Disclaimer: Need I say this again? Repeat after me…They are not mine.
Ok, the next chapter may really offend some of you because of the changes that I have made, but keep in mind, it is just fiction from a simple girl with a wild imagination. I'm sure many have done worse to Wufei. Just don't come and flame me on the basis that I've completely destroyed Wufei's original personality. Why? Because I really don't care.
Chapter 4 Relief
"Fiancée? I thought you were going to marry Lady Relena soon?" He inquired of me.
"That is the exact problem, everyone thinks that." At Wufei's raised eyebrows, I continued: "I rather hang myself than marry that sorry excuse for a woman. If you have ever met her, you'd know why."
I looked at him as he proceeded to take in this information. I have no doubt that there are going to be a lot of things to plan out, but this is probably my only chance at sanity so I have to take it. I walked out and called Duo in again for the second time. Once this time, he learned better, so he did not complain, and here I was thinking that he could never learn.
"So, Heero, what do you want this time, Trowa has already left for home and what else do I have to do?" His eyes traveling back and forward between Wufei and me the whole time, wanting to ask, but not knowing how I will take it.
"Duo, meet Wufei, the person who is about to save your life. Wufei, meet Duo, the person who saved your life also because of the mess he created." They both looked each other and then at me, silently demanded an explanation.
"Duo is the person who has invited, without my permission, I might add, Relena here for a weekend, or as long as it takes for her to convince me of how perfectly matched we are together." Duo looked down at his shoes guiltily.
"And here is Wufei, the person who tried to kill me tonight in order to save Trowa. He almost succeeded by the way." Wufei just looked at me and shrugged. Duo, however, was starting at him wide mouthed and gasping.
"But, in order to live, Wufei has agreed to help me get rid of Relena by pretending to be my fiancée during the time that she visits." Now, Duo is gasping at me open mouthed. This is probably the first time that he has kept quiet for more than a minute, I should remember to shock him more often.
Alas, good times never last long. Duo opened his mouth again.
"Wait a moment Heero, I admit that your plan is a good one considering the public will adore whoever you marry as long as you are willing, but still, Wufei?"
Wufei, in the corner and have remained quiet throughout our discussion suddenly piped up unexpectedly and asked: "Why? What's wrong with me?"
Duo gasped at him, apparently having forgotten about his presence in the room for a while, immediately started to explain his rudeness.
"No, I didn't mean it like that, but the fact of the matter is that well, you're a um…."
"I'm a what?" Duo flinched
"You're a… a… a guy!"
"Why, how very observant of you, I'm impressed."
I joined this conversation quickly to avoid Duo's further embarrassment. "What he means is that even though homosexual marriages are by now common and accepted widely in the country, the people want me to actually produce a heir to the crown, so a guy, even though they would tolerate our marriage, would still be disappointed." But then, I looked at Wufei meaningfully and added: "However, that really isn't a problem for you is it, Wufei?"
Wufei looked up, surprise clearly written on his face. I cheered inwardly at finally getting a response out of him. Looking down for at his hands for about a minute without moving at all, he, at long last, looked up at me and questioned wearily: "How did you know? How? When?"
I smiled encouragingly at him.
"When I first saw you. I'm not all human. My grandmother was an elf." Wufei didn't say anything and returned back to look down at the ground, unmoving.
And next to me, Duo looked about ready to pull his hair out and after he couldn't take it anymore, he exploded.
"Would anyone want to explain this one to me, cause I think I'm the only one who does not know whatever you two are talking about, and what does it have to do with the fact that Wufei is male?"
Wufei ignored him so I had to explain to Duo what I have discovered. God, I really hate talking. Remember the reaction that I got when Wufei first stepped out of the shadows? I nearly fainted in disbelief, not because he was dangerously beautiful, well yeah that too, but also because I saw something normal beings cannot see. As a result of being one-fourth elf, I can sense magic and Wufei's aura is definitely unique and definitely not human. Humans have auras that are a light misty color, but with Wufei's, it has tints of silver and ice blue to it.
Duo still doesn't get it "So, what is he then, if he is not human?"
"That's easy, he is a angel." Duo just looked at me to see if I am joking and realizing my total seriousness, he fell down on my sofa unmoving. So with Wufei staring at the ground, and Duo staring at Wufei, neither moving a muscle, needless to say, I was getting annoyed. When my patience started wearing thin, I got up and whacked Duo on the head. I think that worked well because he seems normal again, or as normal as he can be.
"Wow, an angel…" He said breathlessly, then with a burst of energy that I personally have never thought possible until I meet Duo, he grabbed Wufei's shoulders and caused him to look up, eyes wide and taken aback.
"Can I see your wings, pretty please, pretty please with a cherry on top. No wonder you are so beautiful, it is because you are an angel. Can I see your wings please?"
Do you really blame me if I guffawed at that moment? I looked at them both and slightly out of breath from laughing. Well, Wufei certainly did. He stared daggers at me but I was too busy snickering on my bed to notice or care. As I finally regained control of my body, I took a deep breath and wiped away the tears in the corners of my eyes. But one look at the both of them almost sent me rolling again. Duo was looking at me with an expression of disbelief and his mouth was wide open, even more so than when he was informed that Wufei was an angel. It takes a lot to surprise him, and me laughing hysterically is apparently one of those things. Wufei, next to him was looking at me with this bewildered and trapped look in his eyes, hair falling out of his ponytail. I just looked at them and smiled. Duo recovered somewhat from his trance and proceeded to point his finger at me, the tip shaking.
"You laughed, Gods above, Heero actually laughed, and he is smiling at me right now. What is next, Armageddon? Should I pray for forgiveness now?
My face instantly became stony again and I said chillingly: "Duo, I was laughing at your foolishness, not something else. The angels you were referring to only exist in fairy tales and myths of the ignorant. The ones I'm talking about are just regular humans except with the extra ability to change sex whenever they desire. They act just like humans, they eat and sleep just like humans, and they look just like humans. I think Wufei is just a exceptionally rare case to that rule." As I finished my speech, I glanced at Wufei again, and grimaced when I saw that he was back to his regular self, calm and as indifferent as a statue.
"So, what you are saying is that Wufei is also a woman?" Duo still doesn't get it and it is starting to frustrate me. I wanted to wrap that braid of his around his neck.
"Yes, something to that effect. Am I right, Wufei?"
For a second, I thought that I was not going to get any reply but Wufei surprised me again for the countless times that day. "Yes, you are."
"Well, that takes care of everything, the plan will go perfectly, but there is one thing, both of you are like stone, that wouldn't do well for the public to think that you treat each other so civilly like this all the time. What they want is like a soap opera; the woman and man passionately in love with one another and isn't afraid to show it. That definition is anything but you two. How are you going to pretend to tolerate one another much less be in love when the most words you say to one another is less than twenty a day?" He ignored my death gaze and looked at Wufei. "Don't you think that I am right? And Heero, don't deny it, this is the most you've spoken in all the times that I've known you, and that isn't saying much."
"Not really, I think that if people see a girl who is more complementary to my nature and have the same mind-set as me, they will be satisfied if I am happy." I came to Wufei's defense immediately.
"Well, I can try being more caring if I really have to." Wufei's no nonsense voice was heard in the room. It is apparently going to take a lot of work for him to speak properly with emotions like normal people, but we can work on that. We being Duo.
"But when is Relena coming?" I suddenly remembered I forgot to ask Duo about this little detail during this afternoon, but I was "occupied", and why is he starting to squirm and fidget on his seat? If it is as soon as next month, we better start preparing right away.
"Um…next week, she wanted to come with me today, but I stopped her. Still, she would not wait that long to see you."
Yep, quick and easy is just too simple for Duo's death, I decided. Next week, that gives us almost no time at all to get ready but now is not the time to get feisty, I'll wait till it is all over before killing Duo brutally, that way I can enjoy the pleasure of getting rid of Relena and Duo at the same time. I kept on reminding myself, but it doesn't seem to be working as I realized that I am slowing inching forward to where Duo is.
"That's enough time. Duo, can you take me to buy some clothes tomorrow? I don't think it will be that hard to be rid of her, she doesn't sound intelligent enough as to figure out what we would be doing." Wufei's soft voice stopped me in my tracks and Duo looked about ready to bow down to his knees and kiss Wufei's shoes in gratitude. "What will I have to do next week?"
"Relena has to admit defeat, when she comes, she has to fully realize that you are better than her in everything and she can never even compare to you. She has to acknowledge that she can never have me and that I will never want her even if she is the last person on earth. The point of next week's performance is to…."
"Save you from a unimaginable painful future?" Wufei asked.
"Yes, that too, but most importantly, we have to…."
"Humiliate her so completely and utterly that she can never show her face here again." Duo smiled wickedly and I slowly matched his smile.
"Oh, Hell yeah."
Thank you to those who have made it this far, but I'm really not sure if I should continue on with this story. This is a good idea, but the fact of the matter is, I don't think I have enough talent to carry this plot as well as I wished. I really dislike where this is going and I really don't like my writing. I think it is ruining a perfectly good idea and so I've been thinking if I should stop. I have never taken a writing class and I'm fairly young in age and experience which is apparent in the weaknesses of this story. I have posted all that I have, but I am still disappointed at my lack of process. If I get enough reviews, maybe I'll continue, but I really think my writing sucks, to put it bluntly. Heck, I don't even like Wufei all that much and because I really didn't like his attitude towards women in the few fan fiction that I've read, I turned him into one, or at least half of one. I like him better than before, but not by much. Like I said, I will probably continue this if people asked me to, but I doubt a lot of people liked this story.
Ok, the next chapter may really offend some of you because of the changes that I have made, but keep in mind, it is just fiction from a simple girl with a wild imagination. I'm sure many have done worse to Wufei. Just don't come and flame me on the basis that I've completely destroyed Wufei's original personality. Why? Because I really don't care.
Chapter 4 Relief
"Fiancée? I thought you were going to marry Lady Relena soon?" He inquired of me.
"That is the exact problem, everyone thinks that." At Wufei's raised eyebrows, I continued: "I rather hang myself than marry that sorry excuse for a woman. If you have ever met her, you'd know why."
I looked at him as he proceeded to take in this information. I have no doubt that there are going to be a lot of things to plan out, but this is probably my only chance at sanity so I have to take it. I walked out and called Duo in again for the second time. Once this time, he learned better, so he did not complain, and here I was thinking that he could never learn.
"So, Heero, what do you want this time, Trowa has already left for home and what else do I have to do?" His eyes traveling back and forward between Wufei and me the whole time, wanting to ask, but not knowing how I will take it.
"Duo, meet Wufei, the person who is about to save your life. Wufei, meet Duo, the person who saved your life also because of the mess he created." They both looked each other and then at me, silently demanded an explanation.
"Duo is the person who has invited, without my permission, I might add, Relena here for a weekend, or as long as it takes for her to convince me of how perfectly matched we are together." Duo looked down at his shoes guiltily.
"And here is Wufei, the person who tried to kill me tonight in order to save Trowa. He almost succeeded by the way." Wufei just looked at me and shrugged. Duo, however, was starting at him wide mouthed and gasping.
"But, in order to live, Wufei has agreed to help me get rid of Relena by pretending to be my fiancée during the time that she visits." Now, Duo is gasping at me open mouthed. This is probably the first time that he has kept quiet for more than a minute, I should remember to shock him more often.
Alas, good times never last long. Duo opened his mouth again.
"Wait a moment Heero, I admit that your plan is a good one considering the public will adore whoever you marry as long as you are willing, but still, Wufei?"
Wufei, in the corner and have remained quiet throughout our discussion suddenly piped up unexpectedly and asked: "Why? What's wrong with me?"
Duo gasped at him, apparently having forgotten about his presence in the room for a while, immediately started to explain his rudeness.
"No, I didn't mean it like that, but the fact of the matter is that well, you're a um…."
"I'm a what?" Duo flinched
"You're a… a… a guy!"
"Why, how very observant of you, I'm impressed."
I joined this conversation quickly to avoid Duo's further embarrassment. "What he means is that even though homosexual marriages are by now common and accepted widely in the country, the people want me to actually produce a heir to the crown, so a guy, even though they would tolerate our marriage, would still be disappointed." But then, I looked at Wufei meaningfully and added: "However, that really isn't a problem for you is it, Wufei?"
Wufei looked up, surprise clearly written on his face. I cheered inwardly at finally getting a response out of him. Looking down for at his hands for about a minute without moving at all, he, at long last, looked up at me and questioned wearily: "How did you know? How? When?"
I smiled encouragingly at him.
"When I first saw you. I'm not all human. My grandmother was an elf." Wufei didn't say anything and returned back to look down at the ground, unmoving.
And next to me, Duo looked about ready to pull his hair out and after he couldn't take it anymore, he exploded.
"Would anyone want to explain this one to me, cause I think I'm the only one who does not know whatever you two are talking about, and what does it have to do with the fact that Wufei is male?"
Wufei ignored him so I had to explain to Duo what I have discovered. God, I really hate talking. Remember the reaction that I got when Wufei first stepped out of the shadows? I nearly fainted in disbelief, not because he was dangerously beautiful, well yeah that too, but also because I saw something normal beings cannot see. As a result of being one-fourth elf, I can sense magic and Wufei's aura is definitely unique and definitely not human. Humans have auras that are a light misty color, but with Wufei's, it has tints of silver and ice blue to it.
Duo still doesn't get it "So, what is he then, if he is not human?"
"That's easy, he is a angel." Duo just looked at me to see if I am joking and realizing my total seriousness, he fell down on my sofa unmoving. So with Wufei staring at the ground, and Duo staring at Wufei, neither moving a muscle, needless to say, I was getting annoyed. When my patience started wearing thin, I got up and whacked Duo on the head. I think that worked well because he seems normal again, or as normal as he can be.
"Wow, an angel…" He said breathlessly, then with a burst of energy that I personally have never thought possible until I meet Duo, he grabbed Wufei's shoulders and caused him to look up, eyes wide and taken aback.
"Can I see your wings, pretty please, pretty please with a cherry on top. No wonder you are so beautiful, it is because you are an angel. Can I see your wings please?"
Do you really blame me if I guffawed at that moment? I looked at them both and slightly out of breath from laughing. Well, Wufei certainly did. He stared daggers at me but I was too busy snickering on my bed to notice or care. As I finally regained control of my body, I took a deep breath and wiped away the tears in the corners of my eyes. But one look at the both of them almost sent me rolling again. Duo was looking at me with an expression of disbelief and his mouth was wide open, even more so than when he was informed that Wufei was an angel. It takes a lot to surprise him, and me laughing hysterically is apparently one of those things. Wufei, next to him was looking at me with this bewildered and trapped look in his eyes, hair falling out of his ponytail. I just looked at them and smiled. Duo recovered somewhat from his trance and proceeded to point his finger at me, the tip shaking.
"You laughed, Gods above, Heero actually laughed, and he is smiling at me right now. What is next, Armageddon? Should I pray for forgiveness now?
My face instantly became stony again and I said chillingly: "Duo, I was laughing at your foolishness, not something else. The angels you were referring to only exist in fairy tales and myths of the ignorant. The ones I'm talking about are just regular humans except with the extra ability to change sex whenever they desire. They act just like humans, they eat and sleep just like humans, and they look just like humans. I think Wufei is just a exceptionally rare case to that rule." As I finished my speech, I glanced at Wufei again, and grimaced when I saw that he was back to his regular self, calm and as indifferent as a statue.
"So, what you are saying is that Wufei is also a woman?" Duo still doesn't get it and it is starting to frustrate me. I wanted to wrap that braid of his around his neck.
"Yes, something to that effect. Am I right, Wufei?"
For a second, I thought that I was not going to get any reply but Wufei surprised me again for the countless times that day. "Yes, you are."
"Well, that takes care of everything, the plan will go perfectly, but there is one thing, both of you are like stone, that wouldn't do well for the public to think that you treat each other so civilly like this all the time. What they want is like a soap opera; the woman and man passionately in love with one another and isn't afraid to show it. That definition is anything but you two. How are you going to pretend to tolerate one another much less be in love when the most words you say to one another is less than twenty a day?" He ignored my death gaze and looked at Wufei. "Don't you think that I am right? And Heero, don't deny it, this is the most you've spoken in all the times that I've known you, and that isn't saying much."
"Not really, I think that if people see a girl who is more complementary to my nature and have the same mind-set as me, they will be satisfied if I am happy." I came to Wufei's defense immediately.
"Well, I can try being more caring if I really have to." Wufei's no nonsense voice was heard in the room. It is apparently going to take a lot of work for him to speak properly with emotions like normal people, but we can work on that. We being Duo.
"But when is Relena coming?" I suddenly remembered I forgot to ask Duo about this little detail during this afternoon, but I was "occupied", and why is he starting to squirm and fidget on his seat? If it is as soon as next month, we better start preparing right away.
"Um…next week, she wanted to come with me today, but I stopped her. Still, she would not wait that long to see you."
Yep, quick and easy is just too simple for Duo's death, I decided. Next week, that gives us almost no time at all to get ready but now is not the time to get feisty, I'll wait till it is all over before killing Duo brutally, that way I can enjoy the pleasure of getting rid of Relena and Duo at the same time. I kept on reminding myself, but it doesn't seem to be working as I realized that I am slowing inching forward to where Duo is.
"That's enough time. Duo, can you take me to buy some clothes tomorrow? I don't think it will be that hard to be rid of her, she doesn't sound intelligent enough as to figure out what we would be doing." Wufei's soft voice stopped me in my tracks and Duo looked about ready to bow down to his knees and kiss Wufei's shoes in gratitude. "What will I have to do next week?"
"Relena has to admit defeat, when she comes, she has to fully realize that you are better than her in everything and she can never even compare to you. She has to acknowledge that she can never have me and that I will never want her even if she is the last person on earth. The point of next week's performance is to…."
"Save you from a unimaginable painful future?" Wufei asked.
"Yes, that too, but most importantly, we have to…."
"Humiliate her so completely and utterly that she can never show her face here again." Duo smiled wickedly and I slowly matched his smile.
"Oh, Hell yeah."
Thank you to those who have made it this far, but I'm really not sure if I should continue on with this story. This is a good idea, but the fact of the matter is, I don't think I have enough talent to carry this plot as well as I wished. I really dislike where this is going and I really don't like my writing. I think it is ruining a perfectly good idea and so I've been thinking if I should stop. I have never taken a writing class and I'm fairly young in age and experience which is apparent in the weaknesses of this story. I have posted all that I have, but I am still disappointed at my lack of process. If I get enough reviews, maybe I'll continue, but I really think my writing sucks, to put it bluntly. Heck, I don't even like Wufei all that much and because I really didn't like his attitude towards women in the few fan fiction that I've read, I turned him into one, or at least half of one. I like him better than before, but not by much. Like I said, I will probably continue this if people asked me to, but I doubt a lot of people liked this story.