Chapter 10

Aarin walked into Quatre's room. He tucked a stray strand of hair behind his ears and laid upon the huge bed. He sighed content with the space.

"What are you doing in here this is Quatre's room." Wu-fei had walked in. He stared at Aarin menacingly.

Aarin pulled out the note and passed it to Wu-fei.

Wu-fei grabbed it and read. -Hey babe, sorry but, for the time I need to be left alone. I have business to attend to and I don't want you to be offended by my lack of attention towards you. Aarin is my new assistant, I've given him the privilege of remaining in my room for the time while I finish my work. Please, return to your room. Love you much ^^ Quatre-

Aarin calmly waited. "Is he planning something?" Wu-fei asked.

"I believe so sir." Aarin said.

"Okay." Wu-fei looked crestfallen, as he left the room. His head bowed and shoulders slumped as he walked away silently.

"We're in trouble. I think he did over hear. But what he's planning, I'm unsure of, maybe we..." Trowa ha no plan to suggest. He plopped down on the bed, Zechs pulled him into a firm hug. "What am I to do. He wouldn't confide in me then he told me to leave. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place."

"Can I be the hard place?" Zechs asked licking Trowa's earlobe.

That was Trowa sensitive spot, all coherent thinking is lost when Zechs messes with that one spot. "Yes, please." Trowa shuddered.

Duo stepped to the high double doors of Quatre's special room. Placing his ears against the lacquer wood he listened closely.

"Alas, the darkness crept over my vision obscuring the face of the person who had taken me." 'Heero's reading aloud again, no doubt it's a new book.' Duo thought.

Heero had paused. The feelings of the passage washing over him. 'Zechs is an amazing writer.' He thought. Even though Heero doesn't practice the gay ritual of his friends he supports them and their hobbies. Zechs happens to like writing novels, gay novels at that. This one in particular is his newest called, 'Just Between the Light and Dark.' This book was yet to be released, two months shy of it's debut, but Heero got he first copy, since it was Heero who suggested this one be written.

Heero brought the book up and began to read once again his voice soft. "When I awoke, I saw nothing of the brisk plains I had once lived upon. I couldn't hear the song of the crystal creek, nor the music of the mellow larks as they greeted the new day. My body ached with the clear resonance of abuse, the type of abuse I did not know.

"'Are you awake boy?' The clear baritone of an elderly gentlemen reached my ears. 'Come now we have work to attend to.' I didn't know what possessed me, but I went to the man. It was then I found out the work I was to be doing."

Heero smiled. He placed a book marker between the pages, and set the book aside. A shadow snatched up the book hiding it in the darkness.

Heero summoned a ball of a gray light, a more refined version of Quatre's treats, and held it out, the shadow grabbed the ball and left. Heero stepped out of the room bumping into Duo.

"Was that a new book?" Duo asked. "May I read it next?"

"No, baka." Heero said eyes narrowed.

Duo pouted but shook his head as if to clear the thought. "Somethings up with Quatre." Duo's tone was entirely serious. "He planning something or possibly doing something I don't know, but he's using his private phone lines. I can't understand whats going on. Aarin is constantly at his side, could that little rat have possessed him."

"No," Heero said. "It's a possibility that he overheard what was going on last night. He's put himself in a denial phase and is trying to focus on other things. Tell Trowa to talk to him, he may get the truth." Heero said walking past Duo.

Duo followed. "Do you think I would come to you if it was that simple, mister perfect soldier?" Duo steamed as he looked at Heero start to descend the third floor steps. He followed walking along side Heero. "Trowa already spoke with him." Duo whispered. "Quatre denied it and asked Trowa to leave his office, then he got on the phone."

Heero stopped. "If Trowa couldn't get through then what makes you think I would?"

"You have that affect on people." Duo replied.

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