Chapter 14

Wufei had seen Duo around a couple of times but it was obvious that the other boy was avoiding him like the plague. He was always in a hurry and didn't as much as glance in his direction.

At first, Wufei had been far too embarrassed over the whole thing to even think about talking to him, but as time passed, he found himself wondering what kind of person Duo was. He had to admit that he was curious. For god sakes, -the Creep- had a crush on him. No, not the creep. Duo. His name was Duo.

He wondered what the hell Duo saw in him. The basket player didn't look like someone who would be interested in someone like him, and Duo sure as hell didn't look like someone he would be interested in ether.

He was kind of hot in that I-do-sports kind of way that Wufei usually didn't go for at all. He seemed to wear pretty standard clothing. Nothing too flashy, nothing too trashy... kind of boring actually. The hair was in a pretty nice color; some kind of light brown tone that was cut in a typical modern, aka boring, hair cut. Nothing to write home about.

All in all, he was good looking, but not really his type. Far too normal.

Wufei looked at him from the corner of his eyes as he walked to class surrounded by his friends. But Duo did have a nice smile, big and wide that showed off all his perfectly straight white teeth.

'He must have had braces,' he thought as he saw him smile at something Yuy said. No one could be born with that kind of teeth. To make things worse, the whole guy was like a fucking Ken doll. No spots, no scars, no strange birthmarks and naturally curved eyebrows that Wufei found himself being more the a little jealous of, because he absolutely hated to pluck his own.

He was just so fucking normal that it was freaking him out. He had the right clothes, the right interests, the right friends, and he probably was going to end up driving the right car. For fuck sakes, the guy didn't even wear real shoes, instead he just wore his fashionable sneakers like all the guys that wanted to seem tough did. Never mind that they probably got frost bites on their toes, but they probably thought it was worth it to look cool.

Wufei just couldn't read those types. He had no idea what was going through their heads. You just couldn't tell if they were nice or not, but most likely they were not.

People who used their appearances to express their personalities were a lot easier to read. He didn't really care what label people put on themselves, but he felt a lot more at ease if they in some way expressed themselves. It didn't have to be much, it was enough if they had a pierced eyebrow, a band t-shirt, a bag with pins on it or something that could help you understand them.

Stereotypes might be annoying, but in a everyday situations they usually worked to your advantage.

Hip hoppers could give you a bit of trouble, but they mostly stayed out of your way if you stayed far out of theirs. Skaters could be a bit rude, but they very rarely bothered you, they were usually too busy doing their own thing. But if you got to know them, you would find most of them to be very laid back and friendly. Rockers were almost always nice, they could come off as a bit mean, but more often than not, it was just a front. Behind all that leather and studded jewelry, they were all just freaking sweethearts who most likely wouldn't hurt a fly. Goths, emos, punkers, greebos and whatever people wanted to call themselves all were usually nice people; most were just been unlucky to have been pushed around a bit too much, so that they didn't trust very easily. But when those gangs of popular people came along with all their clothes of the right brands and with their hair perfectly styled, you just had no idea what kind of persons were hiding behind the façade. It was a bit scary. Normal people scared him more than anything.

Wufei sighed. It didn't stop him from wondering though. Never before had he a guy who had been interested in him like this. He wondered what kind of things Duo liked to do, what his family was like, what kind of food he liked and if he had anything against hamsters.

He wondered if they had any shared interests. Probably not, but on the other hand, the only interest he knew that the other boy had was to bounce a orange ball around, something that Wufei wouldn't do even if he were to be paid for it. And there was no way that he was going to sit on the bleachers with the rest of the players' girlfriends while Duo played, that was for sure.

But there was no point thinking about it right now, he had a class to go to. He sighed once again as he started to walk towards the classroom, only to look up to see a couple of jocks coming his way. His eyes instantly landed on Duo.

Wufei was usually more then a little intimidated when one of those groups came towards him. But not this time. Because as the group just breezed by him like he was air, Duo looked over at him and gave him a tiny shy smile. Wufei suddenly felt a little tingle in his stomach. Maybe normal wasn't so bad after all.

After spending a couple of days thinking about it, Wufei decided approach him, something that turned out to be a lot harder then he first thought. There was no way that he was going anywhere near him while Brian was around, that went for the rest of his idiotic friends too. The blond guy that played the violin in the school band with him, Whiner–Winer–something, might not be violent, but he was so fucking annoyingly skittish that Wufei just wanted to sneak up behind him and hiss 'be afraid, be very afraid' or 'I want to suck your blood' to see if he could make him piss his pants. If Duo really was as nice as Hilde said he was, Wufei couldn't help but wonder what the hell he was doing hanging around with those pricks. Especially since it made it impossible to talk to him without having them around.

It was Friday, more then one week since the Creep had turned into Duo, that he got his chance. He was about to leave the school when he saw the taller boy walking alone further down the street. Wufei hurried his steps to catch up with him, happy that he had chosen his combat boots (that went very well to his baggy bondage pants) instead of his spiked pumps (that would have matched his silver top that he wore under his black fishnet perfectly). Duo looked startled as he saw Wufei fall into step with him.

Wufei smiled slightly. "Hi."

Duo stumbled to an abrupt stop and turned wide startled eyes down to him. "H- hey, ehm... hey." There a short silence where they just looked at each other. Wufei observing the taller boy with interest while Duo squirmed. It was kind of cute how nervous he was.

Duo glanced down on the ground where the tips of his sneakers were shuffling up a small pile of dirty snow around. "Ehm di- did you w- w-want som- m- something?"

Wufei shrugged. "Maybe, I'm not sure."

"Oh." Duo fidgeted for moment before starting to walk again. Wufei followed.

"Do you like hamsters?" Wufei asked, deciding to cut to the most important question.

Duo looked surprised, but didn't hesitate long before answering. "Ehmm, I-I ha- ha- had a fr- friend with a guin- guinea pig th- th- that I li- li-k- liked. That sh- should b- be more or le- less the s- s- s-ame th- thing, right?"

Wufei nodded. "Maybe, let's find out. Come on." He said and changed course to make a sharp right turn down a crossing street. For a second he almost though that the other boy wasn't going to follow him, but then he heard hurried steeps running to catch up to him.

Wufei played with the thought of actually having Duo as a boyfriend. He was tall enough, that was for sure. Wufei could probably wear his plateau high heals and Duo would still be noticeably taller. The ass was good, if not even great, that was something he already knew. He just wished that he would stop wearing those big basketball shirts so that he could figure out what kind of body was hiding underneath it. He didn't have very wide shoulders, that was a minus and the hair just had to go. He couldn't stand the I-want-to-give-the-impression-that-I-have-just-gotten-laid-when-I-really-have-spent-all-morning-styling-it look that Duo had. Maybe if he colored it? Or just shaved the whole thing off. Hilde could probably do something about it, he determined.

It wasn't far to his house, and it didn't take long before he lead his potential boyfriend up the snow covered front lawn. Inside, he kicked off his boots in the hallway and motioned for Duo to do the same. His mother called out from the kitchen, wondering how his day had been. He answered her with a distracted "fine" as he watched Duo toe his sneakers off. Duo had really big feet, and Wufei couldn't help but think about that saying about men with big feet.

He walked with his noticeably nervous follower right behind him up the stairs and in through his black painted door. Ignoring the clutter on the floor, he shrugged his coat off and motioned Duo to sit on the black mess that was his bed.

Albert was running in her wheel, but she happily jumped out to let herself be picked up. With the furry little animal in his hand he turned back to his guest. The tall basket player looked really out of place in the gloomy room with its Ann Rice theme. Duo was surrounded by the dark red velvet hanging around his bed and the black silk that he was sitting on. He kind of looked like a virgin sacrifice.

"This," he said, holding his hand out, "is Albert." One of those wide happy grins that Wufei had seen so many times at a distance spread across Duo's face as he looked at the just about hyper hamster which was sniffing the air with great interest.

"C- ca- can I p- pet it?"

"Sure, just watch the ears, she's a bit sensitive about them."

Duo nodded seriously before reaching out to carefully stroke a finger over the hamsters back. The animal gave the boy a quick look but didn't appear to be bothered by the attention.

Duo smiled. "Cute," he said as he bent down to be in eye level with her.

'I know what else is cute.' Wufei thought to himself as he took a new grip around the furry little body. "Do you want to hold her?"

Duo hesitated but nodded. "S- sure."

Wufei carefully placed the hamster in the outstretched palms. The taller boy looked really nervous, especially when Albert decided to hang her head over the edge of his thumb during her exploration.

"Don't worry, she's not going to fall down. Just don't move around too much, and she'll be fine." He assured him.

The sound of a chainsaw massacre breaking out distracted him, and he walked over to the chair that he had draped his leather coat over. Searching through all the junk that he had in his pocket, he found his phone. "Tid, I'm a bit busy... I'll tell you later... no, later... no, I'll tell you later. Tiddy... no... no... NO! You wouldn't dare... no... I'll set your yaoi manga collection on fire if you do... Yeah, that serious. Bye." He hung up and turned back to the boy on his bed. A boy that for some reason was sitting stiff as a board with a look of panic on his face. And with empty palms.

"Where's Albert?" He asked, making sure not to let it sound like an accusation. The boy twitched. "Sh- sh- shirt," he stuttered.

Wufei blinked, and his eyes fell on the big sweater that Duo was wearing. The sleeves were pretty loose, and the material was perfect for climbing – for Albert it must be like a hamsters dream playground. Eying the sweater, he tried to locate any movement from the runaway rodent.

"Why didn't you just grab the furry bastard?" He asked.

"Di- di- din- didn't wa-want to hu-hurt him."

"Her," he mumbled as he saw a slight movement up close to Duo's shoulder.

Duo twitched violently, and he tightened the grip he had on the bed sheets.

"Relax, she's not going to bite you."

Duo shifted uncomfortably. "No, b- b- but it th- tickles." The movement was making its way towards the boy's armpit, and Duo squealed loudly before he hunched over and fell down on the bed. Wufei could only watch in amusement as Duo started to laugh, no, almost giggle while twisting around on top of his black silk sheets. Squirming as if invisible hands were tickling him.

But Wufei was pleased to note that through all his rolling around, Duo always made sure not to hurt the small hamster. The other boy was trying to gently corner the exploring animal with his hands but apparently Albert was having too much fun to let herself be captured. Instead she sidestepped Duo's hands and ran down his side.

"AHH!" Duo screamed before breaking out in a wild, uncontrollable laughter. Wufei could only watch as the boy who just a few days ago had scared him out of his mind was defeated by his palm-sized hamster.

Duo rolled, tossed and turned, and Wufei had a stray thought that the other boy looked really good against his black sheets. If only the circumstances were different.

Desperate hands were moving over his own chest, hunting for the small animal, and Wufei decided to take pity on him. "Come here, I'll get her," he said as he reached for the bump that for the moment was running wild over Duo's stomach. That proved to be harder then he first anticipated because Albert didn't seam to have any plans on getting captured, and anyone who has ever tried to catch a hamster that didn't want to be captured knew the hazard.

'This is what happens when you don't wear tighter clothes.' He thought as he patted down Duo's front without getting a hold of the animal. Because every time he would catch up with her, he couldn't trap her through the sweater. Duo wasn't making it easier by twitching and squirming, not to mention the iron grip he had around his own middle.

"You are going to have to let go." Wufei told the giggling boy underneath him and pocked his arm.

"Noooooo! She'll run down my pants!" Duo laughed.

Wufei had all kinds of responses to that, but he settled for a "No, she won't" instead.

Duo shook his head from side to side while he chanted "no-no-no-no" between his laughter.

Wufei sighed.

Albert must have hit a really good spot because Duo rolled over on his back and made a sound like he was dying, something that made Wufei lose his footing. More than a little shocked, He tumbled down on top of the laughing boy. Since Albert didn't scream, he figure that he hadn't managed to hit her, but he still sat up quickly to be sure.

"Try to lie still," he urged him, but Duo did no such thing. "Oh for gods sake," Wufei growled as he straddled the taller boy's waist. Taking a hold of the back of the sweater, he pulled straight up. Duo, for the first time since he had gotten the hamster in his hands did something productive and lifted himself up enough to help.

"Got you, you little fucker." Wufei grinned as he held up the bag shaped sweater in the air. Albert chattered in protest, and Wufei looked down to share his victory with Duo, who for some reason was blushing violently. He looked further down and realized that not only was he straddling a half naked body, he was also sitting on something quite hard.

Duo was stuttering worse then ever and Wufei couldn't make out a single word he said.

Carefully putting the shirt down on the floor, he then sat back up. He hesitated before placing a hand down on the madras next to Duo's head and leaning down. Duo's eyes were wide and he was breathing far too fast where he was lying surrounded by the black silk. Wufei let his face hover there for a moment before carefully placing a kiss on slightly rough lips, hoping for a positive response. Half a heartbeat later, Duo's lips carefully moved against his own. Wufei had never kissed anyone before, and the only clues he could follow were those he had gotten from TV. Not the greatest guide, but it was better then nothing when chapped lips moved irregularly over each other. It was a bit awkward, their noses kept bumping, teeth clanked together, and it didn't take long before Wufei's back started to protest. He rearranged his legs before carefully laying down on top of the other boy. Under him, he felt Duo melt against the mattress.

Wufei couldn't resist all that warm naked skin underneath him, and he let his hands slowly roam over the exposed chest. 'Sports are good for something,' he thought happily as he petted a pretty develop six pack – for it to belong to a fifteen year old. The kissing got interrupted by a giggle like laughter as Wufei's hands traveled over Duo's waist, but they quickly got back on track as he learned where the sensitive spots were.

One of the metal buckles on his pants were digging in to his lower thighs and considering that he was almost two heads shorter then Duo that meant that the same buckles were probably pressing on a far more uncomfortable place on the taller boy. Not that Duo was complaining, but Wufei was pretty sure that he could do just about anything right now, and Duo wouldn't protest as long as he kept kissing him.

He felt a hesitating hand shyly move up his fishnet covered arm, to his shoulder where it stayed like a warm weight, almost like Duo didn't dare to move it. Wufei could feel it shaking against his skin; in fact he was pretty sure that if he hadn't been lying on top of him, then Duo's entire body would be shaking. Angling his head slightly to the side, he made sure to brush his cheek against Duo's hand in encouragement.

Careful fingers started to map out his neck, the back of his head, his jaw and up over his ear. They lingered on the four rings attached to the shell of his ear where they curiously explored before moving into his hair. Wufei sighed happily and pressed closer, something that Duo unfortunately did not appreciate as he flinched violently.

"Shit, sorry," Wufei apologised as he rolled off the other boy and lay down beside him, finally relieving Duo's crouch of the sharp metal buckle. "So," he said and raised his head up on his hand. "Do you want to go on a date with me?"

Duo rolled over on his side, so close that Wufei's entire body touched the other boy, who, with a grin, happily answered, "Yeah."

Wufei smiled in excitement and leaded forward to kiss him again.

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Ahhhh, finally... was I the only one that felt that way? :)

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