Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing
A/N: It is finally here!! Hope it doesn't disappoint!
Warning: Relena... er... Relena bashing.
Now on with the story!
Posted on June 16, 2007
“I’m dying Hee-chan…” Duo moaned pathetically from his spot on the couch. I glanced at him from the hallway and shook my head.
“Go grab some ice cream; it’ll make you feel better.” I told him and he huffed at me. What was I supposed to do? Make it rain?
This summer was turning into a killer. Everyone was cranky… including me. The weather people were ranting on it being the hottest summer in the past ten years or so.
The minute Duo had heard that one he had started moaning and groaning and just being plain miserable.
He’d been fine before that… it was as though the announcement had suddenly made him realise that the situation warranted complaining.
Currently he had ditched clothing and was shamelessly sprawled on the couch with nothing except his boxers on. I was immensely grateful to whatever god there be that he hadn’t taken those off yet.
“It’s so fucking hot! Heero! Cool me down!” He demanded and I stared.
“How?” I asked incredulously.
“I don’t know… do something!” He whined and I rolled my eyes.
“Like what? Make it rain?” I asked sarcastically and his eyes grew wide.
“You can do that?” He asked full of innocent wonder that I knew to be obviously fake.
“Go take a cold shower. Should cool you down enough.” I suggested a last time before resuming my cooking.
“Join me?” He appeared suddenly behind me and hugged me, putting his chin on my shoulder to see what I was doing.
“I doubt it’ll cool either of us down…” I answered trying to keep my thoughts rational as his hands left my waist to run down my sides. My bare back was in contact with his naked chest and the sensation made pleasant shivers run down my spine.
“I don’t mind…” He whispered into my ear and hooked his thumbs into the waistband of my shorts.
Cooking forgotten I leaned back further into him when he started kissing a trail from my shoulder to my neck.
My hands gripped the counters so tightly my knuckles went white as I tried to control my body’s reactions to him. I was shamelessly hard now and was trying to hide that fact by pushing forward into the counter.
“Duo… stop…” He ignored me. Using his grip on my hips he pulled me back into him and I realised that he was just as hard. I could feel his erection and it aroused me even further.
I could feel my body temperature rising, making the heat of the kitchen almost unbearable but at the same time the heat felt pleasant. There was fire coursing through every part of me and Duo was the only one to ever ignite it.
“Ah!” I gasped as his fingers ghosted over my erection, uncertain.
“Come on.” He whispered against my shoulder and held my hand to lead me to the bedroom.
“Duo…?” I was confused… the bedroom? Were we going to…?
As he started leading us towards the beds I held back.
“Hee-chan?” He looked at me confused. “What’s wrong?”
I shook my head at him.
“Then come here.” He tugged me forward by our joined hands but I held back still.
“Heero…” He looked hesitant now and I couldn’t blame him.
“Are we going to… do I have to…?” I didn’t know what I was asking and so I looked away breaking his hold on my hand.
“You don’t want to?” He asked but his voice was neutral. I couldn’t gage what he was thinking based on his voice alone and I was too much of a coward to look into his eyes.
I wanted to! I really, really did… but at the same time…
“I could… I could suck…” I offered still not looking at him.
“That’s all right. I’m going to go take a shower.” He went right past me and into the washroom.
I stood there for several minutes feeling distinctly as though I had screwed up big time.
“Are you packed Duo?” I asked him from the living room. We both packed lightly for the mission even though it was indefinite.
When he didn’t answer I went to the bedroom. There I saw him listlessly putting weapons and packing clothes into a duffel bag.
“Duo? Are you packed?” I asked again. He looked up at me with narrowed eyes.
“Yes! I’m done packing!” He snapped and threw a few more items of clothing into the bag haphazardly.
“Duo…? What’s wrong?” I walked into the room and sat next to him looking at him questioningly. He looked frustrated.
He opened his mouth and then closed it. Then he opened it again, seemed to squeak slightly and closed it again wordlessly.
I hugged his arm and tugged making him look at me. “Talk to me Duo.” I pleaded with him.
“I’m not supposed to say a word to… to… her.” He spat out ‘her’ as though it disgusted him to even mention her. “That was our deal and I’ll hold true to it but… but it’ll kill me every time she’ll lay her hands on you…”
With his free hand he tugged on his bangs, “And I can’t say a word to her… she’ll be hanging all over my boyfriend and I’m supposed to keep quiet.” He sighed and rubbed his face.
I released his hand and climbed into his lap so that I was straddling him. It hurt me to see him so frustrated and upset but at the same time I felt elated that he was that jealous.
Cupping his cheeks I kissed him lightly. “I’ll hold her off okay? I won’t give you a need to yell at her for anything. Promise.” I whispered to him as I kissed him again, longer this time.
His hands snaked around my waist and held me tightly against him and he deepened the kiss, his tongue sliding into my mouth and tasting me.
I threaded my fingers into his hair and massaged his scalp lightly as we kissed. Every touch of his made me feel treasured and complete. Sometimes it scared me just how much I loved him.
We separated with a soft smacking of lips and I looked into his eyes, soft and shimmering with adoration.
I loved looking into his eyes… the deep shade of violet that is solely him… the way they lit up with mischief, darkened with lust, dulled with anger or sadness… they truly were the windows to his soul.
And just looking into them made my heart almost burst with emotion.
“Oh god I love you so much.” I whispered to him and his eyes lit up. He kissed the corner of my mouth and then nuzzled my neck, hugging me tightly to him.
“So… pack up?” I asked him, smiling, and he grunted and bit my neck lightly in answer.
I kissed the top of his head and dislodged myself from his arms. “Get ready we have an hour.” I said to him and he smiled.
“I won’t be able to touch you there will I?” He asked me and I held his hand.
“We don’t have to keep an eye on her when she’s showering.” I winked at him and he laughed.
“It’ll be fun I guess.” He said as he started packing clothes again, this time less viciously.
“Think about it.” I said grinning too, “While she’s trying to get me to fall in love with her, I’ll be making out with you the moment she turns around.” I felt lighter when I saw his eyes dance with mischief at the scenario.
“Oh yes! Imagine the look on her face if she found out!” And he roared with laughter. I chuckled along with him and urged him to pack faster.
We picked Relena up from the Preventeer’s office and we were to escort her until the people offing her bodyguards were captured.
As Relena’s driver drover us to the airport – she was due in Paris for a conference of some kind – I tried to hold her at arm’s length from me. She had insisted that Duo sit in the front with the driver while I share the backseat with her. Duo had pursed his lips and gotten in front silently.
So far he hadn’t even looked back but I knew his ears were trained on the backseat.
“Relena!” I said exasperated when she hugged my arm. “Please let go.” I asked her and she huffed but let go.
“Thank you.” I said and then saw Duo’s shoulder’s relax marginally in the front seat.
I smiled at him even though I knew he can’t see me. Just his presence made me feel loads better about this mission.
“Could you leave us for a moment Duo?” Relena said with false politeness. Duo stiffened beside me. We were sitting on a couch in Relena’s office thoroughly bored as she went through phone call after phone call.
Duo had slipped an arm around my shoulders at some point during our constant vigilance and I had to make a conscious effort to not lean into his embrace.
At Relena’s request his arm tightened around my shoulders. Discretely I placed a hand on his thigh and squeezed to calm him down. He sighed and nodded walking out of the office.
“What is it Relena?” I asked feeling a little annoyed. I was getting tired of her coming on to me every chance she got. I was even more tired of her treating Duo like a thorn in her side.
“Nothing… I just wanted him out.” She said with a flip of her hand. “We don’t get any time alone and I was getting tired of that. This was the reason why I wanted you solo… but Duo had to insist…”
I slammed my hand down on her table to shut her up. Her words burned me and I resisted the urge to strangle her.
“He’s an exceptional agent and an amazing friend. You’ll be lucky if he even gives you the time of the day let alone accepting a mission protecting you!” I snapped.
“He threatens me! He undermines me and makes me feel like I’m worth nothing!” She yelled.
“Think about it! That’s what you do to him all the time!” That shut her up.
“Why do you always take his side?! I’m right here! I’m tired of dropping hint after hint! I want you Heero, I want to marry you, have your children and be with you forever!” She said looking close to tears and I pitied her.
I shook my head at her. “And I’m tired of refusing you.” I said as gently as possible. I didn’t want her to go berserk on me and decide to take revenge on me. Having the Queen of the World as an enemy was a very bad move.
“But why? I can give you everything, I can offer you the world literally! What more could you want?” She whined pathetically.
“I’m sorry.” I said to her again. “I think you should let Duo back in, or I will leave.” I said to her and she huffed again.
She pressed a button on the phone and spoke into it. “Christie? Send Agent Maxwell in.” She said curtly and sat back down. “I hope you know I’m not going to stop.” She said not looking at me.
“But I still wish you would.” I said to her and smiled when Duo entered the room. He came straight up to me and put an arm around my shoulders again.
“Everything all right?” He asked but I knew what he was actually asking – Did she touch you again?
“Everything’s fine.” I said to him and he smiled at me.
Duo was lounging on a couch attempting a crossword puzzle while Relena tittered around picking out this outfit and that.
“Heero? Which one do you think I should wear tonight?” She asked me as she laid out an assortment of skimpy lingerie in front of her. I closed the curtains of the window I was looking out of and glanced at the clothing she had selected. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Duo’s grip on the newspaper tighten.
“I don’t care Relena. Just pick one.” I said to her and went to take a seat on the same couch as Duo, pulling his legs up and putting them back down on my lap. He relaxed almost immediately and stretched in a very cat-like manner.
I saw Relena’s eyes narrow at Duo but he was happy not paying any attention to her, his eyes trained on the crossword in front of him.
“I think red looks good on me don’t you think Heero?” She asked holding up a red…thing… that couldn’t possibly have been made for covering skin.
I shuddered looking away from the ghastly thing. I had been unable to stop myself in time from imagining her in… that.
“Then again… pink has always been my strong point…” She continued murmuring. “Maybe white? No… that’s too bride like… maybe I’ll wear that one on my wedding night! What do you think Heero? Should I wear that on the wedding night?”
Did I hear that right? Why should I care what she wears on her wedding night?!
“Just pick one.” I said annoyed and she decided on the red one and went skipping to the washroom.
As soon as the washroom door closed Duo threw the newspaper down and jumped on me pinning me to the couch.
“Duo…” I barely had time to say his name before he was attacking my mouth, his hands running up and down my chest. I held him to myself as hard as I could all the while trying to memorize the feel of his lips against mine. God only knew when we’ll have a chance to touch again.
I kept one ear trained at the washroom listening for noises. She was brushing her teeth right now which would take about three minutes.
We had three minutes together.
Duo started slowing down, calming himself as his hands lazily rubbed circles on my stomach. He pulled back letting go of my lips with a soft wet sound and kissed my cheek.
“I hate seeing her hands on you.” He whispered forcefully to me and I tightened my hands on his back.
I sighed against his neck and licked the sensitive skin there slightly, savouring his taste. He moaned and kissed my cheek again.
I heard the washroom door opening and both of us sprang apart, him landing back in his lounging, care-free, position almost seamlessly.
She walked in wearing – thankfully – a robe over the monstrosity that we all knew she had hidden underneath.
“Duo, I want you to leave. I don’t need two guards with me in my room. One is enough.” She said curtly and Duo stiffened.
“I won’t spend the night alone with you Relena. It is indecent for a man and a woman to be left alone like this.” I said in a monotone. “If Duo goes, I go.”
I saw her clutching on her robe with her perfectly manicured nails. I knew that she was imagining gauging Duo’s eyes out with those claw-like nails.
I’ll shoot her before she gets that close to my lover.
She seemed indecisive but then her eyes brightened and I worried.
“Okay, he can stay. But there’s only one couch in the room, so you’ll have to share the bed with me.” She said smoothly and I understood why she makes such a good politician.
“Heero can take the couch. I’ll sleep on the ground.” Duo offered and she shot him a venomous look.
“Don’t talk to me.” She snapped at him. “This is between me and Heero. Your input is not needed.”
I saw Duo snap his mouth close and I burned in anger.
“All right.” I said. I turned to Duo and said to him, “Your opinion is important to me. Would you like to share the couch?” I asked him and he raised an eyebrow. Sharing a couch led to very close contact and only an idiot will miss a romantic implication in the words.
That was my point. I was tired of pretending to be straight. Let Relena know that we’re a couple.
I saw Relena bristle but I didn’t give her the pleasure of my attention.
“What do you say Duo?” I asked him very softly, changing my monotone, stern voice with Relena to a soft, gentle one with Duo. She must have noticed that change.
“You can’t share the couch! It’s not made for two people! It’s a love seat, it’s not even a couch!” She ranted.
I tilted my head at Duo in question, ignoring her constant chatter.
“Okay.” He said with a slight smile and I resisted the urge to kiss those lips.
“Perfect. It’s settled. Duo and I will share the couch. You can have the bed Relena.” I told her in my no nonsense voice and then proceeded to get myself comfortable with Duo already lying on the love seat.
The only way the two of us could fit on that small thing was if Duo spooned me from behind and his arms around my waist were the only things keeping me from falling off.
“Comfy?” Duo whispered in my ear but it was loud enough for Relena to hear.
“Very.” I answered back in the same tone. Relena looked ready to murder something… or someone but in the end she could do nothing.
She looked close to tears but she gave up and crawled into bed.
I felt kind of bad for hurting her but she had to realise that I would never love her like that.
Regardless of how guilty I felt, Duo’s warm arms around me gave a deep, dreamless sleep.
“What’s going on?” I asked Trowa. His call had been sudden and unexpected and he had told me to go some place Relena won’t hear us.
“As of now Relena is under investigation.” Trowa told me and if I had been standing up I would have fallen over.
“What?”
“It’s not official. Official means paperwork, and paperwork means Relena will know about it. Wufei has been investigating the guards’ disappearance and has come across some strange information.”
“What are you saying?” He couldn’t possibly be saying what I think he is. I mean… come on! Relena? She won’t have her own guards kidnapped or killed. She’s not that insane! Not to mention she has no reason!
“Ever wonder why Relena’s guards kept disappearing but even when she had been completely vulnerable she was never attacked? That’s what struck Wufei during our briefing before Relena interrupted.”
“Oh…” So that is what he’s saying…
“Keep an eye on her. Your mission has changed. You’re not guarding Relena anymore; you’re keeping an eye on her.”
Duo’s so going to love this.
“Roger that.” I told him and Trowa hung up.
Relena… offing her own guards? I have no idea what to think of that.
I took the few moments of peace I got when Relena decided to take her beauty showers that lasted an hour and a half to just relax a bit.
I sighed and wiped the sweat off my brow. I had just finished my round of daily exercises. Duo had run off to grab some breakfast halfway through my routine and I haven’t seen him back.
I sank down to the plush carpet and relaxed there.
I smiled thinking of Duo. I can’t wait to finish this stupid mission and then spend some time alone with him again. I miss him, even though he’s with me…
I wonder what he’s doing?
I was just about to get up when Relena came in. She only had a towel on that barely covered her assets and I looked away immediately.
I kept my eyes trained on the wall across from me trying to ignore her until she got dressed but she came and sat down in front of me.
We kept staring at each other for a few minutes until I got tired of it and finally gave up.
“What do you want Relena?” I asked her but then realised that was the wrong thing to say because I saw her eyes darken in lust.
“You.” She said as she moved forward and quickly stole a kiss from me. I gaped at her audacity. I can’t believe that even after I had refused her countless times she thinks she can come kiss me and get me to fall in love with her?
Excuse me while I go wash my mouth out with acid.
“Stop! Relena!” I said sternly holding her at an arm’s length. Unbelievable! She actually kissed me! I rubbed my lips with the back of my hand non too discretely. All I wanted at this moment was the Relena taste out of my mouth and Duo to show up.
“Just let me… you’ll know you love me if you let me just…” She ran her hands over my chest and stomach. She crawled forward until she was almost lying on top of me.
My skin crawled everywhere she touched. I really, really wanted to rip her off of me but I was afraid I’d hurt her. So I grabbed her arms and pulled her away from me, just short of actually throwing her off of me.
“Look Relena. I’m tired of saying this again and again. This is the last time I’ll say it and listen carefully.” I said in a very strong and stern voice looking strictly into her eyes. “I don’t love you. No, I am not in denial because I’m in love with someone else. I feel very strongly about this person and I would appreciate it if you don’t throw yourself on me anymore.”
Hopefully now she’ll stop.
“Who is she?” Relena hissed. “Who is she? She can’t be better than me! I’m beautiful! I’m rich! I’m the queen!”
“You’re a spoiled brat too.” Duo’s rough voice came from the doorway and I winced. Oh crap, Duo’s said a ‘demeaning’ thing to Relena and now she’ll have him fired…
Relena smiled a victorious smile. “Care to say that again Agent Maxwell?”
Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Don’t say it.
“Gladly, Queen of the Bitches. You’re a spoiled brat. Heero’s one thing you can’t get and so you’re obsessed with him. Know what I think you should do? Get over it!” He spat at her.
“You broke our deal. You’ll be fired first thing tomorrow.” Relena said calmly, but her narrowed eyes betrayed her fury.
“I don’t fucking care!” Duo yelled and Relena shrank away from him, grabbing my arm and using me as a shield. “Get away from him!” He hissed as he stalked towards her.
“Relena let go of my arm.” I warned her. There was madness in Duo’s eyes and I was afraid for her.
“No! He’ll kill me!” She whimpered pathetically from behind me and I resisted the urge to throttle her. She brought this on herself. And for once I really did believe Relena… Duo will kill her.
“Duo, relax. Everything’s fine.” I said trying to calm him down and then turned to Relena, “He won’t kill you. Now let go of my arm.”
Instead of calming down Duo grabbed my arm and ripped me away from her. In response to my sudden movement Relena held onto my other arm tighter. I ended up being trapped in a strange tug of war between my boyfriend and my stalker…ish.
“Let go of me both of you!” I yelled but my voice got drowned in the screaming match going on between them.
“Let go of Heero you royal hag!” Duo shouted and Relena gaped at the insult.
“Why you…. Ugh! Let go of my Heero!” She huffed at him and his eyes flashed.
“He doesn’t want you, your whoriness!” Duo spat at her.
“I fail to see how that’s any of your concern!” She yelled back.
“My concern? My concern?! I’ll show you my concern!” He said as he cupped my cheek and smashed his mouth on mine. When I gasped at the sudden movement he slipped his tongue inside my mouth, making loud wet noises as he kissed me to further illustrate his point.
Relena abruptly let go of my arm with a cry as he held me tightly to himself and continued kissing me.
“Wha… what… you… him…?” Relena sputtered. When Duo ended the kiss I couldn’t keep the slight smile off my face. I loved his kisses no matter what situation they had been given to me in. I turned around in his arms so that my back was to his chest and decided to clear everything up for her.
“The person I said I was in love with was not a girl… it’s Duo.” I confirmed it for her hoping that at least now she won’t have a reason to believe anything otherwise.
“You’re lying! You can’t be gay!” She screamed and Duo’s arms around me tightened in response.
“Oh yes he is. Now leave him alone!” Duo hissed at her and she whimpered.
“Duo…” He didn’t need to be that vicious. “Don’t…”
“And he’s mine! I’ve had it with you throwing yourself all over him you fucking slut!” He continued and Relena looked closed to tears. I instantly felt bad for her and thoroughly annoyed at Duo. He didn’t need to be that cruel.
“Duo!” I tried to get his attention but he seemed intent on pouring his heart out now that the cat was out of the bag.
“You’ve really shown everyone how being from a good family or having top education can still spew out disgusting, out of control whores like you!”
“Duo!” I saw how Relena was crying now and my heart went out to her. I knew how it felt to have an unrequited love and had hoped to break it to her gently. Duo, on the contrary, was twisting her heart and then stepping on it for good measure.
“He’ll never be yours! He loves me not you!” I’d had it by now. I ripped his arms away from me and stepped back from him.
“You really like overdoing it don’t you?” I asked him viciously. “I’m sure she got the point, you don’t have to keep calling her names just because she likes me! Just stop!” I told him and he glared at me.
I turned to look at Relena and she quickly wiped tears off her face but she didn’t meet my eyes.
“I’m sorry Relena.” I told her sincerely. I felt horrible for the way things had gone about.
“You don’t have to apol-“ Duo started and I whirled around to glare at him.
“Shut. Up.” I hissed at him and his eyes narrowed. “In fact, you should be the one apologizing.”
“Come on Heero!” He whined. “I’ve been watching her put her hands all over you for the past two weeks, how do you think I feel?”
“It’s all about you isn’t it?” I hissed at him, “You’ve said enough. But instead of shutting up and just backing off you keep on coming! Is it really necessary to attack her like that?”
“I can’t believe you’re taking her side!” He said disbelievingly.
“Just… stop.” I told him tired of this whole fiasco.
I saw his eyes narrow at me. He didn’t say anything more and just turned and left.
“Relena I…” She glared at me too and then stormed out of the room.
Suddenly, I felt like the villain.
“Duo…” I tried to talk to him but he ignored me. “Duo please listen to me.” I tried again but he just stalked to the other side of the room and looked out the window.
Duo had gone and hidden in the study for the past few hours as I tried to get Relena to stop crying.
She did stop. And even better, she says she’ll back off.
And this time I believe her.
Now… now I have to get my lover to start talking to me.
I walked up to him and touched his arm lightly and when he didn’t pull away I grasped it firmly.
“Duo… listen… I don’t like you being angry at me…” I rubbed his arm.
“Are you apologizing to me too? Coz you seem to do that a lot.” He snapped at me, still glaring outside the window.
“I’m not apologizing. I still think your words were too harsh.” I said calmly refusing to take his bait.
“Then what are you doing here?”
“I don’t want you angry at me. Please… be fine again.” I hugged him from behind, placing a kiss between his shoulder blades.
“Heero… kiss me please.” At his quiet request I squeezed in between him and the window and kissed him gently, stroking his cheek with my thumb. He made no move to deepen the kiss and I was glad for that. I’m not sure I was capable of having a steamy make out session with him hours after breaking a girl’s heart.
A/N: Heh... that takes care of Relena... :D But this isn't her last appearance yet!
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Until next time,
Persephone