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"Post It Pads"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: More fluff stuff, Eventual Lemon fluff,
Wufei’s kind of a bastard at first but in a very human way. AU/Office
Adventure Pairings: 3x4, 5x2, 1+2, 5x13, 5x13x6, 1x2 Summary: A beautiful delivery boy turns the mundane
life of a corporate suit inside out. "Post It Pads "
Ch 1 There’s a florescent lamp over my desk that hisses and flickers like a bug light at dusk. The coffee’s cold, the water in the so-called cooler is warm and the delivery boy is late. I can’t really say I enjoy my job. I’m not really even sure how I ended up here to be honest. Even my co-workers say it doesn’t suit me. I once harbored a secret dream but that has long since been crushed under the weight of reality. Dreams don’t pay the rent or buy food when you’re hungry so here I am enduring the utter redundancy of the daily grind with all the other sheep. There is only one ray of hope in my day and he has decided to be late for the first time ever leaving me to wallow in my misery. Katie, my assistant, also looks forward to his visits as it is only his fleeting presence in our midst that breaks through the tedium and reminds us we are human beings and not some small diode in the mechanism that makes up the flesh of this city. Of course, she flirts shamelessly with him regardless of the fact that she already has a steady boyfriend but no one can blame her. He’s not your average delivery boy but that’s not something I would openly admit to anyone since I’m not only the boss around here I’m also a man. I’ve never been attracted to another guy before but I can’t deny my interest in him. He’s just so damn alluring I doubt anyone could honestly say they’re not at least a little turned on by him. He comes bouncing in here every day at a quarter till four with that warm smile on his face and a bright sparkle in those incredible violet eyes. His hair is so long it tickles the back of his thighs when he walks. Thighs that I have to say are shapelier than any woman’s I’ve ever seen. I’m not saying he’s feminine; he’s just so sleek and toned its impossible to see him as anything less than beautiful. I thought at first it had to be the monotony of my pitiful existence that drew my eyes to wander his body and caused my heart to race when he smiled but its been over two months and I’m ordering as little of everything as possible just so he has to deliver more often. I’m so pathetic I even use Katie as an excuse to flirt with him. He takes it in stride and gives it right back to us just as casually as you please. I guess he must get this kind of thing from a lot of people considering what he looks like and how friendly he is. He probably has a gaggle of admirers all over town. I was just about ready to give up on him making the delivery when the elevator door opened and he walked his bike into our lobby like he always does. I can’t tell you how embarrassing it is when I feel my heart skip a beat at a time like that. Had I wanted to see him so badly? The reason for his tardiness was instantly clear as he shook the rainwater from his long, chestnut colored bangs. Of course my mind played the action in slow motion logging away each and every turn of his divine visage as the treasure it was. Damn. And here I thought he couldn’t possibly get any better looking. The small box he carried in his hand was hardly worth all the effort he’d put in to delivering it. I felt like a real shit heal for making him deliver in the bad weather even though I hadn’t known it was raining. There are no windows in my department so we never know what’s going on outside until we leave for the day. He smiled his usual brilliant smile and held the door open for two of my blushing co-workers that were leaving. If it had been a normal day they wouldn’t have been leaving for another half hour or so but since he’d had to traverse the storm to bring me my Post It pads the office was already beginning to empty out. Katie, of course, was waiting right along with me looking as demurely aggressive as ever. I was glad for her company however, because it helped to ease the tension that built up inside me whenever he was near. “Hi, Duo!” Katie called as he approached. Damn but he looks good wet. “Hey, Kat,” he returned happily depositing the small box on the counter top. “My goodness,” my assistant shook her head. “Is it really raining that hard out?” she asked intelligently. He was soaked through and through. “Seems to be slacking up a bit,” he replied offering me a small smile. He does that often. I wonder sometimes what he’d think if he knew it makes my knees go weak. “You didn’t have to bring it today,” I told him. “It wasn’t important enough to get drowned for.” “I was already in the neighborhood,” he shrugged. “Besides, how could I get through the night without seeing that pretty smile,” he added in his charming way. My mind furnishes me with unusual fantasies when he says things like that; fantasies in which he means me instead of Katie who blushed furiously and waved her hand at him. I found myself smiling at the comment just the same as he offered me a small wink that was meant to ensure I understood he wasn’t trying to harass my employee. I turned it into something else entirely and had to avert my eyes before I started blushing too. “Sorry I’m late” he said looking around. “You mind if I use your bathroom to clean up a bit?” “Not at all,” I replied. “It’s down the hall, second door on the left.” It took every ounce of will power I have in me not to offer to show him as an excuse to follow him but to be honest I really don’t think I could have handled being in such a private place with him, especially one where he might be inclined to unbutton his jeans. “Thanks,” he smiled moving off in the designated direction. My mind was so busy wondering what he might be doing in there I didn’t really hear it when Brad came in to pick Katie up. “Hi, Hiiro,” he greeted startling me out of my daydream. “Hn... Hi,” I replied hoping he hadn’t noticed. “You’re working late?” he asked since I usually walk down with them. “No,” I replied. “I just have to finish receiving this delivery.” It wasn’t until that point that I realized Katie had her bag in her hand and was walking out from behind her desk to join her boyfriend and my heartbeat went into double time. In about two minutes, I was going to be completely alone with him! “Well, see you tomorrow,” Katie smiled making her betrayal complete. How could she leave me like that? Here! Alone! With him! Oh, gods no. No, no, no, no. I could feel the tension in my neck increasing as the double glass doors shut behind them. “Hey,” Duo called instantly chuckled because his voice had made me jump half out of my skin. “You ok?” he smirked. “Yes,” I breathed trying to regain what little cool I could under the circumstances. “Umm, did you find everything you needed?” Damn it! Of all the stupid questions! “Oh, yeah. Not that it’s really going to matter since I’ve got to go right back out in it anyway,” he chuckled wryly. “I could give you a lift,” I heard myself say. I felt like sinking through the floor the moment it fell from my lips. What the hell was I saying!? Ok. I was only being kind. It was my fault he was stuck like this after all but the thought of being alone with him was bad enough. To be alone with him in my truck was just unfathomable! “I wouldn’t want to put you out,” he replied. “I don’t mind,” I went on tightening the noose. Well, I had already offered, I couldn’t just let it go now. “Thanks but I’ve got to get my bike home,” he countered. “It’ll ride in the bed of my truck ok,” I informed him. “Really?” he smiled. “You drive a truck?” “Um…” Geez. What in the hell had I been saying? Damn he’s got a pretty smile. “Mr. Yuy?” “Yes?” Gods I was acting like such a frigging idiot! “Oh. Yes, it’ll fit fine. I feel bad for making you come out in this weather anyway,” I said recouping some of my self respect. “It’s the least I can do.” The very least! “Well, if you’re sure it wont put you out of your way?” he replied. “I’m on the south side. Is that alright?” “Of course,” I grinned like a complete fool. Oddly enough I live on the south side as well so it really wasn’t out of my way but I wouldn’t have cared if it had been the other side of the moon. I would have taken him just about anywhere he wanted to go at that point. “Just let me grab my coat,” I told him going to my office to retrieve it. I shut down in record time and rejoined him trying not to look too damn happy about his accompanying me as we gathered his bike and left. I learned through small talk that he was a college student and worked part time at the delivery service to pay for his classes. Engineering of all things. My work is based in robotics so it was a happy coincidence that we actually had something in common to talk about. Most of the time people are quiet in awed by my position since I’m only in my seventeenth year but he has always treated me with respect in spite of the fact we’re the same age. That, in itself, is of great value to me since I’ve always been looked upon as different because of my rapid advancements. It’s not so odd when it’s understood that I have been under intensive training since I was a child. My mentor and the owner of my company took me in and taught me everything I know. I suppose an above average IQ didn’t hurt but it was pure determination that has gotten me where I am. What I was trying to prove is a mystery even to me at this point and I can’t wait for the end of the day anymore. Especially 3:45. His apartment building turned out to be only three blocks from mine. They are very much the same in this part of town, the only major difference was that mine has a parking garage and his didn’t so I was trying to figure out some way to help him get his bike inside without getting soaked again. It was really pouring when we pulled up in front of his building. “Maybe you should wait a few minutes until it slacks up,” I suggested as another peal of thunder rolled through the sky. “Naw,” he replied. “I’ve imposed enough already.” “Its no imposition,” I said a little too quickly causing an odd silence between us. “Really,” I went on “I don’t mind. It’s probably a bad idea to try and drive in this anyway.” Not to mention I would get to sit and talk with him a little while longer. Something washed through his eyes then. Something that set my spinal fluid on fire then he smiled this odd little smile and said “You’re.. very kind. Thanks.” I couldn’t speak for a moment. He’s just so damn beautiful I forgot how to talk. “Just... common courtesy,” I finally shrugged. “Not so common,” he countered flashing that shy little smile again and it was so hard not to reach out and touch him in that moment. Only the thought that if I did he might never deliver to my office again held me in check. I wanted him so damn bad! “I should get going,” he said suddenly breaking through the heavy haze that I hadn’t really realized had descended on me. “Umm... alright,” I replied a little shaken by his sudden withdrawal. I didn’t want him to go. “Can I help you with your bike?” I asked in a lame attempt to prolong the encounter. “No thanks,” he replied. “You’ll get all wet. I’ve got it. Thanks for the ride,” he smiled reaching for the door. My heart was pounding so hard in my chest it felt like it might just rip me open if I didn’t do something. I couldn’t let him just leave. My desperation got the better of me overwhelming my fear that he might be disgusted by my attraction for him and I let my hand reach out and grip his elbow. “Duo?” Shit! Even I was stunned by the hopeful need in my voice. He paused and looked at my hand then flashed those incredible eyes up to gaze curiously at me. My mind conveniently provided me with visions of longing in his expression as my heart begged for him to return any small amount of what I was feeling for him. I never got the chance to say anything more as his door was suddenly ripped open. “Where in the hell have you been?” a Chinese boy about our age growled, his short, dark ponytail dripping as he stood in the pouring rain glaring at my companion. “Shit,” Duo breathed in some form of resignation. “Who’s he?” the guy demanded. “He just gave me a ride,” Duo smiled apologetically at me while he spoke. “You should have taken the day off with weather like this!” the Chinese boy snarled reaching in to grasp the sleeve of his coat and haul him out of the truck. “Come inside,” he ordered. I was pleasantly satisfied when Duo shrugged him off regaining control of himself, an impatient light flashing in his suddenly cross eyes that made the raven hared boy back off. The expression took on a softer edge when he turned back to me “Thanks again,” he said managing a smile for me. His friend was quickly sizing us up, his dark eyes flashing back and forth between our faces the suddenly he stepped forward and slipped his arm around Duo’s waist. I half expected him to turn around deck him but he only rolled his eyes tolerantly and looked away. “Yeah,” the Chinese boy grinned but there was no mirth or sincerity in it. “Thanks, I’ll take it from here,” he said pulling Duo back so he could shut the door. It was raining hard still but I could still hear it when Duo suddenly bucked throwing him off again and shouted. “Damn it! Why do you have to be such a damn prick!?” before going to the bed of the truck to retrieve his bike. “Duo!?” the dark hared boy called after him chasing him into the building then they were gone leaving me to sit in my lonely truck and ponder the moment. Had I just witnesses a... lover’s quarrel? Holly shit! Was Duo gay!? That couldn’t be. It just couldn’t. No way was I that lucky but... wait. He had a boyfriend. DAMN IT! My mind raced all the way back to my apartment. Questions I didn’t have the answers to, possibilities that might not actually exist, fantasies that set my entire body on fire. I really couldn’t believe the things I wanted to do with him. I’ve never felt that way about anyone in my whole life. Not even a woman. It’s not like I haven’t dated but no one had ever inspired the kind of passion inside me that he could with nothing more than a smile. I knew as I laid back in my single bed under the stark white ceiling of my one point two bedroom apartment, there was no way I was going to be able to let this lie. I had to find out more about him no matter what it took. One way or another, this obsession had to end.
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