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"Shades"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: R Warnings: AU/Romance, Angst, fluff, mild exhibitionism,
mention of group sex (not between the boys), open affection between
the boys (kissing and such) Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5xOC’s Summary: An encounter with a high class, exotic dancer shifts Hiiro’s perception of reality introducing him to a whole new world and the love of a lifetime. "Shades" Ch 5
‘Hiiro!’ Quatre beamed throwing his arms around the Japanese boy’s startled neck. ‘I’m so glad you made it,’ the blond boy smiled happily as his lover extracted him with gentle hands on his hips. He looked so different in the khaki shorts and polo shirt he was wearing instead of his usual tailored suits. Trowa also, in a green tank top and jeans and the girls that accompanied them all dressed in attire befitting a back yard barbeque. They all just looked so... normal? Everyone but Duo that is. Even in the blue tank top and cut off jean shorts he made Hiiro’s mouth water. There was just no getting around it. Wufei wore his usual white pants and black tank making Hiiro wonder if the outfit wasn’t some type of uniform. If it was then apparently it required a scowl to complete the look. ‘Why don’t you help Trowa and I with the zebra’s?’ Quatre suggested. ‘I’m sure he’d rather work with Duo,’ Trowa smiled tolerantly. ‘But...’ Quatre started to object. ‘Teah doesn’t have a partner,’ Wufei pointed out stepping up behind Duo. ‘Yes I do!’ the girl in question countered slipping her arm around one of the other girls necks. ‘If you two work together nothing will get done,’ Wufei argued stepping up to challenge the girl. ‘No way!’ the second girl said firmly grabbing Teah protectively. ‘Madelyn then,’ Wufei countered indicating the last of the girls. ‘Don’t drag me into this,’ Madelyn said evenly chewing on a bit of her beef jerky and seeming mildly amused by the entire event. ‘He can start off with us…’ Quatre started again earning him an arm around his shoulders as Trowa’s slim fingers covered his mouth in mid sentence. Hiiro felt a small tug on his shirt tail and turned to find Duo rolling his eyes and indicating he should follow him so he did gratefully. Wufei was still arguing with the girls when they turned the corner and lost sight of them. ‘Relax,’ Duo smiled. ‘You’re just new meat. They’ll calm down,’ he assured his off balance date for the day. ‘What are we doing here?’ Hiiro asked curiously. He’d been to a few charity events in his time but this didn’t resemble any of them. Where were the high brows and the reporters? Why was the place devoid of anyone but the grounds keepers and his group? ‘Quat’s got a soft spot for the furry and four legged,’ Duo explained stopping to toss a peanut to a noisy monkey along the fence of its habitat. ‘This place is one of his pet projects. The gal that runs it really cant afford it so we come here once a month and help keep it up to code so they don’t shut her down,’ he said laughing at the monkey’s while they fought over the peanut. ‘Disappointed?’ he asked a bit softer studying the winner of the match. ‘Not in the least,’ Hiiro replied unable to tear his eyes from the boys smiling face as he turned to look at him. ‘Well,’ the long hared boy said standing up straight as if in preparation. ‘We’ll see if you’re still saying that in about an hour. We’re on otter duty,’ he told him raising his brows as if Hiiro should comprehend some unspoken fact. An hour later he understood completely as he fell face first into the small stream running through the otter enclosure once again. They were both soaked to the bone and out of breath as they tried once again to corner the slippery creature. ‘Why... do we have to catch them?’ Hiiro asked winded from his last attempt as Duo giggled from the bank, his clothes and hair still dripping where he’d tried to assist his partner’s failed attempt. ‘They need… a physical,’ Duo laughed clutching his side as he rolled around on the grass. ‘Ah... ah, gods,’ he gasped trying to catch his breath while Hiiro pulled bits of river weed and dead leaves from his messy brown hair. ‘Shut up,’ the Japanese boy chuckled tossing a clump of the wet weeds at him as he sat waist deep in the small river. He’d never had so much fun in his life. Suddenly, the world looked so much bigger than it had a month ago and he had his very own angel to share it with. ‘Maybe we’re going about this the wrong way,’ he mused extracting himself from the water. ‘Y...you think?’ Duo laughed sitting up. ‘It’s an otter right?’ the Japanese boy stated. ‘Last time I checked,’ the braided boy chided. ‘So, can’t we bait it or something?’ Hiiro asked turning around so he could open his pants and get the leaves out of his underwear. ‘Exactly who’re you baiting?’ Duo asked craning his neck to get a peek. Hiiro turned playfully denying him which only made him that much more intent on success as he tackled him and drug him to the ground squirming and laughing all the way. ‘Tease,’ Duo accused coming to rest on his chest as they lay in the warm sun. ‘Just tell me,’ Hiiro sighed slipping his arms around his waist ‘I’ll be anything you want,’ he promised, his expression settling into something so sublimely honest it robbed Duo of his reservations for a moment leaving nothing but his own longing in his eyes. Hiiro couldn’t resist that look, it called to him on a level he hadn’t even known existed as he lifted his hand to brush a wet lock of Duo’s long bangs from his beautiful eyes. The urge to kiss him was over powering and so he slipped his hand back along the boy’s jaw line slowly, giving him plenty of time to pull away if he didn’t want it to happen. Duo didn’t pull away however, and the small tremor that ran through his body at Hiiro’s touch made it impossible for the Japanese boy to wait another moment as he lifted up and kissed him gently. Suddenly his body was flooded with heat chasing away the chill from the water in his clothes. The warm sun couldn’t even compare to the smoldering embers that had ignited inside him. He knew Duo was feeling it to, just as he had each time they’d touched by the way he melted into him. Each of them craving more of the delicious sensations as their hands began to roam and explore. ‘Duo,’ Hiiro choked swallowing the puddle in his throat as his mouth watered in response to the delicious feeling of the slight boy in his arms. ‘Jesus, stop me now or…’ he warned as Duo moved to his neck kissing and nibbling on his rapidly beating pulse sending his blood pressure rocketing skyward and his fingers up the legs of the short cut off jeans Duo was wearing. ‘Ah... god... damn,’ Duo grunted spreading his legs so he was straddling Hiiro’s thighs, the evidence of his arousal pressing hard into the blue eyed boy’s as he began to loose what little control he had left. Hiiro had just resigned himself to make sure he was in tears before he let him go when Duo suddenly screamed jumped off of him to wrestle with some form of small furry brown demon that Hiiro only identified as an otter after he saw the cold expression of the Chinese boy responsible for the beasts intrusion smirking nearby. ‘Shit, Fei!’ Duo shouted coming up with the creature by the scruff of its neck. ‘What the hell’r you trying to do? Give me a damn heart attack?!’ ‘Your job,’ the raven hared boy retorted. ‘Which is more than you seem concerned with,’ he added sulkily tossing him a towel. ‘Doc S wants to see her before he heads over to the African side,’ he added as Duo stuck his tongue out at him playfully wrapping the trembling otter up in the towel instead of using it on himself. Hiiro stood with the intention of following but found a firm grip on his shoulder baring his way. ‘Why don’t you hang around and help me out,’ Wufei `suggested` digging his fingers into Hiiro’s shoulder just a little too deep. ‘Fine,’ Duo said clumsily stepping over the rock that hid the exit. ‘But he better not be damaged when you give him back,’ he added as he carried the frightened animal away. Hiiro’s first inclination was to laugh at the statement until he got a look at the maniacal gleam in Wufei’s black eyes. ‘STAY ON’IM!’ The Chinese boy yelled tossing a rope at the agitated rhino’s nose horn as Hiiro danced backwards trying to avoid getting skewered for the tenth time. ‘Don’t you people have tranquilizer guns?’ Hiiro shouted over the snorting blasts and stomping feet of the huge beast as Wufei tied his rope off on the post on his side. It was all Hiiro could do to keep his own rope from coming undone as the rhino fought for its freedom. ‘Are you kidding?’ Wufei grunted. ‘Quatre’d have my ass if I put this baby in any danger! HO there! Tighten your end!’ he shouted as the beast pulled hard on the ties. ‘Shit!’ Hiiro barked digging his heels in as the creature pulled hard on the ropes then suddenly the line went slack almost causing him to fall flat on his face. He took only a moment to catch his breath before looking up to see the cause of the rhino’s sudden distraction as Trowa walked calmly across the paddock peeling some type of strange, prickly green fruit with a rather large, sharp looking knife. The rhino’s attention seemed to be captured by the odd smelling fruit in the boy’s hand. Hiiro could even smell its bitter/sweet pungency from where he stood some fifteen feet away. His concern for both the tall boy’s safety as well as his sanity grew with each step the boy took towards the hulking creature but the rhino only stood watching him. The moment the beast showed the smallest discontent Trowa stopped putting him no more than five feet away and well within striking distance as he squatted down and calmly held out the fruit. Hiiro watched in amazement as the rhino turned its beetle black eyes up to look into Trowa’s emerald green. The expression on the tall boy’s face was captivating. It reminded him of the first time he’d seen him as he danced slowly to the strange rhythm in the club, his long body swaying gently to the melody, so graceful in its perfect control. It was only Wufei’s frantic waving that brought him back to the present as he indicated that he should tie off his end while the beast was distracted. Hiiro cursed himself silently doing just that while Trowa hand fed the docile rhino the fruit and patting him lovingly on the horn. It took another half an hour to erect the confining cage around him so the vet could look at him without getting mauled but the job was soon done and the three were free to take a much deserved break. ‘You like to live dangerously,’ Trowa told the Chinese boy as they walked along the road outside the rhino’s habitat. ‘He’s not so tough,’ the Chinese boy grinned casting a sidelong glance at Hiiro. ‘Huh, Hiiro?’ he added cockily. ‘I was referring to the fact that if he gets hurt,’ the tall boy interjected indicating Hiiro with his eyes ‘Duo’s gonna cut you off.’ Hiiro glanced back not sure if he should stop or keep in step with Trowa when Wufei’s steps ceased in mid stride, his black eyes flashing in realization as he absorbed that bit of information. ‘Hey!’ he barked suddenly jogging to catch up ‘your not gonna tell him right?’ he said a bit nervously as the taller boy smirked. The entire scene might have been funny if it hadn’t left the Japanese boy with the uneasy feeling that there was indeed more going on between Wufei and Duo than he wanted there to be. He was more curious than ever to find out exactly what their relationship was as they went to join the others for lunch. Between the rhino, the otter and the flipping ostrich he spent most of the afternoon chasing he was more than happy to accept when Quatre suggested he join him in the reptiles and amphibian’s sanctuary. Nice docile snakes and turtles in small cages sounded like a pretty good deal to him. ‘You’re a pretty good sport,’ Quatre smiled while changing the water in one of the turtle’s tanks. ‘I wasn’t sure you’d stick around,’ he chuckled as Hiiro dropped the slippery creature back into the tank for the second time. ‘It’s been... interesting,’ Hiiro replied drying his hand for another attempt. ‘Life’s never boring around this lot,’ Quatre grinned. ‘I’m a little amazed,’ Hiiro went on finding success and putting the turtle in a small bucket so they could finish cleaning his house. ‘How so?’ the blond replied. ‘Guess I wouldn’t have expected someone of your status to be cleaning up turtle poop,’ the Japanese boy grinned. ‘Yes, well,’ Quatre chuckled as his big cerulean eyes softened into a far away gaze. ‘Trowa’s sister owns this place,’ he explained. ‘And I’d do anything to see him smile. But you understand that feeling all too well,’ he added smiling coyly at the blue eyed boy ‘Don’t you?’ His words brought back memories of Duo making Hiiro mirror the odd little grin as he nodded in answer. ‘He’s not an easy person to get close to,’ he told him knowing he’d understand who he meant. ‘But I think you’ll find the rough road worth it.’ ‘Whatever it takes,’ Hiiro smiled knowing he had no other choice. He’d become so ensnared by the long hared boy he knew he’d never be free of him. Come hell or high water he’d always own a piece of his heart. All that was left was to determine how much of him Duo was willing to tolerate. ‘We’re all going back to my place for dinner tonight,’ Quatre said after a time. ‘Why don’t you join us? It’s a tradition to pig out, get drunk and pass out all over my house after working this place all day,’ he chuckled. ‘I’m not so sure Wufei would approve,’ Hiiro smiled wryly trying to picture the Chinese boy’s face once he leaned Hiiro would be sleeping over. ‘Oh pish,’ the blond boy waved the excuse away filling the tank back up. ‘He’ll get over it. He’s way overprotective anyway.’ Hiiro really just didn’t know what to say after that so he just nodded again. ‘Good, it’s settled then. Duo can show you where the house is. Why don’t you two cut out early since it’s his turn to pick up the pizza?’ he suggested. ‘Fine by me,’ Hiiro agreed. The thought of
leaving the zoo wasn’t exactly a distressing one at that point.
The idea that he’d get to spend some quiet time with Duo with
no creatures, critters or Chinese boy’s to get in the way was
even better. He was feeling quiet content by the time he and Duo turned
into the long circular drive of the small manor house Quatre called
home in this part of the world.
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