The siren call of the braid in the middle row

Chapter 4

Wufei was most displeased when he arrived and found that not only was the lecture in one of the newer halls, it was also in one of the smaller ones. This meant less empty seats for him.

As he stood in the door way he decided to very discretely look for the beautiful Adonis while he was searching for a place to sit. It looked like Wufei was one of the last people to arrive because most seats were already taken. But a quick check gave him a pleasant surprise. It was absolutely perfect! Five seats on one of the back rows were empty on the left side. But what made it perfect was that Adonis was sitting only two rows below, three seats in which gave him a perfect angle if he took the seat farthest out.

But in the middle of his blissful happiness Wufei suddenly realized something. He was going to have to walk past Adonis to get to his seat.

'God. Please don't let me stumble, or drop something, or sneeze, or-' Luckily he was able to cut himself of before he could work himself up to a full blown panic attack. Realizing that he probably looked like a total idiot where he was standing in the doorway and that he really should move out of the way encase someone wanted to come in. Wufei carefully made sure that he had a firm grip on is bag and that nothing was going to fall out of it, before he started to make his way up the stairs. His eyes was fixed on the steps to make sure that he wouldn't miss one and fall. But as he came closer and closer to the top he could not stop himself from lifting his eyes of the floor. The siren call of Adonis was to strong and his own curiosity to know what color those eyes were made his seek him out. He instantly regretted his decision. Why did he regret it, you wonder. Well let's just say that getting eye contact was not something that Wufei had considered would happen.

'No! He saw me staring. Oh god this is so embarrassing... idiot, idiot, idiot, you should have kept your eyes on the ground!'. Quickening his steeps he made his way up to his seat. He sank down and managed to stop himself from thumping his head against the back of the seat in front of him. His heart was beating like mad and cold sweat was running down his back. As the panic began to fade, the embarrassment took a hold of him and he announced to himself that this day couldn't possibly get any worse. This was in fact one of the worst days of his life.

A stack of papers were being passed around and Wufei could hardly manage to pull himself out of his misery long enough to pass it on. All he wanted to do was to go home and hide under his blanket. There he would listen to some loud depressing music with his ugly cat on his chest and forget that this day ever happened.

But while he was mentally beating himself up, his eyes decided to betray him. That's why he suddenly found himself ones again looking into the big blue eyes.

'AH! Shit! He looked up at me. And saw me staring -again-!! He saw me! That's it. I'm not lifting my eyes of this paper. I'll -never- look again. I can't believe he saw me. He probably thinks I'm the biggest creep ever. Why, do I have to be so fucking stupid' Wufei couldn't believe how much he managed to embarrassed himself in under five minutes. The lesson hadn't even begun yet.

The lecture was passing him by in a big blur while he was mentally beating himself up for being the biggest idiot to ever ever walk the earth. But unfortunately for our hero, the lecturer announced that they were taking a fifteen minutes break. This was information that more or less made him panic. He desperately wanted to drown his sorrows in some coffee, but that would mean that he would have to walk outside and buy his coffee at the same place that the rest of his class did. Which made the chances of being seen by Adonis far to big.

“Excuse me” A voice said, interrupting his thoughts.

Wufei looked up and saw several people from his raw that was trying to get past him.

“Sorry.” Wufei quickly gathered his things and slip out of his seat to let them through.

Taking a look around the hall he realized that Adonis had left. With a sigh of relief he sank down into his seat again. But the relief was short-lived. He hadn't felt any urge for coffee before the announcement, but now it even surpass the humiliation he felt over his Adonis watching. He decided to take a chance.

Slipping out of the lecture hall he made his was over to the cafe. Carefully taking a look around at all the people there to make sure that Adonis wouldn't see him, he dared to make his way over to the cash register. Paying for his ambrosia he started to make his way out of the crowd to find a quiet place to enjoy it. Only that he was so busy with his Adonis searching that he almost walked into someones back. A back that had a long thick braid hanging over it. Wufei swallowed thickly in dread. But Adonis hadn't noticed him. He was listening to a pretty blond girl who was wildly gesticulating over a subject that Wufei couldn't hear a word of over the roaring sound in his ears. Against his will he found his eyes caressing that magnificent braid. From the massive base at his neck following it down along his spine over his... Wufei's breath got caught in his throat... fantastic ass and farther down. He had been right in his earlier estimation. The hair had to be at least down to his knees...

Snapping himself out of his trance like stat he realized what he was doing and who's ass he was standing much too close to. He quickly turned on his heel and managed to hide behind some big plastic plants before discreetly joining a big group of people that was on their way out. As he reached the corridor leading to the lecture hall, Wufei breathed out in relief. The whole encounter with Adonis could not have lasted more then ten seconds. But every last detail was branded into Wufei's mind like he had spent years examining that beautiful hair, that strong looking back... that ass. Wufei sighed in contentment. This day did have its upsides.

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Wufei's oath to never look up at Adonis again did not last long. But he did try to be more discreet. The dark haired man was pretending to read as he lean his head against his hand. Then he very carefully glancing up between his pinkie and ring finger. Adonis was leaning forward with his elbows on the desk board and seamed to be playing with his pencil.

'He is a pencil biter' Wufei thought in wonder.

He for one, had never understood some peoples need to chew on their writing material. He found it quite disturbing, not to mention disgusting. He had been witness to everything from people who not only bit their pencils but sucked on them, to that guy in his 'economical theory' class who used to bit his pencils so hard that they would break, leaving ink all over his face and books. Wufei shivered at the unpleasant memory. A mouth full of ink should be enough for anyone to learn his lesson. Well, it should. Only that Wufei knew that the incident had been repeated at least two more times. He supposed that third time was the charm. Or maybe it was because the guy had the misfortune of swallowing, not only the ink, but several pieces of sharp plastic the last time he did it. Having your stomach cut open really was a great reason to stop biting your pencils.

But Wufei suddenly found a whole new appreciation for the fascinating art of pencil biting. Adonis tapped his black pencil against his lips. Tap-tap-tap. Before opening his mouth slightly and letting the pencil rest on the inside of his bottom lip. He then brought his upper row of teeth down over the pencil leaving it trapped there. He would sometimes lift the pen up so that it would be caught between both rows of teeth, and sometimes he would use his bottom lip to make the black pencil bob up and down. Up and down. Wufei followed the movement with great interest.

But if he had to choose, he would probably tell you that it was in fact the other option that was his personal favorite. The times that he would place it between his teeth was a sight to behold. The pen would wander from one side of his mouth to the other with a smoothness that clearly indicated that he was using his tongue to move it around. Every now end then the movement would stoop and he would angle the the pen so that he could bite it. Repeatedly. Wufei couldn't quite see from this distance, but it did look like Adonis was licking the part of the pencil that he had in his mouth. The sight was most distracting.

Wufei realized with a startle that he hadn't heard a word of what the lecturer had been talking about. There were several complicated looking statistical curves drawn on the board that he didn't have the slightest clue on what they were for. He swore quite colorful to himself and quickly copied the shapes down on his pad. It was going to be hell to try to figure out the meaning of them. But even in his building panic, he couldn't help himself from peeking up at Adonis again. Only to look into big blue eyes that was looking straight at him.

'Oh shit!' Wufei thought in panic and sank further down in his seat with his face hidden behind his hands. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid, what the hell am I doing. He saw me staring. For the third -fucking- time! Oh-my-god. He probably thinks that I've been watching him the whole time... which I kind of have... He is probably annoyed because the creepy looking guy in the back row keeps staring at him. He might think that I have a crush on him... which I do... but- oh god. He probably thinks I'm a complete freak. The creepy looking gay freak in the back rows... Yeah, that's me. Wufei hung his head and fought the urge to cry. He had no reason to cry. Adonis wasn't his. Would never be his. Adonis would never talk to him. He would never voluntarily be close to him. Wouldn't have anything to do with the strange Asian boy in the back. That never spoke unless spoken to. That did all the group assignments on his own... That kept looking at him. 'Why do I have to be this way?' He thought miserably and doodled a stick figure with slanting eyes and long pink hair that fell of a cliff.

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Aww, poor Wufei, I feel bad for him... wait... Its my fault that he's feeling like this! Ooops.

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Once again, give a huge applaud to SakuyasLittleBird who is the beta/guardian angel to this story.