If you haven't, you might want to read part one before you start reading this one. Part one is called "The siren call of the braid in the middle row" and is in Wufei's POW.

Now, on to the story.

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Chapter 1 (The journey and the jealousy)

Duo turned off the engine and leaned back in his seat. Wufei gave him a quick smile as he stepped out of the car with one arm full of cat food and the other gripping annoyed cat. Precious glared at him over his boyfriend's shoulder. 'Damn that cat hates me' he thought as he watched them disappeared into the house. They were just here to leave the cat with Wufei's grandmother before going to see his family over Christmas. It was going to be a long road home. Four hours by car, but mentally Duo was going to travel light years. It wasn't that he didn't like his family or wasn't looking forward to seeing them, but there was still something that made him dread the whole thing.

Someone had once told him that when you went back home you automatically became the person that you were back when you were living there. He prayed that it wasn't true. He did not particularly like the person he had been back then and would ratter die then to act like that in front of Wufei. Because then his beautiful lover would definitively leave him.

That he hadn't done so already was a pleasant surprise. They had been dating for almost two months now and Wufei had shown no indications of being sick of him. God should know that he had enough bad qualities to make any man start running.

One of his biggest flaws had always been that he was -very- affectionate and liked to touch the people he loved as much as he could as often as he could. It had driven his exes up the wall and he had found himself dumped more than once for it. But not only that, he was also impulsive, loud and prone to unmotivated jealousy.

The jealousy was something he had tried to control for years, but without result. Duo knew that it wasn't normal to be this territorial over your lover, but he couldn't stop. This was something that had gotten him into a lot of arguments with his old lovers. They got angry because they thought that he didn't trust them when he constantly wanted to know where they were going and who they were going to see. Not to mention his paranoia every time he saw his lover even talk to another man or any other situation that even hinted at infidelity.

Unfortunately his new lover was no exception. The first time he had gotten jealous over Wufei had been just two days after they had gotten together. They had been at the mall and Duo had walked over to the cash register to pay for a shirt. While he had been standing in line he had glanced over his shoulder and seen a tall blond woman run up to his boyfriend and press him onto her generous bust. Wufei hadn't resisted, only smiled and hugged her back. Then the woman had kissed him! He realized later that he really was too far away to see if she had kissed his mouth or cheek, but right then he had seen red. Fortunately for the woman she had run off before Duo had gotten over there. He had been angry and disappointed, something he let his lover know in detail. Wufei had just looked at him like he was a strange creature from another planet. But when he realized that, yes Duo was serious and yes he was jealous, he did something that Duo had never gotten as a reaction to one of his confrontations before. He started to laugh.

Duo hadn't known what to do. He had just stood in the middle of the clothing store and stared at his almost hysterically laughing boyfriend. When Wufei finally had calmed down the shorter man had wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled his head down to his. There he had whispered that Ellen was just a friend and that he would never cheat on him for anything in the world but he thought it was very cute that he would think that. Wufei then proceeded to kiss him senseless, uncaring for the people around them. Duo had forgotten all about his jealousy and smiled like a loon for the rest of the day.

But unfortunately, that had not been the only time.

The last time it had happened had been just yesterday when the gang had gone out for an early Christmas celebration at a restaurant. They had been celebrating that all of them had managed to pass the test. The food had been good and everything had been going fine... until Wufei had left the table to go to the bathroom. Duo had looked up after a while and seen a guy flirting outrageously with his boyfriend and had immediately felt the familiar green monster take over him as he marched over to them. He had been half a step away from doing something rash, but one look into Wufei's eyes had taken the wind straight out of his sails. He had looked so happy to see him that Duo had just melted at the sight. There was no guilt at being caught, (probably because he hadn't realized that he was being picked up) he had just proudly presented Duo as his lover to the disappointed looking guy. Duo had to fight hard not to let a smug smirk stretch across his face. 'That's right fucker, he's mine.' Was the very caveman thought that went through his head.

Duo was Wufei's first relationship, not to mention first lover. He was pretty much Wufei's first everything, something that made a guilty part of him feel very satisfied. No one had ever touched that soft skin of that beautiful body or kissed those lips and if Duo could have it his way, no one ever would... So he was a bit of a possessive bastard, but who could blame him with a boyfriend like that?

Bree had been a bit disapproving of their relationship at first because she thought that Wufei was a bit of a push-over and that Duo would take advantage of that. The braided man realized that it probably looked like that on the surface, but he knew better. If there was anyone "wearing the pants" in this relationship, it was Wufei. Duo was pretty much just following his lover around like he was on a leash and loving every second of it.

It was true that Wufei would let him get away with a lot of things and that he often let people have their way, but if there was something that he did not want to do, there was no way in hell you could ever make him do it. Duo had tried to get him to go to the gym with him once but Wufei had refused. So he had started to beg, nag and more or less made a total pest out of himself until he realized that Wufei wasn't going to bend. He was very black and white in that way. No meant no and yes meant yes, there was no middle ground. This was pretty much a new concept for Duo. In his previous relationships with a lover or a fuck buddy he could often get his way by begging, briberies or sexual favors. So it took him a while to get into his head that Wufei would agree to everything he wanted up to a certain line and after that there was nothing that could make him change his mind. But on the other hand, Duo hadn't found that many things that Wufei wouldn't do. The things he refused to do was mostly things like, sneaking into the cinema or going to the gym. So in those cases they had solved it by paying for their tickets and Duo skipped the gym and had followed his lover when he went swimming instead...and hadn't that been an experience.

They had gone on a Saturday afternoon which was a bit of a high time for swimmers. Wufei usually went swimming during odd times to avoid crowds, something that Duo approved of the second they stepped inside the poolroom. Far too many girls and quite a few men had let their eyes follow Wufei's lean form as he walked towards the pool. Duo barely managed to restrain himself from molesting his boyfriend in front of everyone to mark his territory. But once again his jealousy was totally unnecessary as Wufei, totally oblivious to his surrounding and the way people was looking at him, had taken his hand and asked him if they should get something to eat after their swimming. The smug smile had been impossible to hold in as the girls looked at him in envy and the speedo clad Wufei laced their fingers together, totally unaware of the battle being held over his tight ass.

At times like that it felt good to be a possessive bastard no matter what Bree said about him. But Duo couldn't blame her for being worried about Wufei. The redhead had grown up in his old home town and he was very aware of what kind of reputation he had back there. Maxwell the player, the fuckaholic, the butt slut, the floozie, the relationship breaker, the man eater, yeah he had heard them all.

It was true that Duo was a lot more experienced then Wufei, not to mention that he was almost six years older. But in his eyes that wasn't necessarily something that gave him any advantages in their relationship, but instead it was more like something thet held him back. Duo had been in and out of relationships since he had lost his virginity at fifteen and none had lasted longer then a few months. The longest had been with Stephen who had refused to be open with their relationship. Those nine months of sneaking around had been among the worst in his life. He had been jealous almost non stop the whole time. Nine months of pretending to be "just a friend" in public while he watched his boyfriend flirt with just about every girl that came along had just broken his heart. Not to mention the pain and the guilt he had felt when his boyfriend would blow up in his face every time Duo tried to explain just why his flirting around hurt him so much. But Stephen had been his first serious relationship so he had just put up with it. Nineteen and stupid was his only excuse. Looking back he realized that this was probably one of the reasons why he got jealous so easily and always thought the worst of every suggestive situation involving his boyfriends. Especially considering that he had found out (after Stephen had dumped him for being too clingy) that he had been cheating on him with god knows how many women. That really was not a good thing to build a new relationship on.

It was always the same. Duo would meet someone. They would have sex. They would let it be a one night stand or (if he was lucky) they would start dating. The dating would go on until the guy would ether get sick of Duo's need to touch him all the time, his personality or Duo's jealously that reared it's ugly head over and over again. Then Duo would get dumped. He had never dumped anyone in his life. He was always the one that got the 'this is not working for me' speech, so putting his heart out as much as he was doing with Wufei was really not something he would do with just anyone.

He knew that he might put a bit too much faith in Wufei but he just couldn't help himself. Because he felt like it was going to be alright, like he could trust Wufei. Duo wasn't normally one to trust people with himself. Sure, he could talk and joke around with just about everyone and appear like he was the most open person to ever set foot on the planet. But when it came to his heart and trust he was more reserved.

But for some reason he couldn't stop himself from showering Wufei with everything he had. Those dark eyes just demanded that he didn't hold anything back and so far he hadn't scared his beautiful lover off. Not only that but Wufei had gone into their relationship already knowing what type of person Duo was. It was all Duo could do to stop himself from buying his love a engagement ring for Christmas.

Friends turned lovers was not something that had ever worked for Duo before. He hadn't planed for them to be friends at first but the Asian proved to be a bit of a challenge.

The first time he had seen Wufei had been when the man had been walking up the stairs in the lecture hall. The thing that caught his attention had been his shoulder long dark hair that had been hanging freely over his face. You didn't see that many guys with long hair, especially in the "accountant training" as they called it. He had been trying to see the man's face when he suddenly had looked up and Duo had looked straight into deep dark eyes. It felt like all the air got sucked out of his lungs and Duo could only stare as the eyes quickly looked away, disappear behind that long hair and their owner hurried away. At first he had thought of just doing his usual "Are you gay? Do you want to have sex with me?" It worked surprisingly often. But Wufei had just sent this vibe of -stay away from me- that he couldn't ignore. The vibe actually made him more interesting but with that also came the fact that Duo felt very out of his dept. Wufei wasn't really his usual "type." He usually went for the pumped up and brainless guys not the small, intelligent and unearthly beautiful ones. He didn't know what to say to him or how to approach him. He almost felt... shy. Duo couldn't remember being shy since he was a teenager but there it was. So he had talked Tom into asking him to join their study group. He had done his happy dance in the middle of the street when Tom had called him just ten minutes after he left the university to tell him that 'dark eyes' was named 'Wofei' and was going to be at his apartment the next day.

He had been so nervous before the first meeting. He had been convinced that he was going to do or say something stupid. Wufei had seemed so intelligent, controlled and serious, which was so not his type and therefore was so out of his comfort zone. But then Wufei had met Kim and Duo could hardly believe his eyes. The guy that used crayons to draw statistic curves and joked around with the five year old redhead could almost not be compared with the serious looking guy in the lecture hall. Duo realized later on that he had probably fallen in love with him back then without even knowing it. Too bad that he hadn't been able to bring himself to talk to him then. The next meeting had gone better and he had gotten to not only see a whole new side of the darker man but also a chance to talk to him (he owed Precious big time). He had wanted to see and know more about him and before he knew it, they had been friends. He had almost decided not to endanger their friendship. Things could go so very wrong, especially if Wufei was straight, that it wouldn't be worth it. So friendship was all he was going for. That had been the plan... until he had discovered Wufei's fascination with his hair.

They had been waiting for the bus and he had been swinging his braid back and forth in boredom. He had glanced down at his friend and found Wufei staring at the osillating braid like he was in a trance. At first he had though that it was just a one time occurrence but since then he had noticed Wufei's eyes following his hair more and more often. If he took on a jacket and pulled the braid out so it wouldn't get stuck, Wufei's whole attention would follow the flying braid like a dog watching a stick being thrown. If he played with the end of the braid, Wufei's would pretend to look at something else, only to glance over at him in the corner of his eye and if he 'accidentally' let the hairtie slip off, Wufei's eyes would go wide and his fingers would start to twitch. That... combined with Tom telling him about how Wufei kept checking out his ass every chance he got, convinced him to give it a try.

He had thought about bringing the subject up in a more... elegant way then he did usually. Maybe ask him on a date. A nice dinner and a movie. Maybe take a walk in the park and act like a gentleman. But in the end he had been too scared to do it. Having someone turn down sex did not hurt as much as having a date proposal denied. Dates were serious. Sex was just sex. So he had taken the easy way out and asked for sex instead. But damn, that was some sex. For a virgin, Wufei sure picked up the basics fast.

Then the next day, lying there on top of his new lover, he kept thinking how much he wanted to stay like just like that and how much he wanted to keep this wonderful man. So in the end he had managed to get over his fears long enough to ask Wufei out. And he had said yes. Just thinking about it made Duo grin like a loon.

The door of the passenger seat opened and Wufei climbed in.

He took one look at him and asked, "What are you so happy about?"

"Nothing, just thinking." He said happily before he leaned forward to give his beautiful lover a kiss.

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Hi, I hope you liked it.

If you did/didn't could you please tell me? (especially what you thought about Duo?)

I would be vey happy if you took the time :)

Please?