Chapter Three:

He had still been asleep when I left the room earlier and I was more than thankful for that little mercy. My movements had been frantic and desperate, knowing that facing him in the brightness of day was going to be my biggest challenge yet. I had changed my sheets and my clothes sometime in the wee hours of the morning, when he had finally fallen asleep. All the while, I had sobbed helplessly, unable to believe that such a thing could have happened to me on my first night away from home.

Whatever would my parents think?

So ashamed and humiliated from last night’s activities, I could only stare at the floor, unable to meet anyone’s gaze. But it was as if they already had an idea of what might have happened, for no one accosted me or tried to talk to me. I knew they were all stealing quick glances and whispering amongst themselves, but I was too numb to allow such things to bother me. I just wanted to be left alone.

I stopped before the dining hall, ignoring the pushes and shoves that came my way as the students began to file in for the morning meal. I knew that Heero, Trowa and Wufei would be in there, ready to hear what had happened and I knew that I could not face them just yet…if at all. There was something different about me now. I couldn’t quite place my finger on it, but it was there. I was…tainted.

For how long I stood in front of the dining hall, I had no idea, but finally with a heavy sigh I turned away and began to make my way towards the gardens that surrounded the classrooms. It was still seven in the morning and classes would not begin for another hour. It would give me more than enough time to ponder on how to continue for the rest of the day.

“How long do you plan on avoiding us?”

I gasped and spun around quickly, coming face to face with Heero’s scowling visage. Naturally, Trowa and Wufei stood behind him, each with equal looks of displeasure on their features. My first instinct was to apologize to them but from seemingly nowhere, all the anger and hurt rose to the surface and I found myself lashing out at them coldly.

“Why are you following me? Did you come to find out some dirty secret about my roommate?”

I was pleased at the look of surprises on their faces, but Heero was quick to recover as he lashed back just as coldly. “Listen here, Maxwell. You are not the only one that has gone through something like that, so stop acting like the world has suddenly come to an end…”

“What on earth are you talking about?” I asked in a deceptively low voice. I knew very well what they were trying to imply, but another part of me (the cold and cruel part, I was coming to call it) had surfaced again to rear its ugly head. This part of me wanted to shove my treatment right back in their faces. I had no intentions of giving them any satisfaction of knowing just how much Quatre had disturbed me last night.

Of course my question had them exchanging blank looks and it was Wufei who spoke up this time. “He came back last night, didn’t he?”

I refused to answer right away as I spied a bench. Making my way towards it, I sat down and reached for the Biology book in my bag. Opening it up, I made a good show of ignoring them and I could tell that my actions were beginning to annoy them to no end.

“Why you little…”

Trowa placed a hand on the fuming Asian before talking to me in a much calmer tone. “It’s okay if you don’t want to tell us anything. We just thought we would look out for you… in case you had any concerns.”

“I haven’t complained to you about anything, have I?” I asked dryly, my eyes still firmly glued to the picture of the inner workings of the human flesh.

“Are you trying to tell us that Quatre did nothing to you last night?” Heero asked in a tone that was filled with disbelief. His eyes narrowed into slits that were now filled with suspicion. “Or are you not saying anything because you actually liked it…”

My next actions would have me wondering where I had gotten the strength to do such a thing, for I found myself wrapping my hands around the taunting boy’s neck and trying to squeeze the life out of him. I could not explain the dull rage that had filled my being and all I could think of was wiping that smug look off his face once and for all. But that was never to be as Trowa and Wufei pulled me off just as quickly.

I was given a painful punch to the side of my face from Wufei, which sent me falling to the floor and holding onto my throbbing jaw. I could feel the blood fill my mouth and I glared hatefully at the three boys above me. Heero was still holding his neck and that sight pleased me to no end, but I could see the distrust in their gazes now. They no longer saw me as an innocent, naïve first year. I was now something else…something sinister…wicked…

Something like Quatre.

But I didn’t care. My anger still boiled, but it had been appeased a little. I staggered to my feet and reached for my books, no longer finding the need to look at them anymore. I didn’t need any friends here, I told myself. It wasn’t as if they had been real friends from the get-go.

“You are just like him. A bloody prissy flower!”

I froze in my footsteps at the insult from Wufei. A part of me felt ridiculously close to tears, but I swallowed it down and chose to ignore it. I took a deep breath and continued on my journey to the classrooms, but it seemed like Wufei wasn’t finished yet.

“He is a whore, Duo! A good-for-nothing whore that sells his soul to the teachers of this school to get good grades!!”

“Wufei…that’s enough…let’s go…”

“You listen to me and you listen good, Maxwell! Don’t you think you are too immune to his disease!! He will make you suffer!”

Stop it! Stop it!! I cried inwardly, as I began to run. The tears had finally broken free and they blurred my vision as I continued to push my way deeper and deeper into the woods. I wanted to be away from everyone and everything. I didn’t care if I was going to be late for my first class. All that mattered to me was the need to get some semblance of control over my life again.

I finally stopped as my legs gave way beneath me. I crumpled to the ground of broken bark and fallen leaves, the tears falling faster as my pain grew. I lost all sense of time as I continued to lay there, but it was finally the sound of soft voices approaching that had me sitting upright and wiping my eyes quickly. I was hidden within the bushes, so my view of the abandoned old building before me was undisturbed. It must have been a part of the school in the past, but it was no longer in use and from the ruins, even more hanging vines enclosed it, giving it an air of mystery.

The voices were coming closer and I lay even lower, hoping and praying that they would be passing through. They soon came into view and I only caught a glimpse of the standard boots that we were required to wear for school. So, they were obviously students, I thought. But what could other students possibly be doing here? I knew I was far away from the main school grounds but…

My heart froze as the familiar light laughter reached my ears. No…it couldn’t be… him. But as I peeked through the shrubs, my heart rate quickened as the two persons were finally revealed to me. Just as I had thought, it was my wonderful roommate and someone else…that was clearly NOT a student. He looked ten times older than the blonde and could have easily passed for his father. I swallowed tightly as I tried to make out what was being said. But they were too far for me to catch them and from the way Quatre laughed and teased the older man with light touches along the buttons of his shirt, I knew without a doubt that I was about to see something that was never meant to be seen.

The man whispered something into the blonde’s ear and I felt my heart stop as I watched his hands begin to peel off the cotton shirt of his uniform. Quatre made no attempts to stop the man’s actions as he lifted a leg to wrap it tightly around the other’s lean waist. I bit down hard on my lower lip as I watched the shirt flutter to the ground. I could see the clear outline of my roommate’s graceful neck as he arched in pleasure from the hard kisses that he received. The man looked as if he was eating the blonde’s flesh, for his teeth grazed and bit into it rather roughly. Didn’t it hurt? I thought wildly. But that thought was erased as a sharp cry from the blonde had me gasping weakly at the sight of the pink nubs on his chest being sucked on harshly. I whimpered and felt the heat within my pants again.

Oh god no…please not this time…

Then why didn’t I turn away? Why couldn’t I stop looking at the two men before me? And what was this dull feeling of jealousy that was beginning to flare up within me? Did I actually wish that I could be the one in the blonde’s arms? What was I thinking?

Another sharp cry had me turning my attention back to the scene. By this time, Quatre was completely nude and he had been placed upon a stone slab while his member was being feasted upon like a piece of meat. I flushed darkly at the look on his face. I could tell that he was enjoying it for his face was just as flushed as mine. He was biting on a finger as if trying to hold back the need to scream. His lashes fluttered open and for a second it seemed as if he was looking right at me. A small smile curved his full lips and he darted out a tongue to lick them slowly. I whimpered and cupped the tightness in my pants, knowing that I could not afford to soil myself this morning before heading to class.

And so with hands that trembled badly, I unbuttoned the restricting cloth quickly and slid them down my thighs. My hands were quick to capture my stiff erection and within seconds I was stroking myself in response to the captivating sight before me. The man had apparently had his fill for he pulled away and grinned wickedly. A few more words were exchanged before Quatre was spun around roughly, revealing his smooth buttocks to our gaze. I stroked faster as I watched the man slide a thick finger into the blonde. Quatre’s cry triggered off my explosion and my hot seed spilled out thickly to coat my fingers and the shrubs before me. And just as I thought that I couldn’t handle any more today, I was met with the sight of the man’s thick and quite long phallus plunging into the anus of the frail blonde. Quatre’s cries grew louder as he met the brutal thrusts. He kept on crying out the words, ‘Harder! Faster!’ and I could only watch in fascination as their frenzied pace almost seemed like a blur to my eyes.

I hardly noticed myself coming for the second time in the space of a few minutes as I continued to watch. Quatre’s neglected member was grabbed and stroked by the man and from my vantage point, I could make out the sweat that rolled and glistened off their bodies. The blonde’s final cry and the grunt of satisfaction from the man sent them both exploding in pleasure. I could feel myself come yet again and falling back to the ground, I tried desperately to catch my breath.

I had just witnessed an act that would have been considered an act of sin before the church and my parents. An act that had me wondering how something so wrong could look, sound and feel so right. It was obvious that Quatre and the man had enjoyed it and from the stains on my hands, I had never felt anything so explosive before in my life. I was too spent to move and so I settled for laying back on the ground.

I could hear them talking again and their voices seemed to be coming closer. They were probably going away. Who was the man? Was he a teacher? Wufei’s words filled my mind again as I groaned.

/He is a whore!/

Was that what this was? A young boy of my age willingly selling his body to the highest bidder? What a terrible thing for him to do!

I sat upright as a sudden thought came to me. There had to be a reason for Quatre to be doing such a thing. Nobody woke up on a bright sunny day to decide to become a prostitute. So there had to be a reason for his actions.

And nodding firmly with my inner decision, I got to my feet and made up my mind to become the person that would get Quatre Winner back to being…normal.