Part Eight: No, Not Really
(Quatre POV)
I couldn't help it. I was slightly scared to let Trowa out of my sight. So I had told him he was joining me in the bath he so stubbornly insisted on. My eyes had devoured him as he stripped.
Tilting my head back I let it rest against his chest. "I love you." His arms encased me gently.
"And I love you."
I let my eyes close, drifting as his finger traced slowly over my skin. I felt his nose trace a path up my neck. "Quatre." He whispered.
"Hm?"
"Are you alright?" He asked worriedly.
"No, not really." I said truthfully. "It scared me. The thought of never seeing you again."
I felt him freeze. "What do you mean?"
"They said something about killing you when they were taking us to the oasis." I turned my head so my nose was buried in the crook of his neck and shoulder. Trowa's arms tighten around me. I took comfort in his embrace. "I don't want to feel that way again. Ever." I leaned back into him more.
"I'm never letting you out of my sight again."
I smiled. "You'll have too."
Trowa's bangs brushed over my shoulder as he shook his head. "No. I'll take you and hide you away from the rest of the world."
I laughed. "You can't do that." I tilted my head back to look at him. "I won't let you. I need to interact with people Trowa."
He frowned. "I know. I just want you safe."
I grinned up at him. "I'll be safe. I can take care of myself when I need to."
Trowa kissed my nose. "I know, believe me I know."
"Good." I splashed him with a little bit of water. "Trowa~" I whined. "The waters getting cold."
Trowa skillfully let the water out and drew new water with his feet. "Well that's handy."
Trowa kissed my temple. "I was to comfortable." I smiled and kissed him. He hummed. My hand slithered up to knot in his carmel hair.
"That man." Trowa muttered against my lips.
I pulled back puzzled. "What about him?"
"He looked so familiar."
I blinked. "So I'm not the only one who thought that?"
Trowa sighed. His arms drew me back into him firmly, where he burrowed his face into my shoulder. "No I'm not going to think about it now. You're here and you're safe."
I smiled. "I am, and I wouldn't have it any other way."
The water grew cold again and Trowa pulled the pug before standing, cradling me, and stepping from it. He didn't bother to grab a towel or anything, he simply carried me into the bedroom and tossed me on the bed.
I opened my mouth to make a smart ass comment but was silenced as his lips firmly took mine and he pushed me back down onto the cool bedspread.
A sudden wave of emotions floored me. With a gasp I pushed Trowa back. My body shuddered under the onslaught of raw emotions coming from Trowa. "Trowa." I groaned.
His eyes widened before all emotions just ceased. They were cut off so quickly that it let me breathless and empty in side. "Don't. Don't shut me out!" I growled up at him. Glaring heavily, I shoved him back and down on the bed. I planted myself firmly on his torso. "Never shut me out." I hissed down at him. "Never."
Trowa opened his mouth and I slapped my hand over it. "Your emotions are all over the place." I whispered. "I can understand your anger and greatfulness. But what's with the helplessness and self loathing?"
His hand came up and wrapped around mine. He pulled it away after kissing the ring on my hand. "I couldn't help you. I let them take you right under my nose." He muttered, eyes closed.
I snorted. "No. They would have killed us both if you had found me as they were taking me." My eyes softened. "The only reason Duo and I were still alive is because they wanted to kill us in front of the two of you."
Emerald eyes snapped open. "What?"
"The man said something about taking all that was precious to the two of you because you took what was precious to him." I let him draw me closer. "I don't know, I couldn't make heads or tails of what he was going on about."
Trowa bit his lip. "I can't stand the thought of losing you when we've managed to make it this far."
"I know. I love you. And you *did* help me. If I remember correctly, you nearly killed him."
Anger flashed in his green eyes. "He hit you. Total self defense."
I chuckled. "But seriously Trowa." He visibly flinched at my tone. "Never shut me out like that again."
I saw the slow nod and leaned down so my forehead was resting against his.
"I love you."
I grinned against his mouth. "I love you." I spread myself out so I was laying ontop of him completely.
"I promised you sleep tonight." He muttered in my ear. "You should get it before I change my mind."
I let an arm reach out and grabbed one of the pillows. Trowa raised his head slightly and I stuffed the fluffy pillow under it. I shimmed my body up a little and burrowed my nose into the side of his neck. I gave a pleased hum when his arms wrapped around me. "Don't go anywhere." I pleaded against his skin.
"Not on my life." I felt his fingers begin to run up and down my body as I let the darkness of sleep take hold of me.
~~**~~**WEDDING DAY**~~**~~
(Trow's POV)
Last night had been a nightmare. I woke many times through the night, making sure my blonde was where he was suppose to be. When I had closed my eyes all I saw was that man, harming the man I love. My anger bubbled up several times.
Absently I had tightened my arms around Quatre a little to tightly and he gave a whimper before shifting into me more.
I had been awake for little over an hour now. The red lights of the bedside clock glowed an eerie red in the darkness of our room. 3:15 AM.
I shut my eyes again. The mans face flashed before my eyes and I frowned. Where had I seen him before?
I analyzed him slowly. The sound of his voice, the way moved, and how he looked. I compared him to some of the men that had plagued my life. No one looked even remotely like this man.
Going back over things in my head I thought about every man or woman that I had taken from. The list was long but many were shot down.
I picked up Quatre's hand and toyed with the ring resting there on his third finger. With a jolt I thought about the man who had nearly taken my life not to long ago.
Deno Revera. The man looked like Deno Revera. Only, this man had hair. Fuck.
This was just- Fuck. I managed to shift Quatre off of me and slid from the bed without waking him. I grabbed a pair of my jeans from the dresser and pulled them on before darting out of the room silently.
I made my way down the hall. Movment from the balcony had me stopping mid step. Glaring I moved toward the doors.
"I mean you now harm."
Heero's voice drifted in on the wind. Tensed shoulders relaxed at the sound of the familiar voice. "What are you doing out here?"
I saw smoke billow up from in front of him. "I'm thinking." Another puff of smoke. "That man looked familiar and for the life of me I can't come up with a reason as too why."
"He resembles the man that nearly took my life." I leaned on the railing next to Heero. "I thought you quit." My eyes were on the cigarette.
"I did." Heero muttered. "I could have very damn well lost him. It's got my nerves on edge." Heero flicked the butt and sent it sailing. He drew another from the pack and lit it. "Which man are you talking about? There have been quite a few men that have nearly taken your life." Heero commented blandly.
"Deno Revera."
Heero choked on his smoke and started coughing. "What?" He demanded, blue gaze burning through me.
"He looks a lot like Revera."
"His son?"
I took the cigarette from between Heero's lips and took a drag. "No, he's to old. His brother possibly."
Heero raised an eyebrow at me with a smirk. "Possibly. But what does he want?"
"To take everything from the two of us just as we took everything from him, or at least that's what Quatre said he said." I took another drag and handed it back to my messy haired friend. "They're going to kill us you know."
"I was prepared for it when I lit the first one." Heero grunted. "So he wants to take our lovers from us? That's original."
I snorted. "I think it's more then that." Heero turned to look at me. "I think he's behind the attack on Duo and his crew."
"Then every thing's connected."
"To me apparently." I sighed. "What a relief." I said sarcastically.
Heero smirked. "At least we have what he wants. Maybe we can make trade, your life for our peace."
I turned to him with a heated glare. I caught the humorous glint in his eye and glared more. "Quatre would obliterate you with Wing's Cannon Beam."
Heero snorted and then laughed. "No doubt." Silence fell over the two us and the cigerette was passed back and forth time after time.
"So why are you out here, alone, when you could be in there, with him?" I asked.
Heero didn't answer me for some time. "I, I almost lost him today Trowa. It scares the shit out of me to think that I could lose him, especially when I was so close and could have helped him."
"I don't know what I'd do if I lost him. He's my everything." Heero said defeatedly.
"You should tell him, stop sneaking around and tell him what you've been doing." With that I pushed off of the railing and ambled back in the manor. I froze when I saw Duo standing at the doors. He blinked at me before looking past me to see Heero before his eyes drifted back to me. The question was lingering in his eyes. Moving I ducked down to his ear. "It's nothing bad and it's nothing that will hurt you on any level."
"Alright." He muttered over his shoulder. "Heero Yuy! I thought I asked you to stop that nasty habit!"
I quickly made myself scarce. I wasn't quite ready to return to our room yet, my mind was still racing a mile a minute. I ended up in the kitchen some how. With a deep sigh I opened the freezer and pulled out a small tub of chocolate ice cream.
I stabbed the spoon into the smooth surface angrily. I could understand Heero, I really could but in his attempt to surprise Duo, he had hurt him too. Taking the spoon back out I stabbed it back down, glaring at the soft serve.
"Injustice Trowa. What has the soft serve ever done to you?" I yelped and dropped the container in surprise. I whipped around to find Wufei standing in the door frame. His obsidian orbs gleaming in amusement.
"Make some damn noise." I hissed at him in aggitaion. He merely raised an eye brow at me before walking in and picking the ice cream up off the counter.
"I knocked and my foot steps were loud enough." He stated calmly. "Something on your mind?"
I sighed. "A lot actually. I think that everything is connected and I'm the main target." I accepted the spoon Wufei held out. "And it all started with a fucking bank robbery."
Wufei stared at me. "You mean-"
"Revera. It all starts with him. The man that took Quatre and Duo looks way to similar to him to not be related. Add to it, the man told Quatre that he was going to kill them in front of Heero and myself because we needed to learn what it's like to lose everything like he did. Apparently Heero and I took it from him but it was mostly me." I scrubbed at my eyes groaning.
"Go back to bed. You need to look alive rather then the undead for your wedding." Wufei pointed to the door with a spoon. "Go." He ordered.
"Yeah, yeah." I muttered walking from the room and back down the hall. Halfway to the room I ran into Quatre. Okay more like he ran into me. Literally. "Quatre?" I tilted his head back forcibly. He was crying. "What? What happened?" My voice must have been harsher then I intended because he flinched. "Sorry."
He shook his head and pressed into me. "I woke and you weren't there." Was the muffled answer I got. My arms encircled him instantly. I rubbed up and down his back gently as small sobs racked his upper body.
"Shh love it's okay. It's okay." I continued to murmur things in his ear until he calmed down. I pulled him back slightly, tilting his head back. I pressed my lips to his firmly. "I'm sorry, I was awake and restless. I didn't want to wake you."
He whimpered and burrowed back into my chest, clutching at my arms. I raised my arms and made him loop his behind my neck before letting my hand slid down his back, over his rear end and down to his thighs. I lifted him and in a flourish of sheets, he wrapped his legs around my waist. "Trowa!" He squeaked.
I chuckled and carried him back into our room where I sat on the bed and slid back until I was in the center of the bed. Laying back I let Quatre loom over me. He shifted and squirmed around until he was comfortable again. Quatre fell asleep with his face burrowed near the nape of my neck. Every breath he took shifted my hair. I fell asleep to the sound of his breathing and the light pounding of his heart beating.
Okay so here's the next chapter! hope ya'll enjoyed! In part nine we see what happens when the wedding grows closer... Will it make or break Trowa and Quatre's lives? Stay with me to find out ;)
~VED
