Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Past Meets Present ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 15 )

Meiran woke up, not wanting to open her eyes. She was leaning against this nice pillow. Firm, but not hard, warm, and comfortable. All she wanted was to sleep some more. But something didn’t fit in right. She remembered sitting next to Wufei on the bed but not much after that. She shifted slightly, trying to get even more comfortable.

“So, you’re awake now,” she heard Wufei’s voice say. Looking up, she realized that her nice pillow had been his chest. Her face took a red tint as she quickly sat up.

“How long was I asleep for?” She asked, her face turned so he wouldn’t see her face and its red hue.

“Oh, I’d say about an hour or so,” he answered, his voice holding an amused tone. “Quatre brought some food by a little bit ago. I saved some for you.”

“Thanks,” Meiran told him, still slightly embarrassed. Seeing the tray sitting on the nightstand, she got up and took the tray. It looked like someone had eaten a little, but not much. Only a little of the rice had been touched and the same for the fish.

“Weren’t you hungry?” She asked, sitting down on the other end of the bed. Wufei didn’t answer, just watched her. It was a little unnerving but at the same time, it made her feel safe. But, even though he didn’t answer, his stomach did.

“So, you are hungry,” Meiran smirked. She took a piece of the fish and made a big deal out of eating it, smirking as he watched hungrily. “Want some?” She finally asked. He didn’t answer but she still slid over so that they could share.

Not quite knowing what was coming over her, she found herself feeding him a bite of the fish. He looked at her oddly and replied, “I can feed myself.”

“Then why don’t you?” She asked. He fed her a bite. “I do,” he argued.

“So, then do it,” she replied, feeding him another.

“Then stop,” he told her, giving her a bite of rice. Noticing the change of food, she answered, “but this is so much more fun.”

Meiran feed him the bit of rice she had. “It’s annoying,” he informed her, giving her a piece of fish.

“If it’s so annoying, then why don’t you stop feeding me?” She questioned, making him take a bite of rice.

“You started it,” he argued, giving her some rice as well. “You didn’t have to continue,” Meiran replied, giving him a bite of fish.

“So why don’t you stop?” He said as he gave her more rice. She gave him rice as she answered, “Not until you do.”

“What if I never do?” He asked, smirking as he feed her the last bite of fish. “Well, that’s not going to be a problem since it’s almost gone,” she replied, giving him a little rice.

“And now it is,” Wufei told her as he fed the woman the last bite of rice.

“So, you two finally decided to show your faces, huh?” Duo commented a little while later when they brought the empty tray out. Neither said a word to him. It was late, around ten, so most of the people had gone to sleep already. Certainly Xin Xin had.

“You two do something naughty?” Duo continued as he followed Wufei. Wufei didn’t answer, just hobbled over the refrigerator. Mei had gone to check on her daughter, so it was just the two guys. “No answer. Guess you did,” the American went on, smirking.

“Will you shut up?” Wufei finally turned and asked. “We did nothing and even if we did, it’s not like it would be wrong.”

Wufei had moved onto the cabinet by now and had found the many boxes of cold cereal. Choosing one, he poured himself a bowl. At that moment, Mei came down the stairs, joining the two men. Seeing what Wufei had, she got herself some cereal as well.

“You know you wouldn’t be hungry if you hadn’t insisted on sharing,” Wufei commented. “Well,” Mei replied, “you weren’t complaining.”

“It wasn’t like I had much of a choice;” Duo heard his friend answer. The two continued on for several more minutes, speaking in code. Wufei said nothing had happened between the two. Yeah, right, something had happened between these two and Duo would find out if it killed him.

“So.”

“So.”

The two were just staring at the bed. Earlier, both with Meiran’s nap and the food, it had seemed so natural what was happening. But right now, the two were feeling quite uncomfortable. They were like strangers practically. And yet, they weren’t.

Neither had a clue as to what to do. Would it be acceptable to sleep in their normal night clothing? Probably not. Well, actually, it would be more uncomfortable than unacceptable.

“Why don’t I just grab a pillow and sleep on the floor?” Meiran proposed after a few moments of silence. Wufei turned to look at her. “And just why would you do that?”

“Well, its obvious both of us would be uncomfortable sleeping together and you’re injured,” she told him, grabbing a pillow. Feeling a hand on her arm, she saw him looking at her.

“And if you sleep on the floor, you’ll be complaining for the next few days. Just get into bed,” he told her. He had already situated himself on the bed.

“But,” she started to say.

“Just do it,” he sighed, pulling off his over shirt to reveal he was wearing a tank top underneath. Meiran hesitated for a moment before taking something from one of the dresser drawers and disappearing down the hall. She came back a few minutes later wearing a small tank top and a pair of cotton pants. She kept blushing as she slipped under the bed’s covers.

Since the light was on his side of the bed, Wufei turned it off and only the moon let light into their room. It wasn’t long before Meiran had fallen back asleep. She was more tired than she had thought, he said to himself.

This gave him an ample opportunity to look at her. Meiran had certainly grown up since she was thirteen. Meiran had been going through a lot of changes at the time he had thought her killed. She had started to get curves when they had been forced apart. With her being such a small, thin woman, this only amplified them. And another thing he knew that had done much to her figure was the birth of their daughter.

Xin Xin. Faith. His daughter’s name meant faith. He had no idea why she was named so. And he wasn’t sure he wanted to know. The name held something for his wife though, or else, she would never have named Xin Xin so.

Yawning, he was soon asleep. When he woke the next morning, Meiran was pulled up beside him. His arms were locked around her small waist and her fingers had somehow become intertwined with his. Both were on their sides, his face buried in her hair. It smells sweet, like wildflowers, he thought. The smell comforted him and he began to fall asleep again.

Later on, Meiran woke up. By now, the two of them had shifted so that she was now facing him. His arms were still around her waist but now she had hers holding onto him. His face was peaceful, not quite happy, but not sad either.

His chest, which she was held up against, was well muscled and firm. He had definitely been keeping in shape, she noted with some satisfaction. So had she, of course. And, he had really become handsome over the years.

When they were younger, she had thought him as being cute, in a kid’s crush sort of way. She knew that when they were younger he would be good looking. Both his brother and his father had been proof of that. Still, she had no idea how good-looking he would really become. And after she had learned of her colony’s destruction, she had thought she’d be a widow.

She snuggled in closer, feeling safe within the arms of her husband, not wanting to leave his safe embrace.

It was seven when Wufei finally woke again. Sometime since three, they had shifted so that he had his wife facing him. It took a few moments, but he was able to untangle himself from her. Knowing she was asleep, he quickly dressed in new clothes and left the room, hobbling on his crutches.

“Morning Wu,” Duo greeted his friend as he walked in. Heero and Trowa were already at the table, drinking coffee and eating toast. It looked like the others had yet to awake which was fine with Wufei. Getting a cup of coffee, he somehow managed to get it over to the table. Though, he managed to spill some over his hand and onto the floor. This caused a few choice words to be said.

Duo and the other two pilots looked at him. It wasn’t every day they got to see Wufei struggle to do normal things. Sure, it was a little mean, just watching him, but he wasn’t asking for help.

He finally managed to get over to the table and drink his coffee. Trowa had gotten a newspaper from somewhere and had split it with Duo who was checking sports scores. And so, it was quiet for awhile.

Hilde was the next one to come down. She poured herself a bowl of cereal and began to chat with Duo. Those two certainly had more than enough energy in the mornings, Wufei thought as he grabbed an apple out of the fruit basket.

“Wufei, that’s not a wise idea,” Trowa told his friend, seeing him with an apple. Wufei looked at his friend critically. “And why not?”

“Because, the fruits wax,” the normally silent man replied. Wufei put it back and took another drink of coffee. It was about that time that Heero left. He didn’t say anything, just left. That was the Heero Yuy way.

Quatre came down then. He looked cheerful and perky but he always looked that way. It took years of knowing the guy to be able to see past the façade he naturally had. Thus, the remaining three pilots were able to see that the blond Arabian was actually just waking up. And the three of them didn’t say a word because Quatre was a horrible morning person until he had his cup of coffee.

Quatre still preferred tea but over the years, the other four pilots had been able to get him to try coffee. And, since one of them was always up before Quatre, that was what was made. By now, Wufei had finished his cup and was putting it in the sink.

Now that it was empty, it was much easier to transport the cup around. After that was done, Wufei went to the house’s study. Since he couldn’t do his katas or just about anything physical, he might as well read.

Meiran yawned, almost immediately noticing the lack of warmth Wufei’s body had given off. She sat up and swung her feet over to dangle over the side of the bed. It took her a few minutes to muster up the energy to leave the bed, but she did.

Picking out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, Meiran began to undress. Not bothering to lock the door, she grew white when the door suddenly opened. It was Wufei.

As he took in the situation, he grew white. His eyes widened. And, he was having trouble not staring at her body that was half-naked.

A/N: This is definitely the Wu/Mei chapter everyone has been waiting for. It’s focused almost solely of the two and lots of things happened. We got to see them flirt, which was fun to write, and how they handled the whole sleeping together issue. But, I like the like the ending. It’s going to be fun how she responds. But would you believe it took me less than twelve hours to write this chapter?

It was just that easy to write. I, unfortunately, do not own anything in the fic except Xin Xin.