a full house

[windandwater]

Breakfast -- or rather, an early lunch if you wanted to view it that way -- was well under way by the time Duo and Max wandered out of the bedroom and into the Common Room. Both Americans were freshly showered and were dressed in nearly identical black jeans and black shirts. The only saving grace was that Duo wore a tank top and Max was wearing a regular t-shirt. Also, Duo wore his hair pulled up into a ponytail which was long enough to brush against his thighs as he walked. Max had his arm around Duo's shoulder casually and their entrance was duly noted by the other Muses in the room.

Wufei looked up over the top of his newspaper and snorted. "Looks like *someone* finally decided to get up," he remarked off-handedly.

Duo just bounced over to him and gave him a quick kiss. "I've been *up* since early this morning, Wufei..."

"... we just finally decided to leave the bedroom," Max finished, giving Yuy a quick kiss as the blushing Japanese boy handed him a mug of coffee.

"You know, that whole finishing each other's sentences thing is sort of disturbing," Winner pointed out, buttering a slice of toast as he spoke.

Both Duo and Max blinked at the blond Arabian, blinked at each other, and then blinked at Winner again. Max shrugged and sipped his coffee. Duo made his way to the table.

"I didn't even realize we did that," Duo answered. "I don't know. Sometimes you mesh and sometimes you don't."

At that moment he reached out his hand just Max finished taking a drink of his coffee. The braided boy handed the mug over and continued as Duo drank and poked around the breakfast items on the table.

"Maybe it depends on other stuff. I'm not a scientist, but me an' Duo are pretty tight, so it's obvious that we would think the same way." Then Max reached out, took the blueberry muffin that Duo handed to him and took a bite. Then the two counterparts switched items, Duo finishing off the muffin and Max draining the last of the coffee.

"S'not like we do it on purpose or anything," Duo said as his chewed.

"Okay... if Winner thought the sentence thing was disturbing, I'm now officially freaked out," Chang burst out. Then with a grumble, he took his tea and toast, stole a section of the newspaper from Wufei and plopped himself on the couch. The other Muses were all nodding and murmurring amongst themselves.

Duo and Max looked at each other.

"What?" they asked simultaneously.

Before anyone could explain, the door chimed. Quatre frowned, but since he was closest to the door, he rose to answer it. "Who could be calling at such an hour?"

When the door slid open, the answer was on the doorstep. Or rather, in the room, as she did not wait to be invited before stepping into the Common Room.

"Hello, Quatre. Have you seen Heero?" Relena asked. At the laptop, Heero twitched violently but kept working. At the table, Yuy went completely pale and tried to scrunch down further in his chair.

"The blonde bitch!" Max exclaimed, nearly dropping his mug. "Why didn't anyone tell me that *she* was here?"

Relena threw the braided boy a Look. "There's no need to be rude, Duo. I assure you that..." Relena trailed off to a stop as she realized that the room was filled with G-Boyz twice over. "What in the world...?"

Then Relena's cornflower blue eyes widened as she realized that Heero was sitting in front of his laptop in his tank top and spandex, but there was ANOTHER Heero at the table, dressed in nothing but a brief pair of cutoffs. Her mouth dropped open in a very unladylike way. And her mind kicked its gears into overdrive and started to whirl.

Duo caught the change in Relena's expression. "Oh, no way!" he bit out, storming up to the blond girl. "I know what that look in your eyes means, Relena! I *know* what you're thinking! No way! Absolutely not! Only *I'M* allowed to have those kinds of thoughts!"

There were quite a number of discrete coughs at that statement and Duo amended quickly.

"Only *we're* allowed to have those kinds of thoughts. Whatever's going through that little head of your, forget it. Entertain yourself with Dorothy instead!"

At those words, Quatre, Winner and Yuy all started to make strange choking sounds.

Relena drew herself up to her full height, glaring at the violet eyed boy. "I'll have you know that I have a fic that needs to finished, Mr. Maxwell...!"

"Who doesn't?!" Duo spat back.

Relena continued doggedly. "Well, the *Writer* wants my fic finished! I'll do as I please!"

"You do as you please, and *I* will too!"

"What kind of threat is that?" Relena asked archly.

"The best kinda threat. I'm in your fic, too, ojou-san. And I'm the Primary Muse. I can twist your bunny nine ways to Hell if I want to. How about instead of Heero talking in his sleep, you find out he doesn't love you because you walk in on him and me going at it like--"

"You wouldn't dare!" Relena hissed, losing all color in her cheeks.

"Try me," Duo replied, his voice low and savage.

Relena had no answer to that, so with an impotent squeal of rage, she whirled around and stormed outta the room. Once the door slammed shut, Duo sagged against the back of the couch and wiped his forehead.

The room burst into applause.

Duo looked up, winked and grinned. "It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it."