Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Building Bridges ❯ Building Bridges ( Chapter 1 )

A/N This is dedicated to my sister as she picked a pairing, picked a setting, chose a title and told me to write it, without her this would never have been written, hope you like it Hun.

Summary: Wufei is horrified to find himself just meters away from a Treize Kushrenada taking a bath, whilst on a mission, especially considering Treize dumped him two months ago. 13x5x13

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: When I own Gundam Wing I'll let you know by yelling it from the rooftops.

Building Bridges

Wufei Chang, pilot of the gundam 05, paused in his steady internal rant against Duo Maxwell, the people who designed this labyrinth, OZ and the world in general to let out a hiss of pain as his skin tore under, yet another, jagged piece of metal embedded in the walls of the ventilation system he was currently crawling through.

In all fairness he couldn't blame the designers, who had obviously been paid to make navigating the maze as difficult as possible, he couldn't really blame OZ either. Hadn't he once had a history professor who said that `if there is a space in the social hierarchy then something else will move in to fill it', meaning that if there it wasn't OZ it would be someone else and he would probably have been here anyway, the world… well he could try and blame it but it would probably extract revenge against him for attempting to.

Duo Maxwell however… It had been barely four hours since, upon returning from another mission, he had been barrelled into by a braided whirlwind who had taken the time to babble something about being double booked for a mission, how he, Wufei, was going to have to take his place going in as the recon `team' at the `Ozzie base' just across the city, before he thrust a crudely drawn map of the a ventilation system, the one he was currently sitting in, into his hand and had rushed away, just as quickly as he had shown up, muttering something about how `Hee-chan' was going to kill him calling over his shoulder that Wufei should be in the base by no later that 1900 hours. Leaving a shell shocked Chinese pilot wondering dazedly how the hell Maxwell had managed to say that all in one breath.

Cursing again and making several references regarding the marital status of Maxwell's parents at the time of his birth Wufei hit yet another dead end. `This,' he promised himself furiously, `is the last time I ever, ever, take any of Maxwell's information regarding a mission without double, no, triple checking it before using it.

Rounding yet another corner, he was struck by the horrible idea that he may have been going in circles, he knew it hadn't been an hour since he'd started but it felt like much longer, hell he would probably die in here, he could see the headlines now `Gundam Pilot's Body Found Trapped in OZ Ventilation System.' Then he winced and screwed up his eyes reflexively as the stream of light emitting through the vent hit his overly sensitive pupils that had been trying to see in the dark for a better part of an hour.

He quietly moved towards the opening as his eyes quickly adjusted to the sudden change and peeked through before rearing back hurriedly trying not to loose his balance. That definitely wasn't what he had been expecting to see in the room beyond, computers, yes, suits, possibly, little foetus's in jars, he blinked where had that thought come from, that was like something out of one of those old horror movies Duo was addicted to… Anyway he had not been expecting to see a bathroom, he had not been expecting to see Treize Kushrenada, he had definitely not been expecting to see Treize Kushrenada taking a bath.

Oh he was going to kill Maxwell.

It had taken him two months to forget what Treize Kushrenada looked like under that uniform and now because of one look that had lasted less than a second he was back to the pathetic mess he had been just after their break up.

"Damn you Maxwell, " he hissed quietly, "damn you to hell for this. How could you do this to me?" Although by rights he had absolutely no way to blame Maxwell for this, he couldn't possibly have known.

"Dragon?"

Oh shit

"Dragon? I know you're there."

Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!

He blinked as he saw the catches holding the cover in place begin to be loosened and realised with a start that he wasn't all together too sure that he didn't want to be caught here.

Well if he was going to be captured he might as well do it with the elegance that Treize himself was so well known for he mused as hands he recognised and still saw running over his body when he dreamt, removed the cover and he slipped gracefully out into the room

He steeled himself and looked unashamedly into Treize's eyes before blinking and running his eyes over Treize's body again feeling his breath catch near inaudibly as he finally registered that Treize had failed to put anything more then a towel on after rising from the bath to open the vent.

"Dragon."

Hearing his name spoken so softly and reverently by a man he had been trying for the past two months to forget caused desire, for the man in front of him, regret, that he had let him get away, and, worst of all, love, love for a man he had no business falling for in the first place.

He snapped back into a world where more existed than the two of them as he felt Treize's fingers brush his cheek gently, the rising blush causing him to step back and snarl at the man.

"You lost you right to touch me that way when…" He trailed off, not knowing how to finish the sentence.

Treize nodded and let his fingers fall slowly leaving the spot where they had rested feeling strangely cold. "I know and I'm sorry, I just saw you there and… you looked so beautiful. I'm so sorry Dragon, I should never have… I should never have let you go, it wasn't supposed to happen that way I promise. I owed you more than that, I respected you more than that, I should have told you face to face instead of taking the coward's way out like I did. But I knew that if I saw you then… I wouldn't be able to do it, I was too weak."

"I did… do love you Wufei, always, and I've regretted it every day since, I'm sorry.

"I love you too Treize, as much as it kills me to admit it but I'm nothing if not honest. But… you were right, this could never work…"

"Why?" Treize stepped forwards and rested a hand on Wufei's cheek again. "Tell me why this wouldn't work."

"OZ…"

"Answers to me and they don't have to know, it worked up till now didn't it."

"The other pilots…"

"Already know."

"I… What?!"

"Why do you think I'm here? How did you think I knew you were going to be here? I got an email this morning from a certain God of Death you may be acquainted with telling me to get here for no later than 1700 hours at the latest on an unmarked jet and to `not fuck it up this time.'

Wufei ran a hand through his hair trying to take this knowledge in as a lot of the occurrences of the past two hours became clear to him and he realised that he had been manipulated by an expert who, as he was beginning to realise, had broken his most important rule just to see him happy. How long had Duo known? How many lies had he had to tell to cover up for him, assuming the other pilots didn't know as well that is.

Treize leant forwards and brushed his ear softly with his lips before whispering, "and I'm not going to, I'm not going to fuck it up this time Wufei, I love you too damn much."

Wufei's eyes closed as Treize's kisses moved gently along his cheek before progressing around to his lips and capturing them most effectively. He wasn't thinking about anything other than the man in front of him who was currently stripping him carefully and leading him through a door into the private suite that the leader of OZ was currently occupying. `Maybe I wont kill Maxwell after all,' he thought dazedly as they broke for air before his lips were claimed again and his thought processes shut down one by one leaving him only with the knowledge of what was happening and that he was with Treize again, that was all that mattered now.

In another room in the same base Duo Maxwell paused to admire the two unknowing young men he had been surveying.

"I'll say this for you `Fei you sure can pick `em," he chuckled gently before halting the image on the screen, now that he had made sure that this wasn't going to go to hell he had no reason to watch them any longer, he would never betray his friend's privacy like that.

"Duo?"

He turned to view the one reason he got up every day walking into the room and smiled as he tilted his head for a kiss and was gladly obliged.

"He didn't mess it up"

"No," he agreed smiling at the two young men on the screen frozen in a kiss, "he didn't."

"Didn't think Treize would be stupid enough to let him go again, he's stubborn, not a complete fool and he's been miserable for the past two months without him.

Duo snorted, "Fei Fei hasn't been much better let me assure you." `Maybe now I'll be able to get through more than a couple of hours without hearing a Justice Rant,' he mused silently as he let Zechs Marquise pull him to his feet and lead him from the room.

Owari

A/N As always R&R, tell me if you liked it and why. And tell me if you'd like a sidestory form Duo and Zechs' POV.