Chapter Four: Sanctuary

Mission 1: Send out a Warning

Oh god...

He was kissing me. That was not part of the get rid of Hilde plan. It wasn't. How could this be happening? He was laying on Duo's bed, with the vampire half on top of him, kissing him. It took him a moment to realize that Hilde was giving him a glare that said ' I hope you rot I hell a million times over'. But god, Duo was kissing him. But that wasn't the scariest part. The scariest part was that he was enjoying it, and he was kissing back. Duo's lips were as soft as he thought they were. Like silk. Despite his mind almost completely freaking out, his body was responding without permission from his brain. His hands came to rest on Duo's mid-back, pulling him closer.

This couldn't be happening.

He didn't know how long they stayed like that. Even after Hilde had stormed out of the room, they continued to kiss. Heero was quite angry with himself and his loss of self-control. This was another man he was kissing. He should be disgusted. He should be punching Duo's lights out. But he wasn't. And it angered him even more that he felt disappointed when Duo finally stopped, looking down at him with an amused expression

"Aww, Hee-Chan, I didn't know you cared!" he teased, laughing a little. He laid down on Heero, resting his head on the others shoulder. Heero relaxed a bit, feeling the others silky strands on the side of his face. They were just as soft and silky as his lips. Just as soft as he imagined. Duo let out a content sigh before speaking.

"What were you doing in my bed? If you wanted to molest me, you should have woken me up. I would have enjoyed it." He continues to tease, yawning a little, as he always did right after he woke up. Heero frowned.

"I was trying to wake you up." He said flatly. Duo blinked and laughed a little.

"Wrestle me awake again then. Aw, and I had my hopes up and everything." Again with the teasing tone. But had he really gotten his hopes up? Wait...he shouldn't be thinking that. With an angry little flare in his eyes, he pushed that though away. He was just caught in the moment. He had forgotten whom he was kissing. In fact, he really shouldn't have been kissed at all.

"Get off me." Heero commanded rather coldly. Duo had kissed him, without permission. He had permission to treat him coldly. He had a reason to be mad. Even though he wasn't, though he would not admit this to himself, he could still act like he was. Duo was obviously not going to cooperate. He nuzzled more into Heero's shoulder, those silky strands of his brushing against Heero's skin. It was enough to make him question who he thought he was. He was enjoying this too much.

"But Heero, you're comfortable. I see no benefit for me if I get off." Duo stated, snuggling against Heero to emphasize his point. And it definitely did emphasize it. Heero just gave up, something he didn't do too often, and let Duo lay on him. No hands on his back, No. That was too much. Duo seemed to sense his giving up and chuckles softly, closing those beautiful violet eyes of his. And with that odd though pushed away, Heero remembered why he had tried to wake the vampire in the first place.

This was bad. No, this was really bad. They had just upset Hilde again. She was dangerous to upset now, with Venus helping her try and win Duo's heart. Or at least that's what it'll feel like, he imagined. But no thinking about it. He had to tell Duo.

"Duo, a shade visited me before you woke up." He stated, hoping that would get the vampires attention.

It did. Duo immediately lifted himself off Heero's body enough to look down at him, tilting his head slightly. He looked like a confused dog.

"What shade was it?"

"He said his name was Daeva. Shade of..."

"...Artemis. Yeah, he and Venus's shade come here quite a bit."

"He said to watch out of Rykku. He said that Hilde had asked for Venus's help in winning your heart, that Rykku is after you now. To make you fall in love with her. He said to watch out for Rykku, Venus's shade."

Duo froze. The vampire had never looked so scared in his life. Did he really fear loving Hilde? Heero stared at Duo while the vampire stared right back at him. It was odd, seeing Duo so scared of love. That's really all it was...wasn't it? Of course there was a little magic and probably some form of control, but it couldn't be that bad. Hilde wasn't too bad of a girl. A little on the annoying side, but not too bad. Heero was brought out of his musings as Duo hugging him tight. The fire enchanted one was surprised by the action.

"We've got to run Heero. I don't want to be forced to love someone who isn't for me. I just can't. Not again..." Tears. He was crying. Duo was sad? But...why? The crystal tears slide down the vampire's cheek, slipping from the soft skin and onto Heero. He wrapped his arms around the crying boy, stroking his head, running his hands threw that silky hair. His mind didn't even think about not doing it. Duo needed it. It was odd, but he needed it. But then Heero recognized something about Duo's crying eyes. They were turning a sickly red, swirling like they were liquid and not solid.

Suddenly, there was no air in the room. Only blood.

Mission Complete

A/N I know I took a while but I was NOT being lazy. I just got back into school and my teachers are giving me loads of work AND I have to work now. It sucks. But here's the next chapter, to you as soon as I could get it finished. Proud of me?

Alleus