Warning: Men having sex.
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Chapter 2
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The next morning Duo woke up alone. The condom package was still unopened and he had not been able to get over himself and just ask Wufei to stay. With an annoyed sigh he got up, took his cereal bowl and wandered into the living room.
Wufei had helped him name all his fish as he released them into the aquarium and Duo could remember them all.
Ruby was still chasing Penny, shaking his tails like he was trying to get rid of them. Duo could only assume that it was the fish version of foreplay.
Cedric was swimming in and out between the rocks and Libby was searching along the bottom for something edible.
The zebras calmly swam together in a calmer part of the aquarium. He couldn't really tell who was who since they all looked the same, but they were named after members from a band Wufei had liked. Bob was a very weird name on a fish.
It was kind of fascinating to watch them interact with each other. Duo would never have believed it but it seemed like they all had different personalities and habits.
He startled when he realized that he was almost late for work since he apparently had spent half an hour in front of the glass box.
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With a relieved sigh, Duo closed the door behind him, dropping his bag to the floor. It had been a long day and it hadn't helped that he couldn't keep his thoughts from straying to muscular arms and neatly cut goatees. He kicked his shoes off, then strolled over to his new aquarium. He instantly noted that something was wrong and after tapping the glass desperately and even going so far as the get his hand in the water, he decided to call Wufei.
Three signals ran out before the phone was picked up. "Atlantis, Wufei speaking."
"Cedric is biting Libby's fins off and I don't know what to do." Duo said desperately. "She's hiding behind the pump now and he still won't leave her alone."
"It's what fish do." Wufei said in a comforting voice. "They usually have someone at the bottom of the rank that they try to drive out of the shoal, but since they're in an aquarium, the bullied fish has nowhere to go."
"But- but- that's not right, you have to take her back."
Wufei made an amused noise. "Okay, don't worry. I'll show up after closing time and pick her up."
Duo breathed out in relief. "Thank you Wufei."
"You're welcome."
"Do you like tacos?"
Wufei chuckled, a sound that made shivers of delight dance down Duo's spine. "I love tacos."
Duo had to swallow to get his suddenly dry throat to work. "I'll have dinner ready for you then." He said, wishing that the next time he heard Wufei laugh like that, he would be close enough to be able to put his head down on the man's naked chest and listen to it.
"Sounds good, I'll see you later."
Feeling pleased, Duo hung up and got himself a stick. He was going to defend Penny until Wufei got there.
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The next morning found Duo staring up at his bedroom ceiling, alone in bed. Again. Another evening with Wufei had gone by without him being any closer to his goal. Wufei had been nice but he had still not said or done any move to come onto him. It was all terribly disappointing.
Duo sighed. He could always ask Wufei out on a date. He should ask him out on a date. But…
Duo had never been much good at making the first move. People mostly came to him, not the other way around. He didn't know how to start or if the offer would be appreciated.
And Wufei hadn't really given any real indication that he was interested. Most likely Duo had ended up in a category of old discarded crushes. The ones you could hardly believe you had once had. And wasn't that a depressing thought.
Turning over he buried his face in his pillow. Duo was never going to forgive Solo for stealing those magazines.
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As it turned out, Duo had a reason to speak to his friend just a couple of days later.
"They all got white spots on them and Jacob is dead." He said as soon as his friend answered his phone, his eyes stuck on his aquarium. He had noticed one or two spots the day before but when he had gotten home the spots had grown and the fish seemed slow and uninterested. It had freaked him out big time.
"Ah." Wufei replied calmly. "It's a pretty common illness among fish with large fins. I'll bring some medicine along after work, okay?"
Duo breathed out in relief. "Thanks Wu, you're the best. Curry okay?"
Wufei chuckled. "Curry will be just fine."
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The next day when Duo got back from work, all the fish were dead.
"Did you read the instructions?" Wufei asked when he came over an hour later, giving the slightly brown water a suspicious look.
Duo nodded. "Yeah, ten drops every liter, a hundred liter in the aquarium, so I put in a thousand drops. Might have been a few less or a few more, I lost count and I ran out of medicine in the end."
For a moment Wufei just stared, then he picked up the bottle and peeled off the price tag, reveling more numbers. 10x100 it said… not 10x1. 10 drops every 100 liter
"Oh no." Duo's shoulders sank. "I killed them."
"It was an accident." Wufei protested, trying to comfort him. "I'll help you refill it and tomorrow I can pick out some new fish."
Duo took a shaky breath, giving his empty aquarium a heartbroken look. "Okay."
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Soon his aquarium was once again full of life and Duo had decided to really get into this whole fish thing. He was going to be a lot more careful and follow all of his friend's instructions.
In the end, the aquarium was on his mind almost as much as Wufei. He planned how to rearrange things in it, what plants to get, searched for rocks that he could put in and spent far too much time on the internet looking at pictures of colorful fish. The work on his desk got neglected as he clicked his way through a seemingly endless amount of fish, trying to remember some of what he read.
If he couldn't come straight out and ask Wufei out he could at least make sure that they had a common interest. He was going to make sure that his aquarium was perfect, to the point that he might even impress Wufei.
Duo grinned at the thought. He could hardly wait to go home to put the rocks he had found in the aquarium. He could see the fish in front of him, happily exploring their new cave. Wufei giving him a proud smile when he saw that he was taking this new hobby seriously.
He ripped himself away from his day dream as his boss walked by and he hurriedly pretended to actually do some of the work he was paid to do.
The next day, all the fish were dead.
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Wufei gave the aquarium a thoughtful look before pointing at the new cave. "Where did you get the rocks?"
Duo stiffened. "Um, outside."
"Ah, well my guess is that they brought something along with them." Wufei said, pushing his sleeves up before opening the lid to fish up the rocks Duo had put in there the evening before. "Finding new rocks is all good, but boil them first next time to make sure that there is nothing lethal on them."
"Oh." Duo mumbled, feeling stupid. He really should have thought of that. "I'll get dinner started."
"That would be nice." Wufei said as he once again started to empty the aquarium.
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Two days later, as the rain fell gently against his window, Duo once again found himself alone.
Unenthusiastically he pushed some leftovers back and forth over his plate. He knew he should eat but… eh, what was the point. He wasn't really that hungry. For about the tenth time since he had taken a seat, he looked over at the empty chair on the other side of the table. Eating dinner had been so much nicer when Wufei had been there.
He sighed, looking out the window at the cloudy sky. He wondered if Wufei had left the store yet or if he was in the middle of closing up. He wondered if his friend was also making dinner, eating it on his own with an empty chair on the other side of the table.
Duo sighed once again, dropping his fork down on the table as he leaned back. He should just call the other man and invite him over but that damned fear of his wouldn't let him do it.
And as nice as it was to have Wufei over for dinner he didn't want dead fish to be the only reason Wufei came by.
He had found himself a mermaid made in concrete at a yard sale the day before and after making sure to boil it carefully he had placed it in the middle of the aquarium in between two rock heaps. It made the aquarium look very professional and stylish and he hopped he would get an excuse to have Wufei over so that he could show him.
Or he could just call him.
Or maybe just drop by after work.
… Or maybe just sit around and hope that an opportunity would fall into his lap.
Duo sighed and picked up his fork. Yeah, like that was going to happen.
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The next day, all the fish were dead.
"I think I found the problem." Wufei said as he dipped his hand in to fish out the mermaid.
"But I boiled it." Duo protested from where he stood behind his friend, his braid spun several times around his hand. "Two times."
Wufei sighed, putting the statue down in the bucket by his feet. "Cement is not a rock, it releases particles that is fatal to fish."
Duo groaned, hiding his face behind his wound up hair. So much for impressing Wufei with his enthusiasm for his aquarium.
"I'll come by tomorrow with new fish, okay?"
"I don't know if I should be allowed to have pets." Duo mumbled unhappily, giving the floating fish a sad look.
"Nonsense. I'll help you refill it." And Duo decided that Wufei was the best friend ever for leaving out the 'again' in that sentence.
"Thanks Wu, anything special you want for dinner?" He asked as slowly released his hair.
"Anything is fine." Wufei said, already busy with getting the dead fish out.
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A week later all his fish were disgustingly healthy and Duo hadn't seen Wufei in just as long.
Duo was not happy with them or at himself for that matter.
The fish looked up at him, Duo looked back.
This couldn't go on. He had to get over this ridiculous fear he had of starting new relationships and just ask Wufei out. And if Wufei turned him down, well they were even then, weren't they?
Duo looked at his fish, the fish looked back.
Wufei didn't seem like he was going to make the first move, or any move what so ever. It was going to be up to him to do something about this.
… He just needed some moral support.
"Yeah." Heero grunted after waiting five painfully long signals for his friend to pick up his phone.
"Do you think that if you liked someone when you were a teenager, you could still like the same person when you grew up. Not like still liking the person, more like still liking the things you liked about the person." Duo rambled, giving his hair a nervous tug.
"Hn."
"Well start thinking about it now then."
Heero sighed. "You chased him off already?"
Looking away from Bob the fourth's accusing stare he spun his braid around his hand. "That would require actually having him in the first place."
"Hnf."
"No, I haven't had a good time to do it." Duo said, pushing his lips together tightly.
"Is this about Andrew?" Heero asked in his usual relentless tone of voice.
The name made ice rip through Duo's inside like knifes. "No." He tried to deny but at Heero's noise in disbelief he went on. "Well maybe a bit but not just because of it."
He closed his eyes as the emotions that he tried so hard to ignore came to the surface once again. "It's just not fair. He's the one who asked me out. He's the one who asked me to move in with him, he was the one who proposed to me, he's the one who made all the fancy promises." Duo felt his voice rise but he couldn't stop it. "Then he's the one who throws me away like garbage without an explanation and he's the one who marries some woman he barely knows and has like half a million kids in our house. Why should he be the one who gets all the favors and ends up happy? Why won't he feel bad for the things he did? Why am I the only one in pain? Where is the justice in this?"
"Now you sound like Wufei." Heero's calm voice breaks through his anger like cold water to a flame.
Duo breathed in shakily, sinking down on the edge of the couch.
"Go find your own justice." Heero said in a surprisingly gentle voice.
Duo said nothing, staring at the bright and alive aquarium in front of him.
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This time, Duo didn't let himself hesitate outside the door to stare at the stickers. He walked right into the store. He had a strange sort of urgency moving through his body, like if he stopped to think his courage would slip right out of his hands . He had to do it now.
Wufei wasn't behind the register or in his office and as Duo got further into the store and didn't find his friend he got a bad feeling. And in the end there was only one place where Wufei could be. The room in the back.
Steeling himself for the terror he knew he was going to experience, Duo walked through the doorway.
He found Wufei standing in one of the floor to ceiling terrariums, scrubbing the fake stone wall with a rough brush. It seems to be hard work because he was using both hands, leaning onto his hold to get as much pressure as possible on it. The look on his face is one of focused stubbornness and determination. The dirt just didn't have a chance against it.
Not knowing what to say, Duo knocked against the doorpost for attention. Turning around, Wufei's welcoming smile when he saw him quickly froze as a thought seemed to strike him. "Are the fish alright?"
"They're fine." Duo replied faintly, trying not to stare. It had obviously been pretty warm in the terrarium because Wufei had unbuttoned his shirt all the way to his belly button and he looked flushed and hot, strands of hair sticking to his face. The man was too fucking sexy to be walking around like that when Duo was trying to think. And he really had to think now to figure out how to say what he wanted to say. For now, fish were a safe subject to work his way from. "I think I got the hang of it now." He said, taking a quick step away from the terrarium next to him when he saw a small red snake looking at him.
He really fucking hated snakes.
He turned his attention back to Wufei who seemingly unknowing of what it did to Duo, was wiping himself down with a cloth. Duo awkwardly cleared his throat and went on. "I never had pets before, well besides babysitting Heero's girlfriend's dog someti-"
"Wait." Wufei cut in with a tight look on his face. "Girlfriend? You're not together with Heero?"
For a second Duo could only gape, his thoughts falling over each other as he tried to keep up. "What? No!"
Wufei stared back at him, looking just as confused as he felt. "But- but you said he only moved out because of school and you were still seeing each other."
"Well yes, but we were roommates. Heero is as straight as they come and really not my type."
"So... What is your type?" Wufei asked, meeting his eyes. And suddenly there was a tension in the air, anticipation in the stance of their bodies.
Say something you fool! Duo screamed at himself in the privacy of his head but words still would not come and it was so frustrating and made him so angry at his ex for doing this to him, for making him such a coward when all he wanted to do was-
Jerking into action, Duo took three quick steps towards his friend, forcing him back into the terrarium before crashing their lips together. The kiss was wild, untamed in a way that came as a shock. Duo stumbled over a bowl of dead mice before Wufei's back hit the wall of the terrarium. Within a heartbeat they were tearing at each other's clothes, fumbling and grasping whatever they could reach.
Impatient hands got his belt open before starting on his fly while Duo focused on the last closed buttons of Wufei's shirt, pushing it off wide shoulders.
Pants were pulled down past his knees, seams breaking on his underwear as they quickly followed. Breaking the kiss to kick them off he got a good look at the man in front of him. Wufei was breathing heavily, lips wet and shining, fly open. His eyes were dragged down to the black snake head tattooed on his shoulder, slim body continuing as it showed up on his bicep, looping around the arm as the tail ended in a tight curl. Duo might just reconsider his hate of the animals because that was just hot. Sliding his hands up those strong desired arms until they reached Wufei's neck, he used the hold to guide their mouths back together. Hands were everywhere, squeezing and exploring. Fingers digging into Wufei's firm thighs he managed with some help to get the other man up on one of the small artificial cliffs, clumsily dragging his jeans down as he did so. Their lips parted only to let Duo step back to rip Wufei's pants and underwear off, a wayward shoe hit the glass as it was kicked away. Then their bodies came together, fast and rough like neither of them had the patience to wait another second.
Wufei was hard and hot against him, thighs rubbing against his hip as he rolled against him. Taking both their cocks in hand he swallowed Wufei's low groan as he jacked them both.
Wufei ripped his lips away, eyes wild as they met him. "Give me my jeans."
"What?" Duo asked in a daze.
"Jeans." Wufei panted.
Duo blinked then quickly bent down, getting a hold of the clothing in question
Wufei jerkily searched through his pockets until he uncovered a small plastic tub. Impatiently it was shoved into Duo's hands as hairy legs widened invitingly.
"Do I even want to know what this is" Duo asked as he quickly unscrewed it, looking down at the small tube that had the picture of a sad turtle on it.
Wufei responded by dragged him forward again into a messy kiss
Emptying the tube into his hand, the smooth cream was seconds later smeared over his impatient cock. Wufei put a leg up against a fake tree sticking out from the wall, giving him more room to feel along the edges of one tight looking hole. He sank two fingers in, feeling the heat and the muscles closing in around him. Wufei groaned low in his throat, a hand coming up to get a hold of an uneven part of the wall as his hip thrust back onto his fingers. Moving his fingers around for what felt like forever he pushed another finger in. It slipped in easily and as he curled all three upwards, Wufei moaned his approval.
Duo took that as all the encouragement he needed and removed his fingers, letting his cock take their place. He pushed his way in, watching Wufei's face screw up as he was breached.
"Oh fuck yeah." Duo breathed, his forehead pressed against Wufei's throat as his cock was surrounded completely.
Leaning back he watched his friend who was breathing sharply through his nose, eyes burning intensely as they met his.
"Fuck me." Was the rumbled order and Duo didn't mind following it at all. With his hands gripping whatever part of that muscular body he could reach, Duo started to move.
Quick sharp thrusts, making the terrarium shake as built up sexual tension exploded through them. Palming Wufei's ass, fingers sliding up firm thighs, spreading them wide as he pushed in deep. Rolling his hip to the sound of breathless groans and slaps of sweaty skin.
The warm light from above was warming the terrarium to a ridiculous level and Duo felt almost light headed from the heat and pleasure taking him over.
Leaning forward, he bit into Wufei's shoulder, almost expecting the snake there to bite back. The musky smell of the terrarium and the sharp one of sweat was thick in his nose and it shouldn't be as much of a turn on as it was. Placing his hands up against the rough cement wall he sped up his thrusts, slamming their bodies together like he was trying to make up for all the time they wasted on dancing around each other.
Wufei was shamelessly jerking himself off, head thrown back in pleasure, muscles twitching in those powerful thighs. One of those legs came up to wrap itself around his waist, heel digging into his ass and Duo took a hold of it to hold it up.
He could feel his orgasm come creeping but he fought it off. Not yet, for the love of all things holy. Not yet. Hungrily he attached his mouth to Wufei's chin, dragging the flat of his tongue over the V shaped beard, feeling the sharp strands against it. With Wufei's desperate breaths against his face he sucked, kissed and licked that chin that had teased him so relentlessly since he had first laid his eyes on it.
His hips didn't slow down for a second, driving his cock in deep into that soft heat that held him so tight. Taking a new hold of Wufei's thighs he lifted them high, making the other man slide in closer and then he was coming. Sudden and heartlessly it ripped through him, gripping, owning and rendering him helpless. Hips jerking without rhythm as he milked everything he could out of his completion. His breath stuck in his throat and he fought to breathe while entrancing bliss soaked through flesh.
With the echo of his orgasm still rocking through him he pulled out, sinking down to his knees and sucked Wufei's balls into his mouth.
With a broken gurgle Wufei's breath caught as his thick cock erupted. Foreskin bundling up under the head as rope after rope of cum rained down over his own chest, whole body straining against the pleasure. Head thrown back as his hand forced out the last drops, foot sliding down along the wall from its hold.
Feeling light and happy, Duo reached out and helped Wufei down, swaying slightly as he got up to his feet.
Without thought his arms came up to wrap themselves around the other man, uncaring about the sticky mess that got smeared over his chest as he did so.
"I can't believe you thought I was dating Heero." He mumbled, closing his eyes to breathe in the musky smell of the terrarium and sex.
"I can't believe I held back despite that." Wufei panted against his ear, lips kissing his chin clumsily. "Hardest thing I have ever done since sending that letter."
For a second they just held each other before Wufei cursed and jerked away.
"What?" Duo questioned, fear freezing his heart. No. Please don't leave. Please don't leave. No. No. No.
"Fuck." Wufei groaned. "Dolly got out."
Duo went very still as one fear turned into another. "Who's Dolly." He asked stiffly, praying that it wasn't a snake.
"The big yellow snake." Wufei muttered as he stepped out, bending down carefully to look under a cabinet. "Come on pretty lady, where did you go?"
Duo bit back a terrified whimper and not even the sight of a well used hole dripping with his seed was enough to distract him.
Wufei glanced up and gave him a reassuring smile."Don't worry, she's not poisonous. She's anEunectes notaeus, an anaconda and they squeeze their food to death." Wufei said as he got up and found his pants, stepping into them with his eyes still searching the room.
Duo didn't find that very comforting as he imagined that slimy cold body sliding up his leg and curling itself around him. He shivered unhappily and watched the floor around him for gigantic killer snakes.
A female scream from the next room made the both of them jump
"Damn it." Wufei cursed angrily, pulling his pants up over his hips as he jumped over their discarded clothes and hurried towards the doorway.
Duo wondered how the screaming woman would react to being saved by a man only wearing a pair of unbuttoned pants and with sperm running down his chest. Should probably be amusing but he wasn't going out there until Wufei had caught the damned thing. No way in hell.
Duo took a step back into the terrarium and closed the glass door behind him. He was staying with the dead mice until Wufei had done his thing, because god knows what Dolly would do to him if she got a hold of him.
The End
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That was it for me today, please be a complete sweetheart and leave me a word about what you thought about the story. It will make me very happy if you do :)
Yisujung -Thank you :) Nice of you to join us in the 2x5 swamp, I hope you enjoy your time here ;) HybridPlaything - I hope you felt like Duo lived out your impulse and that you enjoyed his gotee worship. I'll let you know if I get any porn done :) P. Cythera - Thanks :) Don't you just feel Wufei's pain, he confesses his feelings and his crush doesn't even care. Poor thing, but I think I made up for it :D W. -self ignites from compliment overload- PhoenixMageFire - Wufei would be so very pretty in a goatee, I think we would all stand in line for a chance to pet it. AliasPseudo - Thank you :) I'm glad you liked it, even it if was a AU ;) And about Trowa. I'm thinking he just infiltrated the robbers and took them out one by one with some smooth moves. Then he would be unimpressed by people trying to thank him for it. Jazzy - I got you some more nervouse Duo, I hope you liked it :) Hopefully I will get a move on and you will be seeing more of me soon enough. EbonyOsmosis - Bowls are evil! Nice to have you with me on this :) I hope you enjoyed the "waking up to smell the bacon" moment. roses in bloom - LOL! Glad to hear it, there are so many plots bouncing around in here that it's a miracle I get anything done XD More is always to come.Suzuki123 - Wufei and the fish store just felt natural, he just strikes me as a fish person. Someone who likes to sit and read while glancing up at the fishes every now and then. Then will go completely crazy when stupid people are taking care of their aquarium the wrong way. Nav - You were right! XD Well done. Poor dumb Wufei. LovelyRose5001 - Thank you :D Hope you liked this chapter too. Aykadil - LOL! I'm spreading the aquarium dreams. I'm waiting for my mother to clean her old one out and give it to me so I know how you feel :D Chicookie- No reason to feel bad for them anymore :) They will now live happy ever after with all the fish and the snakes :)