Duo thought, standing up straight and heading for his own
room.
He dropped onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling, a frown marring his
features.
~I believe you know me well
I react like you're ringing a bell
Are you sorry that you treat me unkind
Never you mind~
Several hours later, he heard a scratching at the door. He frowned, then stood
up and walked over to open it. Ryoko slipped around the door and gazed up at
Duo with liquid brown eyes and mewed plaintively. Duo couldn't help but grin as
he knelt to pick up the feline.
"How can you possibly want to be around me?" he asked in amazement as the little
cat began to purr contentedly and nuzzle his face. "I treat your favorite
person in the world like he's less than the dirt on the bottom of my shoe, and
yet you stroll in here looking for attention."
He moved back to the bed and sat down, letting the oddly colored cat settle into
his lap, still purring away. "Or can you see through my act, R'o?" he asked the
little bundle of fluff. "Do you know how I really feel about him?"
"Prrrrrrrrow," Ryoko replied, standing to rub her face against the braided boy's
shoulder, then hopped down to the floor and over to the door. She looked back
at Duo, as if to say 'well, are you just going to sit there like an idiot, or
are you going to come with me?'
~I believe I got you down
You react like anybody else around
Are you sorry that we wasted our time
Never you mind~
The cat pushed open the door with her head and slipped into the room; Duo had to
push it open a bit further to admit himself. Why he'd followed the crazy neko
to Wufei's room was beyond him. Why he'd actually gone into the room was an
even greater mystery.
Wufei was lying on his stomach, head buried in his arms. His slow, even breaths
made it clear that the boy was asleep. Duo fought against the urge to shake the
boy awake and instead sat down carefully on the edge of the bed; Ryoko hopped up
in his lap and curled up, glancing from one boy to the other.
"Kawaii," he mumbled, scratching the cat behind her ears as he watched the
sleeping form on the bed. "You're just too damned cute when you're sleeping,
you know that, Wufei?" He shook his head and reached out to the other boy,
stooping just before actually touching him. "Of course you don't," he said
sadly. "You don't even know that I watch you sleep."
Duo sighed and shook his head. "Idiot," he hissed at himself, closing his eyes
and clenching his fists tightly. "All I do is yell at you for stupid little
things just to push you away. It kills me to do it, but I have to. I... I just
have to. I know you couldn't possibly understand."
"Why don't you try me?"
~Sometimes it takes all my time guessing why
I can't figure it out
Sometimes it takes all my energy just to forget about
All the memories that I'd be better off without
I believe you know me well~
Duo's eyes flew open and he stared at the other boy. Wufei was still lying on
his stomach on the bed, but had turned his head slightly to regard the American
teen. "I might understand more than you think, Maxwell," he mumbled.
"I... I thought you were asleep..." Duo stammered.
"Was," he replied, rolling onto his side. "Woke up at the part about you
watching me sleep." He frowned as he sat up, drawing his knees to his chest.
"Are you going to talk, or just sit there with your mouth hanging open all
night?" he finally demanded, but there was no adversity behind the words; the
tone was more of a teasing one.
"... I'm sorry."
Black eyes widened slightly. "Nani?"
The braided teen looked up and locked eyes with the other. "I said I'm sorry,
Wufei. I'm sorry that I yell at you, I'm sorry that I always hurt you, I'm
sorry that I'm such a bastard, and I'm sorry that I can't tell you--" He stopped
talking abruptly and tore his gaze away. He was starting to fall into those
obsidian pools....
~Switch on the box Mr. Spock is on the table
Dr. McCoy is unable to connect his brain
Sweatin and strainin
Well it seemed so simple at the time~
"Can't tell me what?" Wufei demanded, starting to get more than a little
annoyed. "That you're a jerk? That the only damned person in the world you
ever even think about is yourself? That you hate me?" The Chinese boy shoved
Duo hard, knocking him off the bed before turning his back. "Get out," he
hissed through clenched teeth, blinking back tears.
"No way, Chang," Duo growled in reply. He couldn't believe that Wufei was
starting another fight! "Why do you always pull this shit, anyway?! You wanted
me to try to explain why I'm sorry, then you fucking yell at me--" He stopped as
he heard a broken sound coming from the other teen. Violet eyes widened in
shock, and he placed a gentle hand on Wufei's arm. "You're crying," he said
softly, amazed.
"Am not," the velvet-eyed teen said, ignoring the fact that his voice was
choked. "Leave me alone. Get out, you don't care anyway." He kept his back to
Duo, finally giving up his battle to hold back his tears.
The American boy sat in stunned silence for a moment, then picked himself up off
the floor and moved behind the other teen. He wrapped his arms around the boy,
who stiffened in response and turned a tearful glare on him.
"Yes, I do," he said quietly. "I care too much, Wufei."
~I believe you know me well
I react like you're ringing a bell
Are you sorry that you treat me unkind
Never you mind~
The Chinese boy blinked and ran the back of his hand across his face. "Why
can't I believe that?" he mumbled, turning his face away. "You're always angry,
Duo. But I don't care about that. I tried to keep from falling in love with
you, but I did anyway. And you don't even realize it," he finished in a
whisper.
"You... love me?" Duo asked in a quiet voice. "Even though I act like such an
asshole?"
Wufei nodded mutely, squeezing his eyes shut and shivering. "Pretty stupid,
ne?" he asked. "Go ahead and yell at me. I know you will anyway."
To his utter shock and amazement, the American boy gently tilted his face up and
pressed a soft kiss to his lips. Wufei's eyes went wide for a moment, then
slipped closed and he leaned into the kiss. He didn't know what game Maxwell
was playing with his emotions now, but he would enjoy the moment while it
lasted.
Breaking off the kiss, Duo ran his fingertips lightly across the Chinese teen's
face. "I'm tired of fighting, Wufei," he said softly. "It hurts too much to
know that you think I hate you, when all I really want to do is tell you I love
you, too."
"H-honto? You... but you--" Wufei's eyes conveyed his utter confusion. Duo
couldn't help but smile; the other boy was just so cute at times without even
realizing it!
"I didn't want to let you get close," he interrupted, pulling the Chinese boy
back into his arms and resting his chin on his shoulder. "Everyone I love seems
to suffer, and I didn't want that to happen to you. I never realized that I was
hurting you even more by pushing you away." He turned his head to gaze into
beautiful black eyes. "Forgive me for being an idiot?" he asked hopefully.
Wufei blinked, then slowly smiled and let his eyes slip shut. Leaning back into
the embrace, he said. "Let's not fight anymore, onegai?"
"No more fighting," Duo agreed, dropping a butterfly kiss to the other boy's
cheek. "I promise."
~I believe I got you down
You react like anybody else around
Are you sorry that we wasted our time
Never you mind~
~^~OWARI~^~
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Toldja you never know what to expect from me! ^_^
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