Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Perfectly Broken ❯ Chapter 18 ( Chapter 18 )

Chapter 18

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"Heero! Oh, Heero that feels so wonderful!" Duo groaned in bliss as I massaged his poor back muscles. We ended up carrying bigger loads than we were used to today since Howard needed us to stay in the warehouse. Hilde dropped by to help out a bit before she had to make deliveries with Wufei. The two of them got along well enough, but Hilde only worked half days since she had to work at the scrapyard in the morning.

 

I gently rubbed a bit harder at Duo's tense shoulders, finding a knot there the size of my fist. I gentled my touch as Duo hissed at the friction my fingers created against his skin. "I'm sorry. Your muscles are too tight, Duo."

 

"It's okay. I know you're doing your best. It's my fault any way. If I hadn't carried that huge box I wouldn't be in so much pain now. Who knew that the box would have part of an engine in it?"

 

"Duo it was labeled, 'warning: contents extremely heavy' it was pretty obvious that both of us should have picked it up together instead of you moving it by yourself."

 

"Maybe I wanted to impress you?" He asked, grinning half-heartedly.

 

"And how did you expect me to be impressed by seeing you hurt yourself as soon as you dropped the box into place?"

 

"Well, you looked impressed up to the point I dropped it." He winced as I began kneading his lower back. I felt sorry for him, but I also knew if I didn't get him relaxed there was no way that either of us was going to be sleeping tonight.

 

"I was impressed then, but now I get to take care of you until you feel better."

 

"I am feeling better. I love your hands on me Heero and my back feels a lot better than it did. I'm just stiff right now. It'll go away after a while though thanks to you." He flipped over before I could get off of him and pitched forward, right into his arms and kiss. I moaned in pleasure as I felt his lips open beneath mine and his tongue slip out to caress my lips. I took his invite and return the caress, licking, tasting, and feeling his love for me pour into the kiss.

 

I lay on top of him as we kissed, our joined bodies fueling the heat between us and escalating it until I felt the presence of Duo's desire for me rub against my hip. Grinning like a loon, Duo slowly rubbed against me like a cat and slowed his kisses and gently began to start kissing my face and neck. It felt so good to be touched like this again. I missed it. Zechs' interference in our lives made me doubt myself again and so Duo began showing me how gentle he could be even when we weren't in bed.

 

Zechs called to apologize a day after I had kicked him away from Duo and stated my claim on him as my lover. Zechs hadn't known that Duo had found someone new and so he wanted to see if he could have Duo back in his arms once again, but there was no way in hell that I would allow such a thing. Duo felt horrible about his slip, he didn't realize what was happening until I had beaten Zechs down and snapped him back to reality in the next second. I forgave Duo because he was sorry, but I put up the mental wall with him for a while. I wasn't sure if I could see that Duo really wanted to be with me after what he had done. It was painful and I had ended up pushing him away to see if he would reach out to me.

 

He did.

 

Duo caught on to what I was doing and proved to me that he wanted me. He didn't make love to me for the sheer reason that I would have probably thought he just wanted me around for my body like I had early in our relationship. Instead, he gave me massages, cuddled me whenever he could, kissed me as much as he could even if people were looking, and showed me all the love he had for me radiate from his violet-blue eyes. I could see that he wanted me to trust him entirely once more and finally I did break down and opened myself to him completely once more.

 

I called Zechs the next day and told him that I would be willing to have him over for dinner if he wanted to come. However, I warned him that if I so much as thought that he was coming on to Duo, I'd throw him right on his ass in the street whether he was finished or not. He agreed to my terms and we had set the date for him to come over. We made the preparation for him to come over tomorrow night and my nerves were still a bit rattled even though I had asked him to come over to our home.

 

It wasn't that I was thinking that he would do something to steal Duo away from me. The thought was completely unconscious and I just couldn't get it out of my head. Duo groaned beneath me and I focused back on him as I lost myself into the sensations he was creating within me.

 

Maybe I just found something to distract me from any thoughts for a while.

 

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"So we need honey, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, pasta, artichoke hearts, Parmesan cheese, milk, butter, eggs..." Duo's voice droned on about what we needed to buy as we walked through the store. Duo said he would cook, since he knew what all of us liked to eat. Assuming that he was talking about Zechs and me, I disregarded the statement entirely and put stuff in our shopping cart as Duo kept listing them off. I was still feeling nervous about what was about our dinner plans and Duo tried as much as he could to distract my mind from it. He was a very good distraction.

 

We both needed to be reassured that nothing that happened tonight would shake us, but I was already feeling the doubts creep upon me. Duo made another turn down one of the aisles and stopped by the fresh meat products. My stomach still bothered me at times just by the sight of the fresh meat on display. It made me think of my own muscle tissue and how horrible it must be to be cut up into chunks and pieces like the animals that were in the glass cases were.

 

Duo began making his selections and tossed in some chicken breasts and ground up beef for the next day. My stomach flipped at the dark red color, reminding me of the horrors J had once shown me in part of my training. Try as I might to clamp down on the memories, they still at times chose to show up if something triggered them. It seemed obvious to me, just the sight of the raw meat did just that.

 

"Heero?" Duo asked me softly, sensing something was wrong. "Are you alright? You look kind of pale."

 

"It's nothing. I'm just tired." I told him. I wasn't really a lie, since I was tired in a sense, but probably not the way he was thinking.

 

"Okay. We'll be able to leave soon. We have everything we need that I can think of. Can you think of anything we might have missed?" I glanced over the contents of the cart. Everything that we had on the list seemed to be there except...

 

"Rolls." I stated and made my way bake to the bakery section of the store. A loud smack sounded and I glanced back to see Duo with a hand raised against his forehead.

 

"Damn! I'm such an idiot sometimes. How could I forget them?" He berated himself. Shaking my head at his antics, I looked over the many items placed on display and took a loaf of French bread and asked on of the servers behind the counter if I could have a dozen dinner rolls. She smiled at me and then scooped them off a baking tray behind her.

 

"They're fresh from the oven, sir. Just be careful." She said as she handed me a thick paper bag filled with the rolls. I thanked her and then went to meet Duo. He stood in the check-out line and was emptying our cart onto the assembly line. A young man was ringing up the items and also checking Duo out. I almost growled at him to keep his eyes to himself, but then refrained from it, thinking Duo would think I was overreacting. Thankfully, the man noticed my presence and turned his attention back to the items he rang up. Duo remaining oblivious to what was going on around him.

 

"I got the rolls, Duo." I said as I put them on the conveyor belt and then helped him take out more groceries.

 

"You're the best, love." Duo smirked at me as he rolled the now empty cart to the end of the aisle and began putting in the bagged items. The man gave looked up at me then Duo and seemed to put two and two together before turning back to his own business, realizing he didn't have a chance. He simply told us the total and I told him to send the balance through an electronic check of mine for payment. He did and handed me the receipt.

 

We packed the car and drove home. Duo driving since I had said I was tired and I was surprised to find myself nodding off in the car as my eyelids continued to get heavier and heavier.

 

I awoke to Duo lightly shaking my arm and telling me to get out of the car. Unfortunately, Duo had to park further down the street than he normally did since our parking lot was already full and the snow covered the rest. It was definitely going to take us longer to unpack than usual. I helped him take out our load from the trunk and make our way up to the apartment. It took us a few trips back and forth to the car but, we finally got everything in. Duo began sorting the groceries almost immediately, leaving out what he needed to use to start cooking and putting away all the rest.

 

There was a lot of things that he kept out to use and I was surprised when he began opening up packages right away and getting started. I felt a bit out of place for a few minutes while Duo wrestled with the chicken. It was like I was just a shadow fallowing him around while he got busy. Duo noticed this and began handing me cans and bags to open for him. I did them and then he began explaining what he needed my help for and how much he wanted me around to get everything prepared so we would have time for 'us' afterwards. I was shocked and very much delighted to hear about it and began doing everything he demonstrated to me.

 

Soon everything was prepared and either cooking on the stove and in the oven so we had time for the 'us' part of Duo's plan. And Duo persuaded me into taking a shower with him.

 

Not that I minded Duo's plea of how we should save water and it was better not to shower alone as his excuse for why I should join him, the invitation alone was enough to make me say 'yes'. Needless to say, Duo dropped the soak and it was a very intriguing shower indeed.

 

We emerged and Duo ran out to check on the food. He had reduced the heat on everything be before we had our evening delight and as soon as he deemed everything to 'still be edible' he joined me to pick out what we were going to wear for the evening. Both of us decided to wear something warm and yet be comfortable in since we didn't want to sit around in something that was going to drive us crazy all evening. We finally decided on the silk shirt Quatre had bought us, mine a deep blue and Duo's a rich deep violet. We helped dress each other and Duo continued to reassure me through his touch that he wasn't going anywhere. He kissed my ear and promised me that he wouldn't react to any of Zechs advancements, if there were any at all, and no matter what, I was his and he was mine.

 

At the stroke of six o'clock a knock came tapping on the door and Duo went get it after giving me a deep kiss before unlocking the door and letting in our guest. Taking a deep breath to steady my already shaking nerves, I hoped that I would be able to get through dinner without falling to pieces.

 

I could only wish that Zechs wouldn't unnerve me to the brink of having a panic attack, but I knew that it was going to be more likely than not.

 

Zechs shook Duo's hand in greeting before noticing me and reaching out to offer me a hand shake as well. Hopefully, he didn't notice how much I was shaking already.

 

"Thank you for the invitation to join you for dinner, Heero." Zechs said smoothly in that cultured voice of his.

 

"It was nothing, Zechs. I only wish for us to get to know each other better and hopefully we can be friends."

 

"Yes, of course." Zechs smiled at me, but their was something about his smile that I didn't like one bit. I couldn't put my finger on it, but it was something that I had felt before. If only I could recall what it was.

 

"Well, I think everything has been cooking long enough, what do you say that we eat right away and talk during and after dinner." Duo suggested.

 

"Sounds good to me, I'm starving and everything smells so delicious." Duo beamed him a smile and turned to the stove and began taking things out and putting them in serving plates and bowls. I helped him set them on the table while Zechs sat down in one of the four empty chairs and watched us work together. As soon as we were done placing them on the table and seated, Duo looked over everything we had and grimaced. I noticed his face and raised an eyebrow at him.

 

"Dammit! I knew something was missing."

 

"What is? Everything looks delightful." Zechs exclaimed, giving a once over of all the dishes.

 

"Yeah. But I forgot the rolls. They must still be in the car. I'll go get them though." Duo exclaimed and went to put on his boots and jacket, leaving me and Zechs at the table. I was about to protest, but was interrupted by Duo. "I'll be right back, you can start without me."

 

"No, we'll wait. It's not right otherwise."

 

"Okay. I'll be right back." Duo zipped his jacket closed and nabbed his key before closing the door behind him.

 

Zechs turned to me as soon as Duo was out the door and smirked at me. "So will there be another hand-to-hand battle again?"

 

"As long as you keep your hands off of Duo, there won't have to be." I warned him.

 

"But you didn't state whether or not I could put my hands on you or not." I stared at him. What did he mean by that?

 

"You look so delicate and yet, you pack one hell of a punch when Duo's endangered by other men it seems. So you two must have slept together already, hm?"

 

"Just what are you implying?" I asked, my mood darkening and that early feeling I had before coming back to me stronger than ever.

 

"That Duo is irresistible. Any man or woman around him will notice how beautiful he is and swarm after him. Now, Duo's not the type to be ensnared by just anyone, but he's known to get bored easily. Just take for example our past relationship. I offered him everything and he had it all until he got bored with just having sex all the time. I made sure he was too tired to move when we were through. Sometimes going at it for five rounds a night and that isn't even counting the morning and afternoon. How soon do you think Duo while want to stay with you knowing that I could offer him anything he desires? What can you offer him besides the hole in your hind end? Maybe it's that sad look about you that keeps him near you for now, but how much longer do you think he'll keep you?"

 

My heart hammered faster in my chest from every stab Zech took at me. But I refused to believe the lies he was spreading about Duo.

 

"He isn't like you! Duo is beautiful and loving and doesn't keep me for just his entertainment! He loves me! Not YOU! He is the nicest person I've ever met and you can't distort his image in my eyes! EVER!"

 

"Well, you are a spirited one, I'll give you that. So now that I know you're love for him is as tight as the cheeks of your ass, I must ask how much is he paying you for servicing him?" I blinked at that.

 

"Servicing him?" I asked warily, even as I felt the pain and images of what J had done to me spring up inside my head. "What the hell is with you, Zechs?! Why can't you believe that I love Duo more than anything and I'm not some whore he hired to stay by his side always. I love him."

 

"So even if I offered to pay you five grand a night to come and help me relieve some tension you would still say no?" Zechs smirked, I knew he was baiting me and I took it for what it was and threw it in his face.

 

"I don't need your money, Zechs. And I could pay a lot more than five grand a night just to have your assets removed from you so you would stop thinking with your dick and use your brain for once!" I shouted at him. To my surprise, Zechs just laughed. He laughed and laughed until I could swear tears were running from his eyes.

 

"I believe I have met my match." He chuckled when he could finally speak again.

 

"I don't understand." I growled at him.

 

"It was a test my dear boy. I had to be sure of what you are and you passed with flying colors."

 

"You mean all of those horrible things you said were spoken just so you could get a rise out of me?" I questioned.

 

"Precisely. I think we'll be able to become very good friends much sooner now." Zechs smirked and I sat shell-shocked. Just then I heard the door knob rattle and Duo came back in looking snow covered and cold, but very pleased with himself.

 

"I found the rolls. So what did I miss?"

 

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TBC...

 

A/N: To those of you who were wondering about my absence. I have been going crazy for most of the fall semester with being buried alive be all my college work and my two jobs. I finally have managed to update once again, but I must warn you that I'm still going to only be posting randomly until Summer most likely. Sorry to disappoint but there is nothing more I can do. I'll hopefully be able to get another chapter of TSYA out again before my winter break is over as long as my job hours allow it to be so.

 

HUGS to anyone who is hopefully still following the story! I hope you all had a nice holiday and New Years!