"In The Stars" Chapter 32

!*Author Notes: Okay um, you know I really hadn't expected that kind of response to my last chapter. I mean yeah I thought you guys might think Mil is an ass, but dang I totally didn't see that kind of reaction coming. Maybe I should pat myself on the back, never had that many people seem so interested and drawn into something I was writing. This chapter is actually kind of short from what most of them had been, kind of an impromptu chapter to get all the stuff that didn't fit like it was supposed to in the last... so yeah... okay I shutting up now. Thanks for all the reviews, makes me want to keep writing and writing. ^^ PS: I didn't really go over this for any errors (typing or otherwise), cause well I thought you guys would like it now instead of waiting till like next week.*!

Treize's arm tightened around Wufei's waist as the younger man sifted ever so slightly against him. He sat back watching the dark haired man sleep, his mind thinking about something completely different, what do with that blonde that was trying to destroy Wufei. He looked up when he heard the bedroom door open, seeing Duo pop his head into the room a bag dangling from his fingers.

"Do I even need to ask where you went?" Treize said as Duo stepped into the room.

"Probably not," Duo replied with a smirk. "And now he knows how I feel about his antics."

"I'd like to teach him my own lesson," Treize growled in agreement before looking at Wufei. "He can't take much more of that blonde and neither can I. Milliardo has just pressed his luck too many times."

"Why do you think I went and had a chat with him, he won't be calling anyone, any time soon."

"What did you do?" Treize demanded.

"Oh I didn't touch him, just broke his phone," Duo replied with a snicker, "and gave him a little warning, that if he didn't stop you'd be the next person on his door step. He seemed to get the message; at least I hope he did."

"We thought in the past he'd gotten the message but that didn't seem to be the case."

"I will give Wu credit for one thing," Duo said sitting down at the foot of the bed, "Mil has given up on stealing you away for himself. He just hates Wu so much he wants to hurt him no matter what."

"Why could he possibly hate him so much that he would go so far?" Treize wondered.

"Well for one thing, you chose Wu and not him. But also he's been trying to best Wu at school since we started going there and hasn't yet," Duo explained with a shake of his head. "The man is an idiot, Wu never cared about being first, and he hated the recognition. Plus the person he's attacking now isn't even the same person he'd come to hate so much."

"That's why it drives me crazy that he thinks he can get away with it, when he really isn't even hurting the person he wants to," Treize growled his voice tight. "Yet there is absolutely nothing I can do. I really should get dinner started, he needs to eat something, get some nutrition back into his system, but I don't want to leave him up here alone."

"I'll watch over him," Duo promised as Treize slowly slid out from under Wufei and gently settled the dark haired man's head on one of the pillows.

"Thanks, if something happens I'll be downstairs in the kitchen," Treize said brushing Wufei's hair back from his facing before heading out of the room and downstairs.

Duo sat watching Wufei sleep, seemingly peacefully, "You know Wu, I think we are both very lucky people to find such wonderful partners."

"How is he?" Heero asked appearing in the bedroom doorway.

"Sleeping, but it seems like a peaceful one," Duo replied as Heero approached the bed to stand beside where the braided man sat. "Treize went downstairs to start dinner; he felt Wufei should eat when he wakes up."

"Probably true since he got sick earlier. Did you tell him?"

"Mostly," Duo replied with a cryptic smile gracing his lips.

Wufei shifted on the bed causing Stormy to squeak and jump up from her spot against his back. He rolled over his arm falling over his eyes while the other one lay sprawled out on the bed. Stormy moved in close to his face, her wet nose nuzzling against his cheek. He finally moved his arm away from his eyes and shot up in the bed startled. "Where's Treize?"

"Downstairs starting on dinner," Duo replied calmly as he watched Stormy try and climb into Wufei's lap. "Are you feeling hungry?"

"Not really..." He replied look down at the small creature. "I can't believe I lost it like that and in front of you guys."

"We are your friends, we don't care how you look and act, I know you were hurting and probably still are, and yeah I went dealt with his punk ass too," Duo replied reaching out to take Wufei's hand.

"What?" Wufei asked his head shooting up to look at Duo. "You didn't have to do anything like that."

"Well yeah I know I didn't have to but I wanted to because the way he hurt you is inexcusable," Duo answered his voice sharp with the anger he felt toward the blonde. "Never believe anything that comes out of his pompous mouth."

Wufei slowly nodded, placing Stormy on the bed and moving to the edge to get up. "I don't really want to talk about him or even think about him, he makes me sick," he said brushing his fingers through his hair to pull it back from his face.

"All right, just a warning I think Treize is expecting you to eat something, because well you kind of lost your lunch earlier," Duo said offering him a smile.

"I'm not really hungry and I'm not sure I could keep it down anyway," Wufei mumbled pushing himself up on unsteady legs and moving toward the bedroom door. He couldn't believe how weak he suddenly felt, how he still felt emotionally exhausted which made him feel physically exhausted. He knew Duo and Heero were right behind him as he move down the hall toward the stairs. The moment he tried to step down to the first one his knees buckled, and his only saving grace was Heero's quick reflexes otherwise he would have surely gone down the stairs head first. Heero held his arm, before wrapping another around his waist to steady him.

"Duo, go get Treize, I don't think I can carry him down the stairs," Heero told the braided man who started down the stairs when Wufei spoke up.

"No, I'm fine I can make it, I'm not that weak!" Wufei said not sure who he was really trying to convince here, them or himself. Duo only shook his head and was quickly down the stairs and out of sight. "Why did you?"

"Because you aren't strong enough after getting sick the way you did, and well you're kind of too heavy for me to carry," Heero replied matter-of-factly. "Don't push yourself so hard, he just wants you to be happy."

"I'm just a big burden..."

"No you're not, Wufei you are emotionally drained and were sick earlier. No one would be able to make it down these stairs in that condition. I can see it on your face just how tired you really are and how hard you are trying to push yourself, well don't, he doesn't need you to do that," Heero cut him off looking directly into Wufei's eyes.

Wufei turned his head away unable to look into the concerned eyes of his friend, of a person who was probably just as right as Duo had always been. Yes he had been pushing himself, but he felt so weak knowing that they went and talked to... him. He didn't need them to fight his battles; he could do that just fine on his own. Duo reappeared at the bottom of the stairs with Treize right behind him, interrupting Wufei's thoughts.

Treize moved quickly up the steps his arm sliding above where Heero's had been. He easily scooped Wufei off his feet and turned to go back down. Heero disappeared back down the hallway instead of following after them. "What were you thinking? You could have fallen and broke your neck!" Treize hissed looking hard at Wufei who quickly looked away; he couldn't take the man's disappointment.

Treize carried Wufei into the kitchen, sitting how down in one of the dinning room chairs that Duo pulled out. He went back over to the stove to finish preparing their meal when Heero reappeared, something in his arms. Wufei looked up surprised when Stormy jumped out of Heero's arms and into his lap. He quickly wrapped his arm around the kitten to make sure she didn't fall. "Dinner is almost ready so why don't you two also sit down," Treize said looking over his shoulder at them.

"I'm really not that hungry," Wufei mumbled pushing himself up from the chair. "I'll be in the living room."

"Wufei, you need to eat," Treize advised turning around.

"I said I'm not hungry!" He shouted before forcing himself to walk steadily into the living room, Stormy in his arms. He collapsed on the couch feeling exhausted and rung out, he hated it. He pulled his knees close to his chest as Stormy settled on the couch beside him, offering him comfort in her purring. Was he so weak? Why did they have to do that, have to go and confront him?

"Wu, do you want to talk about it?" Duo asked standing behind the chair to look at the other man.

"Nothing you need to know," Wufei snapped back.

"Oh, and you don't think Treize does either," Duo remarked his voice even.

"If he did I would tell hum," he mumbled in reply.

"Right, didn't seem like you were talking at all, just shouting and not listening, you're still doing it," Duo replied before turning to go back into the dinning room.

"I wasn't shouting," Wufei said into his knees knowing Duo wouldn't have heard him anyway. They shouldn't have gone after him, they didn't need to. He didn't need them to fight his battles. Wufei was startled from his thoughts when a pair of strong arms wrapped around his shoulders and legs.

"Wufei will you please tell me why you're so upset about eating?" Treize asked his voice gentle.

"It's not the eating... it's that they... went over there. I don't need other people to stand up for me," Wufei mumble, leaving out that fact that his stomach twisted every time he thought about eating anything.

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