Part 3
"Hmmm....let's see..." murmured Wufei as he sat on his bed. "What should I do to Duo and Quatre. Should I embarrass them in front of Trowa and Heero? Nah, not good enough..." Wufei thought, and thought, and thought for some time but couldn't think of a way to make Duo and Quatre's lives misereable. He rolled here and there on his bed to get some inspiration (some stupid idea to get an inspiration!) but he was stumped. Then a great idea hit him.
"Aha!" he crowed. "I know what I should do! I'll make Duo and Quatre think that Heero and Trowa are in love with each other. Hehehehe... That would make the love-sick puppies very sad! Ooh, I am soooo evil!!!"
Duo and Quatre, who had not realized that Wufei had over heard their conversation had decided to continue their chat in the garden. They sat together on the garden chairs that was out in the garden.
"You know Quatre," said Duo. "I wish I knew a way to make the Perfect Soldier fall in love with me. Well, maybe that's kinda impossible so maybe there's some way to make him at least talk to me. At least that would be better than having to face a cold wall everyday."
"You could give him some love potion," joked Quatre.
"Don't I wish!" said Duo. "Everything would be easier if love potions do exist."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," said Quatre understandingly. "I don't know how to make Trowa fall in love with me, too. I could tell him about my feelings but what if he doesn't feel the same way about me? I would be sooo embarrassed."
"Well, if I told Heero that I love him, he would just pull the trigger in my face," said Duo, shuddering. "But that's not bad as finding out if he likes Relena or not. If he actually likes Relena...I'm gonna kill everyone in this whole universe. Then I'll kill myself."
Quatre laughed. "Don't be silly. I'm sure Heero doesn't care for Relena. You know how he hates her."
Duo brightened up a bit. "Yeah. That's a very good thing, ne? At least Heero doesn't hate me. I think."
"Why did you fall in love with Heero?" asked Quatre. "I'd like to know why, if you don't mind."
"Hmm, I don't know what to say!" said Duo. "Well, I guess it's mostly his looks. He's very kawaii and sexy, ne? I love him because he's Heero but I do wish that he would socialize more... How about you, Quatre?"
"Well, I think I love Trowa because he's attractive,too," said Quatre shyly. "Even if he does seem cold and distant, I'm sure he has a very kind heart deep inside of him. Trowa's been nice to me always and I like that."
Quatre sighed.
"I just wish I knew a way to get through to him. You see this rose?" said Quatre, fingering one of the roses tenderly from a rose bush nearby. "I think of Trowa as a rose. Very beautiful to see, but one cannot touch it without hurting himself. I would like to reach out to Trowa but I don't want to hurt myself! Demo ne, Trowa's also very guarded about his feelings like a rose guards itself with its' thorns so I can never tell how he feels towards me! It's so frustrating!!!"
"You say Trowa's like a rose?" asked Duo. "That's better than what I would describe Heero. I think Heero's like a cactus. You can never touch him at all!"
Above where Duo and Quatre was sitting, there was a large window sill. Wufei was watching the two boys who were deep in conversation with an amused smirk on his face.
"Still talking about the love of their lives, I suppose," thought Wufei. "Don't they have anything better to do? They should be up here so I can launch my strategy!"
"Wufei, have you seen Quatre?" asked someone from behind him. Wufei whirled around. It was Trowa.
"Hai, Quatre's right in the garden with Duo," informed Wufei. "See, you can see them from this window."
Trowa came to the window and searched the garden with his eyes for Quatre. He saw Quatre sitting with Duo on a bench right below the window. Quatre was fingering a lovely red rose with a sad, longing look on his fair face.
"What are they talking about," Trowa asked Wufei.
"Why Trowa, I didn't know that you were the busy-body type," said Wufei in mock surprise.
Trowa's face grew red. "I'm not a busy-body!" he countered. "I just want to see if Quatre's having an important talk with Duo because I want to have a talk with Quatre and I don't want to bother him."
Wufei didn't say anything as he was too engrossed in watching Quatre and Duo. Trowa stopped talking and watched, too. Quatre was still fingering the roses on the rose bush and suddenly he jerked his hand away, face contorting in pain. Red blood began to trickle from one of his finger.
"Ouch!" yelped Quatre when his finger pricked on a thorn. He quickly jerked his hand away from the rose he was fingering and saw that drops of ruby red blood were beggining to trickle out of his punctured finger.
"That must have hurt," commented Duo. "Here, give me your hand."
Quatre looked at him with a questioningly but he let Duo have his hand wordlessly. Then to his surprise, Duo began to suck on his bleeding finger.
At the same time, who was watching this sight? Wufei and Trowa of course. Wufei was looking on with deep interest while Trowa gasped loudly.
"What is Duo doing?" he asked, more to himself than to Wufei. "Why, he's sucking the blood from Quatre's bleeding finger of course!" said Wufei. "What does it look like?"
Then the next thing they saw was Duo kissing Quatre's hurt finger.
"Man, if I didn't know any better, it looks as if they are lovers," said Wufei in an amused voice. "What with talking in the garden together and Duo kissing Quatre's hand and all that."
"Are they lovers?" asked Trowa in a strange voice, his face kind of pale. "How come Quatre's never told me anything about it?"
"Why? Does it bother you if they are really lovers?" asked Wufei.
"Of course not!" snapped Trowa. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some things to do." Then he walked towards his room.
"I thought you wanted to see Quatre about something," called Wufei but Trowa ignored him and slammed the door to his room. Wufei shook his head. It was all too weird. Trowa hardly ever lost his temper over anything. But here he was, all shaken up over Quatre and Duo.
"Ooh, so it looks like Trowa has a crush on Quatre," thought Wufei finally understanding why Trowa was mad. "Too bad Quatre doesn't know that and too bad that now he won't be getting Trowa now that Trowa thinks Quatre's in love with Duo. And I'm sure, Trowa won't do anything
to get Quatre coz he'll practically sacrifice his own happiness for Quatre."
Wufei smirked and rubbed his hands together. "Things are geting hotter by the minute and I haven't done anything to make it that way!"
"There, now your finger ought to be better!" said Duo cheerfully and patted Quatre's hand.
"Why did you do that?" asked Quatre, cleraly embarrassed.
"What? You're telling me that you want your hand to be all bloody?" asked Duo. "I had to suck the blood or else it will be infected by germs!"
"But why did you have to kiss my hand?"
"Oh, that," said Duo breezily. "When I was younger, Sister Helen would always kiss my scratches and bruises to make me feel better." Duo laughed. "Kinda like to kiss my pains goodbye, you know."
"I see," said Quatre, nodding his head. "Thanks, I think. Well, I think we should go in all ready. It's nearly noon and it's my turn to cook lunch."
"OK. Just don't try to burn down the kitchen like Wufei!!!"
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