Playroom
Gundam Wing AU
Cherries
I like AU and apparently I like Wufei, Zechs and Treize. Think, sometime in the future but not quite. This is weird to me though, I was watching too much TV and thought, "What if that happened to Wufei?" I'm not going to tell you what I was watching, but it was sad. Zechs and Trieze are psychiatrists. Sort of. Zechs is actually a student living with.. Ahh hell read it! I'm terrible! (\ _ /) . and I know nothing of Psychology it seems... but I placed it in the future so it wouldn't matter! Yippee! ^_^ I wrote this a while ago, two summers actually, and I couldn't figure out what to do with it until I signed up in FF.net. Oh well.
Part 1: A Little Investigation
"Here we are Dr. Merquise, the Playroom," said Dr. Treize Kushranada to his young co-worker. He stepped aside and let the young blonde get in front of him. Zechs stepped up to the large heavy door and looked through the thick bulletproof window. "Is that him?" He asked not turning his azure eyes away from the boy in the Playroom. Treize sighed and nodded. "Pretty little thing isn't he?" Zechs smiled and turned turn to his friend. "You aren't suppose to speak about patients like that." Treize smiled back. "So?" He got not such a surprising reaction as Zechs began to giggle and then sternly returned to his observations. He was always very serious about his work.
Zechs and Treize had known one another since childhood. Treize was always ahead of Zechs, guiding him through life sort of. He only did it to keep the tall blonde youth beside him. He didn't want to leave a friend like that behind. Zechs was always trying to keep up and quite often doing better than his colleague, graduating first in his class then being only 17. He was nearly 20 now and had grown up to choose psychiatry as his major. He was still taking child therapy and psychoanalysis, that being why he came here. He could finish taking it at this institute. He was profoundly fascinated in the human mind, just like Treize. It was a stroke of luck that they would work at the same clinic. Now here they were working and studying in the same Clinic. Here Zechs was, preparing for his first real case. He studied, and he had successfully helped clients before, but nothing ever this severe. He looked through the window again at the small huddled figure in the room. "How old is he?" Treize came over and looked through himself. "His records say he'll be 18 in December. Now he's just turned 17, poor lad still can't leave the playroom." Zechs giggled, "You're trying to sound German again Dr. Kushranada." Treize brushed the remark aside. "And I am! Therefore I can slip accents when appropriate, little brat." He was just playing but Zechs looked hurt, "Oh, but uncle Trieze!" They both broke into quiet laughter and returned to business.
"Stop playing Treize and be serious," Zechs murmured. Zechs frowned, "This is very important. Now, you have to tell me more about him. Does he talk?" Treize shook his head, "No. He has a beautiful voice though." Zechs raised an eyebrow. "Um, how do you know?" Treize smiled. "He sings when he's in there sometimes. Lovely little songs, I wish I could understand them though. You took foreign languages right?" Zechs nodded, "Yeah but its just a couple really. French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish." Treize gave a mock expression of shock. "My aren't you the overachiever. Well then I hope you enjoy reading to the kid. I think he like stories." Zechs looked back in, the boy still sat there. The blonde tossed his hair, "What kind of stories?" Trieze stepped away. "No need for me to tell you anything else, she's here."
The woman they had been waiting for arrived. She walked towards her new co- worker and offered her hand. "Hello, I'm Sally Po, the lead therapist in this project. I see you already know Dr. Kushranada." Zechs offered his hand and introduced himself. "Hello Dr. Po, I'm Zechs Merquise, nice to meet you." When they parted hands Treize explained. "Zechs and I have grown up together. His sister and himself were adopted by my family and he's pretty much my little brother." Sally smiled. "That's wonderful. You two have a great relationship for brothers, you must really care about one another." Zechs concealed an oncoming frown. He didn't like that the conversation was becoming personal and tried to lead it back to the patient. The blonde coughed a little, "Excuse me but about the boy, what's his name?"
Sally went to the door and entered the code on the electronic shield. The door slid open revealing the large room in it's whole. The small creature that sat in the middle of the floor playing with a toy city didn't look up to them. "His name is Wufei Chang. He's been here for nine years, since the murder of his mother and sister. He hasn't spoken to anyone since then. He just periodically sings to the dolls near bedtime." Sally led Zechs and Treize over to the boy. He sat there humming something to himself. Sally kneeled down and brushed long raven hair from his eyes. "He still thinks like a very small child emotionally. But he is very intelligent. I allow him to study from books here he has lessons and tests. He likes reading and playing with these toys." She motioned to the little city he was already playing with and the little house he was leading a doll into. Zechs knelt down beside Sally. Treize figured it was about time for him to leave to his session. "Well I got you here Zechs, don't disappoint me and not get her number." Zechs shot him a look of 'you jerk off'. Treize smiled and left the room, leaving Sally to fill Zechs in.
"Here's the rest of his reports. Be careful not to touch him, he doesn't like that much and you're new here. He doesn't know you yet." Zechs looked down to the boy's vacant dark eyes. "Does he realize where he is? I mean, does he know he's in an institution?" Sally shook her head. "I think he knows he isn't home. He probably knows everything and just won't let himself out because of all the stress and anxiety." Zechs sighed and looked around the playroom. "You keep him alone here? Does he interact with other patients?"
Sally stood up. "No, not really, except for about a year ago. A little girl named Mariemaia was checked in. He seemed to like her. I guess he saw her as a little sister. He sung to her and brushed her hair. I don't think he did much else though. Other than that, he doesn't communicate with anyone." She checked her watch. "I'm going to leave you here with him now. Take care, I'll be back in half an hour to see to his lunch." With that she went to the door and stopped as Zechs called her back. "Did they find out who murdered his family?" Sally looked down at the boy watching for a reaction. Receiving none she told Zechs, "Read the files. Not around him."
Left all alone with the little boy and his toy city, Zechs thought it appropriate to introduce himself. If the boy did acknowledge the world around him, he wanted Wufei to know his name. "Hello," he started. Wufei looked up at Zechs with big innocent obsidian eyes. The boy blinked like he just woke up. "My name is Zechs Marquise, I believe you're Wufei Chang." Wufei tucked a loose lock of hair behind his ear and looked down at his toys. "I suppose that means you aren't going to talk to me." Wufei kept playing, leading a doll into a room with another doll. He laid it on the fake bed and went back to the dolls in the other room. "Okay then. Having fun with your little game?" Wufei shrugged. Zechs was surprised. There was a response to his question. "So you're listening to me Wufei?" Wufei turned to face Zechs again. After rolling his eyes he went back to his dolls, leading the two baby dolls into the room with the mother and father dolls. Zechs took note on the rolling eyes thing. "Well then lets, check your report for being cheeky."
Zechs opened the file and started going through the report. "Wufei Chang, age 17; birthday: December 12; Family: deceased; Personality disorder, antisocial withdrawal from society and ever present childlike state." Wufei only continued to play with his dolls as Zechs spoke and was now placing the father doll and baby boy doll in a room upstairs. Zechs couldn't help but notice this. "Why do you play with dolls like that?" Wufei didn't answer and starting putting all the dolls back in their proper places in the playroom boxes. After that he turned to Zechs and got a look at him. He frowned.
Zechs raised his eyebrows, "What? What's wrong?" Wufei leaned over looked at Zechs's eyes and then let his eyes fall to the blonde's long hair. He reached out a hand and Zechs wasn't sure what to do exactly. The boy moments were slow but so sudden and unexpected. He let the boy comb through his hair with long slender fingers. Zechs swallowed, "Do this often?" Wufei stopped and walked away. Zechs decided to look back inside the report. "Figures," he said as he found what he expected.
The report read, ".patient displays aristocratic attitude with some and in cases ignores or withdraws from them." Zechs looked at the figure that had found itself on the other side of the room with a bottle of tea and some rice cookies. Zechs went back to the report. "Patient is, as of yet, a vegetarian and eats a very simple diet." Zechs notice the boy's plate had some meat on it, which had been pushed aside. Following the briefing was the boy's test reports. Wufei's body is in perfect order, excusing some scarring. Zechs wonder what kind of scarring. He looked up at the boy and noticed the very faint marks on his wrist. "Suicide." He went back to the reports.
"Patient displayed a suicidal tendency at an early age, when first recovered from his home." Zechs sighed and turned the page. The page was a list of grades. It was the grades from Wufei's lessons and exams. "Straight A student," he mumbled as he came across the long list. Sally said he was intelligent, but he didn't figure that Wufei was a Prodigy. "Mechanical engineering, chemistry, why even the arts." He then saw a little packet of photographs. One was of Wufei and woman. //"More than likely his mother."// He noticed a photograph of a small statuette shaped like a dragon with two heads. "Shenlong."
"Wufei, do you have your Shenlong here?" The boy head popped up, surprised that Zechs had asked that. The boy shook his head and went back to eating his salad. "Too bad. I've studied some Asian history you know." Wufei looked up again. "I at first thought I wanted to be a historian, but then decided on psychiatry when Treize had me tour a clinic. Do you know you're in a clinic Wufei?" The boy didn't answer. He simply ignored the tall man. Zechs smirked and redoubled his efforts. This un-amused regal-ness reminded him a little of his sister. "Wufei can you hear me? I asked if you knew you were in a clinic? You understand don't you?" Wufei gave him the annoyed look and rolled his eyes but nodded. "Why don't you talk to anyone, you are capable aren't you?" Wufei frowned and nodded but went back to his salad.
Zechs decided to be sneaky. It was the first day, but he wanted to get the little boy to talk to him now. "Wufei," he began trying to regain some notice. Wufei sat his fork down; it'd be a while before he got back to it. Zechs frowned, looking disappointed and unimpressed. "What's my name?" Wufei's expression changed to a criminal stare then he looked away from Zechs. Zechs scoffed. "Just as I thought, he's incapable." Wufei's eyes widened at the comment. Zechs sighed. "Come genius, answer me. What's my name? I did introduce myself didn't I? Were you paying any attention to me then? What's my name? Wufei? Aren't you going to answer me now? Wufei."
Wufei looked at his plate and tried to block out all the questions. Just like he always did. New doctors would come and not actually understand the small boy without a textbook outline. However, this was different and the questions were so annoying. "Zechs!" He'd never been annoyed like that before by the doctors or nurses. They usually let him keep to himself as long as he looked tired or cute or sad or something. What was this doctor doing? ".Your name is Zechs Marquise." Zechs's mouth couldn't have fallen any lower if he tried. Wufei sat back and folded his arms over his chest. "You're drooling." Zechs shut his mouth. "My apologies, did you just talk to me?" Wufei turned his head. "Annoying me seemed to works, don't try it again, shrink." Wufei stood up. "And no one's gonna believe you, no cameras in my room, I broke them." Zechs couldn't believe his ears.
"How did you break them?" Wufei rolled his eyes. He took the chair he was sitting in and pulled it over to a corner. Standing in the chair, he pulled down a dismembered camera. "I rearranged them and built a remote so that I can control the camera feed and what they see. I have a steady recording of still images." Zechs eyebrows went up. "My, my. Isn't that a bit overdoing it?" Wufei put the camera back. "Go away. I don't need another shrink. Leave me alone." He stepped off the chair and went back to the play set on the floor. Zechs drew a deep breath. "Why don't you just explain yourself. Don't you want to rejoin society? Certainly you don't enjoy being locked up in here."
Wufei turned around. "You aren't supposed to say 'locked up'. I'm supposed to be protected here." He picked up a baby doll and walked back over to his table. "I'm tired. I don't feel like talking. I never feel like talking. I don't want you here." Zechs smiled, "That's to bad. You've caught my interest. It'll be incredibly hard to get rid of me little boy." Wufei pouted. "That's not fair. Your cheating. Go away." The boy sat on the table and kicked his legs. Zechs ran his fingers through his hair and thought about giving up. He changed his mind, "Give me a chance okay. I want to help you. Can I at least be your friend and get to know you. I don't want to pretend your incapable of thought Wufei. I think your in here because you want to be. What are you hiding from?" Wufei frowned. "Why should I tell you?"
Zechs walked over to the table. "Because I'd like to know and I'd certainly would like to get you talking more. You have a lovely voice, for an annoying imp that is." Wufei was scowling now, and if looks could kill. Zechs backed off a little. He was amused that he was getting through so fast. He turned around when he heard the sliding door open. "Zechs," said Sally, "What's wrong." Zechs thought for a moment but answered, "Nothing. Just making observations. Could you speak with me a moment outside." Sally nodded, "But wait for me get this food stuff. The little vegetarian prince here leaves half the veggies on the table anyway." Wufei turned his head. "Well excuse me Mr. Chang," she picked up the plate and left with Zechs trailing behind her.
"So what do you think of him?" Asked Sally once the doors closed. Zechs sighed, "Amazing." The older woman smiled, "Still got the report, boy?" Zechs nodded and showed the vanilla folder, "Yes, it's pretty thick I noticed." Sally shrugged, "Have to keep a good idea of what he does you see. I think he broke the cameras in his room, still images." Zechs laughed and looked back at the room. "Let me think of how, the engineering classes?" Sally stopped, "Did you read the notes out loud to him?" Zechs looked around the hallway, "Why?" Sally rolled her eyes, "Well he tends to become annoyed when people remind him he's a study subject. He can get really mad, he almost killed himself a couple of times." Zechs smiled reassuringly. "That won't be a problem anymore. I think. You say I annoyed him quite a deal, but he didn't seem quite upset because of that."
Sally started walking again. A little further down, she opened the door to her own office. "What do you mean Mr. Marquise?" Zechs sat down opposite her. "Please call me Miri, all my best friends do." Sally laughed as she lit a cigarette and offered one to Zechs, which he declined. "No thank you." Sally put the pack away and looked through another file. "You know I have your case in here as well Mr. Perfectionist? I have to keep a record of the students working here. Especially ones in contact with severe cases such as Mr. Chang."
Zechs lowered his eyes. He knew what she was going to bring up. "I understand that Ms. Po. Please just say what you mean, and then I can tell you something I've observed." Sally raised her eyebrows. "Observed? Alright. You are a homosexual, aren't you Mr. Marquise?" She noted the young man's nod and continued. "Then you understand that the institute and myself will want to keep anything you and Wufei do on record, which means repairing the cameras." Zechs smiled. "Did you ever notice how he played with the dolls, Dr. Sally." Sally sat back. "We've noted there is some recurring in his game, but I'm listening."
Zechs stood up and walked across to the window. "I don't think that's a game. Go ahead and record the sessions, but don't get upset that I get through with him." Sally leaned over and put her cigarette out. "And just where do you think you'll be going?" Zechs turned around with a smile, "Went. We've already gone and I believe it won't be soon before he's re- entered a normal and stable society that supports his ingenuity and genius." Sally shook her head slowly, "I doubt that. But I'll go ahead and watch for improvements. I'll continue to work with the child. You're dismissed." Zechs bowed his head and turned to leave. Just as he was going out the door, Sally called him back. "Just what sort of break through are you planning?" Zechs frowned, "My dear lady, please excuse me if don't like to hear such rude and disgusting remarks." With that he elegantly turned and left the smoke filled room. Sally shook her head, "Touchy."
***
"I can't believe that woman! What was she doing!" Screamed Zechs. Treize shrugged at his friend. Milliardo had come home angry and didn't seem to want to leave his unhappy disposition. "Cool off Miri. It's no big deal, she did the same to me. It'll only get bad if she wants to find out who your sleeping with." He walked behind Zechs and felt up the younger man's shirt. "Then I'll be even more trouble." Zechs laughed, "I bet, with you being my teacher, my brother and my father all in one." Treize squeezed a nipple he found up the man's chest. "Quiet you! Don't ever call me father again!" Zechs turned and wrapped his arms around Trieze's neck. "I suppose you'll only let me call you daddy then." Trieze kissed Zechs's forehead, "Time for bed Miri."
As the two started to nibble on the other's lip, the phone ranged and interrupted them. Zechs sighed and pulled back. "I'll get it. Go tie yourself up." Treize laughed walking into the bedroom, "Why? So you could feel guilty and untie me again?" Zechs smiled and answered the phone, "Hello and are you my sister or someone important?" A small raspy voice came from the other side, "Brother?" Zechs rolled his eyes. "Relena what's wrong now?" The girl on the other line coughed, "I don't feel well and Heero hasn't come home yet. Do you think he left with Duo again." The image of the lovely smiling young man came to mind. "No sister why on earth would Heero run off to play with his little friend when he has beautiful you at home waiting for him." He heard his sister growl and say in a low voice, "Shut up."
Zechs ran his hand through his hair. "Look Relena. Give up on him. It's a loss cause. He doesn't want you baby sister. You'll have to just deal. He isn't the only man alive and besides, he not the best catch. Surly a lovely and talented girl like yourself could fine someone else in this universe to sleep with. What do you mean you're not sleeping with him? Well there's a problem right there isn't it?"
Zechs heard Treize laughing from the bedroom door and at the time found it very hard to not laugh out loud himself. "Okay I'm sorry Relena don't cry. Look, do me a favor. Can you go to Lucrezia and pick up a package for me. I had it sent to my old apartment and she promised to get it for me. Promise me. Good girl, love you baby sister. Don't worry. Everything will go perfect soon enough, I promise." Zechs hung up and phone and looked at Treize.
Zechs sighed, "That girl will never catch a man interested in her. She's much too desperate." Treize laughed from the doorway again. "Well I wonder why, she was a terrible ugly little thing compared to you Miri." Zechs frowned. "Watch what you say. She's still my sister and will grow into looking a lot like mother soon enough." Treize shook his head. "She'd sooner grow into looking like your dog Jasper." Zechs screamed, "Trieze you wicked and horrible man!" Trieze pouted and raised an eyebrow, ".sorry Miri." He turned around and sat on the bed. "I suppose I should go spank myself." Zechs ran over hopped on top of Trieze. "No! Under no condition shall you have to spank yourself. I was being naughty. Spank me."
***
Wufei sat alone in the playroom. The lights were out except for what streamed from the moon through the windows. He sat curled up holding one of the dolls and rocking back and forth. Sally stood just outside listening to the haunting sound of his quiet voice sing. //"That song. that song is so sad. I wonder what's he crying about inside, to always dream about monsters."// She stepped away from the door and beckoned the engineers to follow her. "Did you take all the stuff?" One man ran ahead, "Yes ma'am. Amazing how he put that remote together and the tape. When did you let him get hold of a computer?" The other man shook his head, "No Silo I found the box to the doors cracked. He broke in it and stole the info from there. Now that's Amazing!" Sally sighed and lit a cigarette. "Thank you very much gentlemen. You can go now." Sally watched the men retreat and started back towards the room.
"Wufei. It's time for bed now sweetie. I want you to go to sleep tonight." Wufei looked up at Sally. Slowly he stood up and walked over to her. Sally walked him out of the room and down the hall. "Are you okay sweetie?" Wufei didn't answer and watched his slippers move across the floor instead. "Fine then. I suppose you'll want to take a long bubble bath sweetie?" Wufei stopped in front of his door and waited for Sally to open it. Sally turned him around. "Wufei, I have a homework assignment for you sweetie. Write me a report on Mr. Zechs Marquise okay. I want you to write a report on him every week for me." Wufei nodded. Sally shook her head, "Wufei why is it you'll explain a Confucian theory to me in a letter, but you won't even say hello to me in the morning? You're not mute. I know that sweetie. I want you to open up. You're too young to be stuck in a hole kid." The woman opened the door, remembering just how many times she'd told the boy the same thing. She watched him walk in and sit on his bed. Sally smiled, //"Okay then you little prick, be that way."//
Sally left and Wufei started to undress and walked into his bathroom. He looked around and saw the bottle of bubbles and bar of soap on the sink top. He finished undressing and turned the bath water on and sat on the rim of the tub waiting for it to fill. Stepping in he pulled off the band that tied his hair back. The loose black hair fell around his shoulders and floated on the water and as he sat down in the tub. "That man. gold hair and blue eyes." He sunk further under the water, "Why did he do that? He's beautiful just like the Angels are in paintings. Mother why?" Wufei closed his eyes and old images of his beautiful young mother came back. "Mother."
She was carrying his sister and holding his hand as they walked away to their car at a supermarket. They were stopped by a handsome young man on a motorcycle. His mother left the two children alone while she talked to the dark haired man. "Hey there kiddies," said the man as he knelt and shook Wufei's four year old hand. "My, my. Aren't we going to be a handsome buck. You look just like your mother little boy," he said in rough western cowboy accent. The man put his hands on Wufei's face. "How old are ya kid?" Wufei bit his lip and smiled, "I'm five." The man pulled back surprised. He looked up at the boy's mother. "Mel, he's five years old. You too young to have a five year old ya know that girl?" The young woman laughed sweetly and picked the toddler up, "This is Linsu Se. She will be two years old next week. Maybe you want to come to the party Alfred." The man laughed and looked over to Wufei. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Wufei felt tears stream down his cheek, "I wish he did."
TBC..
Maybe if I get good reviews. I wasn't sure about this one actually.
I like AU and apparently I like Wufei, Zechs and Treize. Think, sometime in the future but not quite. This is weird to me though, I was watching too much TV and thought, "What if that happened to Wufei?" I'm not going to tell you what I was watching, but it was sad. Zechs and Trieze are psychiatrists. Sort of. Zechs is actually a student living with.. Ahh hell read it! I'm terrible! (\ _ /) . and I know nothing of Psychology it seems... but I placed it in the future so it wouldn't matter! Yippee! ^_^ I wrote this a while ago, two summers actually, and I couldn't figure out what to do with it until I signed up in FF.net. Oh well.
Part 1: A Little Investigation
"Here we are Dr. Merquise, the Playroom," said Dr. Treize Kushranada to his young co-worker. He stepped aside and let the young blonde get in front of him. Zechs stepped up to the large heavy door and looked through the thick bulletproof window. "Is that him?" He asked not turning his azure eyes away from the boy in the Playroom. Treize sighed and nodded. "Pretty little thing isn't he?" Zechs smiled and turned turn to his friend. "You aren't suppose to speak about patients like that." Treize smiled back. "So?" He got not such a surprising reaction as Zechs began to giggle and then sternly returned to his observations. He was always very serious about his work.
Zechs and Treize had known one another since childhood. Treize was always ahead of Zechs, guiding him through life sort of. He only did it to keep the tall blonde youth beside him. He didn't want to leave a friend like that behind. Zechs was always trying to keep up and quite often doing better than his colleague, graduating first in his class then being only 17. He was nearly 20 now and had grown up to choose psychiatry as his major. He was still taking child therapy and psychoanalysis, that being why he came here. He could finish taking it at this institute. He was profoundly fascinated in the human mind, just like Treize. It was a stroke of luck that they would work at the same clinic. Now here they were working and studying in the same Clinic. Here Zechs was, preparing for his first real case. He studied, and he had successfully helped clients before, but nothing ever this severe. He looked through the window again at the small huddled figure in the room. "How old is he?" Treize came over and looked through himself. "His records say he'll be 18 in December. Now he's just turned 17, poor lad still can't leave the playroom." Zechs giggled, "You're trying to sound German again Dr. Kushranada." Treize brushed the remark aside. "And I am! Therefore I can slip accents when appropriate, little brat." He was just playing but Zechs looked hurt, "Oh, but uncle Trieze!" They both broke into quiet laughter and returned to business.
"Stop playing Treize and be serious," Zechs murmured. Zechs frowned, "This is very important. Now, you have to tell me more about him. Does he talk?" Treize shook his head, "No. He has a beautiful voice though." Zechs raised an eyebrow. "Um, how do you know?" Treize smiled. "He sings when he's in there sometimes. Lovely little songs, I wish I could understand them though. You took foreign languages right?" Zechs nodded, "Yeah but its just a couple really. French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish." Treize gave a mock expression of shock. "My aren't you the overachiever. Well then I hope you enjoy reading to the kid. I think he like stories." Zechs looked back in, the boy still sat there. The blonde tossed his hair, "What kind of stories?" Trieze stepped away. "No need for me to tell you anything else, she's here."
The woman they had been waiting for arrived. She walked towards her new co- worker and offered her hand. "Hello, I'm Sally Po, the lead therapist in this project. I see you already know Dr. Kushranada." Zechs offered his hand and introduced himself. "Hello Dr. Po, I'm Zechs Merquise, nice to meet you." When they parted hands Treize explained. "Zechs and I have grown up together. His sister and himself were adopted by my family and he's pretty much my little brother." Sally smiled. "That's wonderful. You two have a great relationship for brothers, you must really care about one another." Zechs concealed an oncoming frown. He didn't like that the conversation was becoming personal and tried to lead it back to the patient. The blonde coughed a little, "Excuse me but about the boy, what's his name?"
Sally went to the door and entered the code on the electronic shield. The door slid open revealing the large room in it's whole. The small creature that sat in the middle of the floor playing with a toy city didn't look up to them. "His name is Wufei Chang. He's been here for nine years, since the murder of his mother and sister. He hasn't spoken to anyone since then. He just periodically sings to the dolls near bedtime." Sally led Zechs and Treize over to the boy. He sat there humming something to himself. Sally kneeled down and brushed long raven hair from his eyes. "He still thinks like a very small child emotionally. But he is very intelligent. I allow him to study from books here he has lessons and tests. He likes reading and playing with these toys." She motioned to the little city he was already playing with and the little house he was leading a doll into. Zechs knelt down beside Sally. Treize figured it was about time for him to leave to his session. "Well I got you here Zechs, don't disappoint me and not get her number." Zechs shot him a look of 'you jerk off'. Treize smiled and left the room, leaving Sally to fill Zechs in.
"Here's the rest of his reports. Be careful not to touch him, he doesn't like that much and you're new here. He doesn't know you yet." Zechs looked down to the boy's vacant dark eyes. "Does he realize where he is? I mean, does he know he's in an institution?" Sally shook her head. "I think he knows he isn't home. He probably knows everything and just won't let himself out because of all the stress and anxiety." Zechs sighed and looked around the playroom. "You keep him alone here? Does he interact with other patients?"
Sally stood up. "No, not really, except for about a year ago. A little girl named Mariemaia was checked in. He seemed to like her. I guess he saw her as a little sister. He sung to her and brushed her hair. I don't think he did much else though. Other than that, he doesn't communicate with anyone." She checked her watch. "I'm going to leave you here with him now. Take care, I'll be back in half an hour to see to his lunch." With that she went to the door and stopped as Zechs called her back. "Did they find out who murdered his family?" Sally looked down at the boy watching for a reaction. Receiving none she told Zechs, "Read the files. Not around him."
Left all alone with the little boy and his toy city, Zechs thought it appropriate to introduce himself. If the boy did acknowledge the world around him, he wanted Wufei to know his name. "Hello," he started. Wufei looked up at Zechs with big innocent obsidian eyes. The boy blinked like he just woke up. "My name is Zechs Marquise, I believe you're Wufei Chang." Wufei tucked a loose lock of hair behind his ear and looked down at his toys. "I suppose that means you aren't going to talk to me." Wufei kept playing, leading a doll into a room with another doll. He laid it on the fake bed and went back to the dolls in the other room. "Okay then. Having fun with your little game?" Wufei shrugged. Zechs was surprised. There was a response to his question. "So you're listening to me Wufei?" Wufei turned to face Zechs again. After rolling his eyes he went back to his dolls, leading the two baby dolls into the room with the mother and father dolls. Zechs took note on the rolling eyes thing. "Well then lets, check your report for being cheeky."
Zechs opened the file and started going through the report. "Wufei Chang, age 17; birthday: December 12; Family: deceased; Personality disorder, antisocial withdrawal from society and ever present childlike state." Wufei only continued to play with his dolls as Zechs spoke and was now placing the father doll and baby boy doll in a room upstairs. Zechs couldn't help but notice this. "Why do you play with dolls like that?" Wufei didn't answer and starting putting all the dolls back in their proper places in the playroom boxes. After that he turned to Zechs and got a look at him. He frowned.
Zechs raised his eyebrows, "What? What's wrong?" Wufei leaned over looked at Zechs's eyes and then let his eyes fall to the blonde's long hair. He reached out a hand and Zechs wasn't sure what to do exactly. The boy moments were slow but so sudden and unexpected. He let the boy comb through his hair with long slender fingers. Zechs swallowed, "Do this often?" Wufei stopped and walked away. Zechs decided to look back inside the report. "Figures," he said as he found what he expected.
The report read, ".patient displays aristocratic attitude with some and in cases ignores or withdraws from them." Zechs looked at the figure that had found itself on the other side of the room with a bottle of tea and some rice cookies. Zechs went back to the report. "Patient is, as of yet, a vegetarian and eats a very simple diet." Zechs notice the boy's plate had some meat on it, which had been pushed aside. Following the briefing was the boy's test reports. Wufei's body is in perfect order, excusing some scarring. Zechs wonder what kind of scarring. He looked up at the boy and noticed the very faint marks on his wrist. "Suicide." He went back to the reports.
"Patient displayed a suicidal tendency at an early age, when first recovered from his home." Zechs sighed and turned the page. The page was a list of grades. It was the grades from Wufei's lessons and exams. "Straight A student," he mumbled as he came across the long list. Sally said he was intelligent, but he didn't figure that Wufei was a Prodigy. "Mechanical engineering, chemistry, why even the arts." He then saw a little packet of photographs. One was of Wufei and woman. //"More than likely his mother."// He noticed a photograph of a small statuette shaped like a dragon with two heads. "Shenlong."
"Wufei, do you have your Shenlong here?" The boy head popped up, surprised that Zechs had asked that. The boy shook his head and went back to eating his salad. "Too bad. I've studied some Asian history you know." Wufei looked up again. "I at first thought I wanted to be a historian, but then decided on psychiatry when Treize had me tour a clinic. Do you know you're in a clinic Wufei?" The boy didn't answer. He simply ignored the tall man. Zechs smirked and redoubled his efforts. This un-amused regal-ness reminded him a little of his sister. "Wufei can you hear me? I asked if you knew you were in a clinic? You understand don't you?" Wufei gave him the annoyed look and rolled his eyes but nodded. "Why don't you talk to anyone, you are capable aren't you?" Wufei frowned and nodded but went back to his salad.
Zechs decided to be sneaky. It was the first day, but he wanted to get the little boy to talk to him now. "Wufei," he began trying to regain some notice. Wufei sat his fork down; it'd be a while before he got back to it. Zechs frowned, looking disappointed and unimpressed. "What's my name?" Wufei's expression changed to a criminal stare then he looked away from Zechs. Zechs scoffed. "Just as I thought, he's incapable." Wufei's eyes widened at the comment. Zechs sighed. "Come genius, answer me. What's my name? I did introduce myself didn't I? Were you paying any attention to me then? What's my name? Wufei? Aren't you going to answer me now? Wufei."
Wufei looked at his plate and tried to block out all the questions. Just like he always did. New doctors would come and not actually understand the small boy without a textbook outline. However, this was different and the questions were so annoying. "Zechs!" He'd never been annoyed like that before by the doctors or nurses. They usually let him keep to himself as long as he looked tired or cute or sad or something. What was this doctor doing? ".Your name is Zechs Marquise." Zechs's mouth couldn't have fallen any lower if he tried. Wufei sat back and folded his arms over his chest. "You're drooling." Zechs shut his mouth. "My apologies, did you just talk to me?" Wufei turned his head. "Annoying me seemed to works, don't try it again, shrink." Wufei stood up. "And no one's gonna believe you, no cameras in my room, I broke them." Zechs couldn't believe his ears.
"How did you break them?" Wufei rolled his eyes. He took the chair he was sitting in and pulled it over to a corner. Standing in the chair, he pulled down a dismembered camera. "I rearranged them and built a remote so that I can control the camera feed and what they see. I have a steady recording of still images." Zechs eyebrows went up. "My, my. Isn't that a bit overdoing it?" Wufei put the camera back. "Go away. I don't need another shrink. Leave me alone." He stepped off the chair and went back to the play set on the floor. Zechs drew a deep breath. "Why don't you just explain yourself. Don't you want to rejoin society? Certainly you don't enjoy being locked up in here."
Wufei turned around. "You aren't supposed to say 'locked up'. I'm supposed to be protected here." He picked up a baby doll and walked back over to his table. "I'm tired. I don't feel like talking. I never feel like talking. I don't want you here." Zechs smiled, "That's to bad. You've caught my interest. It'll be incredibly hard to get rid of me little boy." Wufei pouted. "That's not fair. Your cheating. Go away." The boy sat on the table and kicked his legs. Zechs ran his fingers through his hair and thought about giving up. He changed his mind, "Give me a chance okay. I want to help you. Can I at least be your friend and get to know you. I don't want to pretend your incapable of thought Wufei. I think your in here because you want to be. What are you hiding from?" Wufei frowned. "Why should I tell you?"
Zechs walked over to the table. "Because I'd like to know and I'd certainly would like to get you talking more. You have a lovely voice, for an annoying imp that is." Wufei was scowling now, and if looks could kill. Zechs backed off a little. He was amused that he was getting through so fast. He turned around when he heard the sliding door open. "Zechs," said Sally, "What's wrong." Zechs thought for a moment but answered, "Nothing. Just making observations. Could you speak with me a moment outside." Sally nodded, "But wait for me get this food stuff. The little vegetarian prince here leaves half the veggies on the table anyway." Wufei turned his head. "Well excuse me Mr. Chang," she picked up the plate and left with Zechs trailing behind her.
"So what do you think of him?" Asked Sally once the doors closed. Zechs sighed, "Amazing." The older woman smiled, "Still got the report, boy?" Zechs nodded and showed the vanilla folder, "Yes, it's pretty thick I noticed." Sally shrugged, "Have to keep a good idea of what he does you see. I think he broke the cameras in his room, still images." Zechs laughed and looked back at the room. "Let me think of how, the engineering classes?" Sally stopped, "Did you read the notes out loud to him?" Zechs looked around the hallway, "Why?" Sally rolled her eyes, "Well he tends to become annoyed when people remind him he's a study subject. He can get really mad, he almost killed himself a couple of times." Zechs smiled reassuringly. "That won't be a problem anymore. I think. You say I annoyed him quite a deal, but he didn't seem quite upset because of that."
Sally started walking again. A little further down, she opened the door to her own office. "What do you mean Mr. Marquise?" Zechs sat down opposite her. "Please call me Miri, all my best friends do." Sally laughed as she lit a cigarette and offered one to Zechs, which he declined. "No thank you." Sally put the pack away and looked through another file. "You know I have your case in here as well Mr. Perfectionist? I have to keep a record of the students working here. Especially ones in contact with severe cases such as Mr. Chang."
Zechs lowered his eyes. He knew what she was going to bring up. "I understand that Ms. Po. Please just say what you mean, and then I can tell you something I've observed." Sally raised her eyebrows. "Observed? Alright. You are a homosexual, aren't you Mr. Marquise?" She noted the young man's nod and continued. "Then you understand that the institute and myself will want to keep anything you and Wufei do on record, which means repairing the cameras." Zechs smiled. "Did you ever notice how he played with the dolls, Dr. Sally." Sally sat back. "We've noted there is some recurring in his game, but I'm listening."
Zechs stood up and walked across to the window. "I don't think that's a game. Go ahead and record the sessions, but don't get upset that I get through with him." Sally leaned over and put her cigarette out. "And just where do you think you'll be going?" Zechs turned around with a smile, "Went. We've already gone and I believe it won't be soon before he's re- entered a normal and stable society that supports his ingenuity and genius." Sally shook her head slowly, "I doubt that. But I'll go ahead and watch for improvements. I'll continue to work with the child. You're dismissed." Zechs bowed his head and turned to leave. Just as he was going out the door, Sally called him back. "Just what sort of break through are you planning?" Zechs frowned, "My dear lady, please excuse me if don't like to hear such rude and disgusting remarks." With that he elegantly turned and left the smoke filled room. Sally shook her head, "Touchy."
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"I can't believe that woman! What was she doing!" Screamed Zechs. Treize shrugged at his friend. Milliardo had come home angry and didn't seem to want to leave his unhappy disposition. "Cool off Miri. It's no big deal, she did the same to me. It'll only get bad if she wants to find out who your sleeping with." He walked behind Zechs and felt up the younger man's shirt. "Then I'll be even more trouble." Zechs laughed, "I bet, with you being my teacher, my brother and my father all in one." Treize squeezed a nipple he found up the man's chest. "Quiet you! Don't ever call me father again!" Zechs turned and wrapped his arms around Trieze's neck. "I suppose you'll only let me call you daddy then." Trieze kissed Zechs's forehead, "Time for bed Miri."
As the two started to nibble on the other's lip, the phone ranged and interrupted them. Zechs sighed and pulled back. "I'll get it. Go tie yourself up." Treize laughed walking into the bedroom, "Why? So you could feel guilty and untie me again?" Zechs smiled and answered the phone, "Hello and are you my sister or someone important?" A small raspy voice came from the other side, "Brother?" Zechs rolled his eyes. "Relena what's wrong now?" The girl on the other line coughed, "I don't feel well and Heero hasn't come home yet. Do you think he left with Duo again." The image of the lovely smiling young man came to mind. "No sister why on earth would Heero run off to play with his little friend when he has beautiful you at home waiting for him." He heard his sister growl and say in a low voice, "Shut up."
Zechs ran his hand through his hair. "Look Relena. Give up on him. It's a loss cause. He doesn't want you baby sister. You'll have to just deal. He isn't the only man alive and besides, he not the best catch. Surly a lovely and talented girl like yourself could fine someone else in this universe to sleep with. What do you mean you're not sleeping with him? Well there's a problem right there isn't it?"
Zechs heard Treize laughing from the bedroom door and at the time found it very hard to not laugh out loud himself. "Okay I'm sorry Relena don't cry. Look, do me a favor. Can you go to Lucrezia and pick up a package for me. I had it sent to my old apartment and she promised to get it for me. Promise me. Good girl, love you baby sister. Don't worry. Everything will go perfect soon enough, I promise." Zechs hung up and phone and looked at Treize.
Zechs sighed, "That girl will never catch a man interested in her. She's much too desperate." Treize laughed from the doorway again. "Well I wonder why, she was a terrible ugly little thing compared to you Miri." Zechs frowned. "Watch what you say. She's still my sister and will grow into looking a lot like mother soon enough." Treize shook his head. "She'd sooner grow into looking like your dog Jasper." Zechs screamed, "Trieze you wicked and horrible man!" Trieze pouted and raised an eyebrow, ".sorry Miri." He turned around and sat on the bed. "I suppose I should go spank myself." Zechs ran over hopped on top of Trieze. "No! Under no condition shall you have to spank yourself. I was being naughty. Spank me."
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Wufei sat alone in the playroom. The lights were out except for what streamed from the moon through the windows. He sat curled up holding one of the dolls and rocking back and forth. Sally stood just outside listening to the haunting sound of his quiet voice sing. //"That song. that song is so sad. I wonder what's he crying about inside, to always dream about monsters."// She stepped away from the door and beckoned the engineers to follow her. "Did you take all the stuff?" One man ran ahead, "Yes ma'am. Amazing how he put that remote together and the tape. When did you let him get hold of a computer?" The other man shook his head, "No Silo I found the box to the doors cracked. He broke in it and stole the info from there. Now that's Amazing!" Sally sighed and lit a cigarette. "Thank you very much gentlemen. You can go now." Sally watched the men retreat and started back towards the room.
"Wufei. It's time for bed now sweetie. I want you to go to sleep tonight." Wufei looked up at Sally. Slowly he stood up and walked over to her. Sally walked him out of the room and down the hall. "Are you okay sweetie?" Wufei didn't answer and watched his slippers move across the floor instead. "Fine then. I suppose you'll want to take a long bubble bath sweetie?" Wufei stopped in front of his door and waited for Sally to open it. Sally turned him around. "Wufei, I have a homework assignment for you sweetie. Write me a report on Mr. Zechs Marquise okay. I want you to write a report on him every week for me." Wufei nodded. Sally shook her head, "Wufei why is it you'll explain a Confucian theory to me in a letter, but you won't even say hello to me in the morning? You're not mute. I know that sweetie. I want you to open up. You're too young to be stuck in a hole kid." The woman opened the door, remembering just how many times she'd told the boy the same thing. She watched him walk in and sit on his bed. Sally smiled, //"Okay then you little prick, be that way."//
Sally left and Wufei started to undress and walked into his bathroom. He looked around and saw the bottle of bubbles and bar of soap on the sink top. He finished undressing and turned the bath water on and sat on the rim of the tub waiting for it to fill. Stepping in he pulled off the band that tied his hair back. The loose black hair fell around his shoulders and floated on the water and as he sat down in the tub. "That man. gold hair and blue eyes." He sunk further under the water, "Why did he do that? He's beautiful just like the Angels are in paintings. Mother why?" Wufei closed his eyes and old images of his beautiful young mother came back. "Mother."
She was carrying his sister and holding his hand as they walked away to their car at a supermarket. They were stopped by a handsome young man on a motorcycle. His mother left the two children alone while she talked to the dark haired man. "Hey there kiddies," said the man as he knelt and shook Wufei's four year old hand. "My, my. Aren't we going to be a handsome buck. You look just like your mother little boy," he said in rough western cowboy accent. The man put his hands on Wufei's face. "How old are ya kid?" Wufei bit his lip and smiled, "I'm five." The man pulled back surprised. He looked up at the boy's mother. "Mel, he's five years old. You too young to have a five year old ya know that girl?" The young woman laughed sweetly and picked the toddler up, "This is Linsu Se. She will be two years old next week. Maybe you want to come to the party Alfred." The man laughed and looked over to Wufei. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Wufei felt tears stream down his cheek, "I wish he did."
TBC..
Maybe if I get good reviews. I wasn't sure about this one actually.