the room to go finish his homework.
Trowa, impassive as ever, merely turned around and went back to his room.
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Nine o clock came around and Duo was now dressed in black form fitting jeans and a forest green zip up shirt, much like his red one, ready to go. Quatre knocked on his door. Duo are you ready yet?
Yeah. Duo walked to his door and opened it. He was greeted with a Quatre in skin-tight black jeans and a red poets shirt. (Think loose shirt with string tying up the front and frilly long sleeves.)
Good, let s go. Quatre pulled on Duo s arm and he had him out the door of his room in no time. They passed Trowa and Heero who were walking out of their room.
Where are you going in such a hurry? Heero demanded.
Yeah Quatre, where are we going? Duo asked quizzically.
Why do you care, Heero? It s not like it s any of your business or anything and Duo, it s a surprise.
You re taking him to a bar. Heero noted as he observed what Quatre was wearing.
Quatre, you know I don t drink. Duo shook his head at his friend.
Oh, come on Duo, it ll be fun. Come on, you ve got to go with me. If you don t, I m never going to find out what happened with you and Heero earlier. He added mentally.
Does taking him to a bar have to do with earlier? Heero asked suspiciously putting all the pieces together.
No? Quatre asked innocently, knowing the answer and knowing very well that Heero wasn t buying it.
Earlier? What are you guys talking about? And Quatre what were you going to do. Why bring me to a bar when you know I don t drink? Duo was beginning to get impatient.
Heero shook his head at Quatre and turned his attention to Duo. Did you eat yet?
Um no. Duo responded a bit confused as to how the conversation switched from one thing to the next.
Good, get your coat. We ll go order something. We can t cook anything because of stove problems . Emphasis was added on the word problems . afterwards, you can help me with a question in biology. Trowa raised and eyebrow at Heero s statement. He knew Heero was lying. He had finished the work over an hour ago. Heero glared at Trowa warning him to keep his mouth shut. Shrugging, Trowa turned to a pouting Quatre.
Com on. I ll go to the bar with you.
You will? Quatre seemed shocked at the invitation He quickly recovered. Ok, well see you guys later.
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Quatre and Trowa left, leaving Heero and Duo alone in the hall. Well, that was weird. I wonder why Quatre wanted to bring me to a bar. Hey, where are you going? Duo ran up to Heero who had made his way to the door
Well, like I said before, I m going to get something to eat. To answer your question about Quatre, he wanted to get you drunk, as to why, he probably wanted to know why we were so late getting back from the school. Probably because I wouldn t tell him. Heero shrugged, handed Duo his coat and opened the door.
Hmm, I guess that does make sense. Duo said, accepting his coat. Thanks, so where are we going?
Where ever you want. Heero replied. Damn he looks good in that outfit. This was definitely a good idea. He thought to himself as he checked Duo out inconspicuously.
Ok, well lets go to Duo paused to think Um lets go for Chinese?
Sure. Stepping outside, Heero noticed that the silver Mustang (3) they had borrowed was gone. Trowa must have taken it. All that was left was the motorcycle. Oh that s just great. Why me? Why do I get stuck having to double on a bike with the hottest guy on earth and all the colonies? Well that s not so bad but when you like the guy and that outfit. Damn.
Well I guess we ll be taking the bike huh? Duo asked as he fished out the keys. Do you want to drive or do I?
I will. Heero said flatly. Coming to the conclusion that it would be better for him to be in front. He stationed himself on the front of the bike, while Duo sat behind him. A tap on his shoulder told him that Duo was ready. Putting the key in the ignition and turning on the motorcycle, they drove down the road towards town.
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Are you sure you don t want anything to drink, Trowa? Quatre asked, slightly sloshed.
No, thanks. I m fine. Trowa replied bleakly.
They were sitting in a booth at the SunShade. It was where all the young people went. Quatre wasn t the innocent boy everyone made him out to be. Trowa shook his head. We shouldn t be here, what if there was a mission. He looked over at the boy that he cared for. Quatre, we should get going.
Huh? Going? Why? I m having fun. Quatre stated stubbornly.
Hn, Quatre you re drunk. Lets get going.
Drunk? No I m not. Besides, I want to spend time with you.
Trowa gave him a bleak look. Excuse me ?
Huh? Quatre s head hit the table as he passed out.
Just my luck. Now I have to carry him out to the car wait that can t be too bad. Trowa allowed himself a small smile.
Slipping out of the booth, Trowa went to the other side and picked up Quatre. Making sure he wasn t going to drop the love of his life, he left the SunShade and walked to their borrowed car.
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The Chinese restaurant that they had chosen, Wing Hings (4), had a buffet. So while Duo got his food, Heero waited patiently for him to return.
Duo sat down across from him with two plates full of food. Before Heero could comment, Duo spoke, Heh. This way here you don t have to get up. I got enough for both of us. He gave Heero a genuine smile and began to pick through the food with his fork.
Thanks. Heero picked up his own fork and began to eat as well.
I wish he would smile more often. He looks really good when he does. I wonder what he would do if I was to tell him that I liked him. What am I thinking? He ll either laugh at me with that maniacal laughter or pulverize me. Duo contemplated mentally.
Within a half hour, they had finished both plates of food and Heero had gone to get desert. He walked back with two bowls of Jell-O, one with green, for himself and the other with yellow, for Duo. (5)
Lemon, my favourite. Duo took the bowl from Heero s hand and began to eat it.
Heero allowed himself a smile, barely visible, but a smile. He knew that Duo loved lemon Jell-O and was quite happy that they had some.
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Trowa had brought Quatre back to the safe house and since he was still out cold from all the alcohol, he had to carry him into the house. He was now sitting down in front of Heero s laptop reading a mission briefing. He sighed to himself. He had just put Quatre in his own bed and now he had to wake him up, some how. He had to get a hold of Heero and Duo, wherever they were. And he also had to find Wufei, he wasn t in his room when Trowa had put Quatre to bed and he wasn t in the house. So he had no idea where he was. Damn. The mission was an infiltration of the Gambi base. It required all five of them, he had no idea where three of them were and one was out cold. I hope they get back soon. Heero needs to open the rest of the message. It s encrypted and I wont be able to read the rest of it. Just then Wufei walked through the front door.
Barton. Wufei nodded to the stoic pilot.
Wufei. Trowa nodded back. You wouldn't know where Heero and Duo are, would you? He asked.
No, I don t. Why? Wufei cocked an eyebrow.
There s a mission for all five of us and they aren t home. Trowa responded calmly.
They should be back soon.
A few minutes later, they heard the motorcycle pull up the driveway. Soon after the bike was shut off they could hear Duo talking and laughing, as the two walked up the stairs.
The door opened and in walked a grinning Duo with Heero right behind him. Hey guys. You do know that you didn t have to wait up for us. We would have been home eventually. He grinned even more
Baka. Heero commented, monotonously.
Maxwell, we weren t waiting for you. A mission was sent to us and we need Yuy to open up the attached files for more details. Wufei said.
A mission huh, what kind? Duo asked, putting his hand on his hips.
Infiltration of the Gambi base. As to what we have to do after that I have no idea. That s why Heero needs to open up the other files. Trowa explained.
Hn, fine. Heero replaced Trowa in front of his laptop and began typing in passwords.
Where s Quatre? Duo inquired Shouldn t he be down here?
Quatre is passed out in his bed right now. Trowa answered as he watched the computer screen.
Duo shook his head as he mumbled to himself. Facing the two standing boys he asked, So, who s going to wake him up? Trowa and Wufei eyed each other then looked straight at Duo. I ll take it that I have to go. Joy, this will be so~oo much fun. As he walked down the hall towards Quatre s room, the three remaining boys could still hear him complaining.
I got the mission details. Heero informed the two in the room.
Trowa glanced over Heeros shoulder to look at the messages. It looked like the doctors were getting lazy in their mission assignments. Theyd only sent one big outline of what they were too do, instead of their usual individual e-mails, to each of their respectable pilots.
Go get Duo and Quatre. A gleam appeared in Heero s eyes as he said Duo s name, but was quickly gone before either of the two boys noticed.
I ll - Wufei got cut off as a shriek echoed through the safe house. Get them. He trailed off.
DUO! What are you doing? Quatre yelled. The boys couldn t hear Duo s reply. With water?! You could have done something less drastic! Quatre yelled again. The three regarded each other in confusion and one after the other; they walked down the hall towards Quatre s room. They were greeted with Duo in one corner of the room, and a stuttering and a soaked Quatre in the other.
What did you do, Maxwell? Wufei demanded.
Well, nothing was working, so I poured cold water on him. Duo grinned, shrugging his shoulders.
Um ok Wufei was going to add something but trailed off.
Hn, Quatre get changed. I have the mission details. We are leaving in an hour. Heero turned and left to prepare himself.
End part 2
Note: (1) He he he he
(2) Stroke 9 - great band, very recommended
(3) If you ve ever seen the movie Gone In 60 Seconds the silver mustang at the end is what this one looks like
(4) Yes Wing Hing is an actual Chinese restaurant
(5) Ok this is an inside joke that my friends and me made up. We were really board while eating skittles at the movies so we colour-coded the G-Boys with the skittle colours.
Green - Duo
Yellow - Heero
Red - Trowa
Orange - Quatre
Purple - Wufei
And there are more, if you want to see the list please go to my site and check out the colour-coding page in humour. This is the address - http://www.angelfire.com/magic/libertyville/colors.html
Part Two - The Safe House
Author: Sefarina Malaika
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the GW. Besides there is absolutely no point in suing me for the simple fact that I have absolutely no money what so ever.
Warning: Shounen ai at the beginning, yaoi, language
Pairings: implied 1x2/2x1, 3x4/4x3 later on.
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Reality Check by Sefarina Malaika
Part Two - The Safe House
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Well, it s about time you guys got back. What took you so long? Quatre inquired, with a gleam of suspicion in his eyes.
Hn. Was Heero s response as he left the room to go to his and Trowa s shared bedroom.
Duo shrugged and headed towards the living room to watch TV. Sitting on the lazy boy, he picked up the remote and turned on the television. Flipping through the channels, he came across his favourite show, Wing Wong. Alright, talk about great timing. Duo exclaimed.
I wonder why it took them so long to get back . Quatre pondered. I ll pry it out of Duo later, I wont be able to get a word in while he s watching that show. Quatre sighed and went to his and Wufei s room.
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Yeah! Woohoo! Get him! exclaimed Duo as he got into his program. Man I love this show. To bad no one else will watch it with me though, this thought was accompanied with a slight frown, which turned to a grin as one of the bad guys got blown up
A commercial came on and Duo headed towards the kitchen for something to eat. For added emphasis his stomach growled loudly. I hear you. He muttered exasperatedly as his stomach growled again.
Opening the fridge door Duo began to rummage through it. Hmm lets see what do we have to eat. Oh look, how pleasant, tofu. Quatre, DON T YOU DARE TRY AND COOK TOFU FOR SUPPER! Duo shouted out the kitchen door. Oh gross, sauerkraut, I m so doing the groceries next time. Taking the tofu and sauerkraut out of the fridge and throwing them out, he began to look through the cupboards. Aha, so that s where they hid the chocolate. Grabbing a few Mr. Big's, Duo headed back to the living room, just in time for his show to come back on.
As he sat back down on the lazy boy, Wufei walked in. Hey Wu-man, how s it going? Duo inquired, his eyes never leaving the screen.
Maxwell, don t call me that! Wufei commented as, he turned towards the hall and went to his room.
Um ok. Duo shrugged, turning all his undivided attention back to the TV.
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Tap, tap, tap, tap was the sound Trowa was greeted by as he entered his room. Raising his one visible eyebrow he inquired. When did you get back?
Not looking away from his screen Heero answered monotonously. Twenty minutes ago.
Why so late? Trowa asked in a deadpan.
Hn, because it was that late. Something wrong with that? For the first time Heero looked up from his laptop and glared slightly at Trowa.
Trowa merely shrugged his shoulders and walked over to his proper desk. Sitting down he picked up his book and began to read. Heero went back to his typing, only God knows what, on his laptop.
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Hey Wufei, Quatre greeted the Chinese boy as he closed the door to their shared room.
Wufei nodded to him and picked up his sword and began to polish it.
Quatre got up off of his bed and walked over to the CD player. Inserting one of his many CD s, he pushed play and sat back down. The sound that was emitted from the speakers was the Backstreet Boys(1), soon began to sing along. This is preposterous! Shut that racket off! Wufei demanded.
Quatre merely turned it up. Ahh! Wufei shouted as he took off out of the room, dropping his sword in the process. Running into Trowa and Heero s room Wufei began to rant frantically. He s doing it again. This is completely unfair. I can t take it anymore!
What are you talking about Wufei? Trowa inquired, setting his book down.
Quatre, that s what I m talking about, declared Wufei, as he flailed his arms in the air.
What about Quatre? Heero asked monotonously.
He s playing that Backstreet Boys crap again. As well as singing along with it. Why did I get stuck with the kid that has no taste in music? Wufei ranted on.
Heero and Trowa mentally shuddered. Hn, so tell him to shut it off. Heero commented, turning his attention back to his laptop.
I did, he turned it up and sang even louder. Wufei continued to rant.
Heero snorted, then replied. So shut it off yourself or unplug the CD player.
Right, like I am going to get close enough to the damn thing to be able to do that. Wufei crossed his arms in annoyance.
So ask Duo to trade rooms with you. Said Trowa, while picking up his book again.
That won t work, Duo practically inhabited the single room the moment we stepped into this house. If I were to take his room, let alone ask to trade, heads would roll, which wouldn t get me anywhere. Wufei pointed out, as he began to pace.
Just then, the person in question popped his head through the open door. His braid falling half undone beside him. What s with all the yelling? Duo cocked an eyebrow at his fellow comrades.
Nothing. Wufei replied.
It sure didn t sound like nothing in the living room. Returned Duo.
We were discussing Wufei s problem. Heero put in, trying not to stare at Duo.
Really? And what is your problem Wuffie old boy? Duo was now leaning against the open door frame.
Quatre s music. Maxwell youre are changing rooms with me! Wufei demanded, totally forgetting his previous statement about the braided boy.
Pushing himself off the doorframe and cocking an eyebrow, Duo simply replied in a dry tone. No. With that he turned and left the room.
Wufei sputtered, Trowa and Heero gave him a knowing look. Well, that was expected You were the one that said that he wouldn't give it up in the first place Wufei, especially since Duo s been waiting forever to get the single room. And he wouldn't give it up for anything. Trowa commented. He resumed reading his book.
Still speechless, Wufei left their room and headed towards the kitchen.
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Change rooms with him. HA! I don t think so. Why would I want to do that? It took me forever to get the single room; now that I have it I m not going to exchange it. Besides I know what Quatre s music is like. I m gonna stick to my Stroke 9 (2). Duo mumbled to himself as he sat back down in the lazy boy. Picking up the remote, he began to surf again.
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Quatre was still listening to his Backstreet Boys disk, not as loud of course, while he was trying to figure out a way to get information out of Duo. I wonder how I can get him to answer. It ll have to be away from the house and Heero. But I know how to get him out of the house. This will be great. Quatre jumped up off of the bed, shutting off his music, he went to find Duo.
Walking into the kitchen, Quatre spotted Wufei at the table eating an apple. Have you seen Duo? Quatre inquired.
Hn. Wufei answered, as he pointed towards the living room.
Thanks. Quatre answered as he left the kitchen. Walking into the living room he noticed Duo slightly dozing on the lazy boy. Hey Duo.
Duo jumped in surprise as he heard his name being called. Gods Quatre, you scared me. Don t sneak up on someone that s sleeping. You re lucky I didn't have my gun or something Settling himself back down into the chair he began flipping through the channels once again.
You knew I was there, I just wanted to know if you wanted to do something tonight. To get out of this safe house. Quatre finished.
Um you sure? why not? What are we going to do? Duo agreed.
It s a surprise. Be ready by nine. Ok? Quatre told Duo.
Um ok. Replied Duo; there was just a little hint of reluctance in his voice.
Great, see you later. With that Quatre left the room heading back towards his bedroom.
Shrugging, Duo picked up his schoolbooks, deciding for once to do his homework Ten minutes later, he finished his biology questions and was starting his cooking class work. I can t believe my teacher gave us cooking work. Like come on. It s pointless. Sighing, Duo began reading the question. Name the four food groups of the food guide? What kind of a question is this? Sheesh, this is so pointless. Sighing once again, Duo wrote out the answer, closed his textbooks and put them back in his backpack. He would finish the rest later.
Duo looked around for something to do, finding nothing, he got up and went to his room, Closing the door behind him he walked over to his Playstation Six and put in the Legend of the Dragoon Tten . He loved the graphics on the game. And out of all of the games he had and played this was his favourite Just as he finished defeating one of the numerous bad guys, he heard a nock on his door. Glancing towards his clock he noticed it was only 7:30 so it wouldn't be Quatre. This intrigued him, Who would come to my room on their own free will? he wondered, making his way to the door. Opening it he found Heero standing on the other side.
Um hi Heero, what you doing? Duo asked, walking over to his bed and flopping down on it.
Do you have your biology text book? Heero asked
Sitting up, Duo gave Heero a quizzical look. My text book? Don t you have yours?
No, I left it in my locker. Do you have yours? Heero asked once again.
Well, yeah I do, but since when do you forget something? Duo inquired.
I had something else on my mind.
Really?! What could possibly be on your mind to make you forget some of your homework?
You Heero thought but did not say. Can I borrow your book?
You sure, it s in the living room. In my backpack
Thanks.
Duo looked up at the thank you from Heero, surprised written all over his face. Um no problem. Anytime buddy. Heero left the room, closing the door behind him.
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In truth, Heero didn't forget his textbook, he thought he had but then remembered that he d lent it to Trowa, who needed it for his Sex Ed class. And he wanted to borrow Duo s because it was Duo s, which was cute in a pathetic kind of way.
Walking into the living room, Heero found the black backpack next to the lazy boy. Looking through the bag, Heero came across a sketchbook. Hm, I wonder when Duo started drawing. Come to think of it, I didn't know he could draw. Heero picked up the book and started flipping through it. Some pages had houses, others had plants, sceneries. Near the back, there was about half a dozen pictures of Duo, along with a few of Heero. There were even some of them together. What the his thoughts were cut off by a voice behind him.
What are you doing? Duo demanded, he noticed the sketchbook. Hey, put that down. It s rude to go through someone s stuff. I thought you needed the bio textbook. Crossing his arms, Duo waited for a response, although he knew that he would probably not come.
I do, these are nice, when did you start drawing?
The question caught him off guard. Drawing? I can t draw. It s not my book, some girl I know from school drew them for me.
Oh, well, they re nice anyways. I ll give you your book back when I m done. With that Heero put the sketchbook on the floor and left the room.
Duo scratched his head in confusion, he sighed, picked up the sketch pad and backpack off the floor and went back to his room. All the while shaking his head.
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Wufei sat down at the table once again. This time with a bowl of soup. As he started eating, he could smell a distinct odour in the room. It smelled like something burning, confused Wufei turned around and swore. He had left the burner on and accidentally placed a dishtowel on top of it. Jumping up off of the chair, Wufei ran to the pantry to get the fire extinguisher. On his way back he managed to spill his soup, and knock the table along with two chairs over.
Heero and Trowa, having heart the commotion from their bedroom, came running in, each armed with a gun. When Wufei turned around, fire extinguisher in hand, he was met with two gun barrels in his face. Um guys? Could you move? He stammered while pointing at the stove. Heero and Trowa both simultaneously put their guns to their sides as Wufei ran to the stove and used the extinguisher. Duo came into the kitchen five minutes later, curiosity written all over his face
What s going on in here? he took a quick look around and stopped at the stove. Cocking an eyebrow, he continued, Um I don t think it would be wise for you to set the stove on fire, I do believe one a day is good enough. And besides I don t think Quatre would appreciate you burning down the safe house. Duo shook his head and finger at the three boys.
Heero and Trowa in turn turned to glare at Wufei. What were you doing? Heero demanded.
What do you mean, what was I doing? Wufei crossed his arms in annoyance.
I think Wufei what they mean is why did the stove catch fire? Duo put in, trying to clarify his companion s question.
Oh, well you see, I left the burner on after making some soup and I suppose I left the dish towel on top of the burner. Wufei s explanation managed to make Duo laugh. Well, I m glad some one finds this funny.
I m sorry Wu It s just that your explanation is just really bad now Trowa s explanation for blowing up the stove made a lot more sense then yours did. Duo managed between fits of laughter.
Shut up, Maxwell! Wufei yelled.
Raising his eyebrow, Duo shook his head and left the room.
Make sure you clean this up before Quatre sees it. With that Heero left the room to go finish his homework.
Trowa, impassive as ever, merely turned around and went back to his room.
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Nine o clock came around and Duo was now dressed in black form fitting jeans and a forest green zip up shirt, much like his red one, ready to go. Quatre knocked on his door. Duo are you ready yet?
Yeah. Duo walked to his door and opened it. He was greeted with a Quatre in skin-tight black jeans and a red poets shirt. (Think loose shirt with string tying up the front and frilly long sleeves.)
Good, let s go. Quatre pulled on Duo s arm and he had him out the door of his room in no time. They passed Trowa and Heero who were walking out of their room.
Where are you going in such a hurry? Heero demanded.
Yeah Quatre, where are we going? Duo asked quizzically.
Why do you care, Heero? It s not like it s any of your business or anything and Duo, it s a surprise.
You re taking him to a bar. Heero noted as he observed what Quatre was wearing.
Quatre, you know I don t drink. Duo shook his head at his friend.
Oh, come on Duo, it ll be fun. Come on, you ve got to go with me. If you don t, I m never going to find out what happened with you and Heero earlier. He added mentally.
Does taking him to a bar have to do with earlier? Heero asked suspiciously putting all the pieces together.
No? Quatre asked innocently, knowing the answer and knowing very well that Heero wasn t buying it.
Earlier? What are you guys talking about? And Quatre what were you going to do. Why bring me to a bar when you know I don t drink? Duo was beginning to get impatient.
Heero shook his head at Quatre and turned his attention to Duo. Did you eat yet?
Um no. Duo responded a bit confused as to how the conversation switched from one thing to the next.
Good, get your coat. We ll go order something. We can t cook anything because of stove problems . Emphasis was added on the word problems . afterwards, you can help me with a question in biology. Trowa raised and eyebrow at Heero s statement. He knew Heero was lying. He had finished the work over an hour ago. Heero glared at Trowa warning him to keep his mouth shut. Shrugging, Trowa turned to a pouting Quatre.
Com on. I ll go to the bar with you.
You will? Quatre seemed shocked at the invitation He quickly recovered. Ok, well see you guys later.
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Quatre and Trowa left, leaving Heero and Duo alone in the hall. Well, that was weird. I wonder why Quatre wanted to bring me to a bar. Hey, where are you going? Duo ran up to Heero who had made his way to the door
Well, like I said before, I m going to get something to eat. To answer your question about Quatre, he wanted to get you drunk, as to why, he probably wanted to know why we were so late getting back from the school. Probably because I wouldn t tell him. Heero shrugged, handed Duo his coat and opened the door.
Hmm, I guess that does make sense. Duo said, accepting his coat. Thanks, so where are we going?
Where ever you want. Heero replied. Damn he looks good in that outfit. This was definitely a good idea. He thought to himself as he checked Duo out inconspicuously.
Ok, well lets go to Duo paused to think Um lets go for Chinese?
Sure. Stepping outside, Heero noticed that the silver Mustang (3) they had borrowed was gone. Trowa must have taken it. All that was left was the motorcycle. Oh that s just great. Why me? Why do I get stuck having to double on a bike with the hottest guy on earth and all the colonies? Well that s not so bad but when you like the guy and that outfit. Damn.
Well I guess we ll be taking the bike huh? Duo asked as he fished out the keys. Do you want to drive or do I?
I will. Heero said flatly. Coming to the conclusion that it would be better for him to be in front. He stationed himself on the front of the bike, while Duo sat behind him. A tap on his shoulder told him that Duo was ready. Putting the key in the ignition and turning on the motorcycle, they drove down the road towards town.
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Are you sure you don t want anything to drink, Trowa? Quatre asked, slightly sloshed.
No, thanks. I m fine. Trowa replied bleakly.
They were sitting in a booth at the SunShade. It was where all the young people went. Quatre wasn t the innocent boy everyone made him out to be. Trowa shook his head. We shouldn t be here, what if there was a mission. He looked over at the boy that he cared for. Quatre, we should get going.
Huh? Going? Why? I m having fun. Quatre stated stubbornly.
Hn, Quatre you re drunk. Lets get going.
Drunk? No I m not. Besides, I want to spend time with you.
Trowa gave him a bleak look. Excuse me ?
Huh? Quatre s head hit the table as he passed out.
Just my luck. Now I have to carry him out to the car wait that can t be too bad. Trowa allowed himself a small smile.
Slipping out of the booth, Trowa went to the other side and picked up Quatre. Making sure he wasn t going to drop the love of his life, he left the SunShade and walked to their borrowed car.
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The Chinese restaurant that they had chosen, Wing Hings (4), had a buffet. So while Duo got his food, Heero waited patiently for him to return.
Duo sat down across from him with two plates full of food. Before Heero could comment, Duo spoke, Heh. This way here you don t have to get up. I got enough for both of us. He gave Heero a genuine smile and began to pick through the food with his fork.
Thanks. Heero picked up his own fork and began to eat as well.
I wish he would smile more often. He looks really good when he does. I wonder what he would do if I was to tell him that I liked him. What am I thinking? He ll either laugh at me with that maniacal laughter or pulverize me. Duo contemplated mentally.
Within a half hour, they had finished both plates of food and Heero had gone to get desert. He walked back with two bowls of Jell-O, one with green, for himself and the other with yellow, for Duo. (5)
Lemon, my favourite. Duo took the bowl from Heero s hand and began to eat it.
Heero allowed himself a smile, barely visible, but a smile. He knew that Duo loved lemon Jell-O and was quite happy that they had some.
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Trowa had brought Quatre back to the safe house and since he was still out cold from all the alcohol, he had to carry him into the house. He was now sitting down in front of Heero s laptop reading a mission briefing. He sighed to himself. He had just put Quatre in his own bed and now he had to wake him up, some how. He had to get a hold of Heero and Duo, wherever they were. And he also had to find Wufei, he wasn t in his room when Trowa had put Quatre to bed and he wasn t in the house. So he had no idea where he was. Damn. The mission was an infiltration of the Gambi base. It required all five of them, he had no idea where three of them were and one was out cold. I hope they get back soon. Heero needs to open the rest of the message. It s encrypted and I wont be able to read the rest of it. Just then Wufei walked through the front door.
Barton. Wufei nodded to the stoic pilot.
Wufei. Trowa nodded back. You wouldn't know where Heero and Duo are, would you? He asked.
No, I don t. Why? Wufei cocked an eyebrow.
There s a mission for all five of us and they aren t home. Trowa responded calmly.
They should be back soon.
A few minutes later, they heard the motorcycle pull up the driveway. Soon after the bike was shut off they could hear Duo talking and laughing, as the two walked up the stairs.
The door opened and in walked a grinning Duo with Heero right behind him. Hey guys. You do know that you didn t have to wait up for us. We would have been home eventually. He grinned even more
Baka. Heero commented, monotonously.
Maxwell, we weren t waiting for you. A mission was sent to us and we need Yuy to open up the attached files for more details. Wufei said.
A mission huh, what kind? Duo asked, putting his hand on his hips.
Infiltration of the Gambi base. As to what we have to do after that I have no idea. That s why Heero needs to open up the other files. Trowa explained.
Hn, fine. Heero replaced Trowa in front of his laptop and began typing in passwords.
Where s Quatre? Duo inquired Shouldn t he be down here?
Quatre is passed out in his bed right now. Trowa answered as he watched the computer screen.
Duo shook his head as he mumbled to himself. Facing the two standing boys he asked, So, who s going to wake him up? Trowa and Wufei eyed each other then looked straight at Duo. I ll take it that I have to go. Joy, this will be so~oo much fun. As he walked down the hall towards Quatre s room, the three remaining boys could still hear him complaining.
I got the mission details. Heero informed the two in the room.
Trowa glanced over Heeros shoulder to look at the messages. It looked like the doctors were getting lazy in their mission assignments. Theyd only sent one big outline of what they were too do, instead of their usual individual e-mails, to each of their respectable pilots.
Go get Duo and Quatre. A gleam appeared in Heero s eyes as he said Duo s name, but was quickly gone before either of the two boys noticed.
I ll - Wufei got cut off as a shriek echoed through the safe house. Get them. He trailed off.
DUO! What are you doing? Quatre yelled. The boys couldn t hear Duo s reply. With water?! You could have done something less drastic! Quatre yelled again. The three regarded each other in confusion and one after the other; they walked down the hall towards Quatre s room. They were greeted with Duo in one corner of the room, and a stuttering and a soaked Quatre in the other.
What did you do, Maxwell? Wufei demanded.
Well, nothing was working, so I poured cold water on him. Duo grinned, shrugging his shoulders.
Um ok Wufei was going to add something but trailed off.
Hn, Quatre get changed. I have the mission details. We are leaving in an hour. Heero turned and left to prepare himself.
End part 2
Note: (1) He he he he
(2) Stroke 9 - great band, very recommended
(3) If you ve ever seen the movie Gone In 60 Seconds the silver mustang at the end is what this one looks like
(4) Yes Wing Hing is an actual Chinese restaurant
(5) Ok this is an inside joke that my friends and me made up. We were really board while eating skittles at the movies so we colour-coded the G-Boys with the skittle colours.
Green - Duo
Yellow - Heero
Red - Trowa
Orange - Quatre
Purple - Wufei
And there are more, if you want to see the list please go to my site and check out the colour-coding page in humour. This is the address - http://www.angelfire.com/magic/libertyville/colors.html