Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Family Ties ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: I don't own the G Boys, I just borrow them from time to time and return them a whole lot happier. I do own the plot line and any other characters that appear here that are not in the Gundam Wing Universe; please do not take them without permission. Written for pleasure not profit.

 

Warnings: Angst, sap, fluff, violence, Mpreg.

 

Rating: NC 17

 

Pairings: 1x2x1, 3x4x3, 5xS, HxOC

 

Summary: Sequel to Chimaera. Life in the Maxwell -Yuy household has undergone some big changes when Duo brings Keitaro home from the hospital. Hilde's wedding is approaching and the guys find there's more to this baby business than they thought. Struggling to raise a child, work at Preventer and keep the home happy is certainly a trial for both guys. Add an assassin's threats to prominent government officials' lives and both men find their lives are suddenly changed. Just how far will one go to protect the ones he loves?

 

Dedication: to all my lovely readers out there who enjoyed Chimaera and have since begged, threatened, pleaded, bribed and blackmailed me for a sequel. ^_^

 

 

 

 

"Family Ties"

 

January. 2007 ShenLong

 

Chapter 10

 

The shuttle terminal was crowded, people milling around everywhere as three shuttles had all docked within five minutes of each other. Despite the advances in technology, aircraft, be it plane or shuttle, still couldn't seem to run to a schedule; they were always late for some unfathomable reason.

 

Duo managed to weave his way through the crowds with the pusher, Heero right behind him and amazed at his partner's skill in dodging the crowds. Anyone that thought piloting a mobile suit was hard should try maneuvering a baby in a stroller through a crowded terminal. Heero thought his lover deserved bonus points for not having run over or into anyone!

 

"Which gate did you say it was, Heero?"

 

"Aa." Heero glanced quickly at the overhead monitor screens. "Gate twenty-four."

 

“Roger that.” Duo continued to pass through the crowd. Seconds later Duo located the arrival gate marked twenty-four. “Good, they're not out yet,” he commented.

 

Heero's eyes scanned around the milling people. The arrival gate was closed which meant that the passengers were still going through customs. He spotted a slightly more 'open' space off to one side and pointed it out to Duo. “We should wait over there,” he muttered.

 

“Agreed.” Duo worked his way through the people to the spot Heero had indicated. Neither man was completely comfortable in crowded areas, soldier instincts tended to linger even when peace was prevalent. Eyes continued to sweep over the area looking for possible threats, not that there were usually any, the presence of the strong security force was a pretty good deterrent. Shame the rest of L2 didn't have such a good peace keeping contingent. Duo had to admit that the crime rate had begun to fall, and from his observations thus far, the government was trying to rebuild and take care of the less fortunate souls in the populace. His musings were brought to a halt as the doors opened and the first of the passengers began to filter through.

 

* * *

 

Quatre handed over his paperwork to the immigration official, Trowa following suit. The official checked the papers over, glanced at their passports and back to the two men before him. He grunted softly and reached for the rubber stamp. “Enjoy your stay on L2,” he said quietly and handed back the papers.

 

“Thank you,” Quatre replied and slipped the paperwork back inside the pocket of his suit jacket.

 

Trowa pushed his own into the back pocket of his trousers. Grabbing hold of the handle of the luggage trolley, he pushed it away from immigration and towards the exit.

 

“I hope they're here to pick us up," Quatre stated.

 

“They will be.”

 

The doors opened and a pair of teal eyes flicked over the waiting crowd, emerald orbs were similarly scanning the area.

 

“Over there,” Trowa said, his height giving him a little advantage over his smaller husband.

 

“There they are," Heero said as he spotted the familiar blonde head. He raised his hand and waved.

 

“Duo! Heero!” Quatre called out as he began to push through the milling people.

 

Rather than try to push the stroller through the gathered crowd, Duo remained where he was, letting the blonde and his husband make their way through the throng towards them. Besides, Trowa was pushing the luggage trolley and that was much bigger than a baby stroller; it also hurt more against a person's shins when they didn't move out of the way quick enough.

 

"Heero! It's so good to see you again," the blonde said happily as he embraced Heero in a bear hug.

 

"You too, Quatre," Heero replied and returned the hug before pulling away. "Barton." Heero shook the offered hand of the taller man.

 

"Duo!" Quatre pounced on the long haired man before he had a chance to react, arms wrapping around the slender frame. Finally releasing the American, Quatre took a step back to fully appreciate the other man. He shook his head. "You've lost weight," he snickered.

 

Duo rolled his eyes. "Good to see you too, Quat; and I should hope I've lost weight, the kind of crash diet I went on is supposed to ensure weight loss." Quatre wasn't listening though, his attention had turned to the baby in the stroller.

 

"Well, aren't you just a sweetie," Quatre cooed.

 

Keitaro blinked as his eyes focused on the new face. His arms waved around and a smile creased his lips.

 

"You're simply gorgeous, you know that?" Quatre continued his fussing over the child much to Keitaro's delight. "I'd say he's got your eye color, Duo. Maybe not quite so violet, but definitely not all blue either."

 

"Poor kid," Trowa commented, leaving Duo wondering if the comment was directed at Keitaro in sympathy of having inherited his eye color or in sympathy at having Quatre cooing over him. Trowa turned to Duo, leaving his husband to converse in baby talk with Keitaro. "How are you, Duo?"

 

"I'm fine, Tro. How about you?"

 

"Doing well. How are you, Heero? All healed up now after that last incident?"

 

"Hai. I'm back to full capacity. If you've all finished with the greetings I think we should get moving. Keitaro will be needing a feed soon and we don't have any formula left in the baby bag."

 

"No problem." Trowa turned to where his husband was still fascinated with the baby. "Quatre?"

 

"I want one."

 

"Eh?"

 

"I want one."

 

Three sets of confused eyes looked at the blonde businessman.

 

"Want one what?" Duo asked, clearly flummoxed.

 

"One of these."

 

"Um... Stroller?"

 

"No, I want a baby."

 

"Ohhh... kayyy." Duo turned to face Trowa who was looking decidedly pale. "When did you say he had his last psych evaluation?"

 

* * *

 

Heero managed to stow all the luggage in the trunk and was soon driving them away from the shuttle port and to the hotel, Quatre and Trowa were sitting in the back with Keitaro safely strapped into the baby seat. Trowa had shuddered when he spotted the innocent looking seat, a flood of memories, none of them nice, coming back to him. He'd quickly taken a good look at his friends and having seen no sign of bruising or injury to either man, he concluded that the seat must have been fitted to the car before the guys picked it up. He breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Quatre was still enraptured with the baby, cooing quietly to the youngster who was similarly enchanted by Quatre. Big, blue eyes gazed innocently at the blonde, the small mouth curling into a smile as Quatre 'played' with him. Little fists pummeled the air and legs kicked freely.

 

"I can see why you were complaining so much about sunshine using your innards for a punching bag," Trowa commented as he watched Keitaro's limbs flailing around. "He's certainly an active little thing."

 

"Yeah. That was one part of the pregnancy deal I could have done without," Duo replied with a wry grin.

 

"How is everything going now with your... umm, your unusual make up?" Trowa questioned. All of Duo's immediate 'family' knew of his decision to keep his female parts and whilst Trowa wasn't trying to pry, he was curious.

 

"It all seems to have settled down quite well," Duo replied. "Sally has been monitoring me regularly and all my insides appear to have returned to normal and are no worse off for having carried Keitaro. She said that the female bits are still there and they have also returned to their pre-pregnant state, or at least what she determines their state to have been before I fell pregnant."

 

"When are you planning on having the next one?" Quatre asked out of the blue as he continued to amuse Keitaro.

 

"Uh, what?!" Duo spluttered.

 

Heero nearly drove off the road.

 

"The next one?" Quatre continued seemingly not in the least perturbed he'd caused such reactions. "Surely you don't want Keitaro here growing up to be an only child?"

 

"There's nothing wrong with being an only child," Heero growled. After all, he'd grown up without siblings - or at least he didn't have any that he knew of. Also, he wasn't sure if he was ready to deal with another hormonal, Crunchie addicted husband quite yet; actually, he wasn't sure if he'd ever be ready to go through all that again!

 

"I never said there was," Quatre continued. "I just think it would be nice for Keitaro to have a baby brother or sister to play with as he gets older.”

 

“I think you should let them get over the shock of this one first, Quatre,” Trowa put in.

 

“Yeah, and that could take a while,” Duo muttered under his breath, “like a couple more years.”

 

“I take it that Sally would have you on some form of birth control? I am assuming that you're still fertile,” Quatre continued on, completely oblivious to Duo's uncomfortable state.

 

Seeing Duo's discomfort rising, Trowa did his best to intervene and control his wayward husband. “Quatre, I really don't think this is a good conversation to be having right now.”

 

“Why not? I'm only curious. Oh.” Quatre paused as he realized Duo was becoming a little agitated. “My apologies, Duo. I did not intend to pry and I'm sorry if I've upset you.”

 

“It's okay, Quatre. I guess if I were in your place I'd be curious too.” Duo sighed. “Look, I'm not sure of all the technical jargon Sally uses to explain things so I'll give you my version of it.”

 

“Duo, you really don't have to”

 

“I know I don't have to, Quat, but if I do, it will make it so much easier all round.”

 

"Only if you're sure."

 

"From the check ups Sally has been doing all my organs and internal workings have returned to normal. As for the female parts; we're still not sure if they are functional or not as I've not produced any further eggs, as Sally put it, since Keitaro was born."

 

"How would you know if you do?" Quatre asked, his curiosity really piqued now.

 

"I'd, ummm... "

 

"He would bleed, Quat," Trowa replied for Duo seeing as how the long haired man was turning a few interesting shades of red.

 

"Oh. Oh, of course. Sorry, Duo." Quatre mentally slapped himself. With twenty-nine sisters he should have known Duo would have a 'cycle'. Then another thought hit Quatre. "But if he was pregnant again he wouldn't bleed."

 

"Now you're really starting to confuse me, Quatre," Duo commented with a sigh. "Look, in a nutshell, I'm not pregnant, that would have shown up on the ultrasounds..."

 

"Plus you haven't been vomiting either," Heero put in.

 

"No, I've not, Heero!"

 

Heero snickered.

 

"There's no new baby, Sally is keeping a careful check on me and we are taking precautions to prevent another pregnancy at this stage. Sally isn't sure if my carrying another child would be a good idea, especially right now as it's not been all that long since Keitaro was born. Does that answer all your questions?" Duo was starting to get a little more agitated.

 

Quatre was about to ask a couple more when he saw the look his husband was giving him and quickly changed his mind. He could pry later. "Thanks."

 

"We're here," Heero stated as he pulled into the hotel's car parking area.

 

Moments later they had the luggage out of the trunk and Keitaro strapped into the baby stroller.

 

"Would you mind if I pushed him, Duo?" Quatre asked, his eyes shining.

 

Duo was unable to resist the pleading look. "Okay. Just be careful, this stroller isn't like a motorized wheelchair."A blonde head turned slowly around. "I'll have you know I'm a very safe driver, be it car, stroller, Gundam or wheelchair."

 

"Not what I heard," snickered Duo.

 

"Then all I can say is you heard wrong," Quatre huffed as he took hold of the handles to the stroller and proceeded to head for the elevator that would take them from the car parking area to the reception of the hotel.

 

Heero's blue eyes followed the blonde's every move, body tense and ready to spring into action should he be needed to save his child.

 

* * *

 

Trowa and Quatre's room was opposite Heero and Duo's so it didn't take long for them to negotiate the hotel's elevator to the third floor and room 33. The room was the same as Duo and Heero's; queen bed, dresser, television and so on. Duo and Heero left the pair to unpack and get settled, taking Keitaro back to their room to change and feed the baby who was starting to grizzle a little.

 

Once Keitaro was changed, fed and burped, Duo lay the infant down in his cot to sleep, the baby having had quite a busy day thus far. Remembering the night of restless sleep he'd had, Duo decided to let the babe sleep for a short while, they would wake him up when they went down for dinner and hopefully the child would sleep through the night. They were planning on having an early dinner as both men were needed to attend the wedding rehearsal that evening. The wedding itself would take place in two day's time which meant that the rehearsal had to be that night, the following day would be spent on last minute preparations. The wedding ceremony was scheduled to take place at eleven on the Saturday morning, the reception at twelve thirty.

 

Having unpacked, Trowa and Quatre joined Heero and Duo in their room to catch up on all the latest that had been going on since Keitaro's birth. Knocking lightly on the door and waiting for one of their friends to open it, Trowa spotted Nurse Brown stepping out of the elevator, weighed down under several bags. Being the gentleman that he was, Trowa immediately went down the corridor to assist the woman.

 

"Thank you, Trowa," Nurse Brown said as the tall man took several of the bags from her.

 

"Been shopping?" he asked.

 

"Just a little. I don't often get the chance to shop, and being on holiday so to speak the temptation is just too much," she chuckled.

 

Spotting the nurse, Duo stepped out into the hall and greeted her, pleased to see she was still in one piece. "Enjoy your day out?" he asked politely.

 

"Very much so. Thank you for the map with the places of interest. I did have fun exploring and learning more about this colony's history. The shopping wasn't bad either."

 

"I can see that," laughed Duo.

 

"Now though I'd like nothing more than to relax, have a nice cup of tea and take a bit of a nap. My feet are killing me."

 

"I've just put Keitaro down for a nap. Trowa and Quatre are going to join us for a bit of a chat and catching up. Would you like to join us?"

 

"Thanks, but I'm really tired, Duo. I can catch up with them over dinner, that's if they don't mind me skipping out now?"

 

"Not at all," Trowa replied. "Would you like these packages putting in your room?"

 

"Yes, please. Oh, Duo? If you're all going to be chatting away, would you like to put Keitaro in my room with me? I'm going to take a nap too and if he wakes I'll be right there to tend to him. Also you four can then chat away without having to worry about waking him up."

 

"That's a wonderful idea. Are you sure you don't mind?" Duo replied.

 

"Of course not. You have employed me to be the child's nanny after all; it's about time I started to earn my wages and look after him."

 

"Okay then. Thank you."

 

"My pleasure."

 

* * *

 

Dinner was a happy affair, all four men and one nurse were enjoying each other's company, swapping stories and reminiscing over times past. Keitaro hadn't been too impressed with being woken up and protested the action by crying. He soon settled though, his attention occupied by the many faces and noise around him. His eyes scanned around, little mouth curving into smiles whilst his fists moved about. Several people commented on what a lovely baby he was and both Duo and Heero positively beamed.

 

Once dinner was finished the group headed back to their respective rooms. Quatre was begging to be allowed to baby-sit Keitaro whilst his parents were at the rehearsal, Duo wasn't too sure about leaving his son with the blonde, Heero either. It wasn't that they didn't trust their friend - they did. They knew Quatre would never do anything to harm Keitaro, it was more their own protective instincts than anything. Duo hated the thought of someone else looking after his son, Heero was in a similar situation.

 

Nurse Brown came to the rescue though. She could clearly understand the men's dilemma, they needed to attend this rehearsal without the baby, but being completely new at this parenting thing they were naturally nervous about leaving their youngster with another. She spoke with Trowa and Quatre, explaining how the new parents would be feeling and that it wasn't anything personal, she also suggested that she spend her evening with the guys in their room catching up on all that was going on and maybe watching a movie as well.

 

Quatre wasn't in the least offended, he could understand what Duo and Heero must be thinking and no doubt he would be the same were it his child. He happily agreed to Nurse Brown spending the evening with them; in fact he was quite looking forward to it, he would have the chance to talk a little to the nurse about the advances in technology regarding cloning, test tube babies and the like.

 

With everyone happy, Duo and Heero changed and headed off to the rehearsal.

 

* * *

 

Pulling up outside the church, Duo swallowed the lump in his throat. Hilde's car was already parked out front and Heero pulled up behind it. They got out and Duo paused to take in the church again. It wasn't huge and yet it wasn't small either. Stained glass windows glowed in the evening cycle, the light from within penetrating the many colors and sending a rainbow of them to pattern upon the ground.

 

In many ways it reminded him of the Maxwell church. He could close his eyes and be instantly transported back in time. He half expected Father Maxwell or Sister Helen to step out from the doors.

 

"You okay?"

 

Duo turned at the sound of the voice and met with Heero's worried gaze. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit of a memory, that's all." He gave Heero a soft smile. "Come on, we'd better get inside or Hilde will have our asses." Shaking the thoughts from his mind, Duo grabbed Heero's hand and led them inside.

 

Heero frowned knowing that something had upset his husband, but he didn't want to pry. He'd ask Duo about it later.

 

Hilde greeted them as they walked inside, giving them both a hug and then introducing the pair to Father Reilly who would be performing the ceremony.

 

An hour later the rehearsal was finished. They had gone through the ceremony three times, the Father patiently explaining each step to them, starting from when Hilde would enter the church on Duo's arm to the greeting of the guests as a married couple.

 

Heero was informed of his role as best man to Mark, what was expected of him from supporting the groom to having the rings in his pocket.

 

"Don't you dare forget where you put them like Trowa did at our wedding," Duo had teased.

 

"He does and he'll be facing a fate worse than death," Hilde remarked.

 

Heero had quirked an eyebrow. He'd faced armies of mobile suits, suffered through and endured J's harsh training; hell, he'd even self destructed! Nothing that Hilde could come up with could be anywhere near as terrifying.

 

"You'll be answering to me if you do misplace them," Hilde growled.

 

Better correct that thought. Facing an enraged Hilde made the battle of the Libra look like a walk in the park. "I won't lose or misplace them," he said quietly, and crossed his fingers to be sure.

 

With the rehearsal finished, the four stopped at a small cafe on their respective routes home and shared a coffee, discussing the rehearsal, asking and answering any and all questions that came up. It was finally decided that Heero would get dressed at Mark's place and then head for the church from there. Duo would get dressed at the hotel and then travel to Hilde's where he would go in the limo with her to the church.

 

Seeing that their hire car had the baby seat in it, they decided to let Duo use their hire car. Heero could borrow Quatre's hire car and Quatre, Trowa, Nurse Brown, Keitaro and Duo could use theirs. That way Duo could be dropped off at Hilde's and the remaining four would have transport to get to the church. Heero would use Quatre's car to get himself and Mark to the church and then both cars would be there for them to get back to the hotel in.

 

The limo would return to the reception and transport the newlyweds to the hotel Mark had booked for their wedding night so the means of transport had been covered there. Duo and Heero had offered to pick the pair up from the hotel the following day and take them home to collect their luggage and then run them to the shuttle port for their flight to wherever it was Mark had booked their honeymoon.

 

No one but Mark knew where the honeymoon was going to be, not even Hilde. The man had decided to keep it a secret and surprise his new bride. He did plan on leaving an envelope behind with the destination and other details in it for Duo to open once they'd left. It did make sense to let someone know where they were just in case they needed to be gotten in contact with.

 

With everything in place, there remained nothing more to do than head back to their respective 'homes'. Wufei and Sally would be arriving the following evening, Heero having volunteered to pick them up but being turned down. Wufei had thanked the other agent for the offer but declined saying that he and Sally had already arranged for a hire car that they would pick up from the shuttle port.

 

With promises to meet the following day for lunch, everyone departed.

 

~ * ~

 

tbc...