"In The Stars" Chapter 20

Wufei lay on the couch watching it snow outside as the sun was hidden behind the bleak gray clouds. Treize had gone to the college to speak with the administration about the classes he would teach next semester. Wufei wondered why it all had to be decided so early, the next semester didn't start until January and it wasn't even Christmas yet. He shifted on the sofa turning to stare at the burning fire.

His mind wonders back to what they had discussed the night before; he found it so hard to do what Treize had spoken about. To just forget all about it and them even if they hadn't been close. If he just forgot about them, he felt like he was destroying something.

Wufei was startled by the ringing phone. Getting up he walked into the kitchen grabbing it off the island and hitting talk just before the answering machine could pick up. "Hello?"

"Hey Wu," Duo's voice came out. "I wanted to apologize."

"Apologize? What for?" Wufei asked leaning back against the island, his feet cooling on the tile floor.

"Oh, uh your parents called here wanting to know why you cancelled your housing contract. I kind of let it slip that you had moved in with someone. They wouldn't stop hounding us until I told them Treize's address, so they will probably show up any minute."

"What the hell? I don't know how I'm supposed to act around them!"

"Well as I told you before you guys aren't on speaking terms as of last year. So pretty much how you act now would be fine. They will probably flip when they find out who Treize is, be prepared. Is he there?"

"No, he had to go to the school for a meeting."

"That is probably for the best, try and get rid of them before he gets back," Duo advised.

"I have no idea when that will be," Wufei said before he heard the doorbell chime through the house. "Gotta answer the door, talk to you later."

"Good luck and I'll call tonight to check up on you," Duo answered before hanging up.

Wufei set the phone back down as the bell sounded again. He took a deep breath before going to answer the door. He pulled it open to see an older man and woman standing there, remembering them from that photograph.

"What do you think you're doing young man," the woman said before Wufei could even open his mouth. "Why have you moved in with someone so far out here? Why aren't you still in the dorms?"

"What does it matter where I live?" Wufei asked in reply.

"Don't you dare speak to your mother like that again," the man commanded.

"How else should I talk to her? Anyway what the hell are you doing here after two years? Only because I moved in with someone did you come calling," Wufei snapped.

"And just who is this roommate?" The man demanded looking into the house beyond Wufei.

"A friend of mine, a guy I met at school," Wufei answered pulling the door closed a little bit more.

"How can you trust him so far out here?" The woman asked.

"Because I can," Wufei huffed.

"Is this his parent's house?"

"Why are you asking so many damn questions? Just know I'm living here and get on with it, like you really care anyway!"

Wufei was surprised when he felt a sting against his cheek. "Why are you acting so ugly? You are still our son," the woman cried.

"When it suits you, I'm an adult now let me live like one damn it," Wufei shouted more frustrated than anything else.

"You are asking for it if you don't knock it off with this attitude toward your mother," the man threatened. "Now I would like to meet this roommate."

"Well too bad he isn't here, so why don't you just leave," Wufei replied shifting his weight from one foot to the other, he really didn't know when Treize would get back.

"Why are you being so rude? Making us stand out here, telling us to leave," the woman demanded.

"I thought you would get the hint," Wufei sneered.

The man responded before the woman could even blink; he buried his fist in Wufei's stomach winding the young man. "You will apologize right now."

"What is going on here?" Treize's voice called startling them as Wufei coughed violently. "Wufei are you all right?"

Wufei nodded dreading the fact that Treize had returned so soon. "Couldn't be better," he breathed out.

"Who is this?" the woman demanded forgetting all about Wufei's earlier comment.

"I live so the better question is who are you," Treize replied moving to enter his home.

"You're living with this man, he must be at least ten years older than you what are you thinking!"

"Oh fuck, screw you, just leave me alone," Wufei burst out seeing the rage in the man's eyes at his language.

"See what kind of influence this man has, you will move out immediately and back into the dorms," the man commanded.

"He will do no such thing," Treize countered standing beside Wufei in the open doorway, "he is old enough to make his own choices."

"What kind of relationship do you have with my son?" The woman demanded of Treize.

"What do you care really, you just don't want your pride hurt that I moved out of your dorm," Wufei cut in remembering something Duo had mentioned before. "I don't know why you even called Duo, you've not spoken to me in two years so why now? Because I fucking moved out of your dorm. Just leave, you don't want to be here and I don't want to look at you."

"That is why we never called, you have been so hostile since you left for school," the woman cried.

"And you never cared enough to find out why," Wufei retorted.

"I just can't talk to you anymore, where did I go wrong?"

Wufei looked at her and only shook his head. "You figure it out."

The woman turned away walking back to their waiting car, Wufei knew he'd gone too far but he didn't regret it either. The man glared at him but said nothing. He finally followed after his wife and got in the car. He drove off leaving Wufei and Treize standing in the doorway alone.

"Those were your parents I take it," Treize said pulling Wufei back inside and shutting the door.

"Yeah, Duo called and told me they had gotten nosy about my leaving the dorm. That was all an act, I had tried to get rid of them before you got back," Wufei answered sitting back down on the sofa.

"Guess you really have no idea of your relationship with them," Treize commented sitting down as well. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I have a general idea of how it is, from what Duo's told me. Yeah I'm okay," Wufei replied tucking his legs under him. "How was your day?"

"Boring, but I was able to cut my schedule down by one class," Treize answered pulling him close. "Won't have to go back until January, this was just a one day thing. Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine," Wufei answered looking at his lap before standing up and pulling away from Treize's arms. "I'm gonna go upstairs for a bit."

"Wufei stop trying to bottle it all up, talk to me," Treize requested reaching for Wufei's arm.

"I said I'm fine," Wufei replied pulling his arm out of Treize's reach.

"Stop Wufei!" Treize commanded causing Wufei to freeze in mid-step. Wufei jumped when Treize's strong arms encircled him from behind. "Now talk to me about what you're thinking."

"Nothing," Wufei answered trying to pull free.

"Wufei..." Treize said not believing him for a second.

"They hate me and I don't even know them," Wufei finally said sagging back against Treize's chest. "I thought if I alienated them... but I went so much further. At the time I didn't regret what I was saying, yet now when I think about some of it, I hurt them so badly and I don't even know them, not really."

"Wufei you were surprised by them coming here, even if Duo called to warn you," Treize offered. "They don't know you either and I'd say they made their own mistakes today. Yes you hurt them but you were also trying to protect them and us. If only I had gotten home sooner."

"What? You have no blame in this," Wufei cut him off turning in Treize's arms to face the older man.

"Neither do you, how can you be expected to know what to say having never met them before today," Treize replied his eyes focused on Wufei's darker ones.

"I don't know... I just should have reacted differently, not said such vulgar things, they didn't deserve that either way," Wufei replied looking away.

"Maybe you should call Duo, see what he thinks," Treize offered.

"No, that isn't necessary, I mean I can't change it anyway so I'll just forget about it," Wufei replied quickly, trying to pull himself from Treize's embrace again.

"Wufei, you and I both know you're not just going to forget it," Treize explained his hold unrelenting.

"No you don't! I can and will so don't act like you know!" Wufei huffed jerking free at last and quickly running up the stairs. "Just leave me alone."

Maybe this was all a mistake after all, this couldn't last between them. It could only be bent so far, this love would eventually break. Wufei realized that as he leaned against the closed bedroom door. Eventually he would break it, and then... then this man would want nothing to do with him. Wufei sagged against the door feeling his cheeks moisten.

Leaving would probably be the best thing he could do now, even if he had no where to go. Because soon Treize would get tired of dealing with him despite what he said yesterday. Yet his thoughts made his chest constrict tightly, painfully, trying to suffocate him. He was truly an idiot and after everything he'd said and done to this point.

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