I'm a big fan of horror stories (horror movies on the other hand scares the crap out of me and I can' sleep properly for days) and I was thrilled when the opportunity to write on came along.

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Prologue

It all began with two men. One who through years of hard work had showed himself competent and responsible enough to move all the way up to the main office of the company he had always dreamt of working for. The move up affected not only him, but the second man as well. He, even though was not happy to leave his friends and family behind, still followed his husband when the promotion demanded relocation across the country, to a place unknown to the both of them.

But moving to a new city required a new home and the two men went searching. Their effort remained fruitless until they found what they both instantly proclaimed to be the perfect house.

Following Cherry Street down to the very end, you would soon find the house of their dreams. It was a reasonably large house, framed by carefully cut bushes and with a perfectly paved driveway. It had several flowerbeds and a large apple tree standing in the middle of the backyard.

The pale yellow house was not only perfect for them; it was perfect for the family they had wanted to create for so long. There were several bedrooms, the yard was large and the neighborhood was child friendly. It was perfect.

They found themselves acting like the newlyweds they hadn't been in years, stealing kisses as they carried the boxes, hidden caresses while they greeted the neighbors and gently making love on the living room floor.

It was all so perfect. They were home.

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Chapter 1

It was Friday, early in the afternoon when our story really began. Duo had just gotten back from his shopping trip. He stumbled into the house with his heavy bags, whistling happily he lifted them up on the table and trew his keys on the counter before he started emptying the bags. He began with all the frozen food, putting them all away before he started with the refrigerator, leaving the things he would be using for dinner on the table. He had planned to have a nice meal done when Wufei got back from his first completed week of work. He might as well embrace the role as a house wife for now. There seemed to be a total lack of need for welders at the moment and he was most likely going to be unemployed for a while. So far he had unpacked all their boxes, cleaned the house, ironed all the clothes, done the dishes after every meal and made sure that there was food on its way when Wufei got home. Duo didn't really mind, it was kind of nice to have the whole day to himself.

A cheerful melody started playing softly, telling Duo not only that his cell phone was ringing but also that it was his husband. Duo grinned as he answered, balancing a bag of fruit and a package of margarine on his other arm. "Miss me already do you babe?." For a second there was no answer.

"Duo." The voice that answered sounded ragged, broken beyond belief by grief. It took him a second to even recognized it. "Wufei? What's wrong?" He dropped everything in his hands, oranges rolling across his newly swabbed floor. The sound that followed made Duo's soul run cold. Wufei was crying, big hulking sobs that seemed to hurt his throat. Duo had never been so scared in his life. "Baby." Duo took a shaky breath as he listened with growing horror to Wufei's sorrow. "Baby please answer me, what's wrong?"

"You're alive." Wufei cried out thickly.

"Of course I'm alive! What's going on?" He asked quickly, knees growingweek from shock.

"Get out Duo! Get out of the house!" Wufei rasped between his wet pants. "Don't let it get you, please don't let it. Don't die!"

Duo's heart was trying to beat its way out of his chest as he griped the kitchen table in support. "I won't, just tell me where you are and I'll come get you."

Please dear god let him be okay.

There was no responds. "Wufei?" Silence. Then the call was cut.

In rising panic, Duo fumbled with his phone to call him back.

The signal went out, over and over again, only to get cut once again.

He tried again. The taunting signal went on. No answer.

He had to go, he had to find him. Duo had never heard Wufei sound so scared and if his husband wanted him out of the house he sure as hell was going to listen.

He knew where Wufei's office building was, he was just going to have to start searching for him there. With fear growing in his chest and his phone practically glued to his ear, Duo turned towards the counter where he had left his car keys. They were not there. No pink panther key chain, no car keys. Duo cursed with a desperate cry. He turned in a circle. Where were his keys? He knew he had left them on the counter but now they were gone. Where the fuck had he put them? He tried to think logical but fear and panic blocked his thoughts to the sound of that haunting signal in his ear.

"Jesus, what? I'm in a meeting." Wufei's annoyed voice answered abruptly.

"Are you alright? What's going on?" Duo asked desperately, his fingers suddenly finding his keys. They had been on the counter all along, hidden behind the tea pot. In his panic he must have missed them. Somehow.

"What do you mean what's going on? You called me."

With the keys safe in hand Duo hurried towards the car. "No you called me, all freaked out crying and screaming at me to get out of the house! What am I supposed to think?"

"... What?"

"Yeah you... " Duo faltered as he reached the lawn, the sun shining down on him as he came to a stop. "You didn't?"

"No, I've been in a meeting all day." Wufei said calmly. In the background, Duo could hear phones ringing and people talking rapidly.

"But..." He glanced back at the house. There was nothing there to give him any answers.

Wufei shifted the phone against his ear with a sigh. "Probably a prank caller, someone from the neighborhood who doesn't want two faggots moving in on their perfect little block."

Duo looked up and down the street, feeling lost. The adrenalin was wearing off, leaving him shivering and his knees were weak. He took a deep breath, trying to get the sound of Wufei's desperate begging out of his head. "Yeah... a prank."

"I'll be home in about two hours, will you be alright until then?"

Duo wanted to say no and beg Wufei to come home to him, but Wufei sounded distracted and in the distance he could hear someone calling out for Mr. Chang. "I'm fine, sorry for..." He trailed off, unable to find words for what had just happened.

"Understandable, I'll see you soon."

"Yeah, later." Duo hung up.

He glanced over at the still open front door. The empty hallway on the other side seemed bare and uninviting. He still had food to unpack and dinner to prepare. He shivered despite the sunshine, and decided to do some work outside. He got the rake out from the garage, using it to get all the leaves away from under the bushes. Then he took a trip with the lawnmower even if it wasn't really necessary. The flowerbeds were looking a bit rough so he spent some time working on them.

He didn't stop until he heard the sound of a car pulling up on the driveway. He got up and brushed off his knees as Wufei got out of the car. His husband was grinning as he walked over to him, suit jacket open and his tie stuffed down into his pocket. "Hey, Looks nice." He said as he took a look around the front yard. "Did you have time to prepare any dinner?"

Duo shifted his feet, unable to explain why he hadn't even been able to put a foot into the house.

Wufei walked past him up on the porch and nudged the door open as he walked in. "How about some chicken. We have chicken, right?" Wufei called out from inside.

Duo slowly walked over to the porch. His time in the garden had washed away most of his terror. He felt kind of foolish now. He couldn't believe that he had let himself be tricked by some unknown fraud.

"Duo! Have you seen the garlic salt?"

"Yeah." Duo called back, walking up the step to enter the house. "I bought a new jar today, it's on the table." Without further thought he went to join his husband, closing the door behind him.

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A/N

Next part will be posted tomorrow. Happy Halloween everyone :D