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‘Duo Maxwell; what the hell did you do?’
‘Don’t hiss at me like that, Po… contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t make you less conspicuous, it just makes you more so.’
‘Duo… don’t play games with me, what did you do?’
‘Trust me, sweetheart. I wouldn’t embarrass you.’
‘The incident with the jell-o and the gecko says otherwise.’
‘Hehe. Cute little buggers, aren’t they?’
‘Duo…’
‘Ok… ok… chill out, people are starting to stare. This is a Christmas party and you aren’t radiating a lot of holiday spirit with that death glare!’
‘Stop changing the damn subject, you miscreant, and tell me what you said to Chang Wufei.’
‘Just calm down and hear me out… I’m just trying to help here. You came to me with a problem and I…’
‘I did not ‘come to you’ with anything, asshole! You eavesdropped on a private conversation between me and Noin in the break room!’
‘Let’s not quibble over semantics. The point is… you are like a sister to me, and I’m only trying to help.’
‘Stuff it, Maxwell. That crap may get you off the hook with Relena, but I’m not buying your bull. Just tell me what you did before I start breaking fingers.’
‘All right! Jeez! Let go, that’s the finger I broke on the Houston case!’
‘I’m very well aware of that.’
‘Ok! Ok! Let go… I’ll talk!’
‘You talk, and I’ll let go.’
‘God, you’re a vicious woman, Po. Fine. You said you wanted some damn sign whether Wufei was interested in you or in Zechs, so I’m getting you your sign.’
‘What? Oh God… Duo, please stop beating around the bush here, and just tell me what you said to Wufei.’
‘Oh God! Don’t get that watery look! I’m not a total ass! Look… Wufei and I were talking about the party last night, and what we were going to wear…’
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‘Don’t look at me like that; guys do so talk about shit like that sometimes. Anyway, I just happened to mention to him that you thought he looked good in his red shirt, and that Zechs liked the blue.’
‘That’s… that’s it?’
‘Yeah, and if you’ll look over there by the door, Wufei just got here. Is that enough of a sign for you?’
‘He… he’s wearing the red.’
‘Told you to trust me. Now why don’t you go ask the man to dance? God knows he’s too socially inept to do the asking himself.’
‘I… I… Thank you, Duo.’
‘You’re welcome. Now run along and you kids have fun.’
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‘That’s interesting, Duo, since I happen to know you never saw Wufei yesterday.’
‘Hey, Heero. That would be true, but I did pass him in the hall about ten minutes ago, so I knew what he was wearing.’
‘You know they’re going to figure out that you set them up eventually?’
‘Yeah, but hopefully there will be a couple of kids and a dog involved by then and they’ll be too busy to kill me.’
‘That’s what I love about you… always living on the edge.’
‘And here I thought it was my charm that won you over.’
‘It was your bad boy image. Care to dance?’
‘We always are…’