Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Elements ❯ Chapter 15 ( Chapter 15 )

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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 15

Heero sat at his desk, trying to psych himself up to talk to Wufei. It was close to eleven, and he had to meet the other boy at eleven-thirty. He had to make sure he could act his part when the time came--he had to be convincing as the "betrayed boyfriend."

"How could you?" Heero asked, looking at himself in the mirror, trying to perfect his distraught expression. "How could you say that about me? We never did that!"

Heero grimaced at how fake he looked and sounded. He knew that he would sound even worse when he got near Wufei--the older boy's feelings would get into Heero's mind and maybe crumble his resolve.

Heero tried talking to the mirror for a few more minutes before giving it up completely--it wasn't working. Instead, he decided to spend the next few minutes building up his blocks. After fifteen years of having a power that he wasn't supposed to, Heero had pretty much learned how to close it off.

Only problem was, it closed his emotions off as well.

***

Duo waited outside of the confessional, having just come from morning mass.* He rushed in as soon as the lady in the booth exited. He crossed himself and kneeled in the booth. The opening between himself and the priest slid open the screen distorting the holy man's face.

"Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned," Duo said.

"How long has it been since your last confession?" the priest asked.

"Six days, twenty-three hours, and forty-nine minutes," Duo answered.

"What are your sins, my son?" the priest asked.

"I have...coveted, Father," Duo said. "And I have lusted...after a boy..."

"Go on," the priest prompted.

Duo, who had almost chickened out on his confession (which he had never done before), got hold of his emotions and continued. "I tried not to, Father, but I have felt attracted to another male. He's my roommate, and my best friend is in love with him.

"Father, I tried not to, but Lucifer has his claws in me and won't let go. Hee-he is incredibly good-looking, and I find myself thinking of him at...inopportune moments. What shall I do, Father? What *can* I do?"

"Does your friend have any claim to this boy?" the priest asked.

Duo was taken aback. He'd expected--been prepared to accept--at least a thousand "Hail Mary's," and "Our Fathers" for his transgression, not a simple question.

"Well, they've only went on one date," Duo said, confused as to exactly where this was going, "so I would say that he doesn't. Why do you ask?"

"You should ask him out," the priest said. "Just take the plunge and go for it."

"But, but, Father, he's a guy!" Duo sputtered. He had no idea why the priest would say that. Maybe he thought that Duo was a girl? "And I'm a guy! That would be gay, and I'm not homosexual!"

"I know that you are a guy, my son," the priest said. "But there is so little love in the world these days, that one must take it anywhere they can get it. Tell me, are these feelings of yours, are they reciprocated?"

Duo ignored the priest's question. "But says in the Bible: "Do not lay with a man as you would with a woman!" Duo protested. "That means that homosexuality is wrong."

"It could mean that, except for the fact that it is physically impossible to "lay" with a man as one would "lay" with a woman," the priest said. "Completely different body parts. Not to mention, a gay man would not *want* to "lay" with a woman at all."

"So you're telling me that gay isn't wrong, that it isn't bad?" Duo asked. "Is that really what you, as a priest, are saying to me?"

"Yes, it is," the priest said.

"I don't believe this," Duo said. "You're a liar. A sick, disgusting bastard not worthy of your collar!" With that, Duo jerked open the confessional door and fled from the suffocating booth.

***

Heero left his room and started walking to Wufei's, pretending to ignore the lecherous looks he was receiving from the various boys he met in the hall. Finally, about two-thirds of the way to the Chinese boy's room, Heero was stopped by a big and bulky junior.

"Hey, Heero, how about you and me go on a "date" Friday night?" Big and Bulky said. "After all, if Chang rates you a 9.5, I wonder what you'll rate on *my* scale."

"What are you talking about?" Heero asked. "No, never mind, you don't know what you're talking about. I'm dating Wufei, and he's a nice person."

"Well, if he's such a nice person, what's he doing posting these all over the floor?" Big and Bulky said, holding up one of the posters Milliardo had had made. "I don't believe that these ratings are the work of a "nice" person."

Heero snatched the poster--which was really just an 8" by 10" piece of paper--for Big and Bulky's hands. Heero looked at the poster and was amazed at how authentic Milliardo had made it look. At the top of the poster was a grainy picture of Heero and Wufei at the lake. The angle of the camera, the time of night, and the low quality of the film made it appear as though the two of them were having sex. Heero's laughing face was contorted into one of lust. Below the picture was the real shocker--the ratings. "Wufei" had given Heero ratings on everything from overall sexiness to naivety--essential to getting a virgin in bed--to kinkiness. The only thing Heero got a less-than-perfect score on was talking. "Wufei" wrote the he "talked so much I felt as if my ears were going to fall off."

"Go away," Heero said to Big and Bulky, not looking up from the poster.

"What?" B&B asked, staring at Heero like he was crazy. "You'll give it up to Chang, but not to me, a prime stud? Come on, baby, I will be so much better than he was, and I'll give you a perfect ten."

"Go away," Heero repeated, sidestepping B&B's grabby hands. "Go away, unless you *want* me to sick my brothers on you."

After that was said, Big and Bulky, surprisingly, remembered that he had something else to do. Heero smiled--smally--that B&B wasn't man enough to take on three bigger and bulkier guys as he walked the rest of the way to Wufei's room.

Selune