"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 7

Sleep. Was there such a thing in this house? The sounds from down the hall left no question as to what type of relationship Wufei shared with the girls. Hiiro finally managed to doze off once things got quite in the early morning hours but it was short lived as the sights, sounds and aroma of the day kicked his dreams into high gear. He woke with a start from a particularly odd one about drowning in a bottle of rum while making love to Duo as a rhino stomped about trying to smash the bottle. Oddly enough the rhino had a sleek black ponytail that bore a striking resemblance to Wufei. It was obvious he wasn’t going back to sleep anytime soon so he headed for the kitchen in the hope that a cup of hot tea might help. His excursion was halted when he heard soft voices coming from the living room one floor below. The pain that had been swimming just under the surface whenever he thought about Wufei and his roll in Duo’s life reached up and got a good hold on his heart when he saw the two boy’s laying together on the couch. Quatre and Trowa had fallen asleep in the pile of pillows they had been laying on earlier.

‘...you ashamed of us now?’ Wufei was asking as he ran his hands down the braided boy’s bare back. Duo was wearing a soft cotton pair of pajama pants and Wufei had his usual white pants on but nothing else as Duo lay comfortably on his chest.

‘Don’t be stupid,’ Duo retorted shifting slightly. ‘He just makes me wish we were a little more... normal I guess,’ he admitted running his finger down the Chinese boy’s chest absently. Hiiro felt the pain tighten its grip as he watched.

‘He’s still here,’ Wufei pointed out bending to nibble on Duo’s shoulder. ‘Are you really sure he’s the one?’ he asked slipping his hands beneath the fabric of Duo’s pants to cup his ass.

‘Stop,’ Duo sighed pushing back from him a little. ‘You’ll wake them up.’

‘You don’t feel like watching?’ the Chinese boy smiled reaching down to brush Quatre’s hair making him sigh softly and roll over to snuggle closer to his tall lover.

‘Geez don’t you ever get enough?’ Duo replied only half joking.

‘Not from you,’ Wufei replied rolling him over a little so he could pin him to the back of the couch as he moved in to kiss his neck and upper chest. Seeing the two of them together like that hit Hiiro hard in the chest physically knocking him back two feet. It was very clear all of a sudden that this was not what he wanted. He wanted to rip the Chinese boy’s arms from the sockets for having touched Duo but that wasn’t happening. His mind whirled as the pain in his chest had a field day with his heart and bowels. By the time he made it back to his room he honestly felt as if he were going to be sick. He had no idea how to deal with this one. His worst fears were confirmed. He didn’t want it to be this way! How was he supposed to cope!? What was he going to do?! One thing was for sure. He had to get out of there. He dressed and slipped out the window silently padding across the early morning lawn making his escape. He paused to look back at the house for a long moment before the confusion became unbearable again and forced his feet to carry him away.

Monday morning he found himself passed out on the little couch in his place with the phone ringing off the hook. He wondered what time it was since he couldn’t remember falling asleep. He hardly recalled coming home but the vision of Duo and Wufei on the couch came back to him clear as a bell.

‘Shit,’ he groaned rolling off the couch to answer the phone. ‘Yeah,’ was the best he could do for a greeting in his present state.

‘Hiiro? Hey man where the hell are you? The boss’s in a fit,’ Akima informed him.

‘Mmmmm… shit,’ he repeated wiping the sleep from his eyes.

‘Big night huh?’ the man on the other end of the phone said with a grin in his voice. ‘Hey just between you and me,’ he added in a culvert tone, ‘is she as cold laying down as standing up?’

‘Who?’ Hiiro grunted oblivious as to what he was talking about.

‘Yeah... exactly,’ Akima chuckled. ‘You better shake a leg and get your ass in here,’ he added more seriously. ‘The meetings gonna start at eleven.

‘You can handle it,’ Hiiro half groaned laying back down on the couch. He just felt so tired he couldn’t make himself get up.

‘Wh...what?’ Akima gasped. ‘But you...’

‘I gotta go,’ Hiiro cut him off hanging up the phone before he could object further. It started ringing again almost the moment he put it down. ‘You can deal with it for one damn day!’ he growled into the receiver.

‘Hiiro?’

‘Quatre?’ Damn it.

‘What happened to you last night?’ the blond boy asked sounding genuinely concerned.

It took a minute for Hiiro’s mind to shift gears. ‘I... had to leave early,’ the Japanese boy evaded.

‘I’m sorry if we offended you,’ Quatre offered sincerely.

‘No,’ Hiiro countered ‘It’s fine… you didn’t. I just had something I needed to deal with.’

‘Well, then could we get together for lunch?’

Hiiro couldn’t think of a way to turn him down without it seeming like he was lying about being offended so he ended up sitting in a booth in a local dinner awaiting his lunch date in spite of the fact that he just wanted to go to bed for about a week. The first part of their luncheon was spent in amiable conversation mostly about the day at the zoo. Before he knew it Hiiro was feeling much better and even found himself chuckling at the memories. It had been an oddly satisfying experience.

‘Duo was upset when you weren’t there this morning,’ the blond broke into a more sensitive subject.

‘I’m sorry,’ Hiiro apologized. ‘I should have said something.’

‘Hiiro,’ Quatre said his name calling his full attention. ‘Why did you leave?’ he asked wearing that expression of `I know your not telling me everything`.

Hiiro considered him for a moment not sure if he should trust him with this or not but he really had no where else to turn. ‘Jesus, Quatre,’ he sighed finally putting down the fork he’d been using to shift his food around his untouched food with. ‘I’m so far gone on him I can’t think straight,’ he confessed feeling a wave of fatigue wash over him again.

‘Our worlds a little hard to cope with,’ the blond boy nodded understandingly.

‘Actually, I found it exhilarating but…’ he just wasn’t sure how far to let this go.

‘But?’ Quatre prompted smiling kindly.

‘How do you cope?’ Hiiro asked instead of finishing the first thought.

‘With what?’ the blond wanted to know specifically.

‘How can you stand it when Wufei... joins you,’ was the best Hiiro could do.

‘What?’ Quatre gasped almost spitting out his tea. ‘You think..? Oh, Allah, you would wouldn’t you,’ he said to himself drying his chin as Hiiro gapped at him. ‘Don’t let Trowa hear you say that,’ he chuckled confusing the blue eyed boy even further. ‘We don’t share,’ he explained finally bringing back the image of him and Trowa swimming away with Wufei in their arms the night before. ‘Well, not to that extent,’ he amended seeing the confusion in his lunch mates eyes. ‘Hiiro, Wufei is our body guard,’ he informed him laying a sympathetic hand on Hiiro’ fingers on the table.

‘But… he... last night.’

‘Madelyn and her crew aren’t on his list,’ Quatre went on. ‘He’s employed to look after me and Duo.’

‘Why Duo?’ Hiiro asked still grasping for straws.

‘I don’t know if you’ve noticed but in our line of work and considering how we look it’s not a good idea to be caught unaware,’ the blond boy explained.

‘So they fell in love while he was working for him’ Hiiro mused out loud.

‘Who? Wufei and Duo?’ Quatre asked looking amazed. He burst out laughing the moment Hiiro nodded. ‘Wouldn’t that be the irony of the decade,’ he chuckled making Hiiro’s head spin even more. ‘You wanna know why Wufei’s so dead set against anyone getting close to Duo?’ he asked knowing the answer was yes. ‘Because for the last four years it’s been his job to protect his virtue that’s why.’ Hiiro’s heart and mind were beginning to clamp down on the information being offered to him now. ‘It’s because of Wufei that Duo’s never been all the way,’ Quatre told him grinning from ear to ear at the shocked look on Hiiro’s face.

‘They’re not lovers?’ Hiiro asked desperately needing some form of confirmation.

‘Hell no,’ Quatre chuckled. ‘Wufei’s straight or didn’t you hear the screams coming from the girls room last night?’ he smiled sinfully.

‘But I heard him say he couldn’t get enough of him?’ Hiiro recalled.

‘I suppose nothing is never enough,’ the blond boy reasoned. ‘Hiiro, believe me. The most that’s ever happened between those two is maybe some heavy petting or making out and that’s just a release for Duo. Wufei loves him no doubt but he’s not interested in being his lover.’

‘Do you know where Duo is now?’ Hiiro asked feeling his heart begin to race. He had to find him and talk to him. He’d misunderstood so much. He had to find him... now... before anything else got in the way.

‘He’s probably still at the house,’ the blond boy told him. ‘But he’ll be going to the club later!’ he chuckled calling after the Japanese boy as he sprinted out of the dinner.

The first person he ran into when he burst through the door of the manor house was Trowa who turned to look at him curiously from where he’d stopped in the hallway.

‘Have you seen Duo?’ Hiiro panted having run up the stairs three at a time.

‘He’s upstairs with Wufei,’ the tall boy answered. ‘Are you alright?’ he asked cocking a brow at him.

‘Maybe,’ Hiiro replied jogging off toward the stairs. He found the two boy’s in one of the bedrooms in the left hallway coming to a skidding halt in the hallway as he’d almost pasted them by.

‘Hiiro?’ Duo said his name uncertainly as he entered the room. ‘What’re you doing here?’ he added, his voice going a bit colder once the shock had worn off. Wufei stood near the dresser in his usual attire whereas Duo was in the process of wrapping himself in neon blue rubber.

‘I need to talk to you,’ Hiiro told him flashing a pleading look at Wufei that he promptly ignored leaning back stubbornly on the dresser and crossing his arms.

‘Maybe you said enough this morning,’ Duo sighed getting frustrated with one of the lengths of rubber and tossing it on the floor.

‘But I didn’t see you...’ Hiiro’s words stopped suddenly as he realized what he was saying. Indeed, he’d said a great deal with his absence.

‘Don’t sweat it,’ Duo said ripping another of the rubber cords off that he was apparently displeased with. ‘I know all this is hard to come to grips with,’ he added sounding very frustrated now. ‘It’s alright,’ he added softer slowing down to unwrap his arm dejectedly.

‘That’s not why I left,’ Hiiro told him firmly. ‘I thought I was intruding on you and Wufei,’ he confessed.

‘What?’ the Chinese boy barked. ‘Where in the hell did you get an idea like that?’ he asked aghast.

‘Probably from all the kissing and petting you two do,’ Hiiro retorted sarcastically.

‘We don’t,’ Wufei started to deny it but stopped when he caught the `hello?` look in Duo’s eyes. ‘Ok maybe we do but they all do that!’ the Chinese boy defended himself.

‘You also look after him like a lover,’ Hiiro pointed out.

‘Hey,’ Wufei snapped ‘That’s my job.’

‘I know that now,’ Hiiro told him turning back to Duo.

‘So you left,’ was the first words out of Duo’s mouth as he gazed at the floor in front of him thoughtfully. ‘Just like that?’

‘Yes,’ Hiiro replied walking over to kneel down beside him. ‘I’m sorry I wasn’t here this morning,’ he apologized ‘I just didn’t know what to do.’

‘So you gave up,’ the braided boy sighed sadly.

‘No,’ Hiiro told him laying a hand on his knee as he moved in closer. ‘Never,’ he added reaching up to touch his chin so he could see into his eyes. ‘I just didn’t know what to do,’ he repeated. ‘I have no intention of ever giving you up,’ he told him firmly.

‘And what if it had been true?’ Duo challenged.

‘It doesn’t matter,’ Hiiro told him slipping his hand down his jaw so that his fingers interlaced with his hair. ‘I’m in love with you. That’s just never gonna change,’ he said leaning in to kiss him gently.

‘So why’d you leave?’ Duo asked once he’d pulled away.

‘I saw you with Wufei last night,’ the Japanese boy confessed. ‘I cant say I didn’t wanna break him in half for touching you like that,’ he said making Duo chuckle and Wufei snort indignantly. ‘But if you decide that’s what you need then I’ll just have to learn to live with it. I just want to be with you,’ he told him letting his head fall to his chest.

‘So, it’s ok if Wufei wants to do me?’ the braided boy asked carefully keeping the smile on his face from his voice.

‘No,’ Hiiro ground out through clenched teeth as his fingers dug into the sheets. ‘Not really... not with me. I don’t want anyone else touching you,’ he confessed.

‘So what? I should quit work, ditch my friends and get a respectable job?’ Duo prodded.

‘No!’ Hiiro gasped lifting his head. ‘You’re perfect just as you are,’ he told him pausing when he saw the odd twinkle in his eyes.

‘You really do love me don’t you?’ Duo smiled slipping his arms around his neck and drawing him into the fold of his open thighs.

‘Yes,’ Hiiro sighed relishing the feeling of being in his arms. He felt like the world had been lifted from his shoulders in the time it took for Duo to say those words.

‘I’ve never known a lover,’ Duo intoned gently near his ear sending a shiver down his spine.

‘Neither have I,’ Hiiro confessed pulling him tighter.

‘Guess we’ll just have to...’ Duo purred slipping his hands down the back of Hiiro’s pants as he whispered heatedly into his ear ‘…feel our way,’ and Hiiro snapped like a dry twig in a hurricane. ‘Hmm! Mmmmm! Mmm.. mmmmmmm… ah... ah... haaa…’ Duo groaned as he kissed him and pushed him back onto the bed. Anything but the seething body beneath him was forgotten in the heat that overtook them. All the penned up emotions and frustration of the past month came pouring out of them both as they quickly stripped each other committing themselves to one another on a level neither had known before.

Wufei’s first instinct was to break it up but even he had to admit this felt right. It was time to let go and let another take his place. Someone that could fill the role much better than him. He had never seriously tried to take the boy all the way even though sometimes their playfulness had pushed him beyond his control and now he was glad. Hiiro was obviously the one. He had to wonder though as he backed out of the room, his black eyes memorizing the sight of the two boy’s together on the bed wrapped in a heated passion just what he’d really missed out on.

It was early evening before the two boy’s lay exhausted in the tousled bed. Duo chuckled when he felt Hiiro’s warm lips on his shoulder once again. ‘If you’re always like this I don’t think I would survive a second lover,’ he laughed as Hiiro pulled him tighter against his chest and kissed his hair.

‘Are you alright?’

‘Mm hm,’ Duo sighed rolling over in his arms to face him as he snuggled up to his chest. ‘So what now?’ he asked wondering if Hiiro would be able to stick around for the night.

‘Move in with me,’ was the answer he got.

‘What?’ Duo gasped pulling back as he chuckled at the forward suggestion.

‘Then I’ll move in with you,’ Hiiro grinned pulling him back in again.

Duo just laughed and let him. ‘Why don’t we try dinner first?’ he suggested happily.

‘Ok’ Hiiro agreed. ‘We can pick your things up after we eat.’

‘Ut un,’ Duo laughed. ‘Monday nights are already booked,’ he informed him.

‘You don’t work on Monday’s do you?’ Hiiro asked.

‘No,’ Duo confirmed. ‘Tonight’s when we all get together and watch Trowa tie Quatre to the coffee table.’

‘Excuse me?’ Hiiro gapped finding a wide grin on his face. ‘Your serious?’ he gasped pulling back to look at him as he laughed.

‘Of course,’ the long hared boy confirmed. ‘We do it every Monday night,’ he explained. ‘It feeds their fetish and we always have a good time. What? You don’t wanna?’ he asked sounding a bit disappointed.

‘Gee hee heez’ Hiiro laughed delightedly rolling over on top of him. It took very little effort to talk his body into one more round considering the new fuel he had for the fire. The thought of spending the evening watching Trowa abuse and adore the delicious little blond was more than enough to heat him up. He thought for a moment as Duo opened to him again about his life and how it had changed and found his heart was smiling in anticipation of the night. It wasn’t a feeling he was all that familiar with but he was damn happy to have the chance to feel it. This was where he belonged, here with Duo and these people in the shadows of the night. For the first time he understood why Duo wore the sunglasses when he danced. He liked it here out the mainstream, in their own little world carefully and safely tucked behind the shades.

owari :)

 

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