"How much you wanna bet, Fei?"

"Heero weighs less than you. He can't possibly hold your weight for five minutes."

"I say that he can."

"You seem very sure of that, Maxwell."

"I am Trowa. I know Heero."

"That well? Have you been watching him work out?"

"Yes, Quatre, I have, intimately."

"Intimately? What's that supposed to mean?"

" ^_^. It means, what it means, Commander Peacecraft."

"You outweigh him, Maxwell."

"Are you going to keep repeating that, Fei?"

"Yes, because It's my reason for taking your bet."

"Mine, too."

"You're a betting man, Winner?"

"I do have the money for it, Duo."

"Okay. Anyone else in?"

Everyone waves.

"I'm in the money, then, because I'm going to win."

"Is there a meeting?"

"Only a meeting of money soon to be in my pocket, Heero. Here, hold me."

"Duo! Not here! Everyone is looking!"

"Did Maxwell just jump up and wrap his legs around Yuy's waist, Trowa?"

"I'm seeing it, Quatre, but... it must be a general hallucination, brought on by some insidious enemy attack..."

"No, gentleman, Duo Maxwell is straddling Heero Yuy... and Heero isn't killing him for it. One minute already on my watch."

"I think we've been had, Commander."

"It would seem so, Barton."

"Duo! Get off! You said that we should keep this secret!"

"Not today, Heero! I have a bet! Keep holding me."

"You're heavy!"

"You know you can do it. Remember the bathroom wall?"

"That's called support."

"That's called Yuy strength. Don't drop me!"

"I think we should pay up, gentleman."

"Pay a dishonorable... all right, but this, Winner, is crude."

"It is, Chang, but at least I get a show for my money."

"You are crude as well, Barton."

"Hey, who can help it? Look at them. Pure porn."

"I'm leaving. Commander?"

".... Not just yet, Chang."

"Even you? Disgusting!"

"They are... very handsome... together, Chang."

"Five minutes, baby! I knew you could do it!"

"My arms feel like they are coming out of the socket! Get down, now. Duo, Why did you do this? Now everyone knows about us."

"Maybe it's time that they do?"

"^_^. Love you, Maxwell."

"Love you, Yuy. Now, come on, to the showers, and I'll rub your sore parts."

"-_-"

"-_-"

"Uh, you guys can't come and watch."

"It says, 'Eloping with Heero. Honeymooning in Aruba. Back in two weeks. Duo.' There's a picture attached of a rear end in a man's thong swim suit."

"0_0'"
"^_^"
"O_o"

"Quatre is the only pilot, here, who isn't looking shocked."

"That's because I paid for the honeymoon, Commander Une."

"..............."
"..............."
"..............."

"What's wrong with all of you? Trowa?"

"Imagining the honeymoon, commander."

"......................"

"Commander?"

"Uh.... Dismissed, gentlemen."

"Where are you going with the picture?"

"To put it on file, Chang... after I examine it... further... ahem..."

Drabble #43

"You haven't said anything in over an hour."

"...."

"Heero, talk to me? if this was weird for you. If you think this was a mistake, we can just forget it."

"I..."

"Yes? Keep talking."

"Duo, I..."

"Spit it out, Heero. Everyone experiments. We just had a really big experiment. Maybe it's not what you thought it would be. That's okay."

"I... I'm not always going to be bottom, am I? I heard that... guys... pick roles."

"Huh? You mean like you play the girl all the time and I play the guy? Don't be an ass! Of course we can switch. We can switch right now, if you want to, or not do it that way at all, any more. Tell me what you want."

"I... liked it, a lot, but... I want to do it, too."

"Communication is a good thing, Heero. Here's the lube."

"Have you ever... bottomed before?"

"No."

"Then you don't like to?"

"I've never done any of this, Heero, so I don't know."

"This is your first time, too?"

"Yep."

"And you trust me to do this?"

"Just like you trusted me, yes."

"I... I love you, Duo."

"That's good Heero, because I love you, too."

Drabble #44

"Are we getting old, Heero?"

"Hm... I don't see any gray hairs yet, love."

"I'm exhausted, sore, and I just wanna sit down for a long time. That has to be getting old. I mean, I used to spend weeks in a Gundam, on half rations, walking the Congo, the Antarctic, the desert... I don't remember feeling like this."

"Well, fifteen year olds are damned flexible and tough, Duo. We definitely aren't fifteen any longer."

"Nope, definitely not... which is a good thing, considering our relationship. Being an adult has a lot of perks."

"Duo, not here. Keep your hands to yourself."

"Spoilsport."

"Look, love, you can't be too hard on yourself. Look around you. Everyone else is sitting down and looking exhausted too. Nobody can be expected to hold up under such intense activity and not feel it."

"We're playing with children, Heero, at a birthday party, not fighting leos."

"We're playing with sugared up, cake smearing, screaming, running, jumping, diapered balls of hyperactivity and attitude. A leo battle seems pretty tame, right now."

"It's time for the pinata."

"Just call for the coroner, Fei, we've passed on."

"Maxwell, both my children, and Peaccraft's, love their 'Uncle Duo'. You are honor bound not to disappoint them."

"You really know how to play a guy, Wu Fei."

"It's only the truth, Maxwell."

"Heero? You got my back?"

"Always, love."

"Then, let's go, once more into battle."

Drabble #45

"Hmmm... good."

"Right there."

"There?"

"Perfect."

"Can I...?"

"Yes."

"I love when you purr your words. It's damned sexy."

"Ready?"

"A little longer."

"My pleasure."

"I know it's mine."

"Put your leg up here."

"Here?"

"Yes, just like that... and your other leg... here."

"Uhm..."

"That's good."

"Er..."

"Now turn sideways..."

*Noise*

"What was that, Duo?"

"I dunno, babe... but I can't move now... my back..."

"You're kidding?"

"I wish."

"What should I do?"

"Unpretzel me... slowly, Heero."

"Okay?"

"No. Something's wrong... really wrong. I think... we need to go to the clinic."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I think I twisted something."

*Later*

"You should have your own room. This is how many times?"

"Five, Sally, but who's counting?"

"You are, apparently, Duo. Well you did compress some nerves. I'll be back in a moment with some relaxers and pain pills. When are you two going to get past the honeymoon stage and settle down to normal sex?"

"Our sex lives are our business, Po."

"Not when I have to treat the aftermath, Yuy. Be back..."

"...."

"...."

"Hey, Heero?"

"Hm?"

"This bed tilts."

"And?"

"We did get interrupted. I think I can..."

"Aren't you in pain?"

"Yeah, but I'm young and horny."

"I love when you purr your words that way."

"I know, babe, I know. Now, hurry, before she comes back..."

Drabble #46

The last thing that Heero had expected, was to find his lover, on his belly, crawling in dirt and debris, under the house next to theirs. Duo had said something about pruning out of control bushes, not endangering his life. Heero had come out of their house to give him a drink, afraid that Duo would over do it in the hot summer sun.

"What are you doing, Duo!" Heero cried in a panic as he put the glass of lemonade on the ground and tugged on what he could see of Duo's legs. "Get out from under there, before the house falls on you. You know it's condemned."

"I know! The bulldozer is out back, ready to tear it down, Heero!" Duo's muffled voice replied.

"Then get out of there!" Heero demanded, hearing the bulldozer engine powering up.

"I can't!" Duo wailed back.

"Why not?" Heero demanded, giving his lover's ankle another tug.

"He wouldn't stop, even when I told him that I heard kittens in here! He didn't care, Heero. I do. I'm saving them!"

"He'll stop," Heero promised. "Get the kittens."

Later, curled up on the couch, in their living room, and watching five kittens sleeping together in a basket on the floor, Duo had to ask, "How did you stop the driver, Heero?"

Heero looked fierce. "I simply told him to stop."

"Ah, you gave him 'that look'. No wonder," Duo snickered. "Nobody messes with the Yuy death glare."

"Or Yuy's boyfriend when he's rescuing kittens," Heero added and hugged his lover close.

Drabble #47

"I'm sorry, Chang."

"Sorry? I don't think that sorry is sufficient Yuy."

"I had absolutely no intention, when I called, to embarrass you."

"Embarrass me? That seems like a very small description for such a gross error in your judgment, Yuy."

"It was an error in judgment. I promise that it will never happen again."

"Do you have that file ready for me, Honeycakes Chang?"

"Perkins! If you, or anyone else, calls me that again, I will take out my sword and --"

"You're calling Chang 'Honeycakes' now, Heero? I'm crushed. I thought that was my pet name?"

"It is, Duo, but I didn't know that Chang was using your phone for a conference call."

"Holy shit! You mean that you called Wu Fei 'Honeycakes' where everyone could hear you?"

"Not, Chang... I thought that it was you."

"Who was in on that conference call?"

"Hey, Honeycakes Wu Fei? We have another staff meeting at three sharp. Be there!"

"Commander Une, I hardly think that it is professional -- Maxwell, stop laughing, this is hardly a laughing matter!"

"Okay 'Honeycakes Chang'."

"I'm going to kill all of you. That's the only way to stop this dishonorable --"

"Run, Heero, he's serious!"

"Right behind you, Honeycakes!"

Drabble #48

"You promised, Po."

"Yes, I did, Duo."

"On your...whatamacallit...hypocratic oath...or whatever..."

"I meant it."

"Then stop laughing at me!"

"I didn't say that I wouldn't laugh, Duo."

"It's not funny. It freakin' hurts!"

"I'm sure that it does. I'm obligated to say, 'Always go to a licensed, and recommended tattoo artist in the future.' What I really want to say is, 'What was going through your head, dumb ass?', because... Duo.. this is..."

"Are you prejudiced?"

"Amazed, so don't insult me."

"I was drunk."

"Obviously, or you wouldn't have put it... there. You do have to shower... in public... at headquarters. How are you going to hide it?"

"I'm having it removed."

"Not until this infection is gone, Duo."

"I'll just stink, then. There is no way that I'm going to let Heero see this."

"Avoid butt crack, then, because that thing is pretty damned centered on your...."

"I know, I know."

"So, the most eligible bachelor, in space, and on earth, has his heart set on Heero Yuy?"

"Shut up about it, already!"

"Why?"

"Why? Because, it's not funny. It's as painful as this tattoo."

"Because you think Heero isn't gay?"

"If he is, what's it matter, Sally? He's not interested in me."

"Is that so?"

"What's that look for?"

"Look?"

"That really creepy female look... like... you just got something really good to eat. I hate that look. Women never tell you what it means. They just keep smiling that smile when you ask."

"I think I'm better than that. Go ahead and ask."

"I'm getting pissed here. Just spit it out."

"When's the last time, that you saw Yuy in the Preventer shower?"

" -_-'"

"Well?"

"He wouldn't. Even if he did, which would be crazy, he'd have had it removed too."

"Maybe, it was too important to him to take off, Duo?"

"That's.... Where would this tattoo be... exactly?"

"Not on his ass. He was smarter than that when he was drunk."

"Did he make you promise not to tell?"

"No. He's never come to see me about it."

"Then, how did you get to see it?"

"It makes a woman curious when a guy keeps hanging back to take a shower after everyone else has left."

"Should I ask how you knew that?"

"Women gossip."

"Women? So more than one woman has seen... it? How?"

"That would be revealing a rather childish type of activity and the fact that the men's shower isn't as private as the men think it is."

"Perverts! I can't believe --"

"I'm telling you what you want to know. Stay on the subject."

"You're making that real hard."

"So?"

"So?"

"Now you know that you have more than a chance with Heero Yuy. What are you going to do about it?"

" ^_^ "

"You're grinning."

"I think it's time to compare tattoos, don't you?"

Drabble #49

"Why are you sitting on my desk?"

"I heard a rumor."

"On my award, with the vice foreign minister's picture on it?"

"Sorry. Here, she's saved from looking at my ass."

"I'm sure that she would be grateful."

"About that rumor..."

"I don't think that I have time..."

"It's about this picture, too, actually."

"Duo, don't you have work as well?"

"See, there you go again, giving me the 'ice man' treatment, Heero. Look, if you just answer two questions, I'll leave you the hell alone, okay?"

"All right."

"First question; do you have this picture on your desk, because you have a thing going on for Relena Peacecraft?"

"Thing?"

"Do you want to date her... or are you dating her now?"

"No... and no."

"See, people think differently when you have her on your desk like that."

"It's an award."

"Yeah, okay."

"Second question?"

"Where's your tattoo?"

"O_O'"

"I know you have one... or at least, that's the rumor..."

"How...?"

"Don't ask... just... answer the question."

"I... no."

"Heero, we do a lot of dumb shit when we're drunk, but, sometimes, our true feelings come out. I...well, I know all about that."

"What's that?"

"My medical report."

"Infection... treatment... tattoo?"

"Yeah, my 'artist' wasn't really much of one."

"You have a tattoo?"

"Yes... and I heard... that you have one too. Come on, Heero, let me see it. Time to fess up and stop being afraid to tell me what you feel."

"I... All right."

"On your arm? Wow! You make much better choices when you're drunk than I do. A heart, my name, and a chain wrapped around both. I'm very touched, Heero. For that, you get a reward."

"You're not..."

"No, I'm not grossed out, or anything. I think we've been chicken shit about how we feel about each other for too long, don't you think?"

"You feel for me too?"

"Yes, I do... always have, actually. That's why I did this..."

"On your... ass?"

"Yeah. See what it says?"

"It's red and raw looking, but... 'Savin' it for Heero',. I... I don't know what to say. I never thought..."

"Well, I have been, so... tell me what you're thinking now?"

"..."

"O_O"

"That clear enough?"

"You kiss real good, Heero!"

"So do you. Now, tell me how you found out about my tattoo? I thought that I was being very discreet."

"The ladies, apparently, have their ways of finding out things... "

"O_O'"

"Yes, my look exactly."

Drabble #50

"How did you know that he was an imposter, Heero?"

"It was easy."

"How? He disguised himself perfectly. Long braid woven into his own hair, plastiskin on his face, purple contact film on his eyes... He even has those three freckles that I have under my chin."

"I told you. It was very easy."

"What did he do wrong?"

"He wasn't you."

"That doesn't explain anything."

"Yes it does. I know you. Every inch of you."

"Well, not naked, you don't."

"He wasn't naked, though."

"That's true. So, you pay that much attention to me?"

"...."

"You're blushing, Heero."

"I've had ample occasion to... study you."

"Study me? Check me out, you mean?"

"...... Yes."

"I'm glad, because I'd really hate to be the guy, with the bullet in his head, sitting at my desk."

"I was 100% percent sure."

"That's would be creepy, Yuy, if I didn't want to get to know you just as well."

"You do?"

"Yes, I do. This is a really bad time to ask you out, but let's not miss the chance, okay?"

"Okay."

"You wanna call forensics, or should I?"

"My mess. I'll call."