AN: Hello everyone! I know I'm supposed to be working on Manhattan Blue Eyes but this popped into my head and I can't finish MBE until I get this outta there. So, I hope you enjoy this and just know that I will have the rest of MBE out ASAP. This was inspired by the song 'Two Beds and a Coffee Machine' by Savage Garden.
Warnings: Yaoi, don't like don't read, violence, adult situations, abuse, rated M. 5x2, 1x2, mention of 3x4
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the story, the characters do not belong to me.
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Chapter 1- 4am
Duo woke up slowly, awareness slowly creeping back into him. Blinking groggily he slowly pushed himself up from his position on the kitchen floor. He tried to remember what happened but his mind was still too fuzzy. Looking around he realized he was surrounded by broken glass and was covered in blood, most likely his own.
He sighed in frustration not believing what had happened. As he looked around at the destruction that once was his kitchen, he finally remembered.
Wufei had gotten home late that night, drunk again from his night on the town with his buddies. He'd stumbled into the house waking Duo up instantly and making unreasonable demands. They had fought causing all the current destruction. Duo didn't want to fight back, he never felt that there was any honor in fighting a drunk person, they wouldn't remember in the morning anyway; Wufei never did.
The fight lasted for mere minutes but Wufei had picked up a vase and smashed it over Duo's head effectively knocking him out. He didn't know exactly how long he had been out, but it knew it couldn't have been that long.
He slowly stood up brushing the glass off himself before gingerly stepping around the broken shards on the floor and making his way down the hall. He slowly opened the door the check that Wufei was sleeping before moving further down the hall to his kids bedrooms.
The youngest, Toby, just 8 months old was still asleep thankfully and Duo gently lifted him out of his bed and placed him in his car seat. He then carried him to the next bedroom, to wake up his oldest child. The older was a girl 5 years old and looked exactly like Duo. He gently woke her up and did his best to explain to her that they had to leave.
The little girl just nodded while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes then gently took her Fathers hand and walked with him out the door and out of the house.
Duo quietly placed the baby seat in the car and buckled it in before helping his older daughter into her car seat and buckling her in as well. Then, without pausing or looking back he jumped into the drivers seat of the old beat up Ford Taurus and sped off into the night.
As he drove his mind wandered back to a happier time, before all of this had started. Wufei was not always like this, in fact, he used to be very kind. When they first got together things were really good.
It was two years after the Marimaeia war and Duo was working in a very successful scrap yard with Hilde. He was content with his life there, he had Hilde with him and even though he thought often of the other pilots, he never once regretted his decision.
He had been in the scrap yard exactly two years when Hilde suddenly announced that she was getting married and would be leaving; Duo was devastated. He knew she wouldn't be around forever but was unprepared to be alone again so soon. He missed the other pilots, especially Heero, but since none of them had bothered to so much as call him, he assumed they didn't want to associate with him. Of course, he hadn't tried to contact them either, but still.
Duo had been in love with Heero during the war and always hoped they could have a life together afterwards. When he left to 'protect' Relena, Duo took that as his answer and did his best to move on and forget the other pilot.
It was just a few days after Hilde's announcement that Wufei showed up at the yard. He was trying to recruit Duo to the Preventers. Duo of course declined since he had no intention of fighting anymore but he was so excited to see Wufei that he didn't even think about it when he asked the Asian man out for a drink.
They went to a local coffee shop where they talked until the place closed then went to Duo's house and talked until morning. Duo had a wonderful time and quickly developed feelings for the other man. So, when Wufei asked him to be his alone, Duo readily agreed.
Wufei got himself transferred to L-2 to be closer to Duo and proceeded to take him out on many dates. It was about a year after they started seeing each other that Wufei asked Duo to move in with him. They were married a year after that.
On their 2 year wedding anniversary Wufei asked Duo if he wanted kids. Sally had agreed to be their surrogate mother. Of course Duo happily agreed. The happiest moment in his life was when he first held his daughter. She looked up at him with his violet eyes and he couldn't help it, he started to cry.
Four years later they had a second child and things were going great. By 28 years old Duo had a family and what he thought to be a great life, he was truly happy. That was until Wufei suddenly changed. Duo didn't know what brought it on but he knows when it happened. It was right after the birth of their son.
At first Duo assumed he was just stressed from work, maybe he'd had a bad case or something. The arguments started out small, over stupid little things; the food was too peppery, or the floor was just a little too cluttered with toys, etc. Soon though, they escalated. They turned from mild arguments into small fights. Then Wufei started to go out drinking with "friends", people Duo had never met. Duo was always told to stay home when Wufei went out. Of course, he'd stopped going out months ago anyway.
Duo had quit his job at the salvage yard to be a stay at home Dad, and for the most part he loved it. When Wufei started to become really violent though he wished he had had a job, at least it would have given him some place to go to get away from everything for a few hours.
Hilde used to stop by frequently but that had recently stopped, he hadn't even heard from her in months. The last time she was over she'd asked Duo about the bruise on his cheek, he told her he'd fallen on one of the kids toys; of course she didn't buy it.
Wufei had also become incredibly controlling, demanding that Duo tell him every place he'd been to and every person he'd talked to. He even got accused of cheating once when he had talked to a young man at the grocery store for too long.
He wasn't allowed out of the house, except to go shopping, and he wasn't allowed to talk to anyone or Wufei would get increasingly upset. He didn't understand why the sudden mistrust from his spouse. They had been married nearly seven years now and Duo had never cheated on him and rarely ever pushed the issue on anything.
So now, eight months later, Duo had finally had enough. Wufei had gotten too violent and he was worried about what that was going to do to the kids. So at four AM on a Thursday morning Duo finally decided to flee. He knew he had to get away. He was sure that Wufei just didn't love him anymore, now he was wondering if Wufei EVER really loved him.
Once he stopped and thought about it, the last time Wufei even said "I love you" to him was before their son was born.
At first he was very hurt by Wufei's actions and kept blaming himself, but then he realized that he was never at fault. Now his hurt had turned to extreme anger.
As he drove down the darkened highway his thoughts strayed to the other Pilots. It'd been ten years since he'd seen them. He wondered how they all were and why they never contacted him. He knew that Wufei had spoken to them but he was never allowed.
He did remember seeing Quatre on the news once, he looked good and was apparently doing really well with WEI in his fathers place. Duo was happy for him and wanted to talk with the blond man but never was given the opportunity. He regretted allowing Wufei to control him so much, he could see that now.
After driving for a good four hours Duo was just too tired to continue and quickly found a place to stop. The kids were now awake and wanting food anyway so it was a good time. He found a cheap motel and turned in. Walking into his room he quickly looked around, two beds and a coffee machine, everything he needed to survive the next day.