The silver moonlight shone through a window, gently illuminating the two young boys in the small room...
"Uhn..." one boy emitted a low cry. "Come on, Heero, work with me here."
"I'm trying, but it just won't go in," Heero panted. "Stop complaining, Duo. I still don't know how you managed to talk me into this. It was your idea to do this, you know."
"Yeah, but..." Duo shifted slightly, his sweat-slicked body glistened in the light, and the shadows and highlights caressed his silky skin flatteringly, "I thought that you would know what you were doing."
"It's not exactly like I was trained to do this sort of thing, Duo. We can improvise."
Duo smiled wryly, "Yeah, but it would take longer then. I just don't have enough patience."
"Would that be so bad?" Heero once more tried to find the right positioning. Duo tightened his grip, and Heero loosened his minutely.
"We've been at this for *hours*, Heero. We should've been done by now!"
"Well, this *is* our first time, you should expect some set-backs." The 'Perfect Soldier' had a cool tone in his voice, despite that fact that he himself was struggling -- and trying to hide it, but not quite succeeding -- to figure out just what to do himself.
"Maybe we should've read a manual or something. I'm so hot..." Duo moaned, "Hurry up and finish it, Heero."
"Duo..." Heero replied in an intense voice.
Duo ignored the silent command and fanned himself quickly, trying to cool himself down. "Hurry up, Heero. If you don't get this right soon, I'll just go and get someone else."
Heero snarled, "Oh, no, you won't. You have *me*." His low tone warned Duo away from getting another partner and depriving him of his current 'mission'.
"Maybe if you just angle it a little..." Duo tried to help by shifting himself closer to Heero.
Heero did as he suggested, and *pushed*. Finally, the steel-like rod broke through the resistance. Unfortunately, it was also crushed. There was a moment before liquid gushed in the air and splattered over their strained figures.
Duo sighed in defeat. "Damnit, Heero, now look what you’ve done." He looked down mournfully, "You broke it."
"Well, it wasn’t *my* fault," Heero replied defensively, "*You* were the one who told me to do that. You were probably holding it wrong anyways."
"Quatre’s gonna be *so* mad at us," Duo moaned, then looked at the damage once more. He dropped the wrench he was holding and stared at the pipe Heero had jammed into the wall. "I guess we shouldn’t have tried installing the shower ourselves."
Heero merely looked at the water gushing out of the broken faucet, flooding the bathroom floor. "..."
"Well... at least I'm not so hot anymore."
~OWARI~