I sat forward on the bed, staring at it in disbelief as my mind revisited the previous night's events.
Our visit to The Burn had turned into a nightmare not even five minutes after stepping in the door…not even three. We'd reach the top of the stairs and been informed that Jun was waiting for me.
Duo'd pulled some clever shit, however. He'd acted harmless as Jun propositioned me, then pulled his gun on me when I refused...and Duo had stopped being harmless.
I took a heavy breath, laying back on my bed again, staring at the ceiling to the room.
Duo had knocked me to the floor, of that I was certain, but other than that, three gun shots, and three dead men, I had no clue what had gone on. When Duo'd removed the clip to Jun's gun–leaving the guy only the one chambered round, Jun had backed down and we'd concocted a story of how the men had died.
What did I mean, we? Duo'd done it all.
I hadn't been thinking, I'd been embarrassed and felt abused. The fact that Jun had offered me money instead of a relationship was still eating at me. Was that all I was? A good fuck? Hell, how would he even know that? It was just an obsession.
I rolled onto my side, studying Duo's ring again. The random looking mesh of the design was actually a maze; it was something you could get lost in easily.
Of course, when Jun had stood down, Duo'd followed me to the door before kissing me heatedly–which had only been to piss Jun off, but it certainly had caught my attention. Jun had shot his final chambered round at us when Duo'd shut the door, and then he'd pulled me along after him as he jumped down the stairs.
I wasn't quite sure how we'd got home, or how much time had passed before Relena and Heero had returned from their movie in confusion, asking why we were back already.
It had been a simple matter after that, of me informing Heero that Jun was the leader of Swathe and couldn't be killed without other throwbacks…and then they'd decided I needed to move back in.
The fact that Heero and Relena's house was in the district of another syndicate that called themselves "Jaded" had amused me endlessly before, but it had never seemed so convenient. Jun wouldn't test those borders, even for me–hopefully. Men with obsessions didn't always do things the logical way as we'd all seen before.
"You awake?" Duo called to me curiously.
"Yeah." I muttered, looking away from the ring to the door, studying Duo's face as he did the same to me, moving to sit next to me on the bed.
"Are you okay?" he added.
"I'm fine." I lied, not wanting to tell him how cheap I felt, not wanting to make him feel bad for me because I now knew my price. I knew how much I was worth…and evidently I wasn't really worth that much.
"You shouldn't lie to me." Duo informed me easily, "I've known you too well for too long."
I met his eyes again, then shook my head and looked away.
"You also shouldn't avoid answering my questions, because then I really get worried."
I gave him a look, turning onto my side to face away from him.
"Wufei." he admonished, moving to lean over my side–which effectively pinned me to the bed so I couldn't do that again. He met my eyes, "Are you going to talk to me?"
"Just leave me alone for a while, all right?" I snapped, looking to the corner of the room. Part of me was scared he'd actually do it, and part of me was berating me for such infantile behavior…. While part of me just wanted to start crying again and tell Duo everything.
"No." he replied easily, "Your upset and you don't actually want me to leave, so suck it up and tell me what's wrong."
I met his eyes again.
He waited patiently, his expression calmly curious.
I hated how he could do that…
"Fei?"
"Fei?…Wufei."
I swallowed as last night's events crossed my mind once again and met his eyes, "I didn't realize that I was cheap."
Great, here come the waterworks…
I'd started crying again before I could help it, allowing him to pull me into a hug and curling into his lap again.
Duo held me tightly, not bothering to refute what I said…so I really was cheap?
"Wufei…" he muttered finally, nuzzling my ear, "You know better than that…Jun is just a creep, all right?"
I caught my breath, pulling back to meet his eyes.
He studied me along moment, then smiled slightly and rested his cheek against mine.
I blinked a few times, thinking about what he'd done.
"Are you going to work tonight?"
"I need to," I muttered, resting my head against his shoulder.
"I'll come with you."
I pressed against his throat, feeling an unimagined amount of comfort from the offer.
"And I'll bring my knife…" he chuckled, "I didn't realize it was made of Gundanium when I bought it…but I looked last night. It says on the box with fucked-up instructions on how to care for it." he laughed lightly, "That's why they didn't realize I had it."
I forced a slight laugh, pressing against him so he lay back on the bed and closing my eyes.
He sighed heavily, his entire frame relaxing…
I never realized I'd fallen back asleep.