Disclaimer: *sniff* I don't…*Sniff* own them…Waah!

The song duo is singing is by Jessica Riddle.

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"Cause baby, that is how love goes…." Duo sang along with the radio merrily as he set about himself to making pancakes. Now there was the one thing that he could do no matter how bad his other cooking was.

A sleepy-looking Quatre in blue pajamas walked into the kitchen, rubbing his eyes adorably. "Duo?" He rubbed his eyes again to make sure that he wasn't seeing things. Duo. Duo was up this early? Making breakfast? Praise be to Allah! [1]

"Hey, Quat! Good morning!" Duo chirped brightly, turning slightly to grace the Arabian with one of his trademark grins.

"What are you doing up so early? Didn't you have a late night?" Quatre asked, pouring himself some tea.

"Yeah, the mission did take a long while. Then again, being a preventer takes a whole lot of your time, ne?" Duo replied, flipping the pancakes.

"When did you get back last night?"

"Around 2:30"

"Why aren't you still asleep then?" Quatre teased. "Considering how you rant about your beauty sleep."

"Hey! One needs certain things to rant about. And I just didn't feel like sleeping." Duo shrugged.

Quatre opened his mouth to say something when Trowa and Wufei walked in. The Latin pilot greeted the blond with a quick kiss before going over to pour himself some coffee. Wufei sat down at the coffee table and put him head in his folded arms, appearing to go back to sleep.

"…Don't want to get up…" He mumbled, burrowing further into his arms.

"Rise and shine, Wuffers! Breakfast is served." With that Duo placed a plate of pancakes in front of Wufei and three others for the pilots as Heero walked in.

Wufei groaned and forced himself to get up. Duo nodded a greeting and a smile to Heero before turning back to the stove.

"Duo, these are really good!" Quatre exclaimed, taking a bite.

"Hm, pancakes are definitely your thing." Wufei hummed in pleasure, eyes closing to savor the taste.

Duo blushed delicately and concentrated on cleaning up. He was putting the things away, when Trowa's voice piped up.

"Wait. Aren't you going to eat?" He asked, gesturing towards the rest of them.

"You seem skinnier than before." Heero added.

"Naw, I'm not hungry. I'll eat later." Duo left the kitchen, ignoring Heero's statement, humming cheerfully to himself.

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Duo sighed and leaned against his closed bedroom door He rubbed his eyes tiredly. Hell, he was tired. He hadn't gotten even an hour of sleep last night before…before the nightmares had started to haunt him again.

He couldn't tell anybody. Quatre would worry too much, Trowa wouldn't know what to do, Wufei would tell him to shut up and Heero….well, Heero was still the perfect soldier, though he was starting to act a little more human than before, but he still wouldn't care.

He looked on his dresser where a bottle used, half empty. It wasn't usually there. But the past few weeks had led him to take those.

Opening the bottle, he took out two pills and swallowed them, draining them down with a glass of water and stepping back out his door, to go to work.

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[1] Thanks tiffa! borrowing your quote there .O

I'll write more if I get enough reviews ^_^….I still can't figure out why I like to torture Duo. *Blinks* ^_^