Ah I hurt poor little Wuffers in the last chapter. Will this chapter make up for that? Well you'll just have to read and find out. Hope ya enjoy.

Tons of thanks goes out to my reviewers snowdragonct, Amber Dreams, Pomona, Mama, Ichia, Slate Gray, Vitanie Tora, ChilledFlame, and Arayelle Lynn.

An extra special thank you goes to ChilledFlame for helping me decide how I wanted to set up this chapter. You're a big help. Thank you again. I know it must have been a hassle considering you don't like PM's.


Quatre leaned closer. The lips on his were needy….forceful….and…..not Wufei's. Quatre's eyes snapped open and he quickly pushed away from Trowa, who tried to bring him closer again, but Quatre remained out of reach.

"No, Trowa we shouldn't be doing this."

"Come on Quatre we could-"

"No, Trowa we can't…I can't. I'm sorry I have to go." Quatre turned around and took off down the street.

"Quatre, no wait!" He extended his hand, but Quatre was already gone. He swore loudly causing two ladies coming out of the airport to look at him strangely. He ran a hand over his face. He thought he was on the right track on winning Quatre back, but apparently he had fucked things up again.


Wufei stood in the middle of his living room trying to figure out what to do to keep his mind off of the fact that Quatre kissed Trowa. He had already tried meditating, but that proved futile as he couldn't clear his mind enough to really focus. He thought of cooking, but he really wasn't hungry, but at this point he didn't care and went into the kitchen to keep himself occupied.


Quatre ran down the street and didn't stop until he was out of breath. He quickly slipped into a foyer of a restaurant and dialed up his driver to tell him the location of the pickup had changed. He went home, changed, and snacked on an apple before finally decided he had should go see Wufei.

He didn't know if he wanted to tell him of the events that happened that day. If he didn't tell Wufei he could keep it a secret and discuss it with Trowa later to settle everything. Yet if he didn't tell Wufei, he would feel guilty and even worst blurt out his mistake at the worst possible time…but still he wasn't quite sure how to break it Wufei, maybe he would be better off waiting.


Quatre knocked on the door and promptly waited for Wufei to open the door. When it didn't seem like he was coming, he knocked again. He knew Wufei was there, due to the lights on inside.

Wufei looked out the peephole. Damn it was Quatre. Maybe if he didn't answer the door then Quatre would leave….Another knock sounded on the door….guess not.

Quatre was about to knock again when the door was suddenly yanked open. Wufei gave a gruff "come in" and stepped aside to let his guest come in.

Once the door was closed and locked Quatre went to give Wufei a long awaited hug and kiss. Wufei returned the gesture silently and headed towards the kitchen.

Quatre frowned as he followed Wufei. "Are you okay Wufei, you seem a little….haggard." Quatre was referred to the bits of hair sticking out from his usual ponytail and his rumbled attire.

"I'm fine!" He snapped, then realized his outburst and sighed. "Look I'm sorry Quatre it's just been a tough day." He pulled his hair band out and raked his hand through it to try to tame it.

"I thought that you didn't work today?" Questioned Quatre as he walked up to hug Wufei from behind.

Wufei stiffened in the embrace. "Yeah well I still had some things to do outside of the office."

Quatre released his grip on Wufei and stepped back. "Oh well, are you okay? Maybe you should sit down and rest."

Wufei turned around. "No I'm fine lets just eat and talk some more."

"If that's what you want Wufei." Quatre went to the table as Wufei brought out two plates.

They ate the meal in silence until Wufei finally found his voice and spoke up. "So you said you went to L3 this weekend right? How did it go? What did you talk about?"

Quatre took a sip of water before replying. "Well mostly about many of the older colonies in space and whether to demolish them or take the time and money to refurnish them. Since my company owns some of those colonies it was important that I attended the meeting."

Wufei nodded. "So….nothing else happened?"

"No, the meeting went fairly well. No yelling or arguing."

"You're sure nothing else happened?"

Quatre frowned. Was Wufei trying to imply something else HAD happened will he was in L3. Nothing had happened there but the meeting and Trowa….Trowa. Wufei couldn't possibly be referring to Trowa could he? Could he know? No, of course not. Quatre shook his head. "No….Why did you want something to happen?"

Wufei shook his head and looked away. "No….no just wondering." He suddenly looked back at Quatre. "Look I'm tired and had a long day. I just want to lie down and try to catch some rest."

Quatre opened his mouth, then closed it and nodded. "Alright if that's what you want Wufei." He stood up and started clearing away the dishes. Wufei stood up and helped wordlessly, then escorted Quatre to the door.

Quatre looked up with a hopeful smile. "So I'll see you tomorrow?" Wufei gave a shrug in return, which caused Quatre to frown again, but he nodded and left anyway.


Quatre stared at the ceiling as he lied on his bed. He had been trying to go to sleep for the past hour, but he kept tossing and turning. Two people kept running through his mind. First it was Trowa and all the wonderful times they spent together, then the events that lead to their eventual breakup, and then right up to the point of their kiss earlier that day. It was nice yes, but it just wasn't the same as it had been. Why did Trowa do it in the first place? Did he just want to deter him away from Wufei or did he want another chance?

Then his thoughts turned towards Wufei and how at first he was a cherished friend and how that friendship grew into something more….So much more. Then he thought of how Wufei acted that night and felt a shiver run up his spine. Cold, detached, maybe a hint of sadness. Wufei couldn't have known what happened and if he did know what he would have said something right? What if Wufei was waiting for him to confess instead?

It was all just too confusing and Quatre curled up on his side and clutched the blankets closer to his form and fell into a restless sleep.


Wufei sighed as he repositioned his body on the bed to reach a more comfortable spot. He wanted to go to sleep. Hell, he knew he needed to go to sleep with the early day he had ahead of him, but he kept seeing images of Quatre and Trowa kissing. Then he thought back to the times when he saw how happy Quatre was with Trowa during the early time of their relationship. What if that's what Quatre wanted back? What if Quatre planned to dump him and go back with Trowa?

Wufei's heart clenched at the thought. He was strong in all aspects and he knew that, but he never felt this way before. Could he pull through if Quatre decided to leave him? He didn't know and he didn't want to find out.


Even though Wufei wanted to put the past behind him and forget what he saw, every time he heard Quatre's voice on the phone or Quatre came to see him at work, the event would come rushing back to him full force and he would fornicate some excuse as to why he couldn't spend time with Quatre.

"Wufei can we talk?"

"Not now Quatre, Sally and I have a lot of work to do."

"But it won't take that long and I-"

"No Quatre. I'm working. Leave."

Quatre frowned and Wufei watched him slowly turn and leave the room

Wufei ran a hand over his face and mumbled to himself. "I really don't want to hurt you Quatre, but I can't deal with this at the moment."

Sally looked up from her report. "So what's up with you? You could have taken some time to go talk to him, you did the other day. "A thoughtful expression crossed her face. "You know what you've been actually pretty grumpy this week, more than usual. What's going on?"

"Its nothing that concerns you Sally, lets just get back to work."

Sally shrugged and turned back to her reading, but commented lightly. "Well you two seem like good friends, it would be such a waste if your friendship ended sourly."

"Yeah…friendship." Was that all he was going to be to Quatre, a friend? He shook his head and went back to work.


"Mr. Winner there is a call for you on line 3."

-Click-

"Quatre Winner here."

"Quatre, thank god I finally got through."

"Look Trowa I'm really busy now and-"

"Quatre please I just want to talk about the other day I-"

"I know Trowa, but now is not a good time. We'll have to discuss this later. Goodbye."

Trowa held his phone tightly in his hand. "Dammit, he keeps on avoiding me. What the hell do I have to do to get him to talk to me?"

"Who were you talking on the phone with Trowa? And why are you up so early you don't have to get ready for work for two more hours. Come back to bed will you?"

"Yeah I'm coming Sherry."


It had been a week of Quatre avoiding Trowa and Wufei avoiding Quatre. Though it seemed to work out for the most part, a confrontation was inevitable.

Quatre knocked on the door again, tapping his foot on the cement sidewalk. He was there to talk to Wufei and one way or another it was going to happen.

Wufei grumbled as he headed to the door. He looked out the peephole and immediately stepped back. It was Quatre and he didn't really feel like having a conversation with him at the moment. Maybe if he didn't answer he would go away.

More pounding on the door. "Wufei I know you're in there. Open up. Please, I just want to talk to you."

Wufei sighted as he opened the door, so much for wishful thinking. "What do you need Quatre?"

"Can I come in?"

"I'm busy Quatre."

"You've been busy this whole week. I've seen you maybe 5 minutes tops. Please Wufei."

Wufei made the mistake of looking at Quatre's face and he grudgingly gave in. "Fine." He stepped aside and allowed Quatre to enter. He closed the door and brushed past Quatre heading to the kitchen, but Quatre grabbed his arm.

"Don't walk away from me Wufei, we need to talk."

Wufei turned around a blank expression on his face. "And what exactly did you want to talk about? "

"You…Me…Us. You're mad and I know it. The thing is I don't know why."

Wufei snatched his arm out of Quatre's grasp and the blank expression on his face quickly changed to one of anger. "Why do you care?"

Quatre was shocked at Wufei's words. "What do you mean why do I care? You're my boyfriend of course I care what's bothering you. You've been like this ever since I got back from L3."

Wufei had repressed it for too long and now there was just a floodgate of anger directed at the blonde. "You know what my problem is? My problem isy ou're a little, manipulative, blonde, rich, brat, Quatre."

Quatre stepped back, shock evident on his face. "Why would you say something like that Wufei I-"

Wufei held up his hand. "Because that's what you are Quatre. Did you think I wouldn't find out about you and Trowa? Did you think you could hide it forever and keep me under your thumb?"

"Me and Trowa?" Realization suddenly dawned on him. "Oh no, you saw us on Monday."

Wufei crossed his arms, glaring. "Yes, I saw you two on Monday. How long have you been getting with Trowa behind my back Quatre? Have you been with him the whole time you've been with me?"

Quatre took a step forward. "Of course not Wufei. Let me explain. What you saw was an accident."

Wufei snorted. "It was an accident that I saw you wrapped in his arms kissing him? I don't believe that Quatre." He turned his heard away not wanting to look at the blond in front of him anymore.

"Listen Wufei I know it looked bad, but it wasn't. It was an accident and it will never EVER happen again. I promise."

"And I'm supposed to trust you now?"

"You haven't trusted me since the very beginning of this relationship Wufei." Quatre retorted all the anger and stress of the situation finally catching up with him.

"Yeah and now you see why. Apparently you can't be trusted with Trowa."

Quatre countered. "Oh and you can with Sally?"

Wufei's eyes widened. "Excuse me? Are you trying to insinuate something is happening between me and Sally?"

"Why not? Every time I've tried to speak with you this past week, you've always busy with work and Sally didn't seem too far behind."

"So you're saying I'm shacking up with Sally just to get you back? That's preposterous and you know it Quatre. You know me, I wouldn't do that."

"And you know me Wufei. I wouldn't hurt you by sleeping with Trowa behind your back. You were there when he did that to me. You know how much that hurt me. And I would never want to cause you the same kind of pain.

Wufei shook his head, finding it hard to believe the words spoken from Quatre. "Yeah? So tell me why didn't you tell me before this huh?"

"Because I knew how you would react. You've always disapproved of me having any contact with Trowa since we've been together. I was going to tell you Wufei, really. Please believe me when I say the kiss didn't mean anything to me."

"Yeah you just looked like you were enjoying yourself." Wufei paused and then spoke softly. "So was it all a lie Quatre? Were you lying to me when you said you loved me? Was it all just a ploy to keep me here with you so you could have both myself and Trowa?"

Quatre froze. Did Wufei really think of him like that? He didn't think Wufei would be this upset over something as trivial as this, but then again it wasn't something trivial. It was serious. He slipped up and was caught with Trowa, even though it was just a kiss, it was a betrayal to Wufei.

"Oh Wufei that's not it at all." He steeped closer to Wufei and lightly touched his arm, but Wufei jerked it away, putting more distance between himself and Quatre.

Quatre's heart tightened as he realized that is was all his fault that Wufei didn't want to be near him, let alone touched by him. "Please Wufei, believe me. Every time I told you 'I loved you' I meant it. I STILL mean it. I'm…I'm sorry that I let something like that happen. I didn't mean to hurt you Wufei never. I guess I just…." He stepped back away from Wufei. "I guess I just didn't realized I still harbored some feelings for Trowa." He looked up into Wufei's eyes and saw anger, sadness, despair, and hardness, but he continued.

"But I know that chapter in my life is closed. I want you Wufei, only you." Wufei remained silent and Quatre grew scared. "Please Wufei say something. Say anything."

Wufei turned his head away, arms crossed. "I'm sorry Quatre, but I don't know what to think of you anymore."

"If I could turn back time I would Wufei."

"But you can't, can you Quatre? " He took a deep breath and words spilled out of his mouth before he knew what he was going to say. "I think its time for you to leave Quatre." His voice was soft yet commanding.

Quatre bit his lip to keep the tears from spilling from his eyes. He took a breath before replying. "Look I'm sorry Wufei and I would get on my knees and beg if I thought it would make any difference to you. I do love you Wufei. What happened with Trowa and I the other day was a mistake, a stupid mistake, but I see the damage is already done."

Quatre turned around and started heading towards the door. He knew there was nothing else he could say. Yeah he fucked up and he couldn't turn back time, no matter how much he wanted to. He had to just suck it up and live with his mistake. He had hurt Wufei which was something he never wanted to do. He didn't deserve to be in his presence anymore.

Quatre reached the door and pulled it open.


Oops did I really stop this chapter with Quatre leaving? Damn I'm evil.