Chapter 1
A fiery comet streaked across the sky. Heero and Duo came up for air from their passionate embrace just in time to see the flash.
"Make a wish Heero," Duo said huskily.
"Hn," was all Heero said before recapturing Duo's lips in a fierce kiss. Duo's eyes glazed over as he responded in kind.
{A wish huh…} Quatre thought as he paused in his path to the happy couple sitting on the roof. He had been sent to discover where the two Preventers had disappeared to three hours ago. A Class A emergency had turned critical and all of the Preventers on active duty had been called in to attempt to deal with it. Currently, he, Wufei and Trowa were supposed to be looking for the pair to inform them of the sudden crisis. {But that can wait for a minute. It's so rare for any of us to get a free moment lately. This moment to kiss under a shooting star is more important than anything Une could come up with}. Quatre took a step back to leave Heero and Duo a few more moments of uninterrupted peace.
{Kissing under the stars….} Quatre's heart clenched as his traitorous thoughts immediately filled in who he would like to be kissing under the stars. For a moments, the stars twinkled even brighter as tears burned at his eyes. Even now, 3 years after accidentally finding out about Wufei and Trowa's relationship on his way to confess his love to Trowa, he still couldn't deal with the heartache. No one suspected, but he still loved the European pilot with all the force in his body. Trowa didn't even suspect, but Quatre's heart still bled every time he saw the two pilots even in the same room together. All he saw was the mask that Quatre had taken to wearing. Mr. Winner, so caring and conscientous, always polite and helpful, was quite a role, but Quatre played it to the hilt as it allowed him what little dignity he had while he failed to cope. He knew that he could never make his feeling known now that it was too late and it still tore him up inside.
Quatre shivered as a cold breeze blew across his wet face. Almost like…. a machine? He shook himself and dashed the tears from his eyes. Now was not the time to be breaking down. If they were recalling all of the Preventers, then there was a serious threat to the still fragile peace, and his own turmoil could not be allowed to interfere. He carefully reapplied his mask and took himself across the roof to spread the bad news.