Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who reads my fics. I've got new motivation to finish this one and continue with the others or maybe just squash them and start on new ones. Maybe? OOC warning! Enjoy reading.

Save Me

By: Wicked Tenshi

Chapter 10: Love & Suspicion

"I heard what you did at the party," Heero told Usagi two days later when he came to pick her up to take her to her morning job.

For a moment Usagi was raked with guilt having thought he found about her make out session with Blake, but the look in Heero's eyes said he was talking about the other thing she had done.

His eyes held the utmost concern for her wellbeing, which meant he had heard about her braving being in a room with Blake and some of the world's most deadly men. He had also probably heard about how she had gotten Blake to let her sit with him, she had been proud of herself for achieving that feat and hoped that Heero would be as well.

"Are you angry with me for doing it?" she asked tentatively, watching for his reply closely.

Heero just sighed and pulled her into a tight hug, which she returned. "Yes and no." He told her.

"Yes and no?" Usagi queried, mumbling the words into his chest, wanting to know his reasoning, wanting to hear him confirm his feelings for her.

He gave another sigh. "Yes, because you could have been hurt… or worse. I can't believe you would have gone in there blind like that. And when Duo told me," he shook his head. "I would have blown my cover if I'd allowed myself to come to you."

Usagi smiled into his chest.

"No because what you did was brave. You single handedly turned this thing around and got us all the information we needed to take this guy out. I'm proud of you," he finished placing a gentle kiss onto of her head.

"Thank you," she told him. "I wanted to do it for you."

Heero inhaled sharply and moved her back so he could look her in the face, eyes searching. "Why?"

She was going to do it. She was going to tell him. "Because—well, because I love you."

Heero was lost into oblivion as her words sunk in. She loved him? How could anyone love him? Could he love anyone in return? The answer came quickly to him. Yes. Yes, he could. The moment Duo had told him she had walked into that room, he had immediately wanted to change course. He had wanted to let Frank finish the job for him and run to her side. He had been so fearful for her safety. His mind had been plagued with worse case scenarios and what if questions, the most torturing of all was: what if she died? He couldn't have handled that possibility, had adamantly refused to even let his mind wonder down that path. Something would have died in him if anything happened to her, that he was sure of. He would lose a piece of himself if she ever left this world, and his desire to protect her had become overwhelming. But then Duo had sworn on his life that he would not let anything happen to her, and that was when he had calmed down enough to let the gravity of the situation sink in and the ramifications of his actions if he were to blow his cover.

He had wanted to rush to her the day after but the information she had retrieved had been the motherload of all intel they could have possibly received. It was what he had his other agents had been waiting for and they had spent the whole day pouring over all of that information, cross-referencing the information Usagi had gotten with their own. They had been able to confirm that both the Governor and Mayor, as well as several other important people would be attending a charity ball at the Ritz Carlton, Battery Park this coming Saturday. Combined with the knowledge Heero had of the weapons that Blake had purchased, they could pretty much figure out how his plan would be executed. They had done some inquiry as to which of the hotel's venues the ball would be taking in place, the Manhattan Ballroom, it turned out to be. It would be challenging for Blake to try something in there, but he was a well connect man and had no doubt done extensive research for his plans.

Heero and his team figured that Blake would probably place bombs, made out of the C4 he had recently purchased, at strategic areas in room. He would also have his men undercover and placed throughout the room to bully the crowd if need be. And on and on the possibilities went and as far as Heero was concerned there were too many for his taste. But they all had to be prepared. For a high rolling crowd such as this one and at such a prestigious hotel, a complete search of the place before the attendees arrived would no doubt be I order, and Heero's team would personally be in charge of that. Even if they secured the place, Blake could still have his men set things up after. The odds were harrowing. Heero just wished they'd be able to stop Blake before anyone got hurt.

All through this planning Heero's mind had been raked with thoughts of her, sometimes making it impossible to concentrate. And this morning he had been so relieved when he laid eyes on her and didn't see a scratch. He thanked God. Another first for him.

He looked at his angel, her eyes shining with the intensity of her emotions, and kissed her. Deeply. Passionately. Tenderly. Lovingly.

When they came apart for air, Usagi was breathless and amazed. He had never kissed her like that before. And WOW had it been a kiss. She looked at him questioningly. But he just cradled her face between his palms and smiled at her. The most radiant, handsome, soul searing, smile she had ever seen on his face.

"I love you too," he told her kissing her again with the as much intensity as he could. And Usagi was lost. Floating on a cloud. Surely, surely she must died and gone to heaven.

After their admissions, they did not hesitate to show each other exactly how much they truly loved the other. Clothing quickly came off. Tender sighs, words and moans filled the house. It wasn't until hours later they realized that Usagi was beyond late for work.

"Come on you can still make it," Heero told her about to get up from the bed. But Usagi was most certainly not in the mood to go to work. She grabbed hold of his hand, stilling him, and holding up a finger to him to be quiet she reached over to her night stand, picked up her phone and called the agency she worked with.

"Hey Rei. It's Usagi." She listened. "No I'm not okay." She listened again. "No, I won't be able to make it into work today. Thanks." And with that Usagi hung up, and just like that all of their worries about her being late for work disappeared. Her eyes returned to Heero and she grinned, pulling him back to her.

"We're not leaving this bed, till I say so," she growled playfully nibbling his earlobe.

Heero chuckled. "I wouldn't dream of arguing with you."

Across town…

Jacob lounging on a couch in the small apartment he and Frank shared, with Frank next to him reading the newspaper—very un-thug like—was still smarting over being chastised by Heero all those nights ago. Dangerous thoughts were forming in his head, some he gave voice to.

"I'm starting to suspect Yuy, man," Jacob said.

Frank sighed and replied not looking up from the paper. "Not this again man. Just drop it. Heero is one of us. End of story."

"No he's not. My gut is tellin' me he ain't man, trust me."

Frank emitted another exasperated sigh and turned to look at Jacob this time. "And what he done that got you sus?"

"The way he's so protective of Blake's little squeeze, for one."

"It's his job. If he ain't so protective, Blake would have his ass if anything happened to her."

Jacob took this into consideration. "Speakin' of which I think there's something going on between them two. You saw the way he was flirtin' with her the other night? What's up with dat?"

"Yo, man, don't go diggin' up dirt where there ain't none. We all know about the Boss's rules when it comes to his women. Heero would be a dead man to even think about gettin' it on with the Boss's chick."

"Maybe they're doin' it in secret," Blake said gradually getting more and more excited by the thought of finding some kind of dirt on Heero. "They spend mad time together!"

"Nah," Frank said rejecting this theory. "Heero isn't the type. I don't think I've seen him look at a woman. The guy is mad focused. Besides I think women are intimidated by him. I sure as hell am." He laughed.

Dejected, Jacob muttered a few incomprehensible words and settled back into the chair. Frank went back to reading. But a few minutes later the paper was ripped out of his hand. Surprise filtered through him as he looked at Jacob as if he was crazy.

"What the fuck you did that for?" Frank exclaimed.

"I got it!"

Frank groaned. "Not this shit again!"

"You heard how the warehouse you and Yuy went to the other night was raided by dem cops after you guys left?" Jacob asked him. He was just making the connections himself.

Frank stared at him in disbelief but then his expression changed into disgust.

"And you think that Heero had somethin' to do with dat?" Frank deadpanned.

Jacob nodded slowly as he got his thoughts together. "How else would the cops know to raid the place? Somebody had to tip em' off."

"It could have been anybody, man! You just got it in for Heero that's why you suspectin' him. Besides," Frank said logically, "assumin' Heero was a cop, why would he get dem to raid the place after we left with all the weapons? Wouldn't it make more sense if he was a cop to stop whole damn thing from takin' place in the first place?"

This seemed to through Jacob off. Frank did have a valid point. Any cop wouldn't have wanted any of those weapons to leave the warehouse and if Heero was a cop he had just let twenty million dollars worth of weapons out onto the street. Crestfallen, Jacob settled back into his seat once more and Frank took that as a sign of his surrender on the topic. He sighed in relief…

Heero…

It was later during the week when Heero broke the news to Usagi, and suffice to say she wasn't happy about what she was hearing.

"Usa, don't argue with me, please. I don't want you to be around any kind of danger. This is for the best."

It seemed, to Usagi, that the only time Heero ever spoke so much was when he was ordering her around for her own safety. And although she loved hearing his voice, right now it was only irritating her.

"No, I'm not leaving you," she said stubbornly. "You can't just chuck me aside now that you've used me to get your information. I'm seeing this through."

Heero ran a hand through his hair, and exasperated sigh leaving his lips. They had been discussing this matter for almost twenty minutes now and she still wasn't seeing reason.

"Look," he said. "This isn't about chucking," he made a face at the word, "you aside, it's for your own protection. You did your job, now let me do mine."

"No—"

"I don't want to leave you either, but can you at least try to see this from my point of view?"

Usagi frowned. "What do you mean?"

"If I know you're with Quatra, I'll know you'll be safe. I won't have to worry about protecting you, not when all of my attention is going to be focused on stopping Blake. If I have to split that focus things can go wrong."

Usagi hadn't thought about that but she was still upset and his words stung her, irrationally as it may be. The way her mind interpreted his words was that she was going to be a distraction if she went to the party on Saturday. Deep down she knew he only wanted her to be safe so he could concentrate on his job, but she wanted to be by his side so badly and she wanted to help him, she knew she could. But he didn't want her help anymore.

"Fine, I won't go, but I'm not going to Quatra's house either."

Heero shut his eyes in frustration. She was so stubborn. He opened his mouth to refute her but he didn't get a chance, she cut him off.

"It's a fair compromise," she said determined to have her way, one way or the other. "You won't have to worry about me. I'll be safe here. You can even leave someone to guard me."

Heero sighed in defeat. He noticed he was sighing a lot these days and sighed again. He had to stop that. He would turn old and gray before his time if he lost patience with her all the time.

When they had found out that Blake was planning on attending the party, as preposterous as it seemed, and invited Usagi to accompany him, Heero had immediately seen the risks involved if he let her attend the party and didn't want her to go at all, but Usagi wouldn't agreed with him. He was just relieved they had come to an agreement now, albeit he still wasn't happy about the compromise. So it was decided that she would stay at her house, while he and his men set out to sabotage Blake's sinister plans. He would still worry about her, but at least he would know she wasn't in any immediate danger.

Heero pulled her in for a hug and she returned it, resting her cheek on his chest. "You know we've never argued like this before," he muttered.

"You know they say make up sex is the best," Usagi replied matter-of-factly after a moment.

Heero couldn't help but laugh. "There's only one way to find out then," he said before moving in for a kiss.

And unbeknownst to them, someone positioned just outside the house, was secretly taking photographs as the couple shared their passionate kisses…

Author's Note: Sorry this chapter was shorter than the others, but I just wanted to dedicate it to Heero and Usagi confessing their feelings for one another, even though I threw in some other details. Thanks for reading and don't forget to tell me what you think! ^_^