Here goes Chapter 10, Yay! And yes Pomona this fic is angsty even though I do enjoy writing fluff.
Thank you Mama, Pomona, Markanovanlink, Vitanie Tora, Axcushate and ChilledFlame for reviewing.
Disclaimer- I don't own Gundam Wing or its characters.
Quatre drummed his fingers on the table. He was currently at the Café where he usually met Wufei and it was fifteen minutes after twelve. Wufei should have already been there. In fact Wufei usually was there before him.
He picked up his cell phone and dialed Wufei's number.
"Thank you so much for helping me with this Wufei. I really appreciate it." Sally smiled, putting numerous files they were done working on in their proper place.
"No problem Sally, I've been assigned to help you with anything you need. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"Well I just have to go and get a couple of files I left downstairs and finish up with those."
Wufei nodded. "I'll get them. I need to stop by my office anyway."
"Really? Thank you, Wufei."
Wufei nodded and left the room heading down a flight of stairs. Suddenly his phone rang and he quickly answered it while continuing to his destination.
"Hello?"
"Hey Wufei, I hope everything is alright. Are you caught in traffic or something?"
Wufei slowed his pace. "…caught in traffic?"
"Well yeah," Quatre continued. "You usually are here before me when we meet for lunch and it's already fifteen after."
Wufei's grip on his phone tightened. He had totally forgotten he was supposed to have lunch with Quatre today. He was so caught up in work it had slipped his mind. He cleared his thought before answering. "Actually Quatre…I'm still at work."
"Oh really" Quatre's surprised voice was heard. "You mean you haven't even left yet."
"No, I was helping Sally with some files and time just got away from me I guess. I could leave right now though and-"
"No, that's okay. By the time you get here it would be time to leave anyway."
"Are you sure because I can still come."
"It's fine Wufei. You just go back to work and I'll talk to you later."
Wufei sighed. "Alright Quatre, I'm really sorry."
"Don't worry about it I'll talk to you later."
Quatre hung up the phone and sighed. He would be lying if he said that he was disappointed Wufei wasn't coming. But it was more of the fact that Wufei forgot about their 'date' then Wufei having to stay at work.
Quatre quickly scanned the menu in front of him, not really having much of an appetite anymore.
"Quatre?"
Quatre looked up at the voice that called his name and smiled. "Trowa, hey how are you doing today?"
Trowa smiled in return walking over to Quatre's booth. "I'm doing okay….Are you here by yourself or are you having a meeting or something?" Trowa asked confused as to why Quatre would be sitting by himself.
"No, I'm here by myself actually. I thought maybe I would grab a bite to eat." Quatre replied not mentioning the fact that his get together with Wufei was canceled. "Would you like to join me?"
Trowa nodded. "That would be nice." He replied as he slipped into the booth across from Quatre. "Actually I had a craving for cheesecake and decided to stop in here. I'm glad I did, since I happened to run into you."
The waiter came and Trowa ordered a slice of cheesecake while Quatre ordered a bowl of soup. When their order made its way to their table Trowa dug into his desert smiling contently.
"This is really good, you should taste some." Trowa scooped up a forkful and offered it to Quatre, who gladly took it.
"You're right that really is good, I'll have to keep that in mind for next time. So how is everything with the movie going?"
"Actually it's going great. We're going to L3 to do some filming."
"Really" Quatre perked up. "I'm going to L3 as well, when are you leaving?"
"Friday morning and we're probably going to be there the whole weekend, if not longer. And you?"
"I'm leaving Friday afternoon. I have a meeting to attend to on Saturday."
"Hey maybe if you have time you can stop by the set and see some production."
Quatre's eyes lit up. "Really? That would be great. I would definitely like to see what it is like to be on a set. You sure it would be okay?"
Trowa nodded. "Of course, just call me when you're not busy and we can work it out from there."
"Thanks Trowa that sounds great." Quatre looked down at his watch. "I should be heading back to the office." Quatre reached for his wallet and took out enough money to cover both their orders. "Thanks for having lunch with me. I'll see you this weekend." Quatre stood up and smiled before leaving the Café.
Trowa watched Quatre leave and couldn't stop the smile that spread across his face. Quatre was still the kind, friendly, compassionate person he naturally was despite the pain and hurt he had caused him. Quatre truly was one of a kind.
"Took you longer than I thought Wufei." Sally commented as Wufei entered the room carrying the files she requested.
"I'm sorry I had some other business to take care of as well."
"It's fine. Hey do you want to go and get some lunch together and then we can come back and finish this up?"
Wufei sighed as he was reminded of the lunch date with Quatre he just missed, but no point in starving himself. "Sure that sounds fine. What do you have in mind?"
"Actually I'm feeling sushi right now."
Wufei nodded, he happened to have a taste for that as well. "There's a place right around the corner that has a good selection."
Sally smiled as she stood up collecting her things. "Great. Let's go then."
Wufei nodded and followed Sally out of the room. Despite the fact that his mind was on food at the moment, he knew he was going to have to apologize again to Quatre for his slip up.
-The next day-
"Whoa buddy what's with all the candy?" Duo asked as he bounced around in Quatre's office. His question was pertaining to the boxes of chocolate stacked on a corner of Quatre's desk.
"Those are from Wufei." Quatre answered without looking up from this task
"Well it's a little early for Valentine's Day so what did he do wrong?"
This time Quatre looked up. "Huh?"
"Well I mean he wouldn't be sending you gifts if he wasn't trying to make up for something right?"
Quatre blushed and mumbled. "Well something did happen."
"Alright so spill it." Duo said as he leaned against Quatre's desk.
Quatre placed the pen he was writing with down and looked at Duo. "Well we usually meet up sometimes during the week for lunch and apparently he forgot yesterday. Well I guess he didn't really forget but he said it slipped his mind since he was working and all."
"Yeah right." Duo said as he rolled his eyes. "Don't try to make excuses for him."
"Duo it wasn't that big of a deal. I can understand that time can get away from you." Quatre said defending Wufei.
"Okay that fine and all, but he's still in the doghouse right? I mean you're going to make him sleep on the couch and give him the silent treatment?"
"What? No of course not Duo." Protested Quatre, "You have the wildest ideas. First off we don't even live together so he can sleep in his own bed and second of all I said he already apologized so there is no reason for me to be angry."
Duo started twirling the end of his braid. "Hm, yeah I forgot you guys don't live together. Man I remember when Heero forgot it was our first month anniversary. I was so mad I kicked him out of the room and wouldn't talk to him the whole day." Duo started chuckling at the memory. "Yep even told him to fix his own dinner because I wasn't going to be his housewife anymore."
Quatre rolled his eyes. "I remember that as well, because Heero called me trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with you. Seriously who has a one month anniversary?"
"Hey it was a very special day in my book." Duo defended. "Besides the make-up sex afterward was great…..yeah really great…" Duo trailed off reminiscing.
Quatre went back to straightening his papers. "Yeah well if you told him it was a special day for you, I'm sure he would have made plans."
"Yeah." Duo replied absently still thinking about that night with Heero. "Hm, well I think I'm going to go back home."
"Huh?" Quatre looked up. "Why is that? I thought you were going to stay longer."
Duo grinned. "Yeah I would stay and bug you some more, but I have a nice piece of ass waiting at home for me, that I don't want to keep waiting."
Quatre laughed and nodded. "Alright I understand then. I'll see you later. Oh and here take some of these with you." Quatre handed Duo two boxes of the chocolate. "I can't eat them all."
"You sure." Quatre nodded and Duo smiled. "Alright then. Thanks buddy, I'll catch you later."
"Bye Duo."
Duo waved and left out of the office cradling the chocolate in his hands. Quatre was about to go back to work when his phone rang.
"Ah Wufei, just the person I wanted to talk to."
"Really now? Why is that?"
"Are you trying to make me fat?" Teased Quatre.
"What?" Wufei asked genuinely confused.
"I'm talking about all the chocolate you sent." Quatre answered.
"Oh." Wufei sighed as he finally realized what Quatre was talking about. "So you did get them….I'm sorry I didn't mean to imply anything negative. I just wanted to tell you again that I'm sorry for missing out on our lunch date yesterday."
"I know Wufei and I told you not to worry about it anymore." Despite the fact that he kept telling Wufei that, he kept apologizing.
"Yeah I know, but I still feel really awful. But the reason I called you is to see if you wanted to go out to dinner tonight, my treat."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I want to spend some time with you before you leave tomorrow."
"That sounds great Wufei, what time?"
"How about I pick you up from work around 6:30?"
"Sure I'll make sure I'm ready by then."
"Alright see you then Quatre."
"Bye Wufei."
"Are you busy Wufei?" Sally asked standing at the open door of Wufei's office
"Not really, do you need something?"
Sally walked into the office smiling. "Well actually I was wondering if you would like to go to dinner tonight. You know since lunch went so well yesterday."
Wufei raised his eyebrow, a little surprised at the offer, but he politely declined. "I'm sorry Sally, but I have already made plans for this evening."
"Oh…well that's okay, maybe another time then?"
"…Perhaps."
"Alright then I'll let you get back to work." Sally gave a little smile and walked out of the office.
Wufei shook his head. That was definitely a little weird. But he shrugged it off and went back to work.
Uh huh Wufei made a 'little' slip up, but it's okay because Quartet forgives him right? And Trowa talking with Quatre was pure and innocent, no harm done right? Ah the questions that roam through my head when I plan my writing. I do love writing this fic though.