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"White Knight"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: Angst, fluff, WAFF , light lemons Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5+all Summary: Duo is a young boy who has dreams - dreams of the future. "White Knight" Ch 2
“Elise!?” he barked tumbling completely out of bed, his hands snatching at the cover leaving the laughing girl to look down upon him where he sprawled on the floor. “What in the hell are you doing?!” “I’ve packed a lunch,” she smiled brightly but frowned when he growled… “Get out!” “Oh, don’t be so angry,” she pished rolling out of the bed. “I only wanted to wake you pleasantly.” “Do I look pleased?!” he groused tucking the covers around his naked body while he jerked on his shirt and shouted, “You’ve no business in my bed! What if hehad arrived and seen such a thing!?” Her brow knitted crossly as she folded her hands over her chest and mimed, “Him, him, him! It’s been well over a year and we’ve seen no sigh of him. You should forget…” But her words died instantly when Duo rounded a deadly glare on her and stepped forward nearly touching his nose to hers as he warned icily, “Never say that again.” She smiled nervously but had clearly gotten the point and backed away. “Well,” she breathed lifting her shawl over her hair as she smiled coyly, “It won’t cause any harm for you to socialize in the meantime.” He gritted his teeth calling upon a memory of His face to help calm his rage and slammed the door behind her. In the months since he’d come to Corsica the girl had become ever more diligent in her conquest to gain his affections. Time and again he had explained that his heart was irretrievably taken but nothing deterred the young woman. She was pleasant enough for the most part but the early morning visits to his room were going to have to stop. “Good morning!” Wufei grinned clapping him on the shoulder as he emerged into the courtyard. “I trust you slept well?” Duo eyed him suspiciously becoming certain that his morning activities had not gone unnoticed when Kaiku smirked at him from over the saddle of his horse. “Right up until I woke up,” he grumbled dredging up a smile for Tom, the page boy that was tending his mount. “I see you’re ready in good time,” Lady Une commented striding toward them. Many of the guards and servants in the courtyard snapped to attention or busied themselves with their duties in her presence but Duo and his friends merely smiled and turned to greet her. “Good,” she smiled pulling on her riding gloves. Elise brought a tall gelding to her side and smiled demurely at Duo receiving a dark scowl in return before the Lady drew his attention again. “We’ll arrive at Darlian’s by nightfall if we keep a good pace. Is there any reason we should be concerned on our journey?” she asked Duo directly considering him carefully as his eyes sifted sadly to the ground and he shook his head. Her concern was evident but she shook it off and allowed only a small honor guard to accompany them. Duo’s visions had all but stopped in recent weeks giving them little insight into the happenings of the war being fought along their boarders. It became more difficult every day to fend off attacks by both the Treize Faction and Luxemburg’s forces. Lady Une had made every effort to reason with the leaders of both rival factions but had made little headway. Duo insisted that Treize would be the deciding factor though his policies did not include the pursuit of slave trades, a point on which Une was not going to budge. However, his ambition to hold power over all the lands as one giving him full reign and essentially setting himself up as king was also unacceptable. The Lady had devised a plan to try to reason with the only person within the folds of Treize’s higher anarchy, a young woman known to most of the world as Relena Darlian, the daughter of a count who professed absolute peace but Une was one of the few who knew the truth. The girl was actually the youngest living survivor of the royal blood line and had been placed as the counts daughter when she was born to protect her from those who would use her for their own gain. However, even though she had grown up unaware of her station she had managed to become a presence in the political area professing her adoptive fathers idea’s of pure pacifism. It was no surprise that she had readily agreed to speak to them because of her adamant believe that all hostilities must stop and though Une knew this to be the fanciful dream of a young girls mind she hoped to convince her to speak on Corsica’s behalf. They arrived just before nightfall and were greeted by the young countess herself. “Welcome,” the sweet, honey blonde smiled offering her hand pleasantly to Lady Une as she approached the front stair. “I trust your journey was safe?” “Of course,” the Lady returned flashing a glance at the armed guards that flanked the manor’s high, arched doors. Relena noticed the action and sighed softly. “My apologies,” she offered. “But there have been skirmishes near the boundaries of our land and our Captain insisted they are necessary. They are here for your protection as well as our own,” she smiled obviously believing the words but no one in Une’s party was willing to take their hand off their swords. Duo and Wufei shifted uneasily in their saddles reluctant to dismount as they searched the parapets and took stock of the growing number of soldiers coming to peer down at them. “My Lady,” Nichol spoke softly indicating the rising number of men. “Captain!” Relena called suddenly hurrying out into the courtyard. “You there! Stand away! You’re making my guests uneasy! Captain!” The soldiers stood their ground until a young man rode in on a white steed that instantly stole the color from Duo’s face. “Duo?” Wufei inquired easing closer to his friend as the stranger cantered sideways into the yard reining in his mount when he came near the center but the braided boy only stared. “Duo?” the Chinese boy called in mild alarm as Duo began to visibly shake and Relena smiled and addressed the soldier. “Hiiro!” she breathed gathering her skirt to move toward him. “Please, tell your men to retreat. They are making my guests feel unwelcome. When my father agreed to allow a guard I’m sure he didn’t mean to turn the manor into a keep.” “Duo,” Wufei spoke softly concerned for his companion as Duo’s trembling and white knuckled grip on his reins was beginning to scare him. “What’s wrong?” A wave from the Captain’s hand sent the men on the parapets back into the shadows but Wufei’s unease only grew as Duo’s breath began to heave when the newcomer reach up to lift his helmet and the braided boy summarily hit the ground. “Duo!” the Chinese boy gasped dropping from his horse beside his fallen friend. “Is he all right?” Une asked briskly coming to him as well. “Oh, my,” Relena breathed clasping a hand to her chest. “Is he faint of heart?” “Hardly,” Kaiku snorted slipping from his mount as well but his eyes were trained on the walls and his hand on his sword. “Duo?” Wufei called softly lifting the braided boys head to pat his cheek. “Hey… what is it?” he asked persisting when Duo began to come around. “Are you all right? Was it a vision.” “I saw him,” Duo smiled sounding much too excited for someone lying on their back. “I saw him, Fei,” he grinned gripping Wufei’s tunic. “He rode on his white horse and wore a helmet of silver and red and…” but his words trailed off at the strange expression in Wufei’s eyes. “You saw the Captain of the Darlian guard,” the Chinese boy told him sadly. Duo’s brow knit thoughtfully before he pushed himself up and looked over to see his vision still seated on his pristine horse some twenty feet away and grinned so brightly Wufei was inclined to hold him down but it seemed nothing would stop him from rising. “It’s Him!” Duo smiled not looking at all like himself as he beamed at the scowling stranger. “Hiiro?” Relena wondered curiously looking from one to the other. “He is the captain of our personal guard,” she explained asking, “Do you know one another?” “I’ve known him all my life,” the braided boy smiled stepping forward to intone, “Hiiro?’ but the other did little more than glare at him. “It’s a good name,” Duo informed him more giddily than was proper for a young man. “I’ve been waiting for you for so long,” he laughed trying to catch hold of the horses bridle but the Captain back stepped him denying his success. “Hiiro?” Relena cut in coming closer as well. “Do you know this man?” Hiiro considered the smiling boy before him for a long moment before he stated in a strong and confident tone, “I do not.” “Of course you do,” Duo chuckled moving in so fast Hiiro had no chance to withdraw before he was clinging to his boot. “I’ve seen you in my dreams countless times,” he confessed. “We are bonded, you and I.” “Duo,” Une spoke cautiously considering the magnitude of the glare Hiiro was leveling on her charge. “Are you sure?” “Of course I’m sure!” Duo snipped gazing adoringly up at the only being he had ever thought to give his heart to. “I would know you even without eyes,” he told him smiling dazedly as he confessed, “I’ve loved you much too long to ever be mistaken.” “Love?” Relena gasped. “But… aren’t you a… man?” she asked uncertainly turning to Une for confirmation in case she had made a horrible mistake. Hiiro again considered the long haired boy as he smiled up at him then pulled away as he repeated, “I do not know you,” and Duo’s face fell but his expression did not reach painful denial until the captain added, “And I see no reason why I would take a man for a lover,” before riding away. “Duo?” Wufei soothed coming to his side before he could sink fully to the ground. “It’s him,” Duo whispered unable to pull his eyes from whatever vision was dancing in his mind. “Perhaps he only looks like…” “It’s him!” Duo growled trying to push him away but the Chinese boy refused ducking the blows and pulling him into a tight hug. “All right,” he soothed forcing his friend to relent. “Then perhaps he does not possess your talent of foresight. We’ll work it out.” “He will love me,” the braided boy proclaimed finally giving into the embrace. The evening passed slowly and though Duo was usually on the forefront when discussing the welfare of his country and home he remained silent for most of the night until the subject of Hiiro and his guards came up. Relena was once again assuring them that the soldiers were only there to stave off any possible threats from the mongrel renegades that had been terrorizing the outer boarders of the Darlian estate. The counts land spanned a great distance and was home to two small villages that served Darlian in return for the use of his land. However, when the young woman turned soft eyes and an adoring expression on the Captain of the guard he could no longer hold his tongue. “His destiny will call him to arms,” he told her seeing the hope of a simple life and children in her eyes. She stiffened and averted her eyes while a gentle blush rose to her cheeks but did not back down. “I fear your misplaced emotions govern your mind,” she said sipping daintily from her cup. “Duo has the gift of precognition,” Wufei informed them drawing a quiet murmur from the room. “You don’t say?” Darlian smiled leaning forward curiously. “And what future do you see for us?” he asked clearly more than a little skeptical about Duo’s skill. “I have seen nothing that would reveal your fate,” Duo told him easily then turned his eyes to Hiiro and smiled. “But he will return with us to Corsica and serve at my Ladies side.” “Don’t be absurd,” Relena snorted delicately. “Honestly…” “He will defeat the forces of darkness,” Duo went on letting his smile grow as he spoke. “He will deliver the people and bring about peace laying it securely in the loving arms of my Lady.” “Quite a feat for a young captain!” Darlian laughed heartily raising his goblet to Hiiro who sat quietly glaring at Duo. “Yes,” Relena chuckled. “I was unaware that you were capable of defeating an entire nation all on your own.” “He is the Keeper of the Shining Light,” Duo grinned widely as something flashed deep in Hiiro’s blue eyes. “There is no opposition that can defeat him.” “Good to know,” Darlian nodded in a patronizing way. “But I’m afraid Hiiro and his guard have been employed by the Darlian estate for the rest of the year,” he explained. “So, you see? He will not be accompanying you or anyone else.” Wufei eyed his friend carefully sliding just a little bit closer in his concern but the death glare Hiiro was casting Duo’s way did nothing to dampen the braided boy’s smile. The conversation turned back to Corsica and the pressing issues of war but Duo heard little of it until their tongues grew tired and each said their goodnights. Wufei and Kaiku stayed close to Duo on the trek to their shared room and made sure to secure the door and window before settling in. Nichol would stay by Lady Une serving as her personal guard while the boys were boarded in a chamber across the hall but it was all they could do to settle Duo down enough for him to be still more or less lie down. “Will you be still?” Wufei chuckled trying to tug his blanket out from under Duo’s ass where he’d rolled over on it. “Did you see the look on his face when I told him the prophecy?” Duo giggled drunkenly wallowing about in his bedroll and blanket. “Yes,” Wufei replied. “It looked the same as any other time.” “To you maybe,” Duo grumbled merrily. “Why are you so happy?” Kaiku groused once again trying to adjust his pillow when Duo’s writhing dislodged it. “He said he wasn’t interested.” “He’ll figure it out,” the braided boy insisted. “And I intend to soak up every moment until then,” he grinned laying back with both hands behind his head to gaze dreamingly at the ceiling which put either of his elbows in his companions faces. Wufei grumbled and rolled over moving as near to the wall as he could while Kaiku did the same and after awhile they drifted off in spite of their longhaired companions continued fidgeting. Midnight had come and gone before Duo finally decided if he was going to sleep at all he was going to need to relieve himself and stealthily stole from the room going down the stairs and outside to use the outhouse. The night was crisp and clear giving him a good view of the men watching silently from the parapets but he felt no threat from them knowing that they were under the command of his beloved. It wasn’t until he was on his way back to his room that he began to feel the presence of eyes upon him but unlike those of the past this gaze sent a thrill through him and he smiled as he stopped and spoke to the shadows. “Have you come for me already?” The silence drew long but Duo gave no sign of uncertainty turning to face the place where he knew his heart lie. “Or will you choose to prolong the inevitable?” “How did you know?” Hiiro’s voice asked though Duo still couldn’t see him. “I know everything about you,” he replied smiling when the other’s blue eyes came into view. “I know of your strength,” he said stepping forward and reaching for his hand. Hiiro flinched as if to pull away but relented allowing Duo’s soft caress as he lifted the appendage and held it dearly. “That you can crush raw stone with your bare hands,” Duo smiled as the crease between Hiiro’s eyes deepened. “And of the light that shines deep in your soul,” the braided boy said gently leaning closer still. It was the first time he’d seen any visible weakness in the captain of the guard and he smiled knowing that it was he that had caused the tremble in his lips but his sultry aspirations were thwarted when Hiiro suddenly backed away and asked… “How do you know this?” “It’s a gift,” Duo explained enthusiastically. “Hiiro, I’ve seen you so many times in my dreams I know everything that there is to know about you.” “Dreams are not real,” Hiiro argued. “Mine are,” Duo countered. “That’s not possible.” “Isn’t it?” the braided boy smiled stepping closer again. “I know that you have no taste for honey,” he told him pressing on at the confusion in Hiiro’s eyes. “I know that your favorite under shirt is green,” he went on daring to reach out and demonstrate by touching a small portion of said garment as he smiled, “and I know that if you are touched just here you...” “Ah!” Hiiro gasped panting heavily as his eyes went wide with shock while Duo chuckled and backed away. “You see?” the longhaired boy smirked triumphantly. “There is nothing about you that I do not know because I… am your destiny.” It was more than a little frustrating when Hiiro’s brow knit crossly and he growled, “You know nothing of the power inside me!” Duo back stepped under the force of his words but only enough to give him some room. “It is a curse that has plagued me throughout my life! Nothing good will ever come of it!” “You will deliver us,” Duo insisted. “I can’t save anyone!” Hiiro insisted. “You will,” the braided boy replied with such conviction Hiiro was the one taking a step back and his eyes shifted uncertainly when Duo promised, “And I will be the one who guides you.” Hiiro’s eyes shifted to the floor, the walls and back up again before he explained, “It does nothing but destroy.” “You only need to control it.” “It can’t be done.” “We’ll find a way.” Hiiro’s eyes came up to capture Duo’s in a moment of blinding clarity as he spoke the horrible truth, “You could easily die by my hand.” But Duo’s smile only softened as he replied, “To die by your side is my entire life’s ambition.” Hiiro blushed softly and took another step away before he stated, “Because you love me.” “Yes,” Duo replied confidently. Hiiro looked him over then over again and sighed. “I feel no desire for men.” But again Duo merely smiled and replied, “It is not because of my manhood that you will love me.” His eyes fell to the end of Hiiro’s arm where he was flexing the hand Duo had been holding earlier and the question came clear in the longhaired boy’s mind. “Would you care to test it?” The reaction was so quick and delightfully adorable as Hiiro’s eyes again went round and wide that Duo couldn’t help but laugh. “Are you… you mean now?” he stammered looking up and down the dimly lit hall. “Mm hm,” Duo smiled stepping closer to gently push him back into the shadows. “If you truly have no desire for me then there will be no harm done right?” he reasoned slowly slipping his arms up and around the other boy’s neck. “Wh…why are you shaking?” Hiiro asked unable to keep the wavering excitement from his voice as Duo’s long, lean body melted into his. “Because,” Duo breathed softly turning his enormous, violet eyes up to gaze lovingly into Hiiro’s. “I’ve been waiting for you for a very long time.” Hiiro chuckled as he fumbled trying to figure out what to do with his hands and nervously inquired, “Then why am I?” “You’ll have to answer that yourself,” Duo smiled as he slowly closed the distance between them. The moment Hiiro realized that what was happening between them was real, that Duo truly wanted him and felt his body begging for their souls to unite the embrace became one motion. Suddenly the uncertainty was gone and all he could think about was tasting those full lips as his hands slid confidently down Duo’s sides eliciting a soft moan from his throat that made Hiiro’s mouth water with anticipation. The trembling in his body was so decadent it made him want things he’d never dared dream of before and the feel of his body so close and sublime made his mind foggy and his head dizzy then all at once a fire lit inside him that threatened to consume his soul as their mouths met and for the first time in his life the light that lay inside him bubbled and swelled in a way that made him glad to be its host. When they parted it was a slow and reluctant action and neither seemed able to fully retain their balance as they readily reached for the wall to steady themselves. “All right,” Hiiro breathed putting a little distance between them. “I’ll give you the benefit of a doubt.” “You’ll give me much more than that,” Duo grinned clearly still rattled from the kiss. Hiiro chuckled but staggered off down the hall and Duo
made his way back to his room knowing full well the captain was suffering
from the same stupid grin that had landed on his face.
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