Late late late late late! Oh, gods, he was late by a full fifteen minutes! Wufei hadn't *meant* to fall asleep, truly, but he'd been so sleepy after supper that he'd crawled in bed at five-thirty and set his alarm so that he could nap and it hadn't gone off to wake him!! If Heero hadn't come in to check on him before he and Duo went out....!
His caramel cheeks were vibrantly flushed, black hair loose around his face as he raced across campus clutching his bag on his back. Argh! It was going to take a full five minutes, even running, to get to the library! Gasping, he reached the building and raced up the stairs to the entranceway, stumbling into the foyer to catch his breath and there she stood, behind the desk.
Une-sensei.
The look in her blue eyes was positively *FROSTY* and his heart veritably quaked. Twenty whole minutes late! He could've groaned if he wasn't in a library! He was certain she'd tell Treize-sama and then the fat WOULD be in the fire and the light spanking he'd gotten away with *last* Saturday certainly wouldn't be what he'd be getting for the one coming up tomorrow!
That thought upset Wufei terribly and he bit his lip as he trudged up to the desk and asked politely for the key to the room to which he always went on the third floor to study.
"There's someone in the room already," came the stern whisper. "It will be unlocked when you arrive."
Wufei's eyes widened with surprise. No one was ever in the library on the third floor except for him! Well... maybe Quatre or Trowa had come to keep him company... "Arigatou!" he whispered before turning to trudge up the stairs to the third floor.
Those cold blue eyes watched him go and a thin smile compressed her lips that could have frightened anyone purely to death. Twenty whole minutes late. She could have laughed with delight; Treize would not be pleased! It was one of her greatest pleasures in life to get the students at Wilmington in trouble and this one was, in a way, almost entirely under her thumb. What a delight!!
With a vicious chuckle, she returned to her work, the sound frightening the pretty blonde student named Arislan as he stepped up to check out a book. Yes, it was quite a delight!
Arriving at the top of the stairs, Wufei dragged open the door and turned right, moving past the shelves to the very end of the room and then turning to the left to go to the small study room at the end. With care, he opened the door, a greeting on his lips that became a sharp gasp instead. "T... T... Tr... Tre..."
"Wufei, you are *late*," Treize informed him coolly, fingers tapping slowly on the wooden table as an eyebrow raised.
"I, I, I," Wufei babbled. It took him almost a full thirty seconds before he could blurt, "I was sleepy and my alarm didn't, I mean, it didn't go off and I oversle.."
Treize's voice interrupted him, the tone stern. "Have a seat. We will work on your geometry and chemistry until nine thirty this evening and I will escort you back to your room. I expect you to be early in the morning. Seven thirty. Do you understand? Tell me you understand."
Wufei nodded hesitantly as he seated himself beside Treize and placed his back on the floor, pulling loose his geometry book. "I understand," Wufei whispered tearfully, looking up at Treize with a fearful expression.
"Now, Wufei. Polynomials..."
The End
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