Title: The Purr-Fect Spell
Author: Katt
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Inspired by the pic in KC's Fanfiction Lair Forum! In an AU, Treize and Zechs are a couple living in the Twin Cities, and Zechs comes into the possession of a kitty, which he brings home for them to take care of. Both are QUITE startled when their little kitty-cat turns into a human boy as soon as the sun sets! Wufei has a spell on him, but the witch made a catch to the spell…
O_O Oh...my....god... Never in a million years would I even hope to get this many reviews for ONE chapter of a story... it's almost scary... I am SO sorry it took me this freaking long to update! I hit a huge writer's block for Gundam Wing, but I'm trying really hard now! I hope this chapter doesn't seem too forced.... ~_~ Thank you to all who reviewed! It's your words that keep me going, albeit slowly...
The Purr-Fect Spell
Wufei looked into his reflecting shining back at him through the cold, untouched mug of coffee. He could feel Zechs and Treize staring at him in disbelief and amazement, which only added to his nervousness. He'd just finished explaining his situation as best he could to the two men, and he had the sinking feeling that they still didn't believe him. He couldn't blame for that, actually, but his life was on the line here. After all, Treize still had that gun in his pocket... and could very well come to the conclusion at any time that he'd been a lying loony.
"Okay... so let me get this straight..." Zechs started slowly, sitting across from him next to his lover on the couch. "Basically, you were a boy this morning, went to a shop, think this kid put some kind of spell on you, and now you have a spell on you that makes you human at night..."
"And a cat during the day..." The Chinese boy quietly finished for the platinum haired man.
"What were you planning to do?" asked the taller man, sipping the last of his coffee from the mug. "You must have been planning to leave, since you ARE in Zechs' clothes..."
Wufei blushed at the statement. It made him feel bad that he was stealing someone else's clothes, but what other choice did he have?! "I'm sorry..." he murmured. "I...I was going to leave and see if I could find that shop... find out exactly what he did to me..."
"You said you didn't know where the shop even WAS, didn't you?" Treize was glaring at him, as if trying to catch him off guard and catch him telling a lie. Saying something that would point to the conclusion that he was making everything up...
Wufei nodded slowly, keeping his eyes downcast. Treize was bigger than him, much bigger. Stronger and could easily overtake him, and while being in his very presence was slightly unnerving, it was nothing compared to looking into those icy eyes.
"I was going to try and find it again..." he explained softly.
"Chances are a shop like that wouldn't even be opened this late..." Zechs put in. "You probably wouldn't have had much luck..."
Zechs was slightly less intimidating that his older lover, which Wufei was extremely grateful for. Two people like Treize interrogating him would drive him to the point of insanity. The blonde also seemed much more open to believing Wufei's story, since the resemblance was unmistakable. That, and he'd searched around prior to their conversation and couldn't find the kitten anywhere.
"I know... but I wasn't sure what else to do... nothing like this has even happened to me before..." And how could it have? After all, it's not everyday you wake up a cat. It wasn't a very common occurrence to most normal people, in his mind.
Treize sighed, setting his mug down and looking right at Wufei. This was the strangest story he'd ever heard... it belonged in something like an anime, or those silly mangas that Zechs and their upstairs neighbor liked to collect... But there was something about how sad Wufei sounded... Something about the tears he'd cried earlier and that confused look in his eyes that made him want to believe the teenager.
"Do you have any family?" he asked as gently as he could, since he's noticed that before when he spoke Wufei seemed to almost flinch. "Any guardians that we should inform of this?"
Wufei shook his head. "I'm a child prodigy... I graduated from collage last year, and all my family members passed away a long time ago, so I live alone."
Treize nodded slowly, standing up slowly. "I see... Well than, I guess we'd better get you a bed set up."
Wufei looked up, confusion clear in his black eyes. "W-what...?"
Treize smiled gently at the boy, taking the coffee mugs while he spoke. "Well, we can't let you go out alone. Once the sun it up you'll probably be a kitten again, and that's way too dangerous for you. So you can stay here."
Wufei stared at the older man, amazed that he'd believed him. He himself hardly believed him. "Really? Th-thank you! I promise I'll be out of your way as soon as I can..."
"Don't worry about it," Zechs grinned. "It's not like we don't have the space or food for one more person... or animal either." Standing up, the blonde extended a hand to Wufei to help him up. "But while it's still only ten thirty and stores are still open, why don't we get you some clothing more your size?"
Wufei blushed again at the mention of the clothing, realizing how silly he had to look in everything that was far too big for him. Nodding, he stood up, taking Zechs hand, and tried to make his way to the door with no problems... he could still hardly see...
"OOF!"
Wufei hit the floor with a thud, the magazine rack he'd tripped over knocked over and its contents spilt all other the floor. He'd managed to catch himself and wasn't really hurt, though Zechs was still kneeling next to him, worried. "Oh god, are you okay?!"
"Fine..." Wufei murmured, picking himself as quickly as he could. "I...guess I just didn't see that..." Blindly he tried to reach for the magazine rack and spilled magazines, but a strong hand clamped over his wrist.
"...You need glasses, don't you...?" Treize gently asked as he pulled Wufei away from the slight mess. Wufei blushed again and nodded slowly. "Why didn't you say before?"
"...I don't want to cause you any more trouble than I already have..." he murmured quietly, cursing the gods more than ever for his poor eyesight.
"It's an odd situation, but it isn't troublesome. Just odd... anyways, until we can help you find a way to undo... whatever the hell this is then you need to tell us if you need something. Like glasses, if you're really this blind without them."
"What vision do you have?" Zechs asked, pulling the Chinese boy away and gently pushing him into a chair again. "I wear glasses, so they may be somewhat similar..."
"...80x80..."
Treize raised an eyebrow. "Exactly the same... Zechs, go find your glasses."
"But doesn't he need them?" Wufei asked as the sound of Zechs' footsteps drew further and further away into the other room.
Treize shook his head as he moved to clear the magazines up and put them away again. "No, he wears contacts now. The glasses are just in case he looses them, which he never does seeing as he'd rather be dead than be seen in glasses... He doesn't think they suite him and he's extremely vain..."
"Shut up Treize!" Zechs snapped playfully as he came back, a black leather glasses-case in hand. Opening it, he handed the black wire rimmed glasses to Wufei. "Try them on."
Wufei took the thin, wire-rimmed glasses and placed them on his face. It was like being underwater and then returning to the surface, with the difference it made. Everything was suddenly bright and clear, sharp and in focus like when he'd been with the blessed cat's eyes that could see no wrong. The glasses were slightly larger than his own, but it was obvious that they wouldn't be falling off his face anytime soon.
"...thank you..."
Zechs waved a hand dismissingly with a grin. "No prob, Kid... Now, let's go..." Zechs trailed off, looking at the window he'd opened earlier to let in some fresh air. "...Treize..."
The older man looked over to where Zechs was staring and frowned slightly, walking over with the quietness that Wufei had possessed before as a cat. The Chinese boy followed their looks and blinked at a very....ODD...sight.
What seemed to be a long braid was hanging down from the top of the window, swaying slightly in the light wind... or from a moving body...! With a quick yank Treize seized the braid and pulled down, a yelp of pain emitting before a figure fell into a heap on the fire escape landing.
Wufei stared at what was now moaning in pain just outside the window. It was boy, probably around the same age as himself, dressed in black sleeping shorts and a tank top, with a hip length long braid. Fear once again seized control of his body and he began to shake slightly.
Zechs glanced to the side, noticing Wufei trembling at the sight of the moaning teenager on their landing, and it didn't take him long to figure out why he looked so freaked out. Moving so that he was behind the boy, he moved and pulled Wufei back into a kind of comforting hug in an attempt to calm him down.
"Maxwell," Treize growled, still holding the braid firmly. "How the hell long have you been out there...?!"
The boy looked him, grinning despite the pain throbbing from his head, and looked from Treize to Wufei, and then back to Treize again with the most oddly colored purple eyes that Wufei'd ever seen. "Ah...heh... long enough to know that this is going to be quite the interesting new neighbor to be around for a while..."
Treize looked just about ready to kill the American teenager. "I have a gun in my hand... I could kill you right now..."
The boy continued to smile. "Yea, but then you'd have my Hee-chan to deal with, ne? C'mon Treize, I can keep a secret, you know I can! I promise I won't tell anyone!"
"Why were you even out there?!" Zechs growled, holding Wufei a little tighter.
That goofy, lopsided grin turned to Zechs. "Well, I was still pretty awake after a few activities with Hee-chan, so I decided to get some fresh air and I happened to overhear your little conversation... so I moved down and listened the whole time..." the boy turned his gaze back to Wufei. "Hey there! I'm Duo. Duo Maxwell!"
Wufei paused momentarily. "...Wufei... Chang Wufei..."
"Nice 'ta meet ya, Chang!"
Zechs allowed himself a small smile. "His name's Wufei, Duo. It's like how Heero introduces himself as Yuy Heero."
"Ah," Duo grinned apologetically. "Okay, sorry, 'Fei.!" With a slightly nervous glance, Duo shot his best puppy-eyed look at Zechs older, less than humored lover. "...So...please don't kill me...?"
Treize sighed and released his hold on the chestnut braid. "Why do I know that I'm going to regret this...?"
With the agility Wufei had previously only thought would belong to a cat, Duo scrambled through the open window and sat on the nearby couch, looking at Zechs and Wufei with a friendly expression. Truthfully, this loud and blunt American boy annoyed Wufei slightly... but like he'd ever admit that.
"So... you're a cat, huh...?" Duo laughed at the glare thrown his way. "Okay, boy who goes cat-mode during the day... Hey Zechs, wouldn't this make an awesome manga...?!"
Zechs grinned and nodded. He got along rather well with Duo, unlike Treize who always got a headache with the boy's constant chipperness and chatter. "Yea.. it would... maybe we would write a fanfic later and post it under Fanfiction.net... !"
"Now THAT'S an idea!!!" Duo smiled at Wufei. "Hey, I love upstairs. Ever bored, come on up! My boyfriend and I are a little more interesting than these two..."
"But I can safely say you two are louder at night," Treize murmured with a smirk. "What do you two do, use microphones so everyone can hear...?"
Duo smiled and stuck out his tongue, and Wufei blushed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei was full of emotions and turmoil he wasn't entirely comfortable with, but then again, he had extremely good reason for this. He was sitting at the window sill, glad for that American finally leaving to go back to his irritated boyfriend. Zechs had indeed taken him clothes shopping, so he now wore a long shirt and some loose leggings that actually fit him... but he was looking at the horizon, where the vaguest bit of pink was appearing. What was going to happen to him now...? He'd turn back into a cat... would it be as painless as it was to turn into a human or would there be some side effects this time around...?
Zechs and Treize had promised him that they would do anything that they could to find that store again and get the fortune-caster to change him back, but why did they want to? There was nothing that they could gain from this... nothing at all...! What reason did they have to show him this kindness....?
And more importantly, would that kid even turn him back?!
The rays of the sun leaked over the sky and Wufei felt the odd sensation washing over his body once more. "Well..." he murmured. "...here's to a new day..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Wufei, is the sun coming up ye--" Zechs cut off as he walked into the room and saw that the sun had already started to rise, and in place of the Chinese boy that he'd left on the window sill there was a kitten, curled up and sleeping amongst a pile of clothing and sleeping soundly.
He felt strong arms hug him from behind, and he relaxed into the chest of his lover. "He'd had a rough night, it's probably best that he sleeps now... we should too. Today we'll be working out just how we can communicate with Wufei while he's cat, since he can't speak to us."
The blonde blinked. "...Shouldn't we be looking for that store...?"
"Not yet..." Treize murmured thoughtfully. "I think we should establish communication waves, and tonight we can acquire more information to Wufei about that fortune teller he was talking about..."
Nodding, Zechs let himself be led in the direction of the bedroom as Wufei's tail twitched in the warm rays of the morning's sunlight.
@___@ Done. Finally. Don't kill me since it took so long! ONEGAI!!!
Author: Katt
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Inspired by the pic in KC's Fanfiction Lair Forum! In an AU, Treize and Zechs are a couple living in the Twin Cities, and Zechs comes into the possession of a kitty, which he brings home for them to take care of. Both are QUITE startled when their little kitty-cat turns into a human boy as soon as the sun sets! Wufei has a spell on him, but the witch made a catch to the spell…
O_O Oh...my....god... Never in a million years would I even hope to get this many reviews for ONE chapter of a story... it's almost scary... I am SO sorry it took me this freaking long to update! I hit a huge writer's block for Gundam Wing, but I'm trying really hard now! I hope this chapter doesn't seem too forced.... ~_~ Thank you to all who reviewed! It's your words that keep me going, albeit slowly...
The Purr-Fect Spell
Wufei looked into his reflecting shining back at him through the cold, untouched mug of coffee. He could feel Zechs and Treize staring at him in disbelief and amazement, which only added to his nervousness. He'd just finished explaining his situation as best he could to the two men, and he had the sinking feeling that they still didn't believe him. He couldn't blame for that, actually, but his life was on the line here. After all, Treize still had that gun in his pocket... and could very well come to the conclusion at any time that he'd been a lying loony.
"Okay... so let me get this straight..." Zechs started slowly, sitting across from him next to his lover on the couch. "Basically, you were a boy this morning, went to a shop, think this kid put some kind of spell on you, and now you have a spell on you that makes you human at night..."
"And a cat during the day..." The Chinese boy quietly finished for the platinum haired man.
"What were you planning to do?" asked the taller man, sipping the last of his coffee from the mug. "You must have been planning to leave, since you ARE in Zechs' clothes..."
Wufei blushed at the statement. It made him feel bad that he was stealing someone else's clothes, but what other choice did he have?! "I'm sorry..." he murmured. "I...I was going to leave and see if I could find that shop... find out exactly what he did to me..."
"You said you didn't know where the shop even WAS, didn't you?" Treize was glaring at him, as if trying to catch him off guard and catch him telling a lie. Saying something that would point to the conclusion that he was making everything up...
Wufei nodded slowly, keeping his eyes downcast. Treize was bigger than him, much bigger. Stronger and could easily overtake him, and while being in his very presence was slightly unnerving, it was nothing compared to looking into those icy eyes.
"I was going to try and find it again..." he explained softly.
"Chances are a shop like that wouldn't even be opened this late..." Zechs put in. "You probably wouldn't have had much luck..."
Zechs was slightly less intimidating that his older lover, which Wufei was extremely grateful for. Two people like Treize interrogating him would drive him to the point of insanity. The blonde also seemed much more open to believing Wufei's story, since the resemblance was unmistakable. That, and he'd searched around prior to their conversation and couldn't find the kitten anywhere.
"I know... but I wasn't sure what else to do... nothing like this has even happened to me before..." And how could it have? After all, it's not everyday you wake up a cat. It wasn't a very common occurrence to most normal people, in his mind.
Treize sighed, setting his mug down and looking right at Wufei. This was the strangest story he'd ever heard... it belonged in something like an anime, or those silly mangas that Zechs and their upstairs neighbor liked to collect... But there was something about how sad Wufei sounded... Something about the tears he'd cried earlier and that confused look in his eyes that made him want to believe the teenager.
"Do you have any family?" he asked as gently as he could, since he's noticed that before when he spoke Wufei seemed to almost flinch. "Any guardians that we should inform of this?"
Wufei shook his head. "I'm a child prodigy... I graduated from collage last year, and all my family members passed away a long time ago, so I live alone."
Treize nodded slowly, standing up slowly. "I see... Well than, I guess we'd better get you a bed set up."
Wufei looked up, confusion clear in his black eyes. "W-what...?"
Treize smiled gently at the boy, taking the coffee mugs while he spoke. "Well, we can't let you go out alone. Once the sun it up you'll probably be a kitten again, and that's way too dangerous for you. So you can stay here."
Wufei stared at the older man, amazed that he'd believed him. He himself hardly believed him. "Really? Th-thank you! I promise I'll be out of your way as soon as I can..."
"Don't worry about it," Zechs grinned. "It's not like we don't have the space or food for one more person... or animal either." Standing up, the blonde extended a hand to Wufei to help him up. "But while it's still only ten thirty and stores are still open, why don't we get you some clothing more your size?"
Wufei blushed again at the mention of the clothing, realizing how silly he had to look in everything that was far too big for him. Nodding, he stood up, taking Zechs hand, and tried to make his way to the door with no problems... he could still hardly see...
"OOF!"
Wufei hit the floor with a thud, the magazine rack he'd tripped over knocked over and its contents spilt all other the floor. He'd managed to catch himself and wasn't really hurt, though Zechs was still kneeling next to him, worried. "Oh god, are you okay?!"
"Fine..." Wufei murmured, picking himself as quickly as he could. "I...guess I just didn't see that..." Blindly he tried to reach for the magazine rack and spilled magazines, but a strong hand clamped over his wrist.
"...You need glasses, don't you...?" Treize gently asked as he pulled Wufei away from the slight mess. Wufei blushed again and nodded slowly. "Why didn't you say before?"
"...I don't want to cause you any more trouble than I already have..." he murmured quietly, cursing the gods more than ever for his poor eyesight.
"It's an odd situation, but it isn't troublesome. Just odd... anyways, until we can help you find a way to undo... whatever the hell this is then you need to tell us if you need something. Like glasses, if you're really this blind without them."
"What vision do you have?" Zechs asked, pulling the Chinese boy away and gently pushing him into a chair again. "I wear glasses, so they may be somewhat similar..."
"...80x80..."
Treize raised an eyebrow. "Exactly the same... Zechs, go find your glasses."
"But doesn't he need them?" Wufei asked as the sound of Zechs' footsteps drew further and further away into the other room.
Treize shook his head as he moved to clear the magazines up and put them away again. "No, he wears contacts now. The glasses are just in case he looses them, which he never does seeing as he'd rather be dead than be seen in glasses... He doesn't think they suite him and he's extremely vain..."
"Shut up Treize!" Zechs snapped playfully as he came back, a black leather glasses-case in hand. Opening it, he handed the black wire rimmed glasses to Wufei. "Try them on."
Wufei took the thin, wire-rimmed glasses and placed them on his face. It was like being underwater and then returning to the surface, with the difference it made. Everything was suddenly bright and clear, sharp and in focus like when he'd been with the blessed cat's eyes that could see no wrong. The glasses were slightly larger than his own, but it was obvious that they wouldn't be falling off his face anytime soon.
"...thank you..."
Zechs waved a hand dismissingly with a grin. "No prob, Kid... Now, let's go..." Zechs trailed off, looking at the window he'd opened earlier to let in some fresh air. "...Treize..."
The older man looked over to where Zechs was staring and frowned slightly, walking over with the quietness that Wufei had possessed before as a cat. The Chinese boy followed their looks and blinked at a very....ODD...sight.
What seemed to be a long braid was hanging down from the top of the window, swaying slightly in the light wind... or from a moving body...! With a quick yank Treize seized the braid and pulled down, a yelp of pain emitting before a figure fell into a heap on the fire escape landing.
Wufei stared at what was now moaning in pain just outside the window. It was boy, probably around the same age as himself, dressed in black sleeping shorts and a tank top, with a hip length long braid. Fear once again seized control of his body and he began to shake slightly.
Zechs glanced to the side, noticing Wufei trembling at the sight of the moaning teenager on their landing, and it didn't take him long to figure out why he looked so freaked out. Moving so that he was behind the boy, he moved and pulled Wufei back into a kind of comforting hug in an attempt to calm him down.
"Maxwell," Treize growled, still holding the braid firmly. "How the hell long have you been out there...?!"
The boy looked him, grinning despite the pain throbbing from his head, and looked from Treize to Wufei, and then back to Treize again with the most oddly colored purple eyes that Wufei'd ever seen. "Ah...heh... long enough to know that this is going to be quite the interesting new neighbor to be around for a while..."
Treize looked just about ready to kill the American teenager. "I have a gun in my hand... I could kill you right now..."
The boy continued to smile. "Yea, but then you'd have my Hee-chan to deal with, ne? C'mon Treize, I can keep a secret, you know I can! I promise I won't tell anyone!"
"Why were you even out there?!" Zechs growled, holding Wufei a little tighter.
That goofy, lopsided grin turned to Zechs. "Well, I was still pretty awake after a few activities with Hee-chan, so I decided to get some fresh air and I happened to overhear your little conversation... so I moved down and listened the whole time..." the boy turned his gaze back to Wufei. "Hey there! I'm Duo. Duo Maxwell!"
Wufei paused momentarily. "...Wufei... Chang Wufei..."
"Nice 'ta meet ya, Chang!"
Zechs allowed himself a small smile. "His name's Wufei, Duo. It's like how Heero introduces himself as Yuy Heero."
"Ah," Duo grinned apologetically. "Okay, sorry, 'Fei.!" With a slightly nervous glance, Duo shot his best puppy-eyed look at Zechs older, less than humored lover. "...So...please don't kill me...?"
Treize sighed and released his hold on the chestnut braid. "Why do I know that I'm going to regret this...?"
With the agility Wufei had previously only thought would belong to a cat, Duo scrambled through the open window and sat on the nearby couch, looking at Zechs and Wufei with a friendly expression. Truthfully, this loud and blunt American boy annoyed Wufei slightly... but like he'd ever admit that.
"So... you're a cat, huh...?" Duo laughed at the glare thrown his way. "Okay, boy who goes cat-mode during the day... Hey Zechs, wouldn't this make an awesome manga...?!"
Zechs grinned and nodded. He got along rather well with Duo, unlike Treize who always got a headache with the boy's constant chipperness and chatter. "Yea.. it would... maybe we would write a fanfic later and post it under Fanfiction.net... !"
"Now THAT'S an idea!!!" Duo smiled at Wufei. "Hey, I love upstairs. Ever bored, come on up! My boyfriend and I are a little more interesting than these two..."
"But I can safely say you two are louder at night," Treize murmured with a smirk. "What do you two do, use microphones so everyone can hear...?"
Duo smiled and stuck out his tongue, and Wufei blushed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei was full of emotions and turmoil he wasn't entirely comfortable with, but then again, he had extremely good reason for this. He was sitting at the window sill, glad for that American finally leaving to go back to his irritated boyfriend. Zechs had indeed taken him clothes shopping, so he now wore a long shirt and some loose leggings that actually fit him... but he was looking at the horizon, where the vaguest bit of pink was appearing. What was going to happen to him now...? He'd turn back into a cat... would it be as painless as it was to turn into a human or would there be some side effects this time around...?
Zechs and Treize had promised him that they would do anything that they could to find that store again and get the fortune-caster to change him back, but why did they want to? There was nothing that they could gain from this... nothing at all...! What reason did they have to show him this kindness....?
And more importantly, would that kid even turn him back?!
The rays of the sun leaked over the sky and Wufei felt the odd sensation washing over his body once more. "Well..." he murmured. "...here's to a new day..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Wufei, is the sun coming up ye--" Zechs cut off as he walked into the room and saw that the sun had already started to rise, and in place of the Chinese boy that he'd left on the window sill there was a kitten, curled up and sleeping amongst a pile of clothing and sleeping soundly.
He felt strong arms hug him from behind, and he relaxed into the chest of his lover. "He'd had a rough night, it's probably best that he sleeps now... we should too. Today we'll be working out just how we can communicate with Wufei while he's cat, since he can't speak to us."
The blonde blinked. "...Shouldn't we be looking for that store...?"
"Not yet..." Treize murmured thoughtfully. "I think we should establish communication waves, and tonight we can acquire more information to Wufei about that fortune teller he was talking about..."
Nodding, Zechs let himself be led in the direction of the bedroom as Wufei's tail twitched in the warm rays of the morning's sunlight.
@___@ Done. Finally. Don't kill me since it took so long! ONEGAI!!!