Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Elements ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

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Disclaimer: Neither Gundam Wing nor its characters are mine. They are the property of their respective owners. Rhys (when he shows up) is not mine. He is the property of Laurel K. Hamilton. The Sidhe, the way I use them, are Laurel K. Hamilton's interpretation of the faeries from mythology. If I use Hands of Power, which I might, they are the creation of Laurel K. Hamilton, too.

Pairings: 2x1 (eventually), 6+1, 5+1, implied 3+4, R+H, H+9+H, others to be named Rating: NC-17, probably Warnings: AU, OOC, probably lemon, semi Duo- bastardization (don't worry, he gets over it), I should probably add angst, NICE RELENA

The Elements

Chapter 14

Duo got back to his room mere seconds before Milliardo started room checks. Heero was, of course, already in the room when Duo went in--he was asleep, on top of the covers, holding a stuffed bear that Duo hadn't seen before.

Milliardo came into the room (Duo hadn't closed the door when he came in) to confirm that both boys were in there. He should have left then, Duo *wanted* him to leave then, but he didn't; instead, Milliardo walked over to Heero's bed. He ran his fingers through the messy locks of Heero's hair.

"Beautiful, isn't he?" Milliardo asked Duo, his eyes never leaving Heero.

Duo had to admit that Heero was very attractive, in his mind, at least. He didn't voice his opinion to Quatre's brother, though.

"He could do so much better than Chang," Milliardo muttered, obviously not intending for Duo to hear what he said. But Duo had spent years listening in the dark for his mother to come, and he heard every word. Milliardo stopped playing with Heero's hair and stalked over to Duo.

Duo looked Milliardo straight in the eyes, neither one being able to use his height to intimidate the other, as Duo knew they were both used to doing. "Can I help you?" Duo said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. He wanted to rip Milliardo's hand from his body and then shove it up his ass for touching Heero. Someone else, especially someone like Milliardo, touching Heero made him angry; the fact that it made him angry made him more angry.

"Wufei's your friend, right?" Milliardo asked. Duo nodded to indicate that he was, and Milliardo continued. "You don't much like that Wufei's dating Heero here, are you?... Don't answer that; it was a rhetorical question. Of course you don't like that your best friend is dating a guy. After all, you are the resident homophobe. Don't even try to deny that--everybody knows that you are. Most schools have one outed homosexual, this one has one "outed" homophobic. And that's you.

"Anyway,... Where was I? Oh, yeah: Wufei. You don't like him going out with Heero; I don't like it either, so I'm going to do something about it. Want in?"

Duo had to think about that for a few minutes--not. "Hell, no," he said. "I may not agree with Wufei's choice, but he is still my best friend, and I'm not going to do anything to hurt him. Besides, I've seen what you've done in the past to get your toys, and I know that you'll do practically anything to get the one you want. As annoying as Heero is, I'm not going to help you hurt him, either. Now, get out of my room."

Duo curled his hands into fists as Milliardo started to walk out. Miiliardo got to the door before turning back to Duo.

"You sure you don't want in? It'll be loads of fun. I may even let you have Heero after I claim him."

"Get. Out." Duo demanded. He started to walk over to Milliardo and forcibly remove him from the room, but Milliardo seemed to take the hint and left. Duo laughed derisively when the door shut. "As if I would want Heero."

Duo found himself at the foot of Heero's bed and looked down at him. He moved the boy and put the covers over him. Duo traced the line of Heero's jaw before snatching his hand away, as if burnt. Duo lay down on his bed, purposely facing away from his roommate.

'I hope Heero moves into Wufei's room on his own, because I can't make him leave now. And I'm afraid that, pretty soon, I'll do something that I'll regret,' Duo thought, before he drifted off to sleep.

***

Heero reached up with one hand, still clutching the teddy bear with the other, to touch his jawbone. He was amazed that Duo had touched him with such tenderness. But what really baffled him was that Duo had turned down Milliardo's offer; Heero would have expected Duo to jump at the chance to be rid of him.

Heero, for his part, was proud that Duo rejected Milliardo, and even prouder when Duo almost threw him out. Heero would've done it himself, if not for the facts that he was supposed to be weaker than Milliardo, and *asleep*.

Heero had heard Milliardo's plan loud and clear when the man touched him. If not for the fact that Milliardo's plan would make him be able to break things off with Wufei, Heero would completely ignore what Milliardo was going to do. But he was going to dump Wufei anyway, and this would give him an explainable reason. The real reason, of course, was that Wufei wasn't his soul mate.

Ever since Heero arrived at Shady Oaks, he had felt a steady tug at his soul mate link. He knew that meant that his destined was near. Heero knew what it felt like because he had felt it many times before, though only once before in this life, at camp with Wufei.

Heero had assumed that Wufei must be his soul mate, because he was the only person to be at both the camp and here at Shady Oaks. But tonight, when they were alone together, he hadn't felt it. There had been no tug, so Wufei couldn't possibly be the one he wanted, the one he needed.

As cold-hearted as it may seem, Heero wasn't going to waste his time with Wufei when his soul mate was so close. He had less than seven years to live (the Elements never lived past age twenty-five, and his brother's were already eighteen), and he was going to use them to their full potential, preferably with his love by his side.

Heero dropped his train of thought and turned to look out of the window. After all, he had almost a year to find out who his soul mate was.

***

Rafe looked out at the moon from the window of his second-story room.

"When is Rhys going to get here?" Eric asked him from the top bunk bed. Their room was similar to Heero's, only it was a little bigger and had three of everything, thus the triplets had bunked two of the beds to give themselves for room.

"He's supposed to be here tomorrow," Rafe said. "He's going to be some kind of teacher or something. I'm so excited that he's coming."

"Mum would kill you if she found out you were boinking the bodyguard," Eric said, curling his long legs up beneath himself. "He's, like, thousands of years older than you."

"Or hundreds of thousands of years younger than me," Rafe replied. "It all depends on the way you look at it. Besides, I love him."

"Of course you do; you two belong together," Leif said, coming out of the bathroom and drying his hair with a towel. "But right now, I want to hear about our darling little brother."

"Okay," Rafe said, moving to sit on his bed. "What happened first is Wufei took Heero to romantic little lake..."

Selune

Keeper of the Pink Fuzzy Bunnies