Desert Prince Part 2
It was almost insultingly easy to pull off. He got ready while Heero was still out. Taking out the heavy gold ring his father had given to each of his sons, Duo opened the secret compartment hidden under the star sapphire in the center. Sprinkling the scentless, almost clear powder on the surface of Heero's pillow, he smiled. It was derived from the same desert plant that his father used to capture his mother. By morning, it would have disappeared, leaving no trace if anyone was smart enough to try to investigate. By morning, they would be gone.
As the oldest boy, his brother Quatre got his father's personal guards to protect him. Duo had much scarier bodyguards, his mother's special elite crew of female guards. Une, Noin, Relena, Hilde and Dorothy. There were only five. But with those girls, an army wasn't needed. Any one who had ever tried to harm him could understand that, but they never lived long enough to share that little secret. For a little mission like this, Duo would call Noin, she was an excellent strategist.
That night, only the moon bore witness to the two shadows sneaking across the rooftops of the dorm, it was the only one who noticed them carry a slightly unwieldy bundle across school grounds. The security guards were too busy helping the cute little blonde figure out how to fix her flat tire.
The airport officials didn't worry themselves over the fact that a few of the crew members from some foreign sheik's plane seemed to be supporting a drunken comrade, half carrying him up the stairs to the silver Lear jet. It was a pretty everyday action that was forgotten as soon as anyone noticed. The next morning, it seemed like Heero Yuy had vanished off the face of the Earth.
His roommate was the most distressed of all. In fact, Duo Maxwell did all he could to help the investigators search for the missing boy. But nothing was found and it seemed as if the quiet boy had runaway. He was, after all, an adult and when no ransom demands came it was dropped. Of course, by then his roommate was long gone. Duo had his own responsibilities and you couldn't really expect him to change them because of a fickle boy.
*****
Heero woke quickly as he always did. His separate senses all screaming warnings at him, for one, his sense of scent told him the air was too dry and crisp. His sense of hearing pointed out that while they were muffled the singsong voices coming from outside weren't speaking English or Japanese. Most confusing was his sense of touch that told him he was no longer wearing his cotton boxers and tee shirt. Instead he was wearing some loose silky garment. If he were taken for money why would they redress him? Genuine fear almost kept him from opening his eyes. When he did he wished he hadn't. Duo was sprawled on his stomach on a chaise lounge dressed like a desert prince. Around him was spread numerous open letters that Heero recognized even from this distance.
Hopefully, this was just some oddly realistic dream, and then he wouldn't have to die of embarrassment. That would explain why he was waking up on a bed of cushions in a large elaborate tent. Then remembering how he wrote the most vivid of his fantasies and the deepest feeling of his heart in those letters, Heero had a feeling he wasn't that lucky. Seeming to hear Heero's chocked gasp, Duo looked up. His cobalt eyes more intense then Heero ever remembered.
"Good, you're finally awake. You slept through yesterday and most of today."
"Duo?"
"Of course. Who else would have gone through all the trouble of smuggling you out of Japan and take you to the middle of the Sahara desert?"
Sitting up in shock, Heero realized that the silky caftan he wore was the only thing he was wearing.
"Why?"
"Do you actually believe I would let you go after I had read one of these?"
He held up the offending letter and slowly advanced.
"Wha? How? I had that drawer locked."
"You didn't that time."
"Is that why?" Heero asked vaguely motioning to the intimate surroundings. He never knew Duo's eyes could get so dark that they reflected the light back like that. That the cobalt held shades of purple so intense they became a blue violet whirlpool of emotions. He could almost believe that Duo had gone to all that trouble to bring him out there to kill him. But Duo's eyes didn't seem to gain their intensity from anger, In fact Heero couldn't recall ever seeing Duo like this.
"You have been very very naughty Heero." The way Duo's lips clung to the word 'naughty' sent chills down Heero's spine. So it was quite understandable why Heero's reply was slightly breathless.
"Wha... What?"
"Teasing me on purpose all these years. Do you have any idea how 'hard' you made it for me? This past year especially? The way you'd chew on your eraser in class, the way the top two buttons of your collar was always undone allowing bits of skin to peak through like some sort of forbidden fruit. The way you'd eat that damn pocky at every meal. Licking the chocolate off layer by layer. You had me and every guy in the lunchroom squirming in our seats. It was the reason Kei risked pneumonia by sneaking out of the medical wing to eat with us."
Heero was about to protest since none of those actions had actually been his attempts at seduction, just things he did naturally. Duo's finger on his lips prevented his words. Curious to taste his obsession's flavor, Heero allowed his tongue to dart out and lick the skin. Duo's eyes slid shut with a groan before he seemed to pull himself together.
"How dare you... how dare you flaunt yourself and tease those boys when you knew you were mine."
"I wasn't."
"You were always mine Heero, you knew it. I knew it. I just hadn't realized it. yet."
On those words Duo dipped his head to capture Heero's lips. 'So soft, so soft' he thought as he deepened the kiss licking and tasting the honey-eyed secrets of Heero. Breaking off only when he realized that burning sensation had been his lungs protesting he breathed heavily against Heero's slightly tender lips.
"Mine."
Heero only moaned in response but there was a smile on his lips. "My naughty Hee-chan, let me love you."
"Aaa." Eyes drawn to Duo's, he had a feeling he had just agreed to a lot more then one night.
TBC...
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