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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Pairing: Heero + Duo + Wu Fei + Zechs Notes: Challenge 23. Baby Series 2 #19. Takes place a few minutes after Temptation. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta.
Rivals? Chang peered over the shoulder of the King, dark eyes glinting in the firelight. //Yuy is smirking. Why? What has Maxwell done?// He recalled how still the Deathsycthe pilot had been. Shadowed eyes had not so much as flickered at his movement. It was highly unusual for Duo Maxwell to be motionless and he had given the appearance of being as flexible as an icicle in a freezer. //Were I pressed so close to him, able to reach out and … No … I’ll kill him if he …! But Milliardo is not yet mine to claim exclusive rights to. Maxwell? A rival?// His friend and student had given no indication that he was homosexual in orientation. Duo was always flirting with the women of the court, flashing that charming smile and having women gushing over him. It was almost sickening how women flocked to him. Almost as sickening as the way women eyed off the King. Visions of a blonde mouse cowering beneath the slavering jaws of tabby cats swam into his mind. A mouse begging in a foreign tongue. Meow, let me be! Meow! Let me free. Meow! //Gha! What was that meant to be? A sick attempt at humour? Foolishness. He is … will be … mine. To gain his bed they will need to defeat me and I will not be bested by a woman. I expected competition but I never thought another male might be interested. Maxwell?// Was there interest there? Duo had never seemed body shy but he had been reluctant to crawl naked under the blanket and warm the King. Was that interest and fear others would note it or revulsion at the thought of men naked in a bed, poor though this bed was? Perhaps reaction to being naked before the king? That made no sense, Milliardo was incapable of noting their condition. Did he harbour emotion for Yuy? //He has not seemed disgusted with Winner and Barton’s intimacy. In fact he … looked … bereft? Was he interested in one of them?// There was a rustle in the darkness and a thud as snow fell from the trees to impact on the roof. //I hope the roof holds. I expected to have opposition from women angling for a throne but another male I had not considered. Maxwell knows Yuy seeks Relena’s interest. That leaves only Milliardo.// ‘Or you’ a whisper echoed through his mind. //He has as much right to court Milliardo as I though he has shown no apparent interest. // Not that you had been looking, the whisper was insidious. //Maxwell could try to win his interest but he will have me to defeat. He is adept at hiding. Could he have been hiding an attraction?// Was he taking advantage of the situation and feeling up a helpless man? He surged up over the King’s shoulder to glare at the bent chestnut head. Surely Maxwell had more honour than that! End |
