Chapter 9

"A cat will do what it wants when it wants, and there's not a thing you can do about it." - Frank Perkins

Or

"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham

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The morning had long past when Wufei lowered his arms with a soft sigh ending his kata. He would have kept going, feeling that it was far too long ago since he had taken the time to work himself to the point of exhaustion. But there was a feeling of approaching rain in the air and he chose not to.

His plan was to take a shower but he barely made it through the front door before Quatre appeared, motioning for him to follow. Curious, Wufei fell into steps with the blond up into the kitchen.

Trowa and Heero were already there, sitting at the table with its mismatched chairs.

"Should I get Duo?" He asked. Since the braided boy hadn't met up with him, he could only assume that he was roaming around in the forest.

Quatre shook his head. "No, this is actually about him, please sit down."

Curious as well as worried Wufei took a seat next to Trowa, waiting to hear why Winner had gathered them there.

Quatre sat down at the head of the table, lazing his fingers on top of it. "Is it just me or has Duo gotten awfully… friendly lately?"

Trowa nodded while Heero grunted in agreement. Wufei gave the blond a strange look. "Friendly? Maxwell is always friendly… well except when you piss him off and he takes it out on your socks." He muttered, annoyed that he at the moment was wearing his second last pair. He had an emergency stash in Nataku but he wasn't about to use them yet.

This time it was Wufei who was on the receiving end of not only one, but three strange looks.

Quatre shook his head as to get back to the point. "Well there is friendly, and there is -friendly- if you know what I mean."

Wufei didn't.

"He keeps touching and hugging. You can't go anywhere near him without having him all over you." Quatre complained, squirming restlessly in his chair just thinking about it.

Wufei tilted his head in confusion. "How is that different from before?"

Quatre sighed. "Never mind. He clearly has just extended this behavior to the rest of us."

"The sniffing is new." Trowa pointed out.

"Yeah, I asked him why he was constantly sniffing us but he wouldn't answer. That he appears to have stopped showering doesn't make things better. Because the smell is-" Quatre cut himself off as a slamming door echoed through the house. It didn't take long before a happy hurricane came running up the stairs. "Wu!" Duo exclaimed happily and Wufei barely had time to brace himself before Duo's full body weight slammed in to him. Duo's arms were around his neck, legs wrapped tightly around his waist.

Wufei fumbled, trying to hold on to Duo without trapping his tail or putting his hands on any inappropriate places. "I saw you barely three hours ago." Wufei pointed out but Duo paid him no mind, instead choosing to lick Wufei's temple. A low, deep rumble rose from Duo's chest as he worked.

Wufei sighed, holding his left eye closed as Duo lapped his eyebrow. "So this is –friendly- right?"

"Uhm, very friendly in your case I do believe." Quatre said faintly as he watched Duo in something close to horror.

Wufei sighed as he wrapped his arms under Duo, holding him up as he carried the other boy up to his room and over to the couch. He ungracefully sat down, taking Duo along with him. "Duo?" he asked softly, trying to make contact with the purring bundle in his lap. "Are you feeling alright?"

When Duo didn't respond he took a hold of his chin, forcing him to make eye contact with him.

"What's wrong?"

Duo just purred, eyes closing in pleasure as he rubbed himself against Wufei's hand.

"Duo." He barked sharply. Heavy eyes blinked several times before they focused on him. "What's going on?"

Duo just gave him a dazzled look, a goofy smile spreading on his face. "Nice." Duo purred sensually, moving in closer.

Wufei stared in confused fascination. "What? What's nice?"

"Warm nice, touch nice, smell nice." Duo mumbled as he buried his slightly too hot face in Wufei's neck. Wufei sighed. Duo was clearly coming down with something, probably a bad fever. Not that Duo wasn't usually what Winner described as friendly but this was a bit extreme even with Duo's feline package.

Not knowing what else to do, Wufei just started petting his back. Duo's purr got even louder.

They sat like that for a long while until Wufei's arm got tired and he stopped his petting, leaning back to meet Duo's eyes.

"What?" Duo grunted

"I just came back from my workout and I need a shower."

Duo whined in protest as he rubbed his face against Wufei's shoulder.

"Well even if you don't mind, I'm not so sure about the rest of the people in this house."

Duo whined as Wufei wrestled himself free to escape into the bathroom.

It didn't take him long to figure out that he had a problem. He was out of shampoo.

"Damn it." Wufei grumbled. Quatre was clearly mistaken because Duo did indeed shower. His friend was the only one who had his own shower but that apparently didn't stop him from finding Wufei's shampoo bottle.

He hesitated among the bottles. He didn't want to use Trowa's and smell like toothpaste, Heero's shampoo was just plain strange and Quatre's…

He opened the black bottle and took a quick sniff. It smelled heavy and masculine. He had to admit that it was a damn sexy smell.

Maybe he would use it just this once.

Feeling slightly guilty he washed his hair quickly and got out. He instantly noticed his second problem. Not only had he forgot to bring new clothes, he had also forgotten to bring a towel.

A slightly damp towel was hanging on a hook next to the sink, most likely used by the last person who used the shower.

With an annoyed grunt he grabbed it, roughly drying his hair. This just wasn't his day.

Wrapped it around his waist as he dumped his clothes into the plastic sack that served as his laundry hamper.

With that he left the bathroom.

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At the sound of the bathroom door opening, Duo jumped off the bed, ready to meet Wufei by the door. Only to pause half way, sniffing the air with great concentration. He could barely smell Wufei over the heavy smell of perfume and the little he could make out was mixed with the smell of… Heero? What the hell! Duo couldn't sense any of his own scent on Wufei, something that made anger flare up like fire. Wufei was calmly, seemingly ignorant of his betrayal, walking towards him, towel wrapped around his waist as he was dragging his fingers through his stinking hair.

Duo bared his teeth in a quiet growl. How dared he? Duo had spent a lot of time making sure that Wufei smelled right, and what does he do? He goes and covers himself in chemicals and –Heero's smell! That was so mean and not to mention rude! This was not acceptable; he would not stand for it!

As soon as the other boy got close enough he roughly tackled Wufei up against the wall, trapping him there. Wufei was protesting but he did not care. Wufei had brought this upon himself, the mean, selfish bastard. He had deliberately washed away all Duo's scent and chosen Heero's instead, regardless of Duo's feelings. The betrayal was beyond words and Duo was extremely angry. He would show Wufei who he belonged to. There. He smiled smugly. There would be no mistake who owned him now.

There was a moment of complete silence. Wufei blinked with wide eyes. "Did you just piss on me?" He asked.

Duo looked down at his bared penis and the strongly smelling liquid running down Wufei's leg. Yes, it appeared so. Duo bolted. He ran out of the room, down the stairs and was out the door faster than he had ever managed before. It had started raining quite hard but he didn't care. There were only one place to go and Duo didn't slow down until he felt the rough bark under his hands and feet. He climbed and climbed, way past his branch, up almost all the way to the top. The tree swayed under his weight, the cold rain beating down on him harshly.

He curled up against the tree, tail tucked in close, shielding his bare feet from the rain.

The rain drops hid his tears. He wanted to scream that he wasn't an animal, but he wasn't so sure about that anymore. He might as well stay here where he couldn't do any harm. Wufei sure as hell wouldn't be coming for him this time.

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Drying his leg off with the towel, Wufei went to take another shower.

This really wasn't they way he had dreamed of becoming up and close to Duo's cock.

Duo looked beyond pathetic when Wufei finally managed to get him down from the top of the tree. He was soaked to the bone and cold as ice. His eyes were red from crying and his large pointy ears were hanging depressingly. His tail was also missing a large tuff of fur where Duo obviously had plucked it.

When they had reached the ground, Duo barely touched the forest floor before leaping up into Wufei's arms, holding on to him like he was his only salvation. Grunting under the weight, Wufei carried his crying friend back to the house.

"I'm sorry." Duo sniffed wetly from where he stood with hunched shoulders in the middle of his bedroom, letting Wufei more or less wrestled him out off his wet clothes.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Arms." Wufei demanded, holding a dry sweater up before him.

"I didn't mean to." Duo mumbled from the inside the sweater as it was pushed over his head.

"I know. Feet."

Duo stepped into the loose sweatpants and Wufei pulled them up and tied the strings around his waist.

"There's just this stupid thing in my head and I don't know how to stop." Duo hiccupped wetly. Wufei took a hold of his elbow and steered him over to the side of the bed and pushed him down.

"I know, but I don't know what set you off."

Duo pulled his legs up against his chest, hiding his face against his knees in his embarrassment.

Wufei climbed up on the bed, sitting down with his legs crossed legs behind his friend, armed with a large towel and a brush. Without a pause, he started to unravel the braid in front of him, drying it as he went. He ignored the way Duo's shoulders were shaking, letting him cry in peace.

A long while later when it appeared that Duo had run out of tears and Wufei long ago had managed to dry the long hair, they sat silently. Wufei was brushing his fingers through his friend's hair in long, calming motions. "I'm sorry." Duo said once again.

"It's okay." Wufei answered quietly as he started to separate the mass of hair into three parts. "I just want to know why you tackled me in the first place so that you don't have to do it again." Duo was quiet and Wufei had plenty of time to braid his hair and tied it together before he spoke up.

"You smelled wrong."

Wufei lifted an eyebrow. "I smelled wrong?" That wasn't an answer that he would have expected. "Was it the shampoo?"

"Yes, or no- but yes." Duo grunted in frustration, slipping to his feet to pause in front of the bed. "That stuff made you smell wrong like- like it wasn't you but the worst was that you didn't smell like-" Duo cut himself off with an embarrassed shrug, his tail waving back and forth like a window wiper.

"I didn't smell like… what?"

Duo didn't answer him, he just started passing the bed over and over again as he paced. Wufei sighed and shuffled over until his legs were hanging over the edge of the bed. "Duo?"

All he got was a restless twitch as Duo tensed up, moving faster over the floor.

He tried again but no answer beyond the nervous flickering of the large ears. A sudden loud crack came from further down the hallway, most likely from another one of Heero's inventions. The sound made Duo jump and two seconds later he had scrambled his way to the top of the high closet standing by the door. Wufei bit back a frustrated sigh. Tackled, peed on, soaked by rain, he was not in the mood to climb on furniture.

He looked up at the curled up boy who looked even more pathetic then before. The ears was the only thing sticking up, the rest was pressed down on top of the closet.

"Duo." No respond. "Please come down." No movement. No responds. How the hell was he going to get him down? Trying to get him down physically would most likely earn him another set of scratches, but luring him down might work if he let him calm down for a moment. "You don't have to answer any questions that you don't want to. I'm going to get us something to eat. Do you want something in particularly?" Once again there was no respond. Wufei nodded like he had gotten his answer. "Right, up to me then. I'll be right back." He stepped out, closing the door behind him. If he just let Duo calm down then maybe he would get an idea of what was going on. Or at least a chance to relax. He suddenly stumbled to a stop in the middle of the hallway as he ran in to Trowa who was glaring angrily. Wufei startled at the out of character behavior from the other pilot.

"Control your pet." Was all he said, shoving a pilot jacket into his arms before marching away. Wufei blinked, looking down at the shredded mess in his arms that obviously had gotten in Duo's way. With another sigh he continued on his way. He didn't get far before Heero stopped him over by the stairs. Cold eyes zoomed in on him. "Keep a tighter leach on the pest or I will take action" He shouldered his way past him, clutching a bundled of cables that looked strangely chewed on. Wufei could only assume that they were the reason for the loud noise.

"Why is it my responsibility?" He asked the empty corridor, but naturally, he got no answer. With a sigh he went down into the kitchen. Deciding that a few sandwiches would have to do, he prepared them and made his way back to Duo's bedroom. A quick look told him that the other pilot was still curled up on top of the closet. "I brought- well, I wouldn't call it lunch, but it's close enough." There was a slight movement from the fluffy tail, but nothing more. It was time to bring out the secret weapon.

"I have tuna." He said, tapping the flat metal can against the desk. There was a full body twitch and the large ears were shifting in interest. Wufei reluctantly opened the can, letting the revolting smell spread in the room. Duo peeked over the edge of the edge of the closet.

Wufei pretended not to notice as he tipped the tuna up on a small plate. "Do you want it?"

A soft, mewling sound was his answer. "You better come down then." A hesitation before Duo shuffled closer to the edge then he gracefully, without a sound jumped down and landed next to Wufei.

Instead of handing the plate over, Wufei brought it along over to the bed and sat down with his back against the wall. Duo slowly followed him, hesitating for a moment before he got up on the bed and crawled over to Wufei's side.

Feeling pleased, Wufei handed the plate over, turning back to his sandwich so he wouldn't have to look at the massacred fish.

Later when Wufei had finished his late lunch and Duo was curled up beside him with his head in his lap, he decided to start asking the questions that needed to be answered.

"Why did you shred Trowa's jacket and Heero's cables?" It felt like a safe place to start.

Duo shrugged in obvious frustration. "Don't know, just angry."

He softly stroked the back of one of the big ears. "Why?"

"No reason, lots of reasons." Duo said seriously, closing his eyes as his forehead wrinkled in thought. "It just feels like something is missing. I need something, I just don't know what."

Wufei paused in his strokes. "You think we should visit Sally?"

Duo bit his lower lip with sharp looking teeth. "Don't know, but- I can feel it building, every day is worse than the last." He curled up tighter against Wufei. "I'm such a freak."

"You are not."

Duo choked out a wet laughter but he didn't protest. "Did something else happen today?" He asked and pushed Duo's bangs away from his face

"The others are starting to avoid me." Duo confessed quietly. "I tried to leave them alone but the smells just wouldn't let me."

"What kinds of smells?"

Duo shrugged. "Can't describe it, They smell nice and I just have to make sure that you- they smell a bit like me, like- like you all belong to me or like we are part of the same… thing. I don't know, I just need it or I can't relax. It's like if you don't smell like me, then you are the… enemy. The opposition... not mine." He looked almost ashamed to say it out loud.

A sudden understanding dawned on Wufei. "So when I came out of the shower and didn't smell right you-" He got cut of as Duo groaned loudly borrowed his face into Wufei's lap, clearly not wanting to talk about it.

"Whow! Personal space." Wufei protested, automatically bringing his knees up as Duo rubbed against his crotch.

Obviously not feeling generous after all the embarrassment and the ruffled treatment, Duo glared up at him. "Would you lie still?"

"Well if you would restrain from head butting curtain parts of my anatomy I would gladly do so."

"Perv." Duo accused but didn't remove his head from his lap.

Wufei sighed in defeat and put his legs back down. You really can't make a cat do anything. You just had to adapt.

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"Look!"

Wufei startled awake but he did not open his eyes, too scared of what he might find on his pillow. "Wuuuu! Look!"

Wufei held his breath. He couldn't have dosed off for that long, could he? Duo couldn't have made that much damage, right? There was no use in hiding. Wufei opened his eyes and stared.

"I caught it!" A drenched Duo exclaimed happily as he jumped up on the bed. He bounced on his knees, making the mattress roll with him.

Wufei would have been annoyed over the wet bedding if it weren't for the fact that there was a dead swan lying on the bedroom floor.

He wondered if it would go away if he closed his eyes.

Duo moved in close, getting on his hands and knees over Wufei. "It was really heavy and it was fighting really hard to get away and it can bite really, really hard, I almost thought it was going to bite my fingers off and-"

Wufei sighed. Duo was dripping and he smelled strongly of mud, alga and that strange musky odor.

He quietly wondered why this was happening to him.

"We can eat it, right?" Duo asked hopefully with a drop of water hanging from his nose and a piece of seaweed stuck to his cheek.

Wufei looked down. From this angle he could see straight down Duo's wet shirt. There was a lot of smooth skin there. He looked further up at that pretty face.

Right, that was why this was happening to him.

Wufei sighed deeply. "Of course we can, we just need to pluck it, gut it and cut it up in manageable pieces."

Duo grinned and dove down to give him a full body hug. Wufei would have appreciated it more if he hadn't still been drenched in pond water.

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He let Duo do most of the dirty work since he seemed to take great pleasure in tearing the bird into bloody pieces.

Wufei cut the meat up and put it in plastic bags and put them in the refrigerator. He wished that they had a freezer but this was just going to have to do. They were going to be very sick of swan meat soon that much he knew. Wufei took a step back to close the refrigerator door and proceeded to slip and almost bashed his own head in. When he got his footing back and had a tight grip on the side of the sink, Wufei looked down.

Dark red drips trailed across the room and Wufei followed them with his eyes over to his friend who was piling sticky meat with great concentration. He was covered in blood and feathers, more or less from top to toe. "Duo, you're getting blood all over the place. Go take a shower and I'll take care of this."

"But I don't wanna." Duo complained before he began lapping some dripping blood off his arms and hands.

The licking didn't help much and the dripping continued. Wufei decided to take desperate action to prevent further messes. "Please?" He asked softly.

Duo paused with his tongue on his elbow. "Oh fine." He grumbled as he gave what was left of the swan a look of longing before disappearing up the stairs.

Wufei was left to clean up the floor but it still felt like a victory. After putting most of the meat in the refrigerator, Wufei concentrated on their dinner. He decided that swan meat did in fact do very well in a stew, as long as you watched out for random feathers.

Some time later the rest of the pilots strolled in at the smell of food and helped to set the table as Wufei carried the steaming pot over.

"Why are you wearing Duo's clothes?" Trowa asked giving the large shapeless sweater Wufei had pulled on a curious look as he sat down by the table.

Wufei snorted and put the pot down before rolling the long sleeves up to his elbows. "Believe me; it's better than the alternative."

Trowa lifted an eyebrow in question but Wufei pretended not to see. He was not going to give the other boy more ammunition for his teasing.

Whistling happily, Duo bounced down the stairs, making far too little noise compared to the rest of them. "Oh, it smells like chicken." He hummed happily as he skipped over to the table, leaning over Quatre's shoulder to look down onto the stew.

"Urgh!" Quatre gagged, bringing his hand up over his nose. "Duo for god's sake, go take a shower. You stink."

"Hey!" Duo protested angrily. "I just got out from one, my hair is still dripping."

"Well you obviously didn't do a very good job in there." Quatre said, gagging slightly.

"Personal hygiene is important for a successful pilot." Heero said, glaring at him from across the table. "Do it again."

Duo hissed angrily, sounding like a pissed off jungle cat as he turned on his heal and went back upstairs. The sound of a slamming door could soon be heard.

"Maybe it's the tail that smells." Wufei suggested, breathing a bit easier as the heavy smell was no longer hanging in the air. He knew it wasn't the tail, but there were no way that he was sharing his real theory. It didn't help that he kept imagining just what Duo was doing to smell like that.

"No, that just smells like wet dog, this is something else." Quatre said with a grimace. "God knows what he's been doing to smell like that." Wufei hid his blush by filling his glass with water before sitting down next to Heero.

"Maybe it's another experiment result that's evolving." Trowa suggested.

"That's possible." Wufei nodded, taking a sip of his water. "A lot of Duo's new… accessories have evolved over time."

"We'll keep an eye on him, report any developments to the rest of the team." Heero said without taking his eyes off the plate in front of him.

Wufei nodded, lifting Duo's abandoned plate over to his so that he could fill them both. There was no way that Duo was going to come back down after Quatre's comment. Everyone was used to having Heero putting his foot in his mouth, it happened almost every day. But Quatre was not... socially challenged and his words were therefore taken more seriously.

Carefully carrying the plates upstairs he pushed Duo's door open with his hip. The heavy, musky smell washed over him as soon as he stepped in, making him feel slightly lightheaded.

The room was dark and for a second he almost thought it was empty, and then he saw the light from under the bathroom door.

"I brought some food." He called out as he put the plates down on the desk next to him. Turning around, he flipped on the light.

He waited for a responds but when he didn't get one, he simply busied himself by arranging the plates and the silverware.

Another couple of seconds went by.

"I don't smell… do I?" Duo suddenly asked in a heartbroken voice from the other side of the door.

Wufei bit back a sigh. Gods, why did this happen to him of all people? He wasn't equipped to handle situations like this. "The thing is that you kind of do." He said, happy that he wasn't anywhere close to Duo's claws. "Most likely it has something to do with what was done with you. We should let Sally take a look at you, just in case."

"Don't wanna." Duo sniffed.

"Okay, but if it gets worse, we're going. Deal?"

"Yeah." Duo agreed reluctantly.

"Thank you, now come out and eat." He said, turning around to pull out a chair to sit down.

"I'm just going to take a shower."

Wufei frowned. "Didn't you just take one?"

He could hear clothes dropping to the floor before Duo's embarrassed voice could be heard. "I cheated a bit so I'm taking another one."

"Well hurry up, the food is getting cold."

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Duo glared at the hanging mess behind him. He really hated when his tail got wet. It got too heavy to stand straight and it smelled. He had used up almost an entire bottle of shampoo on the tail and it still smelled like a wet dog.

Quatre was right, he was disgusting. He really should just stay away from everyone until the tail had dried.

"Duo, are you alright?" Wufei asked from the other side of the door.

"Yeah, fine." He answered quickly, rubbing his tail with yet another towel.

"You've been in there for almost an hour."

"I'm almost done." He said, dragging a hand over his tail. It wasn't really wet, but it sure wasn't dry ether.

Wufei sighed. "Just come out would you, the food is beyond cold but we can heat it up if you want."

"In a minute."

"Duo." Wufei spoke his name in a voice that spoke of stained patience.

Duo inched away from the door, wishing with everything he had that he owned a blow-dryer. "No."

"Duo."

"No, it's not dry yet."

"…what isn't dry?"

"The tail."

There was a pause. "Why does your tail have to be dry?"

Duo rolled his eyes. Like that wasn't obvious. "Because it smells."

"I'm going to kill that blond." Wufei mumbled quietly, clearly thinking that Duo couldn't hear him through the door. "It's okay, it's hardly noticeable."

Duo appreciated the lie but he wasn't going to fall for it. "No it isn't."

"Oh for t- Duo, your tail does not smell that much, besides, I'm the only one here."

Duo shuffled closer to the door.

"You know I don't care how you smell, hell, I let you sleep in my bed while stinking of sewer. So would you just come out... please?"

Duo hesitated but he figured that Wufei was right. His friend had already seen him at his worst times so this was nothing compared to all the rest of crazy thing he had put Wufei through.

Duo unlocked the door and slunk out into the bedroom.

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They ate in silence. Wufei tried to figure out something comforting to say but the truth was that Duo did smell, even after his hour long shower. And unless Duo had been masturbating- Wufei cut his line of thought off. Not thinking about that. No. Just no.

When they were done, Wufei took the plates and got up. "You should probably kill the other one too." He said as he put the plates down on the desk.

Duo looked up from where he was lying on his side on the bed, lazily lapping his fingers. "What? The swan? Why?"

Wufei shrugged as he walked over to the bed, sitting down with his back against the wall. "Swans mate for life."

"So I should kill it just so it doesn't have to be alone?" Duo asked as he got up on his knees and crawled over to his side.

"Dying out of sorrow doesn't sound all that pleasant ether."

"I guess." Duo curled up around him. "Pet." He demanded.

Wufei did as he was told.

They spent the rest of the day just like that, enjoying each others company. Duo's ears were pushed down against his head as Wufei's hand stroke his head over and over again until it felt like his hands were going to fall off. He took that as a sign that there had been enough petting for one day. Now he just had to convince Duo of that. "I'm tired and I want to go to bed." He said as he climbed over Duo's relaxed body, ignoring the displeased glare he got for his trouble.

They went through what now was a routine. While Duo brushed his teeth and got undressed, Wufei did the same in his own room. Wufei then probed himself up against the headboard and got his book out. By then, Duo had slipped into his room, closing the door behind him before climbing onto the bed, making himself comfortable in Wufei's lap, purring as he was petted. Or scratched as in this case since Wufei's hands were protesting.

It was nice to have routines when the world around them was just one big chaos.

Wufei stopped his scratching for a second as he flipped the page. The smell really wasn't that bad once you got used to it, in fact, it was hardly noticeable by now.

He read until he had finished his chapter before putting the bookmark in between the pages and placed the book neatly on the nightstand. Duo had fallen asleep long ago but regained consciousness when Wufei nudged him off. That didn't mean he was happy about it as Wufei pushed him away so that he could roll over on his stomach. Duo didn't waste any time before crawling back on top off Wufei, pushing his face up against his friend's neck.

Wufei sighed. There was no point in complaining, he was just going to get used to sleeping without air in his lungs.

"I'll try to kill it tomorrow." Duo said softly against the back of Wufei's neck. "Being the one left behind is the worst."

"Yeah, it is." Wufei whispered, closing his eyes.

Some time later he startled awake by a horrified scream. "DUO! What the fuck did you do to my computer?"

"Don't worry, I locked the door." Duo snickered into his hair.

Wufei groaned as Quatre tried to rip the door open without success. "Do I even want to know?"

"Nope." Duo said happily, totally ignoring the angry pounding on the door.

Wufei sighed once again as he closed his eyes. Hopefully, Quatre would give up soon.

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A/N

Right, sorry for the long wait. Too much work and a computer that keeps dying on me have slowed down my writing. If you took a second to leave me a word about what you thought about the chapter then I would be very happy :)

Next chapter will be updated on Friday.

Kyothefallenkit – lol, no I have a hard time believing that they would forget about the tail, no matter how much Duo would like them to XD Akakoogoo – Thank you :) Glad to hear that I could make you laugh ^^ Cinnamon Selkie – I have not really decided just how far I'm going to take the transformation… we'll just going to have to see what mood I'm in when I get to the end *evil laughter* Wufei is slowly learning how to be a good human slave. He still need a few more lessons but Duo is being pretty patient with him XD Aly – No, poor Heero has no idea how to deal with animals, especially cats. I have a feeling that he's more of a dog person. Luckily for him, Wufei is the one who is going to be the main focus of all the stalking and… other things that I have planned *leer* Toni-LOL! I can so see Wufei going into the pet store and emptying all the shampoo shelves. That way he would at least get to keep his own. Trowa, Heero and Quatre really must wonder what is going on because as you said, Duo is too close to notice and Wufei is enjoying every minute of it. Damn, the rest of this is going to be so much fun to write because I –love- to torture the boys. Cristalake -I'm happy that you like it and - lucky for you, there will be a lot more of your two favorite things. Cats and WufeixDuo… a lot more :) Kidishcaresh - I'm happy that you like kitty Duo, the sock stealing little bastard :) And believe me, Heero will have the chance to be a lot more disturbed later on. The Dancing Bard – I promise you, that before the end, Heero will pet the kitten and Trowa will be one very impressed clown. It will take me a while, but I will fit it in there somehow. And Duo and long hair just kind of fit together, doesn't it? … poor Duo XD Princess Cythera – LOL! If the cat on you icon is yours then I can totally understand how you can identify with Wufei. The hair must get everywhere. But on the other hand, I can also understand your sister for missing the cats more then you XD such a pretty cat! What kind is it? Librarycat9 – Oooh, I think you can guess why ;) And where it will stop, no one knows. Snowdragonct - Who? Me? Would I twist Duo's mind beyond recognition and make him do things that he normally wouldn't do? Would I really traumatize him to the point where the poor boy wouldn't even recognize himself? Would I really let the cat parts overwhelm him and overshadow his own personality?... why yes, I do believe I will *evil laughter* Sallzy – I'm really happy that you are enjoying yourself and of course there will be more :) don't you worry.