Avalanches ain't that bad.

During the night, Heero kept twisting and turning, and then he saw Duo doing the same on the other side of the board, so he got out a pen and an orange and started to draw. Duo lay there, not being able to sleep, then an orange rolled from the other side, he picked it up and looked at the funny face looking like this: -_- Duo laughed and got his marker pen and drew a face on it. Heero felt the orange hit him as it rolled in, he looked at the face which looked something like this: ^_^ Heero smiled and drew a face onto it. Duo saw the orange roll around and he looked at it, it looked like this: ¬_¬ Duo drew a face and was about to roll it over when he heard Heero's cell phone go off, he was talking to his father, and Duo decided to sleep. Heero finished his conversation and saw Duo settling in for some sleep and did the same.

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Next day, Duo and Wufei were cleaning the floors with a cloth and were running from one direction to the other, just then Duo looked over his shoulder through the window to see Heero and Zechs' niece Maraimia (A/N: We can't spell!) sitting on the stairs, Heero was messing around with her woolly hat because it had a hole in it, Duo went around the bend, and when he made a turn back to the window, Heero was gone, and Maraimia was sitting there on her own.

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"Maraimia!" Heero called out, Maraimia stood there, she was all ready to go out for some skiing and Heero came, took off her hood and put on her woolly hat, but to cover to hole, he got a pair of gloves and sowed it on so it looked like a funny pair of ears, Heero put her hood back on her, "Arigato Heero!" She said and Heero walked off.

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"Warning, warning, there will be an avalanche coming in 10mins, everyone abandon the ski lodge immediately!" All the kids came in except one. "Where's Maraimia?" Zechs said, "She still in the hills!" one kid said, "I'll go get her!" Duo said, just then Heero and Sally came running in, "What's going on?" Heero asked, "Maraimia is trapped in the hills, and an avalanche will commence soon." Duo said, "I'll come with you!" Heero said, "Hop on!" Duo said getting on his vehicle.

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"Maraimia!" "Maraimia!" Heero and Duo kept yelling Maraimia's name, when they got to a slope, they got a response, "Down here!" Duo and Heero looked over the slope and saw Maraimia clutched to a tree, "Hold on Maraimia, I'll come down to get you!" Duo said, tying a rope around his waste and the other one around the tree, slowly, he jumped down till he was by Maraimia's side, "Don't be scared Maraimia, big bro Duo is here!" Duo said taking the rope of and tied it around her waste, then he signalled Heero to pull, but as Heero was doing so, the avalanche was coming down, "Throw me the other end!" Duo yelled, and Heero did as told, Duo tied it around his waste and jumped down pulling Maraimia up the hill quick, when she reached it, Heero hugged Maraimia and said, "Go tell everyone that we're here ok!" Maraimia nodded and watched Heero jump down the hill after duo, and then watched the two make a run from the avalanche, but they were caught, Maraimia quickly ran back.

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"Where is she?" Zechs said pacing back and forth, Sally took off her goggles and looked into the distance, "Hey is that a person?" She said pointing, and then out of the fog, Maraimia came out, Zechs ran towards her and hugged her, "Maraimia, you're alright!" He said, "Heero and Duo are in the avalanche!" Maraimia said through cluttering teeth.

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Duo emerged from the snow and looked around, then he started digging under the ground and pulled Heero out, "You alright?" He asked him, "Where are we?" Heero asked looking around, "I don't know, but I think we should go into shelter." Duo said and looked around, in luck to find a shovel and used it to make a cave underground, they both climbed in, "Do not fall asleep or you might not wake up." Duo said, "Say something or I might think you're unconscious." Duo said, "What is there to say?" Heero asked turning to look at him, "Anything." Duo said, "When I was little, about 6 years old, my mother would always have a smile on her face, and her eyes would go so narrow with a big smile on her face." Heero said, "Was her smile something like this?" Duo asked pulling out the orange from his pocket to show her the face he drew: I P "She never stuck her tongue out!" Heero said slapping Duo playfully, "Yeah, but it's more cute with your tongue sticking out!" Duo said making the face himself.

2 hours later. "You alright?" Duo asked Heero, "I'm hungry, cold and tired." He said shivering, Duo looked at him and got up and came back with his jacket off and put it around Heero and hugged him, "Don't fall asleep!" He said, just then the alarm on Heero's pill case went off signalling it time for him to take his pills, Duo reached over and took one out, "Here Heero, take one." He said and put it in his mouth, "Water." Duo said looking around then he just took some snow, put it in his mouth and placed his lips against Heero's and let the melted snow which was water go to Heero's mouth, and he swallowed the pill, Duo moved only inches away from Heero, and Heero opened his eyes to look into Duo's violet orbs, and Duo leant back down and gave Heero a long passionate kiss, Heero kissed back.

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Next morning, the crew went out to look for Heero and Duo, and then they saw the shovel and dug under, "They're here!" One of the men said, and they helped them out.

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"You're awake!" Sally said as Heero opened his eyes, "The doctor said you're going to be fine." Sally said reassuringly, "Where's Duo?" Heero said.

In duo's room, Sally and Heero came running in, "I can't believe he took off his jacket in the snow, he knows he'll get sick, and now he's got a fever." Wufei said, "Make sure he gets a lot of rest!" The doctor said and left the room.

So from day 1 when Duo had his fever, Heero would take care of him, whipping away his sweat, washing his face, adjusting his pillow for him, cooking some soup and feeding it to him, Heero fell asleep by Duo one night, Duo woke up and looked at him, he smiled and placed Heero's hand in his and fell back asleep.

Next morning, Heero stirred and woke up, looking around, only to find Duo gone, he got up, grabbed his jacket and ran out to see Duo shovelling snow, "You haven't fully recovered yet! What are you doing out of bed?" He said with worry in his voice, "Did you know that your soup tastes terrible?" Duo said making a face, Heero's face fell, "But I don't know why I wanna drink more of it." Duo said smiling; Heero looked up at Duo and smiled.

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