Title: What’s in an Act? Pt. 4/?

Author: Deathangelgw

Disclaimer: they aren’t mine, never have been! (And prolly never will be too *pouts*) The OCs are miiiine though! OH and the lyrics aren’t mine either…I’m just using them for humor’s sake!

Warnings: Same as always…and yes, still no lemon….yet.

Pairings: hehe, well, I threw in that surprise, didn’t I? Yes, you read right…it’s 13x6xOC. Hehe…more surprise pairings to come! (Literally…)

Rating: Still at PG-13…yea yea I know I know…get to the good stuff…*grumbles*

Note: ^_^ This is for all of you who DO believe in me and continue to read! Also…thankies to Corazon for letting me use him so nicely! He loves it and he knows it! ~_^

Feedback: Appreciated, though wrongful flames do get it…Play nice

‘thoughts’

“Trowa!! I can NOT believe you are making us wear these!!” Wufei’s enraged voice floated out before him as he stomped out onto the stage.

Trowa looked up from the score that he was looking at with Gen and Quatre and tried to hide his smirk. “What’s wrong, Fei?” Trowa asked softly, elbowing a snickering Gen to keep quiet.

Wufei glared at him as he pointed at the tights and loose tunic that he was wearing. “You have GOT to be kidding!!” he shouted at the laughing trio, eyes narrowed in rage as he stood with one hand on his hip.

Gen bit her lip to hold down her snickers as Duo came out, looking about as thrilled as Wufei as he pulled at the leggings that were constantly threatening to pull out leg hairs. “Yea really, Trowa…are you sure about this?” he asked doubtfully as he stood by his best friend.

Matt bounded out onto the stage, dressed similarly. “Aw come on! It’s just like Robin Hood and his Merry Men!” he declared excitedly and grinned as Duo snickered.

Wufei glared at Matt balefully then turned it on Trowa. “Trowa…I must protest! I am NOT a merry man!*” he growled out angrily.

Duo grinned as he commented, “That’s for sure.” Wufei reached over and bopped his friend on the head, earning a sheepish chuckle from the braided man.

Looking down at the very tight spandex leggings, Matt beamed and cried, “Aw come on, Fei….we’re men…in tights!”

Duo got an extremely wicked grin on his face as he flung his arm around Matt’s shoulders. “That’s right,” he stated and winked at Matt, who got a knowing look on his face.

Together, they started singing, “We’re MEN…we’re men in tights! We roam around the forest looking for fights! We’re MEN….we’re men in tiiiiiiights…We rob from the rich and give to the poor THAT’S RIGHT! We maaaaaay look like siiiiiiissies….But watch what you say or else we’ll put out your lights! We’re men….we’re men in TIGHTS…Always on guard defending the people’s rights.”

They looked over at Wufei and grinned widely and, before he could run away, got on either side of him. Wufei sighed softly and rolled his eyes, but joined in with a smirk as they started to do a can-can line. “Laaa lalalalalaalaa lalalalalaalaa lalalalaLALALALALAla laaaaaalalalalaLAALAA lalalalalaalaa lalalalalalaLAlala.” They broke apart from their line and looked smug, crossing their arms gangster style. A couple other young men had joined them in costume. Heero watched from the sidelines as they continued their mock chorus.

 “We’re MEN, MANLY MEN…we’re men in TIGHTS…YES! We roam around the forest looking for Fights! We’re MEN…We’re men in tiiiiiiiights…we rob from the rich and give to the poor THAT’S RIGHT!!  We maaaaaaaay look like paaaaaansies…but don’t get us wrong or we’ll put out your lights!  We’re men…men in tights TIGHT tights! Always on guard defending the people’s riiiiiiights…When you’re in a fix just call on the men in TIIIIIIIIGHTS! WE’RE BUTCH!” They all posed, flexing their muscles somehow and looking ‘butch’. 

Gen, by now, was laughing so hard that she had slid to the floor, while Quatre, Trowa, Zechs, and Treize were all holding their sides in laughter.  Rhianna hooted from the back wings as she called out, “Feel better now, Fei Fei?”

Wufei smirked slightly and looked at his co-conspirators. “Yeup…I think that about does it,” he stated smugly.  Matt and Duo grinned and winked at each other.

Trowa chuckled as he wiped his face. “My…I haven’t laughed that hard in ages…” he murmured softly, feeling his face crack from laughing too hard.

Gen snickered as she wiped her face. “Yes you did…you laughed like that when what’s her name tried to come on to you!” she shot back laughingly, earning a chuckle from Trowa and stares of amazement from the others.

“EW! You mean that….ick ick ick! She tried to…eeww I can’t even say it!!” Rhianna cried in disgust as the others shuddered.

Nodding solemnly, Trowa sighed. “And it was in a fairly high class restaurant to boot…and in front of Gen,” he added and rolled his eyes as Gen snickered again.

“I don’t even want to know.”

“Agreed, Fei.”

Duo and Wufei looked at each other, shuddering. Darla Abbottein was a primadonna that deserved to be put out of their misery. Luckily, Trowa had managed to keep her out of the musicals with some excuse or another…but they all wondered how long it would be before they might have to put up with her.

Grinning and waving her hand soothingly, Gen ordered, “Go get back into your clothes so we can get to work. Come here Rhianna so I can see your costume.”  She got on stage and walked over to her friend as she modeled the simple, yet elegant costume. It was a floor length dress, pale blue and purple in color. The sleeves flowed out from the elbow in long pieces of gauzy blue, while the skirt floated above the ground as she moved. The top piece came down in a cut that seemed to make it look to be two pieces, decorated in gentle swirls of deep purple and blue in a lovely design of leaves and vines. The shoulders puffed up slightly as they connected to the dipping neck and were covered gently by chestnut strands of hair.  Rhianna grinned as she twirled around, seeming the carefree sprite of some medieval fairytale.

Trowa looked over at Quatre, noticing the stare of his friend as Gen made slight notes on fixes for the dress. He grinned. “So…when are you going to propose to her?” he asked quietly, making a note on the score.

Quatre flashed a grin at his best friend. “When you propose to Gen,” he shot back, earning a grin from the banged man.

As Rhianna left the stage, talking with Gen as they went off, Duo and Wufei returned onstage. Trowa looked up and smiled, then asked, “Where’s Heero? We need to practice one scene with Duo.”

Wufei opened his mouth to answer when Heero walked out on stage. He nodded to the other two, and then looked over at the director. “You called?” he asked, slight amusement in his tones.

Trowa grinned back and nodded. “Yes….I think we need you two to practice your kissing scene,” he replied and hid his grin by looking down at his script.

Duo meeped and blushed brightly, looking over at Heero. To his surprise, and delight, he saw a similar blush on the Japanese man’s cheeks.  Before he could say anything though, Rhianna bounded onto the stage. “WHOOHOO BRO!! Finally some action!!!” she cried enthusiastically, beaming.

Duo blushed even more, and then blinked as he heard a soft chuckle from Heero. ‘Could it be I’m not wrong? Does he have feelings…for…me?’ he thought to himself, almost meeping in joy. 

Trowa snorted and rolled his eyes at Rhianna. “Rhia…kindly remember this is *acting* and not some dating service,” he chided as he cocked an eyebrow at Rhianna.

Grinning, Rhianna waved her hand soothingly. “It’s both, how bout that!?” she asked impishly, then yelped as Duo whacked her upside the head. “Owie! Bro that hurts!” she whimpered, pouting.

Sighing softly, Duo shook his head, and then grinned at Heero. “Well…why don’t we start then?” he asked, almost challengingly.

Heero grinned back and wiggled his eyebrows slightly, answering the challenge. “You’re on.”  They stepped closer to each other, falling into the act easily. “How beautiful you are…the moonlight on your face. How I long to caress where the moonlight falls,” Heero whispered as he gazed at Duo.

Duo placed his hand over his heart as he replied intensely, “What stops you from taking the moon’s path? Do you fear that I would become like the fog…slipping over you to misguide you in your journey?”

Heero stepped closer to Duo, his body tense with some emotion that Duo couldn’t read as he looked into the unreadable cobalt eyes. “No…I fear that I may be of the sun, burning away the pale innocence that I see before me should I dare to drink of your sweetness,” he said softly, his voice full of fear and longing.

Moving closer to the other man, Duo answered quietly, “I welcome the sun in its warmth and embrace.”  Heero came forward the final step and wrapped his arms around Duo’s waist. Leaning in slowly while Duo tilted his face up, Heero gently brushed his lips over Duo’s lightly, holding it tantalizingly, yet inadequately, close for a minute.

They pulled back, Duo’s face flushed from both the heat of the moment and embarrassment. Silence reigned for a second. “Aw come ON! You can NOT tell me that was the best you could give!! Duo…I’m ashamed to call you family,” Rhianna cried in disgust.

Duo and Heero looked over at her in surprise. “What? What do you mean?!” Duo asked, spluttering in indignation. He thought they’d done pretty damn good!

Rhianna snorted and rolled her eyes. “Oh come on! Trowa…this pair are supposed to spark with longing and lust, right?” she asked their director, who grinned and nodded, eyes curious as to where she was going with this. Normally he wouldn’t let anyone take over, but the Maxwell twins had a tendency to help a lot with tips and such.  Rhianna nodded, and then glanced at his brother. “On a scale of one to hot damn, that was a DEFINITE two!! Come ON! Where’s the fire? The suppressed passion?? ROCK MY WORLD for crying out loud!” she cried derisively.

Wufei snickered as he walked over to the chestnut haired female. “Like this, Maxwell,” he stated as he winked at Duo and Heero. Grabbing Rhianna around the waist, he pulled her to him and kissed her long and hard, deepening it into a slowly burning passionate kiss.  Duo stared, slack jawed as Wufei kissed his suddenly unmoving sister. Quatre also stared, shocked, as Wufei pulled back, winked at the dazed girl and walked off.

Rhianna blinked dazedly and mumbled, “Yea…the hell…”

Duo blinked in surprise, then looked over as he heard Heero chuckle softly. Cobalt and violet met and challenged each other as Heero murmured softly, “Alright then…” Duo wasn’t given a chance to think as Heero tightened his hold around Duo’s waist, pulling him closer. His lips descended down, gently caressing Duo’s in a slow dance before pressing closer. All sound stopped as the two kissed slowly, passion slowly showing as they molded to each other. Duo’s hands came up to wrap around Heero’s neck, pulling him closer as the kiss deepened.

Slowly, they pulled away, panting softly as they looked into each other’s eyes. ‘I’m in love…’ Duo thought to himself as he looked into darkened cobalt for eternity, searching for and finding what he had been searching for before Heero pulled away slowly.

Softly, Rhianna, who had stared at her brother and Heero as they had kissed, said, “Now that rocked the world…”

TBC

Note*- I couldn’t help it! Fei and Worf are just…soooo much alike! For all you Star Trek TNG fans! ~_^