Rating:
Hard R
Pairings:
1x2x1
Warnings:
Angst, fluff, sap, language, AU, Heero’s POV
School Tales #21 – Remedial Study
The
I promise to let him go…
I must be crazy.
I promise…
I can hear Duo in the dining
room…and now in the kitchen. He’s obviously clearing away the dishes we’ve used
for our meal. I really should help him out.
…to let him…
I sink my trembling hands
into my pockets, leaning against the doorway to the kitchen as I watch him move
almost effortlessly back and forth. He looks so at home here, so comfortable,
so ‘meant to be’, if you know what I mean. I should just slink away without him
noticing. I should hide my face in shame at what I have just done. But do I
tell him? Can I look Duo in the eye and tell him that I just made a promise to
his mother to let him…
…go.
“Don’t just stand there,” he
calls out to me. “Help me with the dishes, will ya?”
I give a small shrug, as if I
have no care in the world and join him in the dining room. Eleanor’s lingering
perfume assails my senses and I almost drop a plate as I remember how fervent
her words had been. She was clearly a woman who would do anything for her son.
I was just another stranger who had come into his life to take him away from
her.
Duo’s talking about something
but I can barely register the words that filter from his lips. My movements
seem automated and programmed. Remove plates from table. Take to kitchen. Load in
the dishwasher. Wipe down kitchen counters. Hell, we even vacuum up the damn
dining room and sweep up the surrounding areas. By the time we are through, one
would hardly know that a small party had taken place barely an hour ago.
“Come,” Duo says, tugging my
shirt restlessly. “I’ve got something to show you.”
“What is it?” I ask, noticing
the glint of excitement in his eyes as he goes towards the closet to bring out
our jackets.
“You’ll see,” he replies
enigmatically, causing me to frown with slight impatience. Whatever this thing
is, we’re definitely going to have to go outside to see it. As we make our way
towards the front door, I take another quick glance towards Eleanor’s bedroom.
Is she awake? Can she hear us leaving the apartment? Will she come running out
of the room forcing me to stay away from her precious son?
“Oi…Heero. Stop spacing out,
man. What’s the matter with you anyway? You’ve been acting a bit strange since
we put my mom in bed.”
Do you really want to know what happened, Duo? Your
mom just threatened me…well almost threatened me.
“Nothing,” I say instead and
motion for him to lead the way. “What’s this thing you want to show me anyway?”
I can see that my vague reply
isn’t sitting too well with him. However, his enthusiasm for his surprise
returns quickly as he begins to walk towards a building directly across the
apartment complex. It is an extremely long bungalow with numbered garage doors.
It’s clearly a place for either storage or cars. As Duo stops before Garage
number H-210, he is literally grinning from ear to ear.
“I swear I couldn’t believe
it when she showed it to me this morning…”
I think I already have an
inkling of what this might be. He lifts the door upwards and I feel my heart
soar and yet sink at the same time.
“Duo,” I gasp in awe because
believe me that is the first reaction one can expect to have when faced with
such a beauty. “It’s…”
“Fucking awesome!” Duo
finishes with a happy laugh. “And it’s the latest model too!”
Now, I’m not that much of an
automobile buff, like say Wufei or even Duo, for he’s beginning to rattle off
stats and info on the make and speed of the kick-ass motorcycle sitting in the
middle of the garage. But even a fool would have seen that this piece of machinery
is one hell of a ride. It’s black – somehow fitting for a guy like Duo – with
charcoal painted flames on its sides. This is a Honda CBR600RR and if memory serves
me right, this particular model isn’t even due out until early next year! Damn,
but Eleanor must be even more loaded than I had originally thought.
“…three dimensional mapping,”
Duo finishes with a flourish as he reaches for one of the matching black
helmets to toss it to me. I barely catch the round object, but raise a brow as
I watch him slip his own over his head. “What are you waiting for?”
His voice sounds muffled
beneath the helmet and I realize that there’s no way I can back out of this now.
“I wanna give this a test
run…”
“You mean you haven’t ridden
it yet?”
“Of course not!” He looks
indignant. “I just got it this morning and I’ve been itching to ride it all day
with…eh…you.” He finishes quickly and then turns away to straddle his new pride
and joy. I must be blushing as well, but I hide it quickly by slipping the
(rather cool) helmet over my head. Wow, this even has a cooling system within
it, so any fear of suffocating within the protector was taken care of.
I eye the motorbike…actually
more of Duo’s backside and swallow tightly. I doubt the machine had been made
for two people, although there is the obligatory second ‘seat’ for another
passenger. I’ll have to really hold on tightly to Duo if I don’t want to fall on
my ass and to the roadside. And naturally this means that I’ll have to get that close to Duo when we haven’t really
touched each other that intimately in more than three weeks. Well, there was
the kiss in the kitchen but…
“Heero? Come on!”
“Sure, sure. Don’t get too
impatient,” I mumble and dutifully straddle the machine. I have to shift a
little to ease the rather uncomfortable tightness in my groin area and end up
biting my lower lip to stop from groaning as I end up rubbing against Duo. He
leans forward as if to give me more room, but believe me when I say it’s not
helping much. The fabric of his pants stretch a bit more to give me an even
better look at his ass.
“Duo…”
“Alright!” he cries out as he
begins to reeve the engine. “Hold on tightly to me, Heero. I can’t say I’m a
very safe driver, if you know what I mean.”
“Not…safe…?!” I yell back in
confusion but I get my answer as Duo gives something akin to a war cry and
literally shoots out of the garage and into the streets. My arms immediately
wrap around his slender waist and I press myself as tightly as I can to his
body while all thoughts of raging libidos and erections fly, literally, with
the wind. I wish he had tucked his braid into his helmet because the damn thing
keeps flying into my face. Good thing I have the helmet on or I would be
blinded from all the lashes I’m getting.
Where we are driving to…I
have no idea. Do I care that much? Not really. I will admit that the first few
turns on rather sharp street corners had me cursing Duo in every language I
knew, but after a while, I got used to it and even joined in some of his
ridiculous war cries…after some prodding from him of course.
I’m surprised we haven’t been
stopped by the police yet. It’s a Saturday night. A time when the cops are
known to patrol the streets, eager to arrest any young hooligan for disturbing
the peace. But so far, so good. We’ve already gone past the city limits and Duo
is now driving towards the freeway and the
Beneath the full moon and
lights from the two cities, the dark waters of the Great Divide, sparkle like a
million jewels in the night. My breath catches in awe at the unique splendor of
it all as something hard and rather tight causes my chest to ache. I might
never get to see such a sight again…especially with Duo. The cool evening
breeze chills me to the bones and I wrap my arms even tighter around him
feeling and needing his heat to keep me warm.
I don’t cry. At least I don’t
think I’ve cried in a while, but I think I’ll give in to it now. He won’t know
anyway. The helmet is a suitable shield and the roar of the wind and cars will
be a blanket for my silent sobs.
To be honest, it does feel
good to let it go. Like a cleansing of my spirit perhaps. I just hope he has no
plans to stop anytime soon for explaining this weakness is going to be one of
the hardest things I’ve ever done.
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The
“We’re kind of far from your
home now, aren’t we, Duo?”
He shrugs and continues to
look out of the glass elevator that’s leading us to the rooftop of the tallest
building in the city. He had said he had always waited to see the view from
there and lucky for him, we had made it just in time before closing.
The cars and other buildings
are beginning to look like tiny dots of light below us as I press my face to
the glass. “Cool,” I breathe in wonder.
“You’ve never been here
before?” Duo asks with a snicker as he too presses his face against the glass.
I can see his reflection from the corner of my eye as he makes a funny face.
Not to be outdone I mimic his actions and he smirks and makes an even funnier
one. I give up and laugh softly.
“You dare to mimic the
master?” he teases and suddenly reaches out to pull me closer to him. I don’t
want to protest. I won’t even bother trying to protest as his lips ghost mine
in semblance of a kiss.
I had stopped crying long ago
and hoped my face wasn’t that obvious to give anything away.
“Heero…” he whispers as I
rest my forehead against his. I breathe his name as well, always loving the way
it rolls off my tongue so easily. Our hips meet and we suck in each other’s
gasp with our tongues. Unfortunately, the dull chime of the elevator door
opening up has us pulling apart with sheepish smiles.
“Yee hah!” Duo bellows and
pulls me out of our warm cocoon. Besides two security guards stationed around
the exit doors, there is another couple and then Duo and I on the famous
rooftop.
“Holy…shit…” I gasp in
excitement as I dare to lean over the ledge to look down. A rush of blood to my
head has me reeling back and laughing in exhilaration as Duo begins to run
around like a man possessed. I can only imagine how he feels. It’s really
indescribable to be up here. To feel the wind (which is way colder up here)
against your body. To feel like you can almost touch the moon if you stretched
just a wee bit higher or to watch the world move beneath your feet at your beck
and call.
“I’m the King of the World!!”
Duo screams and spreads his arms wide in the famous movie pose.
“Aww, man! That’s so
overdone!” I groan and slap a hand against my forehead. “Please! Stop with the
cliché!”
“Overdone you say?! Overdo this!”
He leaps off his perch and dives for me. Since I wasn’t expecting it, I rely on
my reflexes to catch him as we topple to the cool cement in a tangle of limbs.
Our laughter seems to echo around us as we roll around and around until I feel
my head begin to spin. I collapse onto my back on the cool concrete ground,
still giggling helplessly as Duo tries to tickle me.
“Sto…stop! Please stop!”
“Cry uncle!”
“Never!”
“Then kiss me!”
“With pleasure!” I sink my
hands into his hair and pull him down to me, successfully capturing his
laughter with my lips. The chill I had once felt, melts away with each feel of
his tongue stroking mine. I close my eyes and arch into his body – his heat –
unable to stop the whimper that escapes me as his tongue withdraws to tease my
lips.
Duo…my Duo….how I will miss you when you have to
leave.
“…made up my mind.”
I open up my eyes slowly to
blink at him in mild confusion. There is a rather intense look in his eyes and
his lips, moist and swollen from our kissing, glisten before me so tempting and
inviting. I lean up to capture them again, already hungry for his touch but he
shakes his head and pulls away.
“Du…Duo?” I sit up carefully,
wondering if I had done or said something to annoy him. But then I remember
that he had been saying something to me and I had the feeling that this was
very important.
“I said, I’ve made up my
mind, Heero,” he says again. His voice is shaky and I can see a tentative smile
come to his features.
I feel my heart beat
quickening as it dawns on me but deciding to play it cool, I only ask softly.
“What have you decided then, Duo?”
He runs his fingers through
his bangs and then claps his hands together as if it’s to make it official.
“I’ve decided to stay.” His smile broadens and he moves closer to me again to
murmur against my lips. “I want to be with you, Heero.”
I think I’ve long given up my
brain cells to work because I can only stare at him like a moron. I don’t know
if I should scream for joy or to smack some sense into him. So what do I do?
“What about your mom?” Why
does my voice sound so breathless and almost squeaky?
He waves a hand in dismissal.
“I can take care of my mom, don’t worry.”
“But Duo…” He silences my
protest with another kiss and dear god, I try so hard to get into it. However,
seeing and remembering Eleanor’s face and words has me pulling away again with
a slow shake of my head. I have to get some distance between Duo and I now or else I’ll never be able to get my
thoughts in order.
I get to my feet and walk
away, pacing back and forth restlessly. I eye the surroundings. There’s only
one guard, who isn’t even looking this way, and the couple have long gone,
leaving only Duo and I on the roof. We have less than ten minutes to leave
since the building is to shut down to tourists/visitors at
“What’s the problem now?” he
asks a bit coolly and I can feel my stomach do a nervous flip flop. I don’t
want to lose him again. I don’t want him to put up that cold mask that shuts me
out of his thoughts. However, I want him to see things my way – to feel and
understand the dilemma I’m going through.
“Don’t you want to travel
with your mom? I thought you had wanted to do that and besides…I really think
she’d like to have you for a while…”
“Don’t you want me anymore?
What was all that talk about me being selfish?” he interrupts curtly.
“I want you, Duo,” I explain
quickly, catching his wary look with silent plea. “I more than want you, but…I
realize that I was the one being selfish. Your mom…she’s been fighting hard to
be with you all these years and now that she’s finally found you…I mean…if I
were in her shoes, I wouldn’t want to let you go either. Do you see what I’m
trying to say?”
He lowers his head and says
nothing for a long time, leaving me to wonder if I’ve really pushed the wrong
buttons this time. However, he finally flops onto his back and gives a soft
laugh.
“Did my mom tell you anything
in the bedroom?”
I start in surprise and
decide to play it safe. “She might have.”
He sits up on his elbows and
raises a brow at me. “Well? What did she bribe you with?”
“Bribe?”
“Come now, Heero. She must
have said something to make you talk this way. So tell me. What did Eleanor
Parker tell you?”
“Parker?”
“Her family name, but don’t
try to change the subject.”
I sink to the ground beside
him and raise my knees to my chest. “What do you think?” My voice is muffled as
I bury my face within my knees.
“To let me go?”
“Pretty much.”
“And?”
“And I said ‘yes’.”
He sits up completely to gape
at me in surprise. “You’re fucking kidding me!”
“I had no choice, Duo!” I say
in my defense. “You should have seen the way she looked at me. I even have this
to show for it.” I lift up my wrist and show him the dull red mark from his
mother’s fervent grip. I sigh softly and lower my head again. “She loves you,
Duo. No matter what you want to think of her, she really truly does love you.”
“But…”
I lift a finger to place it
against his lips, lifting my head slowly to give him a small but warm smile.
“For the summer.”
His eyes widen in confusion.
“For the summer, Duo. I’ll
let you go and then you’ve got to promise to come back to me for our final year
as seniors. Got it?”
He takes my finger away
gently. “And what if I don’t return? I might enjoy myself so much with mother
that I might never want to come back.”
That thought had crossed my
mind, but for some reason, I feel extremely confident about things now. I allow
a smirk to come to my features as I lean closer to him. Staring into his eyes –
those expressive darker blue eyes of his – that shimmer with daring and slight
confusion, I reply huskily against his lips.
“Oh, you’ll come back, Duo.
Just like you’ve stolen this heart of mine, I think it’s safe to say that I’ve
stolen, locked and caged up yours for life.”
“What’s this?” His voice is
shaky and his cheeks flush with color. “Heero Yuy being romantic? I think the
world has officially ended.”
“With only you and me left to
pick up the pieces…”
I place a teasing kiss on the
corner of his lips. We are both literally trembling with need at this point.
“Hey, kids! You’ve got five
minutes left!” The guard yells but I can barely hear him…and I’m sure Duo’s
tone deaf to anything but me at this point.
“We have two weeks left for
the school year,” he reminds me breathlessly as his tongue flickers out to
trace my lower lip. “We have finals…
“…school festivals…”
I tease his tongue with mine.
“…regional championships…”
He slips a hand underneath my
shirt to caress my stomach and chest. My nipples are as hard as rocks at this
point and it’s only a matter of time before he finds them to tease mercilessly.
Oh fuck.
“…Relena’s annual end of
school year party…”
I all but whimper into his
mouth as he pinches them roughly.
“…I don’t think I’ll be able
to stay for that one…mother wants me with her as soon as I finish my last
exam…mmphfff!”
We’re talking too much and we
don’t have enough time and I want to eat him alive if it were possible because
he belongs to me and will always belong to me!
“HEY LOVEBIRDS! WE’RE CLOSING
THE
We groan in disbelief and
pull apart, still panting harshly for air. Duo gets to his feet quickly and
tugs me along with him. If I don’t have him soon, I’m going to come in my pants
just from looking at him. We run past the guards, who give us baleful looks,
and jump into the elevator only to continue from where we left off.
It’s a good thing the glass
is pretty strong enough to hold our weight for Duo crushes me against it to
seize my lips again in a kiss so hard and rough, I swear I taste blood in the
process.
“Hah…aah…” Probably the only
damn sounds I’m able to make as my fingers blindly seek the buttons to stop our
moving carriage from going so fast. We still have a long way down to go and I
sincerely hope that no one else wishes to get in. Of course, there’s the fact
that everyone in the entire city can probably see us making out, but naturally,
I could care less about that. Duo’s already working his way into my pants.
Since knowing Duo Maxwell,
such things as shame and embarrassment at public displays of affection are no
longer a factor in my book. As I part my thighs to give him easier access to my
raging erection and feel the cool air brush against my butt cheeks, I throw
back my head and close my eyes in delight. His mouth envelopes my cock and I’m
in heaven all over again.
I had hopes of us being
together throughout the summer. Perhaps I could take him to my parents’ house
this time around and proudly show him off. I will definitely miss him in more
ways than one. We have only two weeks left to enjoy and savor every moment
together and I will do my part to make sure he never forgets me when he goes
away.
“Aaaah!!” My fingers sink
into his hair as my hip thrusts hard and fast into his hot mouth. All too soon,
I come so quickly that it’s almost painful. Duo for his part, swallows it all
like it’s the best thing he’s had since white wine. I watch through hazy depths
as he licks my balls and glistening cock several more times before releasing me
with a soft kiss on the tip. He smiles softly and reaches for my pants to tug
them back up with a seductive grind against my body. Even before his mouth
reaches mine, my lips are already parted to welcome him in. My taste is ever
bitter and salty as he all but sticks his tongue down my throat. Dear God, but
Duo is delicious.
“Ever fucked on a motorcycle before,
Heero?” he asks in a throaty whisper that has my insides quivering with
anticipation.
“Must be uncomfortable, Duo,”
I reply thickly as my hands run down his back to cup his ass tightly. “But I
think for you I’ll make the exception. It’s my turn to take you, isn’t it?”
“Fuck,” he mutters in weak
protest even though his eyes gleam with mischief.
“Indeed.” I smirk and pull
away as the dull chime of the elevator signals our final destination.
And as we begin to run
towards our waiting ride, laughing and stealing soft kisses while ignoring the
surprised looks we were getting for others, I know that things are going to be
alright between us.
All that matters is what
happens to us now and I intend to savor and cherish it for as long as I can.
~End Period Twenty-One~