Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Arabian Nights ❯ Chapter 3

Vera: Before beginning Ch. 3, I just wanted to say thank you to my dear reviewer, Dragonheart2. I'm dedicating this chapter to you………and if you give me much more help, I might have to start counting you as a muse! Oh, BTW, it's been about 2 weeks since they arrived.

Chapter 3

Kagami stared at the ceiling. Apparently she wouldn't be able to fall asleep tonight. She got up, pulled on a robe and started downstairs. She passed Quatre's door, and saw his lamp was on. She knocked softly on the partially closed door before letting herself in.

"Is something wrong?" She asked.

"I couldn't sleep." He replied. "Why are you up?"

"I couldn't sleep either." She sat down beside him on his bed. They were quite for a bit, then Kagami smiled. "Would you like to join me for a walk in the garden? It can be very relaxing. I was on my way down there actually."

"That sounds fun." He smiled back as they both started for the garden.

They didn't speak for a few minutes, but watched the moonlight radiate off the small pond. Quatre followed Kagami over to the pond, and sat beside her on a ceramic bench.

"This is one of my favorite places to sit and think." She sighed.

"I can see why." Quatre replied, still somewhat lost in his own thoughts.

There was silence for a moment before Kagami made up her mind.

"Quatre, about the wedding………" She stopped. She didn't want to talk about it, and she was sure he didn't either.

"What about it?" He looked at her, a mix of curiosity and concern in his eyes.

"It's just, it's not very far off, and………we need to start discussing a few details."

"All of the ceremony details have been decided already." He replied. "What else is there?"

"Well………where will we live?" She asked. "And what about Kori? She's the only family I've got left, she couldn't live here alone."

"She won't have to, I promise." He could tell she was very upset. "Wherever we live, it's your choice, but Kori won't be left alone."

She smiled at him, her green eyes looking slightly teary.

"Is that what was keeping you up?" He asked after a moment. "Worrying about the wedding?"

"Yes." She sighed. "I can't help but think I'm not ready for this."

"We could postpone if-"

"No." She said firmly. "My mother set the date and finalized all the arrangements. It wouldn't be right to change any of it."

Kagami stood and took a few steps, Quatre hesitated a moment before following her.

"I'm sorry I'm sure I've sounded very selfish these last few minutes." She sighed. "This is all so strange, I just don't know how to act."

"We can figure out what to do together." He replied, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Kagami surprised both herself and Quatre when she spun around and hugged him, resting her head on her shoulder.

"Thank you."

"For what?" He asked, still surprised.

"Listening to me………and for understanding."

He didn't reply but returned the hug. There was a brief moment of peace before a voice shouted from above.

"Go Q-man!" Duo called from the balcony off his room.

The two blondes looked up to see that he, Wufei, Trowa and Heero were all standing there, watching.

"Braided Baka! They've spotted us!"

"Hn."

"………"

Kagami blushed a little as she pulled away from her fiancée. She started for the house, but gasped when she felt Quatre take her hand. She smiled broader, blushed a little more, and went on towards the house.

"I don't know how he does it." Duo sighed as he and the others headed in as well.

"Maybe it's because he's not trying." Heero said, leaving for his own room before anyone could say another thing.

"I still don't trust her. Baka onna." Wufei said, following him.

Trowa just shook his head. "Things promise to be interesting."

"Night guys." Dou called heading for his bed. He stopped cold as he noticed one of the tigers, Hidari, was lying stretched across his bed.

**Knock, knock.**

"Heero?"

"Omae o korosu."

**Knock, knock.**

"Wu-man?"

"No way, Maxwell no Baka."

**Knock, knock.**

"Trowa?"

"………zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………" (AN: We he doesn't usually say much, so I just made him snore.)

**Knock, knock.**

"Hey Q-man………I'm sorry we spied on you………can I ask a favor?"

"Sure Duo, what?"

"Can I room in here? There's………a tiger on my bed."

Quatre sighed. He was glad these rooms had fairly large beds.

"Come on………and don't hog the blankets."

(AN: All you Shounen-ai/Yaoi fans just get your minds out of the gutter now! My Q-chan isn't like that! ::Huggles Quatre protectively.:: And neither is Duo-kun!)

* * *

"We'll only be gone a little while." Kagami said as she and Kori prepared to go to town. "Are you sure the rest of you don't want to come?"

"I'm sure they'll be fine." Quatre smiled. "I'm sure Duo won't break anything."

"And what about Heero's gun obsession?" She asked, looking over Quatre's shoulder, and finding only a cold glare.

Quatre laughed.

"Come on Kagami. We've got a long list for the store."

"We're coming Kori-chan." Kagami smiled as she and Quatre followed her out the door.

"Finally………some peace and quiet." Wufei sighed, sitting down and unfolding a paper.

Everyone was somehow occupied when the doorbell rang. Duo sighed went to the door.

"La li ho!" He smiled.

There was a pregnant woman with 3 small girls, all appearing to be around the age of 5.

"Are Kagami-san and Kori-san in?" The woman asked.

"No, I'm sorry, they've gone to the store. Can I help you?"

"They usually watch the girls when I have a doctor's appointment." The woman replied. "But if they're not here, I'm sure I could reschedule."

"You don't have to." Duo smiled at the little girls. "They'll be back soon, we could watch them until then."

"Would you?" She smiled. "You're so nice. Thank you, I'll be back after them in a few hours."

Quatre closed the door as she left, and turned to the girls.

"My name is Duo, what's yours?"

"Mai."

"Nori."

"Dore."

"What pretty names." He smiled.

Despite their enjoyment of the peace and quiet the Gundam pilots found themselves migrating slowly to the children.

"What are your names?" Mai asked.

"Trowa."

"Heero."

"Wufei."

"Now what do you girls usually do with Kagami and Kori?"

"Play dress up!" Nori squeaked.

"Besides that." Duo asked, sweatdropping.

"Play makeovers." Dore exclaimed.

"Makeovers!" The other two exclaimed.

"Play with us please!!!!"

The four boys looked at each other and sighed.

* * *

"How do you think the boys are doing?" Kagami asked as they continued their shopping. "I hope they're not too bored."

"I'm sure they're fine." Quatre smiled.

"They'll find a way to entertain themselves." Kori replied.

* * *

Meanwhile, things weren't fairing too well for the G-boys.

"Access denied!" Heero said, as Mai tried to reach the keys of his laptop.

"But He-oji-san! It looks fun!" Mai whined ready to cry. (AN: She just called him "Uncle He")

"Duo-oji-san………" Dore said, wiggling her way into his lap. "Can I play with your hair? It's pretty!"

"What?" Duo exclaimed. "Sorry Hon, but no one messes with the hair."

Dore pouted, her eyes watering.

At the other end of the sofa, Trowa was trying to make Nori laugh. He sat her down, went upstairs and returned a moment later in his clown costume. He then began to juggle for her.

"C-cl-clown!" Nori screeched before exploding in tears and trying to hide behind Wufei.

"Clown?" The other two asked before hiding behind Heero and Duo and crying themselves.

"I've never met a kid that didn't like clowns." Trowa sighed as he went back upstairs to change back. (AN: That's a requirement for joining G.E.R. didn't you know that?)

"All of this screaming is injustice." Wufei yelled, tossing his paper to one side, twitching slightly. "Just let the Chibi Onna play with your hair, Maxwell. And I'm sure the other Chibi Onna can't hurt your computer, Yuy. Find some way to shut them up!"

"Why don't you play with them, Wu-man?" Duo asked.

The three girls looked up at the Gundam pilots with sad puppy eyes.

"Please play with us………"

* * *

"Oh! Ice cream!" Kagami smiled. "Why don't we get some?"

"Ok." Quatre smiled.

"No thanks." Kori sighed. She then got a big smile. "I'll be back."

She dumped her bags in Quatre's arms before jogging over to a red headed boy.

"Sorry about that." Kagami smiled, taking some of the bags. "That's Aya-kun. Kori's liked him for at least two years now."

Quatre nodded.

"So what kind of ice cream?"

"How about mint chocolate chip?"

"I love that!" Kagami enthusiastically ordered two cones. "Here you go. We might as well sit down and wait for her to decide to go home with us."

"Hai."

They took a seat on a park bench and began to enjoy their ice cream.

* * *

"Give me back my laptop!" Heero exclaimed.

"I wanna play!" Mai exclaimed, hitting keys at random.

He went to snatch it, but she refused to let go, resulting in a tug of war.

"I like your hair, Duo-oji-san!" Dore exclaimed as she began to scatter tiny pink blows around the two pig tails she just made. "Now for blue………and yellow………and green………and purple………"

"I-said-give-it-back!"

Mai hit a button, opening an e-mail from Relena………a singing e-mail from Relena

"It's may party and I'll cry if I want to………Heedlo (AN: I got the "Heedlo" thing from "The Blair Relena" by Kazumigirl on FF.net.) You didn't come to my party………please e-mail me back………I miss you! It's my party and I'll cry if I want to……….cry if I want to!"

"Baka banshee." Heero grumbled, snatching it back and deleting it from his computer.

"Wu-oji-san." Nori said, poking Wufei. "Wake up."

He was stretched out on the couch `asleep'. Nori had climbed up in the middle of him, and sat poking his eye as she spoke.

"I'm hungry………I want a kitty………play with me………I'm hungry………fix me a sandwich………you look like a chicken……….wake up………I'm hungry………you're mean!" She turned to Trowa. "Mr. Scary Clown Faced Man, make Wu-oji-san wake up."

"………" Trowa stared at the child a moment. "Boo."

Nori screeched, grabbing Wufei around the throat causing him to `wake up' due to lack of oxygen.

"I got him up." Trowa replied, walking away.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY HAIR?!?!?!?!?!" Duo screamed, looking in a mirror at the tangle of cute girly bows atop his head.

"I made you prettier!" Dore smiled.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY LAPTOP?!?!?!?!" Heero demanded. His beloved computer now played one of Relena's singing e-mails over and over again, it was to "I Want It That Way" and there was a dancing pink hamster lip syncing to the words.

"Uh oh………Heero yelled………hit the decks!" Duo exclaimed, grabbing Dore and diving under the coffee table.

* * *

Quatre and Kagami had finished their ice cream, and were now taking a walk around the park. They noticed a little girl standing in the middle of the path. She was looking around and crying.

"Mama?" She said, running up to them. "Papa?"

"No, we're not your parent's dear." Kagami squatted down to be eye level with her.

"I can't find my Mama or Papa." She sniffled. "You looked like them."

"We'll help you look." Quatre offered.

"I'm sure we'll find them soon. " Kagami added.

She began to cry again.

"You can call us your Mama and Papa if it would help." Quatre offered.

"Really?" She asked. "What are your names? Mine's Shuiko."

"I'm Quatre, and this is Kagami."

"You're pretty Kagami-Mama." She smiled as they set off in search of her parents.

After walking a while, Shuiko spoke again.

"You're nice like my Mama and Papa." She looked up at them. "Are you a Mama and Papa?"

"No………not yet." They said in unison, then blushed slightly.

After walking a little longer, Shuiko smiled.

"There they are!" She said. "Thank you Quatre-Papa and Kagami-Mama."

"You're welcome, Shuiko-chan." Kagami hugged the little girl.

"I love you Kagami-Mama." She then hugged Quatre "I love you Quatre-Papa."

"We love you too." Quatre smiled.

Her parents came over, and oddly enough, resembled older versions of themselves.

"Thank you for helping her. She wandered off, and we couldn't find her.

"It's ok. We had fun."

The family walked off, and Quatre and Kagami stood there a moment.

"You were good with her." He said.

"No, we were good with her." She corrected.

They turned to face each other. They stood there only seconds before Quatre leaned over and kissed her.

"Q-Quatre?"

"What?" he asked, smiling.

She kissed him this time.

"Hey you two, no PDAs!" Kori scolded, walking up to them. "There are kids here, you know."

"Let's just go home." Kagami sighed, taking Quatre's hand as they walked back.

* * *

When they got home, they found three small girls quietly coloring at the coffee table, and four passed out pilots. About a half an hour later, their mother arrived to pick them up.

"They weren't any trouble at all." Kori said, handing her their bag.

"I'm glad." She smiled. "Can you watch them again next week?"

"No problem." Kori smiled, closing the door behind her.

"Hey," Kagami looked at the guys still asleep on the couch. "What happened to Duo's hair?"