A/N: For anyone who likes DuoXRelena, that story's first chapter, is up. The title is "Brothers and Boyfriends". In other news, I'm contemplating trying to finish this story tonight since I'm already mind-plotting the huge sequel to all of these OC stories. But I doubt I can stay up that long.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and I make zero profit from this. I do own Renee Selena Darlian/Peacecraft, well, not her last name. Anyway, could you please ask if you want to use her?

Two weeks passed, and Relena's return neared. Renee seemed almost paranoid about it, though she didn't use her words to convey it. Instead, she counted the days on the calendar and would walk away, looking down and shaking her head.

"Can I ask a question?" Duo asked as he sat at the foot of Deathscythe, taking a break from fixing a mobility problem with the Gundam's leg.

He thought Renee wasn't going to answer him, but when he looked at her, she was nodding. Sometimes he forgot that she couldn't always get a verbal answer out.

"Why do you hear voices? Do you know?" Duo watched her eyes go off to the bottom left corner, as if she was embarrassed and he added, "You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to."

"I have Bipolar Disorder." Renee struggled with those few words. Though her speech had made great strides since she met Duo, she still struggled to say what she wanted to, especially if she felt she had to say it in a certain timeframe.

"What's that?" Duo turned fully towards her, she had his attention now, but Duo knew that just made it harder for her to talk.

"It's... it's a chemical imbalance in my brain." Renee rubbed her eyes, but she couldn't seem to say anything else, no matter how much she tried.

"You know, maybe you're not hearing things that aren't there, maybe it's just that the rest of us can't hear what's there." Duo glanced at her.

Renee smiled brightly at him, and then sat on her knees to kiss his cheek.

Duo blinked, his face turning a bright carnation pink. Neither of them said anything, and then Renee snuggled up to Duo's side, laying her head against his shoulder.

Duo sighed, half frustrated, half happy. He loved these little moments with Renee, but she was also the ultimate distraction when it came to time he needed to be fixing Deathscythe.

"I do have to work occasionally, you know." Duo said, but he couldn't resist smiling at her. She really had a gentler persona than Relena, a brighter smile, as far as he was concerned. "You can be so difficult sometimes..." He added, but the tone he used just made Renee smile more.

Renee cuddled closer to him, reaching over and toying with his braid. She was gentle about it, as if she was toying with an ultra-fragile glass vase and not his hair. It was actually pleasant to Duo, after years of having people yank on his braid; here she was with the gentlest touch ever.

"Renee!" Relena screamed from the pathway in the hangar. "Do you never stay where I put you? I left you with Pagan for a reason!"

"Leave her alone!" Duo stood, facing Relena. "She doesn't deserve to be treated like that!"

But Renee was already heading for the door to meet Relena up there, like a kicked puppy that still loved its master.

Duo grabbed her hand and reeled her in, looping an arm around her waist. "Just because she was born first doesn't mean you have to listen to her, Renee. You're not her damn dog, you're a human and you're not just another part of Relena." Duo held her against him, trying to shield her emotionally from Relena.

"Duo, leave her alone!" Relena growled. "She doesn't need you to mess with her. Renee, come here!"

Renee locked eyes with her sister for a few seconds, but then she turned in Duo's arms and kissed him.

Duo stood, frozen for a moment, unsure if he was just a tool to spite Relena. But then the heat of the kiss melted into him and he kissed her back with everything he had.

Relena stood there, with murder in her eyes, until Heero came and spun her around, kissing her briefly before walking away. They had an ongoing relationship that had started slightly before Relena had left to visit her friend Simbi, but their love was almost callous in nature.

Relena took a deep breath and followed Heero out of the hangar.

"Am I just a toy?" Duo asked when he and Renee finally separated. "Tell me I'm not just a toy."

"You're not." Renee murmured, confidently for once and without the stutter. "Swear." She held up her pinky and gave Duo a small smile.

Duo felt like a girl doing it, but he shook her pinky with his.

But as the days after that passed, Renee began to disappear more and more often. Rarely, Duo would find her curled up in his bed, but more often than not she was nowhere in the little place he and Heero called home.

Duo just couldn't figure it out. What was going on with that girl?

A/N: I'm worried because that Relena and Renee fight was plotted for the end, and I don't want this to be too far under ten chapters. I'll figure it out though, so no worries. Will you please review? I love reviews, and thank you so much for reading!