Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Behind the Scenes ❯ Chapter 7

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Title: Behind the Scenes 7 out of ?

Author: C-Chan2 a.k.a. Neptunesdemon

Archive: WufeiDuoyoaiML, any others just ask

Category: Romance

Pairings: 2+5/5+2, 2+R, 3+4, mentioning of 1+2

Rating: PG-13 (swearing)

Spoilers: None

Warnings: Yaoi, AU, OOC

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The door was opened to a dimly lit apartment, two bodies slipping inside without so much as a word to each other. Wufei was glad to have left the heat running, to be greeted by warmth since he was soaked down to the bone and freezing. It was a welcoming feeling. He closed the door behind them, his hands searching for the switch on the wall. Soon the brighter lights were on and he was looking to where Duo stood, patiently waiting in the center of the room, his arms wrapped about himself.

Wufei removed his coat, bidding that Duo do the same. The actor did so, handing his coat to Wufei and the Chinese man carefully hung them on the coatstand. With a tilt of his head towards the hallway, Wufei was guiding Duo in that direction.

"Come on.", he urged quietly, "The bathroom's this way."

Duo said nothing, but followed none the less. It took no more than a few seconds and when they reached, Wufei opened the door, turning on the lights for the actor.

"You can wait in here.", Wufei told him gently.

Duo gently pushed past him, silent all the while, and stepped into the bathroom. The door was closed, anything but gently, and Wufei only stared at it for a moment before he was leaving. It was with a last minute thought he turned back and was knocking on the door. It opened slightly, violet eyes looking out almost impatiently.

"There are towels in the closet.", Wufei announced softly, "If you want you can-"

His words were cut short as the door was closed and he didn't know how to react. Perhaps he deserved it, but then again it was rude none the less. He went to move away, but the door opened and he looked up to Duo who offered him an apology.

"I'm sorry. . . and thank you."

Wufei only nodded and then he left again, eager to get out of his wet clothes. He'd have to wait for Duo to finish so that he could take a shower of his own. In the mean time, he'd look for a change of clothes for the both of them.

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Fifteen minutes later, Wufei had pulled on dry clothes, having been unable and unwilling to stay in those that were wet. He was busy gathering them up from the floor, to avoid getting the carpet wet, when the sound of his door opening drew his attention. His eyes widened and his fingers dropped the wet clothes back to the floor at the sight.

Duo stood in the doorway, dressed only in a towel, which he was struggling to tie about his waist. His hair was loose and damp, falling about him to frame the well-toned body, which still held droplets of water. He watched as one traveled slowly over Duo's muscled chest, down past the washboard abs to then be soaked up by the cotton material of the towel wrapped around the man's waist.

He quickly brought his face back to Duo's, who was thankfully too occupied with his towel to have noticed Wufei's staring. Finally, he looked up to Wufei with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I think I took one that was too small.", he said with a laugh.

Wufei couldn't find his voice and he only stared back at the barely dressed actor, unable to move as well. Duo stepped into the room, his hands still trying their best to get the towel tied about his waist. If he had noticed Wufei's unuasual behavior, then he wasn't saying a word.

"Aren't you going to go shower?", Duo finally asked, suddenly standing in front of the Chinese man.

"Huh?", was all Wufei could muster, his cheeks flushing.

With Duo closer he was now able to study the chisled torso in detail. Duo's voice pulled his eyes back to the actor's face and Wufei felt like dying. The smile on Duo's face meant that the star had caught him staring. He took to picking up the wet garments again so as to hide his embarrassment.

"Wufei-"

"Uh, I have to go and take a shower.", Wufei announced before Duo could begin, "There's a change of clothes for you on the bed."

Then the sloe-eyed man was rushing out of the room, turning back only at the call of his name. He did so only to have his breath catch. Duo's towel had somehow fallen lower onto his hips, and Wufei forced his eyes to look up instead of down to the area of Duo's waist.

"I forgot my clothes in the bathroom.", Duo told him, beginning to step forward.

"No, wait!", Wufei shouted, his hand rising in signal to stop him, "It's okay, I'll take care of it. I have to take it to the dryers downstairs anyway."

He began backing away, knowing it would be more effective to turn around, but unable to tear his eyes away. The smirk on Duo's face made him realize; the actor knew damn well what he was doing. Wufei bumped into the doorframe and he laughed nervously, trying to right himself.

"I should go and. . . uh. . ."

"Shower?", Duo offered the word.

Wufei only nodded his head, and Duo got a wicked thought. One hand released the towel and it would seem that was the push Wufei needed. The door slammed close before the towel could drop to the floor, and Duo couldn't help but laugh. It was fun teasing Wufei. Unfortunately, he was now at a stand still with the other man.

As much as he wanted Wufei, the man was refusing him. He took to dressing himself, his violet eyes looking about the simple furnished room. He walked over to the side table, his interest having been caught by a photograph. Wufei didn't seem to be the only one in it. He lifted the framed picture, his eyes studying the photograph, and how the other man present had his arm wrapped about Wufei.

He had a small bout of jealousy, but let it pass. Though he had to wonder; was Wufei with someone else? It hadn't seemed like it. He was pretty sure that Wufei was single. He put the picture down, his eyes looking to the bed instead. A smile took his lips as he recognized the large panda bear and he lifted it, holding it up to study it.

Wufei had kept it, even though he wanted nothing to do with him anymore. Why? Violet-eyes looked to the closed bedroom door and contemplated going to question. He thought against it. He'd give Wufei his privacy for the moment. He sat on the bed, the panda seated in his lap comfortably. He would wait until after Wufei had returned from his shower to ask questions.

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Wufei was pacing the length of the laundry room, waiting for the clothes to dry. After his shower, he decided it was best not to face the actor after his embarrasing display. So instead he gathered up the man's clothing, along with his own, and headed for the laundry room.

There he was able to scold himself in private. He had no right in inviting the braided star to his apartment. It had been a stupid move. How was he supossed to stay true to his own rejection if he kept giving Duo opportunities? Then again, he couldn't have just left him out there in the cold.

"Of course not, but I could have sent him on his way in his own taxi."

The sound of the buzzer rang and Wufei merely restarted the machine, not even pausing in his pacing.

There were alot of things that he could have done, such as get rid of that blasted phone when he had the chance. If he had wanted to distance himself from Duo, he should have never kept it. Yet, he did keep it. Meaning that for all his bullshit talking of he couldn't be with Duo, he wanted it.

With a groan he sat himself on top of a machine, burying his face in his hands.

"I feel so stupid.", he mumbled to himself.

Stupid or not, he couldn't do a 180 now. He had to go upstairs and tell Duo that bringing him here had been a mistake. Then he would return the actor's clothes to him, let him get dressed, and send him on his way. Jumping down from the machine, he went to the dryer, pulling out the clothes that had long been done. Then he was headed back upstairs.

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Wufei entered his apartment as quietly as he could, his eyes looking to see if Duo was wandering about. He had worked on gathering the strength to kick the man out on the way up here, and it had left as soon as he was in front of his door. Nonetheless, he entered and was headed for the bedroom.

Tonight didn't seem to want to go in his favor, and he stopped short in the hallway as the lights flickered and then finally went out.

"Shit!", Wufei swore, his hands instantly clutching at the clothes that he held.

This wasn't fair. Why the hell was there a blackout? And why now?

"Fei?"

The actor's voice was calling out for him and Wufei could hear the hint of concern that it held. He had remembered that Duo knew of his phobia, and it was obvious that the man was worried. He should have kept going, but as it was he was frozen where he stood, his heart racing.

The sound of movement nearly caused him to panic, and he jumped at the feel of something brushing against him.

"Fei, it's only me.", the actor assured him, "I didn't mean to scare you."

Wufei nodded, but then rolled his eyes at his own stupidity. Who else would it have been?

"You wouldn't happen to have any candles would you?", Duo suddenly asked him.

Candles? Why hadn't he thought of that? For the time being, the main purpose for his seeking out Duo was forgotten. He just wanted to get some damn light before he started hyperventilating. The darkness was becoming stifiling.

"The kitchen.", he eagerly provided, "There's one in a drawer with some matches."

He felt Duo move and without really thinking of his actions, he was reaching out into the darkness. Duo stopped at the grip on his arm and he turned back to try and focus on Wufei in the dark.

"Wait, I'll help you look.", Wufei quickly told him, releasing his arm as well.

Duo knew he was trying to hide the truth; he didn't want to be left alone in the dark. A few moments later they were searching the kicthen drawers blindly, and not too soon after, the candle was found and lit. Wufei sighed in relief, his heart calming some as the dim light put him at ease. It wasn't much, but it was enough.

He couldn't help but look in Duo's direction, and when he did, he found the man staring at him. He also noticed that sometime during his absence, Duo had rebraided his hair. He had to admit that he had liked it down.

He turned away, unsure if he was comfortable with the staring or not, and not wanting to think too deeply of the matter. He was shocked as Duo shifted foward and reached a hand out to take his. He could already tell that this was going in the wrong direction.

"You're shaking.", Duo observed.

Wufei only shrugged, not bothering to look back at him, but it would seem that Duo didn't need him to look at him.

"You okay?", Duo checked, a bit concerned.

He had remembered the haunted house, and what Wufei had been like then. Contact had seemed to calm him down. However, it would seem that Wufei was avoiding it, as he gently pulled his hand free from his. Duo got the point, Wufei was still stuck on the whole "we can't be together" thing. He wished he had a way to get Wufei to reconsider.

"It'll get cold soon.", Wufei said suddenly, his arms wrapping about himself, "With the power out that means no heat."

Duo sighed, placing the candle down onto the counter top and turning to leave the room. He was stopped by a tight grip on his arm and he turned back to look at Wufei, who was failing in hiding the fact that he was near panicking.

"Where are you going?", the Chinese man asked him, his voice low.

Duo turned to him and gently pulled himself free, trying his best to calm Wufei by offering him a smile.He returned to the counter, picked up the candle and was soon leading Wufei out of the kitchen. Their destination was the living room, where Duo planted Wufei on the couch, the candle resting down on the side table.

"Stay here.", Duo gently ordered.

"Where are you going?", Wufei inquired again, beginning to rise from his seat.

Duo merely guided him back to sitting again.

"I'll be right back.", he promised, as he walked away.

Wufei saw him disappear into the dark, and his muscles tensed as he was left alone. This was turning into one of the worst nights he had ever experienced. He wasn't sure if it could get any worse than this. His eyes stared at where Duo had gone off to and waited, a bit impatiently, for the braided star's return.

Right as he was going to call out for him, Duo appeared, a blanket in one hand and his panda bear tucked under his arm in the other. Wufei frowned up at the actor, a bit perplexed, as he watched the actor rest the stffed animal down on the couch. The blanket he began to spread over him, before he was handing Wufei the panda.

He caught the boy's confused look and he only shrugged.

"I got the blanket from your bed, in case you got cold.", he quickly explained, seating himself on the opposite end of the couch.

He knew Wufei would appreciate it, being that he was rather wary with Duo making contact with him. It was if the man thought tha further they stayed apart, the less Duo would want him. Violet eyes studied the man and he didn't know how to feel, angry that Wufei was being so stubborn or crestfallen that the one man he loved wouldn't return his affection. Even though Wufei had already admitted that love was one feeling they both held in common, he refused to act upon it.

"Why the panda?", the sloe-eyed man asked.

Duo shrugged, leaning back onto the couch as he offered Wufei a small smile.

"I figured you can use it as a security blanket. Something to hold onto since you seem to need contact with something and I'm sure if I tried to hug you, you'd just push me away."

The last few words of Duo's explanation had stung them both and Wufei turned away, a bit ashamed. He tried his best to brush it away, but found himself failing.

"Thank you.", he murmured softly, pulling the blanket around him more.

It was still pretty warm in the apartment, but Wufei could have sworn the temperature had dropped. Duo on the other hand turned away, leaning back into the couch and stared off at nothing in particular.

"No problem.", he responded, and then the two fell silent.

Neither looked in the other's direction, though both felt the urge to speak. Said urge was forcefully ignored and the silence drew out. Wufei took to curling up on his end of the couch, facing the opposite direction, with the large bear secured in his arms. Duo sat quietly, his head leaning back against the back of the couch, his eyes watching the shadows from the candle dance on the ceiling.

It was quiet for a few more minutes, but Duo had always found that he was a restless person. So with a sigh, he sat up and looked to Wufei. Now was a good time as any to talk even further. He wasn't ready to give up just yet.

"Why'd you keep the bear?"

He had been pondering that the moment he recognized it and now that he had the opportunity, he took the chance and asked the question. He watched as Wufei slowly turned his head to look at him, his arms unconciously tightening their hold. Wufei didn't know just how cute he looked snuggled up with it, but he resisted from mentioning that out loud.

"What else would I have done with it?", Wufei questioned in replacement of an answer.

Duo shrugged, not quite sure himself, but he saw Wufei's hesitation to be rid of it as a clue.

"You kept the phone, too.", he pointed out, Wufei turning away again, "You could have just easily sold it."

He recognized Wufei's body tensing, which obviously meant that he was becoming upset with his line of questioning. Duo couldn't help himself; he was curious, but he backed off. The last thing he wanted was an angry Wufei. He was hoping to make progress tonight.

So he opted for keeping quiet and returned to staring up at the ceiling. He heard Wufei shifting but didn't bother to look in his direction. He couldn't avoid it when he heard Wufei speak.

"Why are you asking me this?", Wufei questioned him, "What are you trying to prove?"

"I'm not trying to prove anything.", Duo answered him, his arms folding behind his head, "I was only curious as to why you kept the damn things. I mean, you want nothing to do with me and yet you kept my gift, and the only form of contact I had with you."

Wufei eyes narrowed as he recognized the smug posture. He knew what the actor was getting act. Two could play at this game.

"Well what about you?", Wufei asked him, grabbing Duo's attention, "You love me, or so you claim, yet you won't leave your current girlfriend."

"I told you that I'm working on that.", Duo reminded him, sitting up.

"You should try a little harder."

"Hey!", Duo objected, a frown fitting his face, "Don't try to make me out to look like the only bullshitter here, Fei. You're as guilty as I am."

Wufei merely scoffed. He wasn't guilty of anything, other than being an idiot for bringing Duo back here. He should have known that this was going to happen.

"Don't act like you're innocent, Wufei.", Duo continued, turning so that he was facing him, "You say you can't be with me, that you don't want to, and yet you're holding onto to anything that reminds you of me."

"I don't believe this.", Wufei said with a small laugh.

"Yeah you better believe it. If you were so serious about wanting me to leave you the hell alone, then you would have never kept the fucking cellphone, which you still have on you by the way."

"I do not!"

Duo made his point, pulling out his cellular phone and pressing redial. A moment later, the phone in Wufei's possesion began to ring and ebony eyes narrowed on the braided actor.

"I think I've made my point.", Duo announced in victory, flipping his phone closed, "And might I add, that I know that you don't really want to push me away. You're just too damn stubborn to admit it."

"The only thing that I admit is that you're an ass!", Wufei threw at him, knowing he was losing the fight.

Duo was figuring it out and Wufei was still trying to deny it. He wasn't as strong as he thought he was and he was weakening under Duo's discretion.

Duo on the other hand knew damn well that he was quick becoming the victor and he chose not to let up. Wufei was going to hear it no matter if he liked it or not.

"I'm an ass only because I can see right through you, Fei. You know the real explanation for alot of the the things you do. Hell, if you really wanted nothing to do with me, I wouldn't be here right now."

"I was trying to help you get out of the cold! Forgive me for being nice!", Wufei snapped, standing from the couch.

Duo followd him, though he knew Wufei wouldn't leave the living room on his own; it was still dark in the rest of the apartment.

"Nice my ass, Fei!", Duo pressed on, "You knew damn well what you were doing, even though you won't admit to it!"

"Shut up, Duo.", Wufei spoke, having nothing else to say.

Duo, on the other hand, would do no such thing.

"Did I hit to close to home, Wufei?", he asked, watching the other man slowly begin to pace, "You don't want to hear the truth, is that it?"

"Duo, I said shut up."

"You didn't walk away from me out there because you couldn't walk away!", Duo shouted, now caught up in his own frustration, "You knew you could've have sent me off in a seperate taxi. You brought me here because you wanted me here!"

Wufei was at the end of his rope. Duo was bringing up things he had never wanted to admit, and every word of it was true. He couldn't deny to himself any longer and he wasn't sure how long he'd be able to deny it to the violet-eyed man either. With nothing else to say, and his anger getting the best of him, Wufei shouted the only words he could think of.

"I hate you!"

"No you don't!", Duo yelled back, never missing a beat, "You're only upset because things aren't turning out the way you had wanted them to! You told me that you loved me, Wufei. You love me."

"I know!", Wufei cried out, dropping back onto the couch, "Just leave me alone, Duo. Go away."

He felt tears of frustration welling in his eyes, but he held them back. The last thing he wanted to do was cry in front of this man. It was already bad enough that Duo had managed to figure out he wasn't as strong as he tried to be.

"You like to run away when things get too rocky, don't you?", Duo questoned, his voice having softened but his frustration still there.

"Enough already, Duo.", Wufei growled up at him, his face frowning, "You've made your point, not let it go."

"No!", Duo refused, "I won't let up until you admit to every single thing I said."

"Fine, Duo, you win!", Wufei gave in, his voice raising again as he stood from his seat, "I kept that panda because you were the one to give to me. I didn't sell the phone because I knew you would call again and I invited you back here because I knew you wouldn't refuse. And I wanted it that way, no matter how much I said otherwise. I confess to everything! Is that what you wanted? Are you happy now?"

The two glared at each other as Wufei's confession came to an end, and silence returned temporarily as they did so. It was quickly broken however, Duo moving forward until he was standing in front of Wufei. The two continued to glare, that is until Duo's face softened and his hands reached out to cup Wufei's face.

The Asian man made a sound of objection, pushing his hands away, but Duo wasn't phased by the action. He simply reached for Wufei again, succesfully taking hold of him and drawing him closer. There lips touched and Wufei was unable to hold out any longer. He pushed away ashamed of himself, and with glistening eyes he stared back at Duo with a with a mixture of emotions written on his face.

"I hate you.", he murmured, the words holding none of the scorn he claimed.

"I love you.", was all Duo told him, before he was pulling Wufei in for a kiss again.

This time the shorter man did nothing to stop him, eyes sliding closed. He parted his lips willingly to deepen the kiss as Duo's tongue gently prodded for entrance. He was sure that he hadn't wanted it to go that way, but Duo had proved otherwise. The hands that held on to his face were soon letting go, easily lowering and resting on Wufei's hips, but he didn't pull away. Neither did he move when Duo's hands took to grabbing his ass instead.

They should stop, he realized, as his own arms wrapped about Duo's shoulders and pulled him closer. He found however, that as much as he should have pulled away, he was doing quite the opposite. It was only when the two were sprawled on the couch, mouths refusing to break ways from each other, and their hands moving of their own free will did he try to save face.

He broke away with much relutance to do so, staring up at Duo's confused expression and trying his best to find the words.

"We shouldn't.", was all he could muster, his voice barely a whisper.

Duo sighed, though he didn't budge from his position, in which he was currently straddling the ebony-locked man.

"Do you want to?", the braided man asked, reffering to what had currently been under way.

"Whether I want to or not, we can't.", Wufei tried to argue, though he made no move to push Duo off of him, "I can't."

In fact, somehow he and Duo had manged to come closer, their bodies pressed together even more.

"Fine.", Duo responded after a few moments, "Just one more kiss."

The actor didn't wait for Wufei to agree or disagree. Lips locked in one last kiss, and then the two would stop before things got out of hand; or so Wufei had thought. His resolve broke as the kiss deepened and he couldn't resist. Duo's hand was soon reaching to snuff out the candle, and the two were left in darkness.

T.B.C.

Ack! Yes I give you leway to kill me. It took me months to update and I apologize, but I had lost the inspiration. I was at a stand still with the damned thing and my mind wouldn't budge. I wouldn't live with myself if I had let you guys down and had just stopped writing. So even with writer's block and no drive to push me, I forced myself to write. I'm not happy with this current chapter, and I apologize for it. It's rather short. However, I shall make it up to you in the next chapter. There is mischief to be wrought and phone calls to be made and more I shall never reveal until I have written it. So I apologize one more and ask that you forgive me, though I understand if you don't. I shall see you with the next chapter.