Disclaimer : I don't own them, no... thanks Sunrise 
Pairing : 2x1, R+1, 5+2
Rate : PG-13 (maybe R)
Catagory : Yaoi, Angst, Heero OOC!
Warning : Heero's bad habit.. sorry for 1+2 lovers ^^' and Relena's second
title ^^'
Explanation : 'thought' | "Conversation"
Note : This fic is for 'DUo SHinigami' sorry to take sooooo long, you asked for
'evil Heero' hea' hea' I hope you don't mind this ^^'
Note No.2 : This fic Enter 'Infinity Base Fanfic Contest' ^^'
 
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-Running Out of Lies- Part I
By Kai 
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--The phone rang..--
 
"Yes?" Wufei picked up the phone in hurry, he wore nothing but the damp towel
that hung loosely around his slim hips. He was waiting by the phone since last
night and he still hadn't slept.
 
"Wufei, I found him. He was at the bar downtown. I tried to drag him back but
he only yelled at me.. Wufei, are you listening?" Quatre asked at the end of
the line.
 
"Yes.. Winner.." Wufei tried to hide his concern and anger but it seemed like
it wasn't work with Quatre.
 
"The bartender told me that he was drunk since that day.. but he hadn't talked
much, only cried." Quatre knew exactly what he was doing, he knew that his
Chinese friend had feelings for Duo but Wufei wouldn't do anything about that.
In the other words, he couldn't..
 
"What about Yuy?" Wufei asked, he brushed back his wet hair with a free hand
but stopped in the middle when he thought about the Japanese former pilot..
Damn him..
 
"I don't know. I already told him about Duo but he didn't seem to care." Quatre
was a bit angry too, Duo was his close friend and he always cheerful.. but now,
he was just a kid who wanted to drink himself to death.
 
Wufei clutched the phone receiver tightly. 'Fuck you, Yuy.' "Give me the
address, I'll go talk to him."
 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
 
Wufei left his private apartment in his black shiny Harley, looking for the
right address that Quatre gave him. Downtown was crowded with people no matter
day or night. That's why he hated it.. too much people. He looked around, it
was still early in the evening but everyone here seemed to have start drinking,
laughing and dancing.. looked like they drink in order to forget their pain and
maybe this is the only way to break free from their everyday stress.
 
But Duo had no stress to release, he had only pain..
 
It was happened 2 weeks ago that Heero left Duo for Relena.. Who knew what that
bastard had on his mind. Duo and Heero, they always had been together.. they
loved each other? That should be. During the war, they never had a problem
expressing their feelings in front of the others.
 
After that, Heero moved to Relena's place. No one dared to ask about this, but
they knew one thing for sure.. Duo was hurting.. and that was too much for
Wufei.
 
He found the place and parked his Harley nearby. He pushed the door open, it
was dark inside. Red and yellow lights reflected on the glasses and bottles. He
looked around but couldn't find Duo, so he headed to the bartender.
 
"Excuse me. Have you seen an American with a long braid? He's around my age."
 
"Oh, you mean that boy? He's over there.. poor him.." The bartender point at
the darkest corner and said, "He only drinks and doesn't go anywhere else. I
wonder what he has been through."
 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
 
Wufei headed over to that direction and saw a chestnut braid hanging over the
back of the large chair. His right hand hanging down on one side. Wufei walked
around until he could see Duo's face.. the lovely face held no emotion with
blank violet eyes and tears streaming down..
 
He couldn't believe his eyes. That this broken figure was Duo, the one who
always laugh and smile.. "Duo." He called out lightly, unaware of using Duo's
first name.. He always called him 'Duo' in his thoughts.
 
Slowly Duo's eyes focused on him, he adjusted his position slightly and in the
same time, he wiped away the track of tears on his cheeks. "Wufei.."
 
"Maxwell, why are you doing this?"
 
"Doing.. what.?" Duo was still hung over and he reached for another glass of
whiskey. Wufei caught his hand and said, "Drinking like shit."
 
"It's not.. your business.. let go!" He freed his hand from Wufei's grip, but
Wufei caught it again and this time he brought their faces closer, "Duo, you
have to stop this."
 
"Stop? Stop what? What do you know about me, huh?!" Duo's hoarse laugh and
those words made him scream in his mind 'I know everything about you! Damn it!
Just stop crying for him and loving him for God's sake!'
 
"Let's go home." He was about to stand up but Duo resisted..
 
"No.." His voice was trembling.. he started to cry again.
 
"Listen, you can't stay here and drink forever! Let's go!"
 
"No! I said No! Wufei.. I .. I have no home! I don't want to be at that house
anymore! It hurt! Do you understand?!" Duo was yelling and other customers were
staring at them.. but that didn't seem to register in their minds.. one didn't
care for anything in the world except the boy who left him, and the other one
cared for nothing but the boy in front of him.
 
"Maxwell.." Wufei drew the shivering body close to his.. He soothed the
chestnut hair and hugged him tight.
 
Duo didn't deny Wufei's touch, he didn't want to do anything but cry like a
lost child. "Do you even understand..?" His voice faded to small sob and passed
out in Wufei's embrace.
 
"Yes.. Duo, I always understood." He whispered to no one, he said it just to
remind himself.. that feeling; the hurt.. he understood too well..
 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
 
Next morning
 
Duo woke up in the strange place. It was quite a neat room that completely
different from his, 'Where am I?' He tried to sit up and found a Chinese
textbook beside him. On the far wall, there was a couple of swords hung for the
display. 'Wufei?' He fully regained his consciousness and thought about
yesterday.. 'Wufei was there.. Did I say something silly in front of him?'
 
Abruptly the door swung open, showing Wufei with the bowl of water and a towel.
 
"Maxwell, I'm sorry. I didn't know you're awake."
 
"That's all right, this is your home anyway." He sat up but the room started
spinning and he slumped back against the pillow.
 
"Maxwell!" Wufei cried out and rushed beside him.
 
"I'm ok." Duo waved his hand and continued, "But I look stupid, ne?"
 
Wufei didn't reply, he knew that Duo needed someone to talk with and he was
more than willing to let it be him.
 
"Wufei.. Have you ever really loved someone?" Duo's eyes were closed, he didn't
know that the question he was asking caused so much impact on Wufei.
 
Yes, it pierced to his heart.. loving someone so much but for Wufei in this
situation, revealing it wouldn't help anything.
 
Duo didn't expect any answer from Wufei so he continued, "I love him, Wufei. I
love him, but look at what he had done.. He left me for that queen!" He laughed
and cried like a mad man, and after the sadness had won, turned to Wufei. "I
meant nothing to him.. God.. Heero.."
 
Wufei moved to sat on the bed beside him and brushed the chestnut lock from
Duo's beautiful face that twisted from anger and pain. He said, "You're wrong,
I don't think there'll be anyone who would dare to leave you." Wufei let those
words slipped from his mouth, he said it flatly like he said it thousands of
times a day.
 
Duo gave a small smile at Wufei's unfamilier words, "Really? What make you
think that?"
 
Wufei wiped the tears from those precious violet jewels but he didn't answer.
"Hungry?", He changed topic.
 
Duo blinked twice and then nodded "Yes, please."
 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
 
After the breakfast, Duo seemed to lighten up a bit. He looked at Wufei while
he was gathering up his plate from the table.
 
"What are you looking at?"
 
"I wonder how Heero would feel if he sees us together." Duo was grinning at his
idea, but it wasn't funny at all for Wufei.
 
"What do you mean?" Wufei tried not to think of the image that idea brought up.
 
"I was just thinking, if I have a new boyfriend.. Will he be jealous?"
 
"That's not a good idea. You're making it worse." Wufei's heart was racing.. 
did Duo mean what he just said?
 
Duo sighed and looked down to the carpet, "There's nothing worse than how it is
now.."
 
"Maxwell.."
 
"Hey, Wufei. So, in regards to that idea. er.. Can you help me?"
 
"Help what?"
 
"Be my boyfriend." Duo said with his trademark broad smile.
 
'Oh God.' Wufei was stunned. Did Duo know something about him? Did he really
know?
 
"Come on, just pretending to be my lover wouldn't make your popularity among
those Preventers girls drop much."
 
It was like falling from the sky to the depth of Mariana trench.. it was just..
a performance..?! Wufei adjust his suddenly pale expression to normal one. His
throat went dry but he managed to kept on the conversation.
 
"Maxwell.. it's not like I don't want to help, but lying isn't a good thing..
What will Yuy feel if he found out?"
 
"That's it! That's what I wanted to know.. please Wufei, help me just this one
time." How could anyone refuse with Duo's watery eyes on him and begging
something of him..
 
He sighed, he was defeated.. but..
 
"Just give me more time, Maxwell."
 
"That's mean you're going to help?!" Only his unstable answer could make Duo
happy like this? Wufei wanted to do everything if it gave Duo pleasure.
 
"No, it's not like th.."
 
"Yahoo! Wufei! Thanks so much!" Duo jumped on him and hugged him happily.. It
was the hardest day of Wufei's life.
 
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
 
Duo stayed at Wufei's apartment for a couple of days after that, like he said..
he didn't want to go home. There was no one there but the bitter sweet memories
painted the whole place. None of them mentioned going back even to gather Duo's
belonging, instead of that, they went shopping together.
 
"Hey, Wufei! How about this shirt?" He grabbed the bright yellow Hawaii shirt
and pinned it to Wufei. He had a disgusted look on his face and took a step
back, letting it fall on the floor. Duo laughed very hard at Wufei's attitude..
 
"What's so funny, Maxwell?"
 
"I.. I just didn't think that you would.. would hate it that much" Duo still
laughing after they left it to the angry death-glare girl at the booth. "By the
way, why don't you called me 'Duo'?"
 
"I never did." He said plainly but actually, he lied.
 
"But it would be so strange if.." Duo took Wufei's arm and leaned his head on
Wufei's shoulder, "..one lover called his beloved by his last name.."
 
Wufei's jaw dropped, he could feel his body was tensing at Duo's touch.. but
somehow he wished he could controll his heart rate like Heero.
 
Duo didn't notice Wufei's tension. He just smiled sweety and asked him, "Now,
call me Duo."
 
"You know, we could talke about this later."
 
"Now." Duo insisted.
 
Wufei sighed and tried not to blush. He took a deep breath and said "Duo."
 
"So, now I'm gonna called you 'Fei', ok?"
 
"What?!"
 
"Hey, there's Chinese Restuarant over there." Duo said and dragged him off in
that direction.
 
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Duo chose a table far from the exit and as they walked by, they passed the VIP
room. On its doorframe hung a bead curtain, so his eyes caught sight of 2 VIP
clients inside; the Queen of the World and her fience.. Heero Yuy..
 
Duo was froze, he stopped right there in front of the doorframe, Wufei who
walked behind him followed his eyes and his anger rose, he knew what Duo would
feel right now so he chose to suppress his anger.
 
"Forget them, Duo." And Wufei grabbed Duo's wrist.
 
Instead of complying, Duo pulled Wufei in with him. "Hi! I didn't expect to
meet you two here." Duo said with his fake smile, inside, he was ready to slap
this bitch.. hard..
 
Heero was a bit surpised to see Duo here but the thing that amazed him even
more was.. Wufei.. He spoke up, "I didn't know that you like 'Chinese' food,
Duo." Heero stressed the word 'Chinese' precisely at the same time he shot the
death glare at Wufei.
 
Duo felt like his plan was starting to work, then he went on, "It may be
because I never tried it before." He smiled teasingly and stepped closer to
Wufei, "Beside, I'm getting tired of 'Japanese'."
 
Wufei felt very uneasy in the situation but he couldn't do anything.
 
"Why don't you two have a seat?" The girl that everyone seemed to have
forgotten spoke up. Drawing all the boys' attention, she smiled brightly.
 
"Oh, yeah. We'd love to, right.. Fei?" Duo turned to his 'boyfriend' and got a
faint smile in reply.
 
When they all seated, Relena asked "How often do you have Chinese food, Duo? I
assumed that was regular for Wufei.", She would never know the thoughts that
arose from that simple question.
 
"Oh, I just started recently and I found that 'Chinese' food is far more
better, compared to 'Japanese'."
 
"Really? How?" She still asked innocently.. In the meantime, Heero only stared
at Wufei.. he didn't like it at all when he knew that his old 'favorite toy'
was being played with by the others.
 
"I think it's more healthier to eat well-steamed food rather than raw food,
it's not good for yourstomach." He took a sip of hot tea and went on, "And, for
me.. 'Chinese' is hotter.." Now Duo was staring seductively at Heero whose
knuckles turned white with anger.
 
"What do you mean, hotter?" Relena asked.
 
"Mmm, nothing, I mean most of 'Japanese' food are cold and tasteless (*)"
 
The waiter stepped beside the table and asked, "What would you like to order,
sir?"
 
Duo waved his hand in protest, "Never mind," and he turned to whisper at
Wufei's ear. "Just nod, Fei." Wufei didn't understand but he complied anyway.
 
"Ok, please excuse us Relena. I forgot that we have something very important to
do, and I can't wait any longer."
 
Duo and Wufei walked out, their hands were holding and Duo was smiling.. Only
anger was left in the air and in Heero's mind.
 
 
 
 
To be Continued!
 
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(*) Sorry sorry, I didn't mean to.. just flew by the plot ^^', Actually I love
Japanese food the most (for foreign food- I like Sushi!)
 
Kai: This start to serious ^^'
 

^^' I'm begging all of you for comment.. good or bad throw them at me ::watery eyes::