Notes: Sorry for the long wait, but real life has been a bitch lately. Anyway, I figured that I couldn't keep playing on the confusion between Wufei and Heero or you would lose interest, so this chapter serves as the changing point in their relationship and includes their first kiss. Yay! The song is called Sweetest Sin by Jessica Simpson. And I wouldn't really call it lime, but Heero gets some nice fantasy images in his head, so if you can't handle three guys getting together (though you should have read my earlier warnings if you can't) you shouldn't be reading this. Enjoy and review!
Being emotionally exhausted, Duo decided to take a nap before dinner, which left us with a rather weird situation. I had to do some pre-mission stuff, checks on the area, booking myself into a hotel and other little things, yet Duo either didn't like to or couldn't sleep alone. It was a moment before we realised that Wufei could take my place. To say that Wufei was nervous would be an understatement, but thankfully, Duo seemed to have regained some of his confidence and just dragged him into the bed. Either that, or he was just tired and scared enough to have accepted comfort from anybody, but I don't think that was it.
I stayed long enough to make sure they were comfortable and to reassure Duo that I'd wake them ten minutes before dinner. I paused in the doorway, and realised that looking at them curled around each other, bodies pressed tight to each other, didn't make me feel left out as I'd thought it would. Instead I felt sort of... warm.
I frowned at the feeling and walked downstairs to find my laptop. I waited patiently for the small time it took to boot up and then set to work.
I pulled up a detailed map of the area and marked off the target, three individual buildings with one office building, one lab area, and one building restricted for the testing of experimental machines. Then I marked the nearest hotel, as well as three different escape routes from both that would eventually lead me back here, taking several twists, turns and doubling-back. Then I clicked onto the hotel's website and booked a room for two days, using the alias of Mister James Potter.
All of this took roughly twenty minutes, so I was left with a lot of time to sit and think about Duo. And Wufei. And Duo and Wufei. Basically I just thought.
"You look confused," Quatre said, flopping down in the armchair, and I frowned at him. He just smiled and waited. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, trying to order my thoughts into something that resembled coherency.
"I love Duo, Quatre; I love him with my entire heart, I love him more than I thought was humanly possible. But..." I hesitated, suddenly not wanting to voice my strange and new-found attraction to Wufei, as if keeping it in my own head would somehow make it go away. Then I realised that I didn't want it to go away, that while I may not be entirely sure what I was feeling, I knew that I didn't want to stop. Which just got me more confused.
I sighed and stood up, walking upstairs to check on Duo. He hadn't moved, and near as I can tell, the only movement Wufei had made was to move an arm from Duo's shoulders to his waist. I leaned in the doorway and tried to figure out exactly what my feelings were.
Wufei was strong, and protective, very loyal and devoted, very intelligent and an excellent fighter, not to mention his great looks. I could certainly see why Duo liked him. But... what I was feeling wasn't just attraction. There was some warm spark inside of me that danced at the sight of him, something that reacted to him and just him.
Was it possible to love two people? Could I be falling for Wufei as I had fallen for Duo? When I had proposed this arrangement, I had thought I was doing it for Duo, but... what if some part of me had just wanted an excuse to get closer to Wufei? How would Duo react to my strange emotions? Would he accept it as I accepted him liking Wufei?
Duo shifted uncomfortably, a frown creasing his brow, and I tensed, watching him closely. He mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like my name and began moving his hand as if searching for something.
I debated whether or not to go over and comfort him, when Wufei's arm tightened around his waist, making soothing noises. I watched as Duo slowly relaxed again, shifting a little closer to him. I smiled.
*
"You'll be careful, yeah?" Duo asked quietly, looking at me intensely. "You won't take any stupid risks or try and rush things? I don't care if you come back later than you want as long as you come back in one piece. I have Fei to look after me, right?"
I smiled and caressed his cheek tenderly. "I'll be careful, I promise. You just look after yourself while I'm gone, and don't be afraid to lean on Wufei."
He smiled and nodded, before leaning in to kiss me lovingly. I wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him towards me, pressing my body against his. His hands were buried in my hair while my own were roaming his back.
Wufei cleared his throat softly and we reluctantly parted, my hands trailing down his back as I stepped away.
I looked at Wufei, suddenly unsure of how to act. A little voice in the back of my head whispered that I should kiss him, but the rest of me was nervous about a) how he would react and b) the fact that Duo was watching.
Wufei smiled and said quietly, "You should go."
"Yeah."
"Be careful?"
"Yeah."
We stared at each other for another moment before I plucked up the courage and pressed my lips against his. I drew away quickly, searching his eyes for a reaction beyond surprise. Then he smiled and captured my lips in a deeper, more passionate kiss.
His kiss was different from Duo's, more of a fought fight for dominance, a fierce battle for supremacy. I growled and thrust my tongue into his mouth, taking from him what I would usually ask from Duo.
After a long, hard kiss, I drew away, nipping at his lips one last time. I glanced at Duo and found him watching us with wide eyes. I blushed and touched my tingling lips, looking at Wufei to see his reaction. He looked as dazed as I felt and I smiled.
"I'll see you both soon," I promised quietly and climbed into the car. I glanced at them in the rear-view mirror as I drove away and fought the urge to turn back.
I turned on the radio to distract me, but the lyrics of the current song didn't help.
Can you image us making love
The way it would feel the first time that we touch
Can you think of the way I dream it
I want you to see it like I'm seeing it
It's a picture of perfection
The vision of you and I
You lips upon my lips
(Can you just picture this)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
You skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin
That would be the sweetest sin, yeah
All night I lay awake
'Cuz it's too much to take
Dreaming about the love that we could make
All day I think of schemes
To get you next to me
I want you so bad that I can barely breathe
It's a sign of my obsession
That I can't stop thinkin' about
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you just picture this)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin, yeah
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you envision it)
temptation I could never resist
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetst sin, yeah
It would feel so good
To be so bad
You don't know how bad
I want that
I would do anything
To feel
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you picture this)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin, yeah
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you envision it)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin, yeah
The images it invoked in my mind made desire course through my body, crashing through me in heated waves.
Ghosting kisses across creamy skin... running my fingers through luxurious golden-chestnut tresses.... brushing my fingertips down bronzed thighs... looking into dark, slanted eyes... watching as two perfect bodies writhed in pleasure....
I blinked and forced myself to focus on the road, shifting uncomfortably in my seat. It wasn't the content of the images that surprised me, it was that it had felt so natural, so right.
I might not love Wufei, but I definitely thought of him as more than a friend and I was definitely attracted to him. Love would follow.
Being emotionally exhausted, Duo decided to take a nap before dinner, which left us with a rather weird situation. I had to do some pre-mission stuff, checks on the area, booking myself into a hotel and other little things, yet Duo either didn't like to or couldn't sleep alone. It was a moment before we realised that Wufei could take my place. To say that Wufei was nervous would be an understatement, but thankfully, Duo seemed to have regained some of his confidence and just dragged him into the bed. Either that, or he was just tired and scared enough to have accepted comfort from anybody, but I don't think that was it.
I stayed long enough to make sure they were comfortable and to reassure Duo that I'd wake them ten minutes before dinner. I paused in the doorway, and realised that looking at them curled around each other, bodies pressed tight to each other, didn't make me feel left out as I'd thought it would. Instead I felt sort of... warm.
I frowned at the feeling and walked downstairs to find my laptop. I waited patiently for the small time it took to boot up and then set to work.
I pulled up a detailed map of the area and marked off the target, three individual buildings with one office building, one lab area, and one building restricted for the testing of experimental machines. Then I marked the nearest hotel, as well as three different escape routes from both that would eventually lead me back here, taking several twists, turns and doubling-back. Then I clicked onto the hotel's website and booked a room for two days, using the alias of Mister James Potter.
All of this took roughly twenty minutes, so I was left with a lot of time to sit and think about Duo. And Wufei. And Duo and Wufei. Basically I just thought.
"You look confused," Quatre said, flopping down in the armchair, and I frowned at him. He just smiled and waited. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, trying to order my thoughts into something that resembled coherency.
"I love Duo, Quatre; I love him with my entire heart, I love him more than I thought was humanly possible. But..." I hesitated, suddenly not wanting to voice my strange and new-found attraction to Wufei, as if keeping it in my own head would somehow make it go away. Then I realised that I didn't want it to go away, that while I may not be entirely sure what I was feeling, I knew that I didn't want to stop. Which just got me more confused.
I sighed and stood up, walking upstairs to check on Duo. He hadn't moved, and near as I can tell, the only movement Wufei had made was to move an arm from Duo's shoulders to his waist. I leaned in the doorway and tried to figure out exactly what my feelings were.
Wufei was strong, and protective, very loyal and devoted, very intelligent and an excellent fighter, not to mention his great looks. I could certainly see why Duo liked him. But... what I was feeling wasn't just attraction. There was some warm spark inside of me that danced at the sight of him, something that reacted to him and just him.
Was it possible to love two people? Could I be falling for Wufei as I had fallen for Duo? When I had proposed this arrangement, I had thought I was doing it for Duo, but... what if some part of me had just wanted an excuse to get closer to Wufei? How would Duo react to my strange emotions? Would he accept it as I accepted him liking Wufei?
Duo shifted uncomfortably, a frown creasing his brow, and I tensed, watching him closely. He mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like my name and began moving his hand as if searching for something.
I debated whether or not to go over and comfort him, when Wufei's arm tightened around his waist, making soothing noises. I watched as Duo slowly relaxed again, shifting a little closer to him. I smiled.
*
"You'll be careful, yeah?" Duo asked quietly, looking at me intensely. "You won't take any stupid risks or try and rush things? I don't care if you come back later than you want as long as you come back in one piece. I have Fei to look after me, right?"
I smiled and caressed his cheek tenderly. "I'll be careful, I promise. You just look after yourself while I'm gone, and don't be afraid to lean on Wufei."
He smiled and nodded, before leaning in to kiss me lovingly. I wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him towards me, pressing my body against his. His hands were buried in my hair while my own were roaming his back.
Wufei cleared his throat softly and we reluctantly parted, my hands trailing down his back as I stepped away.
I looked at Wufei, suddenly unsure of how to act. A little voice in the back of my head whispered that I should kiss him, but the rest of me was nervous about a) how he would react and b) the fact that Duo was watching.
Wufei smiled and said quietly, "You should go."
"Yeah."
"Be careful?"
"Yeah."
We stared at each other for another moment before I plucked up the courage and pressed my lips against his. I drew away quickly, searching his eyes for a reaction beyond surprise. Then he smiled and captured my lips in a deeper, more passionate kiss.
His kiss was different from Duo's, more of a fought fight for dominance, a fierce battle for supremacy. I growled and thrust my tongue into his mouth, taking from him what I would usually ask from Duo.
After a long, hard kiss, I drew away, nipping at his lips one last time. I glanced at Duo and found him watching us with wide eyes. I blushed and touched my tingling lips, looking at Wufei to see his reaction. He looked as dazed as I felt and I smiled.
"I'll see you both soon," I promised quietly and climbed into the car. I glanced at them in the rear-view mirror as I drove away and fought the urge to turn back.
I turned on the radio to distract me, but the lyrics of the current song didn't help.
Can you image us making love
The way it would feel the first time that we touch
Can you think of the way I dream it
I want you to see it like I'm seeing it
It's a picture of perfection
The vision of you and I
You lips upon my lips
(Can you just picture this)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
You skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin
That would be the sweetest sin, yeah
All night I lay awake
'Cuz it's too much to take
Dreaming about the love that we could make
All day I think of schemes
To get you next to me
I want you so bad that I can barely breathe
It's a sign of my obsession
That I can't stop thinkin' about
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you just picture this)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin, yeah
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you envision it)
temptation I could never resist
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetst sin, yeah
It would feel so good
To be so bad
You don't know how bad
I want that
I would do anything
To feel
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you picture this)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin, yeah
Your lips upon my lips
(Can you envision it)
Your fingertips on my fingertips
Your skin upon my skin
Would be the sweetest sin, yeah
The images it invoked in my mind made desire course through my body, crashing through me in heated waves.
Ghosting kisses across creamy skin... running my fingers through luxurious golden-chestnut tresses.... brushing my fingertips down bronzed thighs... looking into dark, slanted eyes... watching as two perfect bodies writhed in pleasure....
I blinked and forced myself to focus on the road, shifting uncomfortably in my seat. It wasn't the content of the images that surprised me, it was that it had felt so natural, so right.
I might not love Wufei, but I definitely thought of him as more than a friend and I was definitely attracted to him. Love would follow.