"In The Stars" Chapter 27

Wufei opened his eyes to find himself in bed half covering Treize like a blanket. He looked up when large fingers combed through his messy hair, to see Treize was watching him. "Good morning," Treize whispered before lightly kissing the top of Wufei's head.

"How did we get here?" Wufei asked wiping the sleep from his eyes with the back of his hand. "Last thing I remember was sitting on the couch watching it snow.

"I carried you up after you fell asleep in my arms," Treize explained his arm tightened a bit around Wufei's waist.

"Oh, well you should have just woken me; I would have walked up here by myself."

"Nonsense, your pretty light if you didn't realize, plus I didn't want to disturb you," Treize replied with a smile.

"I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or not," Wufei said with a smile of his own.

"It was only meant in the nicest regards," Treize replied chuckling.

"Hum, I still don't know... Hey where is Stormy?" Wufei asked looking toward the closed door.

"Not sure, haven't seen her since last night when she was curled up under the coffee table asleep," Treize answered.

"Oh, well she's probably still under there then, she has some issues with the stairs," Wufei said moving to sit up.

"I saw that yesterday, I gave her a helping hand to get up here before I had started cleaning up," Treize agreed.

"She's just not big enough to traverse those stairs, maybe I should go down and check on her," Wufei commented starting to push himself up from Treize, only the older man tightened his arm pinning Wufei to him.

"I imagine she's fine, now do I get my morning kiss," Treize said to Wufei's startled look.

Wufei leaned forward to give Treize a simple kiss, only it seemed the other man had something else in mind. Treize's fingers weaved through Wufei's loose black strands, holding the young man's head as he extended the length of Wufei's simple kiss. Wufei's hands fisted in the blanket bunched between them, his eyes closing as he surrendered to the kiss. Treize finally released his lips but didn't let him pull away; his blue eyes seemed to be searching Wufei's face, causing the young man to blush.

"What?" Wufei finally asked after regaining his breath.

"I just wanted to look into your beautiful dark eyes," Treize answered surprising him.

"They're not," Wufei denied looking away.

Treize turned his head back forcing him to look at the older man. "Yes they are they are very beautiful. Full of such life and passion. The true doorway to your soul, the beautiful window to the even more beautiful soul inside."

Wufei stared at him in utter shock over the words. He'd never thought of anything about himself like that, especially not his eyes or soul. Too much death there to be anything beautiful. "It's not, it's not possible," Wufei whispered trying to get free yet Treize held him securely in place.

"It is very possible, because they are," Treize disagree his own eyes focused intently on Wufei. Wufei looked away, how could Treize think such a thing, he didn't understand it. Treize gently pulled his chin back around, forcing him to look at the other man and see such conviction in those blue eyes. "They are, I will never lie to you. Everything about you is beyond any words I could find; beautiful doesn't even really come all that close."

"How can you say that with such conviction when it will never be true?" Wufei asked in reply.

"How can you claim that?" Treize countered.

"Because it is the damn truth, all I have is death and murder, and they are the ugliest things there will ever be," Wufei replied eyes locking with Treize's.

"I don't see death or murder," Treize replied. "All I see is love and hope, which are both very beautiful."

"You see love and hope?" Wufei asked startled by the contradiction.

"Yes, I see a very strong love and unending hope," Treize confirmed his face absolutely serious.

"It's not... possible... I refuse to let such things through," Wufei whispered.

"You can't, you're eyes are too honest and will always give you away," Treize explained with a smile, "but that is one of the many things I love about you."

Wufei was able to pull his head free of Treize's grip to look out the window, Treize's words tumbling around in his head. He tried to push himself up from Treize's body but the other man wasn't letting go. Wufei braced his hands against Treize's chest to get more leverage but it didn't seem to help. The morning sunlight through the window glistened off his ring, startling him even after two days. His eyes focused on the gold band remembering everything that had happened the day before.

"Nickel for you thoughts," Treize offered causing Wufei to look at him in surprise.

"They're not worth that much," Wufei replied looking back out the window. "I was just thinking about yesterday, and all the other times I had been acting foolishly. Remember after that incident with Milliardo in your class... I never did truly apologize for my behavior afterwards... I just couldn't, at the time, understand why you cared about how I was, maybe even now I find it hard to understand, but I don't find myself questioning your possible motives or how you could feel like that. I don't know if that is really a step forward or not. I feel like there are more gaps between what I knew and what I've learnt than I could ever fill. Shit, listen to me rambling, what nonsense." Wufei shook his head realizing he'd let his guard down and said way too much.

"It's not nonsense, I'm glad you feel like you can open up to me more. Maybe there are some gaps there but I think we can fill them. You don't need to apologize for anything in the past, never think you need to make up for something you did then, because I've already forgiven you a long time ago. I think you've stopped questioning it because you are feeling the same things yourself," Treize replied his hand gently combing Wufei's loose hair back.

"I used to question that, question how I could possibly feel this way about someone, especially you," Wufei was unable to stop himself from speaking, he was starting to find it easier and easier to talk to Treize about all the crap he bottled up all the time, maybe it was because of that smile Treize always got when Wufei talked to him openly.

"I believe the real issue there was that you were still mentally adjusting to this place and how different it really is," Treize offered.

"Sometimes I wonder just what happened to them, all of them," Wufei whispered looking back out the window to see gray clouds and white snowflakes falling. "Did they ever see the beauty of snow or feel the joy of Christmas?"

"I don't know," Treize answered honestly still combing his fingers through Wufei's hair.

"I find myself hoping they did," Wufei said looking back at him. "Is that wrong of me?"

"Of course not, everyone deserves happiness, and to wish it upon someone else is a blessing," Treize assured him.

"I wonder," Wufei started to say as he rested his cheek against Treize's chest, hearing the man's heart beat, "why did she pick this place, there must have been others. So why here? What was really so special that she picked this place about everything else?"

Treize wrapped both his arms around Wufei feeling the younger man breathing. "Does it really matter? I'm glad she did for whatever her reasons were. You are the thing I had been looking for most of my adult life."

"I am?" Wufei questioned stunned by the statement.

"Yes, I've always known something was missing and for the life of me I hadn't been able to figure out just what," Treize explained, "Then you came along with so much held back in those dark eyes, emotions I thought someone your age could never know. But beyond that when you were just being yourself something I never knew was there seemed to wake up, and I knew exactly what I had been missing and I could find all of it in you. I still can every time I look into your beautiful dark eyes."

"I never through I could invoke such a reaction from someone," Wufei whispered watching the snow fall outside.

"Well you did in me that is why I refuse to lose you to such silly things or people."

"Sounds funny to hear you say silly," Wufei commented with a soft chuckle.

"Is it now?" Treize asked his voice dropping, startling Wufei but not giving him enough warning to Treize next action, which was to roll them over and unmercifully tickle him.

Wufei's rich laughter filled the room as he did everything in his power to escape Treize's fingers. He squirmed and wiggled under the other man's weight trying to stop the assault to his most vulnerable and ticklish sides, yet nothing seemed to work as he felt his lungs burn from lack of oxygen. Treize finally stopped, his hands coming to rest on either side of Wufei's head as the smaller man tried to get air back into his body.

"Now," Treize started to say leaning over Wufei's heaving frame, "I don't think that me saying silly is really funny, your friends say it all the time."

"Exactly," Wufei said before chuckling under his regained breath. "Just knowing Duo has said the same thing makes it funny."

Treize smiled surprising Wufei who had been expecting instant retaliation for his comment. "I was beginning to wonder when I was going to get to see that smile today. I'm glad it finally showed itself, I wouldn't have been able to continue my day without seeing it."

"Don't put so much value on such a thing," Wufei said looking away.

"I only speak the truth," Treize replied moving to get up. "We should probably get out of bed, it is almost lunch time."

"Wow I can't believe I had slept in so late," Wufei commented sitting up as Treize stood up. The older man stretched his long frame, showing off his bare abs. Wufei quickly looked away to stare at his lap and the crumpled up comforter bunched around his mid-drift. "You can have your shower, I'll use the one in the hall," Wufei finally said moving to slide out of the side nearest the door.

"Nonsense," Treize said grabbing Wufei's arm and pulling him the other way to his side. "We can share it."

Wufei blushed deeply at the very idea trying to pull his arm free of Treize. "Treize!"

"I was only kidding about the together thing, but you can have it first," Treize assured him with a smile that wasn't all that reassuring.

"That seems like a waste, there are two so why should someone have to wait," Wufei pointed out as Treize easily pulled him out of the bed.

"I see your point, all right then I won't argue anymore," Treize agreed letting go of Wufei's arm.

Wufei left the bedroom as Treize head into the master bath. He sighed unable to get rid of his blush or the images that were beginning to conjure up in his head. Wufei took a quick shower, wrapping the towel securely around his waist as he made a bee line for his room. He pulled on a pair of his boxers, and some faded black jeans that hung off his hips. He dug through the dresser but was unable to find a sweatshirt he'd ever wear. He made the trip over to the master bedroom seeing the bathroom door shut. Wufei quickly ducked into Treize's walk in closet, his eyes scanning over the man's clothes before stopping at a deep red sweatshirt. He pulled it on to find it wasn't as big as the navy sweater that Treize had given him, but that was in the laundry. He turned to leave the closet startled when he found Treize standing in the doorway.

The older man had a towel wrapped around his waist and a smile on his lips. "Couldn't find anything to wear?" He asked that smile still in place.

"I don't know what kind of person he was but he couldn't shop," Wufei replied with his own smile as he acted like he was snuggling into the sweatshirt, "not to mention these fit wonderfully."

"I see," Treize commented moving to grab his boxers and blue jeans. Wufei took the opportunity to try and escape the closet only to have Treize grab the back of the sweatshirt and pull him back inside. "It has other advantages, I see."

Treize laughed at Wufei flayed to try and stop himself going backwards. The taller man had already slipped into his boxers, so he quickly wrapped his towel around Wufei and pulled him close. "I'll... I'll remember that," Wufei stammered as he stared at Treize's chest, knowing the man was only wearing his boxers.

"I bet you will," Treize chuckled at the sight of Wufei's bright red face.

Suddenly the doorbell rings startling them both, and bless fully giving Wufei a way out. "I better go answer it," he said as it sounded again, who ever it was, was impatient. Treize sighed after the third ring finally releasing Wufei.

"Yes, I guess they aren't going away," Treize agreed before Wufei slipped from the closet.

Wufei left the towel, he still had wrapped around him, hanging on the foot of the bed as he walked out of the room. He heard another three rings before he was able to get downstairs. He yanked the door open, only to freeze. "What are you doing here?"

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