#...# Thoughts/Thinking
INTERLUDE II
Treize looked up from his paperwork. It was the middle of the night and the only reason that he was still awake was on the hope that Duo actually would show up. He heard a sound from his bedroom and slowly went in, drawing his gun and checking to see what had made that sound.
He was pleasantly surprised to see Duo Maxwell, stretched out naked on his bed, hair loose and flowing. He had a flower stuck in his hair and all Treize could think of was that Duo had actually come back. The low light in the room cast odd shadows and Treize was struck again by the fact that Duo looked like a creature of Fey and he would be gone again in the morning. Even if he wasn't Fey, he would be gone in the morning Treize thought.
Duo smiled at Treize and moved to get off the bed.
"Don't move," Treize hoarsely commanded, starting to strip himself of his own clothes. He made his way over to his bed, leaving a trail of clothes behind him. He crawled onto the bed and bent down to gently kiss Duo on the lips.
"How long?" Treize asked, hating himself for that question. He was even wondering why he asked it. But he had enjoyed his time with Duo and wanted to spend more time with him, so he hoped that he would at least spend the night. Just so he could find why they ordered him into his bed.
Duo nuzzled his neck and gently sucked on it for a second before replying. "I am all yours until tomorrow night," he murmured back. "And you can do anything you want with me. I am yours to control."
Treize pulled back, disturbed by the phrasing of that statement. He searched Duo's eyes for a clue about what he meant. Duo's eyes stared back at him and he was threatening to drown Treize in their jeweled depths. They were both hopeful and cynical at the same time. Hopeful that Treize wouldn't take unfair advantage of the offer and cynical as if that he knew that he probably would.
"And if I told you to leave?" he questioned, stroking his hair gently, stalling for time, wanting to chase that look out of Duo's eyes. He was far too young to have it in his eyes. It was the look that he thought was in his eyes dealing with the Romafeller Foundation and the Federation. And he thought he was too young to look like that.
"Then I would. But I would come back if you wanted me to, if this isn't a good time." Duo stated. "It's free will thing. Enjoy me, T-kun. I felt bad about leaving. That was truly tacky. Like you were good enough to jump, but not to take to breakfast. I managed to arrange a little more free time so I' m yours for this night and the next day. We may be can get to the T-chan stage of this relationship."
Duo leaned over and traced Treize's jaw with his tongue, causing the older man to shiver. Treize forgot whatever misgivings he had as he leaned over and captured Duo's mouth with his own. He even forgot to wonder about his odd phrasing of time.
"Do you know Duo, I thought about all sorts of wonderful things that I want to do with you ...some even had to do with sex." Treize said as he laid down on the bed and took Duo in his arms, after kissing him for what seemed an endless moment.
"Duo?" Treize asked.
"Yes?" came the slightly breathless reply, Treize really was a good kisser.
"Did you send me flowers?" was the amused question.
"I told you I felt bad about leaving you. Flowers are sort of the nice thing to do I heard."
"Yes they are Duo, thank you. Why roses?"
"Well, this entire room smells like them. It's not bad or over powering, but I do feel like I'm in a rose garden. So I know you like roses, so I sent you some. And I didn't think that another flower would be able to compete. And I didn't ask if you liked chocolate or another type of candy. "
"What other flower were you thinking of?" Treize asked curiously. He knew that Duo had sent the flowers, he was just wondering if the boy would admit it. It was a thoughtful and romantic gesture, completely at odds with the fact that he was in bed with him on orders.
"Lilies, but most people don't like them. Lilacs too. All flowers really, flowers are a treat." Duo stopped his questions, by leaning over and continuing to kiss Treize. He really was a good kisser, should take advantage of the fact.
Treize chuckled after a while and broke off kissing him. Duo made a face at him and kissed him lightly on the nose." What's so funny?" he asked.
"You do have a nice way of stopping questions. I should thank you for those flowers, in the manner that most men want women to."
"Which is?" Duo asked innocently, already knowing the answer, but playing dumb. It was sex. That was what it came down to for most people. And Duo had earned his living long enough supplying that answer.
"Lie back and let me do some of those things that I was thinking of with you." Treize purred sensuously, causing Duo to shiver at the sound. Sober Treize sounded delightful and decadent. Their second encounter was shaping up to be better then the first. And Treize had been damn good then.
"Just don't leave any odd bruises that I might have to explain to my roomies. They do on occasion see me in my shorts, my privacy where we are is nonexistent." Duo joked, starting to get a little nervous.
He'd never had to deal with the S & M crowd on the street, but he'd seen some of the kids that did, which is why he stayed away from them. The customers usually didn't care about making sure that their victim wasn't too hurt afterwards. The ones that enjoyed it or didn't care about their own safety were dead sooner or later. And Duo didn't have the safety net of saying no anymore, because if it wasn't him it would be one of his friends and that was worse then getting hit yourself to him.
"So the main reason that you're here is to sleep in a bed?" Treize asked lightly, tracing Duo's ear with a finger.
"Mmm...a bed would be nice, usually get the sofa or worse lately. Outside school that is." Duo replied, squirming under the caress and then mentally kicked himself. He was not going to start talking about his sleeping or living arrangements with Treize.
Treize realized that Duo was angry with himself for letting that tidbit of information slide out.
"Lie back," he murmured to Duo. "Just let me do all the work tonight. You said I was in control. You can return the favor at a later date."
He slipped Duo onto the bed and leaned over to open the drawer on his nightstand. He grabbed a small jar from it and placed it in Duo's hand.
"Hold that." he ordered. "Get comfortable, because you're not going to be able to move after that."
Duo wiggled into a more comfortable position, gathering his hair up and spreading it out behind him. "How are going to make me not move?" he asked cautiously. #Please do not weird out on me...I was hoping so that you were actually nice and it wasn't an act#
"I'm relying on your self control. All I ask is that you don't touch me back." Treize stated, stroking Duo's face. "Nothing kinky or hurtful if that was what you're worried about."
"No, just wondering. And I've been told that I have no self control according to some people that know me." Duo joked back. #Thank you God. At least this didn't turn out to be bad too. Even if its one of those things you supposedly frown at.#
Treize was happy to see that he had relaxed and that wary look in his eyes was gone. They had lit up in relief and lustful anticipation when Treize mentioned self control.
"You touch me, unless I ask you to and I will stop whatever I am doing, not matter how good it feels to you."
"Control away then" Duo said in an amused tone. This would be fun. Okay, more then fun. Mindblowing and sensual were just two adjectives that came to mind before Treize started.
Treize leaned over and returned to the pleasure of kissing Duo. He spent endless moments nibbling on his lips before plunging his tongue into his mouth. Duo kissed back and spent time sucking gently on Treize's tongue. Treize's hands hadn't been idle. He was gently stoking Duo's chest and ribs, playing with his nipples and enjoying the low voiced "ahs" that he was getting from him Gradually his hands were replaced by his lips as he slowly worked his way down Duo's body. After a few minutes on Treize's attention, Duo was writhing mindlessly, clenching his hands in to fists so that he wouldn't touch Treize.
He started clawing at the bed, not caring about the damage he might be doing to the covers. He was nearly screaming with frustration when Treize ignored his erection and continued down his thighs. When he got to Duo's toes, he couldn't resist stopping and looking up at Duo. He looked so needy, so wanton writhing with desire, that Treize decided that he would stop torturing the boy and give him some relief.
"Spread your legs," he ordered harshly, surprised at the speed that Duo complied with his order. Treize slowly crawled up the bed and then started to lick Duo's balls. Duo choked out a scream, afraid to make too much noise and thrust blindly into the air. Treize grabbed at Duo to keep him still and then slowly licked the underside of his cock. Duo let out the oddest noise, which caused Treize to look up. He was disturbed to see that Duo was biting his lip so hard that it was bleeding.
Treize reached up to stroke, Duo's face, hoping that would relax him. "sh...no one's going to hear you. You can make noise."
"I'm okay..." Duo protested, anything else he was going to say cut off by the fingers that Treize placed in his mouth. Duo started sucking on them, not caring about anything else.
Treize returned his attention to Duo's erection, swirling the tip around in his mouth before taking it into mouth and swallowing it down to the root. Duo arched his back and tried to thrust deeper into Treize. Treize fumbled for the lubricant, surprised that Duo had enough awareness to let go of the jar when he wanted it. Treize dipped his finger in the jar and gently probed Duo's opening to stretch him. He slowly played with him until he thought he was ready. He felt bad about hurting him last time, even though Duo claimed it was all right. He did not enjoy hurting a lover for any reason. He lubricated his own shaft and lifted Duo off the bed, leaning back until was sitting on his heels. Treize turned Duo over and placed him on his hands and knees.
"This might be a little more comfortable then last time," he whispered. "I want you to enjoy yourself."
"Mnn...I did enjoy myself," Duo protested. "It's not like you can fake that..."
He stopped talking when Treize slowly slid into him by inches, stopping only when he was engulfed entirely by Duo's body. He fought the urge to move for a few moments, letting Duo become used to the feel him inside. Duo moaned and wiggled back, signaling that he was ready. Treize started to thrust slowly, gradually building up speed until he was thrusting into Duo relentlessly.
He used his hands to steady himself on Duo, wandering down to caress his cock only when he got his rhythm established. After all the time that he had spent playing with Duo, he came fast, screaming incoherently. Treize responded to the mindless pleasure that Duo was showing and gave one last hard thrust, filling Duo with his seed. He felt rather then saw, Duo collapse beneath him and curl up in a ball. Treize decided that was a good idea and fell beside Duo, grabbing him and curling up around him. Neither one said anything.
Treize reached down and pulled the covers around the two of them. Duo was already asleep and didn't make a sound when Treize tucked him in. He spent time just staring at Duo, wondering at how such a beautiful child had gotten involved in such an ugly war. And what had been done to him to make him as cynical as he was. But kind, he would have never thought that Duo had sent flowers to him as an apology for leaving him just afterwards, so he wouldn't feel bad. That showed him that Duo, for all his protests that the mysterious thing called loved sucked, did hope love wasn't the myth that he thought it was.
Not that he would ever find out who Duo was from his sources. Duo Maxwell seemed to only come into existence when he started piloting his Gundam. No information was available on the boy that Oz could find out. And yet he was trusting enough to fall asleep immediately in the bed of the enemy general. It was a miracle that he had stayed awake long enough last time to sneak off.
Treize debated about getting up and turning off the lights in the other room. He really didn't want to move and had the sneaking suspicion that if he left the room now that Duo would disappear into the night, no matter what the boy had promised earlier. His last encounter with him felt like it had been a dream. The only trace that Treize had that it had been real was a few strands of long chestnut hair in his bed.
Treize mentally shrugged. Leaving the lights on all night wasn't going to hurt anyone. He just wanted to sleep in bed with someone tonight, hold another person close and pretend that the world wasn't going to intrude. He hoped that he would be tired enough not to dream. He hated his dreams. He gathered the sleeping Duo in his arms, happy that the boy woke up enough to nuzzle him and give him a sleepy kiss and a murmured "thanks" before they both fell asleep.
Duo woke up with a start the next morning. #Okay,# he thought sleepily, #warm, soft bed and someone in it with me...shit I fell asleep! Wait, I could...# he stopped thinking when he felt Treize's lips on the back of his neck, lightly nibbling at his spine.
"Good morning," Treize purred at him. "I was wondering if you really didn't exist and were just a wet dream that I kept having. But here you are in the morning light and what would you like for breakfast?"
Duo turned over and wiggled until his lips were in range of Treize's. He started to kiss the other man slowly and leisurely, lazily probing his mouth with his tongue. They stayed that way for a while, until the need for air stopped Duo's explorations.
"Doesn't matter." He muttered and returned to what he was doing, reaching down to gently stoke Treize as he responded to Duo's attentions.
Treize grabbed his hand and stilled the gentle strokes that it was starting. "Stop distracting me" he gently ordered, breaking off the kiss.
"Why? May be I want you for breakfast, T-chan." Duo challenged, grinning at him.
"And may be I want to see you and not the sex kitten that they ordered into my bed?" Treize asked harshly.
"There is no me Treize, just a series of masks that the world wants to see..." Duo's words were bitter, but the tone was oddly wistful like a child describing Santa Claus.
"What happened to you?" Treize asked sadly.
"Treize, T-chan. I'm a pawn. I go where they move me and if I get across the board, it still don't mean that I get to be something else besides a pawn." Duo smiled crookedly at him, his eyes dark "I'm listed under expendable equipment."
"And after the war?" Treize gently stroked Duo's hair, as Duo laid his head on the other's chest. #God what had they done to this boy to make him feel that he was expendable?# Treize thought, #It was probably that attitude that allowed his superiors to order him into my bed.#
"Don't think that far ahead. Odds are I'm going to be dead, so who cares? I think it's some really sick and sadistic streak that makes me still try in school." Duo found it easier to talk in this position, he could hide his eyes and not have to fight to not give anything away that way.
"May be if I survive I can find out who I was supposed to be..." He whispered wistfully to himself.
"Well, since you're into not thinking, I'm going to call in well and spend the day with you. How does champagne and strawberries sound for breakfast?" Treize asked.
"Sounds decadent and hedonistic."
"And that is bad how? I do have a reputation to maintain." Treize purred. He got out of bed and padded into his office. Duo heard him talking on the phone for a second and then walking around for a few minutes.
"I didn't get around to shutting off the lights last night." He called from the other room, gathering up what he was looking for.
Treize smiled. Champagne would work well on Duo. Getting him a little tipsy might give him a few more clues about who he was sharing his bed with. And the all important question of why. Besides the obvious one of orders. Why him, not one of the others?
Wufei seemed like a better choice, he did have that odd habit of showing up and trying to kill him. It would be more believable that the passion for fighting would translate into passion for each other. Duo just showing up out of the blue didn't. None off them falling into his bed would make any sense, so why order it? Treize was getting very confused trying to double and triple think this situation to see if he could come up with an answer that would make any sense. Unless that was the reason that Duo was in bed with him. To confuse him? That made a certain amount of odd logic. But still why send any of them into his bed?
Yes he was lonely and hurting because Miri had left him, as rough as it had gotten, he loved him. But it hadn't been common knowledge that they were involved that way. So who knew that he had left him and was in need of companionship? Duo appearing was a delicious mystery that he was going to get to the bottom of. If only to figure out who Duo Maxwell was, even if he wasn't sleeping with him. He had enough information on the others to figure out who they were and their fighting styles, but Duo had just popped up one day and started slaughtering soldiers. And then disappeared back to wherever he came from. Sort of like their first night together, must be a habit with him. A moving target wouldn't get hit theory? A trademark? He wasn't going to analyze it anymore. Just see what happened with Duo.
He grabbed a couple of glasses, the bottle and a bowl full of strawberries from the kitchen on the other side of his office. He had hoped that Duo would have shown up again and had laid in supplies for the occasion.
"You're not going to rat on me to the authorities that I am serving a minor alcohol?" Treize asked with a smile.
Duo laughed and sat up in bed. He could not believe that Treize even knew the word rat in that context.
"I promise." he stated solemnly, getting out of bed to grab the glasses from Treize. "Just don't turn me in for cutting classes today."
"I could give you a note, just tell me where to send it..." Treize offered, opening the bottle with a well mannered hiss and pouring it into the glasses that Duo was holding. Duo handed one to Treize and sat back down on the bed.
"Uh-huh, like I'm going to tell you. Doesn't matter, we're moving on in a few days." Duo replied. "And besides if you wrote the truth, I'd be in more trouble."
Treize frowned and tried a different tactic. One that he knew would get some reaction out of Duo. He sighed melodramatically and gave Duo huge puppy eyes, "I guess I'll just have to ask Relena..."
Duo stared at him for a minute and then burst into giggles. He started laughing and sat down. Puppy eyes! Out of the limelight Treize was a very fun and likable guy. Not many would have pulled that trick.
"Thanks T-chan. I needed that. Relena is one of the reasons that we're moving. And I'm glad that you aren't taking it badly that I'm not telling you where we are."
"Relena that bad?" Treize asked, glad to see Duo laugh.
"I don't know, really. It's just annoying that she shows up with her entourage and then thinks that Heero is going to drop everything and follow her around like one of her fan club. And ignores the rest of us. She has no idea what is going on, but has a really good network .You guys should just follow her around if you're trying to find us."
"A toast then" Treize proposed, "To clueless blondes, may they be stepped on by something nasty."
"Where did that come from T-chan?" Duo asked curiously. "Still pining for Zechs?"
Treize stopped for a moment. He did miss Mirialdo and it hurt that the other had walked out on him, but he wasn't bitter. A little relieved maybe. If Miri had continued the relationship, they would have gotten into more problems with their differing philosophies on the war. And he wouldn't have met Duo. And Duo could turn out to be something nice. But the last act in their little drama proved to be damaging. The bruises that Mirialdo had given him had faded, but the memories wouldn't for a long time.
"Not really. It was best that we ended it." Treize said, #Before we killed each other,# "It was just that he walked out on me and I guess I didn't like that." #But I was relieved because something had happened.#
"Mmm" Duo said, sipping his champagne. Not bad, but he would stop after one glass. He hadn't anything to eat in awhile and while the strawberries were nice and tasty, they wouldn't absorb the alcohol. "Can I be frank?"
"Yes" Treize wondered what he was going to say. Treize didn't know Duo well enough to predict what he was going to come out with. And no matter how long they were together he doubted that he would ever be able to do that.
"You like being in charge. You're a little bit of a control freak at times. Zechs is also with some of the stupid stunts that he pulled."
"True enough" Treize thought of some of the truly stupid things that the two of them had done in their careers. And the fights that they had in bed about who was in charge. It had started to get a tad tiresome at times, but the making up seemed worth it.
Treize didn't know, but it was a pleasant change to wake up after a night of lovemaking without feeling that he had been through a battle. Duo didn't seem to have that desire. Or if he did, he wasn't showing it. He was very willing to let Treize be the top, even when Duo said that he was in charge their first night.
"So you're not mad that it ended, just that he ended it. You still miss him a little, ‘cause you were close for a long time. But it ended before it got messy, which is not a bad thing."
"And how did you learn all this?" Treize asked curiously. Not messy, my sweet, before it got too messy. It was getting abusive as Miri was concentrating more on his revenge then anything else, including relationships. Noin had a few odd bruises once in a while too. And Miri thought that I didn't know about the two of them.
"Experience. I'm usually the one that people go to when they want to cry and bitch about past relations." Duo replied. His eyes were blank for a moment and then he focused them back on Treize.
"Enough about that. How about you get sloshed and see where it goes from there?" he smiled brightly at Treize and did his own version of puppy eyes on him.
Treize laughed and kissed him, glad to drop the topic. He could always ask Duo later about things. One of the ancients did say that there was truth in wine. And he was going to pour a lot into Duo this morning.
"What do you mean about you getting sloshed?" he asked curiously. Had Duo read his mind? "You don't drink to excess?"
"Bad drunk," Duo admitted blushing. "I can hold it most of the times, but I haven't had champagne before and I don't think you want to spend the day with me freaking out if I can't."
"It might be informative..." Treize teased him.
Duo looked at him with eyes that had gone hard and flat, all that laugher off his face like someone had thrown a switch.
"You don't want to hear it and I don't want to tell you, so it's not happening. I'd rather risk getting caught sneaking out of here right now, ‘kay." The tone was final and Treize flushed a little. He should have known not to tease someone that covered their tracks so well.
"I would like to know who's sharing my bed." Treize stated quietly.
It was Duo's turn to be flustered. He had really blown it. Next line would be Treize kicking him out and then the Docs would be sending someone else on his place. Someone a lot more innocent and with a lot more to lose then he did. He had to fix this one fast, but he wasn't going to be telling Treize his life history if he could avoid it.
"Sorry, T-chan, sore subject. Just enjoy me, can you do that?" Duo asked, his eyes wary, wondering how much he had blown it.
Treize was disturbed at the guarded eyes that were looking back at him. Duo was afraid of something and it wasn't his past. Did he think that he would be thrown into prison for snapping at him? Or was it something else?
The odd thing was that he did trust Duo. And Duo trusted him enough to fall asleep in his bed and not worry about waking up in an interrogation room. Treize had thought that had been the reason that he had not stayed the first night, not the claim that he had to leave to get back to his fellow pilots. Duo was still here in the morning, so that wasn't the reason that he had run off. It might have been just a simple case of nerves. But why was he nervous now?
"I guess that means you're drinking juice this morning after that glass." Treize sighed. "You're already a lovely color from the alcohol. A nice rosy complexion. I did want to see you glow from alcohol."
Duo sighed in relief and smiled. "Thanks for not getting pissy about it," leaning over to give the man a kiss. "But the no questions rule is a good one. I don't want to lie to you."
"Pissy?" Treize asked bemusedly. "Is that even a word?"
"I thought I was a second away from getting my walking papers." Duo admitted nervously.
"Because you don't want to be that out of control around me?" Treize asked lazily, studying Duo with an alert gaze that did not match his tone. What the hell was he afraid of?
"Around anyone," Duo replied firmly. "I trust you, about this liaisonish thingie we're having, but I don't want to be that out of control at anytime."
"Fair enough," he agreed. "You wouldn't have survived this long if you were careless."
"Thanks for understanding, a lot of people wouldn't have," Duo said softly, leaning over to place a kiss on his stomach. He tilted his head up to meet Treize's gaze. "Let's just make the most of the rest of the day. No thinking. I have to leave when it gets dark though."
"I understand. Are you going to be able to get out unnoticed?"
"Hate to disappoint you, your security still sucks. I could wander through here with a brass band and half the guards would ignore it. It's not that they're careless, it's just that they don't think that anything could happen to them. Or have it happen here."
"Ah, yes my sweet, the innocence of youth." Treize chuckled.
#But Treize the sad part is that I would kill for that innocence. I never had it.# Duo thought to himself before capturing the other man's mouth with his own.
Treize returned the kiss feverently, astonished by the passion that Duo was showing. He was serious about the not thinking. But not yet, while Duo was an incredible temptation, he did want to know something about him. A casual relationship was something that he had never had before. It bothered him that he didn't know anything about the boy that was sharing his bed.
Sex he could buy any place. And had on occasion. Affection was something that he knew very little about and that gesture with the roses had struck some nerve in his soul. No one had ever given him flowers before. And Duo had done it so that he wouldn't be offended about him sneaking off into the night, after the boy admitted that he was only in his bed because of orders. He'd ask his questions and then let Duo make him forget, like the boy was trying to do. He broke of the kiss and settled back on the bed.
"I should make you pay for not letting me get you drunk. How about you answer three questions, nothing business related and then I let you have your wicked way with me."
"What kind of questions?" Duo asked warily. Treize was sorry to see the shadows in his eyes again.
"Deep questions Duo, such earth shattering intelligence, as...." Treize paused for a dramatic second, "What is you favorite color?"
Duo laughed, relieved that T-chan hadn't been angry that he really didn't trust him. "Black"
"Mmm...something deeper now, what is your favorite food?"
"That's harder, T-chan, I like food. If it isn't moving fast enough I will eat it." Duo said, draping himself across Treize's chest, resting his chin on his folder hands so that he could look the other man in the eye.
"Even Brussels Sprouts and broccoli?" Treize asked.
"Not as much as chocolate and pancakes, but they're food. Food is very nice." Duo replied, remembering times that he hadn't enough to eat. And some of the things that he had to do to feed himself or one of the gang. Treize stroked his bangs back gently, sorry that he had disturbed Duo. He hadn't said anything or changed his expression, but Treize suddenly knew that his last question hadn't been a good one.
"Hey T-chan, you got one more you know. Not holding the last one to your limit." Duo said when Treize continued to stroke his hair. It felt good and could feel his eyes dropping. "Like you said, you're gathering info. And if you continue to play with my hair, I will fall asleep on you."
"You said that our first night too. I think that you just one big kitty, going mindless if stroked the right way." Treize teased.
"Could be, showed you enough of that last night" Duo sleepily agreed.
Treize chuckled. Mindless could cover last night. "Get some sleep. Nothing says that we have to be active the entire time you're here. The champagne on a mostly empty stomach isn't helping either."
"See why I don't drink that much. Just give me five minutes and I'll be perky again." Duo promised.
"And when you're perky what are we going to do?"
"Back rub," Duo answered, "And see where it goes from there."
"If I'm getting a back rub, I don't think I'll let you sleep," Treize threatened.
"Then wake me up," challenged Duo. #Didn't think that the great general was the touchie-feelie kind. Or willing to let me get my hands that close to his neck. Shit what is he doing now? Tickling me?!# he thought before starting to tickle back.
Treize started tickling Duo, lightly running his hands up and down his sides. Duo writhed, laughed and tickled back, trying to get the other man to laugh and succeeding, but Duo knew he was on the losing end of the battle. After a while Duo rolled off Treize gasping for breath.
"I give...I give." he gasped out. "I'm awake. You get your backrub. Just let me nab my stuff from my pack."
"Stuff?" Treize asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My oil. Not that I don't like the smell of roses, but if I come back really smelling like one, instead of sorta smelling like one, they're going to figure out something is going on and I will be in deep manure. So let me use my stuff. I stole it from one of the better shops around." Duo said smiling winningly, batting his eyes at Treize.
"I hadn't thought of that..." Treize said eyeing Duo with new respect. #I knew there was a brain under all that hair, he's a Gundam pilot, but I didn't think that he'd show me it#
"Young doesn't mean dumb." Duo replied. "Protective coloring is how I survive. Roll over on your stomach please."
Duo rolled off the bed and rummaged through his pack, which he had stowed in back of a bureau, beneath his neatly folded clothes. Treize stretched out and made himself more comfortable, sprawling in the middle of the bed. He grabbed a couple of the pillows that had been shoved at the top of the bed, to put his head on, and was surprised to feel a hard lump underneath one. He drew it out and frowned when he realized that it was a gun and not his.
"Duo, my sweet," he purred "why is there a gun underneath my pillows."
" ‘Cause I put it there, I have a habit of doing so and I absentmindedly shoved it under there when I was getting ready to jump you." was his embarrassed answer.
"Oh, I don't mind, just wondering." Treize replied. #Teenagers should be stuffing dirty manga under their pillows not guns.# he thought, #but then he 's far too young in age to be sleeping with me too.#
"Relax, T-chan and just melt into the covers. I want you to relax. You seem tense, even though you're trying to hide it. Sorry about the gun, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just a gun is a security measure for me. I sleep with one ‘cause I don't know who's going to come through the door, window or ceiling."
Duo explained as he tried to rub away the tenseness from Treize's shoulders and back. He slowly worked his way down humming softly, listening to the appreciative moans that Treize made until he came down to the dimple in his spine. He placed a small kiss there and reversed his facing, lifting up Treize's left foot and starting to rub it.
"Keep doing that and I'll tell you the plans for the domination of the colonies" he purred.
"Neat T-chan, I'll keep that in mind, but I'm interested in more important things," Duo replied as he moved his way up his leg, kneading and stretching it.
"What?"
Duo smiled, T-chan sounded like he was almost asleep. Duo'd bet that he would just flow off the bed if pushed, he was so relaxed, which was good, he needed to relax and stop plotting for a while. Duo swore he'd seen the gears grinding, trying to figure out what Duo was after exactly, when he'd made his offer last night. Did everybody lie to him? "What's your favorite color?"
"Ahh, that feels heavenly, why are you doing this?"
"It's an interrogation, silly. You guys would get a lot more out of people if you were nice to them and didn't hit them with rubber hoses and stuff." Duo replied, starting to work on Treize's other leg. "Spill the info or I' ll tickle you! Favorite color?"
"Blue and my favorite food is, ahh that felt good, Chicken Kiev."
"Hey, no getting ahead in questioning!" Duo complained. "For that you get a tough one. Who's your favorite composer?"
"Mmm...that is hard. Tchaikovsky for ballet, Wagner for Opera and Vivaldi for the symphony."
"I like Swan Lake, but will listen to most anything classical" Duo said. T-chan was trying to get to know him and was putting up with his rules, he should at least tell him something. "Can't stand Opera. Don't tell anyone, but I like Gilbert and Sullivan. Most everyone thinks I'm listening to something like heavy metal or rock and roll when I have my head phones on."
"Your secret is safe with me." Treize groaned as Duo finished off his right leg. ‘Gilbert and Sullivan? Swan Lake? Someone somewhere must have been nice enough to give Duo some exposure to the arts." He wondered in Duo would ever tell him who it was.
He was lost in his musings so that he didn't notice that Duo has switched positions again and was rubbing his lower back and starting down to his buttocks. He was gently kneading them when he slipped a couple of fingers down the clef there to tease him. Treize jolted to awareness and grabbed Duo 's wrist hard and pulled it up, while flipping on his back to face him.
Duo was startled by the reaction. T-chan had almost been asleep, then he was suddenly sitting up and almost breaking his wrist. Duo didn't realize that the man could move that fast. He looked up to apologize when T-chan let go of his wrist suddenly and swallowed hard. Duo noted that for a second there was something in his eyes, then it was gone.
"It got messy." Duo said quietly, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Yes." #God was it that transparent?# Treize thought. #Or can Duo read me better then anyone I know?#
"That shit!" Treize was surprised to hear the fury in Duo's voice. "It's bad enough when it's a total stranger, but you loved him. You trusted him! And he did that to you."
"I'm surprised you care, not many people would. Most of your compatriots would say it was a taste of what I'm doing to the colonies." Treize said quietly. He was surprised when Duo leaned forward and wrapped his arms around him in a hard hug.
"Not everyone. I think that it had happened to couple of us at one point or another from the vibes I got off of them. With me, on the streets unless you can defend yourself or get protection, you're fair game. Fed soldiers think that a pretty face is a reward for their job, whether the face is interested or not. No one deserves that." Duo whispered into T-chan's chest.
"You?" Treize asked quietly. #No wonder he's so cynical at times. Life hasn' t been very good to him. And this isn't helping him any. But he still manages to be cheerful and nice about it. He's treating me like a friend or someone he wants to get to know. Not the enemy General or an unpleasant assignment.#
"Long hair equals play toy, didn't you know? And No isn't in a lot of Fed's vocabulary." Duo answered in an amused, rueful tone. "I got over it after the first couple of times. After a while, it was the least of my worries. And I have other memories that help keep them in the back of my mind. But you trusted Zechs and he betrayed that trust you had in him! That's what's worse."
Duo looked up and tilted T-chan's head down, so that he could kiss him. He gently nibbled on the other man's lips for a while, then broke contact when both of them threatened to get a crick in their neck.
"I wasn't going to do anything more then tease you. I have no ambition to pull a coupe and try to be the top. Believe it or not, I like being the bottom. Switching would be nice once in awhile, but I don't have an overwhelming urge. I just wanted to show you what you were missing" Duo grinned at him. "You haven't really been the bottom in your relationships have you?"
"Duo..." Treize looked down at him. "Not really. I haven't slept around much, with either sex. I wasn't that interested. It seemed, worthless, because most of the time, someone was just doing it to get ahead or get something out of me. Zechs and I fought a lot about control and I usually won. So no. Just the last few instances where he got abusive and I didn't enjoy it."
‘That's why you were mad the first night when you thought that I was hurting myself?" Duo asked softly.
"Yes, Duo. I don't like hurting people."
"But you do. This crazy war hurts everyone." Duo mournfully said, hugging T-chan again. "You didn't start it, but... you're in charge of it!"
"I know. And I hate the killing as much as you do. And I don't have to wade through it, like you do. But it haunts me. I give the orders that usually have them ending up dead."
They were silent for a moment, T-chan's arms going around Duo tightly.
"It doesn't really hurt," Duo said, going back to the original topic. "Just like stretched muscles after a game. You know that you've been doing something and are a little sore, but it's not bad. And I hadn't been with anyone for a while, so don't feel guilty."
"Thank you for the information. I was serious when I said that I wasn't really experienced. It just takes the first time that someone sleeps with you for a favor or your physics homework to realize that a sexual relationship isn't worth it a times."
"Mmm" Duo pretended to think deeply, "Physics homework? I'd sleep with you for that. I hate physics. I can figure out enough to get by, but I don't bust my chops over it. That's for the guys that actually like to study."
"So it wasn't that much of a sacrifice to have you skip school?" Treize asked, getting into the mood. Duo was trying to cheer him up after they had gotten on the very dangerous subject of the war.
"School is nice, food isn't bad at most of them, but it's kinda worthless to me in some ways. I'm not going to go on to college and I can fiddle with my grades, so why try in the areas that I'm no good in, like history or biology. If I do badly, the grades get fixed when I hit the next school." Duo replied.
"So what do you like to study?" Treize asked.
"Literature, figure out the whys and motivations in people are fun and Anatomy." Duo said, a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"Anatomy?"
"You know, how the body works." Duo said, reaching down to run a hand down his back. "Do you want me to show you where all the bones in your body are?"
"That would be interesting. Where do you want to start?" Treize said, surrendering to Duo's teasing.
He stopped thinking coherently after a while. Duo had started with his vertebrae and worked his way down and across his body, licking and naming every bone that he could reach. Treize nearly jackknifed off the bed when he got to his feet and sucked the spots were the bones were. He calmed down when Duo worked his way up his body, only to nearly lose it when he was working on his hands. He was so responsive, that when Duo worked his way down his chest to his erection that after a few moments he came, filling Duo 's mouth with his seed. Duo cuddled up to fall back to sleep with him, as he tried to think coherently after a few minutes.
"Duo?" he asked sleepily, wrapping his arms around Duo. "What about you?"
"What about me?" he asked, kissing Treize on the mouth. Treize felt Duo's erection pressing lightly against him.
"I should return the favor," he said, yawning a little. Duo chuckled and licked his ear.
"Later, you're about to fall asleep. I'm not goin' anyplace for the rest of the day. Just because I didn't make a mess on the bed, doesn't mean I wasn't enjoying myself."
Treize opened his eyes and blinked at Duo. He didn't sound upset. More amused then anything. The last sight he saw before he fell asleep was of a pair of violet eyes looking at him thoughtfully before he fell asleep.
Duo stretched and snuggled back into T-chan's embrace. Treize then switched positions on him and Duo ended up with T-chan's head on his chest and stroking his back. T-chan was asleep and Duo laid there, enjoying the feel of him.
#You could do worse, he's kind, thoughtful and very willing to put up with the no questions policy. It could be worse. He could but into hurting his partner or some nasty dominance games. And he's treating you like a person and not a fuck toy. This might not be as bad as you thought.# Duo mused, listening to T-chan sleep.
He started whimpering a little, but calmed down when Duo started to rub his back and hum a lullaby to him. #And he's got a few problems of his own. Nightmares are a problem with him too. I wonder what causes them? Not the same demons that whisper to you in the night. After a while you might be able to tell each other that the monsters aren't real. And know that line for the lie that it is.# Duo had dozed off himself, and thought he was dreaming that there was someone in the other room. It took him a few minutes to realize it wasn't a dream.
#Please do not come in here!# he prayed. He knew that he couldn't dive out off the bed in time, not without making a lot of noise. With any luck, they would drop off or pick up whatever they came in for and leave. Duo held his breath and swore silently to himself when the footsteps came closer to bedroom. He started to feel underneath the pillow for his gun when the door opened. He drew it out and aimed at the person walking through the door.
"Treize-sama?" Lady Une called out, opening the door to the bedroom. "I know you didn't want to be disturbed but I have some papers that you have to sign."
She froze at the sight of Duo pointing a gun at her. She then took in the scene in front of her. The champagne, the mussed bed and Treize sleeping on the person pointing the gun at her. She blinked in shock and then realized that it was the pilot of 02, Duo Maxwell that was in bed with him. She opened her mouth to wake up Treize-sama when the pilot shoved his gun underneath the pillow and put his finger to his lips. He made shooing gestures at her as she just stared at him. Une couldn't figure out whether this was worse then finding Treize in bed with Zechs or not.
Duo leaned over and kissed T-chan on the back of the head. "I have ta get up. Be back in a little while, 'kay?"
T-chan murmured and turned over allowing Duo to slip out of bed to grab his pants. He was thankful that she hadn't started shooting or screaming at him. Treize lying all over him like that had provided the perfect shield. Duo put on his pants and tried to gather what little dignity he could out of this situation. Her picture perfect uniform vs. the fact that he looked and smelled like T-chan and he had been spending the night and part of the morning rolling around in bed, which they had been doing.
He escorted her into the kitchen, where he hoped that they could talk without waking T-chan up. Duo smiled to himself, he was very willing to wager that T-chan would not like the fact that his aide-de-camp and his bed warmer were plotting in the kitchen about his future. Lady Une could either make or break this assignment for him. They got into the kitchen and Duo hopped up to sit on the counter, so that they could sort of be at eye level. He could hardly wait until he had a growth spurt, he was tired of everyone being taller then he was.
"Why shouldn't I shoot you?" Une inquired coldly. Duo could almost see the icicles punctuating every word. Man, she was royally pissed. Duo grinned at her and shook his head.
"'Cause if himself didn't want me in there I wouldn't have been sleeping with him?" he cheerfully informed her. "He knows who I am and why I'm with him and he don't mind, so getting yourself in a twist ain't gonna stop it."
"I take it this isn't the first time?" Une asked, still doing a very good impression of the Frost Queen. Duo could tell she was major peeved if she hadn't started to melt by now. Not that he blamed her. Sleeping with the enemy was a no-no. Being the enemy sleeping with the guy she wanted was even worse for him.
"I wandered in here about two weeks ago, that was the first time ." Duo told her. "I didn't stay the night, though. I told him why I was here and he went along with. It's just a physical thing, Lady Une, no questions, no strings."
"Ah" she said, "I wondered why he had stopped trying to drink himself to sleep. I should thank you for that, it was starting to affect him."
"Lady Une," Duo started trying to turn on the charm, but he really didn't think that it would work. "I'm here on orders. He knows that. But if you get difficult about this, I just want to tell you that there are more Gundam pilots then me and you might get to meet all of them under these happy circumstances if you kick me out. I really don't want that to happen, not because I give a damn about your feelings, but the others don't know I'm here. And I don't want them to find out that those bastards are willing to throw them to Treize like a party treat to keep him happy, just so Romafeller can't get someone into his bed. He doesn't know that fact either and I hope that you won't tell him. So you have three choices. Put up with me. Put up with another pilot playing around with T-chan, and there will be another one, I believe my contacts when they said that. Worry about who Romafeller is going to send in here. You get to decide, but I hopin' for the first choice."
He finished his little speech with a sigh and sat back, feeling very little, grubby and very out of place. Une was staring at him, calculating something. Duo continued to feel small, but covered it by hopping off the counter and heading for the refrigerator, he might as well get a snack while she was making up her mind.
"How do I know that you won't hurt him?" Une asked. #T-chan? One of the most powerful men in the world and he's treating him like a school chum. Treize-sama might need that right now. And that little scene that I walked in on. I think that Duo might be willing to protect Treize-sama if he needs that. This might be very good for him. And I don't think that I could deal with one of the others this way, not from the information that we have on them. This boy is really a very old and cynical man. I don't think that he had ever been a child. I couldn't say that about any of the others.#
Duo sighed to himself in relief. She was at least willing to deal. There was some hope. "I won't go out of my way to hurt him emotionally, but you know that I might kill him someday. Orders you know. He knows those orders too. I'm hopin' that it won't come to that, but they were very clear about their objectives when they sent me in here." Duo said, looking for something to drink in the refrigerator. Not much, but he snagged a can of tonic.
"Wanna split it?" he asked, "There's some champagne left too if you want some of that. I can get it out of the bedroom."
"No thank you" Une politely told him. #He's honest, that's a plus. And thoughtful, which is surprising.#
She was troubled that the rebels would be willing to send a child in here to do what he was doing. They were more ruthless then she was and it was objectionable to her on some level. And not because they were doing it to her Treize-sama. She had no illusions about herself. She was very willing to kill, maim, threaten to make sure that Treize-sama's dream come true, but the opposition seemed to have less scruples then she did. And she didn't have that many. To send a pilot in here to keep him entertained and enthralled...that was lower then she was willing to go.
"He's fragile." Une said softly, giving in to the inevitable. Treize-sama wasn't objecting, so she really couldn't. Aside from the whole plot, which was the problem in her mind. Duo was just a boy! He should be dating someone his own age, not sleeping with a man nine years his senior. "Mirialdo leaving him hurt. I never liked the man, but still, I don't want him to go through that again, little one."
"Who's Mirialdo?" Duo asked in confusion, taking a drink out of his tonic. "My info was on Zechs Mequisa."
"They are the same man. Mirialdo Peacecraft was hiding in OZ as Zechs Mequisa until he could start his revenge against the Federation and those that destroyed his life and his homeland.. Treize-sama got caught in the middle though. I won't have him hurt like that again."
"That explains some things that happen on the first night and this morning." Duo mused. "Lady Une, I told him to find a nice boy, girl, dog anything when I left the first night and to stop hitting the bottle. I'm a passing fancy until something better comes along."
"I will put up with you until then I guess," she said with a small smile. "But hurt him and I will be merciless."
"I know." Duo grinned back at her, "You don't have a rep of being warm and fuzzy. I'm sorry that you're not what he wants, since you are really head over heels for him. If you were, I'd be elsewhere and you'd be drinking champagne with him. I'm on a two week schedule if that's good for you. Or we could work something out that is better for you."
"How?" she asked, not bothering to finish her question. This boy was some sort of magician if he was figuring these things out. A lot of people didn't know, Treize-sama she wasn't too sure of herself.
"You wouldn't put up with me making him happy if you weren't. You might not like it, but you both like boys, so that kind of relationship is out. I'll keep him happy and entertained and we'll both not let him know how nasty people can get, deal?" Duo asked with a grin, relieved that Lady Une was willing to put up with him. He would hug her if he wasn't so grubby.
"Deal." she promised. "I hear Treize-sama stirring so I will ask him to sign what I want and you can have him for the rest of the day."
"Okay, I'm leaving tonight, so if you get him to yourself for a while." Duo teased her. "Have fun. May be you'll get lucky and I'll get booted out the door."
Une shook her head, he didn't seem to take anything seriously, including the fact he had been a hair away from getting shot by her and walked towards the bedroom. She encountered Treize walking out of the bedroom, wearing just his pants and a small frown.
"Treize-sama, could you read and sign these papers?" she asked "And your guest seems to be forging through your kitchen in search of a snack."
"Ah," Treize sighed, "I thought he had wandered off again. I shouldn't have worried, his pack and most of his clothes were still here. What do I have to deal with?"
"Just the usual, troop movements, requests from the Romafellers." she replied causally.
"Thank you, Lady Une," he murmured gratefully. "And thank you for not being difficult about my guest."
"He knows his place." she replied calmly. "And we had a very entertaining conversation while I was waiting for you to wake up. He seems like a good boy. You could do worse."
"I didn't think that it mattered to you?" Treize asked dryly. #Entertaining conversation? Good boy? Duo was charming her too?# That was a minor miracle, he thought that no one could get to Lady Une.
Une blushed and stammered a little. "I...I...I...know that it isn't my place, you were clear about that with Mirialdo, but he seems to be nicer about the whole matter. And he has gotten you to stop drinking and he is a lot more cheerier then anyone else is around here." Une said.
"The way that Duo had been treated, cheery seems to be a self defense mechanism." Treize comment dryly. "I should be happy that you won't turn him in. Also he doesn't seem too confident about the defenses about here. He thinks that the guards need to be a little more trigger happy and nervous."
"That was nice of him to tell you." Une said faintly. #How did that come into their conversation? And how much isn't Treize-sama telling me? How much isn't Duo-kun telling me?#
"It is disconcerting that terrorists seem to be able to wander in and out of my quarters at will." Treize teased her. #I'll keep him around just to bother Une. He's about the only person that I've seen fluster her.#
"I will take care of it tomorrow, since Duo-kun said that he was leaving tonight." Une promised, coloring faintly at Treize-sama's teasing.
"That's good enough, since I don't want the person that pointed out the holes in our defense getting shot because we tightened them up on him." Treize replied. #Duo-kun? I don't think that she would get that familiar with him. Duo must be charming her more then he is me. Or is she somehow responding to his incessant cheeriness?#
"That wouldn't be good." Une murmured in agreement.
"Hey, you guys done with business?" Duo called from the kitchen.
"Are we done with business, Lady Une?" Treize asked formally.
"I suppose so, Treize-sama. I will take my leave now." Une replied just as formally.
"No, you don't have to go, just wondering if you wanted to stay for lunch. I think I can throw something together for us. There isn't much here, but I can make something for the three of us if you want to stay. Nothing too fancy though, omelets are about the only thing I can make with the stuff here. Your fridge is emptier then mine is T-chan. You're not gonna be able to take over the colonies if you don't eat right." Duo said, popping out of the kitchen.
"That kitchen is only if he doesn't want to eat in the officer's mess." Une replied stiffly.
"Oh? Still aside from coffee, cheese, some sad looking veggies and eggs there isn't much in there." Duo replied. "Not even take out containers."
"Take out?" Treize asked.
"You haven't done take out? No pizza, Chinese or any kind of fast food?" Duo asked with a smile.
"Not really, pizza delivery doesn't come out this far. I don't think. I haven't really bothered to find out." Treize smiled back.
"Okay, next time I come I'm bringing Chinese or something with me. You've got to see how the other half lives."
"Treize-sama is a man of refined tastes, I can not see him eating take out." Une told Dou stiffly, trying to banish the picture of Duo sneaking into the base, his arms full of little white boxes and alerting the entire base to his presence with the smell of the garlic beef he was carrying. It had almost caused her to giggle, but that wasn't very dignified.
"Eh? You should try it at least once." Duo said. "Now what do want in you omelet? And what do you want Lady Une, ‘cause it's sorta lunch time and I bet you were thinking of skipping it, which isn't good for you."
"I don't want to intrude..." Une said, looking at Treize.
"Not at all, Lady Une," Treize assured her. "I think Duo wants to reassure you that he has my best interests at heart. So eat lunch with us and is there anything else that we needed to go over?"
"Not really."
"So has anything blown up while I was asleep?" Treize asked, as he wandered into the kitchen. Une followed him and was amused to see Duo trying to reach the plates on one of the upper shelves. He had crawled onto the counter and was handing then down to Treize.
"Being short sucks."
"But you do fit nicely in my arms, my sweet."
"I'm not sweet and I really don't think that Lady Une wants to hear the details of our relationship. Just let me get down from here, throw on a shirt and tie my hair back, because it's going to get everywhere if I don't. Then I'll make lunch. ‘kay."
"Lady Une doesn't actually think that you're here just to cook us lunch." Treize replied. #I really don't think that you're shy. Are you trying to not hurt her feelings?#
"No, but there is discretion, you do know that word?" Duo asked, jumping down from the counter.
"So sayth the person that sent me flowers, the morning after. You might as well just had taken out an ad on the local station and announced that we had sex. Do you know how many people saw those being delivered?" Treize teased him.
"Well I didn't have them sign the card did I? It was a simple thank you note and I pitched my voice high enough so that they couldn't tell I was a guy." Duo defended himself.
"He sent you those flowers?" Une asked incredulously. #Flowers? Thank you notes? What was going on here? Duo-kun's acting like it was a date instead of an assignment.#
"He" Duo said pointing at Treize, "can explain, I'm hungry and want to start lunch and I don't cook with my hair loose so let me fix it."
He gave T-chan a quick hug and dashed into the bedroom. He threw on his shirt, gave his hands a quick wash and bundled his hair into a pony tail, he really didn't have time to brush it all out. It would keep it back and he could shove it under his shirt if it got in the way.
Duo went back into the kitchen and started preparing things for omelets. He listened to Une and T-chan talk about bases, plans and troop movements. He couldn't figure out if they trusted him that much or it was some elaborate trap on their part.
Lunch went smoothly at least. He didn't burn anything and Une got to see that Treize really did want him here. As soon as he joined them at the table, the conversation switched to food, music, and other neutral topics that they could talk about safely. Duo realized that he was way out his depth with these two elegant people, but did enjoy the argument of haute cuisine vs. take out. He couldn't believe that neither one of them had ever done take out, he lived on the stuff now that he could afford it. Cooking was something he only did when there was more then himself in a safe house. He did have some passing knowledge of good cooking, thanks to hanging around the kitchen in some of the Winner estates. Sister Helen had taught him the basics, but they had been feeding over a hundred, so it usually had been nothing fancy . He'd liked helping out in the kitchen at the orphanage. He probably would still be there if the Feds hadn't destroyed the place.
Duo cleaned up as Treize escorted Une out of the apartment. He watched silently when he came back as Duo finished washing the dishes and dried them.
"You didn't have to do that," he said quietly.
"The cooking, the cleaning up or letting Lady Une eat with us?" Duo asked, starting to put the dishes away.
"Lady Une eating with us. " Treize said, helping put things away.
"She looked hungry and she didn't throw a fit when she found us in bed together." Duo replied "She took it a lot better then I thought she would."
"Oh...that's why you left my bed this morning." Treize said, "I thought it as to rifle my desk for secrets."
"That's next visit," Duo teased him, "She walked in and we nearly shot each other. So we went into the kitchen to talk things out."
"And?" Treize asked, #Are you that nervous that you pull on a gun on any strange noise? That's no way to live.#
"And what?" Duo replied. "We talked, you woke up and I fed the two of you. Thanks for letting me cook. I'm not too fancy at it, but I like to cook for people. What's next on the agenda?"
"Well, it'll be dark in a few hours, it's later then you thought." Treize said, leaning over to place a kiss on top of Duo's head. #Talked it out? What did you and my faithful shadow decide about me? Do I really want to know?#
Duo silently returned the gesture with a hug, molding his body into Treize's They stood that way for a while until Treize stopped trying to figure out how he was being manipulated by Une and Duo. "Well, as much as I want to spend the rest of the afternoon with you in bed, a shower might be a good idea. Just so that you have some energy to carry out whatever you have to do tonight."
"Showers are fun...big enough stall and you can do some really interesting things..." Duo teased. "Want to find out?"
"Duo..." Treize sighed, "You always this energetic?"
"Yup" he assured him proudly, "It's not like I'm going to see you tomorrow or a lot, so I'm going to cram as much as possible into this visit. Next visit, if you still want me to visit you, might be the same way."
"Duo, you don't have to do that." Treize said quietly. #The truth is out, they trying to kill me by exhaustion.#
"Hey T-chan, it's called making memories. Something to keep me occupied in the future. Nice memories to crowd out the bad ones. Don't think that I don' t want you, just because I was told to be here. I'm enjoying myself. You should enjoy yourself too." Duo sounded serious. ‘Come on, T-chan. Let yourself go. Just have fun. I'm havin' fun even if you don't believe it.'
"Duo, a nice bath then and see what happens from there. I was serious when I said that you don't have to keep me active and entertained sexually the entire time you're here. I liked finding out that you like to cook. I'll keep more food around so that the next time you can impress me."
"Thanks, T-chan." Duo said, giving him a hug. #Wow, you really do think I'm a person. That's so sweet. You really are a nice guy, even with the crap that you've pulled in the past. I shouldn't hold it against you because my past isn't spotless either. I just haven't managed to fuck up a lot of people at once, outside the church.#
"Do you have bubble bath in that pack of yours or are you willing to use mine?" Treize teased him.
"I'll use yours, bath oil doesn't sink into the skin like massage oil. But I got my own shampoo. I live out of that pack. If it don't fit in there or Shinigami, I don't keep it."
"Shinigami?" Treize asked.
"That's the name of my Gundam." Duo said. "I named him when we met. He's about the only thing I give a damn about. And if you haven't figured it out by my track record with your people, I'm usually death on two legs for anyone that sees me in him."
#Oh, Duo what happened to you that you think that you are death? I haven't met anyone this alive and caring in a while. You shouldn't think of yourself as death. You're too warm.# Treize thought.
"Hey, T-chan, you in there?" Duo asked waving his hand in front of his eyes. "Earth to T-chan. Don't tell me, the omelet is attacking back?"
"No Duo, just thinking." Treize replied lightly.
"Nothing good, you had a sad look in your eyes. Anything that I can help with?" he asked.
"No, just let's relax and you can get out of here. I'm not chasing you away, but I don't want you to get careless because I tired you out."
"Not to worry, I'm inexhaustible. I've gone a lot longer without sleep and still able to function. You worry too much. How hot do you like the water? I'm just below boiling most of the time, from the complaints that I've gotten."
"I'm about the same way, so we have that much in common. I'll start the bath, you get your stuff. And there are some extra towels in my room. Could you grab them?"
""Kay T-chan, Any thing else? We can finish off the strawberries and champagne, it's a shame to waste them."
"Just so long as you leave here sober enough to drive, fly or whatever." Treize said.
"I've got enough food in me to cover the alcohol, so don't worry about that. I hadn't eaten much last night and so it went to my head real fast. Strawberries aren't enough to cover champagne."
"I knew that, I was hoping that I got some information about you from that. Treize admitted, "but I learned a lot about that without it."
"Oh?" asked Duo, sinking into the tub, appreciatively, after fetching the towels and champagne. "God, this feels good. You are trying to spoil me aren 't you? What did you learn?"
"Hmm" Treize answered, climbing in the tub also. He reached over and smeared some bubbles on Duo's nose, laughing at the face that he made. "I learned that you like to cook and adore food, enjoy classical music and Gilbert and Sullivan. You named your Gundam Shinigami, and you are a nice person, even though life hasn't been nice to you. You like bubble baths. And you fit into my arms divinely. What have you learned?"
"That's easy." Duo answered, moving to snuggle up to Treize. "You are touchie-feelie type of guy. You like being the top, but don't have to be in control all the time. You've been so deprived as to not ever have had left over Chinese food or cold pizza for breakfast. And I am way out of my league with you on anything having to do with culture."
"And is that what you're going to pass onto your superiors?" Treize asked quietly.
Duo squirmed around to face him. The slipperiness of that bath oil made that an interesting move. T-chan may claim to be not interested, but his body was telling Duo a different story. Duo teased him a little while, before a playful growl from T-chan told him he was pushing his luck.
"I'm not telling them anything, " he whispered in his ear, "They gotta ask me first and recently all they have been interested in doin' is givin' me orders. So if they're not askin', I'm not tellin'."
"Thank you Duo." Treize said quietly. "I don't mind, but I told you that you don't have to be a sex kitten for me."
"Hey, the opportunity's presenting itself and I am taking advantage of it. Just because I'm teasin' you, doesn't mean that we're going all the way."
"Duo!"
"You're so cute when you're peeved." Duo teased him, wrapping his legs around his waist and kissing him. "I can't resist teasin' you because of that."
Treize let Duo seduce him in the tub, allowing the boy have his way with him, he wasn't going to argue with him if it evidently made him happy. Miri or any of his other lovers hadn't been this playful. Duo didn't seem to be in awe of the fact that he was having something, this odd arrangement that couldn't be called an affair, with a general of OZ. It was refreshing.
Duo was being slow and gentle, treating him as if he was made out of spun glass. He also discovered the advantage of a smaller partner, when he turned the tables on him and took charge. They made love for a couple of hours, not worrying about the time, until they both noticed the slight buzzing noise coming from the bedroom.
"Shit!" Duo swore, "That's my alarm. I set it in case we were both asleep when I had to leave." He was cuddled in Treize's lap, idly playing with his hair. Treize was stroking his back, enjoying the quiet. Both of them were too sated and comfortable to move.
"Just let me turn that off and then take a quick shower. Then I got to split." Duo said reluctantly, getting up from the water.
"I know, we both look like prunes we've been in here so long" Treize commented.
"Mm" Duo agreed as he came back from the other room. He jumped into the shower and started washing his hair. "It's worth it though, don't you agree? Bubble bath makes a good lubricant."
"But if you want to get clean, one shouldn't use it that way." Treize argued.
"You have to rinse off afterwards anyway, so take advantage of the fact." Duo said, rinsing his hair off. "Could you hand me the conditioner or I'm gonna spend all night just combing this mess out."
"That wouldn't be bad." Treize said, starting to soap up Duo's body as he worked on his hair. "And you do have a few bruises I'm sorry to say."
"No it wouldn't but I got things to do and places to be, so I got to get out of here," Duo said. "Mm...a little lower, that feels good. And I was more worried about handcuffs and other nasty shit."
"When can I get to see you again?" Treize, whispered in his ear. "And I promise no nastiness."
"A couple of weeks" Dou replied wiggling because Treize was starting to tickle him. "And thanks."
"Not good. I've have meetings in Boston. Unless you can make time to see me there? And what are you thanking me for? "
"I'm not sure, so I'm just gonna say may be. Where will you be? Just in case I can make it. I'm not gonna hack into half a dozen hotels looking for you." Duo replied, stepping out of the shower and drying himself off. "And I'm thanking you for no weirdness."
Treize watched, amused that Duo managed to get dressed and his hair braided in a few minutes. The conditioner really was a plus. He didn't think that hair down to your thighs could be brushed out that fast.
"The reservations are at the Plaza. I don't know what room, but I think that you can probably hack into the system and find out what room I'm in."
"No problem, but I can't guarantee that I'll be there, okay" Duo said, turning around to give Treize a hug. "I'm not promisin' anything to you, because I don't want to lie to you. That wouldn't be nice."
"I appreciate that, Duo more then you realize." Treize whispered into his hair.
Duo leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "I gotta go now. I'll see myself out. And if I get caught, which I don't think I will, I don't know you. I don't want you to get in trouble with anyone."
"Duo, my sweet, that is nice, but don't worry about that. I can protect myself." Treize replied, trying not to laugh. It was touching and amusing that Duo was willing to protect him.
"Romafellers are looking for any excuse to get you, according to info that I got. I trust the source, he's usually pretty good. So let me do this, ‘kay?" Duo said, looking fierce.
"I give in, but are you sure?" Treize teased him, "You can always claim that you are sneaking in to see Lady Une."
"I'm sorry that I brought it up," Duo laughed, giving him another kiss. "No one would buy that one if I told them, she's got too scary a rep. But I got to go."
"Good bye, my sweet and I would love to show you Boston, so do try to show up." Treize purred at him.
He would let Duo continue this little experiment. If he sent him away now, he would never find out why Duo was sleeping with him, besides orders. He had learned a little about him, but would like to learn more. As usual with most things in his life, there was more to what was on the surface. He would enjoy peeling away all the layers to get to the real reason why Duo was sleeping with him. And while he was in control now, Treize wonder how long it would be before the balance of power shifted in this relationship. For all of Duo's good natured teasing, the boy had a strength of will that few people matched. If he didn't he wouldn't be a Gundam Pilot.
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