(I do not own Gundam Wing, blah blah blah)

"Surreptitious Attraction"

~*~

"Trowa, please! I'll get someone to take you home! It'd be much faster,
and your parents won't have to worry!"

"..."

"Wait right here, I'll be back, okay?"

"..."

"See? That didn't take long, Tro-....wa? Trowa? Where'd you go...?
Trowa? Trowa~!"

***

Wu Fei sat back in the pew, his arms folded over his chest. Quatre
continued.

"I didn't even get to thank him for walking me home... Was it because of
something I said, or something I did? I feel so bad... I even walked back
to the park and he wasn't there! Is he okay? What if something happened
to him? What if Ian's friends got to him? What if-"

"I'm sure he's just not feeling well, Quatre. You should call him after
school," said the Chinese. Quatre pouted and slumped back into the pew,
staring down at his hands.

"I... I don't have his phone number..." he replied. Wu Fei glanced at him,
his arms unfolding.

"Why don't you?" he asked. Quatre immediately felt his cheeks blush at Wu
Fei's words.

"Uhh... I... err..."

"Ssh, mass is about to begin," Wu Fei whispered, before looking up to the
head of the church, refolding his arms. Quatre continued to blush, and
then looked down at the floor. People around him stood up as mass began,
including Wu Fei. Noticing this, Quatre soon followed. He forced himself
to look ahead.

Since Quatre and Wu Fei sat at the back of the church, a majority of what
they saw were the back of student's heads. That never bothered Quatre,
mainly because he wasn't Catholic.

'Should I ask for Trowa's phone number? Would he give it to me? What if
he doesn't? What if he asks why I want it? I only want it so that, if
he's in trouble, I can check on him...' Suddenly, a bright, red blush
overtook Quatre's face, mid-thought, 'What if he finds out that... that I
like him?'

As the bishop continued with the opening mass, something instantly caught
Quatre's eye- a braided priest with striking, violet eyes. His heart began
to pound heavily, recognizing the priest as Duo. The latter didn't seem to
notice him, for he was absently flipping through the pages of the bible,
attempting to find his place so he could keep up with the bishop. Quatre
slowly leaned over towards Wu Fei and tugged on his sleeve.

"Wu Fei," he whispered, his eyes never leaving the shinigami, "look-"

"Ssh!" Wu Fei snapped. Quatre paused long enough to stare at Wu Fei
curiously, never guessing that the Chinese would be so into the opening
mass. He pulled away his hand at the thought, and then turned his gaze
back to the front of the church. Duo was gone! Scanning his gaze almost
frantically about the front of the church, the blonde looked for any signs
of the braided demon's presence. Just then, all were called to be seated.

"Sit down," Wu Fei whispered to him, noticing that Quatre was the only one
still standing. Quatre, without actually listening to the command, sat
down, his head turning either way in search of Duo. Absently, he picked up
a bible from the back of the pew in front of him and opened it to a random
page, silently mimicking Wu Fei's actions, as the Chinese boy was fallowing
along with the rest of the students and the bishop.

'Where did you go?' Quatre mentally asked Duo. Directing his gaze to his
right, Quatre's heart almost skipped. The shinigami was leaning against
the wall, arms folded over his chest, keeping an eye on the students.
Feeling the sudden urge to announce his presence, Quatre gripped his bible
tightly. Duo was just on the other side of the church...!

The blonde nudged Wu Fei to catch his attention, but Wu Fei was too into
the bible before him to notice. Quatre tore his gaze from the demon
momentarily, and then realized his mistake. He looked back to where the
demon was, only to find an empty wall, with no occupant. Quatre was
beginning to wonder if Duo was playing games with him.

Another small quest to look for Duo began, as Quatre roamed his eyes
throughout the cramped space of the church. Trying not to look too obvious
to the priests that he was completely ignoring the sermon, he continued his
search left and right, ahead of himself, and even looking behind himself.
The shinigami made no sign that he was anywhere in sight.

About five minutes had passed since Quatre spotted Duo leaned against the
wall, and he was beginning to give up hope of finding him again. Wu Fei
was obediently following along in his bible, never lifting his eyes to any
of his surroundings, while Quatre hadn't even looked at the page. Just as
his eyes were about to scan the incorrect page, he had the sudden urge to
look upwards at one of the stained glass windows, like something was
drawing his unconscious mind to the sight. Reluctantly shifting his sea
colored eyes to one of the large, stained glass windows of the ancient
church, the blonde felt his heart almost skip a beat. There, casually
sitting on the frame of one of the glass stained windows featuring an angel
with unusual black wings, was Duo, one knee lifted and the other dangling
carelessly to the side. Quatre's eyes widened. He was still in his priest
attire- wouldn't any of the other priests say anything?

Duo had his eyes set down on the bishop below, a smirk upon his face. He
didn't have his wings present, but what Quatre found strange was that, in
the shadows against the window, was the outline of two great demon wings
protruding from Duo's upper back. None of the students or priests in the
church seemed to mind, or even notice, the shinigami sitting upon the
window sill. Quatre reached out a hand and tapped Wu Fei on the shoulder,
only to get a grunt in reply. He tapped him again and Wu Fei shrugged him
off, not wanting to take his eyes off the bible. At the third tap, Wu Fei
growled without looking from the bible, "Wait 'til after sermon!"

Quatre turned to Wu Fei absently with a reply, but in that split second
realized his mistake. Looking back up to the window with the angel with
black wings, Quatre saw nobody.

***

A disappointed Quatre hung his head as he and Wu Fei stood up from the pew,
getting ready to follow the crowd of students out of the emptying church.
The bell had rung for lunch, which would mean the church wouldn't be
inhabited until after the break period had ended. All the students inside
the stuffy church headed towards the entrance, most of them glad to be out
of that 'boring' sermon.

"Hey, Wu Fei?" Quatre asked as he and the Chinese stood at the end of the
pew, waiting for the compacted line of students to thin out before
attempting to leave.

"What?" Wu Fei asked without turning around. The stuffy air of the church
was beginning to bother him, greatly. Quatre lowered his head as he kept
his hand on the back of the pew in front of them.

"Did you see that-" he began, just before he lifted his gaze to catch a
glimpse of Wu Fei getting caught in the swarm of students. He closed his
mouth and sighed, hanging his head once more. Was something on Wu Fei's
mind to make him purposely avoid him this way? It was bad enough that
Trowa wasn't at school that day, but to have Wu Fei acting somewhat
avoidant was really bothering the blonde.

"Looking for me?"

Quatre slowly turned around, soon before unconsciously jumping back. Duo,
in his priest attire, stood behind him with a grin on his face, his hands
in his pockets.

"What are -you- doing here?!" Quatre asked sharply, after recomposing
himself. Duo shrugged one shoulder.

"I work here. Is there a law against that?" he asked.

"A demon isn't supposed to be inside a church!" Quatre hissed. The
students exiting the church quickly began to decline, as now teachers and
priests were making their way out. At the line slowly diminishing, Duo
walked towards the stone wall at the end of the pew, and then nodded for
Quatre to follow him. An uneasy expression clearly written upon his face,
the smaller boy reluctantly followed. Duo was leading him to the back of
the church, behind many of the lit candles to where small statues of angels
and saints stood, paintings of religious figures behind him.

After having been lead to a stone pillar, Quatre realized that he held one
hand in a nervous fist. This was a church, so Duo couldn't kill him,
right? Then again, it was said that demons weren't supposed to be inside
churches; Duo obviously defied this law.

"What do you want?" the Arabic asked, directly. Duo folded his arms and
leaned with his back against the pillar. By now, just about all the
students in the church had left.

"I wanted to tell you something," the braided demon said. Quatre exhaled
and rested one hand upon his hip, gradually releasing his fist.

"Obviously. What did you want to tell me? You're going to kill me?"
Quatre asked, a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he ended his sentence. At
the entrance of the church, the two tall doors were heard, closing loudly.

"Ah, you know that already," Duo began, gradually lifting his head and
turning to Quatre. His yard-long braid fell at his right shoulder,
dangling next to his hips. Unfolding his arms, he slowly removed himself
from the pillar. Just as he did so, Quatre took a step back, as if ready
to run the moment Duo turned on him. The demon chuckled slightly at the
boy's action.

"I'm not gonna kill ya here, Quat," he said, turning his back to Quatre and
looking up to a large mural before him, which featured a detailed painting
of the Crucifix, "I could never do such a thing in such a holy place."

"How can you even come inside here? I thought that all demons weren't
allowed in-"

"Ah, a common mistake," Duo said, turning back around to the blonde. His
braid swished from side to side at his back, gliding along his shoulder
blades, where his wings would be, "and I'm betting that you still think
that all demons are bad and all angels are good, huh?"

Quatre bit his lower lip somewhat, his eyes fixed steadily onto the
shinigami before him, who held a smirk upon his sly features. Duo
continued.

"Basically, all I wanted to say is that, though I have to kill you, it's
nothing personal," he said, grinning suddenly. Quatre lifted a brow and
tilted his head.

"You said you wouldn't kill m-"

"I said I wouldn't kill you -yesterday-," the brunette corrected. Quatre
felt his fist forming again. Was Duo playing games with him on purpose?

"You see, I'm going to have to kill you, but I'm just letting you know that
it's nothing personal. Just doing my job, y'know?"

Quatre turned around on his heel, growing irritated by Duo's cocky
attitude, "You said being a priest was your job."

"Naw, that's my day job," said the shinigami, the grin still on his face.
Quatre growled, then steadily began heading towards the entrance of the
church. 'Just great. I have a sarcastic demon on my trail that's only
going to kill me for his job...'

Suddenly, Duo was at Quatre's side, walking along with his stride. The
latter turned his head away and continued walking.

"Hey, if you had a job to do, wouldn't -you- do it? C'mon, you should
understand..."

Abruptly, Quatre stopped and turned to Duo, his eyes narrowed in a rare
glare.

"SO-RRY that I don't understand WHY you've got to take my LIFE!" the blonde
hissed through his teeth. Duo grinned at him once again, though he took a
step back and quickly held up his palms to the angered student before him.

"Hey, hey! Didn't mean to upset ya!"

Quatre turned on his heel once again and began walking hastily towards the
two, giant wooden doors at the entrance of the church, his strides quick.

"I'm going. I've got better things on my min-"

Quatre was cut off from his sentence by Duo swiftly stepping before him,
stopping him by grabbing his arm, then firmly pressing his lips against the
boy's. Quatre's eyes widened considerably at the act.

In both anger and shock, Quatre pushed Duo away from him, his face blushing
a gradual deep red, "W-What are you doing?!"

Duo laughed as he was pushed away. Quatre's eyes were still wide as he
lifted a hand to his face, shielding his lips from the demon. His heart
was racing, and by now, his cheeks were flushed crimson.

"First kiss is always great, huh Quat?" Duo asked, turning his back before
Quatre, and then peered over his shoulder. Unknowing if his face could be
any shade darker than it already was, the pale boy turned once again and
sprinted for the door, wanting to get away from the shinigami who made his
heart race and his face flush- not only because of embarrassment.

***

"There he is!"

"That him?"

"Yeah, the one that Trowa was with!"

"After school... We'll get him after school..."