Duo bounded into the living room with a joyous smile on his face. His lover was sitting on
an armchair, tapping away on his laptop. Duo plopped himself on a big, squishy beanbag.
"Hey, Heero! Do you know what day is tomorrow?" asked Duo with a happy twinkle
in his violet eyes.
"Of course I do," said Heero without even taking of his eyes even for a second
from his laptop's screen. "It's Tuesday."
"I know it's Tuesday but do you really know what day it is tomorrow?" asked Duo
again.
"The day that you shall die if you keep on asking me more stupid questions like
this."
Duo gave an exasperated sigh and threw his hands up in his air. "Geez Heero! Don't
you ever look at the calender?" he said. "It's February the 14th tomorrow!"
"If you wanted to know what the date was then why didn't you ask me in about the date
in the first place?" asked Heero irritably.
"It's Valentine's Day!" Duo nearly shouted. "You know what Valentine's Day
is don't you?"
"Yeah. Of course I know what Valentine's Day is," said Heero, still tapping away
on his laptop. "So?"
The braided pilot thought he was going to go nuts. Heero was sooo dense. He wished - he
wished he could smash that stupid laptop right onto Heero's head.
"You are soooo romantic, Heero," muttered Duo sarcastically. "Aren't you
happy that tomorrow is Valentine's Day?"
"It's just an ordinary day, Duo," Heero pointed out.
"Just an ordinary day!" shrieked Duo. "Are you crazy or something? It's not
and ordinary day - it's a very special day for lovers all over the world!"
"Why? Because you can get flowers and candies from your admirers?"
"Yes!"
"You can have them anytime you know. Besides, why get all hot and bothered? You don't
have to worry that your social status is ending or that your storage of candies is
lessening. You know that you'll be getting a lot of gifts from all the girls you
know."
"But I want to get presents from you and only you," whined Duo. "I want to
spend Valentine's Day with the very special person I love."
"I don't believe in Valentine's Day," said Heero monotonously. "It's just
some gimmick for lovesick people to buy a lot of useless stuff. And only girls like this
kind of stuff."
"Hey! Guys like Valentine's Day, too!" protested Duo.
"Like who?"
"Me," said Duo proudly.
"Besides you."
Duo thought for a sec. "Quatre," he said.
"Hn. That's not surprising considering that Quatre seems to be more of a girl than he
is a boy," snorted Heero.
"Who are you calling a girl?" asked a voice.
Duo and Heero turned to look at the direction of the speaker. They saw Quatre and Trowa
standing in the doorway of the living room and they were holding hands.
"Nobody," answered Heero.
"Come on Heero," said Quatre. "I heard everything you said."
"Sorry," muttered Heero.
"It's OK. Sometimes I feel as if I really am playing the role of the girl in our
relationship," the blonde joked and smiled at his taller lover by his side.
Trowa smiled back in return and ruffled Quatre's fine blonde hair. "I don't really
feel as if you're playing the feminine role in our relationship but what I do know is that
you're more beautiful than the most beautiful girl in the whole universe."
"Oh Trowa," sighed Quatre happily and snuggled closer to Trowa as they settled
on a peach coloured, leather sofa. "You say the sweetest things."
Duo thought that he could just gag at all the mushiness those two displayed so openly in
front of them. He wished he had a piece of string so that he could strangle those two
crazy lovebirds so that he'll never have to listen to their lovey-dovey talks ever again.
But the truth was, Duo envied them. He envied the way they were so in love with each
other. It was obvious that they were a perfect match and that nothing would ever come
between them.
Duo sneaked a glance at his lover who was still tapping the keys on his laptop, completely
ignoring everybody else in the room. 'Why can't Heero be more romantic like Quatre?' he
thought sourly. 'Or like Trowa? Heck, a toad can be more romantic than that unfeeling
Perfect Soldier.'
"Trowa and I have been making plans for Valentine's Day," announced Quatre.
"What about you guys?"
"Oh... I do have plans but Heero here feels that Valentine's Day is nothing but a big
waste of time," said Duo sourly.
"A big waste of time?" gasped Quatre. "Are you kidding Heero? Valentine's
Day is a very special day for lovers all over. It's a day to show your loved one just how
much you care!"
"No use telling him that," said Duo. "I told him the exact same thing but
he still thinks that it's all just a stupid gimmick to get all those lovesick people to
buy a lot of candies and flowers."
"You can give candies and flowers any other day," pointed out Heero. "Not
just tomorrow."
"Of course," said Quatre. "But the point is, tomorrow is a special day
because it's a day for lovers to celebrate their love for each other."
"I don't think he understands," muttered Duo dryly.
Heero gave Duo his special glare that can melt even a huge iceburg and the braided boy
shut up immediately.
"So... you guys aren't doing anything together tomorrow?" queried Trowa, raising
an eyebrow at Duo and Heero.
"I guess so," muttered Duo. "Unless of course, Heero finally found
something better to do than to stare at his stupid laptop."
"Doing some important work isn't as stupid as squealing over red hearts and pink
candies like some idiotic school girl," retorted Heero.
"Why don't you give Valentine's Day a chance?" suggested Quatre. "Who
knows. You might even enjoy yourself tomorrow."
"Yeah, right," mumbled Heero under his breath. "Having a whole day of fun
with a baka who doesn't know how to keep his big mouth shut."
"Hey! I heard that!"
"I don't understand what you guys see in this Valentine's Day," continued Heero.
"I think it's just a crappy day for sappy people. And most of all, I think it's
nothing but a big waste of time."
"You, you, you are so unromantic!" sputtered Duo angrily. His voice was shaking
and his face was getting red. Heero took his eyes away from the laptop's screen for a
while to look at his lover and was surprised to see how angry the braided pilot was.
"I wish you'll be romantic just for once for my sake! Tomorrow's Valentine's Day for
heaven's sake and all I wanted was to spend a wonderful day with you and you're spoiling
everything for me!! I hate you!"
Duo ran away from the room and not long after that, they heard a door slamming.
"I think you hurt Duo's feelings, Heero," said Quatre softly. "He was
crying. I saw."
"So? What am I supposed to do?" asked Heero angrily. "Run after him and
comfort him? Duo should learn to be more of a man. I can't always listen to his every
whims and needs."
"Of course but you should try to be more understanding towards his feelings,
Heero," said Quatre gently. "All he's asking is for you to be more loving and
caring."
"I love him and he knows that. Isn't that enough?" asked Heero.
"Just knowing that somebody loves you is never enough," spoke up Trowa as he
held the blonde boy close to his chest. "You should tell him that you love him
through your action and words."
"That's right," agreed Quatre. "You should be more of the person Duo wants
you to be even if it was just for one day. It would mean so much to him."
"Hn. I don't know... That's not just my way.
"There's always a first time, ne?" asked Quatre, smiling sweetly at Heero.
"And it shall be your last time, if you like," added Trowa. "I'm sure Duo
would be happy and remember this Valentine's Day forever when he sees how romantic you are
tomorrow..." Trowa gave Heero a wink and a mischievous smile.
"Hahaha. And maybe I'll beat you in the 'Most Romantic Lover's competition,"
said Heero sarcastically. "No way am I gonna be some mushy sap tomorrow like you
guys."
"Look. If somehow Duo thinks that you aren't worthy enough to be his lover, then he
can find somebody to replace you any second," said Trowa seriously. "Duo is
quite attractive and I'm sure there are plenty of other girls or boys who would be
thrilled to be his lover. So tomorrow is your chance to prove that you're worthy to be his
lover. It's Valentine's Day tomorrow. Anybody who's in love with Duo would be trying their
hardest to win Duo's heart so you'd better watch out."
Trowa glanced at the pretty blonde whose head was resting on his chest and entwined his
long fingers with the blonde's. Quatre looked up and smiled prettily at him.
"And I'd better make sure that nobody's gonna steal my angel away from me,"
added Trowa and he smiled back at his lover.
"You're never gonna lose me, Trowa," murmured Quatre as he blushed. Two pink
circles appeared on his cheeks. "I'll be here forever by your side. And I would also
have to make sure that I won't lose you to some other girl tomorrow."
The pair kissed and Heero looked on enviously. He wondered what it was like to be like
that - to be so in love with each other all the time. It wasn't that he didn't love Duo
all the time but he just didn't like to show his feelings to the rest of the world as
openly as those two making out on the sofa. But even when he was all alone with Duo, he
was never very open with his feelings and somehow that made him very guilty. Heero made a
desicion. He would be the most perfect Valentine's date in the whole wide world. But how?
He would need the help of the most perfect and romantic couple in the whole universe.
"Ahem," said Heero and the couple before him quickly broke up their make-out
session.
"Aa, gomen," apologized Quatre, blushing. "I guess we forgot that there was
somebody else in here besides me and Trowa."
Trowa was also blushing and Heero was surprised. It was the first time he ever saw Trowa
blushing. In fact it made the usually stoic and solemn brunnette look quite adorable.
'No wonder Quatre keeps telling Duo that Trowa looks adorable,' thought Heero. 'I would
call Trowa handsome but never adorable but looking at him blush - I can see why.'
"So... I have considered what you guys have said and I have decided that I will
listen to your advice," said Heero. He saw Quatre and Trowa exchanging glances.
"Only I hope that you guys aren't gonna make me do anything stupid or embarrasing or
I swear that I'm gonna terrorize you and that you won't be able to sleep peacefully at
night."
"Who ever said that we ever slept at night," muttered Trowa under his breath but
it was loud enough for Heero to hear his words. "Trowa!" gasped the Arabian and
he blushed redder than ever. Heero smirked and Trowa also started blushing. He had thought
that nobody had heard what he had muttured.
"Oh... that's why you guys look pretty tired every morning," teased Heero with a
smirk. "You haven't been sleeping at night, eh?"
"Hey, that's not the topic we're on!" said Trowa quickly, trying to change back
to the original subject. "We were talking about helping you be the best Valentine's
date Duo ever had."
"You know, why don't Trowa talk to Heero about this matter while I go check on
Duo," suggested Quatre, getting up from the sofa. "He must still be pretty
upset. I'll go and comfort him a bit."
"What? You're leaving me here all alone to have a little discussion with Heero?"
asked Trowa in surprise. "I think it's better if you were the one who's having the
discussion with him. I'm sure Heero and I will just sit still and not say a word!"
Quatre laughed. "I'm sure there will be plenty of things you guys can talk
about," he said. "Don't worry. I'll be back in a couple of minutes."
Trowa gazed into Quatre's sapphire blue orbs with pleading eyes and Quatre laughed again.
"Don't look at me like that, Trowa," said Quatre softly. "I'll be back as
soon as possible."
The blonde boy leaned his head towards the tall brunnette's face and kissed him softly on
the lips. Then with a cheery little wave at his lover and Heero, he went out of the room.
The room was silent for a few minutes after that.
"Well?" asked Heero. "What sort of romantic notions are we gonna talk
about?"
"I don't know," said Trowa slowly.
"Huh? But I thought you knew a lot about this romance thing. You always seem to be
doing a lot of romantic stuff with Quatre."
"Actually, all romantic things are Quatre's main speciality," explained Trowa.
"I just do whatever he likes."
"Oh, so you're Quatre's love slave, ne?" teased Heero with a sly smile and Trowa
blushed for maybe the third or fourth time that day. "I guess we'd better sit and
wait for Quatre to come back then," said Heero and continued to type on his laptop
while Trowa sat quietly, still blushing.
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PART 2:
Quatre reached Duo's room in just a few seconds. The blonde put an ear to the door and
heard the braided pilot sobbing inside.
"He must be really heartbroken," thought the blonde with pity.
He rapped at the door with his knuckles. "Duo? May I come in?" he asked loudly.
There was no answer. Quatre pressed his ear towards the door again. It was quiet inside.
There were no more sounds of a boy sobbing. Quatre tried the doorknob and heaved a sigh of
relief. It wasn't locked.
He opened the door and let himself in, then he locked the door behind him. An ache came to
the blonde's heart when he saw the sight before him. Duo was lying face down on his bed
and even though he couldn't hear the braided boy crying, Quatre knew he was still crying
from the way his shoulders shook.
Quatre sat on the edge of Duo's bed and lay a comforting hand on Duo's shoulder.
Duo raised his tear-streaked face towards Quatre and asked, "What are you doing
here?"
"I've come to see if you're OK," answered the blonde.
"OK? Of course I'm OK. In fact, I've never felt better," said Duo and he laughed
bitterly.
"No. You're not OK," said Quatre gently. "You're upset."
"Of course I'm upset!" burst out Duo. "I'm mad at that stupid Heero! Why
does he always have to be the Perfect Soldier? Why can't he be like you or Trowa for
once?"
"Demo Duo, that's the way Heero is!" pointed out Quatre. "That's why you
love him don't you? If you wanted him to be like me or Trowa, then wouldn't you be in love
with me or Trowa right now?"
Duo thought about what Quatre had said for a second.
"I guess you're right," he said finally. "I love Heero because he's Heero.
I wouldn't love him if he were somebody else. Only...."
"Only you wish that he would be more romantic and that he was more like the lovers
you see in romance movies?" guessed Quatre.
"Well, not that I want him to be some sort of sap or anything but sometimes I wish
that he were more romantic," said Duo. "I mean, that guy can be as romantic as a
rock. Quiet and without any feelings, you know what I mean?"
"Of course Heero has feelings!" said Quatre. "Or else he wouldn't love you,
too, would he? And I'm sure he has told you that he loves you."
"Yeah. He has," agreed Duo. "But how often? Not as often as I like. And he
doesn't really go around hugging me or kissing me out in front of us guys like you or
Trowa do. Not that I mind that cos he's the secretive type but even when we're alone, he
would rarely be the one to take the firt move. It would always be me who would be kissing
him and cuddling up to him."
"Have you ever complained to him about this?" asked Quatre.
"Not really."
"See? That's why he never felt the need to be romantic or very affectionate towards
you."
"Oh," said Duo. "So what you're trying to say is, if I never tell Heero how
I feel about our relationship and his behaviour, then he's gonna be that way
forever?"
"Most probably," agreed Quatre with a slight nod.
"But I told him that I want him to be more romantic tomorrow cos it's Valentine's Day
and he said that all of it is rubbish and all that..." said Duo, his voice trailing
off. "Maybe he doesn't really love me, ne?"
"What makes you say that?" cried Quatre with a shocked look. "Heero loves
you very much!"
"Then why doesn't he want to spend Valentine's Day with me? Why does he think it's
just a waste of time," shot back Duo. "Maybe what he meant was spending
Valentine's Day with me is nothing but a big waste of time," the braided boy added
bitterly.
"Don't say that! Look, if you talked about the whole thing with Heero, I'm sure
things would work out again between the both of you," advised Quatre.
"Ha! Yeah, right. As if that moron would ever listen to a thing I would say."
"I'm sure Heero didn't mean what he said and I bet he's all ready regretting over the
whole incident," said Quatre. "So why don't the both of you just kiss and make
up?"
"It's easy for you to say," said Duo sadly. "Fortunately for you, Trowa
isn't a block of ice like Heero. You're very lucky that Trowa is a very kind and loving
person. You know, I was kinda surprised that Trowa, whom I thought could pass off as
Heero's brother, can be someone like that."
"Well, actually Trowa was sort of stiff and distant at first," said Quatre.
"I had to do all sorts of stuff to melt the ice in his heart and to make him loosen
up a bit. And the result is, the Trowa you see right now."
"Wow. What was it that you did to him?" asked Duo curiously.
"I uh, had to keep showering him with love and affection and showing him how to relax
and have fun," explained Quatre. "It wasn't easy at first. He was like Heero,
too. But after some time, he started to understand what it was to love and to live. And
I'm very happy for that."
"Then that's what I'll do to Heero," said Duo, jumping off his bed, his face
full of determination. "Then the both of us would have a perfect relationship like
yours and Trowa's."
"That's wonderful. But you should give him some time to change."
"Time!" shrieked Duo. "But I don't have time! Valentine's Day is
tomorrow!!!"
Quatre stood up from the edge of the bed. "Glad to see you're back to your usual self
again," he said. "I know just how much you want tomorrow's Valentine's Day to be
perfect but try to think this over. There will still be other Valentine's Day - but there
will only be one Heero Yuy."
With that, Quatre walked out of the room. And Duo was left alone to ponder over the
blonde's words...
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The door to the living room burst open.
"Hello! I'm back!" said Quatre cheerfully. Quatre sweatdropped. He was greeted
with silent stares from both his lover and Heero.
"Uh, why are you guys looking at me like that?" he asked in a self-conscious
voice, wondering if he looked like a mess or something.
"We've been waiting all this time for you to come back," replied Heero.
"Waiting for me?" asked Quatre. "Whatever for? Were'nt you guys having a
discussion while I was gone?" There was no answer and Quatre turned to gaze at Trowa.
"Actually, we just sat here and did nothing," admitted Trowa sheepishly.
"Nani! I thought I told you to have a little talk with Heero!"
"Yeah, but I didn't know exactly what to tell him."
Quatre sweatdropped again.
"So what did you talk with Duo about?" asked Heero.
"Oh, just some stuff," said Quatre vaguely. He was sure that Duo wouldn't want
him to blab to Heero about their conversation.
"So now, what should we do with Heero?" asked Trowa.
"I think Heero should apologize to Duo about his behaviour," said Quatre firmly.
"Me? Apologize to that stubborn baka? No way!" protested Heero.
"Now who's the stubborn baka here?" asked Quatre sarcastically. "Come on,
don't you wanna make up with Duo?"
"Of course I do..."
"But?"
"How did you know there was gonna be a 'but'?" asked Heero. "Oh, all right.
But I don't want to act like some mushy person on Valentine's Day just cos Duo wants me to
be like that."
"Hey, I thought you agreed that you will try to be more romantic tomorrow?"
asked Quatre.
"I changed my mind."
"Why is that?" asked Trowa.
"Because I don't want us to be like you two," said Heero. "I don't want to
be all mushy and sappy and kiss here and kiss there like you guys."
"What's wrong with that?" Quatre wanted to know. "Geez, Duo was right. You
really don't have even a speck of romance in you."
"And that's the way I like it," said Heero. "Too much romance makes you
weak and girly." With that he directed his look upon Quatre.
"So are you saying that I'm weak and girly?" asked Quatre.
"I guess so," said Heero nonchalantly.
"How dare you call Quatre weak and girly?" shot Trowa with a glare. "You're
the one who's weak - you're too weak to show Duo how much you care for him!"
"I am not weak!" shot back Heero. "It is only weak people like you who
would give in to your feelings."
"Stop! Stop it!" shouted Quatre and the other two fell silent immediately.
"Why are we suddenly arguing anyway? The main topic is to help Heero win Duo back
remember?"
Heero and Trowa grunted in reply.
"Well then, I'm taking charge here," said Quatre in a bussiness-like voice.
"OK, Heero. You are going to listen to what I have to say and obey my words whether
you like it or not."
"And who are you to boss me around?" asked Heero indignantly.
"It's Valentine's day tomorrow," reminded Quatre. "If somehow Duo found
somebody who would make a better lover than you would, he can ditch you just like
that." To emphasize his point, Quatre snapped his fingers.
"Beside's, Duo told me that there's this cute guy who asked him out on a date for
tomorrow and he's sort of considering the invitation." Quatre knew it was a lie but
this was what he had to do to make Heero run to him for help. And he was right.
"OK, I'll do whatever you say then," said Heero, his face clouding over at the
thought of his beloved Duo going out with another guy. "I'll do whatever it takes to
keep my Duo."
"All right then," Trowa suddenly spoke up. "We'll meet you back here in 10
minutes. Quatre and I have some stuff to discuss."
Quatre looked up at Trowa in surprise. He was about to ask what wsa it that they had to
talk about but Trowa had all ready pulled him out of the room.
"Trowa? What do we have to discuss about?" the blonde asked.
"Nothing," said Trowa and he didn't say anything more after that. The two walked
in silence until they reached their room.
"You were lying about some guy asking Duo out on a date tomorrow weren't you?"
asked Trowa quietly after he had shut the door behind him.
"How did you know?" gasped Quatre.
"I know you more than anyone, angel. I can tell by the way you were fidgeting when
you said that to Heero," said Trowa. "You were never good at lying."
Quatre looked down at the floor. "Are you mad at me?" he asked meekly.
Quatre gasped as two pairs of arms wrapped themselves around his waist from behind.
"Of course I'm not mad," whispered Trowa, burying his face in Quatre's golden
locks. "I know you lied for the sake of those two's relationship. I just hope that
you know what you're doing."
"Oh, Trowa..." murmured Quatre. "You always understand everything I do. Now
why don't we go back to the livingroom and plan our strategy?"
"I told Heero that we'll be back in another 10 minutes, didn't I?"
"So what are we going to do now until then?" asked Quatre. "What are we
going to talk about?"
"Oh, we don't have to talk. We can just do some... stuff," said Trowa in a husky
voice and lay his precious angel down on the bed with a sexy smile.
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PART 3:
Wufei woke up with a start when he heard some horrible moaning and groaning sounds. He
blinked his eyes, trying to concentrate on the sounds. It sounded like the sounds were
coming from next door. And next door was Trowa and Quatre's room.
'Oh man,' thought Wufei. 'Don't tell me they're doing that right now in the day! And just
when I was happily sleeping, too. It's bad enough that I can't get enough sleep at night
because of those two and now I probably wouldn't be able to get a good afternoon's nap
anymore.'
Suddenly Wufei remembered that he had to pack his bags. He was going to sleep over at
Trieze's seaside mansion for a couple of days and he was going there that night so that
they could wake up together to a wonderful Valentine's Day together.
'Maybe I should be just a little bit thankful that those two had woken me up doing their
uh, favourite activity,' he thought wryly. 'Or else I would have slept on and on and
forgotten about going to Trieze's place.'
Wufei heard more moaning coming from the next room. It was Quatre moaning, Wufei could
hear clearly. Wufei always thought that Quatre moans and groans sounded very sexy whenever
the blonde and his lover were doing their love-making. In fact, it made Wufei feel aroused
everytime he heard those sounds.
'Concentrate,' he oredered himself. 'I am not listening to anything or anyone but myself.'
This he chanted over and over but the sounds of the two people next door were getting
louder and louder and were loosening Wufei's concentration to drown out all the noise.
'Aaargh! I can't stand it anymore!' he thought and trudged outside and banged on Quatre
and Trowa's door.
"Will you guys stop making so much noise!" he yelled.
"Gomen," he heard Trowa apologizing from inside the room and moments later he
heard the sound of those two giggling.
Wufei sighed. He leaned against the door. He smiled a little as he thought of spending a
few days alone with Trieze in his beautiful mansion by the seaside.
Suddenly, the door Wufei was leaning on shifted and Wufei uttered a scream as he fell down
hard onto the wooden floor. From his position he saw Trowa and Quatre looking down at him.
They were all ready fully dressed and Quatre was giggling. He also noted that they looked
flushed.
"Uh, gomen Wufei," apologized Trowa. "I didn't know that you were leaning
against the door."
Trowa helped the Chinese boy back to his feet and Wufei smirked at them when he had all
ready stood up straight. "Boy, you guys sure were making a lot of noise in
there," he teased. Instantly, the unibanged boy and the petit blonde blushed bright
red.
"Uh, we were?" stammered Quatre. "We were uh, just doing something and we
didn't realize that we were being so noisy."
"What was it that you guys were doing?" asked Wufei innocently, pretending not
to know.
"Homework," said the two in unison.
"Yeah, right," said Wufei sarcastically. "As if I don't know what you guys
were doing. You were doing the thing you always do every night."
Trowa and Quatre blushed a whole lot more than they did just now. "Gomen, we promise
to be more quiet next time," apologized Quatre in an embarrassed voice.
"That's what you said the last time," reminded Wufei. "And the last time
and the last time but so far, I still haven't been seeing any improvement and - "
The pair didn't get to hear more of Wufei's babbling as Trowa had quickly run away,
pulling Quatre away with him, their hands holding. Wufei shook his head. "They always
run away everytime I start to talk to them about this."
* * *
After a while of running, finally Trowa and Quatre
burst into the living room, panting as if they had been running in a marathon.
"You're late," accused Heero. "You said you'll be back in 10 minutes but
you've been gone for nearly half an hour."
"Huh? We were that late?" squeaked Quatre. "Sorry about that, Heero."
"What were you guys doing anyway?" Heero wanted to know.
"Oooh, just some stuff," answered Trowa, hiding a smile behind his long bangs.
"Anyway, that's not imprtant, ne? What's important is to create a plan for you to win
back Duo's heart."
"That's right!" said Quatre, nodding his head vigorously. "And we'd better
plan straight away!"
* * *
Duo was still in his room pacing back and forth from
the distance between his bed and the desk that he was sure that the floor was all ready
worn out and that it would give away any second. The braided pilot was debating with
himself wether or not to forgive his lover.
"Maybe I'll let him suffer and feel guilty first," he thought aloud. "That
would serve him right. And then I'll make sure he'll come begging to me on his knees. And
maybe be my slave for the week... Hmm, that's a good idea."
"But of course I'll forgive him," he decided and finally stopped his pacing to
sit down on his bed. "I'll forgive him tomorrow cos I don't really wanna spend my
Valentine's Day all alone like some kind of old maid. Yeah, today I'm gonna pretend to be
really mad at him so he'll feel guilty and then when I forgive him tomorrow, he'll be so
happy that I have forgiven him then we can spend Valentine's Day just the way I want it to
be."
Duo smiled gleefully over what he thought was a very clever plan of his. Suddenly, there
was a knock on his door. 'Could that be Heero?' he thought with a sly grin. He strode over
towards his door and opened it. Before him was not Heero but Wufei.
"Oh, it's you Wu," he said half-heartedly because he was expecting the Japanese.
"What can I do for you?"
Wufei was staring at the American strangely. "You don't seem to be like your usual
bubbly and noisy self," he commented. "Is there anything wrong?"
"Nah, I'm fine. Really!" insisted Duo and he pasted a fake smile on his face.
"So... what do you want? Why don'tcha come in?"
The Chinese boy went into the room and Duo shut the door carefully. "I came in here
to ask for my suitcase that you borrowed weeks ago," said Wufei as he sat on Duo's
bed. "But seeing that you're in a sad mood, I think I would rather help you with your
problems first."
"Who said that I'm in a sad mood? Who said that I'm having problems?"
"You did," said Wufei matter-of-factly.
"I did not," said Duo indignantly. "In fact I haven't seen you for nearly
the whole day so how would you know if I have been having problems?"
"Maxwell," sighed Wufei exasperatedly. "I'm not dumb you know. I can see
through your eyes the sadness you feel. And I know that when Duo Maxwell is sad, that
means he's having problems cos Duo Maxwell is almost never sad!"
"Looks like I can't hide anything from you, eh?" said Duo with a small smile.
"You guys just know me too well." Then Duo proceeded to tell Wufei about his
argument with Heero that day.
"Maxwell, you're telling me that you and Heero argued over such a trivial
thing?" asked Wufei in disbelief after he had heard Duo's tale. "You guys sure
are weird You always fight over the stupidest of things."
"What we argued over was anything but stupid!" said Duo in a slightly pissed off
voice. "Only Heero's the stupid idiot and he's the one to blame for this fight and
every other fight we had fought over."
"Hn. You two are very childish," said Wufei. "Why can't the both of you be
a little more mature like Quatre and Trowa? I have never seen those two fight over
anything even once! And they get along quite beautifully that I gotta admit even though
their mushiness sometimes makes me want to gag."
"Yeah, sometimes I wish me and Heero were more like them, too," said Duo
wistfully. "They really are the most perfect couple I have ever met. I keep trying to
make us be like them but would you look at us now - we're not even talking to each
other!"
"So? Go and talk to Heero then."
"Actually, I'm sort of waiting for him to come and apologize to me," explained
Duo. "But I won't forgive him just yet cos I wanna make him feel the guilt. I'll
forgive him tomorrow and then we'll be back together again just in time to spend
Valentine's Day happily."
Wufei shook his head. "You sure do have crazy ideas, Maxwell," said Wufei.
"Well, I need to be packing my stuff soon. So, can you give me back my
suitcase?"
"Sure. Going somewhere?" asked Duo as he heaved a big black suitcase from
underneath his bed.
"Yeah. I'm going to spend a couple of days at Trieze's mansion by the seaside,"
said Wufei. "It's been a long time since we last met and I'll be very happy knowing
that I would be able to spend Valentine's Day with him tomorrow in peace. He's always
busy, you know."
Duo looked at his Chinese friend enviously. "Wow, you're so lucky to have someone
romantic like Trieze... when I think about Heero and his unromanticness, I feel jealous of
romantic couples like you and Trieze, and Quatre and Trowa."
"Me, romantic?" scoffed Wufei. "You have gotta be kidding. Trieze is the
romantic one. You know, why are you worrying so much that Heero is being unromantic, why
don't you be the romantic one and do something special tomorrow to sweep that Yuy off his
feet?"
"But I want to be the one who's being swept off my feet for a change," whined
Duo.
"Don't worry Duo," said Wufei in a comforting tone. "Tomorrow's Valentine's
Day. Maybe Heero would get in the mood and be more romantic than he usually is. Who knows?
Just wait and see."
"OK, I'll wait and see," agreed Duo. "But if he doesn't change into Mr.
Romantic tomorrow, I swear I'm gonna kill you when you get back from Trieze's."
"Then I'll make sure that I won't come back from Trieze's." said Wufei with a
laugh and he went out of the room with his black suitcase in hand.
* * *
"That's what you want me to do?" asked Heero
incredulously. "Are you crazy? Duo's mad enough at me all ready. He'll be even madder
if I did that tomorrow! He'll probably never ever forgive me again!"
"Relax," said Quatre in a breezy tone. "He might be mad at you at first but
I assure you that he'll be too happy later on he'll instantly forgive you."
"Are you sure Quatre that this plan of yours won't backfire?" asked Trowa with
an eyebrow raised. "You seem to be quite confident woth this plan of yours."
"I am. Cos I know this plan will work," said Quatre confidently. "I have a
good feeling about this whole thing. And I'm right about Duo. He'll forgive Heero once
he's bursting with happiness. We're both like brothers - I know him well enough to know
how he'll react."
"I hope you're right," said Heero doubtfully.
* * *