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"A Boy's World "Written By: t-shirt Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and its characters are
copyright to Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu Agency, and associated parties.
I make no money with this fic. Rating: NC 17 Warnings: AU/Romance, Angst, fluff, sap, silliness
of the braided kind lol, mention of lemon Unbeta’ed Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, past 5x2, 1
dating R in the beginning (he kisses her etc. when she tries to seduce
him, fair warning), apparent 2xH (smooching here as well but tis not
serious ^_^) Summary: Hiiro lives in a world of quiet order
and well made plans until he meets a boisterous young man who slowly
changes his life forever. "A Boy's World " Ch 3
‘Where’s Relena?’ Quatre asked when he showed up at the café where they often met alone. ‘She didn’t feel like coming,’ Hiiro explained. ‘Still pissed huh?’ Duo chuckled. ‘Excuse me?’ ‘Our girlfriends are close,’ Duo shrugged. ‘You didn’t think she’d sit and suffer alone did you?’ he laughed again. What was funny about this? ‘Duo, stop it,’ Quatre admonished the longhaired boy seeing how it was effecting Hiiro. ‘Hey, its not like I’m not suffering too, you know,’ Duo defended. ‘Hilde’s been over there every damn night,’ he explained seeing the confusion in Hiiro’s dark blue eyes. ‘How in the hell could you do something so stupid anyway?’ he asked laughing again as he shook his head. Oh gods. Not this. Not now. Not him. ‘What happened?’ Quatre asked curious now as to what they were missing out on. ‘It’s really a priv…’ ‘He denied the girl,’ Duo burst out causing Quatre to blush softly and look away for having asked. ‘I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t spread my private life all over town,’ Hiiro snapped quite put out by the boy’s inconsideration. ‘Look,’ Duo retorted suddenly sounding honestly annoyed. ‘It’s your little stunt that’s cost me my snuggle time for the past week so fess up. Who in the hell’s got your panties in such a wad you can’t even nail your own girlfriend?’ Hiiro just sat there staring into that arrogant face for a long moment not knowing what to say but once the anger and frustration began to flow there seemed to be no getting it back under control. ‘What my `panties` are doing is none of your god damn business!’ he growled standing in a much more imposing position and feeling some small amount of satisfaction when Duo’s eyes widened in shock. ‘As far as any problem Relena and I might have that too is not for you to concern yourself with! Damn it! You are the single most inconsiderate, brash, self centered egotistical, son of a bitch I’ve ever had the misfortune to meet! Did you even think about the fact that maybe Relena wouldn’t want the entire fucking town to know about this?! Or is that tiny little brain of yours only attached to your dick?!’ ‘I... just...’ ‘Hiiro,’ Quatre said softly looking around at the people staring at them. ‘What? You think because everyone dotes over you like some stupid, golden child you can just go around fucking up other people’s lives? Just stay out of my business! Why in the hell do you have to come around fucking everything up anyway?! Just... stay out of my life!’ Duo sat open mouthed along with Quatre as he watched the blue eyed boy storm out of the café right past a confused looking Trowa who didn’t even rate a hello before he disappeared. ‘What in the hell did I do?’ Duo breathed finally catching his breath. ‘Duo... you didn’t tell anyone else about this did you?’ Quatre asked smiling at Trowa as he took his seat to listen beside him. ‘Of course not,’ the braided boy replied still looking rattled. ‘It’s just between friends right? I thought maybe we could help’em out. I don’t get it. What did I do?’ ‘Go ask,’ was Trowa’s only advice. Seemed like a logical enough action. ‘Hey,’ Duo called softly to the silent Japanese figure that sat on a bench over looking the ships in the bay. Hiiro didn’t look at him at first dropping his tired gaze to the ground before turning his head in response. ‘Mind if I join you for a minute?’ The heavy sigh and lack of a verbal response didn’t really seem like a yes but he wasn’t going to give up that easy so he just leaned on the black iron railing. ‘I didn’t mean to offend you,’ he opened wanting to get whatever apologies were necessary out of the way first but Hiiro still wasn’t talking. ‘Hilde was pretty worried about you two,’ he went on. ‘I know you think I’m an idiot but honestly man, I just thought maybe we could help you out somehow,’ he confessed not understanding why the boy refused to look at him. Did he really hate him so much? ‘I’m sorry I shouted.’ Duo’s smile could’ve lit the sun. ‘Hey, man, no prob,’ he beamed going to sit beside him, his first impulse to clap him on the shoulder but he stopped dead still when Hiiro simply said… ‘Don’t.’ ‘Umm… sure, man... whatever,’ Duo replied still ginning happily. ‘You like your space. I can dig that,’ he told him settling back on the bench. ‘When she touched me,’ Hiiro heard himself say not really knowing why. ‘I couldn’t… I kept seeing… someone else,’ he confided. ‘That’s a tough one,’ Duo sighed. ‘Sounds like you’ve got something pretty deep for this other chick,’ he surmised not really helping the situation any. ‘Think it might go somewhere?’ was his next question. ‘No,’ Hiiro told him flatly. ‘You’re sure?’ Duo asked skeptically because of how quickly he’d replied. ‘I mean, you’re a good looking guy, smart, tons of money. Why wouldn’t she be interested?’ ‘You want me to break it off with Relena?’ ‘No, that’s not what I’m saying,’ he told him shaking his head gently so that his long, shimmering bangs dangled just so in his sublime face distracting Hiiro for a moment. ‘But it doesn’t seem fair to either of you if you don’t explore this other interest and find out if there’s anything there,’ he reasoned. ‘I can’t.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘This person...’ Hiiro began not really sure how much to reveal, ‘…is already involved.’ He’d start with the general. He wasn’t about to tell him it was a guy and that guy was sitting there giving him advice on the subject. ‘She serious about it?’ Hm. ‘I don’t know. It seems... stable. It doesn’t matter,’ he sighed. ‘Bitch is,’ Duo smiled giving into the urge to lay that hand on his shoulder. The heat of his palm serving to both calm and excite the Japanese boy in a way he just didn’t understand. When Relena touched him it was soothing but there was something else there, an energy he couldn’t describe spreading from the point of contact into his body making him feel so… alive. ‘You really just have to go with it.’ ‘What?’ ‘Hey, man, you still on Earth?’ Duo chuckled removing the hand as Hiiro checked back in. ‘I said life’s a bitch sometimes and you just have to go with the flow. You ought to at least tell her and let her make up her own mind,’ he advised. ‘It’s like me and Hilde,’ he went on. ‘She knows I ain’t going to hang around for life but she likes hanging with me and I like her company so we just roll with it,’ he confessed. ‘You’re not serious about her?’ Hiiro asked feeling a very odd stirring in the pit of his stomach. ‘Not really,’ he told him. ‘But she’s always known that.’ ‘Where is she?’ Hiiro asked noticing for the first time the girl wasn’t with them. ‘Comforting your jilted babe,’ Duo grinned wryly. ‘Oh,’ Hiiro replied feeling a little sting of guilt. ‘Sorry.’ ‘No biggy,’ Duo sighed smiling much more contentedly now. ‘It’s just the guy’s tonight,’ he grinned looking way too much like a little demon for Hiiro not to smile as well. ‘Light looks good on you, man,’ the longhaired boy told him as they prepared to rejoin the others. ‘You ought to shake the weight off more often,’ he advised. The compliment left Hiiro feeling a little giddy but he knew it was more because of his own fascination than anything else. Anything about himself that pleased Duo was bound to lift his spirits. His smile faded slightly as those thoughts were carefully analyzed. Gods, he was in soo much trouble. Bright lights, naked bodies, lots’a booze and Duo with a dollar bill in his mouth teasing a stripper off stage. So, soo much trouble. Whose idea had it been to go to a strip joint anyway? Oh yeah... the guy with the naked woman hanging around his neck. He was still amazed at how easily the braided boy had gotten them slipped in the back door of the club but it appeared every bouncer, door man and stripper in the joint knew him fairly well. He was reminded of something Relena had told him once over dinner, that Duo modeled in the nude for some art group in town, as the boy transferred the dollar into the woman’s mouth and left her to finish her dance. ‘Come on, man,’ the longhaired boy coaxed Hiiro. ‘Love the one yer’with. Here, go get a lap dance or something. This is supposed to cheer your sour ass up, ya know?’ he told him dropping a twenty on the table. ‘I don’t think…’ ‘Come, ON!’ Duo insisted pulling him from his seat towards the back of the club where these dances apparently took place. ‘You need to learn to enjoy your life,’ he told him pausing to smile at one of the girls that passed by much closer than she needed to. ‘It’s all attitude, ya know? See something ya like? Go for …’ the sudden stop sent Hiiro crashing into his back. His curiosity over what had caused the abrupt halt was answered when he saw a young man standing by the wall staring directly at them, the small smirk on his elegant face a stark contrast to the shocked horror on Duo’s just before he made a u-turn and dragged Hiiro out the back door. ‘Duo!’ The young man had followed them, his tone stopping the braided boy in his tracks. ‘What in the hell’re you doing here?’ the raven haired boy asked. Hiiro could see out there in the brighter light of the parking lot that he was no older than they were. ‘Hey, Fei,’ Duo replied sounding much too nervous for Hiiro’s comfort. Why was he fidgeting? ‘Just... you know... kickin up the heals a little.’ Fei took a moment to look Hiiro over before smirking that little smile again. ‘This yours?’ he asked taking a step closer to Duo. ‘Friend’o mine,’ Duo replied stepping back. ‘What’re you doing here?’ he asked glancing anxiously at Hiiro again. ‘Meilan’s working here now,’ the boy replied moving closer yet. Hiiro really didn’t care for the way he was openly ogling Duo’s long body. ‘Oh... umm... that’s...’ ‘I’ve missed you.’ ‘Wufei,’ Duo said softly turning his blushing cheeks to the sidewalk as the boy reached out to touch his face. If it hadn’t been for the pure unmitigated shock that slammed into his world as this Wufei leaned in and kissed him gently right smack on the lips he might have broken the presumptuous pricks neck. The soft chuckle that rumbled in the raven haired boy’s chest when he pulled back and saw the look on Hiiro’s face was enough to show that he had guessed Hiiro really didn’t know Duo all that well. ‘Still playing it straight hm?’ he inquired already knowing the answer. ‘Damn it,’ Duo sighed in resignation glancing again at Hiiro but this time there was a great deal of regret in his amethyst eyes. ‘Why the hell’dju hafta show up now?’ he breathed releasing a good deal of penned up frustration. ‘Why are you still hiding who you are?’ Wufei countered. ‘Maybe ‘cause you dumped my ass?’ Duo replied sarcastically. Hiiro was still having a very hard time coming to grips with this turn of events. Was this guy an ex…boyfriend?. Boyfriend… his mind replayed the word many times trying to get his head around that one. ‘I didn’t dump you,’ Wufei denied. ‘Naw,’ Duo agreed. ‘You just moved on to someone else,’ he pointed out. ‘Listen,’ he went on before the Chinese boy could reply. ‘I’ve got friends here tonight,’ he told him indicating Hiiro standing quietly nearby. ‘So…’ ‘I want to see you,’ Wufei said stepping closer and laying a hand on his upper arm. Hiiro reeeally didn’t like the way he was looking at him now. Nope. Not one little bit. ‘I don’t date guys anymore,’ Duo told him unable to even glance at Hiiro anymore. ‘Can’t you hang around for just a little while?’ the raven haired boy smirked leaning in close, his black eyes smoldering with exactly what his mind desired. ‘Let’s go,’ Hiiro cut in. ‘Who are you again?’ Wufei turned to ask obviously miffed by his intrusion. ‘A friend,’ Hiiro replied evenly matching him glare for glare. ‘Try looking it up sometime,’ he told him coolly guiding Duo back towards the door. He didn’t stop until they reached the table where they’d left Quatre and Trowa and then only paused long enough to toss some cash out and tell them they were leaving. The mood was strained all the way back to Trowa’s apartment where they dropped him and his lover since the tall boy’s sister was still out of town. Duo was uncharacteristically quiet the entire time and Hiiro couldn’t help his irritation. All this time he had been at the very least bi and he hadn’t known. Now, with the way he felt about him his emotions were running wild, his thoughts so chaotic he couldn’t nail a single one down. He really had no idea what to do about anything. Relena was sitting home with Hilde right then comforting her because he had failed her and the reason for that failure was sitting right there beside him looking so sad and vulnerable he just wanted to snatch him up and hold him tight. Those thoughts gave way to a windfall of other, more sweaty images, however, and he kicked himself time and again seeing that stupid smirk on Wufei’s face as he all but licked the longhaired boy’s body with his eyes. He couldn’t treat him like that. ‘Just let me off here,’ Duo sighed softly as they stopped at a light by the park. ‘I’ll see you home,’ Hiiro insisted. ‘I’m sorry about that scene,’ Duo offered finally breaking the thick sheet of ice that had formed between them. Hiiro was silent for a long moment not sure what thought to snatch out of the air. ‘Are you gay?’ was the one that fell to ground. For a moment Duo looked like he might just snap but it was short lived. Hiiro took a silent breath of relief when he relaxed and answered. ‘Yes.’ ‘What about Hilde?’ ‘She knows,’ he confessed. ‘She’s been my cover for awhile,’ he explained. ‘You don’t want anyone to know,’ Hiiro surmised. ‘I don’t want anyone coming onto me,’ Duo smiled correcting him. Well, there went that plan. The odd expression in his eyes prompted Hiiro to take a second look. ‘He hurt you that bad?’ Duo turned to look out the window unable to hide the pain in his eyes. ‘I’m sorry,’ Hiiro said softly cursing his own curiosity. ‘It’s ok,’ Duo comforted him. ‘It was a long time ago.’ ‘You’re only seventeen,’ Hiiro chuckled trying to lighten the mood. He felt pretty damn good about it when his efforts garnered him a smile. ‘Feels like forever,’ the longhaired boy snorted softly. ‘You’re being awfully understanding about all this.’ ‘I have… other gay friends,’ Hiiro admitted. ‘Mm… Quat and Trowa,’ Duo mused mostly to himself. ‘You know?’ the Japanese boy asked a little shocked by the fact. Duo chuckled as he nodded. ‘Quat made a pass at me once,’ he told him. ‘Quatre?!’ Hiiro scoffed feeling himself smile at the very idea of little Quatre making a pass at anyone. Duo nodded again. ‘Yeah, well,’ he sighed as the mirth drained from him once again ‘Seems like everyone gets around to it sooner or later,’ he told him making him feel like a real ass for what he was thinking about the shape of his lips. ‘So,’ Hiiro asked shutting the car off in front of Duo’s apartment. ‘You just gave up?’ ‘I dunno,’ Duo replied. ‘I lost to a girl. Just seemed like maybe I should try something a little more... normal I guess……… What?’ ‘Nothing,’ the blue eyed boy laughed softly. Sometimes the irony of life was just too much. ‘You wouldn’t want to come up and watch a movie or something?’ Duo asked. Hiiro knew he really just didn’t want to be alone after his encounter and exposure but he couldn’t stop his mind from reading more into it. ‘I probably shouldn’t,’ he told him honestly. Just the thought of being alone with him now, like this, tonight. It was more than his poor libido could stand. Gods! He couldn’t believe the things he wanted to do to him! ‘It’s not like I’m going to bite,’ Duo snorted wryly. ‘It’s not like that,’ Hiiro told him. ‘Isn’t it?’ Damn it! Why’d he have to sound so hurt? ‘Sorry,’ he added quickly getting out of the car. ‘Duo,’ Hiiro called after him stepping out as well. ‘That was asinine, man. Sorry,’ the braided boy apologized again. ‘I just… really don’t want you to hate me,’ he confessed. ‘I could never hate you,’ Hiiro replied honestly. The bare truth in his tone even surprised him but the smile it brought to Duo’s face was worth it. ‘You know,’ Duo smiled that soft, deep, real smile that Hiiro had seen the night they met melting what was left of his heart. ‘For what its worth,’ he went on turning slightly to peer at him out of the corner of those bottomless violet eyes ‘I think Relena’s a pretty lucky gal,’ he told him before turning fully to go inside. Hiiro swallowed... hard. Then he swallowed again in his effort to keep the words in his throat from escaping. If he told him now it meant betraying Relena’s trust not to mention taking advantage of Duo’s vulnerable state. All he could do was stand there and watch him walk away as every cell in his body screamed … ‘Duo?’ He stopped. Oh gods he stopped! Crap! Did he say that
out loud?! ‘What kind of movies?’
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