Don't Push Me Away - Chapter 10 (4xR) AU
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:47 am
Don't Push Me Away
by Neon Fantasy
Disclaimer: The same normal disclaimer applies.
Chapter 10
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" --- " - Speaking
' --- ' - Thinking
Hilde was completely focused on the work at hand. Working through her maths equations she reached over for her scientific calculator and started calculating the finishing things she would have to do to get the right answer. As she was doing this, Mariemaia was reading through some theory work she had previously done in music. As she was re-reading through her exercise book, filled with work she had done at the beginning of the year she suddenly went into shock at what she had just discovered. One of her major assignments wasn't completely finished, and to her annoyance, this was going to be included in their mid year exams too, "GOD DAMMIT!!!" She yelled as she slammed her hand onto her book. At that moment the librarian glared at her and put their index finger over their mouth, signaling for her to keep quiet. Quickly putting her hand over her mouth she waved her other hand at them in apology.
As the librarian went back to doing their work again, Mariemaia sighed to herself and looked back down at her work. She remembered why she didn't complete that project now, it was because A) She couldn't find any information on it B) She started it the night before it was due, even though they were given two weeks to do it and C) She was just plain slack, full stop. At that moment though, another outburst was suddenly called out as Hilde screamed insults at what looked to be her text book. The librarian once again looked over at their table and eyed Hilde with annoyance. She just ignored them; instead she started skimming over her work to find just what it was that made her get the wrong answer.
"I can't stand maths! Why is it so bloody hard!?" Hilde said as she slammed her pencil onto her book.
"Haven't you done these questions already?" Mariemaia asked as she peered over at Hilde's work.
"Yeah, I'm doing this as revision to prepare myself for my maths exam. The more I can get right on my own, the better," Hilde stated as she closed her text book and leaned her arms over her exercise book.
"I assume your taking a break now?"
"Well, I think I deserved it, maths makes my head hurt."
"Understandable, I would have to start on that soon too," Mariemaia said, shuttering at the thought of it. Like Hilde, maths wasn't one of her strong points either.
"Say, where is everyone?" Hilde suddenly asked.
"Hm? Oh! Um, Mueller and Alex are on the computers, Relena and Duo are looking for some books for English or something and Quatre is coming over here right now."
As Mariemaia said this, Quatre came over to their table with a whole stack of exercise books. Dumping them on the table where Hilde and Mariemaia were, he sat himself down opposite from them and began working through them. Hilde and Mariemaia stared in shock at all of his work books, and to think that he started school later than them too; he had more than doubled the amount of their books and the thought of it scared them a little.
"Wow, Quatre, how do you have so many books?" Hilde asked, still in shock at the sight of them all.
Quatre looked up at her when she asked this and smiled sheepishly at her, "Um, well some of them are my exercise books but some are my revision books as well. When ever I get stuck on something or if I know that we will have to know it for exams at the end of the year, I put them in a whole new book so I will know what I will have to work though when I need to do some revision, if that makes any sense."
"Geez, you?re so organized, I should try doing that sometime," Mariemaia stated.
"Hehe, yeah sure you will," Hilde added in a half teasing way.
"Hey!" Mariemaia shrieked in a playful tone as she gently slapped Hilde across the arm.
Quatre smiled at them and glanced over what they were doing, what Mariemaia was working through was what caught most of his attention though.
"Ah, you?re making a start on music Miss Mariemaia?"
Turning her gaze over to Quatre, Mariemaia nodded but sadly replied, "Yeah, but one of my major assignments that is going to be in our mid year exams wasn't completed."
Smiling at her sympathetically, Quatre held out his hand and asked, "May I have a look and see?"
Mariemaia nodded and slowly handed her book to Quatre, pointing over at the page where it was 'supposed' to be. As Quatre was looking through it, Mariemaia was awaiting for some form of insult towards her. Knowing of Quatre's high work standards, she was waiting for an 'Oh that's easy' or 'As if you couldn't do that' or even 'Well, your screwed aren't you?' from Quatre as his reaction to her lack of work. Well, it was her fault after all so what right does she have to complain? Maybe Quatre's words could sink into her thick head and force her to do some work when she knew deep down that she could.
Much to her surprise though, she watched as Quatre got up from his seat and passed her book back to her, still giving her that sweet smile of his. Taking the book back from Quatre, she looked up at him in confusion. Noticing this he said, "I admit that the information for that was a bit tricky but don't worry, I will get you the books I used to do that assignment. I just need to remember what they were called again." With that said he walked over to the music section of the library and started his search for the books Mariemaia would need.
"Hmph, you do realize that he was just being nice when he said that don't you?" Hilde said, wanting to tease her some more.
"Oh shut up! At least if he did think I was an idiot he had the decency NOT to say it to my face."
"Yeah true, you have been told that on more than one occasion anyway so I guess he shouldn't waste his breath over it."
Ignoring that comment, Mariemaia figured that she might as well have a break while she waited for Quatre, she would help him but as slack as she was, she figured that he would have asked if he wanted help. As the two girls sat in silence, both not wanting to do any more study for a while, Mariemaia got out a blank piece of paper and pen and asked, "Wanna play naughts and crosses?"
Hilde looked up at her and smirked, "Sure, why not?" And with that, both started battling each other.
"Well, that's all the books I need," Duo said as he picked up the last novel he needed from the shelves. He cursed himself for returning them, especially once he did so, a couple of days later Mr. Quinze suddenly announces to the class that you might need to go through the books they have studied so far to help them with exams. It's too bad that he made Relena do the same; now both of them had to stress themselves out over the fact that they needed to get the books back again.
"Are you sure you don't want to borrow my copy?" Duo asked, holding a book out to her. It took him a while to find this copy and he wasn?t sure if many of them would still be available so he was only doing what was right in asking if maybe she would like to share it since they needed to start on it soon.
Relena looked at it briefly before looking up at him and shaking her head, "You will need it for yourself. Besides, I'm a little stuck with what to know about that book. I will be hogging it if we were to share it with you."
"Yeah, I get what you mean; I will need to go through it as well. I might have to ask Mr. Quinze for help, when he's in a good mood that is. I know how much he gets pissed off with me hehehe. Are you sure you don't need any help?" Relena shook her head in response once again. With that, Duo just shrugged and went to go borrow his novels; he really needed to get started on them so he figured that he better do just that once he had hired them all.
While looking through the title names of each novel on the shelves, Relena was beginning to panic, 'What if all the copies had been hired out?' God she hoped not, or else she wasn't going to get very good results for her English exam. Every little mark mattered, especially for her so she needed to be sure to study real hard. It was only mid-years but she still needed to picture them as though they were her end of year ones, since midyear exams basically determine if whether or not you will pass the ones at the end of the year. Much to her relief she finally found the last book she needed, but as she lifted her hand to the top of the book in order to slip it out, to her surprise she felt her hand brush against someone else?s. Quickly pulling her hand back in surprise she watched as the novel she needed was pulled out the shelf from the other side. Sighing to herself, she figured that she better start looking for another copy. However, the person who took the book walked around to her side of the shelves, looking at her with amused eyes. Feeling as though someone was watching her, Relena looked up at them briefly but didn't register who it was at first until she lowered her gaze back at the books, the realization of who it was suddenly flashed before her. Looking up at them again she felt her heart begin to race as she dared to look up into their eyes, "Um, hello, Wufei."
Wufei didn't answer; instead he just remained still and continued to stare at her, making slow observations of her slim form. Turning her gaze back at the novels in front of her, she could feel his eyes on her as she continued looking for the novel she needed. This was causing her to feel really; really uncomfortable with the way he was watching her. She couldn't help but look at him every now and then from the corner of her eye, hoping that he might leave her alone soon if she continued to 'try' and ignore him. However, his presence wasn't one that could be easily ignored, his intense black eyes almost seemed to freeze people in their steps, and she was no exception either. Much to her dismay he suddenly began to walk up to her, causing Relena to get really, really nervous.
"Do you need this book?" Wufei asked as he held it out to her.
Relena didn't know if looking up at him was such a good idea, she knew that if she looked at the book her gaze would drift to his hand, then his arm, then up to his torso, to his neck then finally his eyes and she wasn't about to do that. Instead she kept her eyes on the books in front of her and replied, "Um, no it's ok. You were the one who reached out for the book first so it would only be inconsiderate of me to take it from you. I assume you need that for your exams so you can have it, I will just browse around for another copy and-"
"This is the only copy left available," Wufei interrupted as he slowly came closer to her. She was babbling just now and he couldn't help but grin at that, he knew that she always rambled on when she was nervous and just the thought of that flattered him in some way. He was proud that his presence could make people so uncomfortable, it showed a sense of power and he loved it. However, it was different in Relena's case, he felt drawn towards her nervousness, as though he wanted to see more of it.
Noticing Wufei come up to her, Relena was beginning to go under a massive panic, her heart was rapidly beating and her shaking wasn't calming her down one bit. Being only a few inches away from her now, Wufei leaned his right arm over the book shelves and with his other hand he held up the book up to Relena's face and asked, "How long will you need the book for?"
Ok, she could tell that maybe he was going to make a compromise over the novel, which she found not being anything bad right? "Um, well I will need the book for a while since I'm having a bit of trouble with it and everything so-"
"You?re having trouble?" Wufei interrupted again.
'Oh no, bad move Relena. Why in the hell can't you shut your trap when ever he?s around?' Since Wufei had told Relena that that was the only copy to that particular novel left, she figured that maybe sharing it with Duo might not be such a bad idea. As she was about to pass Wufei though, she was stopped in her tracks when he suddenly raised his arm in the way of her path.
Quatre at last found the books he was looking for in order to help Mariemaia with her music assignment. Reaching over for the books his gaze went from the books to the gap in between them and the shelf above it. There were gaps to see through each row of shelves for each new section but what caught his eye were the two figures that were a few rows ahead of him. He could only see a bit of them since the shelves covered majority of their bodies but he was able to make the faces of the two people. One was Relena who looked to be backing up towards a wall while the other who was slowly advancing on her looked to be... Wufei? Quatre was growing overly concerned with what was happening between them, he was beginning to panic, not to mention grow furious, much to his surprise. As he was about to leave though he suddenly came face to face with Sylvia.
"M-Miss Sylvia?" Quatre stuttered as he backed away from her a little just to give them both some space, "What are you doing here?"
Smiling up at him, Sylvia closed the distanced between them again and sweetly replied, "Hello Quatre is there a problem with me doing a bit of, research?"
"Um, no of course not. Well, I better be going now so-" But before he could pass her, she suddenly stepped in the way of his path and continued to look up at him with the sweetest smile she could master.
"Oh, what's your hurry? I was wondering if maybe you could help me," Sylvia said as she came up even closer to Quatre, causing him to try and step back from her advances on him. Which wasn't working since she continued to come up to him when ever he tried stepping back and the more he tried preventing her from coming closer to him, he could sense the wall coming up to him as well, much to his bad luck. As he felt his back press against the wall, Sylvia was only centimeters away from him as she played a little with his school tie, "Do I make you nervous Quatre?" She asked playfully as she continued to play around with him.
Quatre had no idea what she was trying to do here; didn't she just say that she needed to do a bit of research? "Um, you mentioned earlier that you needed to do a bit of research right? Shouldn't you maybe get started?"
At that moment, Sylvia brought both of her hands up to his tie but slowly started running her hands down his torso, causing Quatre's heart to speed up, "My, I never realized how strong you were Quatre, what I wouldn't give to..." As she was saying this, her hands traveled lower, causing them to slip under his school blazer and up under his school top. Quatre's eyes widened with what she was doing and quickly put his books under his arm so that he could grab hold of both her wrists, "Miss Sylvia!"
"Haha, you know how much I love hearing you call me 'Miss'?" Sylvia chucked as she began to let her hands travel up Quatre's top. It wasn't until she brought her fingers up to his nipples that he dropped his books and brought his hands up to her shoulders so that he could gently push her aside. As he did this he quickly made his way out the row of the book shelf and hasty made his way to Hilde's and Mariemaia's table. He couldn't believe he allowed her to do such a thing to him, and what he cursed himself for the most was the fact that he actually enjoyed the way she was touching him.
Sylvia decided to let him go, for now. She couldn't help but smile at what she had just done, god how she loved being so daring and so forward when it came to Quatre, it made all the more fun since he couldn't understand what she was doing by that. Sighing to herself, she figured that she better find the others now but as she was about to leave, she looked in-between the shelves of books and saw Wufei approaching Relena, causing Sylvia?s eyes to widen to mention widen her smile as well, 'Hmph, I don't believe it! Well, wait until Midii hears about THIS!' And with that, she walked out from behind the shelves and went to find her friends.
"If you?re having trouble, I can help you," Wufei said as he came closer to Relena.
"Oh but I don't want to disturb you from your stud-"
"I only need the book just to confirm some of the notes I have from it. It will only take a couple of minutes so I will have plenty of time to help you."
"But what about you?re other subjects? I don't want to-"
"Why won't you accept my help?" Wufei suddenly said, causing Relena to be silenced, "You let Winner help you, why not me?" He was only few centimeters away from her now. Relena lowered her gaze to the ground, she could feel tears swell up in her eyes now but no, she can't allow herself to let Wufei see her in such a state, he already thought low of her, she didn't need to press that on any further. Her arms were beginning to ache at that moment as well, slipping them behind her back she murmured, "You don't like weak, stupid, pathetic women like me."
It was only faint but Wufei heard the words as though they were shouted straight into his ears. Those words caused him to make a terrible mistake back then and even now, they continued to affect him in ways he couldn't explain, he felt some what, ashamed. Placing his hands up to her shoulders, he could feel Relena jump in fright of him, making him feel all the more ashamed of himself, "Relena, I-" Before he could continue he suddenly felt a presence behind him. Sighing in frustration he lowered his hands from Relena and said, "What are you doing here Barton?"
Trowa had to smirk at that, Wufei didn't even turn around to see if it was him and knew instantly that it was him. Going through some of the books which were beside Wufei he said, "I'm looking for some books, is there a problem with that?"
"The problem is that those books you are going through are physics books. You don't do that subject Barton!" Wufei snapped as he turned his gaze towards him, glaring at him in the process. Trowa looked at the titles of the books and indeed found them to be physics books, 'Hmph, one to you Wufei.'
At that moment, Heero made his entrance and eyed what was before him suspiciously. Relena was up against the wall, close to crying whereas Wufei was standing in front of her but looked to be furious over Trowa for some reason. Trowa looked towards Heero and figured that this might be the excuse he needed to get the clearing from Wufei. Browsing over the titles of the books, Trowa pulled out one specific book and chucked it towards Heero asking, "This is what you needed right Heero?" Heero caught the book with ease and eyed the cover carefully. He found it to be the book he indeed needed for his studies, which was the reason why he was coming here for it but as he looked up at Trowa he raised an eyebrow at him and wondered how he knew he needed this particular book, but more importantly, why was Relena here?
"Are you alright Relena?" Heero asked softly as he turned his gaze towards her.
Relena looked up at him and nodded, rubbing her eyes free of the tears that were swelling up in her eye lids. Heero was not convinced; she could not be fine and be about ready to cry because of it. Turning his gaze to Wufei he noticed that Wufei was staring at him as well, "Hmph, it didn't take you long to suspect me already," Wufei said as he continued to glare at Heero.
They continued to do this for a while before Heero just shrugged and turned him back on them but before he left he said, "Can you blame me?" And with that he went back to his table to study.
Wufei was furious, but what made him angry was the fact that Heero had a point, and the fact that he said that to make him feel guilty angered him even more. Turning back to Relena again he said, "Meet me in the car park after school alright? You need this book so I will be sure to give it to you when I'm done with it." Relena looked up at him and noticed the anger he in his eyes, he was more demanding her to meet up with him later so she figured that she better do what he says.
Slowly nodding to him she lowered her gaze again and kept it on the ground. Wufei cursed himself for saying that in such a harsh tone but if it weren't for Trowa and Heero, things would have gone much smoother than this. Stomping his way out from the row of book shelves he made his way over to the librarian?s desk to borrow his book. Knowing that Wufei was finally gone, Relena sighed in relief as she slid down the wall and onto the ground. But what scared her now was the fact that she agreed to go to Wufei's house to study, was this a good thing, or a bad thing?
"You didn't have to agree with him you know," Trowa said as he looked down at her.
Relena jumped when she heard his voice and looked up at him; she totally forgot that he was still here. That little performance of her slipping onto the floor just now must have looked really bad on her part since Wufei was his friend, "I, I want to go, I need to go."
"Over the book?" He asked in curiosity.
"I...Um..." Relena had no answer how to answer that, so she figured that she might as well keep her mouth shut. To be honest, she had no idea why she just agreed to go to Wufei's house, but she most definitely knew that it wasn't just about that book. Looking up at Trowa, the look in his emerald eyes told her that he probably knew the answer better than she did anyway so he would be able to pick up if she was lying or not.
"Heero's not the only one worried you know," Trowa suddenly said before he decided to leave her.
Relena just stared at his back in total confusion, 'What did he mean by that?'
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Once the bell sounded for the end of the school day, Relena, Quatre, Mariemaia, Alex and Mueller were all in music. As Relena was packing up her things she suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder, turning to the person behind her she noticed that it was Mariemaia. Smiling at her she asked, "Is something wrong Mariemaia?"
"Hehe, I told you already that you can call me 'Marie'. Um but anyway, we were all thinking about going over to Quatre's place to study after school," Mariemaia said. Leaning closer to Relena she whispered, "We all need a personal teacher you see, and what's good about Quatre is that we don't have to pay for his services."
Relena couldn't help but chuckle a little at that, however her mind was too filled up with what she will have to do now, "Um, as much as I would like to, I need to go somewhere else today."
Mariemaia's smile weakened a little once she heard this but tried to stay cheerful and said, "Oh ok, well have a good night then." Hugging her friend she gave her one last smile before she went over to everyone else. As Relena chucked her bag over her shoulder she began walking out the classroom door to head for the car park but before she could leave, she suddenly felt someone grabbing her arm. Looking over her shoulder she found it to be Quatre.
"Um, is something wrong Quatre?" Relena asked, trying her best to smile at him.
Quatre could see the strain she was going through in order to keep a straight face but with concern he asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm, I'm going, to study, at um, Wufei's place tonight," Relena answered in an ashamed sort of way.
As Quatre released his hold on Relena's arm, she looked up at him and noticed him looking angry in some way, not to mention hurt.
"Am I not helping you well enough with your studies?" He suddenly asked, causing Relena to feel all the more guilty about going over to Wufei's house.
"It's not that Quatre, it's just that, I." Relena was kicking herself mentally now. All day she had seemed to be at a loss for words when it counted, and just now she was doing the same. Quatre didn't do English so it would be a bit difficult for him to help her with that subject, even though he had helped her on it on other occasions, it's just that she didn't want to get him so stressed over her own work when he still had his own to worry about. If he didn't know the book before hand anyway, there was no way he could help her but Wufei was the top male student in her English class so what was the harm in getting other sources of help? She could see that he was slightly offended with her going to someone else for help but she thought that he wouldn't mind, less work for him right?
After waiting a few moments for her to finish he figured that she wasn't going to anytime soon so he sighed and said, "Its ok, I'm sorry for saying such a thing to you. If you want to go get help from someone else, I understand totally." Quatre gave her a weak smile and made his way past her to leave the room. Mariemaia, Mueller and Alex just looked at each other in confusion before they went to follow. Before Mariemaia left though she looked back over to Relena and said, "Don't mind him, I think he is just jealous. I guess this is usually the only chance he usually gets to show how much he cares for you huh?" As she said this, Relena's eyes widened, almost causing Mariemaia to laugh at the sight of her. Playfully slapping her hand over her mouth she mumbled, "Opps, too much information there hehehe." Relena still looked at her blankly so Mariemaia dropped the act and just shook her head at her, "Well, I better be off now, see ya later." Waving to her, she was about to leave the room before she suddenly bumped into someone. Rubbing her nose, Mariemaia looked up at the person before and noticed it to be Wufei, "Geez, watch where you are going you moron."
Wufei just raised an eyebrow at her and said, "Maybe YOU should be the one watching where YOU are going woman."
"Hmph, no manners WHAT SO EVER, and to think you were raised by an army general... You need to more discipline young man, now drop down and give me fifty," Mariemaia mimicked a soldier of higher ranking than Wufei at that stage and couldn't help but laugh at her joke. Wufei on the other hand glared at her, if she wasn't female, he would have pounded her for that, no one makes a mockery over his father like that and gets away with it.
Mariemaia shut her mouth after a few moments when she noticed no one found her joke being funny at all. Wufei looked about ready to murder her, whereas Relena looked at her as though she were crazy for saying such a thing, Wufei did after all have a high regard for his father, not to mention his occupation so Mariemaia?s words just now would have angered him greatly.
Coughing to clear the rest of the chuckles in her throat, Mariemaia said, "Well, I better leave now." Inching her way past Wufei as well as she could, she felt shivers go down her spine when she continued to feel Wufei's glare on her. To be honest, the guy totally creped her out and she couldn?t stand being in the presence of him but what she pitied most was the fact that she had left Relena alone with him, ?Oh well, she use to hang out with him anyway.?
Once she was a fair distance away, Wufei turned his gaze over to Relena and said, "Well, let?s get going." Relena nodded and began following Wufei to the car park. As she followed him, she began to wonder why he came to her classroom in order to get her; she said that she would meet him at the car park so why did he still come and get her from her class? Was it because he didn't trust her in showing up? Was it because he wanted to get things over and done with as quickly as possible? But how could that be, he was the one who insisted that she come right? Sighing to herself she figured that she better just go through the motions and hope that this won't take long, she couldn't avoid Wufei forever right?
Wufei felt uncomfortable with the way she was trailing behind him like this, it was the same as before as well, but he had himself to blame yet again. Slowing down a little so that she would be walking beside him he heard her foot steps slow down as well, making her trail along behind him still. He couldn't help but feel a tinge of regret at this, he wanted to make up for his earlier rudeness at the library by meeting her at her classroom but now he felt as though he had made things even worse. Well, once they get to his house, it will just be him and her so he will finally be able to sort out some things, without the presence of Heero or Trowa watching his every move, or even Quatre. He had to admit that even Quatre was getting a little too close to his likings to Relena and he cursed Heero for not pounding him when he would have had the excuse to, even if he would have gotten suspended. The way Relena laid on that bed, looking so weak and helpless that she was finding it too hard to even breathe made him both furious yet scared at the same time.
"What the hell took you so long Wufei?" Meiran said to him as she noticed him finally arrive, "I want to go home some time thi-" Before could finish, her mouth suddenly hung loose when she caught the sight of Relena.
Knowing that Meiran had stopped mid-sentence at the sight of her, Relena looked up from the ground and noticed the murder in both Meiran's and Midii's faces, 'Oh great, as if this couldn't get any worse.'
"What is SHE doing here?" Both Meiran and Midii asked Wufei at the same time.
"She's coming over to study. And what are YOU doing here Midii?" Wufei challenged as he stared down at her.
"Why, to come over and study of course. Not to mention spend more time with you," Midii said as she slowly approached him, swinging her arms over him as she made soft kisses down his neck, keeping her eyes locked with Relena as she did so.
Relena tilted her head off to the side at the sight of this but Midii could see the hurt in her eyes at the sight of them and smiled to herself. However, Wufei unraveled her arms from his neck and moved her aside so that he could get to his car. As he unlocked it he looked over to Relena and said, "Relena, sit at the front." Both Midii and Meiran looked at him in shock when he said this.
"Um, hello? What about me?" Midii stated as she put her hands on her hips.
Wufei didn't once look at her when she said this but kept his eyes locked on Relena. Knowing that she better get in before they all start screaming bloody murder at her she quickly made her way to the front passengers seat and quickly got in, avoiding the cold stares Meiran and Midii were giving her.
"Get in before I leave you two behind," Wufei said as he got into the car.
Meiran went around the car and sat behind Wufei whereas Midii sat behind Relena. As they left the school grounds and started making their way to Wufei's house, Relena could feel Midii kicking her seat and could hear the curses the two girls were saying about her. She knew their game, they WANTED her to hear them and they wanted her to get extremely upset, they wanted to see her break down and cry and look pitiful before them. The bad thing was that they were succeeding, she could already feel the guilt eat away at her insides for it and it was taking all her strength not to cry right here and now. From the corner of her eye though she suddenly noticed Wufei?s hand coming towards her own. Quickly inching as far away as she could from him she sat as close to the door as possible, hoping that he couldn't reach her from where she sat, however since she was in the front passenger seat, she couldn?t get very far.
Wufei noticed her movements and felt anger rush through him at her wanting to get away from him, he could hear what his cousin and his so called 'girl friend' were saying about her so he wanted to try and comfort her in some way and all she does in return for his concern is try and get away from him. Although, he was angry at himself for making her the way she was. Watching her from the corner of his eye he could see the frightened gaze in her aquamarine eyes and felt guilt wash over him at the sight of her, he cursed himself for allowing this to happen. Hearing the snickering at the back of the car, Wufei's eyes hardened as he squeezed the steering wheel hard, trying to release the anger that he was feeling at the moment, at Relena, his cousin, girl friend and himself. This was not going to continue though, and he was going to make sure of that.
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Quatre was too distracted to do any work, propping his elbow on the table he rested his chin on his hand and just dosed off into wonderland while everyone else was busy either eating or chatting, so much for their study session.
Duo was busy stuffing his face with potato chips, cake and biscuits while Hilde and Mariemaia were busy gossiping and chatting the usual thing while Alex and Mueller had long forgotten about study and decided to play a bit of pool. Closing his eyes, Quatre began to wonder if this was just another one of their schemes just to get out of work. There were too many things in the recreation room to distract them and he figured that they knew that too.
Sighing to himself he began to wonder just how Relena was doing, at least with her they both actually did some work. When Duo suggested that they all needed some help with study, they asked if he could help them and at first he had no problem with it but he was hoping that they would at least put in the effort to at least do SOMETHING. If he didn't excel in his mid-year exams, he knew how angry his father would be and what he would do to him if that was the case. Quatre shuttered at the thought, he couldn't understand why he had to be pushed so hard at these sorts of things and couldn't understand why he wasn't as hard on Dorothy as he was on him. It was probably because of the fact that Dorothy was the only female in the family and that she deserved 'special treatment' since she didn't have the company of a mother there for her but it wasn't like Quatre had his father there for him when ever he needed it, not to mention Dorothy as well.
"Hey Quatre, want some?" Duo said as he held the bowl of potato chips out towards him.
'Why was I so rude to Relena today?' Quatre wondered to himself, he never treated her in such a manner before, even when she couldn't stand his company at first he still treated her with kindness, all she said was that she was going to study at Wufei's house, what was the problem with that?
"Hello? Quatre?" Duo called out to him.
Was it the fact that he was always the one helping her with her school work? She always went to him when she had problems, at first he had to force her to allow him to help her, to make her understand and trust that he wasn't just all talk and that he did hold the knowledge to help her out with her studies. It was usually work he had already done or had previously learned from his personal teachers when he was working overseas so it wasn't any problem. It didn't take long for her to ask willingly for help when she needed it and he was always more than happy to assist her.
"Earth to Quatre!" Duo tried calling out to him, raising his tone a little as he did so. This caused Hilde and Mariemaia to stop talking and look towards Quatre.
He should be thankful to know that he didn't have to help her out tonight right? He would have more time to himself to study right? No, he had everyone here to help out, it wasn't the fact that he didn't want to help them, he was just frustrated at the fact that THEY didn't want to put in the effort to do anything and their exams were next week for crying out loud!
"QUATRE!!!" Duo yelled, causing Alex to jump and miss his shot when he went for one of the balls on the board.
Why did it suddenly seem offending that Relena has gone to someone else now? That's how he felt, he felt hurt that she didn't ask for his help this time but why did it matter so much to him? Was he just hurt? No, there was something else there, was it anger? That had to explain why he was being so cold to her at the end of their music class, but was that all? ....No, there was something else there, something he couldn't quite put his finger on, there was more than anger and hurt in his tone earlier but, what was it?
At that moment, Duo got up from his seat and walked over to Quatre. Looking down at him he noticed that Quatre looked completely blank, as though he were sleeping with his eyes open. Waving a hand over Quatre's eyes and snapping his fingers before him he noticed that Quatre did not flinch once when he did this. Taking matters into his own hands he picked up Quatre's tea cup and poured the hot contents onto Quatre's head, causing Quatre to gasp in shock as he quickly stand from his seat, 'There, that got his attention.' As Duo was about to say something, Quatre glared at him with murderous eyes, causing Duo to shut his mouth in silence.
"Um, are you alright Quatre?" Hilde asked, trying to set the peace between them as to not arouse another fight, "We were just concerned that's all."
Blinking the anger out of his eyes, Quatre looked apologetically at Hilde then back at Duo and said, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to black out like that." Looking down at his casual wear he noticed his shirt was completely drenched from his tea. Sighing he started making his way out the room saying, "I'm just going to go change ok?" Once the door closed behind him, everyone just looked at each other blankly.
'What is wrong with me?' Quatre wondered as he started making his way to his bed room, why was he being so arrogant? Why did he have such a problem with Relena being with Wufei? He was the same with Heero as well, but for some reason, it didn't affect him as badly. He didn't feel comfortable about Relena being left alone with Heero, since that fateful day when he found Relena crying, not to mention her arms were hurting as well. He never got the chance to check them but since she hardly looked to be in pain about it a couple of days later, he assumed that what ever it was, it must have healed over. But why did Wufei scare him more than what Heero did? There was something about Wufei that he didn't trust, more so than what he felt about Heero. Relena never looked shaken up when ever she was around Heero, she talked to him when ever he came up to her, much to Quatre's annoyance but with Wufei she was shaken up just by looking at him. Even though he had been at Tooi Yoake High for a few months now, there was still so much that he didn't understand but he wasn't about to interrogate everyone who aroused his suspicions.
Bringing his hand up to rest where his heart was, he closed his eyes and said out loud, "Miss Relena, help me understand, let me help you carry your pain, let me see the real you, teach me how to cope with this pain." At that moment, he felt something wet touch his hand, looking down at his hand in question he found it to be a tear. Upon examining it he murmurs, "Tears, something I will never escape but something I wish I could learn to cope with..."
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Upon reaching Wufei's home, he got out of the car, along with Midii and Meiran getting out at the same time, whereas Relena waited until they approached the home so that she could get out in peace. Meiran and Midii grabbed their bags but waited by Wufei, keeping their eyes hooked on Relena's door as they did so. Wufei grabbed his bag and noticed that Relena hadn't got out yet, before going over to her though, Midii grabbed hold of his arm and said, "Well, shall we all go inside then?" Much to his annoyance though, both girls were trying to drag him to the front door and hope to leave Relena in the car. Shaking Midii off his arm he glared at them and said, "I'm waiting for Relena so you two women go in first," looking over at Meiran he said, "And you. Be sure to get us something to eat and drink got it?"
Meiran glared back at him and said, "And what gives you the right to order me around like that?"
Smirking at her he answered, "Well, if it's too hard for you, I'm sure I could try straightening out the issue with my father when he returns."
Growling at him, she knew that there was no way out of this one. She hated how he could just order her around like a slave, all because of their stupid Chinese traditions. The women always obeying the calls of the males and that annoyed her greatly, and she knew how much Wufei got satisfaction out of seeing her suffer like that, ordering her around like when ever he pleased. And what annoyed her more was when he always mentioned his 'father' around her if she didn't beckon to his every call, she would get into trouble from both his father, mother and her own mother if she didn?t do what she was told. Glancing over at the window to where she could see Relena she growled and said, "I am NOT going to serve her anything!"
"You WILL Meiran if you know what's good for you."
"Hmph, and what makes you trust me!? For all you know I could poison her food, and don't think I won't hesitate to do so."
"I won't be stopping you. However, the question is, are you daring enough to do so? After all, I don't recall her doing anything to you."
Narrowing her gaze on Wufei even more, she snorted and turned her back on him to head to the front door. Wufei just smirked at her little tantrum and looked to Midii, "Well go on, the doors being opened."
"But Wu-"
"I SAID GO IN!!!" Wufei yelled, causing Midii to jump at his tone. Nodding to him she quickly made her way to Meiran, as she was doing so she felt both upset and angry at the same time, upset for the way Wufei has been treating her lately and angry over the fact that he was being so nice to Relena, 'Damn bitch.'
When the two walked into his house, it was that moment that Relena decided to step out of the car. Grabbing her bag she slipped it over her shoulder but as she turned to head for the house she jumped to find Wufei standing right in front of her.
"Why did you take so long to get out?" Wufei asked her.
"I, I didn't want to cause any trouble," Relena murmured.
Staring at her for a moment, he wondered why she was being so weak, he invited her over so it shouldn't matter what Meiran or Midii thought right? But thinking on it a little more, he considered her words to be the right thing to do after all since it would prevent any sort of conflict between her and the girls and in Relena's state, it was all she could really do without down grading herself any further than what she already was at school. But she still had her rights and she didn't deserve to be pushed around like that. He didn't know how long he had been staring at her since he was beginning to sense the uneasiness Relena was feeling from him, so turning his back on her he said, "Well, let's go inside," and started making his way to the front door, along with Relena following a few paces behind him.
Once they entered, Relena remembered to take her shoes off before setting foot on the carpet since she remembered being told to do so by Wufei a while ago since it was one of their house rules. As Wufei was taking his off he took noticed of what she was doing and couldn't help but smile at how Relena remembered that rule, it had been a while since she set foot in his home and it nice to know that she remembered her manners, unlike Midii.
As Relena stepped into the lounge room, she noticed that there hadn't been any major changes to the set up of the home. It still displayed the beautiful paintings of scenery from China on the walls and down the hall way still hung wall scrolls of dragons and Chinese characters. Since Wufei's family was obviously Chinese their home was completely covered with many Chinese ornaments, statues, rugs, paintings, wall scrolls, and many other things. It always fascinated her; she loved how the home was set up in the way of their culture it almost seemed like she was in China itself when ever she set foot in this home.
Suddenly, from down the hallway Relena noticed Wufei's mother coming towards them. She was a short woman who reached the base of Relena's neck in height, making her to only reach Wufei's chest since she was pretty small where he basically towered over her. But she a kind woman who Relena always enjoyed talking to when she had the chance, her strong Chinese accent makes it a little hard for her to understand some of the time but Wufei's mother never held it against her and would continue to try and help Relena understand her, causing Relena to feel a little bad since there were times Relena just couldn't understand and had to be told by Wufei what she was saying.
"Welcome home Wufei," Wufei's mother said as she approached him, bowing in the process.
Wufei nodded his greeting and gestured to Relena, "Mother, do you remember Relena?"
As Wufei's mother looked up at Relena her face brightened as she approached her, "Oh, how nice it is to see you again Relena, it has been a while."
Relena gave her a weak smile and bowed her greeting to her, "Hello Mrs. Chang, it has been a while indeed."
"Well, shall I serve you both something to eat?" Mrs. Chang asked.
"Yes, thank you," Wufei answered as he made his way past her and headed down the hall to the study room. Meiran must be happy that his mother is home since that means she wouldn?t have to serve them, ?Hmph, what a pity.?
"Shall I help you Mrs. Chang?" Relena asked kindly.
"Oh no, that won't be necessary Relena, after all you are the guest. Please make yourself comfortable," Mrs. Chang answered, smiling at her kindness.
Relena bowed to her again but as she was about to follow Wufei, Mrs. Chang said, "Your presence here is a refreshing one Relena; even Wufei has warmed up to it a little."
Relena turned to look at her in question where as Mrs. Chang just smiled and made her way past her to head for the kitchen. Once Mrs. Chang was out of sight, Relena couldn't help but smile at how polite she was being to her, even after everything that had happened.
"Are you coming Relena?" Wufei asked from down the hall as he gestured for her to come. Relena nodded to him and made her way to the study room, she had to admit that Mrs. Chang's little conversation with her had calmed her nerves down a little so she didn't feel too uncomfortable being here anymore.
Sitting down by the table which was on the top right corner of the room beside the book shelves, Wufei set his bag down on the table and started rummaging through it to get all of his English things out. Relena stood by the table and watched as he started getting his things out, her gaze was at first watching the way his hands worked on getting out the required items he was searching for but as he was doing this her eyes drifted up to his face, noticing the stern expression over facials and the way his emotionless eyes kept focused on the task at hand. Relena's gaze softened as she kept her eyes firmly on his, she knew that he wasn't as heartless and cold as what people thought by his appearance. She knew that underneath all of that cold exterior was indeed a warm, caring man who was only too frightened to show his true emotions if people were to judge him by it but to her dismay, she was never the one to break though it. He had too much pride to allow himself to be controlled by such emotions and it saddened her that he made himself go through this pain when he really didn't like it either.
She had no idea how long she must have been watching him since Wufei had indeed stopped going through his bag a while ago and was now staring at Relena while she did the same to him. The awareness of what she was doing suddenly flashed before her, causing her to blink a few times to refocus but when she saw him staring at her in confusion, she just lowered her head and blushed in the embarrassment of it all, "Um, sorry."
Wufei just smiled and pulled out the chair by the table and sat himself down, "Come sit over here," he said as he pulled out the chair beside him. Hesitantly Relena slowly made her way to the seat and watched every move Wufei made as she sat down, at least hoping that if he were to do anything she would be ready to run when necessary. Wufei noticed the way Relena was watching him but remained patient as she slowly sat herself down, he knew that he couldn't push her in any way since she would only get frightened and distance herself from him even more than what she already did so all he could do for the time being was take things slow and hope that her trust in him will rebuild itself again. The way she had decided to come and not say anything about wanting to leave yet was indeed a good sign so he wasn't quite out of the game yet, much to his relief. But as he was about to get started with the work he needed to get done, he suddenly felt a pair of arms slip around his neck.
"Aw, are you going to study already? I thought we could maybe, relax a little before getting onto things like this," Midii said as she started to nibble on Wufei's ear, sending daggers to Relena in the process.
"Midii, I thought you said that you were coming here to study with Meiran, if so than go and do it already, if not then leave, I don't have time to be playing around," Wufei said coldly as he jerked his head away from her.
"Aw, come on Wufei, we have plenty of time to study later," Midii pouted playfully as she slipped onto the table and sat in front of him, caressing his face in the process. Letting her hands glide from his cheeks to the back of his neck she wrapped her fingers together and leaned forward to kiss him.
Wufei on the other hand just sighed and jerked his chair back, getting himself into standing position all in one swift movement, causing Midii to be pulled off from the table and land face first onto the floor. Ignoring her, Wufei grabbed all his things and started heading out the door, "Come on Relena, we will study in my room." When he said this, both girls just looked at him in sudden shock. Knowing how impatient Wufei could be, Relena got up from her seat and grabbed her bag, noticing the glares Midii was giving her. Looking down at her, she noticed the warning signals she was trying to give her.
Considering what Midii was trying to say to her, Relena said, "Um, Wufei, maybe could study in th-"
"My room is the only peaceful place here where I can have peace without being 'pestered' by anyone," Wufei interrupted, casting his gaze down to Midii in the process.
"WUFEI!!! Have some respect, I am here don't forget, and since I'm your girlfriend I find it rather disturbing that YOU will be going into YOUR room with Relena by yourselves. There are many other rooms here that you could use to study," Midii complained.
Raising an eyebrow at her Wufei snorted and asked, "What? You don't trust me or something?"
"It's not that I don't trust YOU exactly, it's another 'certain' someone who I don't trust," Midii replied, turning her gaze to Relena as she said this.
"Well woman, you kept disturbing me when I specifically said that I wanted to study, can you blame me for wanting to move into a room where I could actually lock the door so that I won't get pestered by you every five seconds?"
Midii was shocked by Wufei's words, not to mention hurt, "...Am I nothing but a bother to you Wufei?" Midii quietly asked.
"Don't take this personally but I sometimes wonder if your anything but," Wufei said, causing Midii to look up at him wide eyed.
"JERK!!!" Midii yelled at him as she shoved her way past him and quickly made her way to Meiran's room, feeling tears swell up in her eye lids as she ran there.
Relena felt extremely guilty with what had just happened, she couldn't help but feel that she was the one who cause that fight. Wufei just shrugged at Midii's little performance and went back to the table, "Well, I assume that we won't be bothered now."
As he set his things back on the table again, Relena looked up at him with concern and said, "Wufei, maybe you should go talk to her."
"Why?" Wufei asked, as he reorganized his things on the table once again.
"She didn't mean any harm; she just cares about you a lot that's all. After all, it's natural to be overly protective of the ones you love." Her words just now caused Wufei to stop what he was doing, making Relena wonder if maybe her words were making him consider apologizing to Midii. What she didn't expect was to suddenly see him snicker, then chuckle, then suddenly burst out laughing. Relena just watched him with a blank expression, trying to re-think though her words in trying to figure out what was so amusing.
Wufei settled down after a while but continued smiling as he looked at Relena, moving away from the table he started to approach her, "I'm sorry, I understood what you were trying to say, I just find it amusing because Midii doesn't care at all."
Relena was confused by that, she always thought that Midii cared deeply for him since she was always with him where ever he went. Plus the way she always kissed and hugged him proved to her that she cared a lot.
"What do you mean by that? She is always so happy when she's with you, and she proves her affection for you by always being by your side."
As Wufei approached her he stood right in front of her and said, "Midii only sees me as a possession to do with as she pleases. She wouldn't care less about my feelings or thoughts, as long as she gets what she wants from me then she is satisfied. The only thing she sees me good for is sex, nothing else."
"But that's what you wanted wasn't it?" Relena blurted out, causing Wufei to stare blankly at her. She totally regretted the words that just came out of her mouth, why would it matter to her what Wufei wants or what their relationship is like, it has nothing to do with her after all.
When she was about to apologize for saying such a thing she was surprised at suddenly feel Wufei's hands slip around her waist, bringing her into his embrace. Quickly Relena stepped back from him but that only caused her to hit her back on the book shelves, causing her to singe a little at the sudden prang on her back. Wufei however didn't back away from her when she did this, coming up to her again he slipped his hands over her shoulders and leaned his head down to whisper in her ear, "You were right about one thing though, it is natural to be overly protective of the ones you love." Relena's heart was beginning to thump rapidly against her chest, not to mention Wufei's hot breath against her ear was sending shivers down her spine.
"Wufei..." Slowly bringing her hands up to brush his off from her he quickly grabbed her arms in order to stop her, causing Relena to gasp at the pain from her arms.
"Relena, please, I need to talk to you," Wufei said, loosening up his grip on her arms slightly. Relena didn't know how to react, if anything she should try struggling out from his grip on her and run away from him as fast as her legs could take her but for some reason she didn't do anything. Was part of her wanting this? Did part of her want to hear what he had to say? Half of her wanted this whereas the other half was screaming at her to not allow him to treat her in such a way, that she didn't need any of this.
At that moment, Wufei felt someone grab him by the shoulder, causing him to be jerked back from Relena and caused him to be pushed onto the ground. As Wufei got himself off the ground he turned and glared at the culprit who did that to him and growled when he found it to be who he least expected. Relena was shocked to see who is was, but what confused her was the fact that she wasn't sure if she was thankful or annoyed at what he just did, but she was still surprised all the same. When was about to call out to him, she decided to keep her mouth shut since the look in his eyes and the body language he was giving didn't look to be one who wanted to be talked to at the moment, the glare he was giving Wufei told her so.
"T-Trowa?" Relena whispered.
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Author's Note:
I think my story is starting to go down hill now, ever since chapter 8 was completed I have had such a mental block on what to write next. I didn't really like chapter 9 but I couldn't see what I could have changed and now I'm not satisfied with chapter 10 . This is one of the things I hate about writing, my original story plan had totally been altered once I started writing this, I would have to say that until chapter 5, everything has been writing itself and now, I have no idea what I'm doing anymore :evil: Grr, well, if I suddenly have any bright ideas to make this better I will be sure to change these chapters straight away. Please, be sure to review, I seriously need to know if people are starting to hate this because I'm starting to. If people still like it than I will keep going, if you think I should change some things on certain chapters please tell me and if you are hating it overall I will totally understand. Thanks for reading 
Email: neon_fantasy@hotmail.com
by Neon Fantasy
Disclaimer: The same normal disclaimer applies.
Chapter 10
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" --- " - Speaking
' --- ' - Thinking
Hilde was completely focused on the work at hand. Working through her maths equations she reached over for her scientific calculator and started calculating the finishing things she would have to do to get the right answer. As she was doing this, Mariemaia was reading through some theory work she had previously done in music. As she was re-reading through her exercise book, filled with work she had done at the beginning of the year she suddenly went into shock at what she had just discovered. One of her major assignments wasn't completely finished, and to her annoyance, this was going to be included in their mid year exams too, "GOD DAMMIT!!!" She yelled as she slammed her hand onto her book. At that moment the librarian glared at her and put their index finger over their mouth, signaling for her to keep quiet. Quickly putting her hand over her mouth she waved her other hand at them in apology.
As the librarian went back to doing their work again, Mariemaia sighed to herself and looked back down at her work. She remembered why she didn't complete that project now, it was because A) She couldn't find any information on it B) She started it the night before it was due, even though they were given two weeks to do it and C) She was just plain slack, full stop. At that moment though, another outburst was suddenly called out as Hilde screamed insults at what looked to be her text book. The librarian once again looked over at their table and eyed Hilde with annoyance. She just ignored them; instead she started skimming over her work to find just what it was that made her get the wrong answer.
"I can't stand maths! Why is it so bloody hard!?" Hilde said as she slammed her pencil onto her book.
"Haven't you done these questions already?" Mariemaia asked as she peered over at Hilde's work.
"Yeah, I'm doing this as revision to prepare myself for my maths exam. The more I can get right on my own, the better," Hilde stated as she closed her text book and leaned her arms over her exercise book.
"I assume your taking a break now?"
"Well, I think I deserved it, maths makes my head hurt."
"Understandable, I would have to start on that soon too," Mariemaia said, shuttering at the thought of it. Like Hilde, maths wasn't one of her strong points either.
"Say, where is everyone?" Hilde suddenly asked.
"Hm? Oh! Um, Mueller and Alex are on the computers, Relena and Duo are looking for some books for English or something and Quatre is coming over here right now."
As Mariemaia said this, Quatre came over to their table with a whole stack of exercise books. Dumping them on the table where Hilde and Mariemaia were, he sat himself down opposite from them and began working through them. Hilde and Mariemaia stared in shock at all of his work books, and to think that he started school later than them too; he had more than doubled the amount of their books and the thought of it scared them a little.
"Wow, Quatre, how do you have so many books?" Hilde asked, still in shock at the sight of them all.
Quatre looked up at her when she asked this and smiled sheepishly at her, "Um, well some of them are my exercise books but some are my revision books as well. When ever I get stuck on something or if I know that we will have to know it for exams at the end of the year, I put them in a whole new book so I will know what I will have to work though when I need to do some revision, if that makes any sense."
"Geez, you?re so organized, I should try doing that sometime," Mariemaia stated.
"Hehe, yeah sure you will," Hilde added in a half teasing way.
"Hey!" Mariemaia shrieked in a playful tone as she gently slapped Hilde across the arm.
Quatre smiled at them and glanced over what they were doing, what Mariemaia was working through was what caught most of his attention though.
"Ah, you?re making a start on music Miss Mariemaia?"
Turning her gaze over to Quatre, Mariemaia nodded but sadly replied, "Yeah, but one of my major assignments that is going to be in our mid year exams wasn't completed."
Smiling at her sympathetically, Quatre held out his hand and asked, "May I have a look and see?"
Mariemaia nodded and slowly handed her book to Quatre, pointing over at the page where it was 'supposed' to be. As Quatre was looking through it, Mariemaia was awaiting for some form of insult towards her. Knowing of Quatre's high work standards, she was waiting for an 'Oh that's easy' or 'As if you couldn't do that' or even 'Well, your screwed aren't you?' from Quatre as his reaction to her lack of work. Well, it was her fault after all so what right does she have to complain? Maybe Quatre's words could sink into her thick head and force her to do some work when she knew deep down that she could.
Much to her surprise though, she watched as Quatre got up from his seat and passed her book back to her, still giving her that sweet smile of his. Taking the book back from Quatre, she looked up at him in confusion. Noticing this he said, "I admit that the information for that was a bit tricky but don't worry, I will get you the books I used to do that assignment. I just need to remember what they were called again." With that said he walked over to the music section of the library and started his search for the books Mariemaia would need.
"Hmph, you do realize that he was just being nice when he said that don't you?" Hilde said, wanting to tease her some more.
"Oh shut up! At least if he did think I was an idiot he had the decency NOT to say it to my face."
"Yeah true, you have been told that on more than one occasion anyway so I guess he shouldn't waste his breath over it."
Ignoring that comment, Mariemaia figured that she might as well have a break while she waited for Quatre, she would help him but as slack as she was, she figured that he would have asked if he wanted help. As the two girls sat in silence, both not wanting to do any more study for a while, Mariemaia got out a blank piece of paper and pen and asked, "Wanna play naughts and crosses?"
Hilde looked up at her and smirked, "Sure, why not?" And with that, both started battling each other.
"Well, that's all the books I need," Duo said as he picked up the last novel he needed from the shelves. He cursed himself for returning them, especially once he did so, a couple of days later Mr. Quinze suddenly announces to the class that you might need to go through the books they have studied so far to help them with exams. It's too bad that he made Relena do the same; now both of them had to stress themselves out over the fact that they needed to get the books back again.
"Are you sure you don't want to borrow my copy?" Duo asked, holding a book out to her. It took him a while to find this copy and he wasn?t sure if many of them would still be available so he was only doing what was right in asking if maybe she would like to share it since they needed to start on it soon.
Relena looked at it briefly before looking up at him and shaking her head, "You will need it for yourself. Besides, I'm a little stuck with what to know about that book. I will be hogging it if we were to share it with you."
"Yeah, I get what you mean; I will need to go through it as well. I might have to ask Mr. Quinze for help, when he's in a good mood that is. I know how much he gets pissed off with me hehehe. Are you sure you don't need any help?" Relena shook her head in response once again. With that, Duo just shrugged and went to go borrow his novels; he really needed to get started on them so he figured that he better do just that once he had hired them all.
While looking through the title names of each novel on the shelves, Relena was beginning to panic, 'What if all the copies had been hired out?' God she hoped not, or else she wasn't going to get very good results for her English exam. Every little mark mattered, especially for her so she needed to be sure to study real hard. It was only mid-years but she still needed to picture them as though they were her end of year ones, since midyear exams basically determine if whether or not you will pass the ones at the end of the year. Much to her relief she finally found the last book she needed, but as she lifted her hand to the top of the book in order to slip it out, to her surprise she felt her hand brush against someone else?s. Quickly pulling her hand back in surprise she watched as the novel she needed was pulled out the shelf from the other side. Sighing to herself, she figured that she better start looking for another copy. However, the person who took the book walked around to her side of the shelves, looking at her with amused eyes. Feeling as though someone was watching her, Relena looked up at them briefly but didn't register who it was at first until she lowered her gaze back at the books, the realization of who it was suddenly flashed before her. Looking up at them again she felt her heart begin to race as she dared to look up into their eyes, "Um, hello, Wufei."
Wufei didn't answer; instead he just remained still and continued to stare at her, making slow observations of her slim form. Turning her gaze back at the novels in front of her, she could feel his eyes on her as she continued looking for the novel she needed. This was causing her to feel really; really uncomfortable with the way he was watching her. She couldn't help but look at him every now and then from the corner of her eye, hoping that he might leave her alone soon if she continued to 'try' and ignore him. However, his presence wasn't one that could be easily ignored, his intense black eyes almost seemed to freeze people in their steps, and she was no exception either. Much to her dismay he suddenly began to walk up to her, causing Relena to get really, really nervous.
"Do you need this book?" Wufei asked as he held it out to her.
Relena didn't know if looking up at him was such a good idea, she knew that if she looked at the book her gaze would drift to his hand, then his arm, then up to his torso, to his neck then finally his eyes and she wasn't about to do that. Instead she kept her eyes on the books in front of her and replied, "Um, no it's ok. You were the one who reached out for the book first so it would only be inconsiderate of me to take it from you. I assume you need that for your exams so you can have it, I will just browse around for another copy and-"
"This is the only copy left available," Wufei interrupted as he slowly came closer to her. She was babbling just now and he couldn't help but grin at that, he knew that she always rambled on when she was nervous and just the thought of that flattered him in some way. He was proud that his presence could make people so uncomfortable, it showed a sense of power and he loved it. However, it was different in Relena's case, he felt drawn towards her nervousness, as though he wanted to see more of it.
Noticing Wufei come up to her, Relena was beginning to go under a massive panic, her heart was rapidly beating and her shaking wasn't calming her down one bit. Being only a few inches away from her now, Wufei leaned his right arm over the book shelves and with his other hand he held up the book up to Relena's face and asked, "How long will you need the book for?"
Ok, she could tell that maybe he was going to make a compromise over the novel, which she found not being anything bad right? "Um, well I will need the book for a while since I'm having a bit of trouble with it and everything so-"
"You?re having trouble?" Wufei interrupted again.
'Oh no, bad move Relena. Why in the hell can't you shut your trap when ever he?s around?' Since Wufei had told Relena that that was the only copy to that particular novel left, she figured that maybe sharing it with Duo might not be such a bad idea. As she was about to pass Wufei though, she was stopped in her tracks when he suddenly raised his arm in the way of her path.
Quatre at last found the books he was looking for in order to help Mariemaia with her music assignment. Reaching over for the books his gaze went from the books to the gap in between them and the shelf above it. There were gaps to see through each row of shelves for each new section but what caught his eye were the two figures that were a few rows ahead of him. He could only see a bit of them since the shelves covered majority of their bodies but he was able to make the faces of the two people. One was Relena who looked to be backing up towards a wall while the other who was slowly advancing on her looked to be... Wufei? Quatre was growing overly concerned with what was happening between them, he was beginning to panic, not to mention grow furious, much to his surprise. As he was about to leave though he suddenly came face to face with Sylvia.
"M-Miss Sylvia?" Quatre stuttered as he backed away from her a little just to give them both some space, "What are you doing here?"
Smiling up at him, Sylvia closed the distanced between them again and sweetly replied, "Hello Quatre is there a problem with me doing a bit of, research?"
"Um, no of course not. Well, I better be going now so-" But before he could pass her, she suddenly stepped in the way of his path and continued to look up at him with the sweetest smile she could master.
"Oh, what's your hurry? I was wondering if maybe you could help me," Sylvia said as she came up even closer to Quatre, causing him to try and step back from her advances on him. Which wasn't working since she continued to come up to him when ever he tried stepping back and the more he tried preventing her from coming closer to him, he could sense the wall coming up to him as well, much to his bad luck. As he felt his back press against the wall, Sylvia was only centimeters away from him as she played a little with his school tie, "Do I make you nervous Quatre?" She asked playfully as she continued to play around with him.
Quatre had no idea what she was trying to do here; didn't she just say that she needed to do a bit of research? "Um, you mentioned earlier that you needed to do a bit of research right? Shouldn't you maybe get started?"
At that moment, Sylvia brought both of her hands up to his tie but slowly started running her hands down his torso, causing Quatre's heart to speed up, "My, I never realized how strong you were Quatre, what I wouldn't give to..." As she was saying this, her hands traveled lower, causing them to slip under his school blazer and up under his school top. Quatre's eyes widened with what she was doing and quickly put his books under his arm so that he could grab hold of both her wrists, "Miss Sylvia!"
"Haha, you know how much I love hearing you call me 'Miss'?" Sylvia chucked as she began to let her hands travel up Quatre's top. It wasn't until she brought her fingers up to his nipples that he dropped his books and brought his hands up to her shoulders so that he could gently push her aside. As he did this he quickly made his way out the row of the book shelf and hasty made his way to Hilde's and Mariemaia's table. He couldn't believe he allowed her to do such a thing to him, and what he cursed himself for the most was the fact that he actually enjoyed the way she was touching him.
Sylvia decided to let him go, for now. She couldn't help but smile at what she had just done, god how she loved being so daring and so forward when it came to Quatre, it made all the more fun since he couldn't understand what she was doing by that. Sighing to herself, she figured that she better find the others now but as she was about to leave, she looked in-between the shelves of books and saw Wufei approaching Relena, causing Sylvia?s eyes to widen to mention widen her smile as well, 'Hmph, I don't believe it! Well, wait until Midii hears about THIS!' And with that, she walked out from behind the shelves and went to find her friends.
"If you?re having trouble, I can help you," Wufei said as he came closer to Relena.
"Oh but I don't want to disturb you from your stud-"
"I only need the book just to confirm some of the notes I have from it. It will only take a couple of minutes so I will have plenty of time to help you."
"But what about you?re other subjects? I don't want to-"
"Why won't you accept my help?" Wufei suddenly said, causing Relena to be silenced, "You let Winner help you, why not me?" He was only few centimeters away from her now. Relena lowered her gaze to the ground, she could feel tears swell up in her eyes now but no, she can't allow herself to let Wufei see her in such a state, he already thought low of her, she didn't need to press that on any further. Her arms were beginning to ache at that moment as well, slipping them behind her back she murmured, "You don't like weak, stupid, pathetic women like me."
It was only faint but Wufei heard the words as though they were shouted straight into his ears. Those words caused him to make a terrible mistake back then and even now, they continued to affect him in ways he couldn't explain, he felt some what, ashamed. Placing his hands up to her shoulders, he could feel Relena jump in fright of him, making him feel all the more ashamed of himself, "Relena, I-" Before he could continue he suddenly felt a presence behind him. Sighing in frustration he lowered his hands from Relena and said, "What are you doing here Barton?"
Trowa had to smirk at that, Wufei didn't even turn around to see if it was him and knew instantly that it was him. Going through some of the books which were beside Wufei he said, "I'm looking for some books, is there a problem with that?"
"The problem is that those books you are going through are physics books. You don't do that subject Barton!" Wufei snapped as he turned his gaze towards him, glaring at him in the process. Trowa looked at the titles of the books and indeed found them to be physics books, 'Hmph, one to you Wufei.'
At that moment, Heero made his entrance and eyed what was before him suspiciously. Relena was up against the wall, close to crying whereas Wufei was standing in front of her but looked to be furious over Trowa for some reason. Trowa looked towards Heero and figured that this might be the excuse he needed to get the clearing from Wufei. Browsing over the titles of the books, Trowa pulled out one specific book and chucked it towards Heero asking, "This is what you needed right Heero?" Heero caught the book with ease and eyed the cover carefully. He found it to be the book he indeed needed for his studies, which was the reason why he was coming here for it but as he looked up at Trowa he raised an eyebrow at him and wondered how he knew he needed this particular book, but more importantly, why was Relena here?
"Are you alright Relena?" Heero asked softly as he turned his gaze towards her.
Relena looked up at him and nodded, rubbing her eyes free of the tears that were swelling up in her eye lids. Heero was not convinced; she could not be fine and be about ready to cry because of it. Turning his gaze to Wufei he noticed that Wufei was staring at him as well, "Hmph, it didn't take you long to suspect me already," Wufei said as he continued to glare at Heero.
They continued to do this for a while before Heero just shrugged and turned him back on them but before he left he said, "Can you blame me?" And with that he went back to his table to study.
Wufei was furious, but what made him angry was the fact that Heero had a point, and the fact that he said that to make him feel guilty angered him even more. Turning back to Relena again he said, "Meet me in the car park after school alright? You need this book so I will be sure to give it to you when I'm done with it." Relena looked up at him and noticed the anger he in his eyes, he was more demanding her to meet up with him later so she figured that she better do what he says.
Slowly nodding to him she lowered her gaze again and kept it on the ground. Wufei cursed himself for saying that in such a harsh tone but if it weren't for Trowa and Heero, things would have gone much smoother than this. Stomping his way out from the row of book shelves he made his way over to the librarian?s desk to borrow his book. Knowing that Wufei was finally gone, Relena sighed in relief as she slid down the wall and onto the ground. But what scared her now was the fact that she agreed to go to Wufei's house to study, was this a good thing, or a bad thing?
"You didn't have to agree with him you know," Trowa said as he looked down at her.
Relena jumped when she heard his voice and looked up at him; she totally forgot that he was still here. That little performance of her slipping onto the floor just now must have looked really bad on her part since Wufei was his friend, "I, I want to go, I need to go."
"Over the book?" He asked in curiosity.
"I...Um..." Relena had no answer how to answer that, so she figured that she might as well keep her mouth shut. To be honest, she had no idea why she just agreed to go to Wufei's house, but she most definitely knew that it wasn't just about that book. Looking up at Trowa, the look in his emerald eyes told her that he probably knew the answer better than she did anyway so he would be able to pick up if she was lying or not.
"Heero's not the only one worried you know," Trowa suddenly said before he decided to leave her.
Relena just stared at his back in total confusion, 'What did he mean by that?'
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Once the bell sounded for the end of the school day, Relena, Quatre, Mariemaia, Alex and Mueller were all in music. As Relena was packing up her things she suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder, turning to the person behind her she noticed that it was Mariemaia. Smiling at her she asked, "Is something wrong Mariemaia?"
"Hehe, I told you already that you can call me 'Marie'. Um but anyway, we were all thinking about going over to Quatre's place to study after school," Mariemaia said. Leaning closer to Relena she whispered, "We all need a personal teacher you see, and what's good about Quatre is that we don't have to pay for his services."
Relena couldn't help but chuckle a little at that, however her mind was too filled up with what she will have to do now, "Um, as much as I would like to, I need to go somewhere else today."
Mariemaia's smile weakened a little once she heard this but tried to stay cheerful and said, "Oh ok, well have a good night then." Hugging her friend she gave her one last smile before she went over to everyone else. As Relena chucked her bag over her shoulder she began walking out the classroom door to head for the car park but before she could leave, she suddenly felt someone grabbing her arm. Looking over her shoulder she found it to be Quatre.
"Um, is something wrong Quatre?" Relena asked, trying her best to smile at him.
Quatre could see the strain she was going through in order to keep a straight face but with concern he asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm, I'm going, to study, at um, Wufei's place tonight," Relena answered in an ashamed sort of way.
As Quatre released his hold on Relena's arm, she looked up at him and noticed him looking angry in some way, not to mention hurt.
"Am I not helping you well enough with your studies?" He suddenly asked, causing Relena to feel all the more guilty about going over to Wufei's house.
"It's not that Quatre, it's just that, I." Relena was kicking herself mentally now. All day she had seemed to be at a loss for words when it counted, and just now she was doing the same. Quatre didn't do English so it would be a bit difficult for him to help her with that subject, even though he had helped her on it on other occasions, it's just that she didn't want to get him so stressed over her own work when he still had his own to worry about. If he didn't know the book before hand anyway, there was no way he could help her but Wufei was the top male student in her English class so what was the harm in getting other sources of help? She could see that he was slightly offended with her going to someone else for help but she thought that he wouldn't mind, less work for him right?
After waiting a few moments for her to finish he figured that she wasn't going to anytime soon so he sighed and said, "Its ok, I'm sorry for saying such a thing to you. If you want to go get help from someone else, I understand totally." Quatre gave her a weak smile and made his way past her to leave the room. Mariemaia, Mueller and Alex just looked at each other in confusion before they went to follow. Before Mariemaia left though she looked back over to Relena and said, "Don't mind him, I think he is just jealous. I guess this is usually the only chance he usually gets to show how much he cares for you huh?" As she said this, Relena's eyes widened, almost causing Mariemaia to laugh at the sight of her. Playfully slapping her hand over her mouth she mumbled, "Opps, too much information there hehehe." Relena still looked at her blankly so Mariemaia dropped the act and just shook her head at her, "Well, I better be off now, see ya later." Waving to her, she was about to leave the room before she suddenly bumped into someone. Rubbing her nose, Mariemaia looked up at the person before and noticed it to be Wufei, "Geez, watch where you are going you moron."
Wufei just raised an eyebrow at her and said, "Maybe YOU should be the one watching where YOU are going woman."
"Hmph, no manners WHAT SO EVER, and to think you were raised by an army general... You need to more discipline young man, now drop down and give me fifty," Mariemaia mimicked a soldier of higher ranking than Wufei at that stage and couldn't help but laugh at her joke. Wufei on the other hand glared at her, if she wasn't female, he would have pounded her for that, no one makes a mockery over his father like that and gets away with it.
Mariemaia shut her mouth after a few moments when she noticed no one found her joke being funny at all. Wufei looked about ready to murder her, whereas Relena looked at her as though she were crazy for saying such a thing, Wufei did after all have a high regard for his father, not to mention his occupation so Mariemaia?s words just now would have angered him greatly.
Coughing to clear the rest of the chuckles in her throat, Mariemaia said, "Well, I better leave now." Inching her way past Wufei as well as she could, she felt shivers go down her spine when she continued to feel Wufei's glare on her. To be honest, the guy totally creped her out and she couldn?t stand being in the presence of him but what she pitied most was the fact that she had left Relena alone with him, ?Oh well, she use to hang out with him anyway.?
Once she was a fair distance away, Wufei turned his gaze over to Relena and said, "Well, let?s get going." Relena nodded and began following Wufei to the car park. As she followed him, she began to wonder why he came to her classroom in order to get her; she said that she would meet him at the car park so why did he still come and get her from her class? Was it because he didn't trust her in showing up? Was it because he wanted to get things over and done with as quickly as possible? But how could that be, he was the one who insisted that she come right? Sighing to herself she figured that she better just go through the motions and hope that this won't take long, she couldn't avoid Wufei forever right?
Wufei felt uncomfortable with the way she was trailing behind him like this, it was the same as before as well, but he had himself to blame yet again. Slowing down a little so that she would be walking beside him he heard her foot steps slow down as well, making her trail along behind him still. He couldn't help but feel a tinge of regret at this, he wanted to make up for his earlier rudeness at the library by meeting her at her classroom but now he felt as though he had made things even worse. Well, once they get to his house, it will just be him and her so he will finally be able to sort out some things, without the presence of Heero or Trowa watching his every move, or even Quatre. He had to admit that even Quatre was getting a little too close to his likings to Relena and he cursed Heero for not pounding him when he would have had the excuse to, even if he would have gotten suspended. The way Relena laid on that bed, looking so weak and helpless that she was finding it too hard to even breathe made him both furious yet scared at the same time.
"What the hell took you so long Wufei?" Meiran said to him as she noticed him finally arrive, "I want to go home some time thi-" Before could finish, her mouth suddenly hung loose when she caught the sight of Relena.
Knowing that Meiran had stopped mid-sentence at the sight of her, Relena looked up from the ground and noticed the murder in both Meiran's and Midii's faces, 'Oh great, as if this couldn't get any worse.'
"What is SHE doing here?" Both Meiran and Midii asked Wufei at the same time.
"She's coming over to study. And what are YOU doing here Midii?" Wufei challenged as he stared down at her.
"Why, to come over and study of course. Not to mention spend more time with you," Midii said as she slowly approached him, swinging her arms over him as she made soft kisses down his neck, keeping her eyes locked with Relena as she did so.
Relena tilted her head off to the side at the sight of this but Midii could see the hurt in her eyes at the sight of them and smiled to herself. However, Wufei unraveled her arms from his neck and moved her aside so that he could get to his car. As he unlocked it he looked over to Relena and said, "Relena, sit at the front." Both Midii and Meiran looked at him in shock when he said this.
"Um, hello? What about me?" Midii stated as she put her hands on her hips.
Wufei didn't once look at her when she said this but kept his eyes locked on Relena. Knowing that she better get in before they all start screaming bloody murder at her she quickly made her way to the front passengers seat and quickly got in, avoiding the cold stares Meiran and Midii were giving her.
"Get in before I leave you two behind," Wufei said as he got into the car.
Meiran went around the car and sat behind Wufei whereas Midii sat behind Relena. As they left the school grounds and started making their way to Wufei's house, Relena could feel Midii kicking her seat and could hear the curses the two girls were saying about her. She knew their game, they WANTED her to hear them and they wanted her to get extremely upset, they wanted to see her break down and cry and look pitiful before them. The bad thing was that they were succeeding, she could already feel the guilt eat away at her insides for it and it was taking all her strength not to cry right here and now. From the corner of her eye though she suddenly noticed Wufei?s hand coming towards her own. Quickly inching as far away as she could from him she sat as close to the door as possible, hoping that he couldn't reach her from where she sat, however since she was in the front passenger seat, she couldn?t get very far.
Wufei noticed her movements and felt anger rush through him at her wanting to get away from him, he could hear what his cousin and his so called 'girl friend' were saying about her so he wanted to try and comfort her in some way and all she does in return for his concern is try and get away from him. Although, he was angry at himself for making her the way she was. Watching her from the corner of his eye he could see the frightened gaze in her aquamarine eyes and felt guilt wash over him at the sight of her, he cursed himself for allowing this to happen. Hearing the snickering at the back of the car, Wufei's eyes hardened as he squeezed the steering wheel hard, trying to release the anger that he was feeling at the moment, at Relena, his cousin, girl friend and himself. This was not going to continue though, and he was going to make sure of that.
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Quatre was too distracted to do any work, propping his elbow on the table he rested his chin on his hand and just dosed off into wonderland while everyone else was busy either eating or chatting, so much for their study session.
Duo was busy stuffing his face with potato chips, cake and biscuits while Hilde and Mariemaia were busy gossiping and chatting the usual thing while Alex and Mueller had long forgotten about study and decided to play a bit of pool. Closing his eyes, Quatre began to wonder if this was just another one of their schemes just to get out of work. There were too many things in the recreation room to distract them and he figured that they knew that too.
Sighing to himself he began to wonder just how Relena was doing, at least with her they both actually did some work. When Duo suggested that they all needed some help with study, they asked if he could help them and at first he had no problem with it but he was hoping that they would at least put in the effort to at least do SOMETHING. If he didn't excel in his mid-year exams, he knew how angry his father would be and what he would do to him if that was the case. Quatre shuttered at the thought, he couldn't understand why he had to be pushed so hard at these sorts of things and couldn't understand why he wasn't as hard on Dorothy as he was on him. It was probably because of the fact that Dorothy was the only female in the family and that she deserved 'special treatment' since she didn't have the company of a mother there for her but it wasn't like Quatre had his father there for him when ever he needed it, not to mention Dorothy as well.
"Hey Quatre, want some?" Duo said as he held the bowl of potato chips out towards him.
'Why was I so rude to Relena today?' Quatre wondered to himself, he never treated her in such a manner before, even when she couldn't stand his company at first he still treated her with kindness, all she said was that she was going to study at Wufei's house, what was the problem with that?
"Hello? Quatre?" Duo called out to him.
Was it the fact that he was always the one helping her with her school work? She always went to him when she had problems, at first he had to force her to allow him to help her, to make her understand and trust that he wasn't just all talk and that he did hold the knowledge to help her out with her studies. It was usually work he had already done or had previously learned from his personal teachers when he was working overseas so it wasn't any problem. It didn't take long for her to ask willingly for help when she needed it and he was always more than happy to assist her.
"Earth to Quatre!" Duo tried calling out to him, raising his tone a little as he did so. This caused Hilde and Mariemaia to stop talking and look towards Quatre.
He should be thankful to know that he didn't have to help her out tonight right? He would have more time to himself to study right? No, he had everyone here to help out, it wasn't the fact that he didn't want to help them, he was just frustrated at the fact that THEY didn't want to put in the effort to do anything and their exams were next week for crying out loud!
"QUATRE!!!" Duo yelled, causing Alex to jump and miss his shot when he went for one of the balls on the board.
Why did it suddenly seem offending that Relena has gone to someone else now? That's how he felt, he felt hurt that she didn't ask for his help this time but why did it matter so much to him? Was he just hurt? No, there was something else there, was it anger? That had to explain why he was being so cold to her at the end of their music class, but was that all? ....No, there was something else there, something he couldn't quite put his finger on, there was more than anger and hurt in his tone earlier but, what was it?
At that moment, Duo got up from his seat and walked over to Quatre. Looking down at him he noticed that Quatre looked completely blank, as though he were sleeping with his eyes open. Waving a hand over Quatre's eyes and snapping his fingers before him he noticed that Quatre did not flinch once when he did this. Taking matters into his own hands he picked up Quatre's tea cup and poured the hot contents onto Quatre's head, causing Quatre to gasp in shock as he quickly stand from his seat, 'There, that got his attention.' As Duo was about to say something, Quatre glared at him with murderous eyes, causing Duo to shut his mouth in silence.
"Um, are you alright Quatre?" Hilde asked, trying to set the peace between them as to not arouse another fight, "We were just concerned that's all."
Blinking the anger out of his eyes, Quatre looked apologetically at Hilde then back at Duo and said, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to black out like that." Looking down at his casual wear he noticed his shirt was completely drenched from his tea. Sighing he started making his way out the room saying, "I'm just going to go change ok?" Once the door closed behind him, everyone just looked at each other blankly.
'What is wrong with me?' Quatre wondered as he started making his way to his bed room, why was he being so arrogant? Why did he have such a problem with Relena being with Wufei? He was the same with Heero as well, but for some reason, it didn't affect him as badly. He didn't feel comfortable about Relena being left alone with Heero, since that fateful day when he found Relena crying, not to mention her arms were hurting as well. He never got the chance to check them but since she hardly looked to be in pain about it a couple of days later, he assumed that what ever it was, it must have healed over. But why did Wufei scare him more than what Heero did? There was something about Wufei that he didn't trust, more so than what he felt about Heero. Relena never looked shaken up when ever she was around Heero, she talked to him when ever he came up to her, much to Quatre's annoyance but with Wufei she was shaken up just by looking at him. Even though he had been at Tooi Yoake High for a few months now, there was still so much that he didn't understand but he wasn't about to interrogate everyone who aroused his suspicions.
Bringing his hand up to rest where his heart was, he closed his eyes and said out loud, "Miss Relena, help me understand, let me help you carry your pain, let me see the real you, teach me how to cope with this pain." At that moment, he felt something wet touch his hand, looking down at his hand in question he found it to be a tear. Upon examining it he murmurs, "Tears, something I will never escape but something I wish I could learn to cope with..."
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Upon reaching Wufei's home, he got out of the car, along with Midii and Meiran getting out at the same time, whereas Relena waited until they approached the home so that she could get out in peace. Meiran and Midii grabbed their bags but waited by Wufei, keeping their eyes hooked on Relena's door as they did so. Wufei grabbed his bag and noticed that Relena hadn't got out yet, before going over to her though, Midii grabbed hold of his arm and said, "Well, shall we all go inside then?" Much to his annoyance though, both girls were trying to drag him to the front door and hope to leave Relena in the car. Shaking Midii off his arm he glared at them and said, "I'm waiting for Relena so you two women go in first," looking over at Meiran he said, "And you. Be sure to get us something to eat and drink got it?"
Meiran glared back at him and said, "And what gives you the right to order me around like that?"
Smirking at her he answered, "Well, if it's too hard for you, I'm sure I could try straightening out the issue with my father when he returns."
Growling at him, she knew that there was no way out of this one. She hated how he could just order her around like a slave, all because of their stupid Chinese traditions. The women always obeying the calls of the males and that annoyed her greatly, and she knew how much Wufei got satisfaction out of seeing her suffer like that, ordering her around like when ever he pleased. And what annoyed her more was when he always mentioned his 'father' around her if she didn't beckon to his every call, she would get into trouble from both his father, mother and her own mother if she didn?t do what she was told. Glancing over at the window to where she could see Relena she growled and said, "I am NOT going to serve her anything!"
"You WILL Meiran if you know what's good for you."
"Hmph, and what makes you trust me!? For all you know I could poison her food, and don't think I won't hesitate to do so."
"I won't be stopping you. However, the question is, are you daring enough to do so? After all, I don't recall her doing anything to you."
Narrowing her gaze on Wufei even more, she snorted and turned her back on him to head to the front door. Wufei just smirked at her little tantrum and looked to Midii, "Well go on, the doors being opened."
"But Wu-"
"I SAID GO IN!!!" Wufei yelled, causing Midii to jump at his tone. Nodding to him she quickly made her way to Meiran, as she was doing so she felt both upset and angry at the same time, upset for the way Wufei has been treating her lately and angry over the fact that he was being so nice to Relena, 'Damn bitch.'
When the two walked into his house, it was that moment that Relena decided to step out of the car. Grabbing her bag she slipped it over her shoulder but as she turned to head for the house she jumped to find Wufei standing right in front of her.
"Why did you take so long to get out?" Wufei asked her.
"I, I didn't want to cause any trouble," Relena murmured.
Staring at her for a moment, he wondered why she was being so weak, he invited her over so it shouldn't matter what Meiran or Midii thought right? But thinking on it a little more, he considered her words to be the right thing to do after all since it would prevent any sort of conflict between her and the girls and in Relena's state, it was all she could really do without down grading herself any further than what she already was at school. But she still had her rights and she didn't deserve to be pushed around like that. He didn't know how long he had been staring at her since he was beginning to sense the uneasiness Relena was feeling from him, so turning his back on her he said, "Well, let's go inside," and started making his way to the front door, along with Relena following a few paces behind him.
Once they entered, Relena remembered to take her shoes off before setting foot on the carpet since she remembered being told to do so by Wufei a while ago since it was one of their house rules. As Wufei was taking his off he took noticed of what she was doing and couldn't help but smile at how Relena remembered that rule, it had been a while since she set foot in his home and it nice to know that she remembered her manners, unlike Midii.
As Relena stepped into the lounge room, she noticed that there hadn't been any major changes to the set up of the home. It still displayed the beautiful paintings of scenery from China on the walls and down the hall way still hung wall scrolls of dragons and Chinese characters. Since Wufei's family was obviously Chinese their home was completely covered with many Chinese ornaments, statues, rugs, paintings, wall scrolls, and many other things. It always fascinated her; she loved how the home was set up in the way of their culture it almost seemed like she was in China itself when ever she set foot in this home.
Suddenly, from down the hallway Relena noticed Wufei's mother coming towards them. She was a short woman who reached the base of Relena's neck in height, making her to only reach Wufei's chest since she was pretty small where he basically towered over her. But she a kind woman who Relena always enjoyed talking to when she had the chance, her strong Chinese accent makes it a little hard for her to understand some of the time but Wufei's mother never held it against her and would continue to try and help Relena understand her, causing Relena to feel a little bad since there were times Relena just couldn't understand and had to be told by Wufei what she was saying.
"Welcome home Wufei," Wufei's mother said as she approached him, bowing in the process.
Wufei nodded his greeting and gestured to Relena, "Mother, do you remember Relena?"
As Wufei's mother looked up at Relena her face brightened as she approached her, "Oh, how nice it is to see you again Relena, it has been a while."
Relena gave her a weak smile and bowed her greeting to her, "Hello Mrs. Chang, it has been a while indeed."
"Well, shall I serve you both something to eat?" Mrs. Chang asked.
"Yes, thank you," Wufei answered as he made his way past her and headed down the hall to the study room. Meiran must be happy that his mother is home since that means she wouldn?t have to serve them, ?Hmph, what a pity.?
"Shall I help you Mrs. Chang?" Relena asked kindly.
"Oh no, that won't be necessary Relena, after all you are the guest. Please make yourself comfortable," Mrs. Chang answered, smiling at her kindness.
Relena bowed to her again but as she was about to follow Wufei, Mrs. Chang said, "Your presence here is a refreshing one Relena; even Wufei has warmed up to it a little."
Relena turned to look at her in question where as Mrs. Chang just smiled and made her way past her to head for the kitchen. Once Mrs. Chang was out of sight, Relena couldn't help but smile at how polite she was being to her, even after everything that had happened.
"Are you coming Relena?" Wufei asked from down the hall as he gestured for her to come. Relena nodded to him and made her way to the study room, she had to admit that Mrs. Chang's little conversation with her had calmed her nerves down a little so she didn't feel too uncomfortable being here anymore.
Sitting down by the table which was on the top right corner of the room beside the book shelves, Wufei set his bag down on the table and started rummaging through it to get all of his English things out. Relena stood by the table and watched as he started getting his things out, her gaze was at first watching the way his hands worked on getting out the required items he was searching for but as he was doing this her eyes drifted up to his face, noticing the stern expression over facials and the way his emotionless eyes kept focused on the task at hand. Relena's gaze softened as she kept her eyes firmly on his, she knew that he wasn't as heartless and cold as what people thought by his appearance. She knew that underneath all of that cold exterior was indeed a warm, caring man who was only too frightened to show his true emotions if people were to judge him by it but to her dismay, she was never the one to break though it. He had too much pride to allow himself to be controlled by such emotions and it saddened her that he made himself go through this pain when he really didn't like it either.
She had no idea how long she must have been watching him since Wufei had indeed stopped going through his bag a while ago and was now staring at Relena while she did the same to him. The awareness of what she was doing suddenly flashed before her, causing her to blink a few times to refocus but when she saw him staring at her in confusion, she just lowered her head and blushed in the embarrassment of it all, "Um, sorry."
Wufei just smiled and pulled out the chair by the table and sat himself down, "Come sit over here," he said as he pulled out the chair beside him. Hesitantly Relena slowly made her way to the seat and watched every move Wufei made as she sat down, at least hoping that if he were to do anything she would be ready to run when necessary. Wufei noticed the way Relena was watching him but remained patient as she slowly sat herself down, he knew that he couldn't push her in any way since she would only get frightened and distance herself from him even more than what she already did so all he could do for the time being was take things slow and hope that her trust in him will rebuild itself again. The way she had decided to come and not say anything about wanting to leave yet was indeed a good sign so he wasn't quite out of the game yet, much to his relief. But as he was about to get started with the work he needed to get done, he suddenly felt a pair of arms slip around his neck.
"Aw, are you going to study already? I thought we could maybe, relax a little before getting onto things like this," Midii said as she started to nibble on Wufei's ear, sending daggers to Relena in the process.
"Midii, I thought you said that you were coming here to study with Meiran, if so than go and do it already, if not then leave, I don't have time to be playing around," Wufei said coldly as he jerked his head away from her.
"Aw, come on Wufei, we have plenty of time to study later," Midii pouted playfully as she slipped onto the table and sat in front of him, caressing his face in the process. Letting her hands glide from his cheeks to the back of his neck she wrapped her fingers together and leaned forward to kiss him.
Wufei on the other hand just sighed and jerked his chair back, getting himself into standing position all in one swift movement, causing Midii to be pulled off from the table and land face first onto the floor. Ignoring her, Wufei grabbed all his things and started heading out the door, "Come on Relena, we will study in my room." When he said this, both girls just looked at him in sudden shock. Knowing how impatient Wufei could be, Relena got up from her seat and grabbed her bag, noticing the glares Midii was giving her. Looking down at her, she noticed the warning signals she was trying to give her.
Considering what Midii was trying to say to her, Relena said, "Um, Wufei, maybe could study in th-"
"My room is the only peaceful place here where I can have peace without being 'pestered' by anyone," Wufei interrupted, casting his gaze down to Midii in the process.
"WUFEI!!! Have some respect, I am here don't forget, and since I'm your girlfriend I find it rather disturbing that YOU will be going into YOUR room with Relena by yourselves. There are many other rooms here that you could use to study," Midii complained.
Raising an eyebrow at her Wufei snorted and asked, "What? You don't trust me or something?"
"It's not that I don't trust YOU exactly, it's another 'certain' someone who I don't trust," Midii replied, turning her gaze to Relena as she said this.
"Well woman, you kept disturbing me when I specifically said that I wanted to study, can you blame me for wanting to move into a room where I could actually lock the door so that I won't get pestered by you every five seconds?"
Midii was shocked by Wufei's words, not to mention hurt, "...Am I nothing but a bother to you Wufei?" Midii quietly asked.
"Don't take this personally but I sometimes wonder if your anything but," Wufei said, causing Midii to look up at him wide eyed.
"JERK!!!" Midii yelled at him as she shoved her way past him and quickly made her way to Meiran's room, feeling tears swell up in her eye lids as she ran there.
Relena felt extremely guilty with what had just happened, she couldn't help but feel that she was the one who cause that fight. Wufei just shrugged at Midii's little performance and went back to the table, "Well, I assume that we won't be bothered now."
As he set his things back on the table again, Relena looked up at him with concern and said, "Wufei, maybe you should go talk to her."
"Why?" Wufei asked, as he reorganized his things on the table once again.
"She didn't mean any harm; she just cares about you a lot that's all. After all, it's natural to be overly protective of the ones you love." Her words just now caused Wufei to stop what he was doing, making Relena wonder if maybe her words were making him consider apologizing to Midii. What she didn't expect was to suddenly see him snicker, then chuckle, then suddenly burst out laughing. Relena just watched him with a blank expression, trying to re-think though her words in trying to figure out what was so amusing.
Wufei settled down after a while but continued smiling as he looked at Relena, moving away from the table he started to approach her, "I'm sorry, I understood what you were trying to say, I just find it amusing because Midii doesn't care at all."
Relena was confused by that, she always thought that Midii cared deeply for him since she was always with him where ever he went. Plus the way she always kissed and hugged him proved to her that she cared a lot.
"What do you mean by that? She is always so happy when she's with you, and she proves her affection for you by always being by your side."
As Wufei approached her he stood right in front of her and said, "Midii only sees me as a possession to do with as she pleases. She wouldn't care less about my feelings or thoughts, as long as she gets what she wants from me then she is satisfied. The only thing she sees me good for is sex, nothing else."
"But that's what you wanted wasn't it?" Relena blurted out, causing Wufei to stare blankly at her. She totally regretted the words that just came out of her mouth, why would it matter to her what Wufei wants or what their relationship is like, it has nothing to do with her after all.
When she was about to apologize for saying such a thing she was surprised at suddenly feel Wufei's hands slip around her waist, bringing her into his embrace. Quickly Relena stepped back from him but that only caused her to hit her back on the book shelves, causing her to singe a little at the sudden prang on her back. Wufei however didn't back away from her when she did this, coming up to her again he slipped his hands over her shoulders and leaned his head down to whisper in her ear, "You were right about one thing though, it is natural to be overly protective of the ones you love." Relena's heart was beginning to thump rapidly against her chest, not to mention Wufei's hot breath against her ear was sending shivers down her spine.
"Wufei..." Slowly bringing her hands up to brush his off from her he quickly grabbed her arms in order to stop her, causing Relena to gasp at the pain from her arms.
"Relena, please, I need to talk to you," Wufei said, loosening up his grip on her arms slightly. Relena didn't know how to react, if anything she should try struggling out from his grip on her and run away from him as fast as her legs could take her but for some reason she didn't do anything. Was part of her wanting this? Did part of her want to hear what he had to say? Half of her wanted this whereas the other half was screaming at her to not allow him to treat her in such a way, that she didn't need any of this.
At that moment, Wufei felt someone grab him by the shoulder, causing him to be jerked back from Relena and caused him to be pushed onto the ground. As Wufei got himself off the ground he turned and glared at the culprit who did that to him and growled when he found it to be who he least expected. Relena was shocked to see who is was, but what confused her was the fact that she wasn't sure if she was thankful or annoyed at what he just did, but she was still surprised all the same. When was about to call out to him, she decided to keep her mouth shut since the look in his eyes and the body language he was giving didn't look to be one who wanted to be talked to at the moment, the glare he was giving Wufei told her so.
"T-Trowa?" Relena whispered.
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Author's Note:
I think my story is starting to go down hill now, ever since chapter 8 was completed I have had such a mental block on what to write next. I didn't really like chapter 9 but I couldn't see what I could have changed and now I'm not satisfied with chapter 10 . This is one of the things I hate about writing, my original story plan had totally been altered once I started writing this, I would have to say that until chapter 5, everything has been writing itself and now, I have no idea what I'm doing anymore :evil: Grr, well, if I suddenly have any bright ideas to make this better I will be sure to change these chapters straight away. Please, be sure to review, I seriously need to know if people are starting to hate this because I'm starting to. If people still like it than I will keep going, if you think I should change some things on certain chapters please tell me and if you are hating it overall I will totally understand. Thanks for reading Email: neon_fantasy@hotmail.com
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