Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Women Aren't So Weak, Wufei! ❯ Chapter 14

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Chapter 14: Women Aren't So Weak Wufei!

*warning* this story is definitely going to contain some mature themes, thus the rating. They are not so much about sex or anything...well, they are about the female sex...and some, uh, things we have to deal with *cough*time of the month*cough*. There's also some profanity.

*disclaimer* I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS!! Unfortunately...If I did, the series would not have ended where it did. It would be much longer and a lot more would have happened...



"Are you EVER going to in the water Heero?"

"Iie."

"Not at all?"

"Nope."

"Are you SUUURE?"

"I'm absolutely positive."

"Absolutely positutely?"

"For the last time, Duo. I. Am. Not. Going. In. To. The. WATER!!!!"

"... For real?" Heero snapped his eyes open and growled, his hands clenching the towel beneath him. Beside him, Duo was lying out on his own towel, attempting to get a tan. Heero, lying on his stomach, would have been content to just stay in the same position for the whole day, but a certain braided teen wouldn't leave him alone.

"What must I say to make it clear to you?" Heero asked, turning his head so he was facing the source of his annoyance.

"But Heero!! I'm sooo booooored!" Duo whined pitifully.

"Then go see if someone else will go in with you."

"I already did."

"Did they refuse also?"

"No, they're already in the water." Heero drew in a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself down.

"They WHY aren't you with them?"

"Well they're not ALL in the water." Duo raised a hand to shade his eyes and squinted so he could make out who was already out there. "Let's see... Quatre's there, he actually WANTED to come here. Sally's with him, along with Midii and Dorothy. And...Relena's out over that way," he said gesturing to the right.

"Where's everyone else?" Heero asked uninterestedly.

"Hilde doesn't want to go in yet. I already bugged her. She's reading or something. And Trowa and Wufei are hiding out under the umbrella thingy. I think they're both afraid to be seen in only their bathing suits." Despite the big fuss he'd made at the store, Duo had been the first to strip down to just his suit when they'd arrived at the beach. Quatre had soon followed, and then Heero, both not caring about anything anymore. Heero snorted at what Duo had said about Wufei and Trowa, and then closed his eyes again. "Well, are you SURE you won't come in?" Duo asked again, standing up. Heero just nodded.

"Positive." Duo sighed.

"Fine." He started to walk away, and paused and turned back around. Quietly as he could, he walked back over to Heero. 'Well, if he's going to be such a big grump about everything,' Duo thought, 'then I'll just have to teach him a little lesson. Hehehe.' He knelt down slowly and lowered his hands to the strings that held Heero's suit together. He managed to get a hold of them without Heero noticing, when-

"Don't even think about it." Duo gasped and fell backwards onto his butt in the sand. Okaaay, so maybe he HAD noticed.

"Uh, hehe, sorry Heero. I'll just be going now," Duo said nervously, before dashing off down the beach. Heero watched him go with one eye, and then reached up behind him to make sure the strings were still tied. Satisfied, he resumed his lightly dozing state.

* * *

"This is pathetic."

*Sigh* "Yes it is."

"Look at them! Bunch of weaklings."

"Actually, Wufei, they're braver than us. At least they're out there."

"...shove it, Trowa." *pause* "Well Yuy isn't out there."

"No, but Heero DID manage to get out of the extra clothing. We have yet to do THAT."

"...I never said I wouldn't do that. I just...didn't feel the need to yet."

"Well, I'll do it if you do it."

"Ok... You first."

"Nuh-uh, I'm the one in the bikini."

"...How about at the same time, then?"

"...Alright. On the count of three."

"Ok. Ready?"

"...yeah."

"Ok then..." Trowa and Wufei both stopped, each waiting for the other to start counting.

"You guys are sad," a new voice spoke. Wufei and Trowa glanced over at Heero who had one eye open and was watching them. The rest of his face was buried in his arms, but it if you looked closely, you could see a ghost of an amused smile playing on his lips. Wufei and Trowa blushed.

"Shut up," Wufei grumbled, glancing away.

"But you are!" Heero insisted, his smile growing a little wider. "Look around! Do you see how many other girls there are here? You two probably attract more attention than them wearing MORE than your bathing suits," he said bluntly. Wufei began grumbling again, and then abruptly stood up and yanked the sarong he was wearing off. (A/N: Thanks to all of you who reminded me what those were called! You know who you are! I really appreciated it.)

"There, happy?" He didn't wait for an answer and started muttering about "baka women clothes." Trowa sighed and slid the cut-off shorts he was wearing off, and then stood up and stretched slightly.

"I could care less," Heero said, answering Wufei's question. "But I think you just made their day." He pointed to something behind the two teens. Both turned around and found three boys staring at them through wide eyes. Trowa flushed slightly again, and sat down abruptly.

"Ugh, I think they were drooling," he muttered. Suddenly, Hilde started giggling from her spot on the other side of Trowa. He jumped slightly, having forgotten she was there.

"Reading something funny, onna?" Wufei asked. Hilde ignored the "onna" part.

"No, but you guys are hilarious," she replied. "I've been stuck on this one page for the past ten minutes because I keep listening to you guys talk."

"Well, I'm glad we're so entertaining," Wufei sulked. He brought his knees up to his chest and rested his arms on them, attempting to block out Hilde's laughter while staring out at the sea. "How long have we been here?"

"Um...almost an hour," Hilde replied.

"That's it?!" Wufei shouted. Next to him, Trowa groaned.

"Damn..." he mumbled. "We've got a long time to go."

"We'll last," Wufei said, sounding very determined. Trowa nodded, but he looked doubtful.

Thirty minutes later:

"It is so HOT!" Wufei complained, rubbing an arm across his forehead to rid it of the sweat there.

"And humid," Trowa added, fanning himself with his hand.

"Well, if you two would actually go in the water, I'm sure you'd cool off fast," Hilde suggested, not looking at all bothered by the heat. Wufei and Trowa glanced out at the sea longingly, and then looked at each other.

"Actually, it's not TOO bad out," Wufei said quickly. "I can deal."

"Yeah," Trowa agreed after a few seconds. "I'm...ok." Hilde snorted and continued reading.

'They have to go in SOMETIME,' she thought.

* * *

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

Duo's long hair was soaking wet as he made his way back up the beach. He'd considered wringing it out, but an idea had occurred to him. Glancing up ahead to his destination, he smirked when he noticed that his suspect hadn't seen him coming yet.

'Too bad for him,' Duo thought. He smiled widely and waved at the others who were sitting on their towels or in chairs. Hilde returned the smile, along with a wave, but Wufei and Trowa barely lifted their hands in greeting.

"Hey guys! Have you decided to go in yet?" Duo asked. "The water's great, and the waves are huge!" Hilde closed her book and stood up.

"Yeah, I think I will go in," she said, but Duo wasn't paying attention to her. He was tiptoeing over to a sleeping Heero. "Duo?" Hilde asked.

"Shhhh," Duo replied, holding a finger to his lips.

"Duo, what are you planning now?" Hilde asked exasperatedly. Duo didn't answer. Instead, he hauled his long braid over his shoulder and held it over Heero's back. Duo clucked his tongue.

"Tsk, tsk. He's gonna have one hell of a sunburn," he commented lightly, before wringing out his hair, letting the cold water fall over Heero's back. Heero's eyes snapped open wide and he yelped, arching his back in an attempt to get away from the cold liquid. It took him a few seconds to remember where he was, and the first thing he clearly recognized was Duo's laughter.

"Duo!!" Hilde shouted, her eyes widening at what he had just done. Next to her, Wufei burst out laughing and Trowa allowed a smile to grace his face.

"He's gonna kick your ass, Maxwell!" Wufei cried, smiling widely at the thought.

"Duo," Heero growled, slowing the pushing himself off the ground. Duo stood his ground and smirked into Heero's face.

"Just thought I'd cool you off. You looked a little hot, babe," Duo said, putting a sarcastic accent on the word "babe."

"I, like, totally agree!" some random guy who had been walking down the beach commented.

"Except she STILL looks hot!" said someone else. Another guy from the same group whistled, and then the whole group started laughing among themselves. Heero glanced around bewilderedly, wondering where the increase in male population had suddenly come from. Duo also looked a little shocked, but he came to his senses quickly.

"Hey! Back off! H-uh-SHE's already taken!" he shouted, hoping that that, along with a glare, would make the group of guys go away.

"Well, would you like to share?" asked one of the beach bums. Duo's eyes widened.

"Not by me!!!" he screeched, taking several steps back. "He has, uh, um, a, uh," Duo stuttered.

"A boyfriend," Hilde said coolly. "So I suggest you back off." She glared at the group, having dealt with things like this before. Suddenly, she smiled. "They're free, though," she said, pointing with her thumb behind her. Trowa and Wufei looked around, wondering whom Hilde was talking about, before realizing that she was pointing at them.

"NO WE'RE NOT!!!" they yelled at the same time. Hilde chuckled, as did the beach guys before they walked off down to the water.

"And Duo gets us into yet ANOTHER mess," Heero said sarcastically, sitting back down on his towel.

"What?! I didn't do anything! THIS mess is Wufei's fault!" Duo exclaimed, pointing at himself, well, more at his chest, when he said that. Wufei blushed slightly and looked away. Heero just shrugged.

"They were kinda cute," Hilde commented, watching the group of guys walk down the beach.

"Are you crazy?!" Duo shouted. Hilde sighed, and glanced at her, uh, boyfriend. "Don't look at me like that!" he yelled self-consciously.

"Well, I'm gonna go swimming now. You coming?" Hilde asked.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!!" Duo said, jumping up and down like a little kid. "How about you guys?" he asked, turning to the others.

"Nope," Heero answered, looking away.

"I'm going."

"Trowa!" Wufei shouted.

"Wufei, it is way too hot. I'm going swimming," Trowa said, standing up and brushing the sand off of him. Wufei sighed in defeat.

"Fine."

"Ok, Heero, now you have to go!" Duo said.

"No I don't," was the reply he got.

"Heeeero, come on Heero! You know you want to."

"Not really." Duo sighed and glanced out at the water.

"Hey...where's Relena?" he asked, looking around. "I don't see her in the water anymore, but she's not here..." Heero was on his feet in a flash, looking around frantically. "Oh wait, that's right. She and Midii went to get some ice cream. Silly me!" Duo said, slapping his forehead with his palm. Heero glared at him. "Well, now that you're up, you can come with us!" Heero groaned.

"You just don't give up, do you?" he asked, annoyed.

"Not usually," Duo returned with a smile.

"Fine, I'll go in. There, are you happy?" Not waiting for an answer, Heero stomped off down the beach. The small group watched him go.

"I am THE best," Duo said, looking really smug. He held out his hand to Wufei and Trowa. "I believe you each owe me ten bucks. I got him to go in the water." Trowa frowned and Wufei started grumbling to himself.

"It's back at the house," Trowa said. "I'll give it to you later."

"Same here," said Wufei.

"Duo Maxwell! You made a bet on that?" Hilde asked, yanking on Duo's braid.

"Uh...hehe, maybe? Hilde, babe, could you let go? That really hurts!" Duo whined. Hilde sighed and let go.

"I don't know why I put up with you," she said, smiling.

"You know you love me," Duo said, lowering his head out of instinct. Hilde leaned back and put a hand on Duo's shoulder to push him away.

"Heh, I don't think so," she said. "Not when you're in THAT body." She turned and walked down the beach.

"Aw, damn it!" Duo exclaimed. He looked at Trowa and Wufei who were both smirking. "Shut up and come on," he snapped, taking Hilde's lead. The trio trudged down to the water.

* * *

"Hey guys! It's about time you came in!" Quatre exclaimed, running up to meet Duo and the others.

"Yeah, it took me a while, but I finally got them to come," Duo said, looking very proud of himself. Trowa and Wufei narrowed their eyes and brushed passed them towards Heero who was standing at the water's edge.

"They don't seem very happy," Quatre commented.

"Heh, they're not." Duo reached up and scratched his behind his head. He looked towards the right and saw Hilde heading towards Dorothy and Sally, who were both boogie-boarding in the waves.

"Come on," Quatre said, tugging lightly on Duo's arm. They walked down to where Heero, Trowa, and Wufei were standing. "What are you guys looking at?" he asked. Heero crossed his arms and shivered slightly.

"The water is freezing," he growled.

"Is it?" Quatre stepped into the water. "I guess I'm used to it," he said, shrugging.

"Yeah, same here," Duo agreed. Then he smiled evilly. Before anyone could figure out what he was doing, Duo grabbed Wufei's arm and sprinted into the waves, dragging the shocked Chinese teen with him.

"AHHHH!!!! Maxwell!! Kisaaamaaaa!!!" he screamed, jumping around in the waist-high water. Frantically, he rubbed his hands up and down his arms, and then gave up all together, submerging himself totally in the water. He broke through the surface again, gasping, his teeth chattering. "I-it's s-s-so c-c-cold."

"Aw, it's not THAT bad," Duo said, slapping Wufei on the back. Wufei glared at him, but Duo ignored it. "Come on guys!" he yelled to three still on the shore. Quatre eagerly made his way towards them. Trowa and Heero followed reluctantly, at a much slower pace. By the time they reached them, their teeth were also chattering. "If you guys would go all the way under, it wouldn't be so cold," Duo suggested to Trowa and Heero, who were still dry from the waist up.

"No thanks,' Trowa said, rubbing his arms. Heero nodded in agreement, and then his eyes widened.

"Uh, I don't think we have much of a choice," he said, pointing to something behind the others. They all turned around to see a HUGE wave about to crash right on top of them.

"Shit," Wufei muttered, right before the wave poured over the five. When the water leveled again, Trowa and Heero were gasping for air. "I guess it's not TOO bad," Wufei said, walking around a little. He spread out his arms and twirled them through the water. Trowa also got over the temperature of the water and dove into it, going right through another wave that was about to crash on top of them again.

"I haven't been to a beach in forever," he said, swimming around. "I love swimming." Heero took Trowa's lead, and also swam out to deeper water. The five hung out in the deep water for a while, before gradually making their way inland.

"See guys, this is fun, isn't it?" Quatre asked, a wide smile covering his face.

"I think it's great!" Duo exclaimed. The other three just sort of shrugged. They were halfway back to the shore, and decided to stay in the shallower water for a little while. "Hey, Quat?" Duo said, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Yeah, Duo?"

"It's a bit nipply out, doncha think?" Duo said, smiling mischievously. Quatre just looked totally confused.

"Huh?" he said. Duo sighed overdramatically.

"I SAID: It's. A. Bit. NIPPLY. Out. Don't you think?" he said, stressing the important words. Quatre blinked.

"Nipply? Duo, what are you talking about?" Duo chuckled slightly and shook his head slowly.

"It's one of those girl codes, Quatre," Trowa said. "Sort of like, it's snowing in BRA-zil. Cathy uses them."

"Snowing in Brazil?"

"It means your bra strap is showing," Heero said bluntly. "Even I could figure that one out." Quatre flushed slightly.

"Oh... What about the other one?" Duo sighed again, and bent down to whisper something to Quatre, who immediately turned a darker red and crossed his arms over his chest. "Oh yeah," he laughed nervously, "I remember my sisters saying that." Wufei opened his mouth to say something, but before he could get the words out, Quatre's eyes widened and pointed at something behind him. "Another wave, guys! Watch out!!" He didn't get the warning out fast enough though, because the wave crashed and knocked all five boys off their feet. As Wufei struggled to sit up, something landed across his face with a wet smack, blocking his vision. He yelped, and clawed at it, trying to get it off since he had no idea what it was.

"AHHH!!! Get if off, get it off!!" he screeched, quite pathetically. Wufei finally managed to get it off, and held it out in front of him. One eyebrow raised as he noticed it was a familiar looking...blue...and black...tankini top. "Uh...Heero?" The top was snatched out of his hands by a very red-faced Heero, who wasted no time in attempting to put it back on. Wufei snickered.

"Damn it, Wufei, it's not funny! Didn't I tell you? I KNEW it would come off!!" Heero grumbled, fumbling with the strings on the back of his suit. "Trowa!" he yelled, giving up with the strings. Trowa immediately tied them up for him, trying to hide the small smile that had formed at his face. Duo and Quatre watched this whole scene through wide eyes, before Duo suddenly burst out laughing.

"HAHA! Oh man, Heero. That was too funny! I didn't actually think it'd come off! HAHAHA!" Heero, still blushing, felt his eyes well up with tears for some unknown reason, but before any of them could fall, he snapped back to his usual self.

"Omae o korosu, Duo," he growled. Duo stopped laughing abruptly and his eyes widened.

"Me?! What did I do?" he asked, jumping to his feet to sprint away. Heero grabbed his braid and gave it a hard yank before he could go anywhere, though. His other hand came up to the tie around Duo's neck.

"How would you like it if YOUR top came off, huh? THEN would you be laughing?!"

"Ack! Heero! Nonono! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have laughed! Don't untie it, PLEEEAASSE!!!"

"Heero, stop!" Quatre yelled, putting a hand on Heero's shoulder. "Duo didn't mean anything. And besides, no one saw anything!" Heero reluctantly let go off Duo, who backed several steps away, and looked at Quatre.

"Are you sure?" he asked, looking around doubtfully. He glanced down and straightened out his top.

"Woo-hoo!" someone yelled. "Now THAT was a nice view! Can we see it again, babe?!" Heero's head snapped up, and he noticed the same group of guys who had been bothering him earlier standing up on the shore. Before he could yell back at them, they all walked off again. Heero glared at Quatre.

"Uh...eh-heh. Well, maybe a FEW people saw..." Heero didn't answer and stomped the rest of the way out of the water towards the girls, who were all back at their towels.

"Uh, I have a feeling Heero won't be coming in anymore this vacation," Duo said, feeling a little sorry for the Japanese youth.

"Come on," Trowa said, following Heero up the beach. "We've been here a while. Maybe the girls are ready to leave." Wufei, Quatre, and Duo looked at each other, and then ran to catch up with the others.

* * *

"Heero, what's wrong?" Relena asked, pulling her sunglasses down over her nose to look at him. She was lounging on a chair they had brought with them.

"...don't wanna talk about it..." Heero mumbled. He grabbed his towel off the ground and shook it out, sending sand all over the girls.

"Ack!"

"Hey, watch where you shake that thing!

"Heero!!"

"Don't do that!"

"Aw, yuck! There's sand in my drink! Ewwww."

"Oops," Heero said halfheartedly. He wrapped the towel around himself. Relena turned her gaze from him to the other four who were coming towards them.

"What happened?" she asked quietly. The four looked at each other. Trowa shrugged.

"Heero's top flew off when a wave hit us," he said, looking sympathetic. Hilde promptly choked on her coke as the other girls gasped.

"Oi, I didn't think that would actually happen. You only READ about those type of things," Hilde said. "Sorry Heero." The others nodded.

"I don't want your sympathy," Heero growled. "I'm fine! It was nothing I couldn't handle."

"Ok Heero, if your sure..." Relena said doubtfully.

"I am."

"Hey," Dorothy spoke up. "It's almost four. I say we go back now and catch an early dinner. Then we can go do something tonight."

"I agree," Wufei said immediately. "Let's go. I've had enough salt water for one day."

"Yeah, and I think I'm sunburned enough for one day"

"All that sunscreen we put on you, and you STILL burnt?" Midii asked Quatre. He nodded.

"Well then, let's go!" Sally announced. She started gathering their things, and soon the group was walking back to their house.

"So, what did you have in mind for tonight?" Trowa asked.

"You mean for dinner, or afterwards?" Dorothy replied.

"Afterwards." Dorothy smirked.

"Oh I'm sure we can think of SOMEthing," she said, sharing a look with Sally and Hilde. All three girls smiled evilly. "And I assure you, it WILL be fun."



Next Chapter: You wanna know what that "something" is? The girls, and I mean ALL the girls, are hitting the dance clubs! Hehehe... ^_~

Aww, poor Heero. Sorry guys, I could resist! And guess what? This story's almost over! That's right, only like two or three more chapters left! Maybe more, I'm not sure. Oh well, we'll see! Thank for reading, and remember to review!!!
*~Maxine~*