Unannounced visit...

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero... is doing nothing. For once in his life. He has no plans, nowhere to be, no one to see, nobody coming over... It's taken a while to get used to it, but he's finally decided that taking the quarter off from school is the best thing he's ever done for himself. Seriously, when was the last time he hadn't overloaded himself with something? Grade school?

He sits down on the couch and opens his laptop. It's 2:00, almost an hour after he last checked. There has to be something new to look at. It's the internet, after all...]

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[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[Duo could have been having a better day. He could have been, for example, spending his day working on Howard's piece of shit car, like he'd originally planned. The thing's air conditioning was threatening to go — again — and Duo still hadn't been able to convince the old man to give up on it and buy something newer. Or he could be headed over to Heero's to hang out instead of to deal with a pissy... friend. Old friend. Wufei was still his friend even if the guy was an absolute bastard who had disappeared into nothing, with no warning whatsoever, and then shown up without any warning again without actually meaning to see Duo, his old friend. At least, Duo thought he was still his friend. No telling, knowing Wufei. No telling at all.

Needless to say, Duo isn't the happiest of campers at the moment. He mutters something incoherent about stupid, idiotic, annoying, bastards of friends and knocks on Heero's door, not even bothering with a fun rhythm like he would usually and not admitting to himself that he's keeping to the anger because it's much easier than worrying about whether Wufei was meeting up with him to finally tell him that he never wanted to talk to him again..]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero blinks, and then goes through his mental list of who it could possibly be. He paid the rent, so it wasn't his landlord. It wasn't his pesky neighbor, as that was usually immediately followed by yelling. It wasn't his other pesky neighbor, because that would have come with a sing-song mention of cookies or...

Yeah, he's clueless. He closes his laptop again, goes over to the door and opens it...]

Duo?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Hey, man. [Duo's distracted, but he kind of has a reason. He even waves distractedly.] Nice day, huh?

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[... Because that makes sense. And paired with the look on his face?]

... Yeah. What--... why are you here?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Mind if I grab something to drink? [small pause, then he actually looks at Heero, albeit still distractedly]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Alright, what the hell? Both eyebrows go up.]

Yeah, sure. Go ahead. [He steps aside to let Duo pass. So confused....]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[Duo makes a beeline for the 'fridge, his mind hopping between how annoyed he is at Wufei, how annoying Wufei is, what Heero might have in his fridge, and Howard's car.]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero just.... stares after Duo for a bit. He then shakes his head and follows.]

Is everything alright?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

Just freaking peachy. [Rummaging... rummaging... Tea. Yeah right. Milk... Hey, at least he wasn't tossing the things as he discarded them as options. Not that shoving them to the bottom shelf was better, but still. Ahah! Coke! Great! Wait, was that..] Why do you have root beer?

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero rolls his eyes] Because every once in a while, I convince myself that I like it.

[He leans against the wall, giving Duo an expectant look.] The last time you randomly showed up with an expression like that, something was horribly wrong. What is it now, Duo?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

You really shouldn't do that to yourself. [Hi, this is Duo ignoring Heero's question and popping open a can. He downs about half of it before, you know, breathing.]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero shakes his head slowly. Fine, so Duo's not going to tell him. Yet.]

Right. Whatever. [And he makes his way back over to the couch, since he's... not sure what else to do.]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[So Heero doesn't want to talk. Okay. Duo fiddles with his soda can.]

[pridefulscholar.livejournal.com]

[Wufei was carefully walking the line between anger and apprehension. Luckily for any breakables in his general area, his guilt was starting to win the battle. He took a moment to recompose himself and then knocked once — firmly — on Heero's door.]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[What, again?] What is going on...?

[Heero sighs and goes to the door, pulling it open... and then just blinks at Wufei.]

.... Chang?

[pridefulscholar.livejournal.com]

Yuy. [a nod. He looks past Heero, the anger keeping his actual expression hidden.] Is Maxwell already here?

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

... You knew he was coming? [Confused Heero is confused! He looks from one, to the other, to the first, to the other again...]

[pridefulscholar.livejournal.com]

[Wufei gives Heero his own confused look, although it's still tempered with anger]

You didn't?

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[Duo had been taking a drink of his soda. He sputtered and almost spat it out all over Heero's kitchen. Heero didn't know?]

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Heero Yuy does not handle confusion very well for extended periods of time. In fact, it's not turning into annoyance and anger. He gives them both a glare.]

No. I had no idea either of you were coming. Would someone care to tell me what the hell is going on here?

[pridefulscholar.livejournal.com]

[Hey, that answers whether he's there or not. His confusion melds directly into a scowl, but it's obviously directed at Duo, who he can't see at the moment.]

Maxwell!! You were supposed to tell him!

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[He sets the can aside and stomps his way toward the door, throwing his hands up. He starts yelling at the same time Wufei does.]

What the hell! You said you were gonna ask Heero, 'fei!!

[selfdetonation.livejournal.com]

[Why not? Let's yell, too.]

Both of you, shut up!

[pridefulscholar.livejournal.com]

[Wufei takes an unintentional step back, although he's quick to step forward again, of course. His scowl remains (this is obviously Maxwell's fault), but he does stop yelling.]

[maxwellian.livejournal.com]

[Duo flinches, but continues in an annoyed mutter.]

Well, he did.