City Limits

City Limits
Genre: Romance / Humour / Drama
Disclaimer: I don't own GW
Summary: The 'gundam wing' boys are in collage now. Duo gets a little crush. AU with 1(x or +)2-3x4-5- 2(+ or x)OC
Author Note: 1X2 FOREVER! Oh and 3x4 is good too.
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"Wow this place is huge" 'I'm not kidding, this place is f*ing enormous' I thought as we all huddled out of the small compacted car, that we just spent the last 3-4 hours cramped inside. But I forgot all about my pains and aches when I got a piece of the part of town, not to mention the building were going to be living in for next few years, talk about space. Standing about 20 floors high, and mighty wide, if I do so say so myself.

Ok so if you don't know what I'm talking about by know, let me fill the blanks. I, Duo Maxwell am a collage boy! That's right, I passed High school, me, the class clown. Oh but I'm not alone in this...no sir're. My four best buds in the whole wide world are with me. Oh you don't know them, well let me introduce you to them.

First is my best, best friend Heero O. Yuy, been my next door neighbour for the last 6-7 years, this Japanese American dude has stuck with me through thick and thin, and now is standing here with me today. And even now he still doesn't know the meaning of a hair brush. (I mean look at it, this chocolate brown locks stick in complete disaster, not to mention in front of those Prussian blue eyes I've always admired.) And for such a great person, he doesn't have a lot to say on the subject....I mean the most I can get out from him is "Hn" or "Duo no Baka", heheh or that he threatens to kill me or he's going to chop off my braid, and none of that has happened...yet.

Uh...anyway moving on...hehehe Ok next is the shortest member our tall group of friends, give a round of applause for the heir of the highly rich and powerful Winner family, Quatre R. Winner... As I've said already he's the shortest and lucky for me I'm third tallest (Whooo!) So yeah, not only is he's rich, he's quite popular with the ladies, and maybe a few guys too *ahem cough* WHAT! Don't look at me like that, I can't help it, the kid is cute, with those baby bluish green eyes, and sun-kissed blonde hair, which is weird seeing he comes from Arabia...but whatever. Unlike the rest of us unsophisticated people, no wait expect Wufei, and Trowa...and Heero. Boy. Do I feel special...but like I was saying people like Quatre, who are dipped into the pool of money, arts, he can play instruments like the violin and the piano...NEXT!

Alrighty next on the list is the always-ranting Wufei Chang. I swear if he thinks at least one thing is unfair it's considers the world injustice. It can be anything, ANYTHING! After that, there is no stopping him; he goes off lecturing everything and everyone about the clear injustice of it. I know drives me up the wall too. Now if you didn't know already, Wu-man is Chinese, yes I said Wu-man. Got a problem with it, oh you don't, well that doesn't say the same for him. He hates it when I call him that or any of other names I made up heheh. Oh yeah this black hair, black eyes, karate doing ranter just happens to a scholar, hard to believe right, you should see him when he wears his glasses, quite cute if I do say so my self...

Now last, but certainly not least the quietest person you will ever meet, the one and only Trowa T. Barton. Not only that he hardly talks ever, never in my 17 years of living on this earth have I seen hair like his. I'm not shiting you, it like sticks out and up and covers like the whole side of his face at the same time. When I first met him, in the seventh grade I could have sworn this European was a Cyclops, when I soon discovered he had another green emerald eye hidden under his oh so slick but spiky brown hair, crazy huh? OH and one more thing and most important, if you seem to lose us in a crowd, just look for the 6 foot tall Cyclops and you'll find us somewhere near by. It's like he and Quatre two are frigin' glued to the hip, swear on Shinigami!

So like I was saying...what is that? Oh, you wanna know about me? Ok no prob dudes and dudettes. Well as you know my name Duo Maxwell also known as Shinigami, and accordion to Heero means God of Death in his language, cool huh. Anyway, I'm a pure American, plus 'n orphan, Oh but don't feel sorry for me, so what if I was never adopted and I live in the orphanage. I got the father and Sister Helen, plus my four best friends...But so you know although I never knew my real parents, I still have something from my past that I still hold close to my...'back'. Confused, yeah thought you would be. You see I've always had long hair, and I mean really long, like pass my ass. Anyway when I was brought to the church, I never let them cut my hair, it was precious, so then Sister Helen agreed not to cut it and did it up into a braid. And ever since, it's been my trademark, oh yeah plus my purplish eyes... plus plus if you haven't guessed by now...I'M GAY!

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As I was saying before I went into about the guys I...uh...what was I saying?...hmmm...
"Maxwell! Quit daydreaming or we'll leave you behind!" Wu-bear’s calling, and he can't blame me for daydreaming, it only gets me out trouble for 50% of the amount of trouble I get into. Oh and Wu-bear always refers me by my last name, from my knowledge he has never said my first name ever...weird guy...
"Huh? Oh, H-hey wait up for me you guys!
"Hn..."
"SO what should we do first? I heard the sights around here a wonderful" That's the thing about Blondie here, when he has something on his mind, he lets people know how he feels.
"..." this is t-bone (....) yup that’s him alright. Ever so silent, like 90 percent of the time.
"Oh yeah for sure, I was told the food here is great"
"Is that all you can think about Maxwell, food"
"Eh...of course not, I think about food, boys, Hee-chan and food oh and did I mention food" So you know Hee-chan = Heero.
"Pwph...”
“All right you two please don't start. Now before we do any food gorging or sight seeing, we should first go to register and get our rooms and..." Quatre stands in the middle, don't want blood shed so early in the year, or even before we start school.
Yeah, yeah...we know you gave us this talk before we left"
"I know, but I only want everything to go smoothly"
'Oh look CANDY MACHINE!'
"AND... I'm talking to no one" heheh I'm evil to poor Quatre.
"Do not worry, Quatre, I will keep an eye out on Duo"
"Heh, why thank you Heero, I knew I count on you" Ah good ole Hee-chan
"(soft tone) we should we head to the registry and gather our room assignments" sigh T-bone really only talks if it's truly important
"Hmm... Fine as long as I'm not roomed with Maxwell, for if I am, justice will rain over his head"
"Yes, yes, Wufei...I already took care of that so there is nothing to worry about, ok?"
“..."
"You said it Trowa"

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Room arrangements R# - 0135

Thanks to Quatre's great connections we weren't separated, we got a dorm for the five of us... is this sweet or what! So the rooms are divided into two people a room.
PAUSE...
Wait, now that doesn't make any sense. If it's two to a room, and they're only five of us, then that must mean...
"Yes Duo that means we're getting a dorm mate"
"..............BLINK.............BLINK............are you serious!"
"Uh...Er…your not mad?"
"No not at all, now one question?"
"Yes...?”
"Who am I bunking with, is it Heero, its Heero right, I'm right, right?”
"Uh..."
"I'm 'bunking' with Trowa" Heero said not taking his eyes off his class schedule, he does that all the time, you don't think he listening but in reality he hears every word.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."
"Now now Duo, I'll be your roommate"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...Oh well that's just as good"
"Sigh..."
"SO I'm guessing Wu-man is going to cope with a stranger"
"I WILL NO SUCH THING!"
"But Wufei, there is no other choice, you know what will happen if Heero and Duo or Trowa and I room together" (Wink)"
"Grrrr...Fine"
"Hmm good, now that we have that figured out, shall we go out for dinner in celebration
“Quatre what will happen if Duo and I room together?”
“Never you mind Heero” Quatre flashes his most fakest sincere smile we’ve ever seen, and Heero can do is blink then frown. Because now, Q-man’s got him thinking…
"YAY" me
"HN…" Hee-chan…who’s still in deep processing mode
"Very well" Wu-man
"(Soft tone) ...yes" duh T-bone

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A few hours later when we returned to our new dorm, most of us are pretty tuckered out and ready to hit the hay. But when we opened the door, something felt out of place.
"Oww...Hey! Who left their junk right in front of the door? God Dammit!" I asked trying to peel my face off the floor after I tripped on someone's infernal luggage.
"Hmm, well that's odd I thought we put everything away before we left"
"Must be Wufei's new roommate" Yup that’s me, completely forgetting about my injuries because now I can see Wu- bear’s pouty face of discomfort. YES
"Humph..."
Just then an older boy/uh guy comes out of Wufei's room after hearing that we have returned.
"Huh...Ahhhh...OH I'M SORRY...I'm soo dumb, I knew I was forgetting something" He looked mostly normal, but I'm not one to judge, even if he has grass colored green hair and weirdly enough has the same color eyes as my Hee-chan…strange.
"Huh (O.o)"
"Oh uh... Hello, oh you are ..."
"Your roommate and dorm floor guide person. Please to meet you, names Jason Tomoe but you can call me Jason, or Ja-san, or Pyro if you like, I am at you service, heh"
"Uh..." Everyone else just stay quiet and stares, but jumping at the chance and I run up and shake the new guy's hand, he stares for only a moment then shakes back quite hard.
"Hi there dude, I am Duo Maxwell, I run and hide, but I never tell a lie"
"...Oh well that's good to know...and do your friends have names as well?" by the time I got my hand back, I figured it would be numb for a while. He looks past me and smiles toward the others…
"Heh yup, there just being shy...soo what you guys waiting for? Is any one going to introduce themselves or what?"
"S-sure of course! Quatre R. Winner, the pleasure is all mine"
"Trowa Barton, nice to meet you"
“Chang Wufei (bows)"
"Heero O. Yuy"
"Heh, nice to meet you guys too. So who's going to my victim, I mean bunkmate?"
"Hehehe, I'm liking this guy already" I wannabe like him when I grow up, heheheh
"Thanks Duo my man, it's good to know that you’re loved"
"Uh...I am" Wu-man raises his hand.
"Ok Fei...uh is it ok if I call you that"
"Humph...Whatever" Wufei leaves the lounge for his bedroom. The four of us have had years of experience toward his behaviour, hopefully this new guy lives the night...
"Alrighty then, (turns to us) is he always like that?"
"Oh yeah, don't worry you'll get use to it soon enough, by the way that was a yes toward calling him Fei, he likes that far much more then what I come up with"
"Okie day...we’ll we should all head off to bed long day ahead of us tomorrow. It's my duty as you dorm guide to show you around and get you all settled into the collage, you know classes and such"
"Alright, well good night everyone sleep tight" and with that Quatre and retire to our room.
"And don't let the bed bugs bite! HAHAH"
“Duo that's not funny!” Quatre yells back at me.
"Heheh... (Stands up) Urgg. Well Heero, Trowa don't stay up too late alright then, night" Jason grabs his missing bag and heads back to his room with Wufei.
"Hn"
"..."
Heh good luck Jason Tomoe

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In the morning, one happy hyper Jason Tomoe waked us up. That's the one reason I hate about sleeping, it's over too fast, the minute you go to rest your head, and you’re so rudely awaken...grrr. I MEAN WHAT KIND OF CRAZY PERSON GETS UP THIS EARLY! Other then Hee-chan…
...The kind of guy who dances in the mini kitchen they provide us, singing in Japanese and dishing out the goodies.
Wait is that…sniff; sniff...yes it is...
"PANCAKES!”
I zip to the counter table, eagerly waiting for my pancakes, I sat next to Wufei, with Trowa on my other side, and that's when I noticed that something was off again.
"Hey Wu-dude what is that?"
There in front of him, was just a small bowl of rice and if I'm correct small strips of meat? Fish?
"White rice and fish, why do you ask?"
"Uh...no reason...h-hey T-man is that French Toast?" I think I’m starting to drool...quick wipe my chin (wipe wipe)
"...Yes"
"We all got something different Duo, I have an Arabian breakfast, and Heero got Rice balls, cool huh?"
"Not only that but each rice ball has a surprise in the middle and then is wrapped in seaweed, A common Japanese special" The cook said as a matter of fact. There he was standing, a long white apron around his waist. And all the dirty dishes are stacked neatly in the sink ready to be cleaned.
"J-Jason, you ...you made all this?"
"Heh yup yup!"
"How..."
"Well, when I meet you last night, I noticed all your nationalities, and I decided to make you a special welcome to campus breakfast, so what are you waiting for, an invitation? Dig it before it gets cold"
Then he leans on the counter across from Quatre, nibbling on an extra rice balls he made for himself. I have to say I am impressed, and I’m really serious. This guy is the best. He must of got up at least a few hours before Hee-chan. He’s funny, nice and crazy…
I think I’m falling in love.
Maybe he’s single, heh… right.

MISSION ACCEPTED

"So Mr. Tomoe...”
"Uh... Call me Jason; please Quatre there is no need to be so formal"
"Ah sorry, well I was going to ask, what your majors?"
"Is that all, well I major in child psychology, zoology, music, home ec oh and drama. Have you decided what classes you wanna join? Or did you go through that already?"
"Yes, I went for Music, social business, martial arts and history” Wufei started.
"Ah...me too, ok not the business and history, but everything else, plus auto shop" I added my two cents, step one GOT TO GET NOTCIED!
"Computers and Computer programming and Martial arts" Hee-chan stated
"What do you need comp programming for Hee-chan? I swear you like got your entire house bugged"
"Reeeeallly? Tell me more" Jason sounded intrigued, who am I to deny his request.
"Well this one time...” I started
"Duo that's enough" oh cut off before it got good...I swear Heero sometimes he ruins all my fun...but I can never stay mad at him.
"Ehh...alright be that way" gotta stay cool.
"Heheh, ok anyone else got their classes figured out? What' bout you, tall and silent one?"
"He signed up for history, home ec, zoology, and art. Uh, I joined home ec, art, business and music" Quatre answers for him, knowing Trowa didn't feel like responding.
"Yeah but what kind of music do you play? You seem like the type for the classical arts"
"Uh oh yes I play the Piano and the Violin"
"Hmm, I thought so, and Duo I'm guessing your the rock and heavy metal type correct?"
"Heh, yup"
"Right! Well that's the problem you see in this school, as far as your skills go we have classes for both. SO I'm afraid you too won't be seeing a lot of each other."
"Oh I see, well thanks for the help"
"Ah ah ha, (waving his index finger back and forth) I'm no where near done helping you yet, you might need me in the near future. You might not know it, but it's not so simple fitting into a new environment and subconsciously new chapter of your life. So I know I'll be needed."
"Wow, that was...deep" See what did I tell you, he’s Awesome!
"Heh thanks, I don't take Child psychology for nothing you know?"
“Are you calling me a child?! That is injustice!" 'Here he goes again' we sigh, except Jason who was left confused "...blah blah and therefore I've never been insulted like that all my life...blah blah BLAH!"
"Heh sorry about that, he tends to go off the wall like that, please don't get offended"
"Oh that, don't worry, believe me I get that kind of treatment a lot"
"..You do?" Trowa adds in his own penny, hehe.
"Hey you talk! But yes I do, you know from friends and family, really silly dumb stuff. It just means your close and you care about each other, as they always say it's better to fight with friends the with strange enemies"
"Who said that?"
"I don't know, some dead philosopher dude"
"Hahaha" everyone gives their little chuckle. Then Jason takes a quick glance at the time on the stove, and this panic look on face rose. He all but leaped from the counter, and headed to the door for his things.
"Well you have everything under control; I left the schools maps on the table by the door, sorry I can’t stay but I'll be going to class! Smell yea later!” with that said and done, he zoomed out the dorm like he was the roadrunner with the coyote hot on his tail.
"Uh...bye"
"Wow, someone was in a rush"
"I'll say...well guess we should follow his example and (gulp) head to class"
"First class of our first day of collage"
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I can’t believe it’s been 3 months already. I know crazy right. I’m still in school and I’m no drop out, HA! Take that Solo! Who Solo? Well he’s my older brother, ok so he’s not my real brother. He an orphan like me, he grew up in the streets. He’s also the one who found me and he took me in and thus I became the first member of his gang, yup makes me proud to call him my brother. Yep life was good back then, but sadly we knew it couldn’t last forever, and we were right. So the government couldn’t take the rise of crime and decided to take action. And is that sad end of our gang, but good news was because the gang was made up of just children the police just couldn’t throw us in jail, yay for being underage. Yeah right! Anyway long story short, we were separated, the gang I mean. Yup all the youngest kids got sent to orphanages in like the three towns over, we all promised to write, you know when they learned to someday. The worst of us was sent to Juvie (short for Junivel hall) and lastly was Solo and I, we were sent to the Maxwell Church.
Ahh I babbling again aren’t I, ehhheeh luckily Wu-bear hadn’t heard me or I would’ve never heard the end of it. It’s be like:
“Maxwell, you talking to yourself again?”

Sigh.

Anyway back to resent news. All 5 of us, are the top of our classes, can I get a BOOYEAW! Yup, it’s official I'm a genius. Heh YES! So like I said top of our classes, plus I got on the collage’s basketball team. Hee-chan too no less, and with the two of us, we tear up that court. Let me recap the most exciting parts of the last 3 months, uh let’s see. OH like on thanksgiving, it was only Heero, Jason and I. Yeah Wufei and Quatre went home for the holidays, and Trowa, well he went home with Q-man. Heh you won’t believe this, but it finally happened. Yes Q-man and T-bone are a COUPLE! (Hearts all around) seems they’d been dating since mid October… but I must say they’re very right together, sigh so cute. I’m soo jealous, but never fear for I have my sights set on someone, and if you’re thinking my very own Hee-chan, well you’re wrong. I mean I love the guy, but a las he isn’t feeling the love between us.
But he could, you know if he would just give us a chance. But it’s not like I would tell him that or anything. Heh I’m going off topic again, sigh. Anyway it was the three of us, Jason used his god like cooking skills to make us an out of this world thanksgiving dinner, I helped in the dessert, Ok I give up, it’s Jason I like, he’s hotter then hell and awesome in like everything he does, almost like Hee-chan. Arg I don’t get it; I’ve tried just about everything to get his attention, but nothing. Zip, Zilch, Nana, Zero…is this guy blind or something? Am I not forward enough, flirting doesn’t seem to even faze him.
Like the time during Halloween, my favourite time of year, other then Christmas of course.

(Flash back)

All hallows eve was only days away. And I was in a panic to find to perfect costume so Jason would have no choice but to notice me. He once told me he’s really into all that Anime stuff, heh excellence I thought. I’d dress like one of this Japanese cartoon characters, but none of the stores sold anything like that, so that idea was shot down. With the big night getting closer I had to think of something fast, something good. After a few more trips to the store for a righteous look…

I FOUND IT!

It’s perfect, hah wait till Jason sees me in this. Maybe he’s jaw with drop or he’ll start drooling, or he’ll be so overwhelmed with love all at once he’ll just take me in his strong arms and …ahh ok I getting way over my head, Sigh I swear I’m such a hopeless romantic, and I got to stop reading those stupid gushy sappy novels Sister Helen buys all the time, but I can’t help it …they’re soo good. Gah…no focus!


Sorry I cut it ther, I will write more soon, just couldnt thing of anyhting else at the time.. heh