Last Christmas

Disclaimer: I no own Gundam Wing or song which I hope you all recognize..... If you don't your fucking stupid.... Look at the gods damned title if you don't know...... That's life and it sucks.

I dedicate this to my friend Teri cause this be her Christmas present and I have no money to get her anything else.... Sorry Honey but this is the best I could do! ///.^

He walked into the party in his best black suit, leather trench included. His long chestnut hair had been left down, flowing in ripples as he moved.

Looking around the room, he picked out of the crowd gathered the people he knew and loved. Closest to him Trowa and Quatre, holding hands, were talking to his former lover, Wufei.

'I remeber you.' He thought to himself. 'Last Christmas I gave you my heart. But the very next day, you gave it away.'

Quatre spotted him and signaled that he should come to them. Trowa and Wufei looked in his direction. 'Fei seemed awefully aloof tonight. Plastic grin, he walked over to them thinking, 'This year to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special.'

Standing slightly behind Quatre, he listened to his friends chat about random things: the party, Christmas and the like. No matter how hard he tried, though, he couldn't keep his eyes off Wufei.

'It's odd,' he mused. 'Once bitten and twice shy. I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye.'

After awhile, Quatre and Trowa excused themselves to go mingle among the other guests in their home.

"Tell me Wufei," he said after their hosts moved on. Do you recognize me?"

Wufei shook his head, no, and he sighed.

"It's been a year. It doesn't surprise me." He chuckled softly at his ex- lover's bad memory. "Happy Christmas, Wufei."

Recognation lit Wufei's eyes. "Merry Christmas to you also, Duo." 'Fei murmured.

Duo remembered the gift he had given the man, a year past. It was his gold cross to symbolize that he wanted Wufei to be forever by his side.... However, Wufei obviously didn't return the sentiment.

'I remember,' he thought bitterly. 'I wrapped it up and sent it with a note saying "I love you." I meant it. Now I know what a fool I've been.'

Without meaning to, he whispered, "But if you kissed me now, you'd probably fool me again."

"What?" Wufei asked, puzzled by this comment.

"Huh? Oh, nothing." Duo hoped that 'Fei didn't catch it all, but then again, the man didn't miss much. 'Damn! I need to quit letting my thoughts slip into speech.'

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He walked from one crowded room to the next. it was late and he looked at his friends with tired eyes.

Again, he saw Wufei. 'I'm hiding from you. I accept that. But I look at you and you're so revived. It's like you just walked in.'

Wufei looked at him and walked over to his haven. And as he walked up the first thing Duo blurted out was: "My God! I thought you were someone to rely on! I loved you and when I gave you my heart, you just left me hanging. Thanks."

Wufei blink his coal black eyes. "Oh really? Then why would I have even loved you in the first place?" Wufei answered back, fire in his eyes.

"Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on." Duo retorted.

Wufei threw his hands in the air in defeat. "I just needed to sort my life out before I made that kind of comittment." Just as the beautiful creature before him turned and walked away, Duo finally reliezed what that was all about.

'Damn I'm an idiot.' Duo's mind raced. 'A face on a lover, with a fire in his heart. A man undercover, trying to talk to you, to get you back, but you tore him apart.' His conscience screamed at him.

As Duo watched Wufei retreat into the crowd, he whispered: "Maybe next year I'll give it to someone special." And went after the man he loved with all his being.