Scandal | By : Michalyn Category: Gundam Wing/AC > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 876 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Scandal
by Michalyn
For 30_kisses themes:#21, plunder; extortion
and #28, Wada Calcium CD3
In other news this evening, Mayor Alexi Brenner is under investigation for
charges of extortion and fraud, after being accused by Treize Khushrenada, President
and CEO of KCorps Vitalis of using his position to demand funds for his upcoming
campaign beginning in July of next year. KCorps Vitalis is the manufacturer
of dietary supplements, including Calciforte, the popular calcium pill that
has now replaced Wada Calcium CD3 as the highest grossing dietary supplement
on the market. In response to the allegations, a spokesperson from the Mayor's
office today said that not only were Khushrenada's accusations groundless, but
that the KCorps executive's suit is a case of sexual harassment in retaliation
against Mayor Brenner, who rebuffed the advances of Khushrenada, a well-known
homosexual. Mayor Brenner is counter-suing on the grounds of sexual harassment
and defamation of character.
Treize buried his face in his hands as
his lawyer quietly turned off the television. "I'm assuming I don't have
to tell you how bad this is, do I?" Mr. Chang asked.
"Gods, believe me I know what a mess
this is, but I won't let that bastard push me around." Treize raised his
eyes to the younger man with a sigh.
As usual, Wufei was impeccably dressed
in a three-piece charcoal suit, his hair pulled back into a severe queue. Behind
his glasses, his eyes were inscrutable. In the five years Treize had known Chang
Wufei, that efficient exterior had never wavered. The man was brilliant--frighteningly
so--at what he did and that was precisely why Treize had chosen him. Wufei had
a strong sense of justice and his understanding of the law was so subtle as
to be unrivaled. From the first day Treize had met Wufei, the man fascinated
him--a fascination that grew quickly into admiration and then respect as Wufei
demonstrated the extent of his competency and dedication. As the years passed,
those feelings transformed into something much deeper. They were fueled by the
tantalizing glimpses Treize had received of the man behind the suit--once when
Treize had stopped by unexpectedly to discuss a contract and Wufei had answered
the door barefoot and with his hair falling in a soft cloud about his face;
the second time when Treize walked in on Wufei's martial arts training in the
company gym. There was fire beneath that impeccable exterior and Treize wanted
it all for himself. In fact, that was what made these charges of Brenner's so
ridiculous. Not only was it simply beneath Treize to do something so dishonorable,
why the hell would he waste his time propositioning Brenner when he was in love
with Wufei?
Even though Wufei had never so much as
smiled at him, Treize had never given up hope. Though he didn't think Wufei
was seeing anyone at the moment he had found out that both of his previous relationships
had been with beautiful, high-power men with old money; the first, with the
oil mogul, Quatre Winner of Winner Enterprises, and his most recent with the
heir to the Sanq Kindgom, Milliardo Peacecraft. The knowledge of Wufei's past
lovers both renewed Treize's desire and frustrated him to no end. By all appearances,
he fit the profile of Wufei's type, so why the devil wouldn't the younger man
spare him more than a passing glance? Maybe he had a thing for blonds, or maybe
Treize wondered in his darkest moments, he wasn't rich enough. But no ... Treize
knew both of those to be far too superficial to fit Wufei. Wufei had been neither
of those men's lawyers and it was far more likely, that true to his prudent
nature, Wufei never crossed the line between business and pleasure. Equally
as important was the fact that though both Winner and Peacecraft were wealthy,
both kept very low profiles--and one thing Treize had learned about his lawyer
was that he valued discretion and propriety above all else. Even had Wufei been
attracted to him, Treize who, while not excessive, never made secret of his
proclivities, would seem too much of a liability to Wufei. Treize realized that
if his chances with Wufei had been slim before, this scandal would nullify them
effectively.
"We have enough evidence to make
the extortion case clear-cut," Wufei was murmuring, "but it's this
sexual harassment charge that makes things murky." It needn't be said that
as a result of the charge, Treize's entire lifestyle and the lives of those
closest to him would come into question and be taken apart under the public
eye. It needn't be said that Wufei, by virtue of his sexual orientation and
his position as Treize's personal lawyer, would be one of the first targeted.
It need not be said that this intensely private man's life would be exposed
in ways that were unforgivable. That Wufei would be exposed in ways for which
he could never forgive Treize.
Treize closed his eyes. It suddenly mattered
to him with ever fiber of his being that Wufei know he was innocent--not because
the evidence was clear-cut, but because Wufei heard Treize swear it, from his
own mouth-- from his own heart.
"Wufei ... I ... I swear to you that
I am innocent and it was never my intention to have you dragged into this. This
will get ugly and fast and it'll only be a matter of time before they try to
take apart your career as well. I won't pretend that I don't need you, but if
you would like to relinquish your position at this moment I completely understand.
You will be paid for--"
"Hush."
Treize looked up in shock as Wufei squeezed
his hand. The younger man's dark eyes were fierce and Wufei's tender look meant
more to Treize then than all his tortured longings, more than all the imagined
kisses and caresses he craved with Wufei.
"Hush," Wufei repeated gruffly.
"There is no need for that kind of talk. It does not matter what happens
to me; I am your lawyer and I will do my best by you."
Treize rose on unsteady feet, his hand
still firmly clasped in Wufei's. When Wufei did not pull away, Treize moved
to stand close to the other man--so close that Treize swore Wufei could hear
the thumping of his heart. Slowly he drew Wufei to him, his eyes closing at
the feel of Wufei's hand on his arm, his senses drunk on the heat and resilience
of Wufei's body as Treize's arms closed about him. Treize looked down and found
Wufei watching him. On his face was an expression Treize had thought to only
see in his dreams. His breath caught.
"Wufei?" he asked hoarsely.
"Yes," Wufei murmured and drew
Treize down to him.
End
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