I glanced down at my watch and noticed that it was past my shift. I knew that it was part of my nervousness for tonight. It wasn't every day that you asked the love of your life to marry you.

Quat said it was just my nerves because it was a big step for Duo Maxwell. I guess this is a way to show that I am over my paranoia of people leaving me. I've seen a lot in my 20 years and it affected me greatly. It was to the point that I didn't want to get close to anyone. Then Heero Yuy came into my life and that changed everything. He just seemed so unhappy during the wars that I had to get in. And when I did, it seemed that Heero did love me. And he never left, well once when he self destructed and it took Trowa a month to nurse him back to health.

So now here I am five years later and I'm going to propose. And Relena helped me. Can you believe that? She helped me, Miss Pink Stalker. She's settled down now with a cozy family of her own. I'm hoping that is what Heero and I will have in a few more years.

I gathered up my reports and put them in my tray for tomorrow. Une would want them first thing in the morning. I'm her favorite agent, even though she won't admit it. I know I am. She always cuts me some slack, I think she thinks of me as a little brother.

Anyway, back to the present. After I had put my reports where they belonged and locked my office door after me, I went to Quat's office, humming on the way down. He would want to see me off to sweep my prince off his feet. I ducked into his office to see Tro there. They were in a fierce lip lock. Quat is not all innocence y'know.

Quat spotted me and broke the kiss with Tro-man. He hates it when I do that…but then it's payback for all the times he walked in on me and Heero having a private moment (not sex perverts.) It was those cute private moments when he just held me as I cried.

Trowa sat on the edge of Q's desk. The man wasn't even blushing. Damn, I wish I could be more like that. Then again, that would mean I could never pull pranks…and that would suck monkey balls.

"Well, Q-bean I'm off. I'll call ya tomorrow with his answer." I told Quat. Trowa raised an eyebrow. I guess he didn't think that I would actually go through with it. Well, I'm going to prove him wrong.

"Good luck Duo, I hope everything goes well." Quatre smiled at me. He had been waiting for me to pop the question to Heero for a month now. He wanted to see us happy together.

"Yea me too. I'll catch ya guys tomorrow." I smiled at them both and left Quat's office. He was the first one of us to turn 21. So he got to do field work and he got a spiffy office. Heero was next, followed by Fei, who was followed by Tro-man. I'll be the last one to turn 21. Why I had to pick October 21st to be my birthday, I have no clue. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

I made my way through the front doors of the Preventer's headquarters. The sun was low in the sky and I knew it would be sunset soon. I had wanted to propose to Heero in front of the sunset and I knew that I would get my chance.

Our apartment wasn't far from headquarters since Heero was a field agent. I didn't want be a field agent. But I couldn't work as a mechanic until I turned 21. So I had to wait, and it's been a long wait. In a few more months I could be working as a mechanic. I loved to work on machines and stuff. It helped me relax. Of course I would have been in the salvage business with Hilde if it hadn't been for Heero wanting to stay on Earth.

I walked past my favorite Italian restaurant, Luigi's, when I thought I saw Heero. But I knew it wasn't Heero, it couldn't have been. But I did a double take just in case. And I was wrong; it was Heero, with my best friend Wufei. There was something wrong with this picture.

Heero never went out with me. All the time we were together, he had never taken me out on a date. And yet here he was out in public with Fei. I guess they were on a mission or something. But then that thought was thrown out the window as Heero leaned over the table and kissed Fei affectionately. What the hell. I never got those kind of kisses. What the fuck made Chang so special that he got affection out in public?

My heart was shattered. I knew now that Heero couldn't keep his promise that he would never leave. I know it sounded stupid, but he had promised. And I hate it when people break their promises. It shows that they really don't care about the person they made the promise to.

The world around started to whirl around me in circles. I couldn't pass out just yet. I had to make back home and run. I had to run. It was my only answer to how to deal with this. I couldn't tell Quat or Tro what had happened. They would kill Heero for sure and I knew Relena would, even though she was a pacifist. Yea, we were that close.

I backed away from the restaurant slowly. I didn't want to catch their attention. I only had a limited time to pack the basics and run. I ran most of the way to our apartment. It wasn't that far, so I knew that I had plenty of time. How Heero could have seen someone else besides me on our anniversary is beyond me. It made it hurt that much more.

It took me five minutes to open the door. I was nervous that he was going to catch me here. When I finally stumbled into our apartment, I placed the little black velvet box on the kitchen table. I made my way to our room quickly. I dug my old duffle from the wars out of the closet. And I began to stuff some of my clothes in it.

When I finally finished I grabbed my duffle and made my way to the living room. I removed my apartment key from my key ring. I didn't need it where I was going. I decided not to leave a note. Hell let him worry if he actually does care about me.

I stopped in the doorway and took one last look at our apartment. I knew that I would miss the life Heero and I had. But deep down in my heart, I knew it wasn't to be. I closed the apartment and left. I had no clue where I was going and what I was going to do. The most reasonable thing to do would be to go to L2. But they would expect that. I didn't want that right now. I didn't want them to find me until I was ready for them to find. Now that I knew Heero didn't want me, I had to figure what to do with myself.

I stood at the airport; I couldn't decide where I wanted to go. There were so many places where I could start over. Shit, I would have to call Une in the morning, or I could call her now and leave a message. I think it would be best to leave a message. I took my cell phone out and dialed the good lady's number.

The answering machine kicked on. "Hey Une, this is Maxwell. I'm calling to say that I quit. Don't try to track me down because you will never find me. Goodbye Une, maybe someday I will come back."

I hadn't meant to leave such a long message. But the good lady deserved it I guess. I looked at all the flights and saw one for New York. Yea, I was always told that I was American, so why not live in the country of my ancestors.

I purchased my ticket and made my way to New York of the United States.