Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Elements ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

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Disclaimer: Neither Gundam Wing nor its characters are mine. They are the property of their respective owners. Rhys (when he shows up) is not mine. He is the property of Laurel K. Hamilton.

Pairings: 2x1 (eventually), 6+1, 5+1, implied 3+4, R+H, H+9+H, others to be named Rating: NC-17, probably Warnings: AU, OOC, probably lemon, semi Duo- bastardization (don't worry, he gets over it), I should probably add angst, NICE RELENA

The Elements Chapter 8

Heero ran away from Relena, far into the forest. He ran all out for as long as he could until he collapsed, panting, lungs afire, on the mossy earthen floor. He took a deep breath of air as he tried to come to terms with -- to justify -- practically telling his best friend who her soulmate was. He shouldn't have done it, shouldn't have used his Spirit magic at all to help her deal with this. He *should* have done the usual best friend thing: pat on the back, hug, "she was never good enough for you anyway," "you'll find somebody better." He should have done that, but he hadn't. Heero had told Relena things that she wasn't supposed to know about her destined, things he didn't even know about his.

Heero knew very little about his soulmate, though not for lack of trying. He had tried several times to follow his own soulmate link, but he always got stopped by something before he saw the other person. All he knew about his destined love was that he was a he and he had long hair. That's why Heero only dated guys with long hair, like Wufei or Rhys.

Heero shook his head viciously, trying to rid himself of all thoughts of soulmates. Yes, he had done something wrong, but he wasn't going to beat himself up over it -- he had Duo to do that. Heero sat up and made a mental note to apologize to Relena the next time he saw her for running off like he did. She probably had better things to think about, though, than his premature absence.

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Duo woke up to a pounding on the door. He rolled out of bed, thinking that it was unbelievable for anyone to come around at this time of morning.

"All right, all right, I'm coming!" he yelled, stubbing his toe on a chair as he went to answer the door. He pulled the door open. "What do you want?" he growled.

Trowa jumped when Duo opened the door. "I came to see Heero -- and you. Are you just getting up?" he glided into the room past Duo. He looked around the room, and then his eyes came to rest on Duo again. "So, he's not here, then?"

"I don't guess so," Duo replied, not really caring about Heero. "What do you mean, 'just now getting up?'"

"It's eleven o'clock," Trowa answered, nodding his head in the direction of Duo's alarm clock.

"No, it's not," Duo said, not believing Trowa. Duo never slept past eight, especially when he went to bed so early the night before. "There's no way I slept until eleven. That would be over fifteen hours of sleep. No way, not possible."

"Way, possible," Trowa insisted, turning the clock around so Duo could see the big red numbers reading 11:03.

"Well, shit," Duo said. He couldn't believe he had slept that long -- never before in his life had he slept that long -- and that he'd missed breakfast to boot.

"Quatre was a little worried when you didn't show up at the caf this morning," Trowa said. "To tell you the truth, we all were."

Duo stiffened at the indirect mention of his best friend. "I bet Wufei wasn't worried. I bet he was too busy making moon eyes at Mr. Heero Yuy." Duo raised his voice in a falsetto. "Oh, Heero, you're so cute and girly. I wish you were eleven again so I could stick my tongue down your throat." He dropped the falsetto and sat on his bed. "It's disgusting... hey, you said you were coming to see me *and* Heero. Actually, you said you were coming to see *Heero* and me. What's going on, Barton? Since when are you and Heero such good friends?" Duo stood up and looked accusingly at Trowa.

"Relax, Duo. I don't know him that well," Trowa said. "I met him when I went running this morning. He seems like a really nice guy; you should give him a chance."

Duo looked at Trowa, an incredulous expression on his face. "Yeah, right, Barton. He comes and invades *my* room, turns *my* best friend gay, and now he tries to steal *my* friends. He's not a nice guy, and I will never give him a chance." Having said that, Duo grabbed a couple of towels and some clothes out of a dresser drawer. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a shower. Then, when I feel normal and not-scuzzy, I am going to go to lunch with you and the guys. We are *not* going to talk about Heero Yuy. Okay?"

"Whatever," Trowa muttered. "You're missing out, though, if you don't at least try to get along with him, but I won't say anything. Not a word. I'll see you at lunch." With that, Trowa walked out of the room, and gently closed the door behind him.

"Whatever, indeed," Duo spat out behind him. "Can't see how anybody can stand Mr.-I'm-*So*-Perfect-Yuy. He's not so great, and I'm not missing out on *anything*."

Duo walked into the bathroom and set his stuff down on the hamper, noting that it had been moved almost a full inch from where it was supposed to be. He growled low in his throat and muttered about stupid roommates who couldn't keep their hands off his stuff.

Duo took off his clothes and neatly folded them before placing them in the hamper, like he did every time he took a shower. He took the band out of his hair and threw it into the trash can (he only used them once before throwing them away). Or, that's what he was aiming for. The pony tail holder landed at the base of the toilet.

Cursing, again, Duo crouched down to get the lost band. His eyes narrowed at the sight of a crusty brown stain. Inwardly, he mocked stupid roommates who were too dumb to clean up their own messes. He reached into the cabinet -- the one below the sink -- and got out the Lysol wipes. He cleaned up the stain, an threw away the wipe and the pony tail holder.

Duo stood up, satisfied that the bathroom was again cleaned to his standards. Then, he entered the shower stall and proceeded to wash himself, all 27 times.

Selune Please R&R. ::Looks up with big chibi eyes:: Please?