FIVE
Sutoomu
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This is the...which number is it...eighteenth chapter, and it is the reunion!!!! of the wonderful and lovable gundam boys. I hope you like the reunion and don't want to kill me after. I hope I wrote this good.
"Well, you failed, Wufei, because we are hurt," Heero growled. "You stirred up a lot of shit when you left, Wufei. Quatre blamed it on himself, Duo's been depressed and prone to rages of anger, Trowa's barely speaking and I...well, I had to make a sacrifice..."
"Oh, god, I'm sorry," Wufei suddenly cried out, falling to his knees like a helpless child. "I had no choice, I had to leave! I'm sorry, I'm sorry...just kill me, please!" Meiran's eyes widened, and she swallowed nervously. Had Wufei's depression gone that far already? He wanted to die? "Just kill me, Heero...please..."
Meiran looked to Heero to see his reaction. For a long moment, his eyes remained hard and cold, merciless, then they suddenly softened and he sighed. "Wufei, get up." He watched, and when Wufei made no move from his weeping position, Heero moved forward and helped him up, setting his arm around his waist as support. "Love," Heero said, and Wufei turned his head away. Heero's fingers moved under Wufei's chin and gently nudged him to face him, their noses only a few inches apart. "Wufei, it's alright. No, really, Dragon, it is. I just had to see if you regretted it, koi," Heero's hand caressed Wufei's cheek and Meiran withheld a secret smile to herself. "I know what Tao Shen did, Wufei, and I know about Taia."
Wufei blinked, fully stunned, then his mouth opened. "...you know?"
Heero nodded. "I know everything, Wufei. And you can stop worrying now, because Taia is safe."
"Taia's...safe?" Wufei croaked, a pinprick of hope flashing through him. Meiran frowned inside. How had Taia been in danger? Was the sickness that had caused her to miss the wedding really that bad? And what had Tao Shen done?
"Yes, she's safe. And you're free of Tao Shen. Now come with me. There are some people who would really love to see you." Heero led Wufei out of the library and out the front door, Meiran silently shadowing them. She saw two sleek black vans parked at the side, with three people gathered around one of them. Once again trying to be inconspicuous and invisible, Meiran watched as another scene in the unknown life of Wufei played out. And she once again thought of how very little she knew about her husband.
A flash of worry passed through Wufei's being as he laid eyes on the other three of his loves, but it was shoved into the background as Heero took him over to them, his arm around Wufei's waist. Feeling Wufei's tenseness, Heero gave him a small squeeze and whispered into his ear. "Just relax, love," he murmured. "They won't kill you."
"I'm not worried about them killing me," Wufei shivered as he met eyes with a downright pissed off Duo. "I'd just rather have my body in one piece."
Heero, having followed Wufei's gaze to Duo, smirked. "He's mad, yes, but not near homicidal...yet. Besides, Quatre won't let him hurt you, no matter how mad he is. He's too happy with getting you back. I fear he may never let you out of his sight again." As if to prove his point, Quatre suddenly broke out into a giant smile and ran forward. The small blonde tackled Wufei full force with a very deep hug, which Heero barely managed to dodge by letting go of Wufei.
Holding him tightly for a few moments, Quatre then met Wufei's eyes. "You're a stupid idiot and a creep, Wufei Chang," he scolded. "But I still love you." Quatre met Wufei's lips deeply, to the surprise of Meiran, and then snuggled into his once lost boyfriend. "I know why you did what you did. It wasn't the best thing to do, but I know why you did it."
Wufei, having been very stiff from fear of how Quatre would greet him, relaxed a bit and returned Quatre's deep embrace. An overwhelming joy flowed into his soul as he breathed in Quatre's scent. Overwhelming joy and a deep urge to find a cup of tea.
"Welcome back, Wufei," Trowa approached them, setting a hand on each of their shoulders. He stared at Wufei for a moment, his face an unreadable mask, then he smiled and joined the embrace. Wufei held onto both of them with a death grip, wishing that he would never have to let go, but Duo tapped Trowa and Quatre on the shoulders and interrupted them.
"I hate to be a kill joy and all, guys," he said to them, turning a sharp eye on Wufei. "But it's my turn." With an uncertain glance to each other, Quatre and Trowa stepped back, and Duo squared off against a very worried and wisely scared Wufei. Duo inhaled deeply and began. "You, Wufei Chang, are a major jackass! A jackass and stupid! You could've waited until we got home, you know! We would've helped you kick Tao Shen's ass but, no, you had to go solo and condemn yourself to a pathetic life! You're an idiot, Wufei! An idiot!" Wufei winced, every sentence anotyher barb in his large collection of inner thorns. "However," Duo paused. "By circumstances unchangable, I still love you. But consider yourself lucky! By rights, I should…mmff!" Duo was effectively cut off as Wufei grinned widely and kissed him, ecstatic inside.
"You still love me?" he asked after the kiss.
"Well, if I didn't then, I do now!" Duo huffed happily, his anger gone and repaced by his usual giddy smile. "What've you been doing, practicing? 'Cause that was one good kiss! Did Meiran teach you that?"
Wufei frowned and shook his head. "No."
"Hey, lighten up, Dragon," Duo chuckled. "I'm joking. Well, I hope I'm joking. I didn't really think you were that kind of guy so…"
"I'm not," Wufei insisted adamantly.
"Wufei," Heero was the one interrupting now. He looked to the person beside him and Wufei looked as well. "I told you she was safe."
Wufei's entire mindset stopped abruptly as he saw his aunt. She looked just as she had the last time he had seen her, as though nothing had happened, but Wufei could tell her life hadn't been easy as of late. It had never been easy in the first place, but the signs of confinement and abuse were evident on her face. Her eyes were duller, and she leaned on Heero for support. She had shadows under her eyes and bruises on her arms, but she was lit from the inside out with a deep smile.
"Hello, my little Dragon," she said softly, and Wufei grabbed her up in an embrace, reuniting himself with the woman who had cared for him all his life.
It suddenly felt as though a curtain had been drawn on his life. Inside himself, Wufei had a feeling of joy, of pure elation. Now, he was truly home. It didn't matter where he was living, home was with Taia, and with his loves. And now he was home! His old life, the life where he was dominated by Tao Shen, was over, and a new one was beginning. He was still loved, he was forgiven, and he was cared about. Taia was safe, and he was free! This elation of happiness, this pure love, this feeling of completeness felt like it would never leave. Wufei felt as though he could never be sad again. The thoughts and doubts and pains that had tortured him the last weeks were forgotten. Everything was perfect!
"If I'm entitled to ask," a voice, well known to him, spoke from behind the group. "What the hell is going on?" Wufei let go of Taia to turn and regard Meiran. Okay, so maybe it wasn't entirely perfect yet.
"Who's she?" Duo asked curiously.
"That," Wufei sighed, remembering that none of them, except Heero now, had ever met Meiran and known who she was. "Is Meiran Chang, my wife."
Duo blinked. "Oh, right…the wife," he muttered, huffing under his breath. "I almost forgot about her."
"Well, you better not forget, because I still need an explanation," Meiran declared herself. "Now, I don't care that Wufei is gay, and apparently with more than one person, or the fact that I'll most likely be a divorced woman soon, but…what is all this other stuff? What did Tao Shen do, and why was Taia not safe? I feel like I'm missing something here."
"You're missing a lot of stuff, Meiran," Wufei stated, then began to explain. Trying to keep it as short as possible, he summarized his life with Tao Shen, meeting his four loves, moving out, the arranged marriage and trying to emancipate himself, and Tao Shen's latest and most dirty threat. It wasn't easy, especially with people adding things he forgot. But eventually Meiran knew, and was left with the most shocked and horrified expression he had ever seen on her.
"Are you serious about all that?" she gaped.
"Deadly serious," Wufei nodded.
"But that…that's awful! How could he get away with all that? And Taia…poor Taia! No wonder you were depressed," Meiran set her hands over her face and inhaled deeply, trying to keep calm after that flood of cruel information. Taia smiled wearily and walked over to Meiran, setting her arms around Meiran's shoulders and holding her close as Meiran tried her hardest not to cry. It was a challenge, and a few of the tears and hiccoughs did manage to escape.
When the onslaught of shock from the knowledge of Wufei's life stopped, Meiran's eyes were shadowed with pain, and a low anger behind it. Yet the knowledge that Taia was safe here, holding her like a mother, and Tao Shen was apparently gone-though she didn't know exactly how he was 'gone, and didn't exactly think she wanted to know-relieved her, and the peace and serenity she saw in Wufei's eyes soothed her worry and she felt relaxed for the first time in weeks.
Wufei turned to Heero as Meiran calmed under Taia's soothing hand, the memory of her past comfort in his mind. "There's one thing I don't understand. How did you find me?"
"Hah!" Duo burst out. "That's a tale! You're damn well lucky you're our baby. Do you know what we did to find you?"
"No," Wufei replied bluntly and calmly to Duo's anger. He could see what Heero had meant when he had said Duo was angrier. Hopefully he could calm that down after a night or two of cuddling and making out. Yet he had the nagging sense it would be harder that that to completely soothe Duo's wounded heart, even though he had forgiven him. "That's why I'm asking you to tell me. And since when was I the baby? I thought Quatre was the baby..."
"Quatre's the mother hen," Duo explained simply. "And since you're our latest lover, you're the baby."
"I refuse to be a baby!" Wufei growled.
"Tell me why I find this so amusing?" Trowa interrupted them, and they both stared at him, then Duo began snickering as Wufei tried to frown and failed, smiling.
"As for the story of how we found you, well," Quatre got them back on track. "Heero gets most of the credit for that."
"I helped!" Duo declared. "Anyways. This is how we found your sorry butt..."
I know it's short, but it's all I have. After this is nothing...I have a plan and idea, but I have to write it, and I work the next three days in a row, so don't expect a miraculous super quick update. But it will come. I promise you, it. will. come!!!
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