"In The Stars" Chapter 14

Wufei sat down in one of the overstuffed chairs being kept warm by the glowing fire. He picked up his book from the coffee table where he'd set it when the phone had rung. Treize had been in the shower, which had left him no choice but to answer it. The person on the other end was some kind of sales person, of course, that seemed like the only people who called. Duo would just come over so he has no reason to call. Wufei opened his book with a sigh, his legs curling up under him in the chair. He returned to his spot becoming engrossed in the story once more.

"Who was on the phone?" Treize asked, coming down the stairs, startling Wufei from the page he was reading.

"Someone wanting to sell you a long distance plan," Wufei answered looking up to see Treize was wearing a pair of black jeans and a navy sweater.

"Are you cold?" Treize asked stepping into the front room.

"No, it is very nice in here, the fire helped warm the room considerably," Wufei answered with a shake of his head.

Treize sat down on the couch his long legs extending under the coffee table as he stretched. "Have you given any thoughts about next semester?"

"I don't think I'm going to attend," Wufei answered setting the open book on his knee. "I need to figure out what 'I' had been doing and if I want to pursue that."

"Don't quit," Treize said looking at Wufei.

"I will go back, I was only going to take this semester off," Wufei replied pulling his legs tighter under him while still balancing the open book on his knee.

"That is good, I'm glad to hear that," Treize said pulling his legs back and standing up from the couch. "Want something to drink while I'm in there?"

"No thank you, I'm fine," Wufei answered picking his book up again.

"What are you reading?" Treize asked moving toward the kitchen.

Wufei set the book back down, "I just picked something from one of the shelves in your study."

"This is your home now too," Treize said reappearing with a glass of dark liquid in his hand.

"I just... they are yours," he pointed out picking the book up only to hide behind it.

"Yes, I'll agree the book is but you've said the same thing about other things," Treize explained sitting back down on the couch. "Like the person who called, the fact that you don't like answering the phone."

"This is your home, no one knows I'm here," Wufei said suddenly angry.

"What you meant to say is staying here right?" Treize interrupted his manner calm.

"No, that wasn't what I said!"

"But it is what you wanted to say. Didn't the fact that we moved everything from your dorm room tell you I wanted to live with you permanently; I want this to be our home? Where you are comfortable to answer the phone or door. Of course no one likes listening to those telemarketers," Treize explained leaning forward.

"I don't know if I can really... you've lived here all your life, I assume, I just can't call anything mine, it isn't."

"Actually I inherited this home from my Aunt," Treize admitted, "but yes I spent a lot of my youth here. Everything your room is yours, that room is yours, the kitchen is ours. Don't you see what I'm saying?"

"I just... it is hard to say It is mine..." Wufei muttered with a shrug.

"You've said it to Duo before," Treize pointed out.

"That was only because..." Wufei suddenly blushed bright red, "never mind."

"I heard your conversation, or at least Duo's side for the most part, he can be amazingly loud," Treize offered seeing Wufei's blush darken.

"Yes," Wufei mumbled, "especially when he is doing it on purpose."

Treize laughed setting the drink he'd about to sip back down. "Yes I kind of figured that. I won't push you; take all the time you need to adjust."

Wufei looked at him before gingerly unfolding his legs and standing up. He placed the now closed, book on the table as he stepped over to the couch. The carpet was soft against his bare feet but also warm. He plopped down on the couch near Treize, moving to cuddle closer to the older man. Treize instinctively slipped his arm around Wufei's shoulder holding him close.

"What for is the reason I am getting a wonderful cuddle?" Treize asked a smile on his face.

"Cause I wanted to," Wufei answered before burying his face against Treize's shoulder.

"Good enough for me."


Wufei opened his eyes surprised that he had actually fallen asleep. He found himself laid out on the couch alone a thick blanket covering him. Sitting up he looked around but he didn't see Treize anywhere nearby. As he pulled himself from the couch he noticed the sun was sitting low in the sky. He peaked into the kitchen and dining room to find it empty. Then walking silently down the hall the hardwood cold against his bare feet to find the study empty as well, turning around he came back to the front room. He was about to head upstairs when he heard the lock in the front door turn.

Wufei watched as Treize stepped inside, wincing when he pulled the key back out. Wufei surprised even himself when he stepped forward. "Are you all right?"

Treize looked at him throwing the keys on the entry table as the door clicked shut behind him. "Fine, I didn't mean to wake you," he answered pulling off his jacket and gloves.

"You didn't, I woke up a few minutes ago to find you gone. Where did you go?" Wufei answered his eyes suddenly drawn to some dark marks on Treize's revealed knuckles. He quickly grabbed the cool hand, examining it before looking at Treize's face. "What happened, how did you get these?"

"It is fine, just a little self defense," Treize responded his fingers wrapping around the ones that held his hand, warming them.

"You were attacked? It was Milliardo wasn't it?" Wufei demanded.

Treize sighed looking at Wufei. "Yes but he picked the wrong fight. My hand is perfectly fine compared to him."

"I can't believe he attacked you!" Wufei growled. "What the hell was he thinking?"

"Guess he wasn't but let's forget about that, what should we have for dinner," Treize suggested pulling Wufei close with the hands he held in his grip.

"Oh crap I forgot," Wufei exclaimed looking at the clock. "I had promised Duo a night on the town tonight."

"Oh, that's fine," Treize said not releasing him. "Dress warm, it is rather chilly out there."

A car horn honked alerting them to Duo's arrival. "Are you sure?" Wufei requested looking at Treize.

"Absolutely," Treize insisted before gently kissing the smaller man. "Better hurry before he wares that horn out."

Wufei ran up the stairs to pull a sweater over his tee-shirt and slip on some socks and shoes. He charged back downstairs grabbing his coat from the closet and waving before he bolted out the door and to Duo's waiting car. He hopped in to see Duo smiling at him. "He doesn't suspect anything," Wufei responded to an unasked question.

"Cool, then let's go," Duo said putting the car in drive and speeding down the driveway.

"You know I had almost forgotten, especially when I saw those bruises," Wufei commented as Duo drove toward town.

"What bruises?" Duo asked curious.

"Milliardo attacked him this afternoon, oh damn he never told me where he'd gone earlier," Wufei confessed with a huff.

"Maybe he has his own surprise planned," Duo joked.

"I hope not, he seemed fine with me going out."

"Little does he know, this is going to be so great!" Duo exclaimed with a laugh.

"I hope so... today he asked me why I don't see the house as ours," Wufei commented unsure. "I hope this settles it once and for all."

"It will, it will," Duo promised offering Wufei a smile.

Wufei sighed as Duo kept driving; he hoped so much that this would make it clear. He wasn't good at expressing his feeling in the intimate kind of setting that had surrounded them since he'd moved in; he hoped he could do it now, when out of that setting.

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