Wufei was sleeping against the window of the car as Heero drove them back home. They had been looking for over 6 hours and there was no sign of Duo.
They had looked every place that Duo could possibly be. Heero had gone as far as to search one of Duo's old hide outs he had told Heero of back in the war. But all Heero had found was dust piled up over every surface. Heero glanced over at Wufei before pulling into the driveway and getting out. Wufei stirred as his door was opened and a warm arm was wrapped around him, pulling him from his seat and lifting him to rest against a firm, warm chest.
"Heero, put me down. I can walk by myself," Wufei grumbled, still half asleep. Heero's chest shook with his chuckle.
"Shh, go back to sleep," Heero encouraged before going into the house. Wufei was taken upstairs and placed on the bed, blankets covering him. Wufei snuggled deeper into the warmth and fell back into a deep sleep.
***
Wufei woke tired and his back already hurting. It had been 9 months now and still they had not found Duo. Une had looked at the punch clock at work and he had been going. Yet no one saw him. Food had gone missing from the house yet neither Heero nor Wufei had been eating it. Duo had been there and the small muddy foot print by the door also confirmed that Duo was still around.
Wufei groaned as he rolled to his side so he could get out of bed. By the sound of water crashing onto the floor, coming from the bathroom, Wufei assumed Heero was already in the shower. So he decided to just waddle down stairs to the kitchen and fix something for breakfast.
"Wufei, do you really think you should be that close to the stove?" Heero questioned when he finally came down, only to find Wufei almost leaning over the stove, making his eggs.
"Yeah... sure," Wufei panted. Heero was instantly at his side slowly pulling Wufei away from the stove and into a chair.
"What's wrong?" Heero's voice was tight. He worried so much about both his lovers now. Wufei was so close to his due date. Duo was nowhere to be found yet he was around. It frustrated Heero to know this; even setting up cameras around the house didn't catch Duo.
"Nothing…it's fine, the baby just…just kicked hard enough to knock my breath out," Wufei admitted before trying to push out of the chair and back to his eggs. Except an able-to-bend-steel hand was placed on his shoulder and he was pushed back into the chair. Heero just calmly went back to the stove and finished Wufei's eggs, before starting his own.
When breakfast was served no one spoke, they simply ate. It was like this most morning. Neither one of them had spoken much after Duo left, realizing that Duo was the one that usually started the conversations and provoked the other two to join and somehow kept the conversation going. But today, just as they were finishing up, Heero broke the silence.
"I'm going into work today to see if we can get a few months off. I'll only be gone for about an hour, will you be ok on your own?" Heero got a glare for this question.
"Heero, I'm pregnant not crippled," grumbled Wufei.
"Yes I know that but I can still worry can't I? You are in your 9th month after all," Heero replied before leaning down to steal a kiss before he turned, grabbed his coat and left.
Wufei grumbled before walking into the kitchen. A soft thump from the living room made Wufei grab the knife closest to him. He slowly peeked around the door to see an empty room. He slowly made his way to the couch and looked over. There lying on the floor fast asleep was Duo.