hmm, i don't think i have the energy for a rant right now, 'caus i'm too worked up for third part of my series! aren't you guys SO GLAD?!
(treize) *sighs* just tell them the warnings, dear.
(zechs) *nods* and... exztazi, why do you always make ME the bad guy?
(exztazi) how do you know you are? for all you know, daddy could be! *ahem* neways, this ficcie is AU. it happens after the war, Treize didn't die, (obviously) and he and Quatre are good friends, (again obviously)
it's EXTREMELY OOC!!! yaoi, maybe some yuri, i'm not sure as of yet if there will be citrus or not. well, on to the ficcie! *waves*

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"Zechs... " Treize breathed the name, closing his eyes painfully. "Zechs and I were... lovers for a time, that's true. But the situation between he and I that forced us apart was... different." He stirred his drink with his pinkie finger and glanced up to see Quatre watching him seriously. "We were together for most of our time in OZ. He was always extremely possessive of me. You have to understand him to know why he was like that. You see, he'd never been able to say that anything in life actually belonged to him. Everything that he'd ever had was taken away. His parents, friends, sister, kingdom... everything. When he and I started sleeping together, he considered me something that belonged to HIM and him only. He didn't want me taken away from him by another." He worried his bottom lip, his eyes burning. "I might've been his superior in OZ, but there was no doubt that he was in control in the bedroom. Anytime I even LOOKED at another man in an interested manner, he'd... well, it wasn't so bad until he thought I'd been sleeping with another behind his back. That's when he... when he raped me the first time."

Quatre blanched. "Raped... ? Oh Allah, Treize... I didn't know, I'm so sorry. If I had any idea, I never would've asked you to talk about it!" His taller friend smiled weakly and shook his head. "It's alright, Quatre. I know you didn't. Besides, that was a long time ago. I'm over it by now." The blond sighed. "I don't think I ever could. But then, I suppose I'm weak. Trowa simply turns me away and I go out and become a slut. You, on the other hand, were treated much worse and move on." Treize squeezed his hand and kissed him on the cheek. "You're not weak. And, besides which, Zechs still loved me when he did that to me. He just... when he got angry, he did things that he regretted later. I understand that now. Not to say that I would go back to him if he asked, but I do forgive him. What Trowa did was infinitely worse, Quatre. Don't forget that."

"Quatre, baby, who ya' got wit' ya'?"

Treize and the addressed looked up in surprise. "Nick! I wasn't expecting you tonight." Nick sat down beside Quatre and pulled him into his lap. "You look good, baby." He nuzzled the blond's neck and then studied Treize with an interest that made the former general nervous. "Well, well... Pretty thing, ain't ya'? Ya' know, I always got room in my bed for another cutie," he said, leering. Delicate color rose in Treize's cheeks as he scooted away from the larger man. "Um, no thank you. I-I don't take much interest in more than one lover." Treize glanced over at Quatre for support. The blond smiled and tugged at Nick's hair. "Leave him alone, Nick. He likes sophisticated men. Not thugs like you," he said playfully, pressing up against the brunette. "Well, that's a fuckin' shame," Nick said, "I'd like to see that little ass under me." Treize paled and stood. "Excuse me, I must go." Quatre nodded and stood, kissing the tawny-haired man again on the cheek. "I'll see you later, Treize. And, don't pay any mind to Nick. He may be rude, but he's harmless. He won't bother you if you don't want him to." Treize smiled at him and shrugged. "Well, can't be too careful, can we? Later, then." And with that, he was gone.

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The only sounds in the Chinese boy's room were those of light footsteps, slightly labored breathing, and the swish of a katana. //What am I doing? Who am I kidding? Certainly not myself. Just because Quatre kissed me doesn't mean he wants me. Besides, i'm straight, right?// He stopped, unsure of himself. //Am I really?// Wufei dropped the katana and sank to the ground. //Gods, I WANT him to want me. I want him to look at me with those eyes that he used to watch Trowa with. But... he's different now. He's not the same Quatre... // He sighed. //Like I said, who am I kidding? He'll NEVER want me. Like I want the one person I can never have.// He rose mechanically and started his exercises again. //Treize... //

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ne, what did you think? i liked it, but that's because i'm the author! *grins*
i like the thought of a really angsty, traumatized Treize-sama. what about you? *looks around; crickets chirp* hmm... *sweatdrops* i guess not... *waves at shinigami-baby* what did you think of it?! oh, and master says hello!
duo *grins* hello.
exztazi see, told you!
duo thank you, noin, for wanting to be my apprentice! *waves at noin*
exztazi and, *waves at maulie-chan* see, i made my rant shorter!
*both* Ja!