Upstairs

Playroom Arc 2

Gundam Wing AU

Cherries

Oh. don't ask me why a hospital would let a doctor take a patient home. I'll figure something out and it's in the future anyway.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*: Flashbacks to Wufei's childhood.

#~#~#~#~#~#~#~: Flashbacks to Zechs's childhood

Part 2: Why

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You looked at me. I'm so glad you looked at me. I'm so glad we talked and I fell asleep in here and you fell asleep, too Zechs. This is a good room for sleeping Zechs. I really like it. Am I growing up yet? That's what everyone wants me to do. Grown ups can sleep in bed with other people. You call it sleeping with someone. So I just slept with you Zechs.

Wufei sat up and stretched. Zechs bed was a lot more comfortable to sleep in. It had lots of pillows and was soft and the room wasn't completely black and scary, like the guess room. He couldn't imagine himself anywhere else. It was all like a dream that he had a long time ago, but Zechs wasn't the wife he had imagined. He frowned, remembering when Zechs first explained to him the subject that Sally had so carefully avoided. "Boys can't have babies Wufei-" Go figure.

Why not? It's not really that fair. If I want to have a baby I should just have one. There, that would surprise Sally. And Zechs could be the other daddy too! Then I would have to stay with him because he has to take care of me. Our new baby girl should have blonde hair and eyes just like his. She could be as tall as me though. I don't want her to be taller than me. But Sally said only girls could have babies. Why didn't she tell me that earlier?

When he thought about it, Sally hadn't explained much about anything human to him. Maybe she assumed he was so intelligent that he already knew. That wasn't fair. He only knew what he read in manuals. Manuals never explained human functions and he still didn't understand why Alfred had done what he did. He didn't understand the dreams he had lately about Zechs that were replacing his previous nightmares.

Carefully the boy leaned over to stared into Zechs sleeping face. The sunlight barely touched him and he was still glowing. It was like light itself arose from him. Wufei let himself smile and brushed two locks of the gold-white beams away from Zech's eyes. "Zechs? Are you going to wake up now?"

The body stirred and looked up. "Wufei? What time is it?" The boy shrugged. Zechs sat up quickly and turned to his bedside. "Ten o'clock! I'm late! We're late! I have to call Sally and tell her we slept in, or else she going to-" He stopped and looked at the boy half-smiling at him. "Why are you in my room Wufei?"

Wufei's eyes narrowed with impatience. Was it really possible for the older man to forget what happened? "No reason," the boy huffed and he slipped out the side of the bed. Zechs watched his retreating figure and frowned as he remembered. "Wait a second Wufei! We have to go get my sister's cat and I'll tell Sally that we won't be coming in today. Alright?" He closed one eye waited for Wufei to respond.

The boy's dark head popped back in, "Can we go out for breakfast first!" Zechs nodded, "As soon as I take a shower. It was nice talking to you last night Wufei. You really help to put me at ease." The boy smiled and left again. Zechs sat up and went into the living room. He stopped and looked at his journal. // "I'll write in that later." //

Wufei quickly dressed and waited for Zechs to come out of his room. He couldn't stay still. He had a good feeling today that nothing would go wrong. The boy found himself hopping vaguely around dinning room table and humming under his breadth. He couldn't remember the last time he waited for a good thing to happen.

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"Boy, stop fidgeting around with your suit."

Young Wufei Chang frowned. It was two early for him to be awake. His mother was tying something tight around his neck and every aunt and cousin he knew and didn't know was in his mother's room. He could hear his sister crying on the other side of the crowded room and there was music playing downstairs.

"He's not here Mel!" Wufei's mother looked worried. "Where the hell is that man! It's my wedding day! I'm supposed to be happy! Everything is supposed to be perfect and the groom is supposed to be waiting for me! Not the other way around!" Wufei pouted. Now he remembered. Today his mother was making them get married. They were all going to live with Alfred. He hated Alfred. Alfred wanted to kill mother and sister and touch him too much.

"Mommy. No." He shook his head and growing bowl cut. He hated his hair this short. A week earlier Alfred had sat him down and cut it this way. The next day they were alone at a park and Alfred had seriously disturbed the young boy. He didn't like the things Alfred suggested and he really didn't like the other boy Alfred had introduced him to. They were not good people. Even that blonde boy was a bad person.

Luckily the man had left a few days earlier for an emergency somewhere in Europe. He had been in a good mood. Wufei was convinced the man wasn't coming back to hurt him or his family. He thought that the army knew how bad Alfred was and sent the older cowboy away for good to a bad country to be shot down by a line of guns. Then Wufei came back to reality.

"I don't want to stay with him. Please don't marry Alfred." Melinda Chang shook his shoulders. "Not now Wufei. I don't have time to play games with you. You seemed fine before Alfred took his trip to Europe. You've been fine since. What's gotten into you boy?" She looked her son in the eyes and waited for an answer but her best friend was calling from downstairs. "Mel! It's Al! He's stuck at an airport!"

Melinda ran to her bedroom door. "He's what! That can't be!" She turned and started crying on one of her cousin Kari's shoulder. "Why on earth would this happen!" Kari sighed, "Well he is a busy man. You knew there might be few complications. We can see to fixing things when he makes it back home. Everything is going to be fine Melinda." Wufei sighed. He did not want things to be 'fixed' for Alfred to marry his mother. He wanted Alfred to die far away from all of them and never come back again.

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And then he came back anyway. What if today is good day for everyone else, but he comes back again. If he came back Zechs would be sad and he might hurt him. I don't want Alfred to come back ever. Did he hurt Treize though? If he did then Treize is probably dead, like mom and sister. Maybe he even killed Sally already. Maybe that's why she didn't call yet.

Just as Wufei let the thought enter his head, the phone rang. He was told not to answer the phone, so he waited for Zechs to answer it. The blonde did pick up in his room and came into the dinning room with a look of alarm. "That was Sally. They just found where that man might have been. They're gone now, but Treize's tie and cell phone was there." Zechs sighed, "I think he's alright. I just know he wouldn't let anything happen to himself. He's a psychologist right? He's better at getting into people heads than I am. He'd know what to say right?"

Wufei nodded, "Maybe they listened to him. Treize is a grown up. Maybe he'll come back soon." Zechs felt himself relax. "Come we have to see to that cat problem right now. Then there's the matter of your restaurant breakfast, Mr. Chang." Wufei smiled, "Okay. Lets go then. Since Cassius won't let a grown up get hurt."

Zechs stopped at the door. "Who's Cassius?"

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Alfred rubbed his chin. He hadn't shaved in a week. They had just left the twins' apartment and Cassius was determined to keep the hostage alive and well. So far they hadn't done anything to the guy and in return the guy hadn't put up much of a fight. He looked over the tall man. He was rather good looking when they first got him, but he needed a shave too now.

"Casey. Get over here." The blonde moved off of the motel bed. It was the only part apart working with Al he hated. The poor living conditions were sometimes a requirement. The blonde tripped on the two sleeping twins beside the bed. "Tim, Tom, up!" The two opened their eyes frowned. "What," they said in unison. Cassius rolled his eyes. "Never mind."

He finally made it over to Alfred. "What's the deal?" Alfred pointed to Treize. "Get him cleaned up. We have be on the move again in awhile. He doesn't have to look like a captive. We should all look like we're on holiday or something." Cassius knelt down and waited for Alfred to move away.

"Hello there, Treize. Sleep well?" Treize sleepily smiled, "Good morning, Mr. Cassius. I trust, I'm allowed to leave now?" Cassius shook his head. "The only reason you're not dead is 'cause Al don't know where the kid is, Khushrenada." Treize frowned. "There's a political reason for all of this, isn't there? Those twins keep calling me General. I'm not a General, you understand."

Cassius looked back the sleeping boys. "They're just stupid. Ignore them. It's none of your business." Treize shrugged, "Does this has something to do with my father, Anton Khushrenada? He retired a long time ago. I already told you that." Cassius frowned, "This is personal now, okay. I don't care about your father. This is Al's gig. Keep quiet and you won't be shot or anything." Treize sat back and lazily looked the blonde over. "Fine. You're a very kind man, Mr. Cassius. I hope you don't cause my opinion of you to change."

Cassius smiled and leaned over. He whispered, "I'm not that nice." He quietly kissed Treize's ear. "But I'll take care of you for a while." Treize drew his legs up and sighed, "I would like to return home, Mr. Cassius." Cassius frowned and stood up. "Shut up. You're not going anywhere. Damn tease."

Treize watched the young man go into the bathroom and get a razor. // "I certainly hope I'm just having a shave today." //

The young man came back out, "We're going for another little ride today. You have to be presentable." Last night, Cassius drove for five hours while Treize told him to be more careful at the wheel. Now they were moving again and Treize thought it was his responsibility to keep at least Cassius from being angry with him.

Treize raised an eyebrow, "Kidnappers with a sense of style. How cool is that. And I must say you do look really good for someone who does this sort of thing for a living. Why I was expecting masks and pantyhose, but I get such a cute blonde thing yourself instead."

Cassius smiled. He was somewhat flattered, "I hope that was compliment for your sake, Khushrenada."

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TBC

Hmmm, I miss Treize. Maybe we should look into the poor guy more often.