A/N: I've seen a few people around here doing it, so I googled for the list and found the 30 Kisses challenge on Livejournal. Since I'm not even a member of livejournal, let alone that specific community, I'm being naughty and bending the rules. It's more like, instead of thirty kisses, it's just thirty oneshots. Just to give me a little inspiration.

And yes, it's all 2x5. DuoxWufei haters go away. I frown in your direction but it's your choice. So if you don't like it, don't read. And it's not all yaoi, there's regular friendship too.

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Title: Hat
Author/Artist: EbonyOsmosis
Pairing: 2x5
Theme: #65 - Horror
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of the characters.

Timeline: Post Endless Waltz

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"Duo," Wufei called from the front door, dropping his keys in the black stone bowl where his partner's already rested. "I'm home."

"Hey," the braided boy's voice called from the bathroom down the hall. "How was the mission?"

"A waste of time," Wufei snorted, shedding his jacket before heading towards the open door of the bathroom. "What, are you preening in the mirror or something? Ack! Duo! What did you- oh shit, you scared me! What are you doing?!"

Confused, Duo stared at him from his position in front of the mirror. A black bucket hat rested atop his head, where the faint form of the braid lay curled up and hidden within could be seen. "What? I was thinking about what I would look like with short hair."

Face utterly and completely serious, Wufei stepped into the bathroom and took Duo by the shoulders, shaking him. "Don't you ever. Ever. Cut your hair. Never."

"Woah woah, Fei! I was just thinking, not planning! Who said I was gonna cut my hair?"

Letting out a relieved sigh, Wufei shook his head. "You scared me, is all. While my mind has occasionally breached the subject, I never want to actually see it for real."

"Hah," Duo laughed, removing the hat and letting his braid fall to rest against his back. He moved forward and wrapped his arms around Wufei's neck, and in turn the other boy rested his arms around Duo's waist. "If I ever wanted to cut my hair, the only way I'd be able to do it is to let you keep the whole braid once it's lopped off. It could be like your security blanket."

"Not even then," Wufei said seriously, leaning in to plant a few kisses along Duo's jaw. "I wouldn't be able to see it unbraided, it would always have to be in the braid."

"You'd go through some serious withdrawals," the braided boy pointed out cheekily.

"Hell yes," Wufei said with a wry smile. "Although," he conceded, picking up the large bucket hat and putting it back onto Duo's head. "You should wear this more often."

A mischievous smirk on his face, Duo peered up from under the rim of the hat. "And why is that, specifically?"

"Don't tell anyone I said this," the Chinese boy said quietly, leaning in and speaking in a conspiring voice. "But it makes you look cute."

"Should I be jealous that this hat made you say the word cute?"

"Oh, but rest assured the hat would be nothing without you."

"Flatterer."

"You corrupted me."

"And did such a lovely job of it, don't you think?"

"Oh, quite."

Duo smiled and pulled Wufei in for a hug, simply content to feel their bodies mold together. He let out a soft sigh and rested his head on his lover's shoulder.

"Something wrong?"

"No," Duo replied with a smile, snuggling closer.

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Ahahaha, y'all are in for a serious dose of fluff in the near future. As well as angst. And humor. But probably mostly fluff.