DISCLAIMER: I wish I owned the GW characters, but I don't. This is purely for entertainment.

Summary: Heero Yuy, P.I. spots someone when working on a case and finds himself obsessed. AU, former 1xR, currently none may change in the future.

Authors Note: I haven't given up on Brothers if your worried about that. Just that I came up with this in a dream and those kinds of stories are often more detailed for me lol. I actually know more about this story then Brothers at the moment. It's a funny thing how it works out lol. Anyway, R&R and enjoy!


Chapter Seven


Heero pulled open the door to the coffee house. Scanning the room first, he took his usual seat. It didn't take long for Duo to appear at his side.

"The usual?" He asked. Heero shook his head, Duo's smile faltered for a moment.

"I'll have a muffin today, with my coffee." Heero said.

"A muffin?" Duo asked.

"Yes, blueberry if you have it." Heero said.

"A blueberry muffin?" Duo asked.

"Yes, do you have one?"

"Um… yeah, we… we have blueberry muffins…" Duo turned an headed back to the counter. "He wants a muffin today. Of all things he wants a blueberry muffin." He muttered to himself, oblivious to the stares he was getting from those around him. Heero sat in silence, staring out the window. The white car that had been sitting outside his apartment since two days before was there too. He knew he was being followed now.

A plate, with a blueberry muffin, and a cup of black coffee was placed in front of him. Heero looked up as Duo once again slid into the seat across from him. Heero took a sip of his coffee before starting to pull bits of muffin off and eating them.

"So, why the change today?" Duo asked. Heero shrugged.

"Felt like it." He said.

Duo watched him for a moment. "You don't seem like a Blueberry muffin kind of guy." He said.

"How do you mean?" Heero asked.

"Well, you know, there's different types of people associated with different types of food. You don't seem like a muffin guy." Duo replied. Heero shrugged. Duo stirred his coffee. The chime rang to signal someone coming into the coffee house. Duo sat up straighter.

"Take him for instance. He is very definitely a bran muffin person." Duo said, nodding towards the door. Heero turned to see Wufei scanning the room.

"Right. Except that he hates bran muffins." Heero said, turning back to his muffin. Duo gave him a strange look.

"You know him then?" Duo asked. Heero nodded and moved over in the booth. Wufei eyed Duo before sliding in next to Heero.

"We need to talk Heero," Wufei said. Taking the hint Duo stood.

"Well, then I can get your order." He said, turning to walk off. He stopped a short distance away before turning around and coming back.

"Um, I need your order first, I'm told you don't like bran muffins." Duo grinned.

"No I don't." Wufei said. "I'll have black coffee and bagel with creamed cheese."

Duo made a strange noise in the back of his throat and Wufei look up with a frown. Duo had a strange look on his face.

"Right… Back in a minute," he said hastily before turning back to the counter. Wufei started when a strange sound came from his other side. Looking over he saw the Heero was laughing to himself.

"I've been threatened." Wufei said in a low voice. Heero frowned at looked over at his partner.

"When?" he asked.

"The first time was two days ago. They have threatened me and my family."

"Does Meilan know?" Heero asked. Wufei shook his head.

"Not at this point. I've had three calls all together though."

Heero sipped his coffee. "The white car across the street has been following me. I suspect someone has informed Khushrenada we are the ones looking into his past." He said. This time Wufei nodded. A plate appeared in front of him with a bagel and cream cheese, followed by a cup of coffee. That was followed by Duo sliding back into his seat.


After Duo had gone back to work, Heero and Wufei had talked for a good half hour about the threats and Heero's shadow. They had decided that the best thing to do would be continue their work on Khushrenada, while at the same time, trying to prove or disprove their theory that Khushrenada's goons where the ones behind that. And so now Heero was seated at his desk trying to find a way to determine who was following.

Wufei had it easy, all he had to do was get his own phone records and hope the person calling was using their own phone, or at least one of his or her bosses phones. Heero didn't even have a license plate. He had discovered after the talk that the car following him was plateless. He had considered calling the police, but after his last encounter he had no desire to deal with them at the moment.

It took three days for Heero to find something to work with. He had finally managed to catch sight of the driver. A woman about the same age as Khushrenada with light brown hair and wire rim glasses. Admittedly it wasn't much, but at least it was more then he had had three days before.

Sitting at his computer on the third day, ready to start his search, he was inturrupted by a knock on the door. He stood and headed for the door. Through the peephole, he saw again a uniformed police officer. Along with a second one almost out of the field of vision. Heero paused for a second.

He had tried to avoid seeing Aliana, but his subconcious had taken him past the school, the house and even to the park at times without his thinking about it. Think about what the last police officer had said to him, Heero opened the door with some hesitation. The last thing he needed in his life right now was the police thinking he was some kind of pervert.

"Mr. Yuy?" the taller of the two officers asked.

"Yes," Heero answered.

"We need to speak with you, may we come in?" the officer asked. Heero's automatic responce would have been 'no' seeing as he was a very private person. But refusing would likely just make the situation worse. He stepped aside and let the police in. Along with them came a man wearing a suit and tie. A detective, Heero noted. The detective handed him a piece of paper.

"We have a warrent to search the apartment." the detective said. Heero too the paper and looked it over, frowning.

"Why?" He asked. The two officers and the detective stopped.

"You've been spotted several times watching the Hunt family have you not? It's on record that one of our own officers issued a warning. Now doubt you're aware your the main suspect in the kidnapping of Aliana Hunt." the detective said.

Heero felt like someone had punched him in the stomach. He had nothing to use as a reply either, at least nothing that would make any difference. Instead he watched helpless as the detective and his two companions pulled apart his admittedly overly tidy apartment, wincing visibly when things weren't returned as neatly as he would have preferred. When they located his gun, which he was legally entitled to own, he provided them with the papers too prove it was a registered weapon. Other then that his only reaction came when they entered the office and began searching his desk. He knew it was inevitable when the shorter of the two officers located the file folder in the bottom drawer. One look at the contents were all it took, he was sure it wasn't truely enough for an arrest, but he still said nothing as the detective placed him in hand cuffs and read him his rights.


TBC