Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ No Reply ❯ No Reply ( Chapter 1 )
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By: TanithNight 
A misundering leads to an unanswered phone.
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 07.02.2012 | Pages: 5 | Words: 11.0K | Visits: 572 | Status: Completed
A misundering leads to an unanswered phone.
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 07.02.2012 | Pages: 5 | Words: 11.0K | Visits: 572 | Status: Completed
No Reply by Tanith Night
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing 5x2
Disclaimer:&nbs p;I own the world and everything in it,& nbsp;up to and including the boys from G undam
Wing. Why am I in a roo m with padded walls and oh what an interes ting jacket.
Warning: Yaoi, angst, foul language
Duo POV
“ Zechs get your ass moving.†We&n bsp;were being shot at as we moved through the course. I
was partnered with Zechs Merquise for an upcoming mission and this was our last day of
obstacle course training. Zechs& nbsp;did a dive tuck and roll maneuver t hat landed him at my
feet. He hoisted me up on his shoulders out of camera range to& nbsp;an air vent. Crawling
through I&nb sp;made my around and out another vent n ext to main door where Zechs was
wa iting outside. Seconds later I had the& nbsp;door open. In less than twenty min utes we had
the information required and the building would be destroyed if we&n bsp;set real explosives.
The lights&nb sp;came at a blinding rate as the virtua l program ended completely signifying the
mission a success. The operator of th e virtual training obstacle course came over& nbsp;to
congratulate us. “We&a circ;€™re done gentleman. That was your best time by far.â€
â&e uro;œThank you. The time would have&nb sp;been better if he moved his ass.â&eu ro;
“Not all of us can&nbs p;fit in a two foot space, Tiny Tim.&aci rc;€
“Funny, no really it& nbsp;was funny.†Sarcasm dripped from Duo mouth. Grabbing towels off the
bench we both began to wipe the sweat from&nbs p;our foreheads and the backs of our nec ks. A
day hard at work for Preventers. Entering the&nbs p;locker room he gathered our stuff to take nice
hot showers.
“So you have a date with Chang tonight right?†;
“Yep.†Zechs chuckled& nbsp;at my response. “What’s so& nbsp;funny over there?â€
â€&oelig ;The giddiness in your voice. If I ;didn’t know better I would thi nk this is to be your first
date.&a circ;€
“Yea well… ;†I really couldn’t think of a reto rt “…you’re& nbsp;just jealous.â€
The water shut off in&n bsp;the shower stall next to mine. &aci rc;€œYou’re right I am. & nbsp;I would give
anything to have what& nbsp;you two have with one another.â€&n bsp;
“Sorry man. I didn’t mean…â€
“Think nothing of it. I&n bsp;just want the luscious details.†I co uld just tell that he waggled his
eyebrows as&nbs p;he said that.
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â&eur o;œI not that kind of boy.†;
In between our playful banter my phone& nbsp;rang for a brief moment.
&ac irc;€œDuo, it’s lover boy.&aci rc;€
“Well seeing as I&nbs p;have shampoo dripping into my eyes at the moment would you be a friend
an d answer it. Tell him I will call him back.â€
“Already done.â& euro;
“Zechs, you can be a bastard sometimes, you know?â€
&a circ;€œWhat me?†He asked innocently.
“You sir cannot pul l the innocence thing off. You made&nbs p;me go through all of that spiel when&n bsp;
you already spoke to him.†“Yep, I have to take my ;entertainment where and when I can get it.â€
As I wrapped the towel around my waist I grabbed my cell from the blonde and
immediately called W ufei back.
“Hey you rang. I just got out of the shower and will be o ver in approximately twenty
minutes.â€& nbsp;
“Duo.â€
â€&oel ig;Yea?â€
“I have to ;cancel tonight. I ended up having to&n bsp;work late. I’m sorry.â&eu ro;
“Oh.†I could& nbsp;see Zechs leaning on the lockers and&nbs p;I’m pretty sure that my crestfallen
expression&nb sp;caused his smile to drop. â€&o elig;We haven’t seen each other ;all week. I was really
looking fo rward to tonight. I leave for my mission with Zechs in the morning.â€
“I ;know. I’m sorry. If I could spend the night with you I would,& nbsp;but I have to stay. Iâ€&trad e;ll
come by after, okay?â€
& acirc;€œYea sure, whatever. Bye.â&eur o; I closed the phone shut. Zechs walked ove r to me and gave
me hug.
&acir c;€œI’m positive he would rather be with you tha n wherever he will be.â€
â&e uro;œHere, he has to stay to do some work. I really wanted t o see him before tomorrow. It will
be our ri skiest mission.â€
“All the more& nbsp;reason to get done, unharmed, and back&n bsp;here as quickly and safest as
possible.â€
“Thanks&nb sp;Blonde.â€
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†œNo problem Twerp.â€
Arriving home from work I flopped down onto my brown leather couch weary from the day’s
grueling training. &n bsp;Merquise and I have mission that we will be leaving for tomorrow, report
cal l is 730 hours. Five days of training going over the mock up of the warehouse again and&n bsp;
again. We have to be in perfec t sync. We have been training as if our lives depend on it.
Okay so&nb sp;our lives do depend on it. We h ave been so busy and focused that I ;have not even
seen my boyfriend this&nb sp;entire week. Knowing that we would h ave an early day, well early
compared&nb sp;to the past week, Wufei and I planned to go out ;to dinner and possibly a movie
where we could sit in the bac k while I fell asleep in his arms. I sulked for about five more
minutes on&nb sp;the couch, turning my head I read the red glowing&n bsp;numbers on the digital clock.
â&eur o;œUgh, I cannot believe it’s& nbsp;after eight already.†I stumbled through my dark apartment to
my bedroom and stripped. I was going to go out tonight no matter&nb sp;what. I threw on the
outfit tha t I was going to wear tonight, tight&nbs p;denim jeans, a long sleeve violet turtleneck,
black studded& nbsp;belt, my black boots and my gold cr oss. I re-braided my hair. I walk ed over
to my full length mirror an d made sure everything was in order. &nb sp;“Wufei’s favorite outfit or
at least his favorite to peel off my body.â&euro ; I sighed and walked to the front door grabbing
my keys I left only turning around to lock& nbsp;the door.
I stopped at this mom and pop diner that Wufei and I frequente d for dinner. Pushing the
door ope n a bell at the top chimed at my entrance. An older gentleman, Ray mond, popped
his head out of the ki tchen. “Hello there, son. &nbs p;Don’t stand in the doorway. & nbsp;Hun, Duo and
his boyfriend are here . Get their table ready.†Maybe frequented isn’t the right word. I
think in the&nbs p;years I have been coming here the coup le adopted me.
“Actually, it&ac irc;€™s just me tonight.†That caused him to physically stop all movement and a lo ok
of pity and sadness crossed his face. Just then his wife, Patty, walked in the dini ng area.
Her face was obviously cr estfallen. She soon realized it and sch ooled her features.
“Wel l, everyone is entitled to eat alone eve ry once in awhile. So, where is th at beau of
yours?â€
â€& oelig;He had to work late.â€
&acir c;€œWell that does happen with you ;both being very important people.†&n bsp;They knew we worked
for Preventers.
â€&oelig ;It’s just we haven’t seen one another in& nbsp;a week. I was really looking forwa rd to tonight
because I will be out of town for a while.â& euro;
“Dear things do happen.&n bsp; I’m pretty sure that he&nb sp;will make it up to you when you return.â€
“Yea you are&nb sp;probably right. I just wanted to be with him tonight.â€
While I spoke with Patt y, Raymond went back into the kitchen an d cooked up my favorite.
â€& oelig;Here you go One Duo Special! Eat& nbsp;Up!â€
“Thanks, how do you always know what I want when ;I come here.â€
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“Maybe it’s because yo u only ever order the one thing.â€
I took the first bite, chew ed and swallowed. They both waited for& nbsp;me to speak. “I guess
that’s a plausible reason. Oh and it is deliciou s as usual.†I slowly ate m y dinner gossiping
with Patty. I was in there for an hour eating. & acirc;€œHey Patty, can I get my check?â€
“Itâ ;€™s on the house, dear. Just&nbs p;come back and see us soon. We have too much to talk about
when you are gone so& nbsp;long.â€
I stood up, stretching&nbs p;and waiting for the exact moment when Patty turned away enough
talking to anot her customer. I slipped a twenty from pocket and placed in on the table. ;
Leaving I promised my return. As I walked by the diner window where I sat Patty was
shaking her h ead at me disapprovingly, obviously she found the twenty dollar bill. They
donâ&eu ro;™t have enough business to be giving meals on the house and I donâ&eur o;™t want them to have
to close. I would probably starve to death, especially with my coo king skills.
I began to just walk to the shopping district. The shop ping district has anything and
everything a person cou ld possibly want or need. I usually&nbs p;do my grocery shopping here
and the&nb sp;rare times I actually go clothing shopping . They also have one of the larges t
entertainment stores, four stories of music, movies and books. I stop at ;the entertainment
shop contemplating whether to go in or not. & nbsp;I really don’t need any mo re music. Wufei
says I have too&nb sp;much as it is and I will probably&nbs p;never get to listen to it all in this life time.
I told him that it was good thing I owned it t hen that way in my next life I will already have
it and wil l be able to listen to it all. &nbs p;He just smirked and started up one of those very CDs
he was teasing me about. ;We just laid on the couch letting the sensual music pour over us < br> that night. “Oh, what the& nbsp;hell?†I walked in taking a n immediate left. The back of the
store was separated by a glass partition. Opening the door I felt the calming difference
between the back and front of the store. The f ront consisted of everything modern and
loud. The top 40 music was pumped through huge speakers that were suspen ded from the
ceiling. Behind the glass it w as quite with soft jazz and opera ensconced the shoppers like&nb sp;a
favorite blanket would during a thu nderstorm. As I walked I allowed my fingers to scroll the
cases&n bsp;of various operas. Instinctually I stopp ed, gazing where my finger fell I picked up the
CD. I should have known that I would stop on&n bsp;this CD, Bizet: Carmen with Grace Bumbry& nbsp;
as Carmen. In my humble opinion,&n bsp;the best Carmen ever. I walked over to the listening
station and scanned the barcode. The CD list popped up on the screen and I selected&n bsp;track
number five Act 1. Quand je vous aimerai?...L'amour est un&nb sp;oiseau rebelled. Grace
Bumbryâ€&tra de;s voice flowed through my body. Rela xing, I closed my eyes and tilted my&nbs p;head
back as I listened and was s oothed. I have wanted this CD for a while now, but for some
reaso n I have never bought it. After listening t o a select few of the tracks, I stood and put
the& nbsp;CD back. “Maybe another d ay.†I continued to scan the&nbs p;shelves stopping again at other
title. “Chant. Gregorian Chant and The Benedictine Monks&nb sp;of Santo Domingo de Silos.†< br> Curiosity got the best of me and I slowly walked over to the listening station&n bsp;again. I
enjoyed it and Wufei probably would like it as well. â €œHmm, we can listen to it night&n bsp;when he
comes over.†I proceed to the check-out counter, but stop&nb sp;just short.
“Sir are you ready ?â€
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“Uh ?†I turned my head once again to Carmen. &nb sp;Soon my feet followed. I had to ;have it.
“Sorry, now I&a circ;€™m ready.†I placed the two CDs on the counter. As the cashier rang up my
purchases I got out my wallet and paid for them. I left the store to continue my trek down
the shopping district.
Much to my disappointment I ran into the rear end of donkey. “Hey Duo! You are looking
good.â€
“Do not look, touch, drool, f antasize, or anything else your deranged mind can conjure.â€
“Now ;where is the fun in that?â€
“Look I am not interested in you nor will I ever&nb sp;be interested and need I remind you t hat I
have a boyfriend.†&n bsp;
He walked around me dragging his fil thy hands across my stomach and leaned down to
whisper in my ea r “oh really.†His ;finger extends past me pointing in the distance to a car&nbs p;
with a guy pressing someone else again st the driver’s door and devouring ;them. I looked
and paused. I knew that guy. He had shoulder length black& nbsp;hair tied back into a low pony
tail. He had a black jacket&n bsp;and slacks. I would know that body anywhere.
A horse sound came from the deepest part of my soul calling the manâ€& trade;s name. “Fei.†&n bsp;He
turned and graced me with an ;astonished look. He instinctually moved to& nbsp;cover the other
individual, but I h ad already seen enough. He was petite, I would say even smaller than
me, he had blonde ;hair and I suspect blue eyes. My grip tightened on my bag of CDs and ;I
did the only thing I could. &nbs p;I ran and hid.
Darting down&nbs p;an alleyway I stopped my hand clawing at the brick wall for purchase. Bent
over I struggled for each and every breath. I& nbsp;was hyperventilating. I just saw my boyfriend
kissing another guy after h e canceled our date. My body flushed&nb sp;with an intense heat
concentrating along&n bsp;my spine. My stomach clinched and rippled reintroducing me to my&n bsp;
dinner. I threw up until my body shuddered with every dr y heave. Nothing came out
anymore, ;no food, no bile, no stomach acid, nothing. I stood wavering a bit&n bsp;before I
regained my balance. Slowl y and ever so carefully I removed my&nbs p;right hand from the wall
and wiped&nbs p;my mouth on the only thing available t o me at the time, my shirtâ€&trade ;s sleeve.
I looked around gaining my&nb sp;bearings and began the long trek home.&nbs p; I stepped from
shadow to shadow of the alleys and back passage s. I had no desire seeing Wufei ag ain,
though I doubt he would still be loitering with his toy. Twenty five& nbsp;minutes longer through
the scum of the city I arrived home. A part of me was expecting Wufei to be&nbs p;there sitting
on the steps to my door offering up some form of an apology or excuse for what I saw. He
was not there. The majority of me was filled&nb sp;with an over whelming sense of relief.&nbs p; I took
my key from my back pocket and put it into the key hole slowly turning the lock. I&nbs p;twisted
the knob and entered my dark,& nbsp;silent, and far too large apartment. &nb sp;Padding over to the
stereo I took&nbs p;a few minutes to open my new CD Carmen and placed it into the disc playe r
pushing play I moseyed over to the couch and let the music over whelm me as I cried my
heart out.
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At some point in the night I mu st have fallen asleep because I woke up& nbsp;with my face
planted in a wet spot created by my tears around two in&n bsp;the morning. Changing I headed
to&n bsp;bed for a few more hours of sleep. I had a mission in a few hours and for Zechs and my
sake I had to be at the top of my game. I pushed all thoughts of Wufei far from my mind.
For I can run and hide even from myself and my problems.
My alarm sounded at 6:30 as tempted as I was to shoot i t I thought better of it and got ready. Mission clothes adorn I left my apartment. Upon my exist I spied a note taped just
above the lock obviously the sender wanted to mak e sure it wasn’t missed. With more force
than necessary& nbsp;I ripped away throwing it in the rubbish bin by the stairs. Hastily I locked&nbs p;
the door ready to begin my mission.
~*~*~
“Good morning&nb sp;Duo.†Zechs bid me good morni ng and I returned it in full. &aci rc;€œWhat’s wrong?â€
“Nothing.â€
“I know you all to well to know it’s nothing.â€
â€& oelig;Well then let put it this way. &nb sp;It is nothing that will interfere with&nbs p;the mission. I am mission
focused&nbs p;are you?â€
“You know&nb sp;I am. I am more worried about you, b ut if you say you are ready than I& nbsp;will
trust that. Mark my words Duo when we ge t back we will talk.†At my assurance he
released my arm and w e boarded he shuttle that would be takin g us to our destination.
Four hours af ter our departure we landed in the shado ws of a remote satellite. Neither one&n bsp;
of us spoke during those long hours& nbsp;as we checked and rechecked our packs.&n bsp; No
distraction, we needed no distra ctions. Creeping along the thin shadows ;we slowly made
our way to the ware house and offices located on the satellite.&n bsp; This is where a major arms
dea ler was to be located along with the&nbs p;vast majority of his supplies. We had to&nbs p;dismantle
his operations quickly because ou r resources revealed that he will be shi pping everything off
to his buyers in&nb sp;the next couple of days and leaving t he satellite permanently. This place
wo uld then become a dead site. We had to act fast and we did. One by one we gathered
the information from the computer and set the explosives to b low simultaneously in forty
minutes leaving ashes in their wake.
Preparing to enter the first of the warehouses we here hera ld by a barrage of bullets. We
returned fire&nb sp;as best as we could, but neither of&n bsp;us left that damn satellite unscathed. I
must say that we faired far better than our villa iny compatriots. Not one of them lived. The
arms were secured for pick&nb sp;up by Howard and the sweepers to disp ose of via contract with
Preventers. Our trip home consiste d of slapdash patch ups and a conversation I did not
wa nt to have. If facial expression are&nb sp;anything to judge I would confidently say Zechs was
not happ y, but promised to stay out of it.
~*~*~
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Landing we heade d to Une’s office to clear ;everything with her and then immediately sen t to
Doc Po. “I real ly wish you all would not attempt to patch yourselves up.â€
“Sorry I didn’t realize you wanted us&n bsp;to bleed to death on a four hour&nbs p;shuttle ride.†I can be
a bit sarcastic at times.
“Do&nbs p;not give me that attitude. I simply&n bsp;meant that all you need to do is&nbs p;the bare minimum,
nothing more. When& nbsp;you guys come in like this I have&n bsp;to spend twice as long fixing you up
and as much as I love your scathing tongue and charm I would prefer that you did not have
to see me at all. Looking at the two of you should I even ask ho w your enemies faired?â€
Zechs fie lded that one. “Dead. Th ey are all dead.â€
“ Well good. That’s what they&nb sp;get for shooting at two of my favorit e guys. Now go home and
shower or shower and go home.â€
We rose to our feet& nbsp;and walked out the examine room and into the lobby. Wufei at that
very moment came barreling through the door. “Duo. Are you& acirc;€¦â€ He reached for my arm
and pushed past him holding back the tears, anguish, and rage. He never got to finish his
question or at the very least I never heard it uttered.
~*~*~
I&nb sp;stumbled through my front door as drunk&nb sp;as a skunk. My seeing Wufei tonight& nbsp;in Sally’s
office was the last straw, someone pulled out the stopper on ;my emotions. Since I had no
desir e to feel anything tonight I stopped at the bar that was less than a block south of my
apartment complex. I k new that I was going to get wasted and wouldn’t be able to drive.
It was hard to concentrate putting one foot in front of the other. Eventually& nbsp;I made it to the
couch and unceremoniously dropped face first. As&n bsp;I laid there image after image of Wu fei
kissing the other guy assaulted me.& nbsp; I slowly got my arms under my prone body&n bsp;and pushed
upward. Swaying back and forth once I made it to my feet&nb sp;I held out my arms in the vain
hope&n bsp;to get the room to stop spinning. It didn’t,&n bsp;but I persevered any way. Left foot
shuffle, right foot shuffle, left f oot shuffle, right foot shuffle after twenty& nbsp;shuffles I stepped
into the kitchen, flicking the s witch I flooded it with light then immed iately turned it off.
Light is bad , very bad. Again I shuffled about ;three cabinets down and open the upper
cabinet and there in all of its glo ry of standing directly in the middle of the shelf was a bottle
of whiskey, my bottle of w hiskey. It stood as if expecting that&n bsp;I would need it now, tonight
and&nbs p;did I.
It may shock you th at it probably took me an hour to d own the entire bottle that was shy
about only two shots worth and within th at hour Wufei called my cell. When I did not
answer he tried&nbs p;my house phone. I just let it ring over and over. Eventually&n bsp;my answering
machine picked up and I heard& nbsp;his voice as it filled my apartment.&nbs p;
“Duo pick up the phone. I know you’re there. Please, love ans wer the phone let me explain
what y ou saw. Please…give me a ;call. I love you.†My hea rt was broken and all I wanted
to do is&nb sp;pick up that phone and let him give me perfectly logical excuse that would&n bsp;make me
forgive him. I stayed right where I was lying o n the couch numb. My entire body was
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numb. Tears hung in my eyes,&n bsp;but never fell. Somehow I managed t o stumble to my room
and pass out.& nbsp;
The shrill of my phone woke me up around mid afternoon if the amount of light coming into
my apartment was any indication. Groggily I&nbs p;fumbled around in my pocket and answered&nb sp;
the cursed contraption. “Hu h.†Was all that came out a s I lay back down with the phone resting on my ear.
“Duo?&aci rc;€
“What do you want&nbs p;Zechs?â€
“I have been&n bsp;calling for hours. I wanted to make sure you are okay after seeing Wufei&nb sp;
yesterday.â€
“Aside fr om the massive hangover I’m just peachy.â€
“Hangover?â€&n bsp;
“Yea I got wasted last night and passed out. Zechs, I really&n bsp;do not want to talk to you right
now or anyone for that matter.†I closed my phone, effectively ending the conve rsation.
Glancing at the closed screen showed me that Zechs h ad in fact called a total of four times
where as Wufei called seven. Those were seven missed calls I was not returning. ;I briefly
considered going to work unti l I stood up. Dashing to the bathr oom I threw up, vomited
which ever you prefer. All I know is my dinner from last night decided on an encore
performance w ith stomach acid accompanying it. After my stomach content finished its
bows I slunk into the shower and took a long hot one.
The next few days passed pretty much the same way minus my stomach putting on a
concert. No r epeat performances for me. I just could not manage to get out of bed or off
the couch long enough to get ready to go into ;work. Zechs called in sick for me everyday I
di d not show at least that is what his text messages read. I’m pretty sure he filled Une in
on the situation with the cheating bastard. & nbsp;
On the fourth day something different&nb sp;happened. Different from the text messages, missed
calls on my cell and&nb sp;voice mails on my answering machine. ;That day there was a knock on
my door. I was back on the couch staring at the ceiling when it occurred. I grumble d and
made no movement to the answe r it. I could hear slight scuffling&nbs p;outside and still did not
move.
& acirc;€œDuo, are you home? Itâ&e uro;™s me Zechs. I want to make sure you are okay and that you are
alive. Duo, damn it,& nbsp;will you answer the door. Do not&n bsp;make me break it down.â€
&acir c;€œI coming, I coming you damn ba rbarian.†I flipped the locks an d turned the knob flinging
the door ;open as I practically shouted. â&euro ;œWhat the hell do you want?â€&nb sp; My initial anger faded
slightly when I saw that someone else was standing slightly behin d Zechs. I immediately
extended his&nbs p;arm, grabbing a hold of the door and&n bsp;swung it shut.
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Expectin g this as a possible reaction Zechs quickly stepped forward to block the door&nbs p;from
closing. He knew that if Du o was able to close the door completely& nbsp;neither one would be
able to ever&n bsp;cross the threshold. Zechs put all his strength into keeping that d oor open.
Duo might be smaller tha n him, but he strong especially when feeding off&nbs p;of his own anger.
I recognized a losing battle when I saw one. I ha stily retreated to the far side of the&n bsp;room.
Zechs calmly pushed the door& nbsp;completely open and stepped inside followed&n bsp;by Wufei. “Get
out of my apartment! Now!â€
â&eur o;œDuo I just want to talk.â€&nbs p;
“I don’t care w hat you want, you god damn cheating bast ard.â€
“Now Duo, hear&nbs p;him out.â€
“Shut up you fucking traitor.â€
“I wou ld never cheat on you.†Duo during all of this was looking, feeling for anything that could be&n bsp;used as some form of a
weapon. The moment his hand touched something h e threw it at Wufei’s head. “I know
what I fucking saw. You were& nbsp;making out at your car in the shopping district. I&nb sp;also have
witnesses.†Another ;object went flying as Wufei calmly dodge it as& nbsp;he did the first. “You
canceled our date to go out with someo ne else. I guess three years together&n bsp;means jack
shit to you. Who, t he fuck, is the blonde twerp, Chang?â&e uro;
“My mission!â&euro ; The use of his last name was the straw that broke the camel’s back. &n bsp;Tears
welled up in Wufei’s& nbsp;eyes and his anger, hurt, and guilt ;flooded him.
“It’s&nb sp;true Duo. I verified it with Une.&nb sp; She called Wufei up to her office&nb sp;shortly before calling
you and gave h im the mission to play boyfriend to a dignitary named Collins.â&eur o; As Zechs
spoke Wufei inched clo ser to Duo until he was only four f eet from him.
I immediately turned on Wufei and&n bsp;noticed he only stood a few feet fro m me. Vigorously I
shook my head no. It couldn’t be true I know what I saw. “If that ’s true why didn’t&nbs p;you tell
me beforehand? I would have understood.â€
â€&oelig ;I wanted to tell you. Une forbid me to say anything to anyone. I ev en tried to decline the
mission. H ell, she even threatened me to some exte nt. I love you more than anything. I
wou ld never intentionally hurt you.â€
As my anger deflated so did my strength. &n bsp;My knees collapsed, but I never actually& nbsp;hit the
ground. Wufei gently lower ed us to the floor and I just sobbed in his arms feeling hurt,
anger, confusion, and most importantly love. That’s what made seeing Wufei kiss some
other guy&nb sp;so horrible because I love him with all my heart.
~*~*~
The next day Commander Anne Une walked in to her& nbsp;office at her usual time of 700 hours.
Setting her coffee cup down ;she spied two sheets of paper perfectly ;centered on her
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immaculate mahogany desk. Picking both up she&nbs p;read the header of each aloud. â ;€œThis
letter signifies the resignatio n of Duo Maxwell. This letter signifies the resignation of Chang
Wufei.â€
~*~*~
Wufei never told me what&nbs p;she threatened him with and the larger part of me really&nb sp;doesn’t
want to know. The part of me, as Wufei would say, ;is as curious as a five year old i s dying
to know. &nb sp;
A/N: This fic is inspired by the song b y Yoko Kanno called No Reply. I ha ve wanted to do a
WufeixDuo fic for ever, but never could get a cohesive eno ugh idea until now. I have been
toying with the idea of doing a version of this story from&nb sp;Wufei’s POV. Let me know&nb sp;what
you think. I love reviews! I am still working on my other two WIPs, The Beginning of the
End and Meine Besessenheit. This idea would not leave me only and Kaleidascope
constantly&nbs p;bugging me about didn’t help either. Beside it practically wrote itself.& nbsp; I like it
when fics do that. I hoped you enjoyed the fic. Until next&n bsp;time.
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Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing 5x2
Disclaimer:&nbs p;I own the world and everything in it,& nbsp;up to and including the boys from G undam
Wing. Why am I in a roo m with padded walls and oh what an interes ting jacket.
Warning: Yaoi, angst, foul language
Duo POV
“ Zechs get your ass moving.†We&n bsp;were being shot at as we moved through the course. I
was partnered with Zechs Merquise for an upcoming mission and this was our last day of
obstacle course training. Zechs& nbsp;did a dive tuck and roll maneuver t hat landed him at my
feet. He hoisted me up on his shoulders out of camera range to& nbsp;an air vent. Crawling
through I&nb sp;made my around and out another vent n ext to main door where Zechs was
wa iting outside. Seconds later I had the& nbsp;door open. In less than twenty min utes we had
the information required and the building would be destroyed if we&n bsp;set real explosives.
The lights&nb sp;came at a blinding rate as the virtua l program ended completely signifying the
mission a success. The operator of th e virtual training obstacle course came over& nbsp;to
congratulate us. “We&a circ;€™re done gentleman. That was your best time by far.â€
â&e uro;œThank you. The time would have&nb sp;been better if he moved his ass.â&eu ro;
“Not all of us can&nbs p;fit in a two foot space, Tiny Tim.&aci rc;€
“Funny, no really it& nbsp;was funny.†Sarcasm dripped from Duo mouth. Grabbing towels off the
bench we both began to wipe the sweat from&nbs p;our foreheads and the backs of our nec ks. A
day hard at work for Preventers. Entering the&nbs p;locker room he gathered our stuff to take nice
hot showers.
“So you have a date with Chang tonight right?†;
“Yep.†Zechs chuckled& nbsp;at my response. “What’s so& nbsp;funny over there?â€
â€&oelig ;The giddiness in your voice. If I ;didn’t know better I would thi nk this is to be your first
date.&a circ;€
“Yea well… ;†I really couldn’t think of a reto rt “…you’re& nbsp;just jealous.â€
The water shut off in&n bsp;the shower stall next to mine. &aci rc;€œYou’re right I am. & nbsp;I would give
anything to have what& nbsp;you two have with one another.â€&n bsp;
“Sorry man. I didn’t mean…â€
“Think nothing of it. I&n bsp;just want the luscious details.†I co uld just tell that he waggled his
eyebrows as&nbs p;he said that.
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â&eur o;œI not that kind of boy.†;
In between our playful banter my phone& nbsp;rang for a brief moment.
&ac irc;€œDuo, it’s lover boy.&aci rc;€
“Well seeing as I&nbs p;have shampoo dripping into my eyes at the moment would you be a friend
an d answer it. Tell him I will call him back.â€
“Already done.â& euro;
“Zechs, you can be a bastard sometimes, you know?â€
&a circ;€œWhat me?†He asked innocently.
“You sir cannot pul l the innocence thing off. You made&nbs p;me go through all of that spiel when&n bsp;
you already spoke to him.†“Yep, I have to take my ;entertainment where and when I can get it.â€
As I wrapped the towel around my waist I grabbed my cell from the blonde and
immediately called W ufei back.
“Hey you rang. I just got out of the shower and will be o ver in approximately twenty
minutes.â€& nbsp;
“Duo.â€
â€&oel ig;Yea?â€
“I have to ;cancel tonight. I ended up having to&n bsp;work late. I’m sorry.â&eu ro;
“Oh.†I could& nbsp;see Zechs leaning on the lockers and&nbs p;I’m pretty sure that my crestfallen
expression&nb sp;caused his smile to drop. â€&o elig;We haven’t seen each other ;all week. I was really
looking fo rward to tonight. I leave for my mission with Zechs in the morning.â€
“I ;know. I’m sorry. If I could spend the night with you I would,& nbsp;but I have to stay. Iâ€&trad e;ll
come by after, okay?â€
& acirc;€œYea sure, whatever. Bye.â&eur o; I closed the phone shut. Zechs walked ove r to me and gave
me hug.
&acir c;€œI’m positive he would rather be with you tha n wherever he will be.â€
â&e uro;œHere, he has to stay to do some work. I really wanted t o see him before tomorrow. It will
be our ri skiest mission.â€
“All the more& nbsp;reason to get done, unharmed, and back&n bsp;here as quickly and safest as
possible.â€
“Thanks&nb sp;Blonde.â€
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†œNo problem Twerp.â€
Arriving home from work I flopped down onto my brown leather couch weary from the day’s
grueling training. &n bsp;Merquise and I have mission that we will be leaving for tomorrow, report
cal l is 730 hours. Five days of training going over the mock up of the warehouse again and&n bsp;
again. We have to be in perfec t sync. We have been training as if our lives depend on it.
Okay so&nb sp;our lives do depend on it. We h ave been so busy and focused that I ;have not even
seen my boyfriend this&nb sp;entire week. Knowing that we would h ave an early day, well early
compared&nb sp;to the past week, Wufei and I planned to go out ;to dinner and possibly a movie
where we could sit in the bac k while I fell asleep in his arms. I sulked for about five more
minutes on&nb sp;the couch, turning my head I read the red glowing&n bsp;numbers on the digital clock.
â&eur o;œUgh, I cannot believe it’s& nbsp;after eight already.†I stumbled through my dark apartment to
my bedroom and stripped. I was going to go out tonight no matter&nb sp;what. I threw on the
outfit tha t I was going to wear tonight, tight&nbs p;denim jeans, a long sleeve violet turtleneck,
black studded& nbsp;belt, my black boots and my gold cr oss. I re-braided my hair. I walk ed over
to my full length mirror an d made sure everything was in order. &nb sp;“Wufei’s favorite outfit or
at least his favorite to peel off my body.â&euro ; I sighed and walked to the front door grabbing
my keys I left only turning around to lock& nbsp;the door.
I stopped at this mom and pop diner that Wufei and I frequente d for dinner. Pushing the
door ope n a bell at the top chimed at my entrance. An older gentleman, Ray mond, popped
his head out of the ki tchen. “Hello there, son. &nbs p;Don’t stand in the doorway. & nbsp;Hun, Duo and
his boyfriend are here . Get their table ready.†Maybe frequented isn’t the right word. I
think in the&nbs p;years I have been coming here the coup le adopted me.
“Actually, it&ac irc;€™s just me tonight.†That caused him to physically stop all movement and a lo ok
of pity and sadness crossed his face. Just then his wife, Patty, walked in the dini ng area.
Her face was obviously cr estfallen. She soon realized it and sch ooled her features.
“Wel l, everyone is entitled to eat alone eve ry once in awhile. So, where is th at beau of
yours?â€
â€& oelig;He had to work late.â€
&acir c;€œWell that does happen with you ;both being very important people.†&n bsp;They knew we worked
for Preventers.
â€&oelig ;It’s just we haven’t seen one another in& nbsp;a week. I was really looking forwa rd to tonight
because I will be out of town for a while.â& euro;
“Dear things do happen.&n bsp; I’m pretty sure that he&nb sp;will make it up to you when you return.â€
“Yea you are&nb sp;probably right. I just wanted to be with him tonight.â€
While I spoke with Patt y, Raymond went back into the kitchen an d cooked up my favorite.
â€& oelig;Here you go One Duo Special! Eat& nbsp;Up!â€
“Thanks, how do you always know what I want when ;I come here.â€
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“Maybe it’s because yo u only ever order the one thing.â€
I took the first bite, chew ed and swallowed. They both waited for& nbsp;me to speak. “I guess
that’s a plausible reason. Oh and it is deliciou s as usual.†I slowly ate m y dinner gossiping
with Patty. I was in there for an hour eating. & acirc;€œHey Patty, can I get my check?â€
“Itâ ;€™s on the house, dear. Just&nbs p;come back and see us soon. We have too much to talk about
when you are gone so& nbsp;long.â€
I stood up, stretching&nbs p;and waiting for the exact moment when Patty turned away enough
talking to anot her customer. I slipped a twenty from pocket and placed in on the table. ;
Leaving I promised my return. As I walked by the diner window where I sat Patty was
shaking her h ead at me disapprovingly, obviously she found the twenty dollar bill. They
donâ&eu ro;™t have enough business to be giving meals on the house and I donâ&eur o;™t want them to have
to close. I would probably starve to death, especially with my coo king skills.
I began to just walk to the shopping district. The shop ping district has anything and
everything a person cou ld possibly want or need. I usually&nbs p;do my grocery shopping here
and the&nb sp;rare times I actually go clothing shopping . They also have one of the larges t
entertainment stores, four stories of music, movies and books. I stop at ;the entertainment
shop contemplating whether to go in or not. & nbsp;I really don’t need any mo re music. Wufei
says I have too&nb sp;much as it is and I will probably&nbs p;never get to listen to it all in this life time.
I told him that it was good thing I owned it t hen that way in my next life I will already have
it and wil l be able to listen to it all. &nbs p;He just smirked and started up one of those very CDs
he was teasing me about. ;We just laid on the couch letting the sensual music pour over us < br> that night. “Oh, what the& nbsp;hell?†I walked in taking a n immediate left. The back of the
store was separated by a glass partition. Opening the door I felt the calming difference
between the back and front of the store. The f ront consisted of everything modern and
loud. The top 40 music was pumped through huge speakers that were suspen ded from the
ceiling. Behind the glass it w as quite with soft jazz and opera ensconced the shoppers like&nb sp;a
favorite blanket would during a thu nderstorm. As I walked I allowed my fingers to scroll the
cases&n bsp;of various operas. Instinctually I stopp ed, gazing where my finger fell I picked up the
CD. I should have known that I would stop on&n bsp;this CD, Bizet: Carmen with Grace Bumbry& nbsp;
as Carmen. In my humble opinion,&n bsp;the best Carmen ever. I walked over to the listening
station and scanned the barcode. The CD list popped up on the screen and I selected&n bsp;track
number five Act 1. Quand je vous aimerai?...L'amour est un&nb sp;oiseau rebelled. Grace
Bumbryâ€&tra de;s voice flowed through my body. Rela xing, I closed my eyes and tilted my&nbs p;head
back as I listened and was s oothed. I have wanted this CD for a while now, but for some
reaso n I have never bought it. After listening t o a select few of the tracks, I stood and put
the& nbsp;CD back. “Maybe another d ay.†I continued to scan the&nbs p;shelves stopping again at other
title. “Chant. Gregorian Chant and The Benedictine Monks&nb sp;of Santo Domingo de Silos.†< br> Curiosity got the best of me and I slowly walked over to the listening station&n bsp;again. I
enjoyed it and Wufei probably would like it as well. â €œHmm, we can listen to it night&n bsp;when he
comes over.†I proceed to the check-out counter, but stop&nb sp;just short.
“Sir are you ready ?â€
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“Uh ?†I turned my head once again to Carmen. &nb sp;Soon my feet followed. I had to ;have it.
“Sorry, now I&a circ;€™m ready.†I placed the two CDs on the counter. As the cashier rang up my
purchases I got out my wallet and paid for them. I left the store to continue my trek down
the shopping district.
Much to my disappointment I ran into the rear end of donkey. “Hey Duo! You are looking
good.â€
“Do not look, touch, drool, f antasize, or anything else your deranged mind can conjure.â€
“Now ;where is the fun in that?â€
“Look I am not interested in you nor will I ever&nb sp;be interested and need I remind you t hat I
have a boyfriend.†&n bsp;
He walked around me dragging his fil thy hands across my stomach and leaned down to
whisper in my ea r “oh really.†His ;finger extends past me pointing in the distance to a car&nbs p;
with a guy pressing someone else again st the driver’s door and devouring ;them. I looked
and paused. I knew that guy. He had shoulder length black& nbsp;hair tied back into a low pony
tail. He had a black jacket&n bsp;and slacks. I would know that body anywhere.
A horse sound came from the deepest part of my soul calling the manâ€& trade;s name. “Fei.†&n bsp;He
turned and graced me with an ;astonished look. He instinctually moved to& nbsp;cover the other
individual, but I h ad already seen enough. He was petite, I would say even smaller than
me, he had blonde ;hair and I suspect blue eyes. My grip tightened on my bag of CDs and ;I
did the only thing I could. &nbs p;I ran and hid.
Darting down&nbs p;an alleyway I stopped my hand clawing at the brick wall for purchase. Bent
over I struggled for each and every breath. I& nbsp;was hyperventilating. I just saw my boyfriend
kissing another guy after h e canceled our date. My body flushed&nb sp;with an intense heat
concentrating along&n bsp;my spine. My stomach clinched and rippled reintroducing me to my&n bsp;
dinner. I threw up until my body shuddered with every dr y heave. Nothing came out
anymore, ;no food, no bile, no stomach acid, nothing. I stood wavering a bit&n bsp;before I
regained my balance. Slowl y and ever so carefully I removed my&nbs p;right hand from the wall
and wiped&nbs p;my mouth on the only thing available t o me at the time, my shirtâ€&trade ;s sleeve.
I looked around gaining my&nb sp;bearings and began the long trek home.&nbs p; I stepped from
shadow to shadow of the alleys and back passage s. I had no desire seeing Wufei ag ain,
though I doubt he would still be loitering with his toy. Twenty five& nbsp;minutes longer through
the scum of the city I arrived home. A part of me was expecting Wufei to be&nbs p;there sitting
on the steps to my door offering up some form of an apology or excuse for what I saw. He
was not there. The majority of me was filled&nb sp;with an over whelming sense of relief.&nbs p; I took
my key from my back pocket and put it into the key hole slowly turning the lock. I&nbs p;twisted
the knob and entered my dark,& nbsp;silent, and far too large apartment. &nb sp;Padding over to the
stereo I took&nbs p;a few minutes to open my new CD Carmen and placed it into the disc playe r
pushing play I moseyed over to the couch and let the music over whelm me as I cried my
heart out.
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< br>
At some point in the night I mu st have fallen asleep because I woke up& nbsp;with my face
planted in a wet spot created by my tears around two in&n bsp;the morning. Changing I headed
to&n bsp;bed for a few more hours of sleep. I had a mission in a few hours and for Zechs and my
sake I had to be at the top of my game. I pushed all thoughts of Wufei far from my mind.
For I can run and hide even from myself and my problems.
My alarm sounded at 6:30 as tempted as I was to shoot i t I thought better of it and got ready. Mission clothes adorn I left my apartment. Upon my exist I spied a note taped just
above the lock obviously the sender wanted to mak e sure it wasn’t missed. With more force
than necessary& nbsp;I ripped away throwing it in the rubbish bin by the stairs. Hastily I locked&nbs p;
the door ready to begin my mission.
~*~*~
“Good morning&nb sp;Duo.†Zechs bid me good morni ng and I returned it in full. &aci rc;€œWhat’s wrong?â€
“Nothing.â€
“I know you all to well to know it’s nothing.â€
â€& oelig;Well then let put it this way. &nb sp;It is nothing that will interfere with&nbs p;the mission. I am mission
focused&nbs p;are you?â€
“You know&nb sp;I am. I am more worried about you, b ut if you say you are ready than I& nbsp;will
trust that. Mark my words Duo when we ge t back we will talk.†At my assurance he
released my arm and w e boarded he shuttle that would be takin g us to our destination.
Four hours af ter our departure we landed in the shado ws of a remote satellite. Neither one&n bsp;
of us spoke during those long hours& nbsp;as we checked and rechecked our packs.&n bsp; No
distraction, we needed no distra ctions. Creeping along the thin shadows ;we slowly made
our way to the ware house and offices located on the satellite.&n bsp; This is where a major arms
dea ler was to be located along with the&nbs p;vast majority of his supplies. We had to&nbs p;dismantle
his operations quickly because ou r resources revealed that he will be shi pping everything off
to his buyers in&nb sp;the next couple of days and leaving t he satellite permanently. This place
wo uld then become a dead site. We had to act fast and we did. One by one we gathered
the information from the computer and set the explosives to b low simultaneously in forty
minutes leaving ashes in their wake.
Preparing to enter the first of the warehouses we here hera ld by a barrage of bullets. We
returned fire&nb sp;as best as we could, but neither of&n bsp;us left that damn satellite unscathed. I
must say that we faired far better than our villa iny compatriots. Not one of them lived. The
arms were secured for pick&nb sp;up by Howard and the sweepers to disp ose of via contract with
Preventers. Our trip home consiste d of slapdash patch ups and a conversation I did not
wa nt to have. If facial expression are&nb sp;anything to judge I would confidently say Zechs was
not happ y, but promised to stay out of it.
~*~*~
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Landing we heade d to Une’s office to clear ;everything with her and then immediately sen t to
Doc Po. “I real ly wish you all would not attempt to patch yourselves up.â€
“Sorry I didn’t realize you wanted us&n bsp;to bleed to death on a four hour&nbs p;shuttle ride.†I can be
a bit sarcastic at times.
“Do&nbs p;not give me that attitude. I simply&n bsp;meant that all you need to do is&nbs p;the bare minimum,
nothing more. When& nbsp;you guys come in like this I have&n bsp;to spend twice as long fixing you up
and as much as I love your scathing tongue and charm I would prefer that you did not have
to see me at all. Looking at the two of you should I even ask ho w your enemies faired?â€
Zechs fie lded that one. “Dead. Th ey are all dead.â€
“ Well good. That’s what they&nb sp;get for shooting at two of my favorit e guys. Now go home and
shower or shower and go home.â€
We rose to our feet& nbsp;and walked out the examine room and into the lobby. Wufei at that
very moment came barreling through the door. “Duo. Are you& acirc;€¦â€ He reached for my arm
and pushed past him holding back the tears, anguish, and rage. He never got to finish his
question or at the very least I never heard it uttered.
~*~*~
I&nb sp;stumbled through my front door as drunk&nb sp;as a skunk. My seeing Wufei tonight& nbsp;in Sally’s
office was the last straw, someone pulled out the stopper on ;my emotions. Since I had no
desir e to feel anything tonight I stopped at the bar that was less than a block south of my
apartment complex. I k new that I was going to get wasted and wouldn’t be able to drive.
It was hard to concentrate putting one foot in front of the other. Eventually& nbsp;I made it to the
couch and unceremoniously dropped face first. As&n bsp;I laid there image after image of Wu fei
kissing the other guy assaulted me.& nbsp; I slowly got my arms under my prone body&n bsp;and pushed
upward. Swaying back and forth once I made it to my feet&nb sp;I held out my arms in the vain
hope&n bsp;to get the room to stop spinning. It didn’t,&n bsp;but I persevered any way. Left foot
shuffle, right foot shuffle, left f oot shuffle, right foot shuffle after twenty& nbsp;shuffles I stepped
into the kitchen, flicking the s witch I flooded it with light then immed iately turned it off.
Light is bad , very bad. Again I shuffled about ;three cabinets down and open the upper
cabinet and there in all of its glo ry of standing directly in the middle of the shelf was a bottle
of whiskey, my bottle of w hiskey. It stood as if expecting that&n bsp;I would need it now, tonight
and&nbs p;did I.
It may shock you th at it probably took me an hour to d own the entire bottle that was shy
about only two shots worth and within th at hour Wufei called my cell. When I did not
answer he tried&nbs p;my house phone. I just let it ring over and over. Eventually&n bsp;my answering
machine picked up and I heard& nbsp;his voice as it filled my apartment.&nbs p;
“Duo pick up the phone. I know you’re there. Please, love ans wer the phone let me explain
what y ou saw. Please…give me a ;call. I love you.†My hea rt was broken and all I wanted
to do is&nb sp;pick up that phone and let him give me perfectly logical excuse that would&n bsp;make me
forgive him. I stayed right where I was lying o n the couch numb. My entire body was
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&n bsp;
numb. Tears hung in my eyes,&n bsp;but never fell. Somehow I managed t o stumble to my room
and pass out.& nbsp;
The shrill of my phone woke me up around mid afternoon if the amount of light coming into
my apartment was any indication. Groggily I&nbs p;fumbled around in my pocket and answered&nb sp;
the cursed contraption. “Hu h.†Was all that came out a s I lay back down with the phone resting on my ear.
“Duo?&aci rc;€
“What do you want&nbs p;Zechs?â€
“I have been&n bsp;calling for hours. I wanted to make sure you are okay after seeing Wufei&nb sp;
yesterday.â€
“Aside fr om the massive hangover I’m just peachy.â€
“Hangover?â€&n bsp;
“Yea I got wasted last night and passed out. Zechs, I really&n bsp;do not want to talk to you right
now or anyone for that matter.†I closed my phone, effectively ending the conve rsation.
Glancing at the closed screen showed me that Zechs h ad in fact called a total of four times
where as Wufei called seven. Those were seven missed calls I was not returning. ;I briefly
considered going to work unti l I stood up. Dashing to the bathr oom I threw up, vomited
which ever you prefer. All I know is my dinner from last night decided on an encore
performance w ith stomach acid accompanying it. After my stomach content finished its
bows I slunk into the shower and took a long hot one.
The next few days passed pretty much the same way minus my stomach putting on a
concert. No r epeat performances for me. I just could not manage to get out of bed or off
the couch long enough to get ready to go into ;work. Zechs called in sick for me everyday I
di d not show at least that is what his text messages read. I’m pretty sure he filled Une in
on the situation with the cheating bastard. & nbsp;
On the fourth day something different&nb sp;happened. Different from the text messages, missed
calls on my cell and&nb sp;voice mails on my answering machine. ;That day there was a knock on
my door. I was back on the couch staring at the ceiling when it occurred. I grumble d and
made no movement to the answe r it. I could hear slight scuffling&nbs p;outside and still did not
move.
& acirc;€œDuo, are you home? Itâ&e uro;™s me Zechs. I want to make sure you are okay and that you are
alive. Duo, damn it,& nbsp;will you answer the door. Do not&n bsp;make me break it down.â€
&acir c;€œI coming, I coming you damn ba rbarian.†I flipped the locks an d turned the knob flinging
the door ;open as I practically shouted. â&euro ;œWhat the hell do you want?â€&nb sp; My initial anger faded
slightly when I saw that someone else was standing slightly behin d Zechs. I immediately
extended his&nbs p;arm, grabbing a hold of the door and&n bsp;swung it shut.
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Expectin g this as a possible reaction Zechs quickly stepped forward to block the door&nbs p;from
closing. He knew that if Du o was able to close the door completely& nbsp;neither one would be
able to ever&n bsp;cross the threshold. Zechs put all his strength into keeping that d oor open.
Duo might be smaller tha n him, but he strong especially when feeding off&nbs p;of his own anger.
I recognized a losing battle when I saw one. I ha stily retreated to the far side of the&n bsp;room.
Zechs calmly pushed the door& nbsp;completely open and stepped inside followed&n bsp;by Wufei. “Get
out of my apartment! Now!â€
â&eur o;œDuo I just want to talk.â€&nbs p;
“I don’t care w hat you want, you god damn cheating bast ard.â€
“Now Duo, hear&nbs p;him out.â€
“Shut up you fucking traitor.â€
“I wou ld never cheat on you.†Duo during all of this was looking, feeling for anything that could be&n bsp;used as some form of a
weapon. The moment his hand touched something h e threw it at Wufei’s head. “I know
what I fucking saw. You were& nbsp;making out at your car in the shopping district. I&nb sp;also have
witnesses.†Another ;object went flying as Wufei calmly dodge it as& nbsp;he did the first. “You
canceled our date to go out with someo ne else. I guess three years together&n bsp;means jack
shit to you. Who, t he fuck, is the blonde twerp, Chang?â&e uro;
“My mission!â&euro ; The use of his last name was the straw that broke the camel’s back. &n bsp;Tears
welled up in Wufei’s& nbsp;eyes and his anger, hurt, and guilt ;flooded him.
“It’s&nb sp;true Duo. I verified it with Une.&nb sp; She called Wufei up to her office&nb sp;shortly before calling
you and gave h im the mission to play boyfriend to a dignitary named Collins.â&eur o; As Zechs
spoke Wufei inched clo ser to Duo until he was only four f eet from him.
I immediately turned on Wufei and&n bsp;noticed he only stood a few feet fro m me. Vigorously I
shook my head no. It couldn’t be true I know what I saw. “If that ’s true why didn’t&nbs p;you tell
me beforehand? I would have understood.â€
â€&oelig ;I wanted to tell you. Une forbid me to say anything to anyone. I ev en tried to decline the
mission. H ell, she even threatened me to some exte nt. I love you more than anything. I
wou ld never intentionally hurt you.â€
As my anger deflated so did my strength. &n bsp;My knees collapsed, but I never actually& nbsp;hit the
ground. Wufei gently lower ed us to the floor and I just sobbed in his arms feeling hurt,
anger, confusion, and most importantly love. That’s what made seeing Wufei kiss some
other guy&nb sp;so horrible because I love him with all my heart.
~*~*~
The next day Commander Anne Une walked in to her& nbsp;office at her usual time of 700 hours.
Setting her coffee cup down ;she spied two sheets of paper perfectly ;centered on her
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immaculate mahogany desk. Picking both up she&nbs p;read the header of each aloud. â ;€œThis
letter signifies the resignatio n of Duo Maxwell. This letter signifies the resignation of Chang
Wufei.â€
~*~*~
Wufei never told me what&nbs p;she threatened him with and the larger part of me really&nb sp;doesn’t
want to know. The part of me, as Wufei would say, ;is as curious as a five year old i s dying
to know. &nb sp;
A/N: This fic is inspired by the song b y Yoko Kanno called No Reply. I ha ve wanted to do a
WufeixDuo fic for ever, but never could get a cohesive eno ugh idea until now. I have been
toying with the idea of doing a version of this story from&nb sp;Wufei’s POV. Let me know&nb sp;what
you think. I love reviews! I am still working on my other two WIPs, The Beginning of the
End and Meine Besessenheit. This idea would not leave me only and Kaleidascope
constantly&nbs p;bugging me about didn’t help either. Beside it practically wrote itself.& nbsp; I like it
when fics do that. I hoped you enjoyed the fic. Until next&n bsp;time.
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