-1Love of the Cursed

Chp 3

"Lets get to a town, it's going to snow soon." Heero said sniffing the air.

"You can smell that it's going to snow?" Duo asked, a little amazed at the fact.

"Moister in the air." Heero said. "Which way?" He asked looking around them.

"Um...east?" Duo said, a little unsure.

"Alright then." Heero said turning east.

"But, I'm not sure. I've never been this far away from Eltwo." Duo said, stopping him with a hand on his arm.

"I'll smell one when we get close" Heero answered.

Duo nodded and fallowed Heero for a while, then carefully slipped his hand into Heero's, smiled at him. He found someone who was strong, and smart, and who generally liked him. If the kisses meant anything. He wasn't about to let Heero go. That was for sure. 'but there has to be someway I can get to know him better.' Duo thought.

Heero squeezed Duo's hand lightly as they walked on. They walked eastward for hours, the sun getting closer to the horizon. Suddenly he grabbed Duo and jumped into a tree hugging them to the trunk, hidden in the tangled branches. "Someone's coming."

Duo lowed his breathing so that it was quiet and didn't move a muscle, he didn't want to slip or something and ruin their hiding place. He watched the forest floor below them.

"I know you are there! Show your self!" A boy about their age stopped below them on his horse, a hand on his sword. His hair was an ebony black and was pulled back into a pony tail, while his cloths were whiter then snow.

"I think it's a Fire Master." Duo whispered. Then froze when the man looked directly at them. Heero grabbed Duo and jumped higher into the tree. "Come down here and face me like a man rather then a coward." Wufei said, circling the tree.

"Stay here!" Heero said and jumped down. He took off his cloak, so that he would have better movement. throwing it to the side. "What do you want with us, Fire Master?" Heero stood ready to pounce.

Duo grabbed onto the branch with dear life and watched from above as Heero and the fire master spoke.

"A Changeling?!" The fire master said very surprised. "H-how is this possible? All the changelings around here died years ago!" He removed his had from his sword knowing that before he could draw it the changeling would already have him.

Duo leaned over so that he could listen better, and slipped right out of the tree. Heero held out his arms without moving a step and caught him without even blinking or moving his attention away from the man on the horse.

"My hero." Duo said with a smile and looked at Wufei from the sides of his eyes. Heero set him down on his feet.

"An Elf too huh?" Wufei was really curious about the two now. "Where are you two headed?"

"Ea-." Duo stopped and glared. "That's none of you're business." Duo said, grabbing Heero's hand and pulling him in another direction, grabbing his cloak on the way. Of course it couldn't be that easy as Wufei put his horse in their way.

"Winter is coming. Come and at least spend the night at my place." Wufei stated.

"No thanks, we will do fine on our own." Duo said, not trusting the man.

"With only that cloak I don't think your friend will last long." Wufei said "You don't want him to freeze, do you?"

Duo blushed and looked at Heero. "It's up to you." he said quietly.

Heero turned into a tiger again growling a warning at the Fire master, then waited for Duo to get on his back again. Duo smiled and did, wrapping his arms around Heero's neck as he did so and snuggling into his fur." Wufei huffed out a small laugh and lead them towards his home.

Wufei invited them in and made them some tea. "So what brings you two around these parts?" He asked as he sat down at the table with them.

"Nothing really." Duo said answering Wufei's question and sitting down by the fire place, making sure not to touch anything. He kept his eyes on Heero.

"Why are you so interested in us Fire Master?" Heero moved over by the fire as well.

"I just find it odd to see an elf and a changeling traveling together. Especially around here." Wufei answered.

"Well I find it odd to find a fire master this high up north." Duo said, sticking his noise in the air. He may not know a lot about Elemental Masters, but he did know that the fire ones stayed in warmer climates.

"Lets just say they were happy when I left." Wufei said sipping his tea.

"Well I guess I can say the same." Duo said with a smirk.

"Its late. We should get some rest." Wufie said as he stood and Heero curled by in front of the fire.

Duo laid his head on Heero's stomach and closed his eyes, but sleep didn't come easily. He didn't trust the man yet, they hadn't even given names yet, or anything like that. Maybe Duo was just feeling a little too nervous.

"Can't sleep?" Heero purred in his ear.

Duo shook his head, loving the chill that Heero sent down his spine with that purr.

"I think we can trust him." He purred again.

"But we don't know his name." Duo said, shivering again, and moving so that he was looking at Heero.

"It most likely slipped his mind." His tail rubbed along Duo's neck softly to comfort him. Duo sighed and found his eyes dropping tiredly in the feeling.

"Hmmm, get it in...morning." Duo said threw a yawn and feel asleep on Heero's stomach. Heero curled around the sleeping elf still purring, he soon fell a sleep as well. Wufei watched them with a lazy smile. He just hope he made the right choice by trusting the changeling. The forest elf would be no problem if anything happened, but the tiger...well, that could prove to be a problem.

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