Mel: *grins* I love reviews…..

Tsuru: *sighs*

Mel: *floats* They just make me want to write more…..

Tsuru: Then why are you babbling?

Mel: *falls into computer chair* I must type! Get the crap over with so I can start!

Tsuru: *sighs*

Legal Crap: Nope. Don't own it. Probably never. Will own it.

Warnings: None that I can think of, other than the possible eventual shounen ai…

Tsuru: Isn't that an oxymoron?

Mel: *has already started typing*

The phone rang, rudely awakening the sleeping Chinese boy. Wufei groaned as he rolled out of bed, being careful not to hurt Duo, who had given up on hugging Wufei and was now sprawled out taking up as much of the bed as humanly possible. Wufei laughed quietly before leaving the room. That braided baka was back to normal at least in his sleep…

The phone continued to ring, nagging for someone to pick it up. Wufei sighed and went into the kitchen to do just that.

"Hello—"

"Hello. We are calling to inform you that your child Duo Maxwell did not attend school today. We expect a note within two days of his return in order to mark that absence excused. Thank you." Wufei blinked as the recording cut off and terminated the line. He then turned to see a very amused Duo standing in the doorway.

"Yep…. That's not the first time I've heard that one. They don't even care about us enough to give us a live person. We get a pathetic recording with an inserted name…." His smile was lopsided as he plopped down in the chair closest to him at the table. "So, when do I get dinner?"

"You want food? You make it." Wufei hung the phone back up and was about to leave the room when it rung again.

"$10 says that this one's for you." Wufei ignored Duo's comment, and picked up the phone again.

"Hello. We are calling to inform you that your child Chang Wufei did not attend school today. We expect a no—" Wufei hung up. He didn't have the patience to deal with that at the moment. His mind was still asleep, and he hadn't had much to eat all day. A quick glance at the clock told him that it was 7:00 in the evening. He hadn't realized how long he had been asleep.

"Oi Wu-bear… you shouldn't have hung up on them. Now they'll call back. You might even get a real person this time…."

"Wu-bear?" Wufei blinked at the nickname. It was one he hadn't heard before.

"Uh… yeah…. Wu-bear….. don't like it?" Wufei shook his head and prepared to leave the room again.

"Baka. I don't know what force is keeping me from killing you, otherwise I wouldn't be continuously stuck on missions with—" The damn phone began to ring again.

"Well, it seems that they're on top of th—" Duo stopped in mid word. His eyes closed slightly and suggested that he had zoned out again.

"Duo?" No response. Wufei kneeled down in front of the boy and shook his shoulder. Still nothing, and the damned ringing wouldn't go away. In a fit of frustration, Wufei picked up the receiver and slammed it down again, before leaving it off the hook. Now he wouldn't have to worry about the phone for a while.

"Hm…." Duo tilted his head to the side, his eyes unmoving.

"Cut it out." Duo lifted his hand up to the braid behind his neck and pulled it in front of him, using the other to grab for a knife on the table. "What the hell are you doing? Put the knife down!" Duo pressed the knife against his braid, close to his head. Wufei reached down and wrenched the knife out of his grasp. Duo grinned again, then slumped over. Wufei was stunned at what had happened. He dropped the knife on the ground and began to shake the boy in front of him.

"Uhn…" Duo shook his head from side to side before looking up at Wufei. "O-onii-san?" Wufei barely had a chance to blink before he was knocked to the ground by a flying hug. "Wheeeeeee!" Duo squealed with delight as Wufei skidded back on the floor, Duo on top for the ride. "That was fun! Can we do it again? Onegai?"

"Maxwell, what is wrong with you? Stop acting like a child." Wufei shoved the boy off of him and stood up, leaving Duo sitting on the ground looking up at him.

"Why can't we do it again, onii-san?" Wufei stared blankly at the reply. Why was Duo doing this? Had Maxwell finally snapped? "Why not?"

"What?"

"Why can't we do it again?" Wufei shook his head at the bright violet eyes staring up at him, so child-like. It was frightening.

"I have to make dinner. You said you wanted dinner, right?"

"I'm not hungry." Duo stood up and started to walk out of the room, touching almost everything he could get his hands on on the way out.

"Where are you going?"

"Upstairs to play." At this, he ran up the stairs, as if afraid that if he went any slower he would be given something else to do instead. Wufei bent over to pick up the knife and put it out of sight until he figured out exactly what was wrong with Duo…

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Soft humming could be heard coming through the closed door to Duo's bedroom. Wufei hesitantly opened it to find Duo sitting in the middle of the room making a small brown teddy bear dance in the air.

"D-Duo?" The boy ignored Wufei and continued to play with his bear. Wufei felt his chest tighten up at the sight. Duo wasn't supposed to be playing with a stuffed animal and acting like a 5 year old. The whole situation was so wrong, Wufei began to feel a strong fear overtake him. He reached down and snatched the bear away from Duo, throwing it out of the room.

"Hey! No fair! Give him back! Give me back Wu-bear!" Duo stood up and tackled Wufei, knocking him to the ground for the second time.

"W-Wu-bear?"

"Give him back!" Duo lifted a hand to hit Wufei with, but it froze in the air. The boy's eyes relaxed, then his arm slowly fell. For a few moments, he looked as if he was asleep.

"Duo?" Wufei barely whispered the name. Before Duo's eyes returned to life and he began to talk.

"—ings today…." Duo looked around, confused for a moment, then down at Wufei. "What happened? How did I get here? How did you get here?"

"Y-you don't remember?" Duo arched an eyebrow.

"No… What should I?" Wufei gawked at Duo, his mind trying to comprehend the situation. "Hey! What's this guy doin' out here?" Duo reached over and picked up the brown bear, then looked down at Wufei again. "Oops! I'm sorry… didn't realize I was sitting on top of you…" Duo got up carefully, so as not to hurt the Chinese boy, then went into his room and placed the bear on top of his dresser.

"T-that bear….."

"Hmm? What about it?"

"W-why do you have it?" Duo grinned at Wufei's puzzled expression.

"What? You think it's odd for a 17 year old to keep a teddy bear in his dresser?" Duo laughed and patted the bear on the head. "Well, this guy's just a little keepsake from when I was little. He's not all that old, but when I saw him in the store, it reminded me of the one Father Maxwell gave to me when I was little. So, I picked him up." Wufei propped himself up on his elbows and stared at Duo again.

"So you named him Wu-bear?"

"H-how— who— what gave you that idea?" Duo sputtered his reply, his face turning bright red.

"Because that's what you called it a few minutes ago while you were playing with it." Duo's expression looked somewhat like a cross between a man who had eaten his last meal, and a dear caught in headlights. "Sit down." Duo nodded slightly and began to sit down on the edge of his bed. He missed and landed on the ground. Wufei stood up and walked over to Duo, hoping he was still himself and was just so stressed out he missed the bed when he tried to sit. That hope was killed immediately.

As soon as Wufei leaned over to check on Duo, the boy shot up and darted past him, knocking him over for yet a third time. Duo sprinted down the stairs faster than he had ever gone before, and was almost instantly in the kitchen. He tore through the drawers until he found a cutting knife. Wufei got himself on his feet as fast as he could, and hurried to save Duo from doing something he might regret.

Duo heard Wufei's hurried footsteps and quickly ran the knife into the palm of his hand. As the cold blade pressed through his still pale skin, he smiled. Even as Wufei was desperately prying the knife out of his hands and pinning him to the wall, all he wanted to do was watch the thick red blood flow from the wound and across his hand, down his arm. What fascinated him most was when little droplets formed at his elbow and let small ruby spheres fall to the floor.

"Duo! Pay attention to me!" Duo looked up at Wufei and smiled, wishing to share the wonderful calm happiness he was feeling. He would have reached over for the knife again if it weren't for the fact that his good hand was pinned behind his back. He was seriously considering breaking out of the grasp…

….And then he screamed.

Quick, panicked sobs were all that came from the boys mouth, other than a few unintelligible words of fear. Tears streamed down his face as he stared in horror at his mutilated hand. Wufei pulled both of Duo's hands in front of him and held them each by the wrist.

"Calm down. If you calm down, I can help." Duo shook his head violently from side to side and tried to break away from Wufei. He continued to cry and scream like mad, making it very hard for Wufei to think. Frustrated, he did the only thing he could think of to shut the boy up. He smacked him across his face.

Duo imidiatly shut up. His eyes glistened with tears as he stared at Wufei. "O-oniisan….. I-it hurts….. you hurt me……" He continued to cry, but he was no longer screaming. Wufei pressed his hand over the wound in Duo's hand, trying to supress the bleeding. The boy cried out in pain again, but quickly shut up.

"We're going into the bathroom so I can dress this. Maybe I can find something to stop the pain."

"I-it hurts….."

"I know… I know…" Wufei sighed in exasperation and took the shaking boy into the bathroom. He flipped the seat down on the toilet and motioned for Duo to sit there while he rummaged through the medicine cabinent for something to cover the wound until he could get him to a doctor. He might be able to find something to numb the pain while—

"WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!?!" Wufei winced at Duo's voice. He turned around to face Duo, who looked like he was ready to kill something.

"Duo. Shut up."

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?!?!?! Just two seconds ago, I was sitting down on my bed after you told me I had been playing with a stuffed animal! Now I'm sitting on a toilet with a FUCKING HOLE IN MY HAND!!!!!!"

"Shut. Up." Wufei gave Duo a look that would kill. The boy returned it with an equally sinister look.

"I am not going to 'Shut. Up.' I want you to tell me what the hell just happened. That's the third time I've just appeared in a completaly different situation! What's going on?"

"You missed the bed, then ran downstairs and stabbed a knife into your hand. After I took the knife away from you, you began to kick and scream like a child until I took you up here. Are you happy now?" Duo gaped at Wufei, unbelieving as his hand was wrapped in a white cloth. "Come on. We're going to get your hand stitched up." Wufei left the room, and slowly, Duo followed.

To be continued….

Mel: *grins* I did that all in one sitting too! I'm happy!

Tsuru: *blinks* For that piece of crap?

Mel: *glares at Tsuru* You weren't any help, so you have no right to talk.

Tsuru: *shrugs*

Mel: *sticks tongue out*