A/N - Augh. Sorry it's sooooo late. Dealing with the after effects of yesterdays day from hell! 2 hours to change a tire and now my brakes are DEAD. Ugh. PS: The dream is totally inspired by the song 'Touch Me' from the musical 'Spring Awakening.' If you can, look it up, it gives the dream a whole different feel, trust me.

DISCLAIMER - See previous disclaimers.


Name: Heero Yuy

Date: December 3, 201 AC

Time: 5:12 am

Location: HQ, Earth, Sanq Kingdom

Mission: Keep Noin's pregnancy a secret

I was sitting naked in a chair, alone in a dark place. There were no walls, my hands hanging at my sides. I felt a presence. Hands on mine, lifting them above my head. My hands with theirs covered my face, my eyes closed. They slid down my face, dipped to my neck, fluttered over my collarbones, flowed over my chest. I stopped my hands.

"Just try it." A voice said in my ear. The hands carried mine down farther, over my hips and sailing between my thighs. "Just like that." The voice spoke again. Their hands left mine and disappeared into the darkness. My head fell back onto the chair.

"God, that's so nice…" I moaned. "Now there, that's it." Only one thing was missing. "Touch me." I spoke to the hands. They returned teasing down my arms carving up and down my body. Again they cover mine, slowly caressing me deeply, consuming my mind.

"Touch me." The voice repeated at me. I left their hands in control of my body and trailed up their arms, around their neck into deep, long tresses. Those tresses slid from behind them and cascaded around me, darker still than my surroundings.

"That-oh, yeah-now, that's heaven." The other said. I was sent over the edge, rippling in ecstasy in their hands. I took several long and deep breaths, calming my body and mind. I clung to the body the whole time, finally falling asleep.

I woke again in my bed, realizing upon seeing my ceiling that I had been dreaming. I knew that after a dream like that I wouldn't get back to sleep. I had had those dreams before.

Finally, I decided to take a shower, a very warm one to let off a little steam. Touching myself like the hands in my dream, I finished and turned off the shower. The crisp air in my room was refreshing to my warm skin and I suddenly came awake with the drop of my towel. It was starting to get later in the morning, about six.

I started eating a banana until I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and quickly threw it out and started some toast. I ate in a new sort of fog that always came over me after those dreams. Auto pilot.

And then there was my computer. I stared at my screen seeing that I had two new messages. One from Duo in response to a funny video I thought he would enjoy. The next from an interesting source. Milliardo and Noin's personal account.

Heero. We are under the impression that you will be receiving us when we visit in a couple of weeks. As a responsible young adult and a personal friend of ours, we would like to ask a favor of you. Noin has an announcement that she would like to keep a secret until her arrival. We understand that telling even one person will open up possibilities of someone else finding out but we trust you.

Noin has become pregnant and will be needing assistance in setting up a special announcement party. We both decided on you as the most obvious choice with your skills at keeping up appearances to help us with this. We ask that you keep this information from any prying eyes and keep in touch with us through this personal email to further this discussion. Thanks, Milliardo and Noin.

Pregnant. Noin was pregnant and they needed me to keep it a secret? Why me? Oh, right. Responsible. I was responsible.

I really needed to get my head on straight today. Auto pilot allows for nothing but the final course and I needed the freedom to get from A to B through Z. Especially when Duo was around.

I chuckled to myself at my little joke and immediately felt my tension melt away.

"You're not a very good secret keeper." I jumped at the voice, not having heard Duo come in. "I was only knocking for about ten minutes! And then you're sitting here all zoned out. Sheesh, you'd think Noin was pregnant or something!" He laughed, reiterating that he had indeed read the damned email over my shoulder. Real responsible on my part letting this happen.

"You're not going to tell are you?" I had to ask, knowing his big mouth.

"Maybe, maybe not!" He teased, moving behind a wall of books. I followed.

"I'll cut an inch of hair for every person!"

"Hah! Just try it, Heero. See what happens with miss Tristi then!" We emerged into the hallway, him making his beeline for the fridge having not done it before. I watched him in amusement as he disappeared behind the fridge door. My fridge had been refilled with last trip to the grocery store. "Relax. You're staring a hole through the door and I need this door to stay healthy so your food doesn't rot. I wont tell anyone." His head raised over the door then. "Especially not with my hair on the line! Hah hah!" He laughed a little then, starting to cut up the two apples he chose.

He at his apples in an odd way. They were cut into sixteenths. The first apples slices were sprinkled with sugar, the second apples slices were drizzled with chocolate syrup. It was never a wonder to me why he always had so much energy. Sugar and chocolate with the natural sugars from the apples. It was like he suited up for war in energy everyday. It was sickening. He ate them on the way to work in a bowl I had to force him to leave in my car.

"See you!" He said when we parted ways at my office.

My computer alerted me to an email at eleven fifteen and I followed the link. Duo had written me about Noin's pregnancy.

So what're you gonna do about the party? Need any help?

To which I responded:

PLEASE

I could feel the laughter emanating from his office. I laughed in return and hoped he could feel it back. Another alert.

Well knowing Noin, she'll want something sophisticated and elegant. Though when you return their email you should ask if it's more for the baby or for them. Like we're throwing a secret baby shower except backwards. Figure out the details because depending on the sex of the kid, the center of the attention, and even the freaking color scheme could mean a totally different party altogether.

Again, my response was short.

Will do.

"What'd you answer? I'm so hungry that I left before you answered." Duo's voice sounded in my ear. For the second time today, I had missed his entrance and jumped.

"Stop doing that!" I grumbled. He snickered.

"Food?" I nodded in response, feeling hungry myself. I let Duo lead the way and choose the place, my office completely forgotten in the meantime.

"Have you ever had pancakes here?" He asked me after ordering pancakes.

"No. I only eat lunch here." I answered, never fully grasping the breakfast for lunch or dinner thing that Duo did sometimes.

"They make them faces! With eggs and bacon…" And as if to punctuate what he was saying, our waitress plopped his plate down. He pointed at it and turned it towards me. "Just like that!"

Returning to work, I found Wufei at my desk, his feet propped up and looking smug.

"So when were you going to tell everyone else?" He asked. I immediately knew what he was referring to seeing my email was still open to the last one Duo had written me.

"When were you going to tell me you like to snoop around my office while I'm away?" I shot back. "Shit." I rubbed my hands over my face, recoiling into myself as my dream came back and I had to stop myself before I relived it.

"You okay Yuy?" I opened my eyes and Wufei wasn't smug anymore. He was leaned over with concern. My embarrassment rose, anger following closely behind.

"Get out and don't say a word about what you read." He stood without question and I knew he wouldn't say anything. I would apologize to him later when I calmed down.

My seat was still warm when I sat. I let my head fall in disappointment and with a loud clack it hit my keyboard. An alert on my computer sounded and I rolled over the keys to be able to look up at it.

SENT

What? I sat bolt upright searching for the source of the alert. In my sent messages was a subjectless message to Une. I opened it, knowing all was lost, and as I guessed it was Duo's email copied.

So Duo, Wufei and Une knew the secret. That wasn't so bad. At least Relena, Trowa and Quatre didn't know.

"You're wrong. I do know." I heard Trowa's voice and looked up in time to see his back pass by my door.

"How do you do that?" I growled after him.

"I know everything." I heard his reply.

"Damnit!" I shouted in annoyance. Seven paces later and Duo was here.

"Fei and Tro know huh?" It was more of a statement than a question. I nodded anyway though. "And the commander?" I nodded again. My phone rang.

"Yuy!" It was Une. "When's the party? I invited Relena but she needs to know asap to make time." I slammed the phone into the receiver, hanging up on her, then I lifted it again and slammed it down. That action was repeated several times before Duo grabbed my hand and took the phone from me. I was turned to face him and he pushed me down into my chair leaving his hands on my shoulder.

"Take a breath." He waited for me to. I did. I trusted him. "Now I know this sucks but… just think! It could be so much worse!"

"How?" It was the most pathetic moan I had ever let escape from my mouth.

"Well, Tristi could still be here. Just imagine Heero. 'Make a baby with me Heero!'" He squealed in her voice. I cringed, though whether in amusement or pain I didn't know. "'Touch me Heero! Kiss me! Caress me!'" Definitely in pain. Though he somehow had made it work to his advantage. I couldn't help but chuckle at the thought. "See?"

"Yeah." I sighed and he let go of my shoulders. "So, I have a job for you." He raised his eyebrow in curiosity. "Write my response to Milliardo and Noin telling them that everyone knows."

"Not everybody knows! Quatre doesn't!"

"Yeah he does." Trowa's voice wafted though the door as he passed by with perfect timing. I looked at Duo, who looked back in amazement.

"How does he do that?" He asked me. I shrugged, at a loss for words when it came to Trowa's antics. "Whatever, lets get writing!"

He stood behind me as I pulled up my personal email and began a response. I knew what I needed to type, but he helped with the wording and the pleading.

"Uh huh. Yeah. No, that's too defensive. They get all cheeky when you – hold off using that phrase too much. Maybe a – and now… that - oh, yeah-now that's heaven. Voila!" He drummed a victory beat on the back of my chair. "Well, I gots work to do. See you at quitting!"

"Thanks Duo. It's been a weird day, so I really appreciate it." I told his retreating form.

"Dur! Anytime." He waved and stepped into the hallway, whistling a tune to his office.

Noin and Milliardo. I would have been only too eager to help you and your party but it seems you've got it wrong about me. Apparently, I'm the worst secret keeper on Earth. Duo accidentally read the email at my house this morning. Wufei snuck around my office and saw an email from Duo about it on my computer. In a fit of rage I accidentally sent that same email to Commander Une who wound up calling Relena about it. Trowa and Quatre know, though I'm not exactly sure how. I'm extremely sorry to have to tell you this news and I hope you're still excited to see everyone when you come around. Everyone seems excited to see you. Sorry again. Sincerely, Heero Yuy.

I read it over one last time when a thought occurred to me. I added it.

PS: If you read carefully, it seems this would all be Duo's fault.

Mission: FAILED