A/N: I do not own any part of Gundam Wing.
A "*" represents thought
Rude Awakenings: Chapter Five - Paved With Broken Dreams
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A yawn escaped Wufei's lips, that were previously covered in drool.
*Oh great...it's the morning I fear most...I'm meeting her today...*
Wufei got up, and got dressed in nice black slacks and a button-up white shirt. As he put his feet into shiny black slip-ons, a woman dressed as a maid walked into his room.
"Mr. Wufei, your father wishes to see you before breakfast in the library," she said, with a bow.
"Thank you, Milicent," he said, and walked down the long curving stairs and into the library, where his father sat at a mahogany desk.
"You wished to see me, father?" he asked, walking across the room to where his father was seated.
"Yes, Wufei...I just wanted to prep you for this. I know you've been arranged to marry before, and that ended up in heartbreak, but you must try again. This girl should be better, and her family has prepared a better dowery."
Wufei rolled his eyes. "Don't you understand, father, that I wish not to get married?"
"Wufei, you must get married soon!" his father shouted aggressively, then lowered his tone. "I can see in your eyes you long for a companion..."
"No, father, you're twisting my emotions. The longing you see in my eyes, that's longing for my eighteenth birthday to come so I can perhaps LEAVE this place!" he shouted, and stormed into the kitchen.
"Wufei..." his father said, following him.
"I don't care what you have to say, you can't make me do anything once my birthday comes!"
"But Wufei...just this once, please...try to be a good husband. Just try this ONCE more, okay?"
Wufei rolled his eyes. He pondered what would happen if he said no, and pondered even more what would happen if he said yes. He shook his head.
"Father, one more time, I swear. If this doesn't work, count on me never doing anything you tell me to ever again."
"Thank you," his father said, taking his seat at the end of the table. His eyes were twinkling.
*Such a suck-up, I swear...if this goes wrong, I'm never coming back, and that's final! And he better not expect me to live in the guest room if it doesn't work.*
"Hello, Wufei," smiled a sweet looking young girl. She bowed her head and looked up into his serious brown eyes.
"Hi," he said, with lack of effort to make it sound comforting.
"Would you like to give me a tour of your house?" she smiled, trying to force him into giving in to her sweet trap.
"I guess I could show you around where we'd be staying," he said, shaking his head.
*God...I hate when I have to do things I don't like to.*
"And this is the bathroom...that's all you really need to know, Myran," he said, taking a seat on the large bed they would soon share.
"That's good. Want to show me your horse? I love animals!" she giggled, pulling his arms to a stand.
*God save her. She's too sweet for her own good.*
"This is my horse, Striker," Wufei said, placing a hand on the horse's neck.
"He's beautiful!" she exclaimed, and smiled brightly.
"Would you," Wufei started, not liking what he was about to say, "would you like to go for a ride?"
"Sure!" she smiled and came to a stand. "Which horse can I take?"
"Which one would you like to take?"
"Ummm..." she started, looking around the stable. "How about Pepper? I really liked him."
"Alright."
*Geez...why'd ya have to ruin things by letting her come on your daily ride?*
Once they were out there, riding around the large grassy field, she started making trouble.
"Have you ever ridden outside of your property?" she asked, with an interested tone.
"No."
"Want to?"
"No."
"Come on, I'm feeling adventurous! Just down by the creek, okay? I promise!" She began pouting at him.
*For now, Wufei, just pretend that you're easily shaken by the pout, alright?*
"Fine, don't pout, let's go..." he said, and led his horse to where the creek was. They began riding along there when a movement caught Wufei's attention.
"Did you see that?" she asked, looking around in the brush.
"Yes, I'm not blind, I saw it," he said, also looking around.
"It looked like an animal!"
"Yeah, wow, an animal. Hmmm, what would an animal be doing here?" he asked with a sarcastic tone, shaking his head.
*Wufei, don't be sarcastic. Maybe...maybe it was hurt?*
Wufei got off of his horse and handed the rope to Myran. He walked over to the brush and discovered a small boy.
"No, it's not really an animal," he called back to Myran.
"What is it?" she called back, her voice full of fear.
Wufei scooped the little boy into his arms and stood up.
"It's a kid," he said, walking over to his horse.
"A kid?? Here? Why?"
"How the hell am I supposed to know? He's sleeping now, so let's take him home..."
"Aww," she smiled, "it's our first child!"
"It's not OURS, and we're not having any kids!" he snapped back at her.
*Dumb girl...she really thinks I'm going to marry her...*
Once they arrived back to Wufei's home, they went inside and located his father.
"Father," Wufei started.
"Not now, son, I'm busy."
"But dad, we found something on our ride."
"Oh, what is it already?"
"It's a boy...he must be about two."
"You found a child? On our property?"
"No, he was down by the creek..."
"Why'd you leave the grounds?" his father asked, anger starting to fill him up.
"I heard a cry, and followed it."
Wufei walked into his room later that afternoon, once his father approved of the boy and gave him a bath. Wufei sat, the child in his arms, wrapped up in a light yellow wool blanket.
"You handle him so carefully," Myran noted of his actions.
"Well, he's a kid. And he's small..." he replied in a low tone, not wanting to wake the boy.
"Did you find out what his name is?"
"He doesn't have one."
"Let's name him, can we name him? I wanna name him!"
"No, Myran, we're not naming him. And we're not keeping him for our own."
"But why not, Wufei?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"I don't know why."
"So, if you don't want him, then why are you holding him so lovingly?"
"Because," he replied, his eyes full of care.
*Because you know how he feels, Wufei. Left alone. Left all by yourself. Hurt, and starving. Nobody around to care for you...*
"Well, let's put him in the bassinet, Wufei, and let's get to bed."
"Alright," he said, taking him into the maid's room, and setting him down in a heavily padded crib.
Wufei removed his shirt and shoes, and climbed under the sheets next to Myran. He didn't want to be close to her, however.
"Wufei, are you asleep?"
"No."
"Good," she said and giggled, turning to face him.
"Why?"
"Because," she said, kissing his cheek, "I have plans."
"I'm sorry, I don't follow."
"I'm sure you do."
"I don't."
"Well then, I'll illustrate!" she laughed, leaning over him and kissing him hard on the lips.
"Stop it!" he yelled and pushed her away.
"Wufei...naughty naughty boy...you should know better!" she laughed, and straddled him.
"Get off of me, you nut case!"
"No."
"If you don't get off of me," he started when he was smacked across the face and handcuffed to the bed.
"I don't like you, much, you know."
"Good," he said with a glare, "Because I despise you!"
"Good." She smiled at him. "You know why?"
"Why?"
"Because I noticed you're a bit sexist, you know..." she started, "against women."
"So what if I am?"
"I'm going to change that."
*How can you possibly change anything in me but my appetite?*
She grinned at him.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Because I know you're inferior. You're weak."
"No I'm not."
"Wanna bet?"
"How much?"
"All you have. I can hurt you badly if I wanted to."
"No you can't."
"Don't you dare defy me!" she shouted, and punched him hard in the left cheek. He felt shocks of pain go through his body.
"Ow!" he cried out, and turned his head.
She had done her best to make sure he knew what pain was that night. She had done her best to show that she could in fact hurt him.
*Stupid, stupid girl...*
Wufei grinned, for he had waken before her that morning. He walked over to the other side of the bed, where she was sleeping soundly, and pulled a baseball bat from the corner of his closet.
*Stupid, stupid girl...*
He hit her over the head at least a dozen times, until her body refused to take in another breath.
*Good and dead, that's how I like my women!*
He sat at the edge of his bed, pondering what he could do to get out of this, when he decided to run away. His mind then recalled a time, two summers ago, when something horrible happened. Something really, really horrible.
*Stop it, Wufei, you must be strong. Don't remember something stupid like that. It wasn't your fault.*
"But it was..." he said, solemnly to himself as he mounted his horse and took off towards the city.
*No, it wasn't. Now where are you going?*
"Nowhere...anywhere...I have to get away from this place. I always dreamed about leaving...now I can actually do that. That's one thing I can actually do! One dream that can actually come true!"
A "*" represents thought
Rude Awakenings: Chapter Five - Paved With Broken Dreams
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A yawn escaped Wufei's lips, that were previously covered in drool.
*Oh great...it's the morning I fear most...I'm meeting her today...*
Wufei got up, and got dressed in nice black slacks and a button-up white shirt. As he put his feet into shiny black slip-ons, a woman dressed as a maid walked into his room.
"Mr. Wufei, your father wishes to see you before breakfast in the library," she said, with a bow.
"Thank you, Milicent," he said, and walked down the long curving stairs and into the library, where his father sat at a mahogany desk.
"You wished to see me, father?" he asked, walking across the room to where his father was seated.
"Yes, Wufei...I just wanted to prep you for this. I know you've been arranged to marry before, and that ended up in heartbreak, but you must try again. This girl should be better, and her family has prepared a better dowery."
Wufei rolled his eyes. "Don't you understand, father, that I wish not to get married?"
"Wufei, you must get married soon!" his father shouted aggressively, then lowered his tone. "I can see in your eyes you long for a companion..."
"No, father, you're twisting my emotions. The longing you see in my eyes, that's longing for my eighteenth birthday to come so I can perhaps LEAVE this place!" he shouted, and stormed into the kitchen.
"Wufei..." his father said, following him.
"I don't care what you have to say, you can't make me do anything once my birthday comes!"
"But Wufei...just this once, please...try to be a good husband. Just try this ONCE more, okay?"
Wufei rolled his eyes. He pondered what would happen if he said no, and pondered even more what would happen if he said yes. He shook his head.
"Father, one more time, I swear. If this doesn't work, count on me never doing anything you tell me to ever again."
"Thank you," his father said, taking his seat at the end of the table. His eyes were twinkling.
*Such a suck-up, I swear...if this goes wrong, I'm never coming back, and that's final! And he better not expect me to live in the guest room if it doesn't work.*
"Hello, Wufei," smiled a sweet looking young girl. She bowed her head and looked up into his serious brown eyes.
"Hi," he said, with lack of effort to make it sound comforting.
"Would you like to give me a tour of your house?" she smiled, trying to force him into giving in to her sweet trap.
"I guess I could show you around where we'd be staying," he said, shaking his head.
*God...I hate when I have to do things I don't like to.*
"And this is the bathroom...that's all you really need to know, Myran," he said, taking a seat on the large bed they would soon share.
"That's good. Want to show me your horse? I love animals!" she giggled, pulling his arms to a stand.
*God save her. She's too sweet for her own good.*
"This is my horse, Striker," Wufei said, placing a hand on the horse's neck.
"He's beautiful!" she exclaimed, and smiled brightly.
"Would you," Wufei started, not liking what he was about to say, "would you like to go for a ride?"
"Sure!" she smiled and came to a stand. "Which horse can I take?"
"Which one would you like to take?"
"Ummm..." she started, looking around the stable. "How about Pepper? I really liked him."
"Alright."
*Geez...why'd ya have to ruin things by letting her come on your daily ride?*
Once they were out there, riding around the large grassy field, she started making trouble.
"Have you ever ridden outside of your property?" she asked, with an interested tone.
"No."
"Want to?"
"No."
"Come on, I'm feeling adventurous! Just down by the creek, okay? I promise!" She began pouting at him.
*For now, Wufei, just pretend that you're easily shaken by the pout, alright?*
"Fine, don't pout, let's go..." he said, and led his horse to where the creek was. They began riding along there when a movement caught Wufei's attention.
"Did you see that?" she asked, looking around in the brush.
"Yes, I'm not blind, I saw it," he said, also looking around.
"It looked like an animal!"
"Yeah, wow, an animal. Hmmm, what would an animal be doing here?" he asked with a sarcastic tone, shaking his head.
*Wufei, don't be sarcastic. Maybe...maybe it was hurt?*
Wufei got off of his horse and handed the rope to Myran. He walked over to the brush and discovered a small boy.
"No, it's not really an animal," he called back to Myran.
"What is it?" she called back, her voice full of fear.
Wufei scooped the little boy into his arms and stood up.
"It's a kid," he said, walking over to his horse.
"A kid?? Here? Why?"
"How the hell am I supposed to know? He's sleeping now, so let's take him home..."
"Aww," she smiled, "it's our first child!"
"It's not OURS, and we're not having any kids!" he snapped back at her.
*Dumb girl...she really thinks I'm going to marry her...*
Once they arrived back to Wufei's home, they went inside and located his father.
"Father," Wufei started.
"Not now, son, I'm busy."
"But dad, we found something on our ride."
"Oh, what is it already?"
"It's a boy...he must be about two."
"You found a child? On our property?"
"No, he was down by the creek..."
"Why'd you leave the grounds?" his father asked, anger starting to fill him up.
"I heard a cry, and followed it."
Wufei walked into his room later that afternoon, once his father approved of the boy and gave him a bath. Wufei sat, the child in his arms, wrapped up in a light yellow wool blanket.
"You handle him so carefully," Myran noted of his actions.
"Well, he's a kid. And he's small..." he replied in a low tone, not wanting to wake the boy.
"Did you find out what his name is?"
"He doesn't have one."
"Let's name him, can we name him? I wanna name him!"
"No, Myran, we're not naming him. And we're not keeping him for our own."
"But why not, Wufei?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"I don't know why."
"So, if you don't want him, then why are you holding him so lovingly?"
"Because," he replied, his eyes full of care.
*Because you know how he feels, Wufei. Left alone. Left all by yourself. Hurt, and starving. Nobody around to care for you...*
"Well, let's put him in the bassinet, Wufei, and let's get to bed."
"Alright," he said, taking him into the maid's room, and setting him down in a heavily padded crib.
Wufei removed his shirt and shoes, and climbed under the sheets next to Myran. He didn't want to be close to her, however.
"Wufei, are you asleep?"
"No."
"Good," she said and giggled, turning to face him.
"Why?"
"Because," she said, kissing his cheek, "I have plans."
"I'm sorry, I don't follow."
"I'm sure you do."
"I don't."
"Well then, I'll illustrate!" she laughed, leaning over him and kissing him hard on the lips.
"Stop it!" he yelled and pushed her away.
"Wufei...naughty naughty boy...you should know better!" she laughed, and straddled him.
"Get off of me, you nut case!"
"No."
"If you don't get off of me," he started when he was smacked across the face and handcuffed to the bed.
"I don't like you, much, you know."
"Good," he said with a glare, "Because I despise you!"
"Good." She smiled at him. "You know why?"
"Why?"
"Because I noticed you're a bit sexist, you know..." she started, "against women."
"So what if I am?"
"I'm going to change that."
*How can you possibly change anything in me but my appetite?*
She grinned at him.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Because I know you're inferior. You're weak."
"No I'm not."
"Wanna bet?"
"How much?"
"All you have. I can hurt you badly if I wanted to."
"No you can't."
"Don't you dare defy me!" she shouted, and punched him hard in the left cheek. He felt shocks of pain go through his body.
"Ow!" he cried out, and turned his head.
She had done her best to make sure he knew what pain was that night. She had done her best to show that she could in fact hurt him.
*Stupid, stupid girl...*
Wufei grinned, for he had waken before her that morning. He walked over to the other side of the bed, where she was sleeping soundly, and pulled a baseball bat from the corner of his closet.
*Stupid, stupid girl...*
He hit her over the head at least a dozen times, until her body refused to take in another breath.
*Good and dead, that's how I like my women!*
He sat at the edge of his bed, pondering what he could do to get out of this, when he decided to run away. His mind then recalled a time, two summers ago, when something horrible happened. Something really, really horrible.
*Stop it, Wufei, you must be strong. Don't remember something stupid like that. It wasn't your fault.*
"But it was..." he said, solemnly to himself as he mounted his horse and took off towards the city.
*No, it wasn't. Now where are you going?*
"Nowhere...anywhere...I have to get away from this place. I always dreamed about leaving...now I can actually do that. That's one thing I can actually do! One dream that can actually come true!"