Twenty

Naughty Sides

      “What did I miss?”
      “Sam, Kris, and Kat....” I replied...that’s all we’d really been able to talk about... I’d managed not to put Nikki in the mix too much...partially because they knew I was annoyed with her, and partially because...well...last night was heavily on my mind and sometimes they could read me like a book.
      I glanced at Zechs, “And Noin...” I grinned, “Can’t forget Noin.
      Zechs gave me a ‘Haha shut-up’ look.
      Wufei looked us over questioningly.
      “Nothing.” I clarified, “We can’t seem to focus.” I was watching Nikki again, thinking mainly about last night...trying to figure out why she didn’t realize I was still basically pissed at her...to an extent...
      He grunted in reply and I looked up at him. He was also studying Nikki.
      I felt a stab of anger and protective jealousy...How dare he watch her after... whatever he did? I also felt the need to prove something to him...maybe give him an inkling of what we’d done last night...that had been fun...
      Nikki never had approved of...pissing contests, as she would call them, but she always allowed me to make an exception...or maybe I’d make it and she’d tolerate it...
      Carefully, I pulled out her hair...thing, putting it around my wrist. Her long soft hair was slightly damp as I ran my fingers through it and she stirred.
      I had forgotten she was fake sleeping...and that she’d taken a shower this morning...before we’d started arguing again because of my lack of tact...
      “Heero?” her tone was so familiar...the tone of someone unsure...I hated it when she had that tone...it made me feel like an ass and reminded me of her not trusting me completely again...it was the tone she’d used last year, when Wufei’d come to visit and I’d pretty much stopped visiting her. She’d use the tone when I’d answer my phone.
      “Yeah?” my normal response.
      “Good, it’s you...” she nuzzled my chest.
      “Who else would it be?” A set formula.
      She sighed, “I don’t know, just checking...”
      “Oh...” at least she couldn’t hang up. When I’d stopped visiting, that had been the extent of our conversation. Wufei had given me some odd looks...since I’d had him check the Caller ID and then came running to answer it...and the fact that I’d nearly thrown my cell phone any number of times when I’d asked her how she was...only to hear the sound of no one at the other end...and the trying to call her back...nothing. She would never answer it.
      After about three days of it, I’d made a point of visiting her, intending to snap at her. That had been an interesting confrontation. I’d been hurt, confused, and pissed, and she’d had similar emotions...except she’d jumped on me when she saw me...that’d taken the edge away from my ‘What the hell?’
      Of course, when Wufei’d started hitting on her I’d gotten it back...only, she’d sort of ignored him...and not gotten off me, so I’d lost the edge again.
      “You going back to sleep, Love?”
      Love? That got a few more eyebrows...and I could understand it now...it was odd to hear someone call someone else pet names after being called ‘asshole’ all night by them. But with what had happened...and the fact that she’d come and found me right now...
      This was another interesting mix of feelings. I was pissed at her, I loved her...wanted her...wanted her to feel safe and protected...and at the same time, I wanted her to leave me alone.
      She sighed heavily, “No, this is just warm and comfortable...” her tone was relaxed.
      “Oh...”
      She still hadn’t opened her eyes.
      We sat in silence a while.
      “We were half-assed discussing my guards.” Quatre spoke up after a while, “Most of them are loyal. I know this for a fact. They’re Magunaucs who stayed in space.”
      Now that Nikki was here, I was focused, sort of...Wufei, Zechs, and I began to discuss the loyalty of the non-Magunaucs.
      I realized for the first time just how distracting the girls really were when Duo, Trowa, and Quatre continued to work Sam, Kat, and Kris into our conversation...and Zechs somehow worked Noin in...but that was more helpful than what the others provided...
      They weren’t focused. Zechs was...sort of...he wanted to be...he was almost succeeding...he was trying really hard...
      Nikki was sleeping again. With her cuddled to me the way she was, I began to remember why I had wanted her so bad...she was warm, soft, smelled good, and fit perfectly in my arms...and that kiss...last night...
      “Whoa...”
      I started, waking Nikki.
      “Somebody’s a little gone...” Duo’s voice brought me back to reality, he met my eyes and I knew he understood I was thinking about her... His amused look didn’t bother me for some reason.
      “I bet it wasn’t Relena he was thinking about, either.” Trowa added, smugly amused.
      That made me feel a little guilty...but really, she’d walked off...she’d taken the time to find Quatre...wasn’t like she couldn’t just ask him where I’d been...then she hadn’t even tried to locate me for the last four years...I’d lived in my apartment for a year now...and Quatre had Nikki’s address...and phone number...and cell number...she’d lived in that apartment for the last three or four years, so it was a more consistent thing for me to give him...
      It occurred to me how much of her information he had...that bothered me...
      Zechs’ brow furrowed slightly at Trowa’s statement. I figured he’d forgotten that Zechs was her brother.
      Nikki now she watched me with trusting, albeit tired, eyes.
      I met them, “Remember, Love, lower back gently...”
      Her eyes twinkled and she nodded.
      Trowa shut up a second, wide-eyed, “Now wait...” he started.
      “Remind me not to get on his bad side.” Quatre told Zechs, “She’s completely willing to do things for him...”
      Wufei looked away and Zechs nodded, I could tell he was beginning to get very curious about these games we kept discussing...or maybe remembering them from the past...I really needed to ask him about that...
      Nikki sat up, grinning, “Not willing, eager.”
      I could have gotten away with anything last night...I quelled that line of thought.
      “And I’d do it anyway without prompting.” she stretched...I wondered how much of that was show...for me and for them...
      “Oh really?” Quatre was tempting her, noticeably appreciating the view.
      She grinned at him, then at me, “Shall I prove it?”
      Slight anxiety filtered through me, “On who?”
      She grinned, “Pick a pilot...”
      “Me?”
      “Yes, you...” she grinned, running a hand over my chest, “Or do you mean you? Because I have no problems with that...” she leaned close to me feigning she would kiss me, and I took her up on the offer...then suddenly wished I hadn’t. I didn’t want to leave it at a game now...I knew how to win, but with them here...I couldn’t...
      I couldn’t focus, for one.
      She was doing this thing to my tongue...caresses and movement...it reminded me a little too clearly of a blow-job...
      “I’m willing...” Quatre spoke up, raising a hand after it had gone on for a while too long and I’d finally managed the will-power to break away and she was grinning at me.
      Something about the way he was looking at her reminded me of last night...when she’d disappeared with him...I really didn’t want to know what she’d done...but then again, I did...
      “I’m curious enough to be willing...” Zechs added, sitting back, “This seems to be an on going situation, and I hate being left out...” he smiled, “Besides, that looks like fun.”
      I myself didn’t find it all that amusing...
      Nikki turned and grinned at him, “Really, now...” she was considering...
      “My turn! My turn!” Duo cried, acting like a small child, raising his hand, “Pick me! Pick me!” he waved his hand in the air enthusiastically.
      Nikki laughed.
      The conversation degenerated from there.


      There was laughter in the hall and I could hear Relena and Kat talking quickly.
      How had they found us? We were in Heero’s room.
      Nikki’s little display earlier had been very entertaining, but poor Heero. That had been what stopped me from offering myself like Duo had...because that did look like fun.
      After a second, the door opened. Relena and Kat came in first, happily talking. They were followed by Sam and Kris, who were not too enthused. Sally and Noin brought up the rear.
      “Trowa!” Kat said, happily as she spotted me. “Look what I bought for you...” she dug around in her bag and pulled out a smaller cloth one.
      I watched curiously as she shook it, a pair of silver sunglasses with mirror lenses landed on her palm.
      I grinned, they were a lot like the pair I’d had and told her about... “Thanks, Kitty...”
      “Kitty?” she asked, raising an eyebrow as I tried the glasses on, “They look good on you.”
      “You’re too sweet.” I kissed her on the cheek, absently grabbing the zipper on the bottom front of her vest with one hand as I took the glasses off, “What did you get yourself?” I set them down and started fiddling with the corners.
      She smiled brightly, reminding me of morning sparrows, and I grinned larger at the sappiness of that thought.
      “I hope you don’t mind,” Zechs spoke up, “But...” he glanced at Noin, “Please excuse me...” when we’d all pretty much consented, he stood and she followed. With a slight wave, he disappeared out the door.
      After the door had closed, Kat rattled on innocently about the trip, showing me various articles of clothing and jewelry. Eventually pulling out a bottle of perfume, “I love the smell of this!” she opened it and sprayed some on my shirt.
      “Hey!” I cried, sitting back, she giggled.
      A flowery sweet smell pervaded the room.
      “You like it?”
      It did smell really good...
      “Yeah, I like it....” I began to pull my shirt off, “But did you have to spray it on me?”
      When I’d finished removing my shirt, she had her eyes downcast and was blushing slightly. “Hey...what...” she wouldn’t look at me. What was the matter?
      I moved to hug her.
      Behind her, Heero was plucking pointedly at his shirt, seeming very amused. Easily embarrassed, he’d said, Oops...
      Quickly I pulled the shirt back on as Kat put the bottle back in it’s box.
      She looked up to me shyly, seeming to appreciate that I was still wearing the shirt, “So you like it?”
      She’s innocent. I reminded myself, Completely innocent.
      Why did she have to be so innocent? “Yes. Just not on me.” I winked.
      She laughed, the blush fading away. She turned a minute, looking to her friends, then turned back to me, beginning to tell me about everything. She was sparkling.
      Why did she have to be so damned innocent...


      “She drove me insane...” Sam murmured, “All sparkling joy...” she used her annoyed pretending happy voice, “Ugh...Kat loves her, however...” this was tolerant.
      I smiled, “Now you see why I stayed home? I had some fun, by the way...” I thought over everything that’d happened, “Wufei’s a bit upset with me, though...”
      She grinned, “Tell me about it.”
      I laughed quietly at her enthusiasm.
      Quatre and Heero were listening to Relena, who was talking to Heero, showing him things she’d bought like Kat had to Trowa. Heero wasn’t as attentative, however. I could tell he was bored, but Relena didn’t seem to have that capability. Kat was sitting next to Trowa, discussing an outfit. He was too sweet. He obviously knew how to stay on a girl’s good side. Duo was watching Kris as she pulled things out to show both of us. Me because she wanted to show me, and Duo because he was paying attention and commenting...helpfully, not his normal ‘Oh yeah, Baby!’ shit.
      Wufei was at the vanity seat, staring at nothing.
      Sally was getting us some drinks.
      I had ended up promising to show Zechs the game sometime...well, play him...which was funny, all things considered...then did to Duo what I had to Heero, only standing...he had continued the childish shit, not actually expecting me to do it...then acted all macho and unaffected, but pulled away rather quickly as I started having a bit more fun with it...I’d only started to run my nail tips back and forth on the back of his neck...eventually, we all had somehow ended up in my room.
      Sam had shown me everything and we were talking about the day, watching as Kris showed us things.
      The only person who couldn’t hear me, was Relena.
      “Well, Wufei wanted me to play games,” I was watching him from the corner of my eye, “At first, I said no. Then he made the comment that Heero controlled me...”
      Sam snorted.
      “Exactly. So I did play games. He’d managed to get my jeans undone just before I left...that boy can kiss...”
      Heero was looking at me...last night passed through my mind...
      He was continuing his conversation with Relena as a few curious eyes focused on Wufei...about three pairs of them...the other couple pairs exchanged glances among themselves, tolerating the curiosity...
      Sam smirked, “What exactly did you do?”
      I leaned close to her ear, gaining a ‘Hey!’ look from Duo, he evidently wanted to know, too. “Got down his pants a bit.” I chuckled, trying not to let it sound naughty, wiggling my fingers slightly.
      “He managed to undo your pants? Did he make a mess?”
      I grinned, “I don’t know, I left.”
      Sam burst out laughing, covering her mouth to muffle it, looking at Wufei again.
      Trowa, Quatre, and Duo were having a hard time controlling their own laughter, grinning at Wufei too.
      He, for his part, managed to look unaffected.
      Relena turned to me, “What?”
      “Oh dear.” Sam sighed.
      I smiled, “Nothing, Miss Relena.”
      She accepted that, raising a skeptical eyebrow, turning back to Heero, who was still watching me, an interesting expression on his face...he was not amused.
      “So what happened then?” Sam asked, still quiet.
      “I went to find Heero. Nothing interesting there...”
      “I note you’re not calling him Asshole anymore, that’s got to be good...” she mumbled.
      I nodded my agreement, “I sat on Heero’s lap and fell asleep for a bit. When I woke up...” I looked around the room and leaned close to her ear again, “Trowa was saying...” Trowa looked up from Kat, instantly focusing on me, still talking to her, “...that he’d be ready next game.” I snickered quietly at his surprised look. “I undid Heero’s pants and...”
      The guys turned to Heero, eyebrows raised and naughty grins.
      He gave me an exasperated look.
      ‘Oops...’ I mouthed to him.
      He gave me a reprimanding ‘Oops my ass.’ look, he seemed a bit more annoyed than this warranted...
      I pushed that away.
      Apparently, they hadn’t noticed, I smiled coyly at him and he rolled his eyes, refocusing on Relena.
      I lost my smile a moment, but got it back as I went on, “They all think they’ll be ready next round...and Millia...Zechs...” I really needed to stop calling him Milliardo. “...wants to know what all the fuss is about...” I shrugged, “I showed him...with Heero and Duo’s help, but he wants to experience it for himself...sometimes I wonder about what goes on in a guy’s head...I’m not gonna fuck’em, so why do they want me turning them on?”
      Trowa had to stop himself from snickering.
      Sam grinned at that, then looked them all over, “Even Heero thinks he’ll be ready?”
      “No, he knows better. I made sure of that.” I grinned naughtily at him and he gave me this searching look...like he was daring me to say too much...
      There were scattered quiet snickers.
      She grinned, “I love games...”
      Sally re-entered with drinks and I went and sat beside Heero on the bed.
      Noticing she’d have to sit on the floor, Relena glared at me slightly and I smiled vapidly at her, wondering what she’d think about last night...I leaned against him, relaxing...glad I’d stopped flinching and trying to figure out why I had been...
      “Well, I’m going to put my things away.” she said cheerily, “I’ll see you at dinner...”
      “We’re eating in Trowa’s room tonight.” I informed her in an all too happy voice.
      “You should join us.” Kat invited sincerely.
      Relena smiled in return, “No...that’s all right, Katie. I need a bit of a break.”
      “We all do.” I agreed as Heero tensed.
      She needed to realize that I could insult her worse than she could me.
      She gave me an obviously fake smile, turned, and left.
      Sally gave us...well, Sam, Kris, and I...a raised eyebrow look and followed.
      We sighed in relief, putting more show to it than necessary. Heero smacked me on the arm and I laughed at him, trying to decide if he’d smacked me for telling, or being a bitch...or both...noticing Wufei’s near murderous look...
      Something reminded me of the hickey and I wondered how many of them noticed...
      There was an amused silence, “I wondered why you froze earlier...it didn’t even occur to me...” Trowa said to Heero, focused on me, “I didn’t even see you move...” he was grinning.
      Heero sighed in aggravation.
      I grinned, “I had no intention of you knowing...unless something happened.”
      “But you had no problem telling Sam?”
      “Of course not, we share all our stories. All four of us...”
      Only this time, if I even started telling them an edited version...they’d know...
      Not that it would be a surprise.
      “Kat’s innocent.” Heero told me in a hidden warning.
      Kat was grinning at me, one eyebrow quirked.
      I laughed, “Sure. Why not...”
      Trowa was annoyed, “You guys make her out to be as bad as Nikki...” he was speaking to Heero, acting as if I weren’t there.
      I rose an eyebrow, “Yeah,” I nodded, “She’s working on it. Aren’t you, Kitty?”
      Kat giggled.
      “Nikki and Sam were five times as bad when me met.” Heero spoke up.
      I grinned at Quatre, “It took me a while before I actually got him, however.” I nodded in Heero’s direction.
      “How long before you got Duo?” the Arabian’s tone was curious.
      I smirked as Sam and Kris snickered.
      “You guys are impossible.” Duo muttered, looking away.
      “Well?” Quatre pursued.
      “As long as it took her to get me today.” Heero replied, smiling like the Cheshire cat.
      I snickered, “Not even that...”
      Grumbling, Duo leaned back, his eyes falling to the floor on my side of the bed, he glanced up at me with a raised eyebrow and back down pointedly...we met eyes...
      “I thought you said Heero was a challenge,” Wufei said suddenly and I realized no one else had noticed Duo’s movement, “So how can you get him so easily now?”
      “Practice, Wufei.” I replied, he wouldn’t continue to meet my eyes, “Once you figure out what to do, then they’re pretty much in your control.”
      It occurred to me that Duo had probably seen the condom Heero’d thrown...hmm...he might have an idea now...I’d have to ask him later...wait...shit...
the packages...fuck!
      Most of it had ended up in the trash can...but empty wrappers weren’t that big a deal...
      “What if they refused to be controlled?”
      “They don’t tend to realize I’m controlling them.”
      “You don’t control Heero.”
      “Why should I?”
      Annoyed, he turned away, “Whatever.”
      As if I anyone could control a wolf...

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