Because of a Game
Title: Because Of A Game
Part: 5/9
Author: KKchitown (karen, whatever)
Pairing: 2+3, 5xS, 2xH, 3xVarious characters.
Category: Most definitely AU, crossover with my life, and utterly, utterly
weird. That's the only way I can describe it. >.<
Rating: *snorts* R, to be on the safe side.
Warning: Okay, here we go. Ahem. Yaoi (big surprise there), language, severe
OOC--ness, especially in Trowa's case, attempt at humor, obsession of coffee,
root beer, and Dr. Pepper, references to drugs, sex (hey, this IS college
we're talking about), a lemon, possibly more, and...you know what, how about
this. If you like what you see on fox family, this won't be for you.
Disclaimers: I DO NOT own Gundam Wing. *sighs* Damn I hate the disclaimer.
Feedback: If you're so inclined, kkchitown@aol.com
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Because Of A Game
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Part 5: The Next Day
He opened one eye. Staring straight back at him, unwavering, was the alarm
clock, beaming in that segmented bright red. It read 9:13 a.m. His class
started at nine. In the amount of time it would take him to get up and get
dressed (foregoing a shower of course), drive the 20 and so odd miles to
school, fight for a parking space and walk to class, he would catch, oh, the
last three minutes of lecture. The class after that, politics, was so boring,
students often threatened to commit suicide during lecture. And because of
the mood he was in, that didn't seem like a good idea.
/Looks like I'm homebound today./ Trowa thought to himself. Rolling on his
back, he stared at the perfectly white ceiling, and listened to himself
breathe. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the white blinds blow in
slightly from the breeze passing through the open window.
He closed his eyes only to open them sharply, images of what occurred the
night before suddenly flashing behind his lids. "Oh yeah, that," he commented
dryly to himself as he got out of bed and slid into a pair of sweat pants.
Trowa went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door, peering at the
contents. A sad sigh escaped his lips when he realized that there wasn't a
trace of alcohol to be found. Settling for a root beer, he waded back into
his room, but left the door cracked. After flipping through his CD case, he
found the Jimi Hendrix song that he was looking for and popped it in the
stereo system, fast forwarding it to ?Purple Haze.'
"Just one more thing," Trowa breathed as he went to his dresser drawer and
pulled out his last pack of blacks. [2] Sitting down in front of the open
window, he lit the cigar, sat back against the wall, and enjoyed the feel of
the breeze against his skin as it blew and filtered the smoke in his room.
He managed to get two puffs off of the cigar when his door opened, startling
him. A head with twists attached to it swung around and Trowa relaxed visibly.
"Sorry for scaring you. Can I come in?"
"Sure," he said, blowing the smoke out the window. "Mi casa is su casa."
Sally snorted in humor. "Thanks." Walking over a pile of clothes, she sat
down across from Trowa, enjoying the breeze as well.
"Sorry if I woke you. I didn't realize the music was that loud. Plus I didn't
know you were here."
"No no no. You didn't wake me. I went in the kitchen to get something to
drink and I thought I heard some Hendrix. As I got closer to your room, I
realized that's where the music was coming from and decided to pop in, since
you and Wufei seem to be skipping class today."
Trowa raised an eyebrow. "Wufei's still here? Wow. The game must've worn him
out."
Sally gave Trowa a rather sly smirk. "Oh, I'm afraid I kept him up and busy
til about an hour ago. The poor man's exhausted."
"Why did I even doubt you?" He asked, shaking his head and smiling. "I
should've known better than to think otherwise."
"Yep, you should've." She smiled back. "Now, what's bothering you cyclops?"
Trowa gave her a questioning look as he blew more smoke out the window. "What
makes you think something's bothering me?"
"Come on. I know you Trowa. Since the first day Wufei introduced me to you
and the others, you and I hit it off like fireworks. In a past life, I swear
you and I were identical twins. I feel like I've known you forever, so I can
tell that something's bothering you. What happened?"
He sighed again, blowing more smoke out the window, before turning back to
Sally. "You can't tell anyone what I am about to say. Even Wufei and the guys
don't know, understand?"
The sheer flatness and seriousness in his voice wiped the smirk off Sally's
face as she answered him. "I'll take it to the grave."
"Good. The remote is by your hand. Can you fast forward to 'Along the
Watchtower' and put it on repeat? I like that song the best." She did as she
was asked and placed the remote back down by her side. Taking a sip of her
Dr. Pepper, she waited for Trowa's story.
He turned his head to face the window, watching a car drive down the street.
"Duo and I had sex last night after you all left." He heard her gasp, but
didn't comment. "That's not the first time we've done it though." He turned
back to Sally, and smiled slightly at the confused look on her face.
"But how? I mean not 'how' how, but when have you two done it before? I've
known Wufei since our first year in college, and I met you guys a short time
after, and knew of Hilde even then."
Trowa snorted and took a sip of his root beer. "It was two years ago. See, it
was after graduation. The basketball team we all were on took a trip up to
L-2 amusement park. We spent the whole day there. I don't know how it
happened to this day, but somehow the guys got separated from Duo and I, so
we went ahead and spent the day together. Built into the amusement park was a
water park also, where Duo and I spent the majority of our time. Later that
night, on the bus ride back home, I helped Duo put on some cream to help his
sunburn. You see, at the water park, he didn't have any sun screen on, so he
was burnt to a crisp. While doing that Duo kissed me, and we had sex on the
bus in the bathroom."
"There was a bathroom on the bus?"
He blew smoke out the window again. "Yeah, it was one of those charter buses,
so it had a bathroom, TVs, a VCR, a CD player, the works."
"Oh, cool." She said, pulling on a twist. "So, what happened after that?"
He shrugged. "The next day, Duo acted like nothing happened. I didn't know
what to do about it. We never really talked about it since then. It was like
a fluke and I thought that he was ashamed of it. I didn't care, but Duo's
sensitive when it comes to his image. So then I figured he was probably on
the rebound from Heero, and I didn't say anything either. And since none of
the guys came up to us chewing us out or whatever, I knew he didn't say
anything to them. It just died and I forgot about it for a while, until he
brought it up last night."
"Hn. Do you love him?"
He nodded slightly. "I love them all, you understand. But there is some
underlying feelings between Duo and I. How can anyone not love him? With that
hair and those eyes? Hilde is a damn idiot for acting the way she does. I've
seen girls punch each other to bloody pulps to get anywhere near him, and she
has the guy on his hands and knees just about. I think for a while, she was
even threatened by you when he talked about you and Wufei."
Sally smiled. "Duo is a looker, I'll give him credit for that, but he's not
my type. I love my dragon." She grinned proudly. Trowa only laughed. "And you
say none of the guys know? Wow. You are good at keeping secrets."
He shrugged again. "I know Heero thinks something happened, but he's not
going to butt in. That's his way. He pulled me aside a few days later and
asked if we were fighting or something because we kept avoiding each other
when we were together, you know? We weren't making eye contact or we kept our
distances when we walked together. I told him something did happen, but we'll
fix it on our own. Since then, he hasn't bothered me about it."
"Well, seems like everything's okay, but what are you going to do about last
night? And what about Treize and Zechs?"
He threw the finished cigar out the window. "I don't know. I want to see my
sister today and find out what she thinks. She's always been good with
advice. Treize is not an issue. I can't stand the man. Zechs, I'm not sure
about. Its more of a ?whatever' type of relationship with him."
Sally nodded. "Why did Duo push Treize off a balcony?"
Trowa smiled. "He said something to me that Duo didn't like. See, he and I
were out on a balcony on his parents apartment window. Treize played
basketball too, but for Spain. It was time for him to go back, but wanted me
to go with him."
"Okay, then what?"
"Well, I told him no, and he grabbed me by the neck and started to choke me."
"Oh my!"
Trowa laughed. "It wasn't that bad. In a quick move I could've had him on his
back, but before I even considered touching him, Duo bolted through the door,
damn near picked him up and tossed his ass over the balcony."
"What did you do?"
"Well, Heero made sure he wasn't dead, Quatre and I had to pin Duo down on
the couch, and Wufei did nothing but laugh."
Sally covered her mouth with her hands. "He laughed?!" She asked
incredulously.
"Yep." He took another sip. "He laughed like he would never stop. He can't
stand Treize."
Sally continued to giggle. "Wow. What I would give to have been there."
Trowa smiled weakly. "What I would give to have not been there."
"And what are you two doing?"
Both occupants of the room turned to see Wufei standing in the doorway, a
hand on his hip with his white robe barely closed.
"We were talking about you, babe," Sally answered, winking at Trowa. "I was
telling Trowa how much of an animal you were last night."
"Sally!"
Both she and Trowa laughed at the expression on Wufei's reddened face. "Oh
well cyclops, I'm gonna go ahead and take a shower." She stood up and walked
gracefully to the door, brushing against Wufei. "Coming, babe?"
He wiggled his eyebrows to Trowa before turning back to Sally. "Oh yeah."
Both of them disappeared from view, and he could hear Wufei's bedroom door
close loudly.
Trowa only shook his head and got up to find a clean change of clothes. He
really did want to see his sister today, but before he knows it, it will be
late. So after he snatched a pair of pants off a hanger, he went to his
bathroom to take a quick shower. Of course, he would've waited until Wufei
was finished, but from the looks of things, that might be a while.
***
"You and Duo did WHAT?!"
Trowa flinched at her high pitched voice. He hated it when she did that. "Its
not like it was intentional, Cathy. It was an accident."
"Oh yeah, sure Trowa. He 'accidentally' fell on your lap and you
'accidentally' stuck your twain twain up his ass repeatedly."
"Cathy!"
"Don't 'Cathy' me, boy. I know you better than you know yourself." She poured
some ice tea in his cup, and sat down at the table across from him. "I just
don't want you to get hurt again. The last time you two were together,
nothing became of it and you were crushed. I don't want it to happen again."
He sighed. "I don't want it to either. I don't know what to do though. What
do you think?"
She took a deep breath. "First off, understand this. You are my kid brother,
and I have to look out for you. Your friends mean a lot to you, so its
because of that close friendship with them that I won't kill Duo." She
smiled, he snorted. "But Trowa, both of you need to sit down and talk about
this. To me, it looks like you're being used. He breaks up with Heero and
runs to you. He breaks up with Hilde and runs to you. Every time something
happens, its you everyone runs to, and I don't like it. He's your friend and
that's what they're suppose to do, but what Duo is pulling, I don't like."
"So I should just talk to him. Hate to tell you this sis, but I'm not very
good at expressing myself."
She smiled. "How about this. I won't be working this weekend because we are
taking the animals for their checkups at the circus. I'll drive down to your
apartment, and sit with you and Duo as you two talk. I'll come down tomorrow,
that's Saturday right?"
"Yeah." He frowned. "But I think that would bother him."
She shook her head. "No, I use to do it with Heero and Duo all the time. He
won't care. In fact, it might be like old times."
He nodded. "Yeah, that is true?"
"I can't believe you slept with him."
He looked up sharply at her. "What, you don't approve?"
"No, I approve, but you all are too wild. You have no self control."
"What do you mean?"
She sat back in her chair, crossing her arms across her chest. "What's going
on with Treize?"
Trowa rolled his eyes. "You just HAD to say that didn't you? I don't plan on
seeing him again."
"And Zechs?"
"He's...he's..."
"And that lieutenant, what was his name, Nickole?"
"He's in the military. Right now he's probably in Turkey."
"What about Mueller?"
"Mueller? Its been like a whole two weeks since I last talked to him?"
"And Septum's son? I forgot his name."
"Shit, Catherine, why don't you just call me a whore and get it over with?"
"All I'm saying is that you go through men like women do pantyhose. One day
its this guy, the next that guy. This is not some dude you met at a gas
station, okay? This is one of your best friends. Both of you have something
to lose if you're not careful."
Trowa paused, pondering over what she said. "You're right. If its one thing
I'm good at, its screwing things up."
She pouted in thought. "Not screwing things up actually. I would say you make
things harder than they have to be. Now get going or else you'll be late for
work."
He smiled at his sister, and after an exchange of hugs and kisses, he left
the trailer, hopped in the car, and raced off to work before the lunch crowd
gets too heavy. But even as he drove, despite his sister's encouragements, he
still felt as confused as he did the night before.
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[2] Black= Middleton's Black and Mild. It's a cigar that is about the width
of a pencil, but slightly longer than a cigarette. I go through cigarettes
like they were toothpicks. >.<
Also, the whole scene of Trowa talking with Sally and with Catherine and the
balcony did not occur. I never told anybody, and no one was thrown off a
balcony. I pushed him down the stairs. Oh yeah! There wasn't any sex on the
bus either. I threw that in there.
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