Later that afternoon everything was peaceful once again, Dorothy called a truce with Duo although Relena heard her swear revenge, and Hilde promised never to fall asleep during a meeting again. They were all in the living room, Duo playing battleship with Dorothy and Hilde playing chess with Relena, when Noin walked in.
"Miss Relena you have some guests hear to visit you." She announced stepping aside revealing Quatre, Heero, Trowa and Wufei walk in.
"Well actually we're hear on business," said Quatre, "we heard about the meeting with Microft and we were all convinced, after seeing how upset he was, that he might try and include the Sanc Kingdom in a battle it's his style the man's a nut."
"Do you really think so?" asked Hilde.
"Yes he may not have to power to attack this kingdom himself but he does have the power to turn his allies against you, I know about this man and he's hell bent on dragging this kingdom into war one way or the other." Heero answered.
Hilde winced at that, "Crap." She murmured.
Relena glared at her, "Two lousy days in my body and you bring the worlds leading pacifist nation into war!" she growled quietly.
"Well thank you for coming." Hilde said to the newly arrived Gundam pilots. "Come on in and make yourselves comfortable."
Noin stood back and let them in and left, Quatre greeted everyone with a handshake and a hearty smile Trowa, Wufei, and Heero just sat on the couch and nodded there hellos. Duo and Dorothy moved from their game to sit in two chairs across from the couch.
"So how have you all been lately?" asked Relena.
"Fine and you?" Replied Quatre.
"I've had better days."
"Let's cut the small talk I want to know what you did to make Microft so mad." Said Heero.
Hilde grinned sheepishly, "I kinda fell asleep in the middle of his speech and when I woke up I simply dismissed his proposal."
"That was dumb."
"Yeah I know."
Duo shifted uncomfortably in his chair Quatre was staring at him in a more than friendly way and it was making him nervous.
"Is there anything you would like to do we're open to suggestion?" said Hilde.
"Well we are kind of tired, it was a twelve hour trip, although I hate to come in and just go to sleep on you." Replied Quatre.
"Oh no problem it's already nine and we'll be retiring for the night soon as well." Said Relena.
"OK if you're sure you don't mind."
"No really it's alright, follow me I'll show you to your rooms." Said Hilde and they all got up to show the others their rooms.
Relena knew Hilde had no idea where to place then so she walked ahead of the group and pointed to the doors of the spare rooms as she passed them.
"Quatre you can take this one." Said Hilde as she came to the first door Relena showed her.
Quatre smiled warmly at her and stepped in, as the group moved on he called to Duo quietly.
"Dorothy...Dorothy!" he whispered.
Duo remembered that was supposed to be him and turned around, Quatre signaled him to come in his room so Duo shrugged and went in and since he was supposed to be Dorothy he decided to speak like her as well although it sickened him.
"Yes Quatre-sama."
Quatre sat down on his bed and sighed, "I think we need to talk don't you?"
"About what?"
"About what happened the last time we meet."
"I don't know what you mean."
"Come on Dorothy don't try and tell me what happened between us mean nothing to you!"
Duo was beginning to understand what he was saying, and took a complete shot in the dark with his next statement, and by blind luck hit the bullseye "You mean when we made love in your Gundam?"
"Yes what do you think I meant?!"
He now had Duo's full and undivided attention, "Yes well of course it mean something to me, I thought you knew that."
"Well when you were gone in the morning I...I thought you had just used me."
"I was afraid of committing then but now I'm not, and I want us to be together." Said Duo in his most sincere voice trying not to laugh at the nice little surprise he was leaving Dorothy for when everything returned to normal, or the thought of Dorothy and Quatre getting giggy inside Sandrock.
"I'm so glad to hear you say that," he sighed, then an evil grin spread across his face, "by the way you were great."
"Oh stop your flattery I wasn't all that."
"Yes you were it wasn't me who caused Sandrock to fall over."
Duo managed not to fall out on the floor laughing, "I forgot about that."
"Well I didn't, you know I would like for us to be together again." He said giving him a sexy grin.
"I would love to but you see I do have this engagement in a little bit and..."
Before he could finish Quatre stood up and kissed him.
Dorothy was in the bedroom changing into a nightshirt when Duo flew in ran into the bathroom and threw up in the toilet bowl, she went in after him to see what was wrong.
"What happened?"
"Don't ask."
"Too late Maxwell what happened?"
"I ate some bad tuna."
"You don't like tuna."
"Now you see why."
"Fine keep secrets but if this has any permanent affects my body..."
"I know your going to nuder me the hard way."
"Correct." With that she left Duo in the bathroom over the toilet bowl. "And don't dunk my hair in the water!" she snapped over her shoulder.
Duo flipped her the finger and got up to look for some Listerine, "You going to bed so early?" he asked once he found the breath freshener.
"Yes I'm tired from trying run you down all day."
"You know we shouldn't fight so much I mean if anything we should be best friends." He said right before he started gargling.
"Why do you say that?"
He spat out the mint and vomit smelling fluid before he continued, "I mean you'd think the girl who loves war more than life would naturally want to be friends with the god of Death." He then poured half a tube of toothpaste in his mouth and proceeded to scrub his teeth with his toothbrush.
"You have a point Maxwell but I can't stand you...at all."
"W'l eshuse he for twhyin' sho be fawiendwy." He said with a mouth full of toothpaste.
"What?"
Duo spat the toothpaste out and repeated himself, "I said, Well excuse me for trying to be friendly."
Dorothy ignored him and climbed into bed, "Good night and stay out of trouble."
"And stay out of trouble." Duo mocked to himself in the mirror.
After sending the boys to bed Relena and Hilde resumed their game of chess when Heero came in.
"Relena may I speak with you a moment?" he asked in a more serious voice than usual (if that's possible).
Hilde gave Relena a questioning look, and she gave her the OK signal, got up and left. Heero watched her leave and once the door was closed he sat in her chair and lowered his head.
"I know your going to hate me for this but I have to tell you because it's been bugging me for the longest time and I feel that if I tell you it wont...make me feel so guilty."
"What happened?"
He paused for a moment, "I...I had an affair with Noin, I mean it was a long time ago when we were on Peacemillion and it didn't mean anything I swear." Heero confessed.
Hilde was only able to sit with her mouth handing open a number of questions were running through her mind like; since when were Relena and Heero a couple? How the hell had he gotten Noin to sleep with him? Would he tell Zechs?
"Does Zechs know?"
"Hell no he'd skin me alive!"
"Well, I heard that he was going to ask Noin to marry him, and I think she might want to get this out in the open."
Heero completely flushed and stood up slowly, "I think I need to have a word with her." Her said then bolted for the door, suddenly he skidded to a stop, "Wait a minute doesn't this bother you at all?"
"Hey, it happened a long time ago can't dwell in the past." Hilde said.
Heero nodded and ran to the door once again, and again he stopped because Duo had burst in and smacked him in the face with the door sending the other boy crashing into the floor.
"Watch where your going, woman!"
"Who are you callin a woman?!" Duo snapped then covered his mouth when he realized his mistake, "I mean sorry, hehehe."
Heero stood up slowly and slid cautiously past him then ran down the hall.
"Idiot!!" yelled Relena as she walked back in, "I told you not to go in, I knew you would do something stupid!"
"What so I'm not used to being called a woman excuuuuuse me!"
Relena rolled her eyes and raced to Hilde's side, "So what did he say?!"
Hilde raised an eyebrow, "How long have you two been together?"
"Oh shit he told you?"
"In so many words."
"Whoa! You and Heero are a couple?" Duo asked.
"Yeah." Relena said blushing.
"Man oh man Heero's gonna flip when he finds out I know!"
"You can't tell him or he'll think Relena told and that might jeopardize their relationship." Said Hilde.
"Awwwww I can't believe this! Oh well at least I got somethin' on Quatre." Duo grinned.
"What?"
"Nuthin' "
"Anyway!" Relena interrupted, "What did he say?"
"Were you two an official couple when you were on Libra?"
"No why?"
"Good cause it won't count as an affair."
Relena cast and incredibly angry glance at Duo.
Duo looked back at her in confusion "What...you think...me and him...that I would... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
"No Relena not Duo...um...Noin."
"WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Duo and Relena shouted in unison.
"They both musta been REALY lonely up on Peacemillion cause they got a little freaky."
Duo burst out laughing while Relena, for the second time in two days, passed out.
Duo leaned over to Hilde who was happily eating her cornflakes and whispered, "I spent all last night tryin to figure it out how they did it and I still can't picture it."
"Picture what?" she asked.
"Noin and Heero I mean isn't he a bit short for her? How did they kiss did he use a foot stool?" Hilde nearly snorted her breakfast out her nose, "But what's really a mystery is was got Quatre and Dorothy together, in a Gundam no less."
Hilde's eyes got wide a saucers, "Are you serious Quatre and Dorothy?!" she whispered.
"Yeah heard it got so wild the whole thing fell over."
She spat milk all over the table, getting everyone's attention, "Sorry just choked on a flake."
Eventually the others just shrugged and went back to there conversations, Hilde spun around to face Duo, "They what?"
"Geez I hate repeating myself it's bad for my health, I said Dorothy and Quatre got so hyped they knocked the Sandrock over."
"What are you two whispering about?" asked Dorothy.
"What us oh nuthin' " Replied Hilde.
"Nuthin'?" Repeated Noin.
"What I can't use a little bad English every now and then?"
Noin just shook her head and continued eating, Hilde looked around the table taking in the scene Trowa was talking with Wufei, Zechs was talking to Noin. Dorothy was talking to in an effort to be like Duo and Heero who was trying to ignore her, Quatre was making goo-goo eyes at Duo and Relena was eating an omelet while staring daggers at Noin who didn't seem to notice. Once again Duo leaned over to Hilde.
"If he don't stop starin at me like that we're gonna have a problem."
"Be nice remember your supposed to be his lover so at least smile at him."
"Yuck I'm not going to have blonde thinkin I like him."
Hilde rolled her eyes and went back to her meal when one of the servants came in and rang a bell, "Excuse the interruption but it is time for Miss Peacecraft prepare to speak with the press. Zechs thanked her and signaled for Hilde to follow as he left with Noin. Relena, Heero, Trowa, Wufei, and Duo got up to follow, Dorothy finished the last of her toast and got up to do the same but Quatre was blocking her path.
"Duo I know what's going on." He said.
"Huh?"
"Between you and Dorothy, I know you two are sharing a room."
"Sooo?"
"So I'm not going to stand by and let you take my woman!" he shouted.
"Relax there's nothing between me and Duo, uh, I mean Dorothy."
Yeah right," he grabbed her braid and wrapped it around her neck so tightly she couldn't breath; "I challenge you to a duel Duo Maxwell six o'clock in the garden, the winner keeps Dorothy, and don't try and back out either because I will hunt you down." With a shove he dropped her on the floor and left to join the others. Dorothy would have been upset if she hadn't been so extremely impressed.