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Chapter 10

The cat has nine lives - three for playing, three for straying, and three for staying. - English proverb

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"You're leaving again?" Duo questioned, digging his fingers into Wufei's desk, his claws making small puncture marks in the wood.

"Yes, it shouldn't be more than a week." Wufei told him as he checked his packing, making sure that he had enough bullets with him.

Duo let out a low, sad noise as he brushed against Wufei, sitting down on top of the table next to the backpack. He ignored Wufei's protest and pulled the other boy close, wrapping his arms around him tightly. He pressed his nose into Wufei's neck, taking a deep breath. Wufei let out a long sigh in surrender and lifted his arms to hold him.

"I'll be back soon."

Duo nodded, but didn't let go.

For some reason if felt even worse then usual to let Wufei out of his sight, like he really needed his friend with him right now.

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In the middle of the night, just a few hours after Wufei left, Duo woke up knowing that something was not as it should be. There was a strange feeling in his body, he couldn't put his finger on just what it was but it was there. It almost felt like the alien feeling was moving around inside of him, making his skin itch from the inside.

He squirmed unhappily, throwing the duvet off, hoping for some relief. It didn't work; instead it just went on and on and on. He wanted it to stop. He needed something, he didn't know what, but he just knew that he needed it more than anything.

He let out a vibrating whine in frustration as he clawed the wall. The complaining sound sounded loud in his own ears but it felt good to let it out. Not holding back, he let another shrieking, almost begging sound as if he was waiting for someone to answer his call.

A couple of loud thumps on the wall cut him short. "Shut up!" Heero's frustrated, if muffled voice was heard from the other side of the wall.

It startled Duo who slinking to his feet. The otherwise quiet pilot was not someone you wanted to piss off when he was trying to sleep. The consequences could be devastating.

Duo paced back and forth in the small room. The burn rolled in his body, forcing him to move, to find what he needed. The itching was building up into a almost smarting pain.

He didn't know what to do, he needed help. He was halfway across the room before he remembered that Wufei wasn't there.

He bit back another whine as he went back to his bed, curling up in the corner. He wouldn't be getting much sleep this night, that was for sure.

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The mission with Trowa went surprisingly easy. Both posting as waiters at the expensive restaurant they had no trouble completing their mission. Trowa managed to effortlessly drop a flambé in the lap of a movie star, something that proved to be a brilliant distraction. The woman screamed bloody murder as the still burning meat landed on her sparkling and most likely, expensive dress. The commotion that followed easily made it possible for Wufei to slit the throat of the Oz officer dining at the restaurant. After that they both slipped out before anyone even noticed that there was a dead man in the corner.

The only thing that hadn't gone as planed was the deep, water filed ditch that Wufei had accidentally stepped into on the way back from the hidden hangar. He cursed softly to himself as the water overflowed the edge of his boots. He didn't have that many socks now days and he wouldn't put it past Duo to make the few he had left disappear while he was gone.

With squishing steps he reached the old house.

"How did the mission go?" Quatre asked politely as Wufei sank down on a chair at the kitchen table.

"Flawless, they didn't see a thing." He said smugly, unlacing his boots. He could almost feel his feet's desperate wish to be released from the horror of wet socks.

Wufei glanced up at the sound of creaking floor boards.

"Maxwell is getting uncontrollable." Heero grunted as walked down the stairs, joining the two others by the table.

"What makes you say that?" Wufei asked in surprise as he bent down to free his feet from his damp boots. As far as he knew, Duo had been very well behaved since the cable and jacket incident, if very clingy.

"He bit me." Heero said, holding his arm up to show the rest of the pilots the marks of sharp teeth and four long scratches. They matched the ones Wufei once had on his arm perfectly.

Wufei blinked in surprise. Why would Duo do that? He was usually the one who had the most patience with Heero and his horrible social skills.

"He has been acting very strange lately." Quatre pointed out.

"He's going to end up jeopardizing the missions if he keeps it up." Heero said coldly but the two other pilots knew very well that those words were as close as showing worry as Heero could get.

Picking up his boots, Wufei started walking towards the stairs. "I'll go talk to him." He said over his shoulder.

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He found Duo hiding in his bed. Wufei's bed that it. The musky smell was for a moment almost overwhelming and Wufei took a second to get used to it before he walked over to sit at the edge of his bed. Duo didn't say anything, probably trying to pretend that he wasn't under the cover. Wufei reached out to slowly pet Duo's back. "Why did you bite Heero?" He asked after a moment.

Duo curled up tighter under his blanket

"Duo?"

There was a weak, almost embarrassed mumble.

"Can't hear you." Wufei pointed out softly, still stroking the tensed back.

"Pulled my tail." Was the whispered respond as Duo pulling the blanket closer around himself.

Wufei blinked, than frowned in anger. "What! He pulled your tail?" The injustice of that action was unforgivable.

Duo peeked out from under the cover, giving Wufei a clear look of his wet, red eyes.

Wufei was half a step away from going down stair to show Yuy just what happened to boys who pulled the tails of defenseless… boys.

Then he stopped himself. Heero might not be the most socially adapted person, but he wasn't cruel. He held back, stroking Duo's back once again. "Why did he pull your tail?"

"I just couldn't stop. I tried to be quiet but it just slipped out anyway. I tried, but the more tired I got, the harder it was to hold it in." Duo sniffed pathetically and abandoned his blanket to crawl over to Wufei. After a bit of fumbling, Duo somehow managed to settle in his lap without crushing him. Wufei stroke the ruffled bangs away from the tear painted face and wrapped his arms around his friend.

"Hold what in?" Wufei asked, stroking the tensed back, making sure not to bother the tail.

Duo squirmed unhappily, fingers gripping Wufei's jacket. "I- I feel weird. Something's going on, don't know what but… making noise helps." Duo looked displeased with his explanation, like he understood just how strange it sounded.

Wufei held back a sarcastic responds about Duo and noise. Now was not the time. "And just what kind of noise were you making that made Heero react like that?"

He hesitate. "It's… I kind of just… called out? No, complained, no, more like- urg!" Duo pressed his forehead against Wufei's collarbone in frustration. "I made noises and he told me to stop, and I tried! I really did!" His tail, that for once were out, flexed sharply, sweeping over the back of Wufei's hands. "Then he told me again and I tried, I tried so hard to be quiet, but it hurt and I couldn't!"

Wufei petted the trembling body in his lap, making soothing noises.

"I didn't mean to, I really didn't."

"I know Duo, we'll figure it out." He told him, letting Duo cling him.

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"Well?" Heero asked impatiently as Wufei came down the stair.

Wufei glared. "I understand that he was bothering you but pulling his tail was to take it a bit too far, you could have seriously injured him."

The only indication he got that Heero actually felt bad about what he had done was the dip his eyebrows made. "I was trying to research a very important mission and he was screeching nonstop, I couldn't concentrate."

Wufei nodded. "It's a problem, but do not pull his tail, he is sensitive enough about it without adding a hospital visit."

Heero nodded ones before turning on his heal to march back to his room.

Wufei sighed; maybe he could finally get to change his socks now. If he had any left.

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Duo twitched. He felt strangely restless, even more than before. He couldn't sit still. His stomach hurt, or maybe it didn't quite hurt as much as it stung. But it didn't really sting, it itched. It was like his whole body itched. No, it didn't itch; it was more like it hurt. He whimpered in pain and frustration.

His legs bounced uncontrollably where he was sitting on the edge of the bed before falling back on top of it.

He felt... raw. His stomach ached and his head ached. Hell, even his skin ached.

He sat back up. Wufei would make it better. He didn't know how or why, he just knew that his friend was the key to making the discomfort go away.

Unfortunately, Wufei had directly and seriously told him, that if he disturbed him again while he was working on Nataku, he would not be pleased. The tone he used reminded Duo of a time when Wufei couldn't even stand to be in the same room as him, never mind being his friend.

Not daring to risk such an important friendship, Duo had left the other pilot alone.

Duo couldn't understand what was going on, but lately he just had to be close to Wufei whenever he could and deliberately staying away from his friend was making him anxious.

The last few days he had been more or less stalking Wufei around the house.

If Wufei stayed still for longer the a few seconds, Duo would be all over him. Hell, Wufei didn't even have to be still for Duo to rub himself against him.

Wufei had been very patient but he had been on the verge of losing his temper when Duo had latched on while was trying to fix a malfunction on Nataku's fire thrower that kept jamming it up. Duo knew that he shouldn't have tried to climb up in Wufei's lap while he was welding, but he just -had- to do it.

He was just becoming obsessed with making sure that he had Wufei's scent on him and that Wufei had his.

He couldn't relax, he was too restless for that. Being with other people helped a bit and they smelled nice. Especially when they smelled like him too. But the other three pilots were avoiding him. Doors that never were even closed before were now barged shut and when ever they left their hiding places they were walking around like they expected to be attacked. This just made Duo feel lonely and he tried even harder to get close to his friends. It was not appreciated and Duo would go back to bothering Wufei after every failed attempt until his friend lost his patience. His days were an endless circle of restless wandering and failed attempts of physical contact.

To make things worse he was horny all the time. He didn't know how many times he had to escape to get some space to work it off. He thought about going in to the closest town and trying to find some willing girl but he couldn't risk it, and let's not forget how he was going to explain the large, fluffy tail on his back and the damned ears.

He paused from where he was at the sound of footsteps on the stair, walking upwards. Then the smell of Wufei reached him and Duo happily jumped to his feet.

He hesitated over by the bed room door. Wufei had laid down on top of his bed, clearly trying to take a nap after spending all day out in the sun.

Duo crept closer and closer, looking down at his dozing friend with slitted eyes.

He took a deep breath through his nose. Wufei smelled so good. It was driving him insane. The other pilots smelled nice too but Wufei was like every delicious thing in the world rolled up in one.

He climbed over the warm back, trying to get closer. Wufei just grunted as he settled in.

He took a deep breath into Wufei's neck. Nice. He went lower, finding Wufei's armpit. Very nice. Wufei halfheartedly tried to wave him off but Duo just pressed his face in under his arm. Nice. It smelled so good, like something he needed.

He moved lower where the smell was the strongest, making his body tingle and his mouth water. Breathing deeply he moved in close.

"Whow!" Wufei rolled over, pushed him away with his knees as he shuffled away from him. "What the- Didn't we talk about the distance thing?"

Duo had no idea what his friend was talking about but he was more then a little disgruntled for being shoved away. With an insulted huff, Duo climbed off the bed and set for the door.

"Duo." Wufei sighed behind him. "I didn't mean to-" Duo opened and slammed the door behind him.

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"Are you still mad at me?" Wufei asked from the doorway.

Duo ignored him, turning his face away.

Wufei held back a sigh. If it was something that he had learned from his developed friendship with Duo, it was how to say please, how to surrender and not to mention, how to beg for forgiveness even when you thought that you had done nothing wrong. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to push you, you just startled me." He slowly walked closer, arms hanging along his sides, palms open. "Forgive me?" He asked softly, coming to a stop a few steps away from the curled up boy.

Duo gave him a dismissive look.

It wasn't a 'no' but it wasn't a 'yes' ether.

Wufei hunched down until he was in eye level with him before reaching out to run a hand over his back, making sure to rub the bottom of the tail.

Duo turned his face away again but a few strokes later, a low purr rose from Duo's chest. Wufei breathed out a sigh in relief. It didn't seem like Duo was going to hold a grunge. Lifting Duo's tail away, he sat down on the edge of the bed, petting his friend.

He really should have gotten used to Duo's strange habits by now. But on the other hand, how did one get used to having someone stick their nose up between your ass cheeks?

Wufei couldn't help but blush when he thought about it. He tried to remind himself that it wasn't Duo's fault; he was just following instincts that weren't his own. It was a completely innocent act and he was just being a pervert for thinking anything else.

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Duo twitched. Claws digging into the rug he was lying on. He was so restless! He was losing his mind. He needed to run. So he did. Out the door. Along the corridor. Up the stairs to the fourth floor, down again. Down the corridor, into his room. Jumping up on his desk, down again. Up on the bed. Turning, running again. To Wufei's room, turning, back to his room, turning again, running towards Wufei's room.

"What are you doing?"Wufei asked from where he was coming up the stairs. Duo didn't respond, didn't stop. Into Wufei's room. Socked feet sliding on the floor as he rounded the yellow chair, across the room and then leaping up on top of the wardrobe. Fretting he turned in circles on the small surface. Round, round, round again. Claws digging into the wood. Ah! No! Hair out of place! His sweatshirt went flying as he made quick work of the awful feeling on his back. Quick, short licks. There, all better. Wait. Noise. Ears focused quickly.

He heard steps coming and he got up on all four, ready. Wait for it. His ears followed the sound. Wufei walked through the doorway. Getting ready. Fingers gripping the edge. Jump!

Leaping on top of Wufei, sending them both to the floor. His pray cursed underneath him. Duo jumped off, hurrying over to the couch where he curled up in Wufei's corner.

"What the hell was that for?" Wufei asked in annoyance as he picked himself off the floor.

Duo gave him an innocent look.

"Well?" Wufei pressed on with an angry frown.

Duo looked away and started licking his arm. There was no point in trying to explain something he didn't understand himself. It was easier to just go along with it. He could feel his instinct and impulses taking over more and more. He was drowning in them. He couldn't stop it. Couldn't find the strengths to even care when everything inside of him was telling him that this was the way it was supposed to be.

Wufei sighed and walked over to pick up his book and sat down on the other side of the couch. Barely a second later Duo was sprawling all over his lap with is nose pressed into his stomach. Wufei smelled nice.

He felt a bit better now.

But he had a feeling that it wouldn't last.

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It didn't.

The next day was beyond worse.

Restless, uncomfortable and fucking horny!

Duo rolled over on the bed, pressing his hip down against the mattress. God he was so horny! Horny, horny,hornyhornyhorny. Sex, sex, sex.

He desperately humped the bed, trying to ease the discomfort.

He didn't know what to do; it wasn't like anything he had ever felt before. He had been horny before but nothing like this. It couldn't even compare.

With a frustrated whine he rolled off the bed and to his feet. He needed to move, he needed relief. He needed. Need, need, need. Needed.

In a daze, Duo stalked out of his bedroom. He didn't know what he was looking for; he just knew he had to find it. Automatically, he ended up in Wufei's room at the other end of the corridor. It was empty of life and Duo curled up in the comfort smelling armchair. He vaguely remembered disliking the chair but he couldn't remember why. It didn't matter anyway, very little mattered at the moment besides finding relief.

He smelled him before he saw him.

Wufei calmly walked in and Duo jumped to his feet, running over to do a full body stroke against him. Wufei smelled so good and now he smelled even better, now he smelled like he was Duo's. The smell was like a collar with 'property of Duo Maxwell' printed on it.

To his disappointment, Wufei's attention was on the book in his hand as he sat down at the end of the couch, placing a tea mug on the small table next to it.

Duo crawled up on the couch next to him, moving in close, purring for all he was worth. Wufei absently placed a hand on his head, scratching him behind the ear. It felt nice, but Duo needed more than that.

Eyes on his book, Wufei slowly lifted his mug, taking a sip of the dark liquid. Duo watched his throat swallow with great interest. Damn, he was horny, so unbelievably horny. Wufei licked a stray drop away from his bottom lip and a low whine pressed its way out of Duo.

Wufei looked up, giving him a questionable look. "Something wrong?"

Duo bit his tongue to stop anymore noises from escaping and instead he shook his head sharply.

Wufei seemed satisfied with that and went back to his reading, totally unconcerned that Duo was staring intensely at him.

Duo inched closer, one arm over the back of the couch, the other clutching the couch to stop it from grabbing what he needed. Wufei smelled really good and Duo took a deep breath through his nose. He leaned against Wufei's shoulder, looking down at the other boy. The urge to hump Wufei's leg grew and he could not stop his hands from reaching out, touching that tempting body in front of him.

Wufei blinked and turned his attention over to him. "Duo? Are you feeling alright?" He asked, sounding worried. Duo didn't respond, he was far too busy pawing Wufei's chest.

"You don't look so good, maybe you should lay down."

'Lay me down, fuck yes.' Duo let out a cooing whine, rubbing his face into his friend's stomach. His behind seemed to have a life of its own as it lifted up into the air.

Wufei frowned, placing the back of his hand against Duo's forehead. "You feel a bit hot."

'Hot as hell, so hot, too hot. Burning up.' The thought urged him on and he slipped a knee over Wufei's legs settling in his friend's lap.

Wufei frowned, brushing his bangs away from his face, "You are most likely coming down with something."

Duo blinked, looking down at the lap he was sitting on. 'Down? I can go down.' As soon as the thought slipped through his mind, he quickly dropped to the floor and reached towards his goal.

Wufei shrieked like a little girl.

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"Something is wrong with Maxwell, he's not responding." Wufei said, holding a tight grip around Duo's middle. "I'm taking him to Po."

"Maybe someone should drive you." Trowa remarked, eying the way Duo was trying to rub his entire body against Wufei while making loud, shrieking noises.

Wufei, who was doing his best to stop Duo from pulling his clothes off sighed. "That might be a good idea. I just called her, she's about three hour away… and I need both hands for this." He grunted as he managed to trap one of Duo's wandering hands with his elbow.

"I'll get the car running." Trowa replied as he got out of his chair and went for the stairs.

"You need anything else?" Quatre asked in a tight, worried voice.

"Is there anything to eat that we can take with us?"

"I'll take a look. You try to get Duo downstairs."

Half carrying, half dragging the dazed teen, Wufei managed to get them both down the stairs and over to the car that Trowa had gotten out of the garage.

The door was open and he pulled Duo along with him into the back seat. He landed on his back with something that he suspected to be a smiling lion poking him in the ass while Duo straddled his waist.

Duo purred happily, rubbing his entire body against him, hips humping sharply against his. "We really have to go over this personal space thing again." Wufei muttered unhappily as he tried to force his body not to respond. He didn't succeed very well.

"You alright back there?" Trowa asked calmly as he closed the back door and got back in front of the wheal. It might sound like he didn't care, but Wufei had spent enough time around the quiet pilot to tell that he was enjoying Wufei's discomfort.

"Fucking fantastic, now drive."

"Hn." Was all he said, followed what could only be a snicker.

Wufei ignored him as he tried to maneuver Duo up in a sitting position.

Duo really wasn't with him on that idea, preferring to sit on top of Wufei, rubbing his face against him.

They just needed to get to Sally. The woman might be annoying but she was a fantastic doctor. She would figure out what was wrong. Duo rocked his hip against Wufei's pulsing groin, making him bit back a whimper. This was going to be three very long hours.

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"Blasted woman!" Wufei roared. "Stop laughing and just tell me what's wrong!"

Sally waved her hand at him where she was bent over, laughing like she was dying from it. Wufei felt himself twitch in anger as he listened to the endless laughter.

A long while later when Wufei seemed to have run out of degrading words and Sally found her breath, the doctor went on. "There is nothing wrong… apart from the obvious." She snickered as she watched Duo rub his face against the back of Wufei's neck. He was standing on all four on top of the examination table and his ass had not gone down for a second from where it was sticking up into the air.

"My guess is that whoever did this little experiment has been mixing a bit too much among the genes he used, so basically, Duo's body can't decide if it's male or female. He's pretty much androgyny."

Wufei stared.

"So, since a part of Duo thinks that he's female, he's now in heat." She continued with an evil smile on her face.

Wufei's mouth dropped open.

"Congratulations, he wants to carry your kittens." She broke off in a wild giggle.

"This is not funny!" He protested, even if a part of him confessed that if this was happening to someone else, say Treize for example, he would have been laughing too.

He took a deep breath, letting Duo's purring calm him. "So is he going to be like this for long and why doesn't he understand us?"

"Oh he understands us just fine, he's just ignoring us." Sally said easily. "I don't know how long it will last, this really is a unique case, but my guess is that it should be over in a week or two. We should take a few blood samples to compare as time goes. We need to know if this will affect his chemical balance… or at least what's left of it." She turned to the nurse who had assisted her. "Maverick, take another sample from Mr Maxwell, please."

Wufei watched as the nervous looking nurse carefully led Duo over to the needles. Sally had already obtained several scratch marks the last time she took a blood sample and she looked quite happy to put that task in someone else's hands.

Duo, who had fought Sally every step on the way until Wufei took him in his lap, were now too occupied with feeling up the poor man with the needle. "Well, it's obvious that Duo has no interest in females right now." Sally tapped her finger against her chin in thought. "It's almost like he can smell the testosterone, it's really fascinating."

"He can't get pregnant, right?" Wufei questioned. The jab about kittens really was too terrifying to consider.

Sally snickered. "No, Duo is still physically male so that won't be a problem."

They both watched Duo rub himself against the male nurse who looked more than a little uncomfortable.

They looked at each other. They looked back at Duo who had turned around, now trying to push his ass up against Maverick's crouch.

"Let's make sure, just in case." Sally cleared her throat awkwardly. "I'll take a few x-rays."

Wufei nodded, "I'll hold him still."

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"He's in heat? Fantastic, just what we need." Quatre muttered, hiding his face in his hands.

"Sally said that it should be over in a few days… or so." Wufei said calmly like Duo wasn't sitting in his lap and licking his temple.

"Maybe we should neuter him." Trowa said with a straight face.

Duo hissed in a clear threat, glaring at the other boy over Wufei's shoulder.

"He's not mission suitable. If he starts to become a liability we need to discuss another plan of action." Heero turned to Duo's pillow. "Wufei, you are in charge of this operation."

The boy sighed but didn't protest, he just tipped his head so that Duo's tongue could reach behind his ear. It was just easier that way.

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Duo wasn't quite sure what was going on and he didn't feel like wasting any time on trying to figure it out. Besides, it was so hard to concentrate when it felt like his body had been hijacked by a horny demon, not to mention that there was so many noises and smells all around him.

But what he did know for sure was that Wufei smelled just as horny as he felt. It didn't take much brain function to come to an obvious solution to both their problems.

Duo silently sneaked up to the armchair where Wufei had collapsed and were tiredly rubbing his temples with his eyes closed. He leaned over the armrest, butting Wufei's cheek with his forehead as he purred as loud as he could. When Wufei just leaned back with a sigh, Duo started to slowly lick his way up Wufei's throat.

"Duo, give it up, stop that." Wufei put a hand up against his chest, pushing him away. "Don't think I don't know what you're doing."

Duo twisted past Wufei's arm, climbing up in the other boy's lap, straddling him. The smell sky rocked and Duo took a deep breath through his nose. So close, so close. Duo skimmed down the slightly struggling body until his knees hit the floor. Bending over, he forced his nose in between those closely kept legs. Wufei was protesting, pushing him to make him stop, but Duo ignored him. He licking the warm cloth, enjoying the feel of it, the smell that went to his head like an expensive drug.

He yowled angrily as pain suddenly radiated from the back of his neck. He glared angrily up at Wufei who had a few lose strands trapped between his fingers. He hissed, showing his displeasure.

"Stop." Wufei ordered.

Duo pouted angrily. He sure as hell didn't want to stop. He needed and Wufei wanted. So why was Wufei being so mean? It was ridiculous.

He decided to show his displeasure by jumping up in Wufei's lap again to bite his ear.

Wufei yelped in pain but Duo paid it no mind. He slipped off and with as much dignity as he could muster and went downstairs to steal some more of Wufei's socks.

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Wufei wondered just what he had done in his earlier life to deserve this. It must have been something really bad to result in this torture.

And it really was torture. What else could you call having the object of your desire throwing himself at you at every turn but you couldn't welcome it because he wasn't really interested in you? Then when you were noble and stopped him from doing something he didn't really want to do, you ended up with bite marks on your ear and a pissed of friend who you now had to apologize to for doing the right thing.

Maybe he had drowned a lot of kittens in his earlier life and this was their revenge?

Wufei slowly pushed the bedroom door open, eyes landing on the curled up boy on the bed. "I'm sorry okay?" He said with a sigh, stepping in to the room to close the door behind him.

Duo sent him an acid glare before turning his face away, clearly not forgiving him.

He would just have to keep trying then. "I didn't mean to hurt you, I was just shocked and you wouldn't listen when I said no." He tried to explain but Duo apparently didn't care for his reasoning, instead choosing to hiss angrily.

Wufei bit back a frustrated sigh. Damn, the things he did for this boy. Swallowing stiffly, Wufei went on. "I'm really sorry, please forgive me?" Wufei begged, feeling his pride twitch in pain from where it had nearly been beaten to death.

Duo didn't respond.

With a sigh, Wufei collapsed down on the other end of his bed, legs hanging over the edge. He closed his eyes and hopped that the kittens would forgive him soon because he didn't know how much more of this he could take.

The mattress dipped next to him, signaling that Duo was joining him. Slowly he reached out to pet his friend, holding his thumbs that Duo wouldn't scratch his arm up.

A deep, pleased rumble started up and Wufei sighed in relief. Thank god. Everything would be fine now, if he could just-

Wufei cut his own thoughts off with an annoyed grunt when he realized just what he was petting.

It was very disturbing to be petting your best friend one second and the next you have his ass more or less pressed up in your face.

"Duo, no." He grumbled, pushing Duo's behind away from his face.

Duo whined in disappointment, turning around to paw his chest.

"I said no."

Duo let out a long, cooing, almost begging sound as he bent down to rub his face against Wufei's groin.

"No." Wufei grabbed a hold of a pillow, whacking Duo in the head with it. "Bad kitty."

Duo hissed, releasing his claws and before Wufei could blink, the bed was covered in feathers. He sighed and dropped what was left of the pillow down on the floor. "I kind of walked right into that one, didn't I?"

Duo just gave him a smug, superior look.

Apparently, the kittens were sadists who weren't about to forgive him anytime soon.

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A/N Well that was it, thank you for reading and if you want to make me happy then please leave me a word about what you thought about the chapter. Pleeeeas?

Unfortunately I don't have time to answer my beloved reviews. I'm on my friends computer and she is starting to complain that there is nothing good on tv and she wants her computer back.