Chapter 2

"Hey, did you hear? There's this new kid," Dorothy told Wufei the next day while they were walking to their first period. "Some strange boy with a long braid down his back. Who wears braids anymore? It's soo out! And for a guy too!"

Wufei was tempted to laugh but it looked like Dorothy was serious about this so he just swallowed the laugh and agreed with her.

"I don't know. It doesn't look like he got money. Maybe he came here on scholarship or something," Relena said snootily. "Ugh, I'm just glad I don't have to invite him to my party."

"Social status boundaries is a good thing," Dorothy agreed. "It makes sure who stays where they're suppose to be so we better people don't have to bother with them."

Relena laughed and nodded.

Sylvia Noventa was scowling. She leaned close to Wufei and whispered, "They're such snobs. Makes me sick that I'm 'part' of them!"

Wufei nodded in agreement but there was nothing he could do. It was better to be one of them than to be hated by one of them. Besides, he had lived life like this for a long time. He was used to it already.

They all entered their first class and took their seats. A few minutes after the bell rang there was a knock on the door.

"That's probably the new kid. You'll see what a street rat he looks like," Dorothy whispered over to Wufei and Relena. Sylvia, luckily, was sitting a few seats down with Hilde. Heero and Trowa were sitting in front and in back of Wufei so they also had to unluckily listen to Dorothy and Relena's snide remarks.

The door opened and the most handsome boy Wufei had ever seen walked into the room. All the girls in the classroom caught their breath except for Dorothy and Relena who had cold, indifferent expressions on their faces.

Wufei heard Hilde whisper to Sylvia, "Oh, my god! He's a hotty!!" Sylvia just giggled in agreement.

And he was a 'hotty' as Hilde so eloquently put it. The beautiful boy's long braid didn't make him look ridiculous but in fact complimented his looks. He had a heart shaped face that seemed to be always ready for a joke or smile with amethyst colored eyes framed by long dark lashes. He was tall but not skinny or big. He was tall and well built. Very well built in fact. His eyes glanced over the class before settling down on Wufei. He smiled.

"Duo Maxwell? Please take a seat behind Dorothy Catalonia. Dorothy, raise your hand," the teacher instructed.

Dorothy raised a hand.

Duo walked over to the cold looking girl and sat down beside her. It was good luck for him since he was sitting pretty close to Wufei. He only had to avoid Heero Yuy, Wufei's Japanese body guard who sat behind the boy and he was fine.

Then class began

~*~

Duo watched Wufei all day. He could since he arranged all his classes to be exactly like Wufei's own schedule. Naturally, Wufei's bodyguards had the same schedule so Duo didn't have very many opportunities to talk to the Chinese boy. When he did try either Yuy or Barton would appear behind Wufei and stare at him threateningly. Naturally, the boy doesn't notice this or else Duo suspect his body guards would get a scolding from the boy.

It was around PE time when Duo finally was able to catch the boy alone. They were in the locker rooms alone since Wufei had left his things in his book locker and had to run and get it so he was late. Duo merely waited for him and took his time getting dressed.

"So, Wufei, right?" Duo asked casually as he kicked off his shoes.

Wufei looked at him and nodded, his face a bit flushed from the run and his breath quick. "Yeah, you're Duo. Welcome to Reed Private High School. How do you like it so far?" He opened the locker that was a few lockers down from Duo's own and smiled at him. "I hope people have treated you okay so far."

"Relena Dorlian and Dorothy Catalonia is another story," Duo said as he lifted his shirt and pulled it off.

Wufei glanced at the boy and blushed. He quickly pulled off his own shirt and pulled on the PE one to distract himself as he sat down and pulled off his shoes. He began to unbutton his pants.

Duo watched with great appreciation of Wufei's body as he finished changing himself. The boy was just pulling off his uniform pants to reveal long, well shaped legs and a tight butt(AN: I'm blushing right now.). Then the nice view disappeared under a pair of green shorts save the legs but it wasn't as nice of a view as before.

"So, what kind of PE program do they have here?" Duo asked as he closed his locker.

"The usual. Basketball, football, soccer, baseball. You can pick from any kind of sport you'd like," Wufei told him.

"What kind do you like?"

"Basketball," Wufei said, smiling. "Come on. We better get going or we'll be late. Well, since we're already, we'll be even later."

Duo followed Wufei at leisure pace as they left the locker rooms and headed for the field.

~*~

Relena Dorlain's Party...

"This is so boring. I'm gonna die," Quatre moaned as he leaned against Wufei companionably. "Why did we come here, again?"

"'Cause we're a bunch of idiots pulled into this so-called party," Wufei muttered. He swallowed some more spiked punch and sighed. He knew it was spiked and it was probably the only thing that kept him going through this party. And probably keeping a lot of other people going.

"No kidding," Quatre sighed. "At least Heero and Trowa seem to be having fun."

"That's because they've been ordered to have fun," Wufei laughed. He stole a glance at the two bodyguards who were talking quietly with one another, smiling slightly as they stayed away from the punch but ate the finger sandwiches.

"You're kidding me."

"Nope."

"They like each other," Quatre sighed.

Wufei nodded and got some more punch.

"I want someone to like," the blonde continued wistfully.

"You mean someone like Zechs?" Wufei asked wickedly.

Quatre gasped and turned a delicate shade of pink. Wufei laughed. The punch was starting to get to him.

"Come on, Quat(AN: I adamantly refuse to use 'Kat or Cat' *shudder*). We all know about your little crush." Wufei laughed even harder as Quatre turned another shade of hot pink. he distantly wondered how many shades he can get Quatre to turn before the night ends.

Suddenly Wufei felt as if someone was staring at him. He looked up a bit and searched the crowd but came up with nothing. But his fighting instinct told him that someone was looking at him. But who?

"What's the matter, Fei?" Quatre asked.

"*Wu*fei. And nothing's the matter."

"Come on, Wu. Something's wrong. You're tense." Quatre rubbed Wufei's shoulder in attempt to loosen them up.

Wufei glared at Quatre. "Nothing's the matter, and Quatre you know I like to be called by my full first name."

"Whatever, Fei," Quatre said deliberately as he shrugged.

Wufei rolled his eyes. He could still feel the eyes on him. It was very, very unnerving. Or maybe it was just the drinks. Maybe those things were making him paranoid or something.

"Wufei," Quatre suddenly whispered excitedly. "Wufei!"

Wufei glared at his friend. "What is it, Quatre?"

"That guy over there is checking you out," Quatre whispered excitedly.

Wufei blinked. Then he looked in the same direction Quatre was looking at. He raised an eyebrow. It was Duo Maxwell. And he was checking him out. He didn't even look away when Wufei spotted him.

"Do you know who he is? He's cute," Quatre laughed quietly.

"His name is Duo Maxwell. He's going to Reed High," Wufei told him.

"Hmm, he's in the same school as you."

"And the exact same classes. Kinda weird."

"Who cares? He's cute and it looks like he's walking over here," Quatre said in a semi-singy songy voice.

"What are you--"

"Hello there," a smooth voice cut Wufei short.

Wufei looked up and smiled slightly. "Hello."

"Would you care to dance?" Duo asked quietly, his amethyst eyes glittering as he took in the beautiful sight of Wufei in the loose white dress shirt and khakis slacks. (AN: Translation, Duo's gonna kill Wufei off sooner or later.)

Quatre suddenly gave a very hard shove and Wufei stumbled into Duo's arms. Then the "innocent" blonde disappeared from sight.

"I'm so sorry!" Wufei gasped as he tried to stand up straight and move away from Duo at the same time only to lean more against the boy. Standing so close to him was too intoxicating for his own good. His head was spinning from the other boy's scent and he didn't feel very strong down in the knees.

"No need to be," Duo chuckled as he helped the boy stand up straight. They came face to face and Duo suddenly couldn't breathe. He stared in the velvet dark eyes of the other boy and almost lost himself.

Wufei's heart was beating so fast he thought it would explode. His breaths came in quick as he stared into mysterious amethyst eyes. Wufei almost groaned out loud.

"Come on, let's go dance." Duo's warm breath against his ear tickled him and he shivered.

"All right," Wufei agreed huskily.

Duo smiled indulgently as he led the submissive boy to the dance floor and pulled him close. His arms encircled the boy and held him tightly against him as they slowly began to sway to the music.

Wufei shyly slipped his arms around Duo's neck and blushed. He never danced with a boy before. A girl, yes. A boy, no. It really didn't matter to him since he was a learned person and actually hung out with gays. It was natural to him. The only thing that was frightening him at the moment was being pressed to closely to Duo Maxwell. The other boy was too mysterious for his own good.

"What are you thinking about?" Duo suddenly asked.

"Something," Wufei replied.

Duo raised an eyebrow. "My, aren't we the secretive one."

Wufei smiled cheekily. "Well, a person can't think of nothing. Unless you're half-baked you can't just think of *nothing*. I was thinking of *something*."

"And what's that *something*?"

"It's a secret," Wufei replied with a shy smile.

"I like secrets," Duo murmured as his forehead brushed against Wufei's own.

"Really?" Wufei whispered as he trembled slightly against Duo.

"Yep. They're so mysterious and I like finding out what they are," Duo continued. "Like you, Wufei. You're a secret with your dark eyes that hide so many things and your shy smiles. And I'm determined to find out what your secrets are."

"What if I don't want you to?"

"Oh, don't worry. I will." Duo brushed his lips against Wufei's ear and whispered. "I promise you."

The song ended.

~*~

Duo sighed as he fell on top of his bed and looked up at the ceiling. He had a very, very nice night with Chang Wufei at Dorlain's party. Duo smiled as he closed his eyes and an image of Wufei came to his mind.

Slowly, Duo opened his eyes and they weren't dancing anymore. Then Duo stood up and went to take a shower.

~*~

Wufei stared out the window from his bed as he remembered how it felt to be around Duo Maxwell. He wrapped his arms around his legs and rested his cheek against it. Then he smiled.