A/N: I don't own anything in this story to do with Gundam Wing and or any songs by famous artists..I do however own Freewheel Faith…mine! nods and there might be a few songs that I put in that I wrote myself..thank you for you time. the end. Chapter 1

The stars were sparkling in the dark sky by the time the teenage boy arrived at the apartment building on the edge of town. Six hours had past since he had last seen his home, well home for the time being. His latest mission had been successful: infiltrate a company owned by Oz and destroy all evidence of the Gundams, only problem was the company had high tech security and was on the other side of the country. The night had been long and boring and Duo couldn't wait to just sit.

The jingle of keys alerted the apartment that Duo had returned long before the door creaked as it was opened.

"Hello Duo" nodded Quatre as he walked in from the kitchen holding a cup of tea. He smiled gently then moved to the couch and sat beside the silent brunette, snuggling up to his side.

"We're sitting down to watch a movie" stated Trowa quietly "Join us?" Duo smiled but shook his head slightly in negative.

"Nah thanks guys" He said with a small smile "I'm heading upstairs…enjoy your movie!" he bounded up the stairs quietly as the two boys settled down for quality time.

"Aw man too cute," stated Duo, with a grin, as he reached the top of the small flight of stairs. He walked down the narrow hall to the second door on the left and entered. "Heero! Hunny I'm hooome!"

"Hn" came the response from the dark room. The bluish light of a computer screen lit the far corner of the room and illuminated the stoic face of Duo's brunette roommate.

"Man its dark in here…."Duo muttered as he reached over to the wall and flicked the light switch up "Don't ya know its bad for your eyes to read in the dark Hee-man!"

"Hn…what do you want Duo?" asked Heero as his fingers sped over the keyboard

"I sleep here too you know…so neh." Duo stuck out his tongue and walked over to the right side of the room and flopped onto his bed. "Man what a drive," yawned Duo, as he lay down, crossing his arms behind his head, and stared up at the ceiling. The furious tapping of keys was his only response and he sighed quietly.

'I don't know why I bother….'

Quiet filled the room and he shot his head up to look over to Heero's desk curiously, his eyes widened a little at the sight. Heero was sitting quietly, his chair facing Duo, and simply watching him.

"Hee-chan?" Duo raised his eyebrow and waited for the inevitable (why don't you go away Duo…Hn speech) but to his great surprise it didn't come.

"I.."

"Hn" Heero cut in and turned his chair quietly back to the computer to read his mission report "Why don't you go talk to Quatre or Trowa Duo.."

'Oh…there it is'

"….I…. they're busy spending lovey time together Hee-chan I cant" he said glumly as he crossed his legs and looked down at his mattress "besides.."

"There's always Wufei" and with that Heero went silent and blank again, totally absorbed in his laptop. Duo never stood a chance. He sighed, uncrossed his legs and stood slowly before looking at Heero one last time before trudging to the door and leaving quietly. Heero turned his head slightly to watch as the door closed and blinked…Duo had never left without the last comment.

At least he's gone…

'I know when I'm not wanted'

Duo trudged down the stairs quietly and paused at the bottom staring thoughtfully at the couple on the couch. So peaceful and loving. Quatre and Trowa made the perfect couple, they never fought, always understood the other and both loved each other very much..it was so obvious.

'Why can't I have that?'

He shook his head slowly and walked through the living room quietly and into the kitchen. Wufei was sitting at the table drinking a cup of tea quietly while reading one of his many books. Without glancing up he took a sip of his drink and flipped the page silently. Again Duo sighed and moved to the fridge, there was no way he was gonna bother Wufei…no one got between Wu-man and his books. He shook his head and opened the fridge grabbed a can of coke and silently left the kitchen to the living room.

Wufei glanced up thoughtfully as Duo disappeared. From the first moment Duo had entered he had expected the usual Chipper hello, but today was different. He shook his head glanced the way Duo had left then returned to his book, there was no use butting in where he didn't belong.

Duo walked into the living room and turned right heading out towards the balcony, carefully avoiding looking at the happy couple on the couch. For the millionth time he sighed and leaned forward on the railing with crossed arms.

"Just me and my drink….." he chuckled bitterly and opened the can watching as it fizzed before taking a sip.

'Was this how it always was?'

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"Hey Solo..."

"Yeah?"

"What're we gonna do when we grow up?"

"Get a job I suppose…get some money and get off this colony..."

"Oh…. that all?"

"Course it aint. We'll get jobs fall in love start a family…all that stuff grown up people do"

"But I have a family Solo…you and Father Maxwell and the Nun and I don't want love...girls are yucky"

"We wont always be around forever Duo...you should know that"

"You're all I need"

"You'll need more than that Duo"

"No I wont…as long as I have you I'll be happy"

"You wont always have us Duo…. you'll see when you grow up!"

"Solo!"

"Come on kid!"

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The heat from the fire scorched his skin as Duo watched horrified as the only home he ever knew burned to the ground. His only family dead and gone forever, he was alone…

'Was this punishment…. what did I ever do?"

Sobs wracked his body as the young boy cried for the only people he had ever loved…who had ever loved him. The orphan boy cried and yelled but nothing would change the fact that once again he was left behind…forever alone

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Silent tears ran down his face as Duo stared unseeing into the night sky. He hadn't done anything but steal as a child and that certainly wasn't worth losing a family over…but maybe he was being punished for what God knew he would become…Shinigami the god of death. Duo shook his head and wiped his eyes before taking a small sip of his coke.

"I'm just being stupid…crying wont bring Solo back…" he muttered around his coke can. With one last heavy sigh Duo turned and entered the quiet apartment once more. The TV was silent, the screen dark and the lights turned down low.

'The movie must be over…was I out there that long?'

Duo shrugged to himself and glanced towards the kitchen where the light was shining through brightly. Wufei must've been awake still or maybe it was Qat or Trowa. Duo turned and headed for the stairs, he walked up silently and entered his bedroom. A small reading lamp was on over on the left side of the room, lighting up the entire room with a faint yellow glow. He stopped in the doorway for a moment and looked towards the brunette in the left bed. Heero was reading, apparently ignoring Duo once more as he usually did. Duo moved slowly over to his small dresser at the end of his bed and changed into his pjs, as soon as he settled down in bed all light in the room went out leaving the two boys in total darkness.

"Heero?" asked Duo startled. There was no reply from the other boy and Duo continued to stare dumbfounded.

'Why did he turn out the light?'

Duo shook his head and tried to look across the dark room to where Heero lay but the shadows obscured everything. Still slightly shocked Duo lay back down and stared up towards the ceiling. Heero had always read late into the night and he certainly never bothered to turn out the light when Duo went to sleep. Had he been waiting? That was impossible Heero never waited for Duo to return to the room, he had never given Duo any courtesy

'He never cares…'

With that the darkness closed in around him and his eyes began to close slowly. Thoughts of Heero drifted through his head before Duo finally was over taken and fell into an unpleasant sleep.