Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Family Ties ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

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Duo goes with Hilde to help her with the last minute preperations for the wedding. Whilst at the shuttle port he picks up on something interesting.

Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Suspense / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.01.2007 | Pages: 7 | Words: 6.2K | Visits: 537 | Status: Completed

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 Yuy-Maxwell 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. ^_^

Kindly betaed by ginny *snugs*

"Family Ties"

January. 2007 ShenLong

Chapter 11

When the guys made it back to the hotel they headed straight for Trowa and Quatre's room to collect Keitaro and let the others know of the arrangements for the following day. Trowa answered the soft knock on the door and smiled at the pair.

"Everything go okay?" he asked as he let the two men into the room.

"It all went off without a hitch. I only hope it does so on Saturday," Duo replied as his eyes scanned the room for his son. "Umm, where's Keitaro?"

Heero had been about to ask the same question. He'd done a thorough visual check of the room and couldn't see his son anywhere. For that matter, he couldn't see Nurse Brown either.

"He was getting a bit grizzly so Nurse Brown changed and fed him then put him down. She was also tired so she decided to call it a night, too, and took Keitaro through to her room to sleep. She only left a short while ago. I hope that was okay?" Trowa responded.

Duo heaved a sigh of relief. "That's fine." He would dearly love to see his son before retiring for the evening himself but he didn't want to disturb the nurse, or the baby either.

Heero felt a little put out that he wouldn't get to cuddle his son before going to bed but consoled himself with the thought that he could cuddle the baby all he wanted on the 'morrow. Whilst his protective and parenting instincts were still strong, he understood that he couldn't spend all his time with his child; he had to let the babe develop some independence and get used to being cared for by another. If he didn't, then they would never be able to go out anywhere as Keitaro would fret.

There was a fine line between being caring and concerned and smothering the child. Heero had just found that line.

The four discussed the wedding rehearsal briefly then called it a night. Duo was very tired and couldn't stop yawning. He was looking forward to a good night's sleep. Bidding the others a good night, Heero led his sleepy husband back across the hall and into their own room.

A soft knock came on the adjoining door as the pair entered and closed their main door. Heero walked over to the connecting door.

“Are you okay, Nurse Brown?” he asked the door softly. Behind him Duo snorted quietly - he found it rather amusing that his husband was 'talking' to a door.

“I'm fine, Heero. I was just reading when I thought I heard you two come in. I wondered if you wanted to say good night to Keitaro? He's asleep.”

“Hai.” Heero knew he would sleep a lot better himself if he'd reassured himself that everything was okay with his son.

The door knob wiggled and then opened, Nurse Brown pulling it back to admit the two men. “He's in his cot fast asleep,” Margaret said quietly. “If you really want to you can take him back into your own room to sleep, but I'm quite happy to have him sleep in here with me.”

Duo walked quietly across the room to the cot where his son slept. He gazed lovingly at his son, pulled the blanket a little tighter around the sleeping babe and gently ran the knuckle of his finger over the soft cheek.

Keitaro stirred a little, sighed and continued to sleep.

Heero moved across the room and checked over the sleeping infant, his heart warming at the sight of his son. “I think we should leave him be,” Heero said quietly. “If we start to move him now he will probably wake up and it could take a while to get him back to sleep.”

“I think so, too,” Margaret said. “He's quite content and I really don't mind having him sleep in here with me. Besides, you both look like you could do with a night of uninterrupted rest.”

“Thanks.”

“The rehearsal go okay?”

“Yeah, it all went off without a hitch. I just hope it does on Saturday,” Duo said quietly as he continued to watch his son sleep.

“It will,” replied the nurse.

“If you need us at all, just knock on the door,” Heero said as he moved to entwine his fingers with Duo's and lead his husband from the room.

“I will. You both go get a good nights rest. I'll see you in the morning for breakfast.”

“Night,” Duo murmured as Heero led him back through the connecting door.

“Night.”

* * *

When the morning cycle came around, Duo yawned and stretched, feeling much better for having gotten a decent night's rest. He smiled to himself as he noted Heero still sleeping, his face relaxed. Duo began to feather soft kisses to the top of Heero's head, as Heero was currently using him as a pillow. The dark haired man began to stir.

“Morning,” Duo whispered as his lover's eyes blinked open.

“Is it morning already?”

Duo chuckled. “Yeah, it's seven-thirty.”

“Mmmm.”

“Sleep okay?”

“I slept like a baby,” Heero murmured. “Speaking of babies, how's Keitaro? I didn't hear him once during the night.”

“I didn't either, but that's probably because he spent the night in Nurse Brown's room,” Duo replied in amusement.

“Oh yeah, I forgot. Guess we should get up and see if they're both okay. Keitaro will be needing a feed, change and a bath.”

“I can't hear any noises coming from Nurse Brown's room so I'd say they're both still sleeping. Why don't we take our own showers and get dressed before we disturb them?”

“Shower together?”

“Well, this is L2 and water is a precious commodity.” Duo's voice had lowered to a husky tone.

“Then we should be doing our best to contribute to the saving of water.”

“I couldn't agree more.”

* * *

By the time Heero and Duo had finished their shower and gotten dressed, Nurse Brown had woken up, bathed, fed and changed Keitaro and gotten dressed herself. Duo called Trowa and Quatre's room before the four of them headed down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast, Trowa promising to meet them there once he'd managed to wake Quatre up.

The day passed fairly quickly for them all after breakfast. Duo and Heero had taken Keitaro for a walk in his stroller, Trowa and Quatre accompanying them. Nurse Brown did a little more shopping, enjoying the different stores to be found.

They met up with Hilde and Mark for lunch, Hilde looking a little frazzled with the last minute bits of running around she had yet to finish regarding the wedding. The flowers were due to arrive that afternoon via cargo shuttle, Hilde still had to pick them up and then take the table decorations out to the hotel where they were having the wedding reception, along with the place cards, seating plan and small 'thank you' gifts.

Hilde had loved the ceramic swans that Duo and Heero had used for their wedding and asked if Duo would mind if she had a similar gift for her wedding guests. Duo had been touched and immediately agreed, offering to help out decorating them if Hilde needed the assistance.

She did.

After lunch, Duo went back to the scrap yard with Hilde to help her finish off the gifts and assist with anything else. Heero took Keitaro back to their room for a diaper change and nap, taking advantage of the silence to check his e-mails and catch up on all that was happening back on earth.

Quatre did a Nurse Brown; he went shopping, dragging Trowa with him.

Nurse Brown remained at the hotel and enjoyed the peace and quiet. She sat outside in the Hotel's garden area and caught up on some reading.

* * *

The swans didn't take too much time to finish off - the pair of them had done the ones for Duo's wedding so they were more than experienced in the art of 'tulle wrestling'.

Duo placed the last one in the box and stretched. "That's the lot," he said, as he looked at the swans all sitting neatly in their boxes.

"Thanks, Duo. I appreciate the help," Hilde replied as she smiled at her 'brother'.

"No problem. Happy to be of assistance. Now, would you like a hand to take them to the reception center?"

"I'm not going to hold you up?"

"Nah. Heero's looking after Keitaro and he's most likely sleeping, so there's not a lot for me to do back at the hotel."

"If you're sure then the help would be good. I've got to call at the shuttle port on the way and pick up the flowers, too."

"Then let's get going," Duo stated with a grin.

"I'll just grab my coat. Would you mind putting the boxes of swans in the car while I get my stuff?"

"Consider it done."

* * *

Hilde was lucky and found a parking spot close to the terminal. Locking the car, the pair walked into the cargo section of the shuttle port and to the desk. Duo left Hilde to sort out the paper work with the clerk and wandered over to the large, glass windows to take a look outside at the shuttles.

Five shuttles were in the cargo area and Duo could see that three were being unloaded, one had obviously just landed and customs were entering, whilst the fifth was being loaded up. Idly, he watched the people scurrying about, his eyes watching but not really concentrating.

He'd been watching one shuttle before his brain finally kicked in and he began to take more notice. The fork lift was traveling back and forth, disappearing inside the belly of the shuttle and appearing moments later with a pallet stacked with boxes. Sometimes it came out with wooden crates. Duo pressed closer to the glass, straining his eyes to see what was written on the side of those crates. When a hand touched his shoulder he almost jumped out of his skin. He'd seriously have to have a talk with his mind for allowing someone to sneak up on him like that.

"The flowers have arrived and we can pick them up now," Hilde said with an amused tone.

"Ah, okay." Duo tore his eyes away from the window and the goings on in the cargo bay.

"What had you so interested?" Hilde asked as they walked down the corridor the clerk had shown them to collect the flowers.

Scratching the back of his neck, Duo looked at the woman. "I was watching the unloading of a shuttle. It had a shit load of crates and boxes. There was a logo on the side and I was trying to figure out what it was."

"It's probably some foodstuffs or something."

That was highly probable, Duo knew. Given the artificial light, seasons and gravity of the colonies, growing food to feed the population wasn't very successful. Besides, there was also the area factor to consider - there wasn't much in the way of 'land' that could be used to cultivate crops or stock so, consequently, roughly ninety-five percent of all foodstuffs were imported from the earth.

"Ah, here we are, Bay Five," Hilde said as they turned the corner and were faced with another desk. Behind the desk big, black letters stated 'Bay 5'. Hilde checked the slip of paper in her hand, and then approached the desk clerk and handed over her slip of paper. "I'm here to pick up some flowers."

The clerk took the slip and matched it against his clipboard. "Right, Miss. Won't be a moment." The clerk pressed a buzzer on his desk and seconds later a tall, blonde man appeared dressed in coveralls.

"Ah, Richard. This lady is here to collect package 362. Could you fetch it through, please?"

The guy called Richard took the offered slip and nodded to Hilde. "This way, please."

"You can wait here if you like, Duo. I should only be a moment."

"Okay." Duo was quite happy to wait and wandered back over to the window where he had a slightly better view of the shuttle being unloaded. Left alone with the clerk, Duo decided to see if he could get any information. He had a niggling sensation in the back of his mind and couldn't put his finger on why he should be feeling that way.

Studying the crates again, he still couldn't quite make out the logo. "Hey, buddy?" Duo called to the desk clerk who looked up. "What's the cargo on the shuttle being unloaded?"

The clerk looked a little confused for a moment and got up from behind his desk to see what Duo was talking about.

"That one there." Duo motioned with his hand.

Studying the shuttle and the offloading for a moment, the clerk smiled. "That would be supplies for the rebuilding of the Colony."

"Ah."

"There's usually one shuttle a week that comes in with building materials and such, courtesy of the L2 government, tax payers and the ESUN. Why?"

"No particular reason. I was just curious. Thanks."

"No problem." The clerk went back to his desk.

Duo continued to look out the window and then it dawned on him where he had seen the logo before. It was a subsidiary company of Winner Enterprises. He didn't get much more time to study, though, as Hilde returned and handed him a couple of large boxes to carry.

"This all of it?" Duo asked.

"Yes. The bouquets are in those two along with the buttonholes. I've got the table decorations in these two boxes."

"Right, let's get going then." They left the shuttle port behind them and headed for the hotel to drop off the swans and table decorations. The thoughts of the shuttle and its cargo disappeared from Duo's mind as he focused on the road.

* * *

Having dropped off the flowers and swans, Hilde took Duo back to the hotel and thanked him for helping her out. Duo gave the woman a kiss to her cheek. It was getting late in the afternoon cycle and Duo's stomach began to rumble. He was hungry and dinner wasn't far off. He was also anxious to see his son again. Waving Hilde good bye and promising not to be late in the morning, Duo stepped back into the hotel and rode the elevator to their floor and his husband.

Heero looked up as he heard the snick of the lock. He smiled as Duo walked into the room. "Hey."

Duo smiled. Heero was sitting on the bed, legs set out before him and crossed at the ankle. In his arms, Keitaro was cradled and sucking happily on a bottle. "Now that's a sight I will never tire of." Walking across the room, Duo sat down on the edge of the bed beside his husband and son. “Miss me?” he asked as he gently brushed a fingertip across Keitaro's forehead, tickling the soft hair there.

“Of course,” Heero replied and shifted slightly so he could partake of a kiss.

“Mmmm. Nice.”

“Did you manage to get everything done?” Heero asked as he removed the now empty bottle from Keitaro's lips and set it to the side. Carefully, he lifted the babe and began the task of bringing up the wind.

“Yes, yes we did. The flowers were there and we dropped them off at the hotel, the swans too. I brought our buttonholes back here with me. Guess I should put them in the 'fridge.”

“The `fridge?”

Keitaro burped - loudly.

“That better, sunshine?” Heero chuckled as he continued to rub and pat the infant's back just in case there was any more wind.

“Yeah. Hilde said to put them in the 'fridge, something about the cool air keeping them fresh. Oh, I'd better pop them in a little water, too.”

Duo got up from the bed and went through to the bathroom, returning with a glass half full of water. He lifted the two buttonholes from inside the small box and stood them in the water before placing the glass into the small bar 'fridge.

“We're meeting Trowa and Quatre for dinner in half an hour,” Heero said as he cradled Keitaro in his arms again, the infant blinking sleepily at him.

“In the Hotel restaurant?”

“No. We're going to meet in the lobby and go out for dinner.”

“Where?”

“Quatre said there was a nice Italian place a couple of blocks from here. He thought we might like it, so he's booked a table for the five of us plus a high chair.”

“Sounds good to me. I'm starving.”

“You're always starving,” Heero snickered as he got up off the bed and laid Keitaro in his cot. “Ill leave him to sleep for a bit. He's just been changed and fed, but I think he'll soon be awake once we head out.”

“Guess we should get showered and changed too then,” Duo stated with a lustful leer in Heero's direction. “Fancy saving water again?”

“Love to.”

~ * ~

tbc...