27-Aug-2000
Category: Friendship, shounen-ai, humor
Rating: PG
Pairings: 1x2,
2+5
Warnings: Briefly mentions Duo's past as glommed from Episode Zero
Feedback: C&C
Notes: This part gets a little lime like at the end. No
skipping!
'--denotes thoughts--'
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and its characters belongs to Bandai, Sunrise and Sotsu Agency and are only being used for non profit entertainment purposes.
Duo found he enjoyed hanging out with Wufei. So every weekend, the two boys would go out and do something. Sometimes it would be silly things like go to a baseball game or more serious cultural things like visiting museums.
Heero wasn't overly fond of having this unexpected quiet time, but the end result was usually mind-blowing sex, so he didn't mind too much. He saw his latest assignment on this laptop and knew he had to talk to Duo.
"I have an assignment, Duo."
"Okay," Duo said with a smile.
"It involves Relena. She's going on a small lecture tour of a few countries for the next two weeks. She asked that I be her bodyguard," he said waiting for the usual histrionics Duo would display whenever anything involved Relena.
There were none. "Well, if you need to go, that's fine."
"Nani?" Heero was shocked.
"Look Heero, I know I've been a pain in the ass when it comes to Relena, but we're all adults. I know you love me. I know you love her, but in a very different way. I'm sure one of these days, she'll figure that out, but for the moment I'm tired of playing jealous lover games with her. And you," Duo spoke.
Heero kept a close eye on his braided lover. 'Is this some kind of ...'
"No trickery!" Duo smiled as if he could read Heero's thoughts. "Promise. When do you have to go?"
"8 o'clock tonight."
"Well, we'd better get you packed then."
The last person Wufei expected to see on his doorstep pretty late at night was Duo Maxwell.
"Hey Fei-kun, can I come in?"
"Sure," Wufei let the boy enter. "What's wrong?"
Duo laughed. "Why must something be wrong?"
"Well, it's pretty late at night. I'm sure Heero is worried..."
"Nah, Heero's on a plane with Relena," Duo said easily.
Wufei stared at the boy. 'Relena has always been the Achilles heel in Duo's relationship with Heero.' "Can I get you something?"
Duo smiled, "Ever the gracious host. No, I'm fine. But go ahead, ask."
"Well?"
"That's your question? Well?" Duo continued to grin.
"Okay. Are you alright? Is that a better question?" Wufei asked trying to hide his concern.
"I'm fine, Fei. Really," Duo said. "But I have a favor to ask..."
'What's with those two and the constant favors?'
"Would it be okay if I sacked out on your futon for the night?"
"Why?"
"It's silly. Never mind," Duo said as he started to head out the door.
"Maxwell! Tell me," Wufei pleaded, "Please?"
Duo turned from the door and smiled at Wufei. "Okay, here's the short version. I can't stand being alone."
"I don't understand," Wufei said perplexed.
"Whenever I can, I try never to be alone. I hate it."
"You're kidding right? What about during the war?"
"Look, I spent a good number of years on the streets until I hooked up with Solo. When I was in the orphanage, even when the kids were all be adopted and I kept getting sent back there was always Father Maxwell and Sister Helen. I had Professor G on L2. Howard looked after me when I wasn't on assignment with Heero or the others."
"You went on missions alone," Wufei said.
"Yes, those were different. It was a task that needed to be done. And I'm sure you'll remember I spent a lot of time talking to Deathscythe, OZ, God or anyone else I could think of. But spending the night alone in the apartment," he started to shudder, "I just can't do it."
"Wait a minute," Wufei asked, "What about those times when we were in safe houses and everyone was on assignment but you?"
"If you remember, I'd be pretty hung over those times. I would go out and find the nearest nightclub and be alone in the crowd. The noise comforted me," Duo said with a sad smile.
Wufei looked at the boy with a new understanding. "How ironic then that you would pick as a friend the one person who finds being alone comforting," Wufei said with a smile.
Duo reached for Wufei's hand. "Do you really find comfort in being alone?"
Wufei gazed at his friend. "Sometimes I do. Sometimes like you, it's too much."
"What do you do when it's too much?"
"I take shelter in books. Any topic, any genre," Wufei said with a shrug. "It's getting late. Let me find some bedding for you."
"Wu, this is going to sound awful but ..."
"Yes?"
"Instead of pulling out sheets and things is it okay if we just share a bed? I won't do anything. Promise."
Wufei looked at him. "You're just saying that so I'll get a nosebleed!"
Duo laughed. "No, I'm serious. Please?"
Wufei knew this was going to be a mistake on so many levels, but he agreed anyway.
Wufei wasn't happy to discover that he was right. Duo was a restless sleeper who kept tossing and turning. Finally Wufei shooked Duo awake.
"Wha-?"
"Do you always sleep like you're in a wrestling match?" Wufei intoned.
"Gomen, Wu. You know unfamiliar beds and all," Duo said.
"What does Heero do about this?" Wufei inquired.
"Oh, he usually shags me rotten until I'm too exhausted to toss and turn."
Wufei's eyes got wide as saucers. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope."
"You're not suggesting ..."
Duo laughed. Wufei didn't know whether to feel insulted or not. The boy whose eyes were sometimes purple glomped onto the dark eyed boy.
"Gomen nasai, Wu," Duo sighed in the embrace, "I'm not laughing at you, I swear."
"Okay."
"But this feels nice. Can we hold each other until I fall asleep?" Duo asked looking up at the boy.
"I guess so. Go to sleep, Maxwell."
"Okay."
Duo was the first one up the next morning. He was still rather tangled with Wufei. He decided to look at his friend. Wufei's hairband had vanished sometime during the night and long black hair was covering his face. 'Dare I?'
Duo gently pushed the hair out of Wufei's face. The hair was thin and felt like silk. Duo found it fascinating. His own hair was rather thick and wavy from the braid no doubt, but the texture felt nothing like this.
Wufei still asleep leaned into the hand that was gently stroking his face. The subtle movement made Duo painfully aware that he was aroused. Not that 'I just need a morning pee' erection but one full fledged hard-on. 'Wufei looks so damn sexy!' When he saw Wufei start to stir, he turned to face away from the boy.
Wufei's arm draped loosely around Duo's waist and his body melded to Duo's. Duo tried to remember to breathe when he felt Wufei's erection poking him in his lower back, so achingly close to where it would do Duo some good.
'What the hell am I thinking? This is Wufei. I love Heero. This is so wrong.' he thought as he slowly rocked back into Wufei. Wufei's hips answered the call and began to rock towards Duo.
End of Act Two
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