At the end of the game
By Indi Doran
Warnings: boyxboy goodness. Pass NCS (not the focus). Language
Catotogory: Angst, Au, Adventure, NCS(not the focus) 1x2, 3x4..more to come.
Disclaimer: Boys no mine. I don't own Gundum Wing, nor Heero, Duo or any other Gundam character. I am a child and I am broke. I don't make money and I'm not worth suing. Enjoy the story.
REQUEST: I am in need of a beta reader. Let me know if you are good at editing and want to help me. Also let me know if you like what i'm writing. I'll write more only if you, the reader, want me to.
Chapter 3
As I gave my occupation, I caught his eyes briefly widen in shock before they went blank. He spoke again, but this time the voice was steady, hard and under-control, "I apologize once again for my behavior. Please head up that way" and he gestured to a hedge maze on my left, "Go straight and you should find the house. Tell them who you are and they will get you settled. I will not hold you responsible for your actions as they were justified. But let me promise you this, It was a mistake and it will not happen again." With that he turned and all but ran in the opposite direction of the maze.
Mistake, greeeeaat. I trudged into the maze. My head was buzzing as I walked. At first I had been too angry and surprised to think about it, but now that I had calmed, the kiss came rushing back to me. It bothered me. I had kissed and been kissed by men before, but it had always been a just one of the things one did before sex. Then it was wham! Bam! Thank you, mister! This kiss seemed to linger. The thought of it still made my knees weak. That was the other thing that bugged me, all knee-buckling kisses should be coming from women, which I firmly believed I was still attracted to. This random, spontaneous kiss from my new employer confused me. Confusing as hell. I hate to be confused.
A noise up ahead startled me out of my thoughts. Footsteps followed. My senses kicked in and I was crouched in the shadows behind a bend in the maze before I had exhaled. A shadowy figure walked hurriedly up the path in front of me. I heard him swear when I had ducked into the shadows. Thoughts raced through my mind. Who was he? A burglar? A murderer? What was he doing on manor grounds this late at night?
"Come out, show yourself this instant," a strong voice deeper then Heero's had commanded. The footsteps neared.
The next couple of steps would bring him right to my hiding place. Time to go, I jumped up and set off down the adjacent pathway. The sound of heavy footsteps echoed off the maze walls behind me. I climbed up over a wall, realizing I was getting lost and not caring. The black figure jumped over the wall in what seemed like a single leap. Geez what was this guy trying to do? Compete with Quatre? I tried to watch where I was going but it was too dark to see. I fumbled blindly down the path as the steps rapidly increased and the shouts grew louder.
"Get him! Kleinstien don't let him get away!" Oh no. oh no. My vision narrowed. All i good see was red. I felt my heart start to being faster. It was happening again. They were coming after me, to reach for me. To... I had to get away. A hand grabbed my arm, pushing me down and my pursuer fell on top of me. NoNoNo. I tried to twist away. Bucking and kicking my legs.
"Calm down," The voice was even and not a trace of malice.
What? I opened my eyes and in the silence that followed, I realized that there was only one pursuer and he was sitting on top me. I couldn't see his face, for a large amount of hair seemed to have fallen across it, but he wasn't that much wider then me. A little taller but probably about the same age.
"Get off me" No longer panicked; I was able to twist out from under him easily. I backed off and stated, "I work here, they will look for me if I go missing."
"I've never seen you here before?" The voice was inquisitive. Edgy but not all out hostile.
"My name is Duo Maxwell, today is my first day as Mr. Yui's new personal assistant."
There was the sort of shocked silence that seemed to be happening a lot today and then the boy actually chuckled. A low, rich sound.
"Well Duo, let me the first to welcome you here at Yui Manor. I am Trowa Barton, I am Heero's cousin."
I'm glad it was dark because I did my carp impression again. Heero defiantly wouldn't keep me here after this. "I..I'm sorry...I mean I didn't mean ..."
"I startled you. I understand you gave me quite a start too. I was looking for a friend of mine and I'm afraid that the braid gave me the wrong impression."
"You thought I was a girl?" I wondered if Heero had thought I was girl too. Probably, that explains the random kiss. "This wouldn't be the same girl that Hee..Mr.Yui was looking for, would it?"
"Afraid so and mostly likely not."
Not the most talkative guy. "Who were you looking for? Maybe I've seen them" Maybe not, but I was curious to why he was out so late at night, as it had to be nearing 11.
His voice sounded a little unsteady when he spoke. Almost as if he were nervous. "My friend, Relena, she has long hair. She had been out talking to Heero and I was afraid that he'd deck her. She's been setting him with blind date after blind date, he probably thought you were his 'date' if he mistook you for a girl." I wasn't really following this, but it seemed that after hours this place sure had a lot of action. I nodded my head, but since he probably didn't see the motion, I said, "I understand. I was trying to get to the house, so I could find my room."
"Ahh... so that's why you're out here wandering the maze after dark, follow me." Our little jog through the maze had gotten me completely lost, Trowa seemed to know where he was going and took off at a fast pace. I followed thinking how the hell had my day turned so bad. I'd been kissed by and decked my new boss and had tried to attack his cousin. What next? Was I going to get into hair pulling contest with his sister?
We made it up to the manor without incident. The manor was a thing of beauty in it's self. It had been named Marble house[5] for a reason. The house stood out against the black sky like the moon in the sky. It was built in the style of a rural country manor, but looked like it had been dipped in pure, white marble. Huge columns guarded the entrance and as we walked inside I saw an entire room that had been guilded in gold. I only got to see a few of the beautiful rooms of the house before I was handed off to a servant who gave me a quick tour of the servant's corridors and then led me to my room. I don't think the servant thought much of me or my hair because he kept eyeing both of us with distaste. We walked for a bit until we were in a cold drafty part of the house. It obviously didn't have the modern conveniences of the rest of the house; the wallpaper was faded and no fires were lit. I was shown to a room about the size of a broom closet. The servant, who scurried away quite fast, left me at the door. I walked in my new room and confirmed my suspicions, judging from the broom in the corner. This was a broom closet. The room was small and covered in dust. The broom along with a bucket, that rested in the corner, had cobwebs spun around them. There was one dusty window high up on the wall. It filtered in stale light, but I was glad to see that the window was big enough that I would be able to slip through it if the need ever arose. The only other things in the room were an old ratty bed and a chamber pot. How thoughtful. The room was really cold. The wind seemed to come up through the floorboards and down through the ceiling. I hadn't thought to bring a blanket, all I'd brought were a few personal items in a knapsack. I was lucky in the fact that my tiredness helped hold some of the cold at bay. I curled up in a tight ball on the bed and I was soon asleep. I dreamt my bad dreams, but there was something else too in those dreams, a sort of lingering warmth that flitted about in my troubled sleep. There was a figure in my dreams of warmth, but when morning came I wouldn't remember it, so it's probably not worth mentioning.