Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Orphan Stage ❯ Stage Confessions ( Chapter 13 )

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Gundam Wing Characters, blah blah blah

Pairings: 1x2, 3+4, 5+?

Warning: umm YAOI-not much other than kissing

Summary: Duo Maxwell is put into a protection program after his father gets out of jail and goes missing. Duo finds himself in a situation where he can finally find his brother that was adopted ten years ago.

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Stage Confessions

Orange and red lights flooded the dance floor, I could barely tell one person from the other in the large crowd. Music blared loudly through the speakers behind me. I had entered through the back of the ballroom, had to sneak in. If you haven't guessed already, I was at the Prom. Lowe High School Prom, they wouldn't let me in normally, so I had to bribe a band member to leave the door open in the back. I had promised him I'd introduce him to a pretty girl, heh. Some guys are too easy. Now, if only I could find Hilde to uphold that promise… What the?

From across the room I could see Hilde and Wufei dancing with… matching outfits. Damn, who knew Wufei would actually go with Hilde… and Wufei was actually at a dance! Now who am I gonna get?!

My worries were cut short as I finally spotted my original prey from across the room. Heero… sitting in a chair? Where was Relena? Just as that thought came, I heard a squeal of laughter from behind me. Turning towards it, I noticed that the blond was… dancing with someone else! How dare she leave my Heero all alone like that! Well, I wasn't 'that' mad. I'd be more angry if Heero was actually dancing with someone other than me, even though it was my fault he was here in the first place, heh, evil Duo!

I had planned on seeing Heero and everyone a couple days ago, until I found that pink flyer on my kitchen counter. It was one of Relena's 'vote for me' flyers. Cant really remember ever taking one home with me, oh well.

So, I stayed home and rested… well, I didn't really do the sleeping kinda rest, I just stayed off my bad leg so it would heal enough to where I could go off my one crutch. That would be a little too obvious at a dance don't you think? Walking around with a giant stick… I didn't want to draw any unwanted attention… and get kicked out. Nope, cant have me getting kicked out before I see my Hee baby!

Pushing through the crowd, I snuck forward, trying not to disturb the messy haired boy. His eyelids were shut and he had his head tilted to the side as if sleeping. He really needs to get more sleep, I never knew someone before him who could doze off in such odd places. My eyes raked over his body, he had dismissed the tux jacket and was now just wearing the white undershirt, with black pants that fit him perfectly.

My feet carried me a foot in front of him, still he did not wake up. Smirking, I leaned in closer, taking in his scent and admiring his beautiful sleeping features. My mouth moved in to press against Heero's tempting lips in a light feather kiss, causing him to stir under my ministrations. Finally coming to his senses, his eyes snapped open and he jumped to his feet angrily.

"What the Hell wer…" Blue eyes widened, he blinked, then fell back into his seat as he realized it was me. "Du…o?" His voice was a little shaky and I was starting to worry about him. Moving closer I leaned down and embraced his sitting form. Hands moving to brush through his hair as he recovered from his shock.

His strong arms came to wrap around my waist, pulling me closer. Head burying into my lower chest, he whispered a soft, "Your back." I could feel his breath, taking in gulps of air as his arms clutched tighter around my waist. "Your really back?" His head finally moved to look up at me, eyes moving over my black long sleeve shirt that fit tightly on my small frame. I could feel him shudder as he moved his gaze back up to catch mine.

I smiled at his pleading eyes, begging me to confirm that I was in fact 'really' here. "I'm back for good." I whispered softly running the palm of my hand over his cheek. His face brightened and a soft smile appeared on his lips. I took a step back as he stood up, but was pulled forward once again as Heero kissed me. His lips sought all that I had been missing in the two weeks I had been gone. Our lips parted and I moaned as he pushed his tongue through, kneading together with mine, making my knees feel weak. I had to cling to him in order to not fall over.

His arms tightened their hold on me, causing me to wince as my shoulder was squeezed. I had hoped he hadn't noticed it, but he did, of course he did! He pulled away from me with wide confused eyes, "Duo?"

I couldn't help but smile at his reaction, he was really cute when he was worried. But I did feel a little irritated that our kiss was broken. "I… uh… kinda got hurt, but its alright… its just still healing." I blurted out quickly.

His eyes searched mine for a moment, reading them for the answers I wasn't giving him.

Sighing, he loosely embraced me once more. "Your going to tell me everything later… but for now…" His lips were on mine again and he pushed against me hungrily. I sighed softly into the kiss, feeling completely blissful. I had missed him.

"DUO!" A shocked cry caused me to break away from Heero. Turning around, I saw Hilde with her hand over her mouth in shock. "Your… back…"

Wufei was standing beside her with a red face, obviously flustered from the little show me and Heero must have put on. He opened his mouth to say something when a blond bundle of energy pushed him over, running full speed towards me.

"Duo! Duo!" Quatre ran up and embraced me tightly, pushing Heero slightly to the side. I could hear him growl angrily at Quatre, but I chose to ignore it. I was too busy trying to stop myself from laughing at the blond, jumping up and down questioning me excitedly.

Trowa appeared right after, giving me an apologetic smile. "He saw you from across the room, couldn't hold him down."

I smiled brightly, relieved that Trowa was on good terms with me again. "What did you give him? Caffeine pills?" I joked, while running a hand through his long blond hair. "Jeez, when was the last time you cut this? Its getting past your ears!"

Quatre just chuckled and hugged me tightly, causing me to recoil slightly in pain. Ugh, I forgot how emotionally huggable people can get! Big eyes looked at me concerned, "Duo? Are you alright?" His hand came to touch my shoulder and I cowered back another step, holding up my hands in apology.

"I'm alright, just don't touch the shoulder."

Light blue eyes widened again and he stared hard at my right shoulder, like he wanted to see through the fabric of my black silky shirt. "Duo… what happened? How come you're back so soon?"

I bit my lip and internally groaned. I knew they were going to ask that question, but I didn't think it would be so soon. I know, I could tell them the truth now… since I didn't have anything to worry about anymore, but the prom wasn't really the place to say these things. Dances were meant for fun, not creepy past event news.

But, they were all staring at me, expecting an answer… what was I suppose to do?

"I uh… don't want to tell you." My truthfulness seemed to make Quatre even more worried. Sighing, I ran my hand through my bangs, trying to figure out what to do next. Everyone was so damn curious these days! "Look I'll tell you eventually, but do we really have to talk about this now? This is a dance! So lets go dance." I tried.

"Screw the prom, I'm more interested in where you've been for the last couple weeks! And now you come back injured?" Hilde's hand came out to touch my shoulder like Quatre had tried to, but before she could make contact, Heero caught her wrist and growled in warning.

"I was… shot." I mumbled the last word a little to softly for anyone to hear. My arm reached out so I could clutch onto Heero's hand. Trying to get any amount of strength I could from him. There was a sting in my leg and I realized that maybe I shouldn't have been standing so long.

My weight shifted to my good leg, causing Heero to look confusedly at me before asking, "What?"

"I got shot." I said loud enough for all of them to hear. Heero's grip on my hand tightened, but I wouldn't look in his direction to see his reaction. I knew it wasn't going to be good. Hilde on the other hand, looked almost amazed, and I couldn't help but smile slightly at the gaping mouth that Wufei was showing me. A shocked Wufei! Wish I had a camera.

Quatre's hand had come up to cover his mouth and he stared at my shoulder again with a pained look on his face. "Your shoulder? You got shot in the shoulder?" He asked, gripping Trowa's hand like I had Heero's, for support.

Maybe I shouldn't tell them about my leg… ah shit. There going to find out anyway. Taking a deep breath I managed a quick, "And the leg." Before turning my eyes downcast to the floor. I really didn't need to see their faces after that one, I already knew what would be on them. Probably some filled with pity, Quatre's with horror… and I don't blame them. It made me sound like I was in a gang, and we had a shoot out. Who knows what weird conclusions they could generate in their skulls.

Heero growled slightly beside me before spitting out, "Hall." in an angry tone. My breath quickened and I pushed my eyes back off the floor towards my brother. Quatre's eyes were huge and he was staring at Heero like he had just announced his death.

"Did… you say Hall? Duo?" His eyes moved to me in pleading, asking me to confirm it negative. "Our father?"

"'Our' Father?" Hilde arched a brow at me in confusion. "Will someone please clue me and pumpkin in on who the hell Hall is!?" Wufei rolled his eyes at the nickname, but looked to me just as curious for the answer.

I groaned slightly before pushing Heero down to sit in the chair. He fell, looking at me with an arched eyebrow before I sat down on his lap. Arm wrapped around his neck, I sighed happily. I don't think I could take standing any longer, especially through the speech I was about to give.

It took me awhile to get started, I had to start way back in the past. When me and Quatre were kids. It got easier talking though, probably cause I love to talk. I didn't even pause when I told them about the day Hall had shot me. Of course, I didn't mention my crying or any of the embarrassing things that day. I told them about Jack, and how she hates her life in the small town, and about my visit to Kemp… how he still blamed himself for what happened. The best part though, was seeing there faces when I told them about my hospital stay, my fun tormenting the nurses. I think they started to feel sorry for those poor souls in the hospital, people they never even met before. Heh, I was bored! I couldn't help it!

When all was said and done, I looked up to see their quiet figures, all eyes slightly downcast. No one spoke for a long while after that, all trying to sink my information in. All except for Quatre, he was having a hard time not breaking down right there on the spot. His hand was still covering his mouth, his other his heart, as if in pain, emotionally. I wondered if he was slightly mad that I had never told him about this… but then… he might have broken down like he was about to now.

My eyes looked to Trowa and he seemed to understand my silent question because he grabbed the blond and pulled him into a comforting embrace. Murmuring comforting words too softly for my ears to catch. It seemed to help though and I felt a big weight off my chest. My eyes closed and I leaned my head into the crook of Heero's neck, kissing it softly before resting my forehead on it. I could feel him relax under my touch, he was pretty high strung from listening to my story. I was going to get chewed out by him later, I bet.

I felt weary all of a sudden, and I cursed myself for actually feeling tired. I guess resting for weeks made my stamina weak or something. Heero seemed to notice and looked down at me worriedly. "Are you alright?" He whispered. I could feel him lean over to press his face into my hair, taking in the smell of my shampoo, the same citrus stuff I had him use when he had showered at my place.

Hilde cleared her throat, trying to get someone's attention and I looked up to see her with a smirk on her face as she looked at me and Heero in our little cuddling position. I blushed slightly, realizing that all of them had been staring at us.

Hilde opened her mouth to comment, but Wufei cut her off. "When did THIS happen?!" He asked, pointing his finger at me and Heero.

I grinned slightly and pointed back to him and Hilde. "When did THAT happen?" His ears turned a little red and he growled something under his breath. Chuckling, I snuggled closer to Heero, my wiggling on his lap caused him to smile slightly. It was good to be back. Now, if only I could stay like this forever!

A loud cheering went through the crowd and I looked up towards the small stage where the band had been. A man was talking to the crowd but I could barely hear him over the yelling and screaming of promy people. Everyone seemed to turn their head towards a big screen behind the man. I think it was time to announce prom queen and they were going to show the scores on the screen. I had missed the actual voting day, but I still thought that Relena would win, hands down.

Numbers flicked over the screen next to all four of the candidate names. I smirked as I saw the large number in front of Relena's name. It 'had' to be the highest.

"Hilde… Hilde Schbeiker." The man with the microphone said, staring at the screen behind him in confusion.

I felt my eyes widen as I saw Hilde running up stage to take her crown. My gaze fell on the number of votes in front of her name, she had… TWO VOTES more than Relena!

"No way! No freaking way!" I stood up to get a better look, wobbling a little as I rested my weight on my good leg. "Hilde won?" I could hear Heero grunt in acknowledgement beside me. His hands came around my waist to help me stand, obviously seeing my trouble. My body leaned against him as I watched Hilde dance with the king, some guy I had never seen before. "How the hell?!" I just stood there, stunned as the dance ended and Hilde came bounding over to me with an evil grin attached to her face.

"And 'who' said I wasn't going to be Prom Queen?" She mocked, walking closer to me, the scary grin spreading on her lips. "Now… what was the bet again?" She asked, head titling to the side in mock forgetfulness.

I resisted the urge to pull my hair out right there… Hilde had won! I had to be her slave!

"Don't listen to her Duo… she cheated." Wufei's voice drew me from my painful thoughts.

"Cheated?" My eyebrow raised as I looked over to Hilde for confirmation.

She just shrugged slightly before mumbling, "I had Heero hack into the system and change the votes."

"EH!? How…?"

"Everything about this school is run on computers… didn't I already tell you that?" Heero smirked, obviously proud of himself for his little prank. "All the votes were counted by the computer… so, it was pretty easy to make it so Hilde would win."

"Heero! How could you?" I glared at him angrily before crossing my arms and turning towards Hilde. "You cheated! I'm not going to be your slave."

"What? I won! That was the bet!" Hilde shot back, looking really determined to have me as a slave. "You 'have' to be my slave!" I got a little uneasy feeling in my stomach thinking about what she had planned for me.

"No! You didn't follow the rules!" I snorted.

"Rules? We didn't set any rules!"

"You cant cheat! It's… it's common knowledge!"

"You didn't say anything about me not being able to cheat! Give it up Duo, you have to be my slave for a 'whole' week!"

"Hell no! You cheated!"

"I won the bet!"

"No you didn't! You cheated! You cant win a bet by cheating!"

"I just did!"

"That's not fair and you know it!"

"Oh? And helping Relena against my back was fair?"

"Yes… yes it was."

"That's enough you two." Wufei grabbed Hilde's arm, pulling her away from me and our argument stopped. From the corner of my eye I could see Heero giving the Chinese boy a grateful look. Heh, so we got a little out of hand, no big deal, right?

Heero's hand came out to pull me into his arms. He looked amused for some odd reason, and I was just about to ask him what was so funny when I caught site of Relena from across the room. Her hand was covering her face, tears running down her cheeks. Jeez, who'd of thought she'd take losing so bad.

An idea came into my clever little mind and I pushed gently out of Heero's arms and started over to her with a hasty "Be right back." to Heero. I limped my way close to her and managed to slightly bump into the sobbing blond, just enough so I could catch hold of something in her purse. Woohoo! Mission Complete.

I looked at the object I had successfully obtained from her… I think it was a lipstick holder or… something. Oh well! Pocketing it, I walked over to the stage where I spotted the man whom had let me in. He growled angrily and impatiently asked me if I had someone for him yet. I couldn't hold back my smirk as I handed him the… makeup thingy… and pointed in Relena's direction.

"She dropped her… lipstick holder… you might want to go give it back to her." He looked at it surprised and his eyes followed my finger to Relena. A look of determination came over his face. "She looks pretty upset… you might want to 'comfort' her." I chuckled as he nervously brushed a hand through his shiny black hair while slowly walking towards the crying girl.

My curiosity was killing me, so I inched forward a little in order to hear their conversation.

"Uh… e-excuse me ma'am… y-you dropped your lipstick case." Even from my distance and in the dark lighting, I could see a blush spreading on his tanned cheeks as he spoke.

Relena looked up, startled and her eyes widened slightly at the object held out to her. "Oh… that's not a lipstick holder! It's a tamp… ah!" She snatched the object away and turned her eyes to the ground, blushing even more than the poor guy. "Thank you." She mumbled, looking embarrassed.

"The name's Abdul! I'm apart of the Maganac's!" His hand came up to rub the back of his skull, a nervous gesture.

"The what?" Relena was starting to look a little irritated and I could see her eyes starting to search the floors for a possible escape already.

"Damn… come on Abdul man, pull yourself together!" I muttered under my breath.

"The band, I'm part of the band."

That seemed to draw Relena's attention and she smiled at him while checking him out with her eyes. I could feel myself cheering inside as they started a conversation. Knocked two birds with one stone! Or… something like that. Relena was looking happy and so was Abdul… though he was still blushing profoundly.

"What are you doing?" A soft voice asked from behind me.

Startled, I turned around quickly and nearly fell over as I saw Heero only a couple inches away. I hadn't even heard him come up! Well, its probably because of the music… or maybe I've gone soft from the stupid hospital.

"Aa… just meddling in other peoples business." I admitted, grinning from ear to ear as Heero rolled his eyes. "Heero… do you think you can help me out. I kinda… used up my walking limit for the day and this damn injured leg is killing me."

Without a word, he grabbed my arm, throwing it over his shoulder and we started our hobble towards the exit. As we made it out the door I could hear Heero sigh softly next to me before saying, "Thank God, I was suffocating in that place."

I chuckled lightly and placed a small kiss on his cheek. "Where we gonna go?"

He just shrugged, leaving the decision up to me.

We ended up going to his house. I don't know why I wanted to go there… maybe I was starting to like his room. The windowless hole away from the world. Or maybe it was because I never got that lonely feeling like my apartment gives off. As we made it to the dark staircase leading down, Heero actually picked me up off the ground before starting his decent.

"Heero! Your going to drop me!" My wide eyed face buried itself into Heero's shirt. I think I lost it a little, my mind went to another place, because the next thing I knew I was on Heero's bed and he was looking over me worriedly.

His hand came out to check my forehead and I rubbed my eyes, trying to take in my surroundings. "Did I go to sleep?" I asked, trying to sit up. My shoulder was still sore and I winced as I tried to move my arm. He pushed me back down and I fell on my back with a light giggle, remembering how Jack would always do that.

My eyes widened as Heero started to unbutton my shirt.

"Heero?"

"I need to see."

I don't know if it was because of the dimness of the room, but Heero seemed to be sad about something. Or maybe it was confusion on his face. Gah! Why was I having such a hard time reading him today. I think I was more tired than I thought. Damn stupid hospital went and made me weak!

I exhaled the breath I had been holding when his gentle fingers started to unbutton my shirt, it came sliding off and I was starting to feel a little nervous now. He was just sitting there, poised over me, eyes taking in my half naked form.

A gentle hand came up to rest on my right shoulder, just above the injury. I flinched, not from pain, but from the thought of someone touching my shoulder. It was supposedly getting better, but I was getting sick of the aching feeling I've had for all the days out of the hospital. I wasn't even able to tell if it was going away or not, pain slowly fading. Guess I hadn't been paying too much attention. My mind had been occupied with Heero… and getting my leg healed enough to go to the dance.

Heero's body leaned forward and I could feel my breath hitch slightly as he pressed his lips to the ugly stitched up bullet hole. His kiss was feather light, I could barely feel it, but it sent shivers down my spine. My good arm came up and I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, pulling him towards my face where I could stare straight into his dark blue eyes.

"Duo?"

"Hmm?"

"Why do you like me?"

My eyes widened and I could feel my lips twisting into a playful smirk. "Have you been worrying about that?"

I could see the tiniest hint of a blush on his cheeks as he nodded, eyes now downcast.

"Hmm…. you're my pillar of support."

His eyes widened slightly before he said. "That's all?"

I couldn't help it, I laughed, totally ruining the mood.

TBC.

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