for aoi-chan

[windandwater]

Wufei cast a sidelong glance at where Duo was poking around with some of DeatchScythe Hell's wiring and let out a quiet sigh. The American's attitude had not changed towards him since the kiss. Maybe Duo wasn't interested in him? Hell... Wufei didn't even know for sure if Duo was attracted to *men,* let alone to himself. Could the braided boy be so completely disgusted by Wufei's actions that he was only pretending to be friendly? In the best case scenario, Duo would think that the kiss had just been a friendly one -- to express happiness at being free of the clutches of OZ. But what if Duo *did* reciprocate Wufei's feelings? Was he shy? Wufei snorted to himself. After all this time, the ebony-haired boy didn't believe the American to be shy about *anything*.

So, it was up to Wufei. Should he confess his feelings to Duo? Should he just wait it out and wait for Duo to make the first move? How should he act around the other boy? Should he act the same or should he be more freindly?

The indecision was threatening to tear Wufei apart.

Before Wufei could say anything though, the proximity alarms went off. The Chinese pilot and the American both shared a look before hopping into their Gundams to monitor the external cameras on the asteroid. No one outside of the Gundam pilots and the scientists knew about this safehouse. If this was a full-fledged attack, both Wufei and Duo would be hard pressed to fight off a MD squad with their Gundams running at 80%.

They watched warily as the proper code sequences were entered and a lone shuttle was allowed to land in the docking bay. Once the bay repressurized and the outer bay doors opened, both boys' eyes opened wide at the figure exiting the one-man shuttle and entering the hangar.