Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen ❯ Ch 7 ( Chapter 7 )
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By: lissabeth 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.30.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 364 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.30.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 364 | Status: Work In Progress
Special Thankies to HeeroDuo4eva for pointing out the mess-up on the posted chapters. I'm trying to correct it.
Ch 7
A.C. 198 August
8 days after the shooting.
"Maxwell, what can I do for you?" Une asked as Duo came into her office.
"I need to know how much vacation time Wufei and I have on the books." He said as he sat down.
Une sat back and looked at him. "I expected this to come up. You each have 30 days to take if you'd like. But may I make a suggestion?" she asked.
"What did you have in mind?"
"I understand that field work would not be an option right now. So I'll put you both at desk jobs for the time being. Take a couple weeks of leave and then start working part time and then see where it goes from there." She paused to let Duo think over the information he'd received.
He nodded his head. "I think that sounds good. But I need to talk to Wufei about it first."
"That's understandable. Just let me know when you're coming back to work. Ok?"
"I'll have the answer to that before you get off work today." He said as he stood to leave the office. Before he left he, looked back to Une and in a soft voice thanked her.
"You're welcome Duo." After the door had shut behind him he missed her last words. "Good luck."
A.C. 198 September
One month after the shooting.
"We got a puppy. I know Duo really wanted one. He really is adorable. Aside from the fact I already lost a pair of shoes to the damn thing." Wufei sat laughing softly. "It's just a little thing right now, but it's a golden retriever so he'll get pretty big." His voice broke a little. "I…" the door opened and Quatre and Trowa came in. "Hey guys. I was just telling Heero about Wing."
Quatre smiled. "How are you keeping up, Wufei?"
"Alright, I guess. They say he's healed up really well. I think they're surprised actually by it. But I'm not, though, that's our Heero." He said squeezing the unmoving hand. Looking at the sleeping face he continued. "I know he'll pull through."
"Yeah. Well I came by to tell you that I have to go out of town for a few days on business and Trowa's going with me. But if you need anything call me, ok?" he said touching Wufei's shoulder.
"Yeah. I got it."
"Good, I'll see you thursday. Bye Heero, will be back soon." With that they left.
Wufei sighed looking down at Heero. "Duo will be here soon, after he gets off work. It's nice to be at a desk job. Relena said she'd watch Wing for us, so both of us could be up here with you for a while." He paused and stood up. Daily he had been moving Heero's legs and arms and massaging them, in the hopes that when he woke up they wouldn't be as stiff. "Feel like working on these legs of yours. Can't have you getting all flabby on us, now can we." He said straining to keep the mood light.
The doctor was talking to Duo out in the hall, when Wufei came out to get something to drink.
"A month has gone by, at this point it's all a waiting game. I suggest transferring him to a unit for coma patients." Dr. Hammond was explaining. "His wounds have all healed aside from the use of his legs, which we won't know about until he is awake. I'm sorry to say there are no guarantees at this point. Do you have any questions?" he looked between the two.
Wufei spoke up. "Is there anyway we can have him taken home. We have a down stairs room and we are more than capable of taking care of him. We can hire a live in nurse if we must."
The doctor nodded. "That can be arranged. If you want we can get the process started and see if we can get it approved."
That weekend found the four ex-pilots and Relena getting Heero settled into Wufei and Duo's house.
"Since everything is settled I'll go and get some dinner started." Quatre said heading towards the kitchen, Trowa following close behind him to help out.
Wufei sat on the bed beside Heero while Duo went to find out what the other two were cooking. Only Relena remained in the room.
"I know you'll take good care of him." she said sitting on the other side of the bed.
"I will. But what happens if…" not able to complete the sentence he just stopped and shook his head. "He'll wake up. I know he will."
Relena just smiled and agreed with him. The call came from the kitchen that food was ready. "Shall we?" she asked standing up.
"Yeah." He said looking down brushing Heero's hair back off his forehead. "I'll be back."
After dinner Wufei went back to Heero's room. "It's been quite a day, hasn't it? I hope you like your room. We bought all this furniture just for you." Duo came in on this scene and stood quietly by the door way. "I'll introduce you to Wing if you want. He's really a good dog. I'm sure he'll love you." his voice broke. Duo walked over to Wufei and pulled him into a hug. Tears shining in his eyes, Wufei looked up at Duo.
"Shh, I know baby, I know." Duo said rocking him gently.
On Monday they hired a nurse to be there during the day, so they could both go back to work full-time. Falling into a routine of work and watching over their 'Sleeping beauty', everyone's nick name for the Japanese teen.
A.C. 198 October
"You know 'Fei is really enjoying the desk job. I think I like it better too. Who would have thought? The ex-gundam pilots are domesticated." Laughing he continued brushing Heero's hair. "You know you don't look bad with your hair a little longer. It looks good on you." Setting the brush aside, he laid down beside Heero. Looking at the I.V.'s running everywhere he sighed. "So, how are you liking Mille? She's a great nurse. Only the best for our own, you know. She came very highly recommended… I'm used to being the only one talking when it comes to you, but this still just seems so wrong. You're suppose to tell me to shut up and call me stupid. Two months is a long time not to have you make fun of me." Wing came into the room and jumped up on the bed curling up beside Heero. "I think he likes you better than me. Oh well. I'm not very surprised." He ran his fingers through the soft fur of the dog.
Wufei came in to give Heero his bath. "You going to help me?" he asked Duo.
"If you want help. I guess I better get Wing outta here." Duo said getting up. "Come on Wing."
Setting the bowl of water on the night stand, he pulled the covers back. "Relena's coming over in a little bit. She and Daniel are doing well. I think she said that he's coming with her. He really is a great guy." Getting Heero cleaned up he put fresh pajamas on him and pulled the covers up. "He told us that you put the fear of God into him when he first started dating Relena." He laughed. "We really got a kick out of that story." A knock came on the door showing that Relena had showed up. "Come in."
Just as Wufei had said Daniel was with her. "I'll leave you two now. Are you going to stay for dinner? We're having pork chops." He asked on his way to the door.
"Sounds good, Wufei. Thanks for the invite." She said as she sat down in the chair next to the bed.
"Ok." With that he left the two to visit with Heero.
"Hey Heero, Daniel came with me today. He wanted to see you again. I hope that they're taking good care of you here. If not I'll set them straight. Ok?" turning to her boyfriend. "Do you mind if I have a few minutes alone with him?"
"Not at all. I'll be in the kitchen helping them with dinner." He said as he kissed her cheek.
"Thanks." After he left she turned her attention back to the unconscious teen. "Hey I have a secret Heero. But I really need to talk to you about something… Daniel asked me to marry him." she said in hushed tones. "I love him. I want for you to give me and him your blessing. I know it sounds silly but I just want your approval. And plus I want you to walk me down the aisle." She said with tears in her eyes. "We haven't told anyone yet. I wanted you to be the first to know. So I'll hold off. I just know you'll wake up soon. I just wanted you to know." She was holding his hand and trying to hold her tears back. "Well I better go see if I can help out in the kitchen."
1 week later.
"Halloween is tomorrow. No party this year though. Too much has been going on. I think we're going to take it slow the rest of the year. I think we all need this break, anyway." Duo said to Heero as he was carefully shaving his face. "You probably wouldn't like it too much if we left you all hairy, uh? Well don't worry I wouldn't do that to you buddy."
Wufei was watching, sitting in the other chair in the room. Smiling and shaking his head he went back to reading his book.
"The weather's really starting to get cold. I really don't like winter. Fall and spring are the best times of the year. But I guess your best time was spring." Duo said giggling. "Spandex is really summer clothes. Don't get me wrong though, I like your spandex. It's been too long since you've worn them."
Wing came running into the room looking for attention by rubbing Duo's leg and trying to jump on the bed. "Not now Wing. Go play with 'Fei." Running to Wufei, he immediately started jumping on him.
"Alright, alright I get the hint." Standing up he grabbed the leash of the dresser. "I'm going to take him out for a walk. Be back in a few." He said kissing Duo softly.
"Ok. Have fun."
A.C. 198 November
"Come on Wufei." Quatre pleaded while standing beside Wufei in the kitchen.
"No." Wufei said for what felt like the hundredth time in the past 5 minutes.
Trowa stepped in at this point. "Look Wufei, we understand that you don't want to be away in case he wakes up. But trust me you need a break. Quatre and I are glad to stay with Heero so you can get out. So you and Duo go get ready and get out of here. You've been running yourself ragged since this happened. It's been 3 months, it's almost December and you haven't even started decorating for Christmas. I know for a fact Duo always had the decorations at least out by now. So go and get out. Everything will be fine." He said as he pushed the Chinese teen towards the stairs to go get ready to go out.
"Ok guys. I'm sorry. It's not that I don't trust you. It's just that…"
"We understand. Now go get ready and you two get out of here." Quatre said.
"It really is nice to get out. Don't you think?" Duo asked when they were half way through their meal. "I mean we haven't gone on a date in a long time."
"Yeah, it is nice." Wufei said. "It seems as if our whole lives have almost come to a stop. But I just can't seem to make myself start again until he wakes up." He pushed his plate to the side. "But what happens when he wakes up? I just can't seem to quit thinking about that."
"I know. But we just have to see how things will turn out. We could sit here and drive ourselves crazy on the 'what ifs' and that wouldn't do us any good. We just have to take this one day at a time." Duo sat there for a minute and then giggled.
"What?" Wufei asked.
"Well it just seems wrong that I'm being the sensible one here." He laughed a little more and Wufei smiled.
"Yeah I guess you're right. You ready to head home?" he asked reaching for the check.
"Yeah, let's get back home."
A.C. 198 December
'I am so tired of all this paperwork.' Wufei was sitting at his desk at work looking up at the calendar. 'I'm just glad it's Friday.' A knock came on his desk and Une walked in. "Hi, Une what can I do for you?" he asked.
"Nothing I just came to ask you how Heero was." She said sitting a chair opposite his.
"The same." He sighed. "But I'm sure it's just a matter of time before he'll be back to glaring and growling at everyone again." He said with a sad smile on his face.
"So are you ready for your Christmas vacation to start?" she said changing the subject. "Only one more week of work and then three weeks of vacation start."
Sitting back in his chair he nodded his head. "Yeah, I am looking forward to it. Although I'm just glad we finally got all the decorations up. Duo can go really insane with that stuff."
"I can only imagine." Standing up she headed for the door. "Take care of yourself Wufei." Then she walked out.
'That was strange.' Seeing the time he began packing his papers up for the day.
"Hey 'Fei, you ready to get going?" Duo said coming into his office.
"Yeah, let me just get this last bit packed up and we can head home." He said heading to the filling cabinet.
"Hey Mille we're home." Duo called out to the nurse.
"Hey. Alright I'll get out of here as soon as I get this iv bag changed." Came the reply from the short stocky woman.
Watching her finish up, he then moved in to sit beside Heero. "Hey buddy, we're home for the weekend. Work was boring as usual. Well I better go get out of this damn uniform. See you in a bit." He said leaving the room. Walking up the stairs to his bedroom, he saw Wufei already out of his uniform and heading back downstairs. "Hey baby," he said pulling Wufei up to him in a tight hug. Kissing his cheek and moving to his lips. Wufei ran his tongue over his bottom lip and Duo happily granted access to let the kiss deepen. They pulled apart when the need for air set in. "I've missed you."
Wufei looked thoroughly confused. "I haven't been anywhere." He said.
"We both have been. We haven't made love in a long time. Please baby, come back to the room with me." He said pulling Wufei behind him. Wufei willingly followed.
Once in the room, Wufei began the kiss again. Making the way to the bed, clothes falling along the way, Wufei pushed Duo down on the bed then laid down on top of him rubbing their naked bodies together. Moaning at the feel of each other they spent the next hour trying to push the world away and get back to each other.
Lying in side by side on the bed worn out Duo fell asleep, while Wufei got up and showered. After looking back to Duo's sleeping form he went downstairs to check on Heero.
Seeing everything in order he sat down beside him on the bed holding the still unmoving hand. "I miss you so much, Heero. I miss hearing your voice. What were the words?" he paused for a moment, tears coming to his eyes. "My heart can't take the beating, not having you to hold. A small voice keeps repeating, deep inside my soul." His voice raw with emotion, he didn't notice that Duo had come to the door and just stood there, tears coming to his eyes. "It says I can't keep pretending, I don't love you anymore." He heard a sniff come from the doorway and turned to see Duo walking away. Looking back to the bed, he reached up and brushed his fingers lightly over Heero's cheek. "I know that this is probably the hardest battle I've ever fought, because I'm standing on the sidelines. I can do nothing." He leaned down and kissed Heero's cheek and whispered in his ear. "You will come back to us, won't you?"
tbc…
Ch 7
A.C. 198 August
8 days after the shooting.
"Maxwell, what can I do for you?" Une asked as Duo came into her office.
"I need to know how much vacation time Wufei and I have on the books." He said as he sat down.
Une sat back and looked at him. "I expected this to come up. You each have 30 days to take if you'd like. But may I make a suggestion?" she asked.
"What did you have in mind?"
"I understand that field work would not be an option right now. So I'll put you both at desk jobs for the time being. Take a couple weeks of leave and then start working part time and then see where it goes from there." She paused to let Duo think over the information he'd received.
He nodded his head. "I think that sounds good. But I need to talk to Wufei about it first."
"That's understandable. Just let me know when you're coming back to work. Ok?"
"I'll have the answer to that before you get off work today." He said as he stood to leave the office. Before he left he, looked back to Une and in a soft voice thanked her.
"You're welcome Duo." After the door had shut behind him he missed her last words. "Good luck."
A.C. 198 September
One month after the shooting.
"We got a puppy. I know Duo really wanted one. He really is adorable. Aside from the fact I already lost a pair of shoes to the damn thing." Wufei sat laughing softly. "It's just a little thing right now, but it's a golden retriever so he'll get pretty big." His voice broke a little. "I…" the door opened and Quatre and Trowa came in. "Hey guys. I was just telling Heero about Wing."
Quatre smiled. "How are you keeping up, Wufei?"
"Alright, I guess. They say he's healed up really well. I think they're surprised actually by it. But I'm not, though, that's our Heero." He said squeezing the unmoving hand. Looking at the sleeping face he continued. "I know he'll pull through."
"Yeah. Well I came by to tell you that I have to go out of town for a few days on business and Trowa's going with me. But if you need anything call me, ok?" he said touching Wufei's shoulder.
"Yeah. I got it."
"Good, I'll see you thursday. Bye Heero, will be back soon." With that they left.
Wufei sighed looking down at Heero. "Duo will be here soon, after he gets off work. It's nice to be at a desk job. Relena said she'd watch Wing for us, so both of us could be up here with you for a while." He paused and stood up. Daily he had been moving Heero's legs and arms and massaging them, in the hopes that when he woke up they wouldn't be as stiff. "Feel like working on these legs of yours. Can't have you getting all flabby on us, now can we." He said straining to keep the mood light.
The doctor was talking to Duo out in the hall, when Wufei came out to get something to drink.
"A month has gone by, at this point it's all a waiting game. I suggest transferring him to a unit for coma patients." Dr. Hammond was explaining. "His wounds have all healed aside from the use of his legs, which we won't know about until he is awake. I'm sorry to say there are no guarantees at this point. Do you have any questions?" he looked between the two.
Wufei spoke up. "Is there anyway we can have him taken home. We have a down stairs room and we are more than capable of taking care of him. We can hire a live in nurse if we must."
The doctor nodded. "That can be arranged. If you want we can get the process started and see if we can get it approved."
That weekend found the four ex-pilots and Relena getting Heero settled into Wufei and Duo's house.
"Since everything is settled I'll go and get some dinner started." Quatre said heading towards the kitchen, Trowa following close behind him to help out.
Wufei sat on the bed beside Heero while Duo went to find out what the other two were cooking. Only Relena remained in the room.
"I know you'll take good care of him." she said sitting on the other side of the bed.
"I will. But what happens if…" not able to complete the sentence he just stopped and shook his head. "He'll wake up. I know he will."
Relena just smiled and agreed with him. The call came from the kitchen that food was ready. "Shall we?" she asked standing up.
"Yeah." He said looking down brushing Heero's hair back off his forehead. "I'll be back."
After dinner Wufei went back to Heero's room. "It's been quite a day, hasn't it? I hope you like your room. We bought all this furniture just for you." Duo came in on this scene and stood quietly by the door way. "I'll introduce you to Wing if you want. He's really a good dog. I'm sure he'll love you." his voice broke. Duo walked over to Wufei and pulled him into a hug. Tears shining in his eyes, Wufei looked up at Duo.
"Shh, I know baby, I know." Duo said rocking him gently.
On Monday they hired a nurse to be there during the day, so they could both go back to work full-time. Falling into a routine of work and watching over their 'Sleeping beauty', everyone's nick name for the Japanese teen.
A.C. 198 October
"You know 'Fei is really enjoying the desk job. I think I like it better too. Who would have thought? The ex-gundam pilots are domesticated." Laughing he continued brushing Heero's hair. "You know you don't look bad with your hair a little longer. It looks good on you." Setting the brush aside, he laid down beside Heero. Looking at the I.V.'s running everywhere he sighed. "So, how are you liking Mille? She's a great nurse. Only the best for our own, you know. She came very highly recommended… I'm used to being the only one talking when it comes to you, but this still just seems so wrong. You're suppose to tell me to shut up and call me stupid. Two months is a long time not to have you make fun of me." Wing came into the room and jumped up on the bed curling up beside Heero. "I think he likes you better than me. Oh well. I'm not very surprised." He ran his fingers through the soft fur of the dog.
Wufei came in to give Heero his bath. "You going to help me?" he asked Duo.
"If you want help. I guess I better get Wing outta here." Duo said getting up. "Come on Wing."
Setting the bowl of water on the night stand, he pulled the covers back. "Relena's coming over in a little bit. She and Daniel are doing well. I think she said that he's coming with her. He really is a great guy." Getting Heero cleaned up he put fresh pajamas on him and pulled the covers up. "He told us that you put the fear of God into him when he first started dating Relena." He laughed. "We really got a kick out of that story." A knock came on the door showing that Relena had showed up. "Come in."
Just as Wufei had said Daniel was with her. "I'll leave you two now. Are you going to stay for dinner? We're having pork chops." He asked on his way to the door.
"Sounds good, Wufei. Thanks for the invite." She said as she sat down in the chair next to the bed.
"Ok." With that he left the two to visit with Heero.
"Hey Heero, Daniel came with me today. He wanted to see you again. I hope that they're taking good care of you here. If not I'll set them straight. Ok?" turning to her boyfriend. "Do you mind if I have a few minutes alone with him?"
"Not at all. I'll be in the kitchen helping them with dinner." He said as he kissed her cheek.
"Thanks." After he left she turned her attention back to the unconscious teen. "Hey I have a secret Heero. But I really need to talk to you about something… Daniel asked me to marry him." she said in hushed tones. "I love him. I want for you to give me and him your blessing. I know it sounds silly but I just want your approval. And plus I want you to walk me down the aisle." She said with tears in her eyes. "We haven't told anyone yet. I wanted you to be the first to know. So I'll hold off. I just know you'll wake up soon. I just wanted you to know." She was holding his hand and trying to hold her tears back. "Well I better go see if I can help out in the kitchen."
1 week later.
"Halloween is tomorrow. No party this year though. Too much has been going on. I think we're going to take it slow the rest of the year. I think we all need this break, anyway." Duo said to Heero as he was carefully shaving his face. "You probably wouldn't like it too much if we left you all hairy, uh? Well don't worry I wouldn't do that to you buddy."
Wufei was watching, sitting in the other chair in the room. Smiling and shaking his head he went back to reading his book.
"The weather's really starting to get cold. I really don't like winter. Fall and spring are the best times of the year. But I guess your best time was spring." Duo said giggling. "Spandex is really summer clothes. Don't get me wrong though, I like your spandex. It's been too long since you've worn them."
Wing came running into the room looking for attention by rubbing Duo's leg and trying to jump on the bed. "Not now Wing. Go play with 'Fei." Running to Wufei, he immediately started jumping on him.
"Alright, alright I get the hint." Standing up he grabbed the leash of the dresser. "I'm going to take him out for a walk. Be back in a few." He said kissing Duo softly.
"Ok. Have fun."
A.C. 198 November
"Come on Wufei." Quatre pleaded while standing beside Wufei in the kitchen.
"No." Wufei said for what felt like the hundredth time in the past 5 minutes.
Trowa stepped in at this point. "Look Wufei, we understand that you don't want to be away in case he wakes up. But trust me you need a break. Quatre and I are glad to stay with Heero so you can get out. So you and Duo go get ready and get out of here. You've been running yourself ragged since this happened. It's been 3 months, it's almost December and you haven't even started decorating for Christmas. I know for a fact Duo always had the decorations at least out by now. So go and get out. Everything will be fine." He said as he pushed the Chinese teen towards the stairs to go get ready to go out.
"Ok guys. I'm sorry. It's not that I don't trust you. It's just that…"
"We understand. Now go get ready and you two get out of here." Quatre said.
"It really is nice to get out. Don't you think?" Duo asked when they were half way through their meal. "I mean we haven't gone on a date in a long time."
"Yeah, it is nice." Wufei said. "It seems as if our whole lives have almost come to a stop. But I just can't seem to make myself start again until he wakes up." He pushed his plate to the side. "But what happens when he wakes up? I just can't seem to quit thinking about that."
"I know. But we just have to see how things will turn out. We could sit here and drive ourselves crazy on the 'what ifs' and that wouldn't do us any good. We just have to take this one day at a time." Duo sat there for a minute and then giggled.
"What?" Wufei asked.
"Well it just seems wrong that I'm being the sensible one here." He laughed a little more and Wufei smiled.
"Yeah I guess you're right. You ready to head home?" he asked reaching for the check.
"Yeah, let's get back home."
A.C. 198 December
'I am so tired of all this paperwork.' Wufei was sitting at his desk at work looking up at the calendar. 'I'm just glad it's Friday.' A knock came on his desk and Une walked in. "Hi, Une what can I do for you?" he asked.
"Nothing I just came to ask you how Heero was." She said sitting a chair opposite his.
"The same." He sighed. "But I'm sure it's just a matter of time before he'll be back to glaring and growling at everyone again." He said with a sad smile on his face.
"So are you ready for your Christmas vacation to start?" she said changing the subject. "Only one more week of work and then three weeks of vacation start."
Sitting back in his chair he nodded his head. "Yeah, I am looking forward to it. Although I'm just glad we finally got all the decorations up. Duo can go really insane with that stuff."
"I can only imagine." Standing up she headed for the door. "Take care of yourself Wufei." Then she walked out.
'That was strange.' Seeing the time he began packing his papers up for the day.
"Hey 'Fei, you ready to get going?" Duo said coming into his office.
"Yeah, let me just get this last bit packed up and we can head home." He said heading to the filling cabinet.
"Hey Mille we're home." Duo called out to the nurse.
"Hey. Alright I'll get out of here as soon as I get this iv bag changed." Came the reply from the short stocky woman.
Watching her finish up, he then moved in to sit beside Heero. "Hey buddy, we're home for the weekend. Work was boring as usual. Well I better go get out of this damn uniform. See you in a bit." He said leaving the room. Walking up the stairs to his bedroom, he saw Wufei already out of his uniform and heading back downstairs. "Hey baby," he said pulling Wufei up to him in a tight hug. Kissing his cheek and moving to his lips. Wufei ran his tongue over his bottom lip and Duo happily granted access to let the kiss deepen. They pulled apart when the need for air set in. "I've missed you."
Wufei looked thoroughly confused. "I haven't been anywhere." He said.
"We both have been. We haven't made love in a long time. Please baby, come back to the room with me." He said pulling Wufei behind him. Wufei willingly followed.
Once in the room, Wufei began the kiss again. Making the way to the bed, clothes falling along the way, Wufei pushed Duo down on the bed then laid down on top of him rubbing their naked bodies together. Moaning at the feel of each other they spent the next hour trying to push the world away and get back to each other.
Lying in side by side on the bed worn out Duo fell asleep, while Wufei got up and showered. After looking back to Duo's sleeping form he went downstairs to check on Heero.
Seeing everything in order he sat down beside him on the bed holding the still unmoving hand. "I miss you so much, Heero. I miss hearing your voice. What were the words?" he paused for a moment, tears coming to his eyes. "My heart can't take the beating, not having you to hold. A small voice keeps repeating, deep inside my soul." His voice raw with emotion, he didn't notice that Duo had come to the door and just stood there, tears coming to his eyes. "It says I can't keep pretending, I don't love you anymore." He heard a sniff come from the doorway and turned to see Duo walking away. Looking back to the bed, he reached up and brushed his fingers lightly over Heero's cheek. "I know that this is probably the hardest battle I've ever fought, because I'm standing on the sidelines. I can do nothing." He leaned down and kissed Heero's cheek and whispered in his ear. "You will come back to us, won't you?"
tbc…