Thank you Reishin for pointing out that '' was hard to see!!!
Thank you chibi sans-chan for my first fan letter!!!
Notes: #...# indicates thoughts/thinking.
INTERLUDE III
Treize stretched and frowned at the paperwork that covered his desk. The autumn rains were here and it was cold and miserable. He really didn't want to do paperwork. What he wanted was to cuddle a certain teasing Gundam pilot in his arms, in front of a fireplace and feed him strawberries, to give him a taste of summer. Even if he did cause half the paperwork that chained him to his desk.
He was spoiled by those stolen visits and he knew it. He didn't care any more why Duo was in his bed, he was just enjoying it, like Duo asked him to do in the beginning. He popped by when he could, seeming to know Treize's schedule better then he did. He wondered if there was the mole on his staff who was getting Duo that information.
That they had managed to steal an entire week almost to themselves was a miracle. Treize had informed Duo that he was going to be in Boston for a week, at a conference and that he would have some extra time there. Duo had grinned and said may be, but Treize knew it was a yes. Duo was honest enough with him not to promise anything that he wouldn't be able to keep.
It had been summer. Boston was an eternal tourist city and Duo had managed to drop in to see him. Treize had spent the mornings with business and the afternoons playing tourist with Duo. They laughed and explored the ethnic neighborhoods that still were there after they countries that their inhabitants claimed to have come from had disappeared. Duo had eaten his way through most of the pastry shops in the North End. Treize was amazed at the amount of food that he could put away.
Treize would at times forget that this was the enemy and he should really do something about him. Especially when he had whipped cream on the end of his nose. It had been hard not to grab the boy at times and kiss him, but Boston was still quite conservative in some ways. An implied romantic relationship between two males was not to be flaunted. The nine years difference in the age wouldn't make it any better. It didn't matter that Duo was an old, old soul with his experiences. Most people looked at the package and thought that Treize was taking advantage of Duo. Treize seriously at times felt like a novice compared to what he saw in Duo's eyes at times.
The evenings they had spent exploring each other's bodies. Treize was astonished and pleased to find out the depths of Duo's passion and sensuality. The boy had passed him in some areas for decadence. Treize usually fell into bed each exhausted from the evenings activities. The bathtub filled with Jello still made him hard thinking about it. And what tricks Duo knew with his mouth and hair amazed him. It hadn't been nonstop sex every evening, Treize took Duo to Shakespeare on the Common one night and Duo had surprised him with tickets to the ballet another night. Treize had enjoyed both evenings thoroughly.
While the sex had been incredible, it was the conversations afterwards that astonished him. Duo was willing to admit that his education hadn't been the greatest, but he was willing to try and learn about anything. Their conversations had ranged from the classics to art and poetry, to the best way to stake out a target to be taken out. And Treize enjoyed them all.
That Duo asked that Une join them for the last day together, angered Treize, until Duo pointed out that Une needed some relaxation also. Treize was astonished at how much fun the three of them had together. Museums, the seashore and more pastries in the North End. He hadn't seen Une enjoy herself that much. It probably was because they were thought of as a couple, rather then Duo and himself. The part that had astonished him was when Duo left the next day, Lady Une had gotten a big hug, chocolates and a request that she take of Treize for him.
Treize had hoped that may be Duo was starting to regard him as something more then an assignment, like wiping out Leos and blowing up bases. That little scene with Lady Une told him that Duo might be getting fond of him too. If it was just sex, Duo wouldn't have asked Lady Une to take care of him. He was having feelings for Duo, but he didn't expect them to be returned. He would like to be able to settle down with the boy someday, raise roses and watch him cook. That would be nice. God knows what Duo wanted after the war, besides to survive it.
He didn't ask him about things like that, preferring to find out his favorite books and music. Things that could be talked about in the present, with no planning for the future or reminiscing about the past. It hurt Duo too much to think like that Treize found out. After the haunted look that Duo had in his eyes about a casual question about where he had learned to like ballet, Treize learned that past and the future were two things that Duo was running the fastest from. So Treize asked him no questions, enjoyed the moments that he stole with him from everything else and did anything he could to make his lover happy.
And Treize had just wasted God knows how much time, staring at paperwork instead of processing it and worrying about a certain enticing terrorist, who had caused a lot of the aforementioned paperwork with his activities. If he was going to show, he would have done so by now. He would go to bed and continue this in the morning. He made his way to his bedroom, glaring at the empty bed and wishing that Duo was there. Waiting for him with his fey air and wicked body, that promised more delights then anyone had a right to experience. And all Treize wanted to do was cuddle with the boy. He hadn't felt this way about any of his former partners, including Mirialdo and he thought that it had been a forever love until Mirialdo had left him.
He was pulled from his thoughts by the sound of something scratching outside his window. Hoping that it was Duo, but not wanting to take a chance, he slowly approached the window, gun in hand. There had been a couple of close calls already with apparent acidents and it didn't hurt to be too careful. Treize pulled back the curtain, and was astonished to see Duo out there fumbling with the lock. He quickly put down his gun and opened the window, barely catching Duo as he fell in from the outside.
Duo was soaking wet and streaked with mud and blood. Treize could see a bruise on one cheek and the boy was shaking with cold. He quickly carried him to the bathroom and stripped off his clothes, leaving them in a sodden heap on the floor. He was mildly amused to see that Duo had on garters, hose and bra underneath his clothing. He was not amused at the other bruises and cuts that he found. Duo didn't say anything even when he was naked and Treize was supporting him in the shower. His teeth stopped chattering after a while and leaned into his body as Treize gently washed away the mud, blood; not all his thankfully and make up that covered Duo's body. He dried him off and carried him to the bed, astonished that Duo hadn't said a word. He had hissed when Treize checked his cuts and then bandaged them, but that was about it. He meekly took the pills that Treize had handed him.
Treize started to keep a full first aid kit in his bedroom, after he realized that Duo usually was showing up to be with him after another assignment or battle and sometimes needed to be bandaged up and taken care of. He had settled the both of them in bed and was cuddling Duo before the boy said a word.
"Thank you." Duo sounded exhausted.
"What happened?" Treize's tone was concerned. Duo looked terrible. And he didn't say he was coming by tonight, but he had developed the habit of stopping in more often. He didn't say why and Treize wasn't going to ask. He had a feeling that he wasn't going to like the answer.
"I don't know if I should tell you. You might want to be surprised when the info comes in."
"Assassination?" he asked quietly. #No battles, nothing around here besides the base that would interest him, that leaves only that, unfortunately.#
"Mmm" Duo responded, starting kiss Treize's chin. #One in a long line, T-chan and the end of that line is getting further away from me then I like.#
"Will they be looking for you or a girl?"
"Girl, but you knew that with the bra and make up that you found on me."
Duo returned to kissing Treize, teasing his tongue with his mouth to stop the questions. Treize allowed Duo to do that for a while, but when he made a move down his body. Treize stopped him.
"Duo..."
"Mmm?"
"Don't. Just sleep with me tonight. You're exhausted, I don't expect you do anything. I just want to hold you."
"And if I didn't want to be held?" Duo asked irritably, starting to wake up.
"Then you wouldn't be here. You'd gone back to your safe house and not come here." #You didn't come here sex tonight or even lately, you came here for comfort, even if you don't want to admit that. I'm willing to lie about that most of the time, but you look terrible and you'd just hurt yourself more if you tried. Drop that mask at least, my sweet.#
"T-chan..." Duo started and then trailed off. "It went a little rough. I didn't want to be alone afterwards. And the sad part is you're the first person I thought of when I wanted to be with someone. Not my team mates. And I hate myself for that."
"Why? Duo you are a person that needs people. You're not like Heero or Trowa. And I seem to be the person you're closest to now. So you ended up here." #Thank you for giving in to what you don't want to admit to. That you came to cry on my shoulder rather then anything else means more to me then you want to know.#
"And isn't it pathetic that the enemy general is the one person that I can curl up with." Duo spat out as he rolled over and pulled himself out of Treize's embrace.
Treize sighed. The self-loathing that Duo had in his voice was new. Treize was just glad that Duo felt safe and relaxed enough with him to unleash these emotions with him. They had gotten to know each other better over their little vacation. Or may be it was the drugs speaking. Either way, one of the masks that Duo always wore had come down. He may not like what he was going to hear, but he was glad that he was seeing more of the real Duo. Even though the boy claimed there was nothing left of him.
"They all paired up didn't they? And you're the odd one out. Is that why you got this assignment?"
"They all paired up, but that isn't the problem. Do you really want to know why I crawled into your bed like a good little whore?" Treize winced at the venom and agony in Duo's tone and the way he referred to himself as a whore. He missed the first part of Duo's sentence from his reaction.
"...so my teammates wouldn't have too. Not that our superiors cared. I was chosen and if you didn't like me, they would have rotated though all of them until you were satisfied. Fight for freedom and spread you legs." Duo sat up and wrapped his arms around his legs, rocking back and forth a little. "It's not that I hadn't done it before. And they knew it. I had hoped that as soon as I became a Gundam pilot, I'd never have to peddle my ass again. But here I am."
"Duo..." Treize's tone was gentle as he stroked his back. After the first flinch, Duo ignored Treize. " You are not a whore! A whore wouldn't have told Lady Une to take care of me. A whore wouldn't have sent me flowers after our first night because you couldn't stay as long as you would have liked. A whore wouldn't call me T-chan. Just because you have are here on orders doesn't mean that you are a whore. If anything that bastard that sent you in here is one."
Duo continued like he hadn't heard him. "I'm sick of it Treize. The running and hiding. The nonstop assignments. I'm so tired of wetwork. I don't talk to them any more, just to avoid telling them what I have been doing. The ocean of blood that I'm wading through before I get sent to hell. The screams that echo in my mind and the dead who talk to me in my dreams. The innocents that are slaughtered in the name of peace..." Duo's voice trailed off as he broke down and sobbed. Treize put his arms around Duo and held him as he cried himself to sleep.
Duo woke up the next morning, feeling a little light headed. He put that down to all the crying that he had the night before. He hadn't cried since the massacre at the church, all those years ago. He grabbed a pair of pants that Treize had left for him and slipped then on.
#Real smart Duo,# he jeered to himself. #What was missing was the confession poisoning him. A total break down, how sexy. How seductive. How really freaking pitiful.#
He had stirred when he heard the phone ring and Treize answer it. He registered the sound vaguely, especially the shocked sound that Treize made when he heard the news. The painkillers that T-chan had slipped him would have knocked out an elephant.
Treize wasn't in the bedroom and Duo wandered into the bathroom to clean up the mess that was in there. He was trapped here until he could slip away tonight. Treize might get back to him before then, if only to detain him for being the enemy. If Treize spoke to him again. He didn't expect him to be holding his hand when he woke up, but it would have been nice.
#Last night's true confessions might have put off the young general. No one wants to hear that you're sleeping with them so that your friends won't have to. Confessing to having been a street whore wasn't too smart either. Were you trying to disgust him so that this would be over before T-chan ends up like most of the people that you were... fond of? Admit it, you've gotten too close and you hope that your famous luck won't catch up to him. So you are doing everything in your power to push him away, hold him at arm's length, whatever you have to do to keep this going but not be personal. But the first night that you showed up here so that the monsters under your bed wouldn't haunt you, you knew it was a loosing battle with your heart# A little voice in his head was asking. #And last night was the last battle of the campaign before you surrender. That's why you said all the things you did. One last effort to save him and yourself before it all goes to hell.#
Duo was musing about all this while he was hanging up his clothes to dry out and wondering how to get rid of the bra and garter when Treize entered the bathroom.
"Well?" Duo asked, his tone neutral. He kept his back to Treize, not wanting to deal with things yet. The look of disgust that was usually in a John's eyes after a while, he didn't want to see in T-chan's. The Johns always thought that a kid had a choice about peddling his ass. Like he could do anything else to get cash on a poor colony. Or food.
"Duo..." Treize, sounded concerned, which caused him to turn around. "Are you feeling better? I have something for you to eat. And...I'm sorry."
"Sorry about what Treize? I unloaded a lot of emotional baggage on you last night, could you be a little more specific?" Duo asked mockingly, grinning crookedly at him.
The eyes were wary and frightened, the grin hadn't managed to reach his eyes. Duo was expecting the worse again Treize knew and was trying to cushion the blow, by acting like it didn't matter what happened.
After everything that he told him last night, Duo wasn't expecting anything besides to be shown out the door. What he told him might account for some of the uneasiness that felt in Duo at odd moments in the beginning, worry that he would be replaced with one of his fellow pilots. Treize couldn't see any of the others pulling this off with as much caring as Duo had done. He didn' t think he could fall in love with any of the others like he had with Duo.
"That you had to kill that pervert with your bare hands. Or was it something else?"
Running his eyes up and down Duo's braid, Treize was angry that Duo had shut himself off again. His last lover had problems with masks also. He did not know how he attracted these people! With Miri it had been a desire to hide himself from the world until he could fight back. With Duo it was a self defense mechanism so that the world wouldn't kill him.
Duo's mask was firmly in place this morning. And Treize wasn't going to push things by reopening last night's wounds. He had spent half the night listening to Duo whimper in his sleep talking to his ghosts. It hadn't been the first time and probably wasn't going to be the last, but it tore at him each time he heard it. Duo never mentioned his nightmares to him, so Treize wondered if he even remembered them.
Duo had told him, while he was brushing it out once that he had kept his hair long because of the good memories that he had with people that he used to live with. Treize didn't know if they were friends, family or what and Duo never told him. Treize was faintly disturbed that Duo had to soil those memories by using it to kill someone with it.
"You got it in one T-chan" Duo was still mocking him.
"Duo..." Treize's voice had a note that made Duo start to pay attention.
"What?" Duo put on his most innocent face and widened his eyes. Innocent always sold better.
"I didn't expect this to be a storybook romance. But I think I took your advice from our first night together. I found a nice boy." Treize said quietly.
"And who might that be?" Duo's tone was brittle and biting. Treize watched Duo's eyes fill with something, he couldn't figure out what. Despair, cynicism, hope? He wasn't expecting a good answer, especially after last night.
"You." Treize said gently.
"T-chan you definitely have been drinking too much again. Your short term memory is shot. Or didn't you really hear anything of what I told you last night? Nice boy is not a phrase that can be used to describe me"
Disbelief was the most prominent emotion that Duo was showing. The mask wasn't as firmly in place as he thought he could read his eyes this well. Or he was able to see most of what Duo kept hidden from the world.
"Duo you wouldn't have told me all that last night unless you still had a heart and a soul. So don't hate yourself for what you are doing. Or feeling. I'm glad that you were willing to tell me all that. "
"And will you still be singing the same tune if I kill you, because I am ordered to?"
"Duo you're a soldier, I'm a soldier and orders are orders. Just answer me one question. Will you regret it if you have to kill me?"
Duo smiled brilliantly. Treize was enthralled by it and barely heard his soft words, "T-chan I will regret it if I have to kill you." He barely noticed how sad Duo's eyes were.
"Then let's have breakfast. You didn't have supper last night."
"T-chan, T-chan, T-chan the only problem that I have is I haven't gotten any lately." Duo teased him, his good humor apparently restored.
"And you won't with those injuries. Plus the mad scramble that is going on for your last assignment's power base is going to keep me busy. If you wanted to get ‘some' from me, as you so colorfully put it, killing someone that was going to cause that big a power vacuum isn't how you go about it." Treize teased back. "Besides Lady Une is going to join us, so put some more clothes on, unless you are tempting her, also."
"Nope, being the third between you two would kill me. You both want to be dominant too much and I would be caught in the middle."
Treize choked on that comment, causing Duo to laugh at him. "You hadn't figured that one out yet? You know she wants you T-chan, you are oh so sexy even if you haven't figure it out yet, but realized that it would be disastrous if she tries it. Aside from the technical problem that you both like guys."
"Duo..." Treize was floored by a mental image of a naked Une, still wearing her glasses, trying to seduce him.
"What did I say? Why do you think she put up with me after she caught us in bed?" Duo asked, concerned about the odd look that was on Treize's face. Was it the fact that Une wanted to jump him or the fact that he never figured out that he had a hot body.
Probably the last, Duo knew that a lot of people had hit on Treize for what he could do for them, not for his looks. Duo felt a slight twinge at that, they had that in common. Not much else, but that.
Treize must have learned really early that too many people wanted him for what he could do, not for who he was, like he had. He wondered how old Treize was when he learned that lesson. Duo would bet he was not much older then he was when he realized that eating had a high price sometimes.
Not that he was much better, sleeping with him because of orders and so those bastards wouldn't send Quatre or one of the rest of them in here wasn' t a much better reason. He felt bad that he would never be able to tell him how much he was enjoying this relationship and it was for T-chan: the guy who held him when he was having a nightmare, spoiled him with pastries and tried not to disturb him with wishes for the future or questions about the past. The one person that he could remove most of his masks in front of. Not General Khushrendra who had most of the world leaders asking how high when he said jump. They were the same person he knew, but one does not fool around with a general in bathtub full of Jello. T-chan you could and he wanted to repeat the experience someday, with the sparking kind of Jello. Duo smiled foolishly at the memory.
"The truth comes out..." Treize exclaimed, enjoying his smile, even if he couldn't guess the cause. "What did you say to her, when you when you two were in the kitchen?"
"Basically that she shouldn't have a bad attitude because you were getting some. I wasn't a threat to her power base like Zechs was and neither one of us had any illusions of what was going on. It was purely a physical relationship. Besides which would be worse, a Gundam pilot in your bed or a Romafeller spy? She thought I was the lesser of two evils."
Duo shrugged and walked up to Treize, to give him a hug and a kiss. Treize trapped him against the wall and they spent time hugging each other until they heard Une clear her throat behind them.
Treize had felt a little twinge when Duo said that they relationship was purely physical, but realized that it was a mind set that Duo needed if he as going to keep himself sane enough to continue this. And the key word was ‘was'. Treize had a sneaking suspicion that it had changed since that time. One doesn't drag oneself fifty miles, injured, in the pouring rain for a physical relationship, even if it was only to cry on his shoulder. And Duo's assignment had been about that far away. Duo needed someone badly last night and he came here. Treize didn't have to wonder how many of his more recent visits were for the same reason. A person to be with and chase away his nightmares.
"Treize-sama, Duo-kun. Would you like me to leave?" she respectfully asked.
They guiltily disengaged from each other. Duo really didn't like flaunting his relationship with Treize in front of Une. He respected her too much. And definitely a psycho-bitch, not that it was a bad thing, so long as he was not on the receiving end of it. He moved passed Treize and gave Une a hug. She stiffened and then relaxed, gently returning it after a second.
"Breakfast?" Duo chirped, "I'm sure you guys are hungry. Just let me find a shirt. Unless you don't want me around?"
"Since we will be discussing how to deal with the latest problem that you have handed us, the discussion will not be a surprise to you." Une frostily pointed out, then her toned softened. "Thank you for getting rid of him, he was an embarrassment to OZ."
"No problem, Oneechan Une." Duo joked, "Always wanted to help a pretty lady in distress." Throwing on a shirt he made his way to the tray of food that Treize had brought in and poured himself a glass of juice. He didn't feel up to food just yet, even though it had been a while since he had eaten last.
"But you know if there is anything that my superiors would ask me about, I will tell them."
"I understand, Duo." Treize said quietly, "Thank you for being honest about it. But eat something. I wasn't kidding when I said that you were too skinny."
"Not hungry, T-chan. It's too early in the morning to think of food. I don't know how you guys do it. And I'm gonna be skinny, that's the way I'm built. I didn't get the muscles that you have." Duo pouted at him and fluttered his lashes. Treize chuckled and dropped the subject, like Duo wanted him too. Last night had been a little too rough for his peace of mind and he still was shaken about it. And Duo never ate in the morning anyway.
Une sighed as she filled up her own plate. #T-chan, how disrespectful and how endearing,# she thought. #And Oneechan? Big sister? Does he actually like me that much? And why?#
Aloud she said, "If you could send me a copy of what you are passing on to you superiors I would appreciate it."
Duo sprayed juice at that request and stared at her, shocked. " ‘Neechan, can I say no to that one?"
"Of course Duo, I would have been astonished if you had said yes. And very suspicious of the contents of the report." Une replied calmly. "Have some more juice."
Duo shook his head and mopped up what he had sprayed. He sat quietly, listening to the political strategies that they were going to employ in the fight for the power that had just fallen into their hands. T-chan and Lady Une were looking at him strangely once and a while, wondering why he was so quiet. He usually had some comment to make about what they were talking about, even if it wasn't his business.
Lady Une had a look in her eye that spoke volumes to Duo. She had figured out that last night's assassination had strengthened Treize's power base in the Romafeller Foundation. Not that it was a bad thing in her eyes. It seemed that Duo was doing more and more of those assignments, which wasn't good for him. It was one more step in controlling either Oz or Treize through Duo's actions. Duo idly wondered if Treize would figure it out, he did have some very big blind spots he had noticed. Or he didn't want to upset whatever they had going on here, he was very considerate in that way. He was willing to wait for Duo to tell him what was going on.
But he and Une had a good relationship going. She didn't really bother him and he didn't step on her toes. And she loved Treize in her own way, which as the most important thing. Someone would be there for Treize pick up the pieces if this blew up in his face. Treize was the innocent bystander in all this to a certain extent. He and Lady Une hadn't been innocent in a long time. He has started calling her ‘oneechan' as a joke and it stuck. He liked her, she was a good person be with if you could overlook the fanatical side of her.
Duo hadn't realized he had dozed off until he felt a hand touch his forehead. He woke with a start and a punch towards whoever was touching him. He felt it being caught as he opened his eyes. "Sorry," he croaked at Treize. "Bad habit."
"You've got a mild fever. Go back to bed and sleep. I'll leave some juice and food for you. I'll wake you this evening and you can sneak back to your friends." Treize sounded worried.
"T-chan, it's just from being out in the rain. I've survived the plagues on L2, I think I'll survive a cold. Don't worry. Just tuck me into bed and go off and oppress the masses some more." Duo teased him.
"Duo..." Treize sighed. "That you not taking it seriously means that you feel awful. Sleep."
"T-chan..." Duo said and hugged the older man before going back to bed. He did feel crappy, but thought it was just general depression more then anything else. Treize watched him awhile before returning to the mound of work that awaited him.
Duo slept the day away waking to only to either drink some more juice or hit the bathroom. He didn't even notice when T-chan crawled into bed with him for a nap. He was surprised to see it was dark out when Treize woke him again.
"Duo...You have to get up. I'm leaving and you can't stay here."
"Mmm...give me five minutes to get dressed and I'm out of here." Duo blearily replied, crawling out of the bed and struggling to the bathroom. He frowned at the messy clothes that he had to put back on, but showing up too clean might cause the others to be suspicious of him. Better to be dirty then dead. They were going to wonder where he was going, at least Trowa and Heero were starting to wonder about his odd late night forays. So long as they didn't push it, he wouldn't tell them. Hell, they had something that resembled a life, why couldn't he?
"Are you okay?" Treize asked, concern evident in his voice. His tone caused Duo to look up from where he was struggling into his dirt stiffened jeans. Showing up in anything of Treize's was not a good idea, either. So back into what he wore last night, except for that damned girl stuff. He'd ditch that someplace else along the way. He wasn't too worried about getting caught. Most of the descriptions were for a young girl with short black hair and green eyes. Thank god for wigs, contacts and make up.
"I wouldn't like to fight, but I can make it back to the others. Thanks for asking. Sorry that I wasn't a bit better company on this visit."
"You're sick and I feel badly about sending you out into the night like this."
"T-chan, repeat after me slowly, ‘Duo is the enemy'...can you do that? Also what happened to the person that told me this morning about orders and soldiers? It stopped raining. You tried to feed me. It's not that cold out. I'll see you around, okay. And no more kisses because Une will shoot me if you catch this." Duo scolded Treize lightly. His heart skipped a little over the concern that he heard in Treize's voice. It was good to know that someone was worrying about him.
Treize gently hugged Duo goodbye, trying to avoid the bruises. Duo returned it tightly. "T-chan, do you want me to come around again? I'll understand if you say no. I'll think of something so that you don't get another one of us using you."
Duo's voice was quiet and Treize had a mental picture of a small child asking for a favor. Treize had the feeling that a lot of favors that Duo had wished for never happened.
"Duo, I would like it very much if you visited me again. I told you that I took your advice about settling down with a nice boy. And you are not ‘using ' me. I walked into this with my eyes open. I knew that you were sleeping with me because of orders. I also know that if it was distasteful to you, you would have figured out some way of getting out of this liaison without having one of your fellow pilots taking your place. So you like me, I hope. It's enough. You're in a life that has people walking in and out of it all the time. I think you like me as a constant that you can count on, even if I 'm the enemy." Treize said gently.
"Thanks, T-chan. I can drop a lot of the masks that I wear around you." Duo's voice had an edge of sadness to it that made Treize want to drag the boy back to one of his estates and keep him there, safe from the world.
Treize was sure that was the closet thing that Duo could get to an "I love you". He avoided the word like it was a bomb waiting to go off. Given what little hints he had managed to gather from their time together, love was an emotion that had caused more pain then pleasure in his young companion.
Duo gave one more squeeze to Treize and a gentle kiss to his cheek, before slowly leaving his room and making his way back to the motorcycle that he had hidden in the woods, outside the base. Back to his fellow pawns.
End Part 4
Christine
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