Overworking. As usual.

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero is studying... when he doesn't even have to be studying. This test does not count. This test is only to see what he already knows before the teacher gets on with the school year. And yet, he feels he has to make a perfect score on this test.

Right.

It's been three hours, so Heero decides it's time for a break. He opens his laptop, types in his password, and then goes to his fridge to get a drink...]

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[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[Both eyebrows up. He swallows his popcorn before talking, surprisingly]

They've got you pegged. Who're you talking to?

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[He gives Duo a nod.] Erin. [Blink! ... back to the phone~] No. I was talking to Duo. ... [He sighs and rubs at his forehead again.] I do not have time for this.

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Who's Erin? ... Why is Erin calling you? [Duo's really tempted to make a grab for the phone, but he's going to try for answers the easier way first]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Too bad Erin's keeping Heero busy with her constant... annoying. He'd answer Duo if he could, honestly, but...]

You must be bored. .... [He closes his eyes and rubs at them with his free hand.] I didn't really need to know that. And I would ask if you had someone else to call, but we both know that you don't.

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Erin sounds pushy. Can I talk? [He's reaching for the phone, okay? And he doesn't honestly expect to get it, but anything's worth trying once.]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

She is. She can also be loud when she actually feels like it, which is apparently at this particular moment.

[Back to the phone, as he's trying to get away from Duo's grabbing (and not really managing that well -- keep reaching, Duo!)...] I wasn't talking to you. .... Yes, you are. [If there's a level above exasperation, he passed it a long time ago. He rolls his eyes; says to nobody in particular:] Why am I dealing with this?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[try, try, try again! Especially since he didn't get yelled at. ... yet.]

You don't have to, you know.

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Duo has received Heero's Phone!

In the meanwhile, Heero just gives him a half-glare, half-"You-freaking-deal-with-her-foolishness"-look.]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Not exactly. So you're Erin? [Duo offers the popcorn bowl to Heero~]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Takes the bowl, but doesn't move away -- if Duo says anything to embarrass him, you'd best bet he's going to make a grab for the phone. Or hit him. Or whatever comes to mind first.]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Glad to meet you. So why're you harassing Heero? [Guessing that means it's bad that Duo tends to pace when he's on the phone?]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[No, just means Heero's keeping a close eye on him from his position by the window...]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[Good, because he's definitely pacing]

I think I'd disagree with that, but okay. Any other reason?

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

You wanted to have dinner with him? [His facial expression says "Discovery!" and also "but wait", and he's trying to question Heero with eyebrow wiggles]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero rolls his eyes at Duo.] She knows, Duo. Don't even think about something like that.

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Well, he's got a prior commitment. Not the best prior commitment because he apparently doesn't like Indiana Jones, but a prior commitment. Besides, how long have you been friends?

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

What's your definition of friends? [Yep, stuffing the handful of popcorn into his mouth and flopping onto Heero's couch]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero gives Duo a questioning look.] ... What are you getting at, precisely?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

They're worth protecting, they matter, spending time with them is more fun than not, and you've at least got something in common. [Duo's using his pointer finger to draw shapes on the ceiling, since he's out of popcorn~ He waves his other hand at Heero. Don't worry about it, man.]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[For whatever reason, Duo's side of the conversation is... a little worrisome. Is he having a serious conversation with Erin? ... Is that even possible? For either of them? What is going on? For the first time, he wishes that he'd just given her his land-line number. And that he had more than one phone.]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[He stops in his "drawing", letting his hand fall as he makes a face.]

Hey, I never said there was a right or a wrong. It just is. It's not like everybody thinks about it the same. You're the one who said the time depended on a definition.

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Best friend implies you only get one. There're more people I think of as friends who're that important to me. Best friend is— [Heero.] —different.