Part 2

            “Duo, get your skinny ass back here right now!”

Every Preventer agent turned and looked as Une ran out of her office yelling.

            “Got to go! Sorry, sorry, soooooorrrrrrrrrryyyy… ”

Une gave up and sighed as she caught a glimpse of a braid flying out of the door down the end of the long hall way.

            Outside, Duo was smiling and walking to the parking lot as fast as his legs could carry him. He could already see a slender figure waiting for him patiently beside a silver Ferrari 456M GT.
            “Hello Duo,” Wufei greeted his date.

            “Wufei!” Duo threw his arms around the other boy, and grinned wickedly as Wufei went stiff for a second before relaxing against him.

            “Still not use to human contact here, Fei? We must get you more use to hugging, touching, and … kissing, huh?” Duo teased gently.

            Wufei blushed slightly as Duo released him from the hug.

            “Duo, not everyone’s culture involve hugging, touching, or … other stuff, and if I am not mistaken, I thought American culture doesn’t tolerate lateness.” He gave Duo a side look.

            “Sorry!” Duo raised his hands above his head as a gesture of apology, “Une wouldn’t let me get off. You know what a pain in the butt she could be sometimes, don’t you? Wu-baby, please don’t be mad at me…”

            Wufei silenced him with a slight touch to his lips, “Duo, you know I will never get mad at you over such minor things. I will gladly wait for you.”

            “Thanks, Fei!” Duo put his arms around the other boy’s shoulder and walked towards the car, “So, still feeling up to the movie?”

            “Sure.” Wufei answered with a smile.

##

            The movie that they chose to watch was an old time classic from the 21^st century, titled “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. After the movie, they went to a nearby sports bar for a drink.

            **“I still cannot believe I am dating Wufei! And we have been going out for almost three months now. Of course, nobody else knows except us. I wouldn’t mind, but Fei wants to keep it a secret. I wonder why?”** Duo thought as he spared a glance at his date, before concentrating once more on the large TV screen, currently showing a baseball match. **“I used to think of him as an uptight, arrogant and egotistical person. We never really become friends until after we were thrown into the same jail lot by Oz. That was the first time I saw through his mask. Later, he hid behind his mask again. Now that we started dating, I learned more and more about him. He almost seems like a different person to me. So gentle, caring, and …”** Duo rolled his eyes as he saw Wufei wiping with his napkin at the water stain on the table, and added mentally, **“…and clean. But, I guess I just have to live with it even if he is a cleaning freak. Well, maybe he will get really obsessed, and he will even clean me.”** A steamy picture of Wufei washing him in the shower quickly formed in his mind.

            His lustful thoughts were interrupted when suddenly someone called his name loudly, “Duo! What a pleasant surprise! I didn’t expect to see you here!”

            Both boys turned and saw a blonde in his mid 20’s standing there.

            “Oh, hello Mark! What’s up?” Duo jumped down from his chair and gave his friend a hug.

            “I am doing great! It’s good to see you again!” Mark grinned, then stepped back and looked Duo over, “You are looking good yourself. You know what? I have been looking for you since we met at the bar 3 months ago. Finally, some gods must be listening to my wish! I was planning on going to the jazz bar three blocks from here. But my car broke down just outside, and I thought, what a night! Might as well go inside and get a drink! And I saw you!”

            “Oh common’ Mark! That’s too dramatic, even for you! Drama queen.”

            “Hahaha~ Hey, I don’t mind being called drama queen if that means I get to see you.”

            Wufei had been watching the exchange between the two all this while. Mark talked so fast and in his opinion, way too much. He was starting to get a little uncomfortable as it seemed like Duo had forgotten his existence. **He should have at least introduced me! And they met in a bar? What’s going on HERE!** Wufei thought.

            “Oh, Mark. I nearly forgot. This is my friend Wufei Chang. Wufei, this is Mark Gregory.” Duo finally remembered some social manners.

            “Oh! Hello Wufei. It’s a pleasure meeting you.” Mark extended his hand.

            **Friend?** Wufei stared unbelievably at Duo. Holding his temper, he took the hand, “Same here.”

            Mark had been surprised to hear the sting in Wufei’s voice, and he gave the Chinese boy a closer look. Wufei stared back blatantly. He had been under more intense scrutiny, although the nature of challenge was different, this did not even come close to intimating him.

A lopsided grin slowly developed on Mark’s face as if finding the Chinese boy’s defiance posture amusing. Wufei did not like the smile. **What is it now? Mr. Loud Mouth? Get away from Duo, get away from MY boy friend!**

            Duo was sensitive enough to feel something was off between the two, but he had no idea what. Just as he was thinking about it, Mark asked, “Duo, I remembered you saying you were good with mechanics. Do you think you can maybe take a look at my car? Please? Maybe you can help me get it to run again?”

            “Er. Sure. I will take a look at it. Fei, I will be right back, ok?” Duo told Wufei. He did not feel like leaving the other boy alone in the bar, but it was not his nature to turn down a plead of help from a friend.

            “Go. Ahead.” Wufei said. None of his anger or jealousy slipped through his voice.

            “Here. All done.” Duo wiped his hands with a piece of cloth after throwing all the equipments into the trunk.

            “Oh men, you are the greatest! I cannot believe this! It took you less than 2 minutes and my car is running again!” Mark exclaimed.

            “Oh well, I just performed a little trick. You still need to bring it to the garage for checking tomorrow, but you should make it home without problems.” Duo said, “Now I think I should get back inside.”

            “Wait Duo. You know my invitation always stands for your. Don’t you want to go somewhere quiet?” Mark asked.

            “Mark. I, I can’t.” Duo took a step back, putting some distance between them.

            “Why not? No string attached. Let yourself enjoy. I know you are not getting any from Wufei.” Mark suggested seductively.

            “How do you know that? NO, that’s not important. I am sorry, Mark. I…” Duo was getting confused by the seconds when Mark’s lips approached his neck. **He is right. I am not getting any relief from Wufei…**

            “I can make you feel pleasure…” Mark tried to convince Duo.

            The moment Mark’s lips touched his neck, however, Duo knew this was wrong. He pushed Mark violently away from him.

“What’s wrong, Duo?” Mark blinked furiously.

Duo gave a quick, tense shake of his head. A touch that could bring pleasure before, only burned at his skin now if it did not come from Wufei. He was not the same man 3 months ago.

“Mark, Wufei is my boyfriend. 3 months ago, I might wondered from bars to bars, looking for one night stand, now I want no one but Wufei.”

“I am glad for you. I wish I could find someone like you too.” Mark straightened up. If anything, at least he was not an ungraceful loser.

“Let’s go inside before my boyfriend stalked off. Wufei is never too patient …” Before he could finish his sentence, a loud squeaking sound broke through, and they looked up just in time to see a silver Ferrari turning the corner.

“Aw SHIT!” Duo exclaimed, “That’s Wufei’s car. He probably saw you kissing me and misunderstood!” He jumped into the car he just fixed, and Mark quickly followed.

“Shit shit shit!” Duo cursed as he tried to chase the Ferrari going at dangerous speed. “Wait for me, FEI!”

Wufei wiped his tears with his sleeves as he pushed the car to its limits.

“How could he do this to me! Damn him! Ta ma de! Wang Ba dang! Chao Ta Nai Nai de!(1) FUCK HIM!” Wufei swore as he tried to make his car flied like Nataku. In his boiling emotion, he failed to notice a little car flashing lights at him, trying to get him to slow down or stop.

“Go go go! Go FASTER!” The silver Ferrari was almost out of sight.

Mark clenched to his seat belt like a drowning man, paling as the car tipped slightly when Duo made a sharp turn. He struggled to speak through shuddering teeth, “Duo, your friend is driving a FERRARI with 442-hp, 5.5-liter V-12 engine! We are in a Ford Focus! Do you understand the difference!!!”

“Shinigami’s skill always makes it up!” Duo roared, forcing the little car to move faster.

“Hn? Wha……t?” Mark squealed as Duo overtook a car in front, and swung back just seconds before colliding with a 12 wheels truck coming from the other direction. “I am not looking… I am NOT looking…” He covered his face with both hands. If he had known Duo was such a psycho driver, he would never have gotten into the car. No, he would have leaved him alone, with the other psycho in the first place!

As if answering his prayer, his car suddenly gave up and gradually stopped moving.

“NO! Move move move!” Duo banged on the driving wheel, trying to get it started. His effort was wasted as the poor abused car stayed unmoving.

Mark took a look at their surrounding and groaned. They were way out of the city, in the middle of some deserted highway, and their car was dead. The worst thing was he was strangled with a highly agitated half mad psycho. He shivered in fear when Duo got out of the car and started kicking the little thing.

“WHY… can’t … YOU … move FASTER! All I want YOU to do is RUN at 200mph! Is it too MUCH to ask for YOU to outrun a FERRARI? It’s not like I’m asking YOU to chase a GUNDAM! ”

Mark quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed a taxi service. He made sure he asked for TWO taxis.

##

            BANG!

            Duo slammed the door forcibly and entered with a “don’t mess with Shinigami” look. All the Preventer agents shrank back as he passed, going directly to Wufei’s office.

            “We need to talk. NOW.” Duo said, his voice suggested the other boy complied or something ugly was bound to happen in this office.

            “Fine. Talk.” Wufei crossed his arms and his “you are lower than dirt” mask was firmly in placed.

            “What were you doing last night? Driving away like that? Do you know how worry I was? Didn’t you know I was chasing after your EXOTIC sport car with Mark’s little toy car?” Duo blurted out. He was worried sick last night. They waited for approximately two hours for the taxis, due to “unusually high volume of customers”, a pleasant phone voice had informed him. After he got back to his apartment, picked up his Lamborghini Diablo and rushed over to Wufei’s place, it was slightly over 6 a.m., and Wufei had already left for work.  

Wufei’s arrogant disguise crumpled a little when he heard how worried Duo had been, but it came right back when the name Mark was mentioned.

“What am I doing? What were YOU doing? I thought you wanted to spend sometime alone with Mark~ I saw you two very Happy Together~ ” Wufei’s voice was full of repugnance.

 “Wufei… you only saw the first part, I pushed him away the moment he touched me.” Duo quieted down. It was his fault after all. How could he blame Wufei for being angry?

Silence.

“And you called me ‘friend’.” Wufei said quietly.

“What?” Duo scratched his head, not quite following.

Wufei’s head shot up. Pretense forgotten, he cried out, “Duo! Am I ONLY a friend? Like Heero, or Trowa, or Quatre? I thought I am more than that to you…” The voice died out into a whisper.

Hearing this, Duo’s hope sore. Smiling tentatively, he reached out to caress Wufei’s tears filled eyes gently.

“Wufei, I am sorry about last night. The only reason I introduced you as a ‘friend’, is because I thought you wanted to keep our relationship a secret. You don’t know how much I wanted to call you ‘my boyfriend’, my… ‘love’… Wufei. Chang. I love you.”

“What?” Wufei blinked, did he hear correctly, or was he just dreaming? He had thought all his dreams were over the moment he saw another man kissing Duo.

“I said I love you.” Duo repeated gently.

Slightly different words, but the same meaning nevertheless.

It was Wufei who closed the distance between them and brought their lips together for the first time. Duo’s mind shut down the moment Wufei’s soft lips touched his. His heart screamed of happiness, content and pleasure even as he moved to capture more of Wufei’s taste. Their tongues gently probed inside each other’s mouths.

            After what felt like an eternity, the kiss finally broke, and each can see the other’s misty eyes blinking back to reality. Wufei slowly released Duo.

            “But what about Mark?”

            “I met him in a bar a week before Trowa & Quatre’s wedding. I was lonely and TQ’s happiness made me unusually depressed. We didn’t go further than jerking off each other with hands; it was nothing more than that. And last night, he made certain suggestions. I thought I needed the relief, but the moment he touched me, I realized I didn’t want any other man, ever, other than you, Wufei.”

            Wufei felt a burden lifted from his heart as he heard Duo out. One good thing about Duo was, he never lied!

            “Duo,” Wufei murmured shyly as Duo kissed him again, “Wo ai ni.”

            They only realized they weren’t alone when some noises were heard from behind them, and somebody whispering, “Oi, that’s so romantic.”

            “Oh SHIT!” Wufei turned around and his face blushed a most pretty red when he saw the group of agents that were just outside his office. In their haste to resolve the issues between them, Duo had entered his office without closing the door.

“Good morning, Zech.” Duo greeted cheerfully. Wufei decided he was better off digging a hole and never came out of it when he saw the smut expression on the tall blonde’s face. His torture was far from over when he noticed another blonde among the group of people. What’s Quatre doing here?

“Duo~ I can’t believe Wufei and you kept this as a secret from us. We are so happy for you two. Congratulations. When is the big day?” Quatre smiled, already thinking what wedding presents to get for them.

“Huh? What big day? Hey hey, this is our first kiss you know. Of course, with the speed we are moving, it should be pretty soon that Fei-baby here changed his last name from Chang to Maxwell, or is it the other way around? Hey Quatre, how come you or Trowa never change your last name?”      

            Quatre opened his mouth but before he could answer, Wufei pushed Duo out of his office onto the group of spectators, and Smack! The door closed tightly and the sound of various locks being moved into place could be heard.

“Hn~ I guess all those martial arts training really kicks in. His reflex sure is, fast.” Heero commented, coming out from a corner.   

            “Shy.” Duo shrugged.

Side notes:

(1) all these are swearing words in Chinese. I don’t think you really need translations for them. J