Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Tears ❯ Epilogue ( Epilogue )

TITLE: Tears

CHAPTER: Epilogue

AUTHOR: Anastasia

PAIRINGS: 2x5/5x2, 1+2/2+1, 1x5/5x1, 3x4, 1x2x5 (or variations thereof)

WARNINGS: Sap, swearing, some nice threesome lovin', minor angst, fluff, FINAL CHAPTER!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Jack, Gundam Wing or anything else I happen to use in this fic.

NOTES: It's OVER!! YAY!! First Ever Finished multi-part thing!! (`cept for those Ficlet's, but they don't count. I wrote them as one fic) Right, I want Reviews from all of you who have never revieved, `kay? I want to know who you all are! (if there are any. . . *tear* ;_;)

DEDICATION: This. . . I wrote faster than I was going to because I have a beta! *cheers!* So I dedicate this to Sapphire Rose, my wonderful new beta! (And Humblest apologies to Fallen Angel named Alan - I only had access to old e-mails when I wrote the last dedication.)

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"Guys, this house is FANTASTIC!!! I never told you that when I was staying with you last time, but I /love/ it!" Duo was almost bouncing in his seat, trying to contain both his nervousness and excitement.

Wufei smiled in the back seat. "We thought you'd like it."

Duo turned around to face Wufei, not wanting to distract Heero while he was negotiating the turn into the driveway. "You brought the house with me in mind?" His tone was slightly disbelieving.

"Yeah." A slight blush coloured Wufei's cheeks. "We said that we had always planned to include you in our relationship."

Duo smirked. "Oh, `Fei, you look so cute when you blush!"

Heero gave an undignified snort while trying to suppress his laughter at the colour of Wufei's complexion after Duo's comment. Duo cackled as he opened the door and grabbed his bags out of the back of the car.

"I told Kassia that I would give her a call once I arrived. Her new `dad' wants to make sure we arrived in one piece, I think," Duo said as he dashed through the door immediately after Heero opened it. He dumped his bags on the black fabric of the couch in the living room and, looking slightly sheepish as Heero's eyes narrowed at him, slipped off his shoes and tiptoed around him to put them at the door. He walked back into the lounge room and grabbed the phone, turning to Heero as he reached blindly into his bag for Kassia's phone number. Wufei came in behind the Japanese man.

"So all the legal aspects of making Kassia a Winner have been taken care of?" he asked.

"Uh-huh. We signed the final papers just before you guys came round to pick me up. Kassia is now a Winner or Barton, or Barton-Winner. . . I can't remember," Duo replied, still searching with one hand and glancing down occasionally.

"You don't regret giving her up?" Heero asked, slightly concerned. He walked up behind Duo and wrapped his arms around him in a comforting gesture.

"Nah, I didn't make a good dad in the first place." Duo laughed and decided to give up the search for a minute. "She idolised me too much."

"So you really don't care?" Wufei questioned, cupping Duo's cheek and tilting his head to meet his eyes.

Duo let out a short laugh. "When I can live with the sex gods? Nope!"

Heero and Wufei turned a beetroot red colour at Duo's comment. Duo looked at Wufei's face, then twisted slightly in Heero's embrace to check his expression as well.

"Oh, god. Don't tell me. . . you didn't follow our policy, did you, `Fei?" Duo looked at Wufei expectantly. Wufei turned his head to the side slightly, unwilling to let Duo know what he thought the braided man would think was folly. They had only restrained because they wanted to share it with Duo as well. "Oh, man, you did! How sweet!" Duo threw himself at the two Asian men, kissing each of them on the cheek before pulling back to look them both in the eye. "Although, I don't think sweet is the most flattering word for two guys."

Heero could sense Wufei's embarrassment, and decided to change the subject. He didn't think that Wufei would want any of what he and Duo had done in their relationship brought up, and he respected that. "How was your trip to L2?"

"Um, I got everything sorted out," Duo replied. He shifted lightly on his feet. There were some things that he never wanted the guys to know. He quickly changed the subject to something that would make both of them forget their line of questioning. "You guys miss me? Oh, wait, that's right. You called me every day. How could I forget?"

It was Heero's turn to look embarrassed now. "We were worried," Wufei said, a little defensively.

"I am not going to break - I have you guys to back me up." Duo decided that now was the time to bring up that fact. It had been bothering him. Both of the other men had been treating him as though he couldn't take any small amount of stress, and that the slightest breeze while they were out of the room would cause him to fall to pieces.

"True, but you can understand us being a little concerned… and yes, a little protective after not having you for so long," Wufei countered. He really didn't want to talk about this, but it was something that had obviously been bothering Duo, by the expression on his face.

"It's just, well, it's getting a little stifling, you know?" Duo said, turning his head slightly so that he wouldn't have to look either Heero or Wufei in the eyes as he told them.

Heero moved forward to cup Duo's cheek, and Wufei moved in behind, hugging Duo to him and speaking into the braided one's ear. "We understand, Duo. We really do. We promise that we'll try not to be too much for you, alright?"

Duo nodded, sighing and melting against Wufei as Heero started kissing his jaw. Wufei gently caressed Duo through his shirt, hands moving in soft circles while Heero reached behind Wufei and pulled the three of them closer together. A sly thought hit him - perhaps the not-so-subtle hint would get through to his two boyfriends.

"Well, it's been almost six months since you guys found out that you really did have me... I think we should do something to celebrate your six month anniversary," he said with a mischievous smile.

"What, something other than have you move in?" Heero deadpanned, still managing to sound like he had just done the greatest good deed in the world.

Duo pretended to pout for a minute. "Well, duh! You guys shouldn't get to have the wonderful present of my company and me miss out!"

Wufei chuckled against his back, head gently moving to kiss Duo's neck on the opposite side of Heero. He drew back slightly and whispered against Duo's skin.

"I think we can arrange something. What do you say, Heero?"

"Perhaps. . ."

Duo grinned happily. And, as Heero and Wufei continued their assault until his knees buckled, he knew that he was only going to get happier. Especially once they got into the bedroom.

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Duo lay on the bed, his back facing his now-lovers, watching the occasional bird flitter past the window to land on a nearby tree. He was seemingly enraptured by their beauty, but his mind was running through hundreds of thoughts. Regrets about everything that had happened in the past and his own unworthiness worried at him. He let out a soft, almost inaudible sigh.

He knew that he didn't really have a future. There couldn't be, not with him. Even when he had been in L2 with the gang he had made sure that it was set up so that someone would be there to take over, that someone would look after Kassia for him. Now Kassia wasn't a problem - she was Quatre's and Trowa's little girl to look after and watch grow up. Even though he knew that Wufei's and Heero's love was true and that they really did care about him, he knew deep in his heart that it wouldn't last. It couldn't. Not where he was concerned.

He had done so much wrong in his life. He couldn't work out how he was able to be happy - it didn't seem right. He felt an overwhelming sense of wrongness, like the feeling he got just before a mission had gone horribly astray during the war. He felt Wufei shift beside him, the tanned skin of his hand coming to rest on Duo's hip. Duo didn't turn to face him, still trying to control the warring emotions going through his head. He knew that Wufei would sense something was up, but hopefully he could come up with a half-truth by the time he asked. He used to wait a while before broaching a potentially sensitive subject with him.

He was surprised when Wufei asked almost straight away. "What's wrong, Duo?"

He could feel himself tense at the sound of Wufei's voice and winced internally at the obvious show of his mood. "It's alright, `Fei. Don't worry about it," he said quietly, not wanting to wake Heero up as well.

It was too late. Heero moved to sit up in the bed and moved closer to Wufei, reaching his arm under Wufei's to rest on Duo stomach in a silent show of comfort. Duo almost tensed again but stopped himself. Wufei leaned over and brushed Duo's hair away from his face, trying to catch a glimpse of his expression in the process.

"Duo, you know that we're not going to leave you, don't you? It would be almost an injustice to leave you after all we've been through." He smiled gently as Heero started to stroke his hair with his other hand. "And we're not leaving anything until later - we're going to talk about what happens, when it happens."

Duo nodded, but still moved his head to the juncture of Wufei's neck and shoulder. Burying his head there he let out a shaky breath. He wouldn't cry, though.

Heero placed a gentle kiss to the back of Duo's neck. "Duo, I know this might not be the most appropriate time but… well, why did you leave us? Not us as in Wufei and I, but us as in all the pilots - comrades."

Duo sighed. "I couldn't bear being around you and Wufei, Heero," he mumbled as he turned in Heero's embrace and leaned up against Wufei's chest. "It was selfish, but I really didn't want to hurt either of you anymore than I already was…" Duo's voice broke and a single tear traced its way down his cheek.

Heero gently kissed the tear away. "Well, in a way I am glad that you left. Wufei and I found our love for each other… and now we're together."

"No more tears, Duo," Wufei whispered into Duo's ear.

"Yeah, no more tears," Duo agreed, reaching around Heero's neck and drawing him down for a kiss.

Heero smiled as Duo turned around and kissed Wufei. "No more tears."

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A.N. Ah, No, it's over! What ever am I going to do in my spares in school. . . wait, I haven't finished GTE yet, have I? ^^;;

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