Authors notes: Hey everyone! Sorry for the long update but thanks for sticking with me so far. The conversation in this chapter is based on a real experience O.o .

Enjoy!

~In Presenting Yourself Nicely~

Wufei stood there, by himself, with a glass of Moet in his hand, and sighed.

This was not good.

He managed to lose Zechs within the span of three minuets of them entering the crowded condo. The condo was exactly what you see in the movies, most of the walls were either windows or glass, couches were white leather that were accompanied by white fur rugs, and the room was connected to the roof by winding stairs that he stood by. Wufei found it odd that only a few people were out there, it was a nice night tonight.

Wufei looked at the crowd and couldn't help but feel that he stood out like a sore thumb. Everyone in the room was dressed in elaborate dresses and tailored suits. He inwardly groaned.

He should have just bought Armani.

"Oh, I haven't seen you before."

Wufei jumped a little when he heard the high pitch voice address him. He turned to see a young lady, no older then twenty five considering the amount of make-up that caked her face; in a royal blue overly designed dress with a large flower pined to it, holding a martini.

Wufei just looked at her and blinked, what kind of greeting was that?

The lady dramatically sighed and held her hand out "My name is Veronica Vanderbilt, daughter of Mister and Miss Vanderbilt-"

No shit.

"-owner of like five hospitals including Saint Grace clinic" She moved her perfectly plastic hair out of her face dramatically and continued "but everyone calls me V-V"

Wufei took her hand and shook it, and received and odd look from "V-V", like she was expecting him to do something else.

"I'm Chang Wufei."

"Change Woofer?…I never heard of a… Change Woofer."

"Chang Wufei" Wufei corrected snappily.

"What company do your parents own?" She continued completely ignoring Wufei's earlier reply.

"What company?" Wufei asked.

"Yeah, like, do your parents make anything or own anything or whatever?"

"They're dead." Wufei said dryly. The girl V-V was already getting on his nerves.

"Oh you poor thing." She said with fake sympathy pouting her candy red lips. "Did you take after your father's busi-"

"I don't run a company" Wufei finalized. He couldn't understand her obsession, why was it so important to her that he owned something?

"Oh…" V-V said as she gave Wufei the once over and then slowly turned away.

Wufei just rolled his eyes, thank heavens she stopped talking.

"Oh V-V baby, who were you talking to hun?" A young man called out, he was wearing a royal blue leather jacket with fur around the collar. It looked like he stole his clothes from a fashion catalogue…and got away with it.

"Just some Change Woofer."

Chang Wufei.

"You mean Chang Wufei? Zechs new boy toy? Ooh he's soo cute" Someone on the other side of the room squealed.

Zechs new what?

Before Wufei could blink he had the girl named V-V, the boy who looked like he stole from fashion catalogues, and a new young man, most likely the one who squealed; rushing towards him. The boy who squealed had on a long strappy trench coat with a popped collar that made it look like he walked off the runway…straight to this dinner party.

Now, they were all standing before him, all holding martini's, all in royal blue, and all looking generically the same.

These were the sharks Zechs had warned him about.

"My name is Bancroft Babcock if you didn't already know" The catalogue said with his nose in the air. "Oooh. I like your um…." He paused as he took his finger and levelled Wufei, twirling it around in thought. "That color on you, the navy blue."

"Than-"

"Me too!" V-V said as she took a small sip from her Martini glass. "Although that color was so last season or whatever."

"No you're wrong V-V" Catalogue said as he replaced his finished Martini glass with another one off a serving tray that passed by. "Dark blue was last season, navy was two seasons ago."

"Oh my god you're so right" She agreed.

You got to be kidding me. Wufei thought rolling his eyes, how could he have not seen the difference in hues.

"My name is Lafayette de la Fayette" Runway jumped in, Wufei didn't even bother remember his name; he too looked like he used all the make-up he owned… on one eye alone. "Who are you again?"

"Chan-"

"Chang Wufei," Catalogue cut in overly annoyed, taking a long sip of his drink.

"Oh Change Wufei… that sounds…um kinda like foreign," Runway said as he sucked on his olive stick. "What actually is it?"

"It's Chinese" Wufei responded dryly, "and it's not that foreign."

"Oh my god Chinese" Catalogue gasped unnecessarily "I get my food from those people sometimes, it's really good."

"Me too," V-V agreed as she took another what appeared to be sip from her glass.

Does this girl just agree to everything? Wufei thought as he started to realize that from the time they had been standing there, the amount in her cup didn't move an inch. Did she even drink?

"Isn't Chinese like Asian or whatever?" She asked turning to Runway.

"Yes I'm from China" Wufei answered, were they even talking to him anymore?

"China? Where's that?" V-V asked.

Wait, what? Is that a serious question?

"It's-"

"It's in Asia you idiot" Runway answered cutting Wufei off, still sucking on his olive stick.

Heavens at least one of them was smart.

"No wait a minute" Runway said as he stole an olive stick from another drink that passed by and began sucking on it "It's in Russia… wait no, India, god, I don't know, they all sound so much the same too me."

Never mind.

"You guys are all stupid," Catalogue said finishing yet another Martini glass. "Everyone knows that China, Russia and India are all countries and that China is in Asia."

Catalogue then scanned over his glass and frown at it emptiness tipping the glass above his mouth. "That's where we get all the cheap toys from, remember?"

"Oh yeah you're so right." V-V nodded taking another false sip.

You've got to be kidding me, Wufei thought as he tried to think of a polite escape route.

"Oh my God I never got my toys from there" Runway said haughtily. "That's gross."

"Oh my God you're so right me neither" V-V nodded with agreement.

"Wufei?"

Wufei turned around to be greeted by Relena with a welcoming smile.

Oh Thank god, Wufei thought gratefully.

"I finally found you" Relena said reaching the group. She was dressed in a modest pink Xscape cocktail dress.

"Oh my God Relena Peacecraft!" Runway all but squealed. "I don't believe we've met my name is Lafayette de la Fayette"

"Oh my God Relena? As in Relena Peacecraft?" V-V gasped.

"Yeah I just like said that-" Runway tried to say.

"My name is Veronica Vanderbilt daughter of Mister and Miss Vanderbilt-" V-V said as she rudely pushed herself in front of Runway and Catalogue "-owner of like five hospitals" She pushed her perfectly plastic hair behind her ear before extending her hand "But everyone calls me V-V"

Dear God, it was like she rehearsed that line in the mirror every night.

"She already knows who I am" Catalogue said haughtily tossing his hair to the side with a short but dramatic shake of the head.

Relena put on a smile and shook V-V's hand. "You three wouldn't mind if I just borrowed Wufei for a moment would you?" She asked politely already linking arms with Wufei and tugging him away.

"Oh my God not at all" Runway said eagerly, acting like talking to Relena Peacecraft was the coolest thing he did all year.

"Yeah we don't mind at all" V-V agreed.

"Drinks later just you and me girl" Catalogue sang arrogantly as he grabbed another drink of a serving tray. Wufei was starting to consider telling the guy that he was not only an alcoholic but a tool.

Once safely pulled away to the other side of the room next to a white marble fire place, Wufei let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

He escaped the sharks.

"You looked like you needed saving" Relena giggled sweetly. Wufei always did admire how Relena managed not to get swept away by what was considered the wealthy youth mentality.

"Oh heavens yes" Wufei sighed thankfully, "I thought they were going to kill me with stupidity."

Relena laughed lightly putting a hand over her mouth "Yes, those three did look troublesome, even from across the room."

Wufei loudly sighed scanning the room. "I've seem to have lost your brother."

"I could see that" Relena said with a grin "He left you to be eaten by the social elite sharks."

"More like the social elite idiots" Wufei growled. "I don't see why rich people have to be so stupid, it like something you would see on T.V."

Relena suddenly became rigged beside him folding her arms "I beg your pardon?"

"Layfe…whatever thinks China's in Russia, and Veronica just agrees with everything, it's hard to believe otherwise."

"Well Wufei, I am a wealthy woman and I find myself to be quite intelligent, and my brother is also wealthy and I am sure you would say the same" Relena scorned, and she was right, she was a very intelligent woman. "You shouldn't judge the many based of the few, those three do not represent the rest of the wealthy community you know."

Wufei looked down in slight embarrassment, everything Relena said was true, there were a lot of intelligent, polite, and pleasant wealthy people that were not mindless, stuck-up, generic clones of the media, and Quatre, Relena, and Zechs were the proof of that. They were kind, respectable people who never judged him based off appearance or Sur name status, and who was he to go and judge the rest of them all because of a little bad fruit.

"I do apologize Relena," Wufei said humbly "what I said was ignorant of me."

"It's alright Wufei," Relena said placing a smile on her face, "It's a common miss conception that people have of the 'upper class'" Relena ended the last part by gesturing her fingers in quotations. "It's just unfortunate that everyone judges us by what the media portrays."

"And those three aren't making the portrayal any better" Wufei commented.

"Those three are just posers really" Relena stated, irritation in her voice, "I know for a fact that the Miss V-V over there is just trying to fit in, I heard from her classmates that she graduated at the top of her class," Relena glanced at her nails curling them in, "She may be fooling everyone else but she isn't fooling me."

She defiantly fooled me.

"And Bancroft Babcock" Relena pointed with a nod "has already started his own chain of fast foods restaurants all over the city."

Well that made sense; he was the smarter of the two.

"And Lafayette de la Fayette…" Relena then paused inclining her head to the side in thought. "No, he's actually that stupid."

Wufei chuckled a little and glanced over at the group, it's good to know that he was wrong, or the world would be in serious trouble.

"But why bother with it then?" Wufei asked.

"Why bother acting like a stereo type?" Relena let out a long sigh. "Because wealth has become more of a cliché statement than a life style, and everyone wants to belong."

Just then they both heard loud laugher from a across the room were the three 'social elites' were standing.

"Oh, my God. I can't believe you never been to Club Social E" Catalogue announced arrogantly "it's only the hottest club in the city, and if you've never been, you're such an social outcast"

"Oh my God I know right, I always go there" V-V responded.

"What? Really?" Runway questioned. "How comes I never see-"

"Shut up, I said I always go there okay"

Wufei and Relena both turned away and burst into laughter.

"I guess that makes me a social outcast then" Wufei joked with a smile.

"You and I both" Relena smiled back.

"Oh Relena there you are" A tall elegant blond called out as she came over to where they were standing.

"Oh Dorothy" Relena smiled as she turned to address her. "Thank goodness you found me, it's crowded in here."

"You can't get away from me that easily Relena" Dorothy said smoothly brushing her hand against Relena's, she then glanced as Wufei and smiled politely pulling away.

Relena followed her gaze and blushed lightly. "Oh this is my friend Chang Wufei" Relena guestered with one hand, "Wufei this is my girlfriend Dorothy."

"Good evening" Wufei greeted with a bow.

"Hello" Dorothy responded smoothly, "You're Zechs boyfriend right?"

"Ah yes" Wufei replied.

"Well it's great to finally put a face to the name, Zechs talks a lot about you."

Wufei became slightly ridged as a red stain began coloring his face. "All good things I hope."

"Only good things" Dorothy smirked, eyeing Wufei.

Wufei just became even more ridged with the gesture in response, just how much did Zechs tell her?

"Well" Dorothy said as she turned back to Relena, taking her hands again. "I think it's time we finish our…conversation" She finished the last part with mischief glistening in her eyes, Wufei didn't even want to think about what they were referring to.

"Oh yes…our conversation" Relena sultry said lowering her voice. "I'm sorry Wufei but there's something I ah… a matter I have to attend to" She said turning to Wufei.

"Oh of course"

"You don't mind do you?"

"No I'm fine" Wufei said convincingly, truthful he was terrified to be left alone again to the sharks. "If you see Zechs tell him I'm looking for him."

"Yes I will" Relena nodded. "See you later then."

Wufei nodded back with a smile.

"Oh and Wufei" Dorothy said levelling Wufei up slowly, "Nice suit" and with a wink she pulled Relena away who just grinned back with a shrug.

Wufei just stood there slightly gapping; Dorothy was truly an odd character.

Once alone again, Wufei did a scan of the room in hopes to find his boyfriend.

No luck.

Where in heavens could he be?

Sighing, he then spotted his old stop now isolated by the winding stair case and inwardly cheered, that was the only spot in the condo that one could stand and hardly be bothered, with the exception of V-V and her elite 'posse'."

Wufei speedily made his way back to the other side of the room, politely excusing himself to all that gave him a cold look when he accidently bumped by, and mentally scolding at all those who did not say it back.

Once there, Wufei sighed in relief and leaned against the banister, glad to be alone again.

"Wufei?"

He spoke to soon.

"Trieze?" Wufei said a little surprised turning to greet the man, "I didn't know you'd be here." But it made sense, Wufei thought, he was one of the wealthiest men in the city.

"Why I do doubt that" Trieze said with an upward turn of his lips.

How very like his ex-lover.

"How are you?" Wufei asked simply.

"I am well" Trieze answered as he smiled dismissively to a woman eyeing him as she passed by. "And how have you been? It seems we haven't talked in what seemed to be ages."

"It's hasn't been that long" Wufei answered, as he watched another woman eye Trieze again. "If you consider a month ages."

"Well when it comes to a friend I do" Trieze smiled.

"Then maybe you should make more time for your friends" Wufei shot back with a laugh.

"Well a matter a fact, I save all my precious time just for my friends, for what is living without friends to share it with" Treize cajoled, a wide smirk on his face.

Wufei suppressed a laughed and settled on a smile, if there was one thing he missed about Trieze was his inexplicable need to make any form of intimate moment cheesy.

"Well Trieze, you seemed not to have changed much" Wufei said then, "I see you are the same passionate man you once were."

"I wish I could say the same for you" Treize said as he lightly flipped Wufei's collar and smirked when the other man flinched. "I see you went on quite a shopping trip for this occasion haven't you? The Wufei I knew wouldn't go to such lengths to impress" Trieze let the end of the last word drag on effectively. "This is quite unusual behaviour for you."

Wufei ducked his head in embarrassment,

Was it that obvious?

"And what about you?" Wufei asked as he levelled the man in front of him who was wearing a Baroni charcoal pindot stripe suit with a royal blue striped tie. "You seemed to have out done yourself… as always."

"Ah well, these things do come naturally when you don't have to try" Trieze voice inked haughtily as he glanced down at Wufei lightly smoothing down his reddish brown hair.

And if there was a thing Wufei didn't miss about Trieze, was his relentless need to be smug.

"Where is Zechs?" Trieze asked suddenly, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"You tell me?" Wufei said glancing around again, "It seems you have a hard time keeping track on your friends" Wufei joked. The idea of Trieze and Zechs being good friends still made him feel slightly jaded but he didn't let it get to him.

"Or more like Zechs has an easy time getting caught up in the crowd" Treize joked back with a grin.

Wufei was about to respond when he saw another woman in a very tight and very revealing dress walk over and very obviously eye Trieze, giving him a wink as she passed by him.

Trieze gave a thin smile and turned away from her gaze, rolling his eyes as he did so.

"Still can't keep the women away Trieze" Wufei joked raising his eyebrows questionably.

"No" Trieze stated. "I don't understand how Zechs likes these parties."

"Me neither."

"Or how you let him drag you along" Trieze teased.

"I usually don't" Wufei said "that's why you haven't seen me in what you call…ages."

"I can see why," Trieze leered eyeing Wufei. "He doesn't want you to get eaten by his social company."

To late.

"But as for myself," Treize continued "this tends to happen at every dinner party."

"And everywhere" Wufei teased, referring to when they were together. "Your reputation demands their attention."

"The whole wealth and fame and sha-bam of it all" Treize yawned putting his wine glass to his lips. "If only these decent young ladies knew the truth."

"If only anyone knew the truth" Wufei grumbled, Trieze closeted secret was one of the reasons they weren't together anymore after all.

Trieze looked down sheepishly removing the glass from his lips, and Wufei gave an apologetic smile. Even if Wufei was over there relationship the secret still bothered him, for more Treize's sake than anything else, but it was not his place in the matter anymore.

"Are you happy?" Trieze asked suddenly still looking down, "With him, are you happy with Zechs."

Wufei looked over at Trieze and felt himself sincerely smile, "Yes" Wufei replied, his eyes glittering, "I am."

Trieze finally looked up at him with smile that could be mistaken for happiness without a second glance.

"Good" He said then, looking dead in Wufei's ink black eyes, "You deserve at least that much."

Wufei looked away as he felt his face turn red, Zechs does make me happy, Wufei thought pleasingly, the only thing that surprised Wufei was at how much it was true.

"Ehm."

Wufei snapped out of his daydream and instantly cringed.

"It's nice to see a familiar…"

Dear heavens, Wufei thought, please don't let it be…

Wufei hesitantly turned around and let a bastard mix of disappointment and disgust hit his face.

"Ass".

Jackson.

Could his night get any worse?

"I remember it very well".

Yes.

TBC

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