Rocks in Sand

© Lady Pax

A/N- AHHHHH!! I've missed you, my readers!!!!!! WAHH!!!  Okay, first off…I broke a bone, and cracked another, so there's why I haven't been writing…. And for this fic… It's for a friend… Laurie, actually. She loves Zechs – as do I…and she and I love alternative YAOI pairings… So yeah, this is what became of our obsessions… Heh. Don't flame because this is a YAOI fic!! Flame for any other reason than that! So yeah, Anywho…

Note: I just needed to say this: did you realize that Zechs' number is 6, and Noin's number is 9, and together their 69… And 69 is a crude way of saying a way to have sex? And Zechs sounds like sex and Noin sounds like groin!? SORRY!!!!! That just popped into my head, and Laurie (who is spending the night right now) said I shut put it up… Heh. DON'T KILL ME!! *cowers*

Summary: AU!: Zechs is a single, 25-year-old with two daughters of different ages. He thinks all his hopes of finding someone is gone, until a certain person comes into his life… YAOI. 6+13 / 6x13  My first AU – but don't be gentle! Anyway, onto the real fic!

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part | one

It was a dark and stormy night. The trees thrashed together in a wild frenzy, and dark clouds scuttled along the bleak sky – showering the earth with a downpour of rain. The water droplets themselves were almost barking and meowing in their horrible revelry! And it was for the wild happenings outside that made Shae Merquise crawl from her room and into her father's.

Said man was lying in his bed for some late night reading of the novel titled "A Civil Action" by Jonathan Harr (real book!). The lamp on his beside table illuminated the words on the pages perfectly, especially needed on a night like this they usually had during the rainy season, though he still needed his silver reading glasses.

Shae stood in his doorway, looking at the man that was her father, and she whimpered. It was not a rule Zechs had made that she was to ask for permission before entering a room, but a regulation her other father – Heero was his name, though the children had their last name legally being Merquise – had made. He had left them a year ago, when she was four, and she had not gotten the whim that she wasn't supposed to do it anymore. Zechs didn't protest, although; it was sometimes a good thing. But he had always thought that his child would learn he needed privacy when she grew older, like most children did…especially when she would be the only woman in the house, and when she was a teenager. But Heero, oh Heero…he was different that most parents. Strict and harsh when the rules were bent to an extent, but still the most loving parent a child could as for…

Zechs turned at the small noise of fright, and he smiled sympathetically towards his youngest daughter.

"Daddy…" she whimpered again, her eyes shining with unshed tears.

"Come see me, Shae," he said softly, smiling slightly. Shae ran towards the bed, jumped on it, and crawled into his arms. She buried her head in his chest, in his gray cotton t-shirt he wore, and he wrapped his arms around her in a loving embrace. "Shh…" he said. "It's okay. Calm down, Shae… It's okay now. Daddy's here…daddy's here…" With his free hand, he closed his book and took of his glasses, then put them on the beside table.

"Do you want to spend the night here? In Daddy's big bed?" he asked, looking directly in her enormous, star-blue eyes.

Inside, he winced as he looked at her. She was definitely Heero's daughter. They shared the same attributes… The only thing Heero hadn't claimed of their daughter was her eyes…Zechs had taken that. But it still pained him to look at her, and see Heero's face staring back at him… And with his other daughter Riana – who was fifteen – it was exactly the opposite. She looked more like Zechs than Heero, and seemed to share nothing of her other father, except for the same, slender structure as he. But even then, her build could still relate to Zechs', seeing as he wasn't the most pudgiest man alive. Actually, far from it…

Shae nodded at his words, and Zechs smiled at her. "Okay, well, I'm going to sleep now, do you want to go to sleep?" he asked. Shae shook her head.

"No," she said defiantly, yet quietly.

Zechs laughed. "But we have to get up early so we can catch the plane to visit Aunt Relena in Europe..! And go see Riana at school!" he said softly, his long fingers reaching down to tickle her softly on her sides. She giggled.

"Bu-but I…" she said between giggles, "I'm not *giggle* tired!"

"Oh yes you are, oh yes you are!" Zechs said, grinning broadly as he tickled her and as she squirmed beneath him. He finished tickling her, and she smiled sleepily. "Tired now?" he asked. She nodded, and dozed off before he could say anymore…

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"Shae," Zechs whispered. "Shae, wake up." He shook her awake gently, and her eyes fluttered open.

"Daddy…" she murmured, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "Is it time to go, already?"

Zechs smiled slightly, and nodded. "Yes, so go get dressed. I'll meet you in the kitchen, and then we can leave for the airport, okay, little girl?" Shae nodded, and scampered off, while Zechs dressed from his pajamas to slender jeans, a white button-down shirt, and brown shoes. He walked out of the master bedroom and made himself a cup of coffee, along with four pieces of toast in the toaster oven, then seated himself at the kitchen table and looking out the window. It had stopped raining, just a few minutes ago as it seemed, seeing as the leaves of the trees he could see were dripping with rain – as were the blades of grass.

He heard the distinctive bump, bump of Shae bouncing happily down the stairs, and he smiled at her, yet with a sigh. "Shae," he said quietly, "my little girl, go change into something other than your polka-dot shirt, plaid pants, and sandals."

"But I like these clothes, Daddy!" she said, bouncing on her toes eagerly. Zechs strode over to her, picked her up, and led her back up to her room. He picked out a dress, and gave it to her.

"How about this?" he asked. From downstairs, he heard the toast pop out.

"No!" she said quickly. "I don't like dresses!" She stuck her tongue out, and closed her eyes in a disgusted look. Zechs laughed. He pulled out jeans, and a purple sweatshirt with butterflies on it.

"What about this?" he asked. She nodded, took them, and began dressing. "Good," he said. "Hurry, and come downstairs to eat – then we'll leave."

Soon, Shae came down, and Zechs set the plate of two pieces of toast with butter on them before her – which she ate with the daintiness of a queen, but with the quickness of a starving child. They finished their short breakfast, and then they were off for Europe – after catching the plane of course!

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A/N- Well, that was crappy… This was my first AU, though! Flame if you want… No Yaoi parts yet… So everyone should be happy right now. Not like the yaoi/shounen-ai is going to be explicit anyway… I'd rather not get my account booted because of FF.net, thank you very much! Anyway, feedback is GREATLY appreciated!! And the next chapter will only be written, or posted rather, if I get at least THREE( 3 / tres ) chapters!! ^o^

Peace – I'm out!!