Note: This is a songfic interlude based on The Brian Adams song "Please Forgive Me". It gives an insight of what happens between Treize and Zechs after Trowa and Quatre left the room.

A special Thank You to Anne Olsen for beta reading.

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Please Forgive Me

"Could I have some more water, please?" Treize asked as the door closed behind Trowa and Quatre.

"Of course." Zechs rose and stepped over to the table to refill the glass.
"I've heard that you are getting ready to move."

The blond aristocrat stiffened slightly, but his face was a mask of perfect calm as he turned around. "Yes," he confirmed as he walked back to the bed. "I bought a small house in London. I don't think it would be fair of me to take advantage of your kindness."
Once again he helped the duke to sit up, steadying him while he sipped the chilled water. Zechs set the glass down and Treize settled back into the soft pillows, closing his eyes.
"You should probably get some sleep," Zechs suggested. "I'll see you in the morning."

"Wait!" Treize's eyes snapped open. He grasped the younger man's right wrist before Zechs could move away. "Please stay here, Milliardo," he pleaded. "And I don't mean just for tonight. I need you; I really do."

He tugged on Zechs' arm until the blond settled next to him on the edge of the bed. "I still love you," he confessed, voice barely above a whisper. "I have never loved anybody as much as I love you. From the very first time I kissed you I knew that we were meant for each other. I knew that you were the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I still feel the same way today as I felt back then."

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It still feels like our first night together

Feels like the first kiss

It's getting better baby

No one can better this

Still holding on

You're still the one

First time our eyes met

Same feeling I get

Only feels much stronger

I wanna love you longer

Do you still turn the fire on?

So if you're feeling lonely, don't

You're the only one I'll ever want

I only want to make it go

So if I love you a little more than I should ...

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"Somehow it is difficult for me to believe that." Zechs freed himself from Treize's grip, but he remained sitting next to him.
"Why is that?" Treize asked.

Unable to meet the duke's eyes, Zechs turned his head. "I wanted to see you last week. I thought, perhaps, that we could talk things out," he spoke quietly. "I actually made it all the way to your front door."
Treize frowned. "You came this far and yet you didn't come in?"

"I don't think that would have been a good idea. You already had a visitor." The younger man's voice was underlined with pain and disgust.

The duke swallowed. He knew instantly who Zechs was referring to.
"I realize, this is really none of my business, but why, of all people, did it have to be him?"

"It was my birthday. He came by when I was looking for company," Treize realized that it wasn't much of an excuse; still, he felt the need to explain himself. "I didn't want to get drunk by myself. And that's all we did. We emptied a few bottles of brandy together and he eventually passed out in his chair in the drawing room. I had Xander make him some coffee and throw him out in the morning. Nothing else happened. You've got to believe me. I've never meant to hurt you. I'm sorry."

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Please forgive me, I know not what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

Don't deny me, this pain I'm going through

Please forgive me, if I need you like I do

Please believe me (Oh believe it), every word I say is true

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

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Zechs didn't pull away when Treize reached out to touch his shoulder. He wanted nothing more than to lean into that touch and get closer. He longed to be held by his lover like Treize used to hold him. He wanted to kiss the older man; feel his hot lips pressed against his own.

Zechs had never realized how much he loved Treize until he thought that he had lost him forever.

That evening when he had found Kinnley at the duke's house it had felt like his whole world was falling apart.

He had been convinced that Treize had moved on and any hope of reconciliation was lost. That was when he had decided to move away. Staying here seemed just too painful. This place held too many memories; too many reminders of the wonderful time he and Treize had shared.

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Still feels like our best times are together

Feels like the first touch

Still getting closer baby

Can't get closer enough

Still holding on

You're still number one

I remember the smell of your skin

I remember everything

I remember all the moves

I remember you yeah

I remember the nights, you know I still do

So if you're feeling lonely, don't

You're the only one I'll ever want

I only want to make it go

So if I love you a little more than I should ...

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"I'm sorry too," he whispered. "If it wouldn't have been for me being so overly jealous, none of this might have ever happened. I know you have never given me any reason not to trust you, but when Kinnley started to tell me all those things about you, I couldn't help but think that he could be right. I was afraid that you might get bored of me and started looking for somebody else."

Treize reached out to cover Zechs' hand with his own, squeezing it reassuringly. "Milliardo," he spoke firmly. "You are a fool. How could I ever get bored of you? I'm not denying that what he told you is true, but that was before I'd met you. I've never been unfaithful to you, Milliardo. Not once! I had no reason to. You are everything I ever wanted, and there is nobody in this world who could ever replace you."

"You are right. I am a fool; so foolish, that I didn't even realize that I was driving you away, when I was only trying to get your attention. Will you forgive me?"

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Please forgive me, I know not what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

Don't deny me, this pain I'm going through

Please forgive me, if I need you like I do

Please believe me (Oh believe it), every word I say is true

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

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"I have already forgiven you." Treize looked up at Zechs and their eyes locked as he brought his lover's hand to his lips and kissed it slowly, gently, one finger at a the time.

"I think Kinnley played both of us pretty well."

"He surely did," Treize agreed. "William is nothing if not cunning and devious. One has to give him that much. He knows that I'm sometimes too proud for my own good and that you have a tendency to get jealous and he managed to use that against us. But his plan didn't work." He reached out to caress Zechs' cheek before brushing his fingertips gently over the blond's lips. "Because he didn't realize that I love you more than anything."

"Not as much as I love you," Zechs whispered as he leaned in to capture the older man's mouth in a passionate, drawn out kiss.

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The one thing I'm sure of

Is the way we make love

The one thing I depend on

Is for us to stay strong

With every word and every breath I'm praying

That's why I'm saying

Please forgive me, I know not what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

Don't deny me, this pain I'm going through

Please forgive me, if I need you like I do

Babe believe it, every word I say is true

Please forgive me, if I can't stop loving you

No, believe, I don't know what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

I can't stop ... loving you ...
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Authors Note: This is my very first songfic. I just screamed to be written when I listened to the song. I have been listening a lot to Brian Adams while I was working on "Journey of a Thousand Miles". His songs are just so fitting for the romantic mood of the story. The sidefic "The Courage of Love" was actually inspired by another one of his songs.

Hope you like this one.