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A/N: Here's the next part! Hope ya like it! We're still in the flashback, but it's gonna end in this part. This is the last part of the fic. Hope ya like it!

Heart Denied

Chapter 4: Love Comes from Pain

~ The Next Day ~

Duo closed his eyes. It was still too painful for him to remember the last two days. In two days he had found and lost the love of his life. He remembered when the other pilots had arrived where he and Lin had spent the last two days. He remembered when Heero scooped Lin up into his arms and kissing her. He remembered her looking back at him with pity in her eyes and whispering "I'm sorry." He remembered the doctor saying he had been lucky to make it out alive. 'How an I lucky?' Duo asked himself. 'How can I be if I'm not with her?' The doctor had said that the bullet wound was severely infected and the loss of blood was great. He would have to stay in the hospital for at least a month. 'Well. There's one good thing about having to stay in here for a month. I won't have to see them together,' Duo then fell into a restless sleep.

When Duo woke up he saw Wufei sitting across from him, watching him.

"What are you doing here?" croaked Duo.

"I saw what happened between you and my sister." Wufei said calmly.

"You don't need to worry about it Wufei. You can see that she chose Heero over me."

"Only because she felt obligated."

"Obligated?"

Wufei sighed. He had known that he would have to tell Duo the moment that he had walked into the room. "They've known each other longer than you think."

"What do you mean?"

"Back when we were fighting for the colonies Heero had a mission that had taken him to China. He was severely wounded and my sister had found him and nursed him back to health. Sometime in the month and a half the fell in love. When Heero left Lin promised him that she would wait for him. When she came here and saw him she had felt obligated to fulfill her promise. Even though she is clearly in love with you and not Heero. She doesn't want to hurt him."

Duo hadn't looked at Wufei once since he had started to speak. 'She really does love me.' He said to himself.

"She really loves you Duo. Just give her time." Said Wufei before he left the room.

After a month of being one of the most uncooperative patient in the in the hospitals history, and too much of the relief of the nurses Duo was finally released. Except for his side being a little tender he was completely recovered.

~ Zechs' Office ~

"Welcome back Duo." Said Zechs, "We're glad that you recovered. It hasn't been the same without you."

"That's because it's been quiet," muttered Wufei.

Just then Heero and Lin walked in together. When Duo saw them he refused to look at Lin straight in the eye. Even thought he could see the hurt it caused her he wouldn't look at her.

After the meeting with Zechs Duo got up and left the room without a word. When he had left Lin excused herself claiming that she had a lot of work to do and followed him. When she caught up to him he just kept walking.

"Duo, please wait." Lin said.

Duo turned around and stared at her. Not being able to hide his feelings of anger, and hurt from her he said, "What do you want Lin."

"Duo, why won't you talk to me?" she asked.

Duo pulled her into a nearby room. "Why do you think?" he asked. "First you tell me that you love me, and then you say you want Heero!"

"Duo. I still love you but I don't know how I'm going to tell Heero." Lin looked up to see what Duo's reaction to this was going to be but he just stood there. "I don't want to hurt him."

"Did you ever think that you might be hurting both of us right now?" Duo asked.

"No. I never did," she said. After a short pause she spoke again, "But I think I know what I'm going to do." She walked up to Duo and kissed him. When she pulled away a look of bewilderment was on Duo's face. "I love you Duo Maxwell."

"I love you too Lin" Duo said and then kissed her again.

When they pulled away and turned to leave they saw Heero standing at the door.

"Why?" Heero asked. "Why?"

"Heero. I'm sorry but I love Duo." Said Lin.

Heero's despair turned to anger when he looked at Duo "Ho could you Duo. I thought you were my friend. My best friend." Said Heero as he pulled out his ever present gun and pointing it at Duo.

"I'm sorry Heero. I can't stop feeling the way I do about Lin," said Duo.

Heero stood there. His best friend and his girlfriend had just betrayed him. He didn't know if he should go ahead and kill Duo or if he should just leave.

"Why don't you love me anymore?" he asked Lin.

"Because when I need you the most you weren't there."

"What!?"

"When I was captured you weren't the one that came for me. Duo was."

"I'm so sorry Lin."

Lin put her hand on Heero's shoulder. "I know you are, but my heart now belongs to Duo."

Heero looked from Lin to Duo. "Congratulations Duo. She's a wonderful girl." Heero said in his monotone voice.

"Thanks man," said Duo.

"Thank you," whispered Lin.

Heero nodded and left the room.

~ Three Months Later ~

Duo ran down the hall to his girlfriend's apartment. 'Man! Who thought that the stores would been so full the day before Christmas?' he asked himself. Now he was late. He hoped Lin wouldn't be mad at him. Especially tonight, since he had something very important to ask her.

When Duo finally got to Lin's apartment he paused outside the door to catch his breath before entering. After a few seconds he entered the apartment. "Lin! I'm here!" he called.

"Hey hun," said Lin. "Where were you?"

"I... umm... I was shopping." He said.

Lin looked at him curiously. "Duo. Is there something you aren't telling me?"

Duo sighed. "Well, actually there is Lin," Duo got down on one knee, "I love you Lin. More that life itself." He pulled out a tiny black box and opened it to reveal a beautiful diamond ring. "Lin, will you marry me?"

Lin gasped. With tears running down her cheeks she said, "Of coarse I will."

Duo got up off of his knees and placed the ring on her left hand. He then pulled her into his arms for a passionate kiss. When he pulled away he whispered "I love you."

"I love you too Duo."

~ * End Flashback * ~

Sally, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and Heero walked into the hospital room.

"Hey guys," whispered Lin.

"How are you feeling?" asked Quatre.

"I'll be fine." Said Lin.

"What did you name them?" asked Trowa.

"We named them Heero and Wufei." Said Duo.

"You What!?" yelled Wufei.

"Yeah man. Wufei Maxwell. What do you think Wu-man?"

"INJUSTICE!!" yelled Wufei before dropping into a dead faint.

Sally looked down at the former pilot of Nataku, "Thats the second time he's fainted today."

THE END!

A/N: What did you think? Love it? Hate it? Want me to burn it? Well, that's the end of my first fanfic! Be on the look out for more, you'll never know what happens... *grins evilly*