school adversary

Part 13


I walked over to school in a dreamy haze. Things had been going so well with me and Trowa, and now we had two weeks of music camp to look forward to. I was sure we could steel some time away together, which was why I was bringing strawberry lubricant. I grinned at my hentai thoughts. Trowa was such a priss sometimes, always insisting the door be locked. This camp would give me a chance to help him learn how to take a few risks.
I looked at my timetable and winced. Math, double first. It was a heaven and a hell. On one hand, I could stare at Trowa all lesson, on the other hand, I had to do math and I could never actually *touch* Trowa.
I grabbed my books and moved hurriedly to class as the bell rang. I walked in and sat down in my usual place, smiling at Wufei who acknowledged me with a nod. Things had been kind of hard for him lately. Trowa and I hadn't been giving him much attention and Duo wasn't around. So he had basically been alone or with Relena. I decided that after music camp, I would definitely spend more time with Duo and Wufei. But tonight, I had to pack.
I remembered that I had to ask Duo to stay at my house and help Wufei look after Relena, as my parents were taking a second honeymoon/business trip in Belgium. They would be away for the entire two weeks as well. It had really been hard convincing them to let me go on the music camp, but they eventually let me on the condition that Duo would move in for the next two weeks. I sat up straight and started to look around for Duo, noticing that he was late, and Duo was almost never late.
"Do you know where Duo is?" I asked Wufei. He shook his head, then looked past me with an expression of horror on his face. I turned hurriedly to see Duo walking towards his seat. Nothing seemed to be wrong and I wondered what Wufei was so concerned about. Then, I noticed Duo's arm was in a cast.
I looked at the cast, stunned. It was white and bulky, swallowing his entire lower arm with only his fingers and thumb visible. He sat down between Wufei and me, giving us a broad grin. It was then that I also noticed he was wearing his sunglasses, which is another bad sign. Duo's eyes were definitely the windows into his soul, making him very easy to read. By hiding his eyes, he was hiding himself.
"What happened to your arm?" Wufei asked Duo tensely.
"I had a small accident" replied Duo, looking straight ahead, his tone was telling us to stop our questions there.
"The hell you did!" Wufei exclaimed, getting angry now. "You have to be one of the most graceful people I know. You could not have done this to yourself. Now tell me who committed this injustice!" Wufei was not asking, he was telling, and I completely agreed. Duo was our friend, and I for one wanted to know who the hell had done this to him. God knows he had been through enough already without someone breaking his freakin' arm!
"Relax guys, god!" Duo said grinning. "I just fell out of a tree. That's all. The only bummer about it is that I'll have to miss out on sports for the next 6 weeks, but apart from that, it's all good." He grinned at us again, all bright and cheerful, but I could tell that his smiles were fake.
The teacher came in then and Duo lent forward to start copying down the notes. Behind his back, Wufei and I shared a look that spoke volumes. We would find who had done this to Duo, and we would kick his ass.

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I was currently packing my bag to go and stay with Wufei, which is exactly what I needed. Just the thought of being away from Heero for two weeks was a blessing. I'd be missing school as Relena only had half days at kinda and I might as well look after the house as I was pretty much on top of everything and Wufei had agreed to bring me my homework. Life was looking rather pleasant at the moment.
Except for my broken arm. Thinking about that brought me back to this afternoon. They hadn't believed me, as I knew they wouldn't, but they had let it go, which surprised me. It bothered me as well. It wasn't like either of them to let go so easily. They were both more stubborn than I was, if such a thing is possible. I paused in my packing for a moment. They had to be up to something, but what? I shrugged and resumed packing. Even if they were planning something, they couldn't act on it for at least 2 weeks.
Another thing that had bothered me was the fiercely protective way Wufei had looked at me. More appropriately, the way my body had reacted to the fiercely protective way Wufei had looked at me. It had confused me and scared me witless. I mean, how could this be happening? Didn't I love Heero? I was pretty sure I did as I felt like someone had ripped my chest out. But when I was with Wufei, it didn't seem so bad anymore. I also felt so much more complete when I was around Wufei, a feeling I didn't even know I had been missing until I stopped being so completely focused on Heero.
I sat down on the bed and tried to desperately understand myself. Looking back to all the time I'd spent with Wufei, I realised that I had started having more-than-friend feelings about him for a long time. Why the hell hadn't I realised it before? I mentally slapped myself. Was it because I had had a relationship, and now knew what to look for when it came to my own feelings? I slapped myself again.
Having feelings for two people was not on my agenda. Especially as one was an asshole, and the other was a friend that I couldn't risk losing. I couldn't alienate Wufei like I had to Heero. It would kill me to lose another friend, and to be rejected by two people in as many days would shoot my self-confidence down in flames.
I stared at my almost full bag for a moment while I contemplated the disgusting mess my life had become. First, I had fallen in love with someone who had torn out my heart and stomped on it. Second, I had discovered I had more-than-friend feelings for Wufei, my second best friend in the whole world.
Question: What was I going to do about my attraction to Wufei?
Answer: Absolutely nothing.
Reason: I wasn't going to be rejected, I wasn't going to feel like that, ever again.
With a heartfelt sigh, I finished packing and headed over to Quatre's.