Guardian Angel 7

By: Hotaru

I winced as she tied the bandage tightly. "Well…the truth is Hilde…I did know." I said weakly. She looked at me strangely. "W-What do you mean 'you knew'? How? There's no way!" she said. Sighing, I took her hand and limped to the living room and sat on the couch. "I…this is going to be hard for you to understand but…when Duo left for that mission so many years ago, he told me to protect you.[Hilde smiled slighlty] He told me to watch over you and make sure that you're safe for when he comes back home." She nodded and I took her hand.

"So…for awhile, I tried to just visit and go to the bookstore to check on you but that wasn't efficient enough. I still didn't know what was going on. That's one of the reasons I got a job there—so I could watch you. But…in order to make sure you were safe all the time..I put camera's in your apartment. Two in every room…" She was silent. "I watched you every day, making sure that no one hurt you. I felt bad for it though…seeing you sleep and eat and shower..it felt wrong but I had to do it. This was a mission to me—and this was the most important mission I have ever received."

"I'm afraid though…that I've done something wrong. I've failed in the mission." She found her voice long enough to ask, "How?" I licked my lips and looked into her eyes. "Because…I have fallen in love with you. Watching you everyday, I realized that the one way I would truly be happy was to be there with you, living each and every day by your side." Tears fell from her eyes and I felt them threatening to escape mine. "Oh…Heero…I-I don't know what to say." She whispered, cupping my face with her hands.

"Don't say anything." I leaned forward and kissed her. I've been waiting to do so for so long, and it felt absolutly wonderful. Her soft lips pressing against mine, the delicious taste of her tongue moving against mine.

Her hands wrapped around and went under my shirt as the kiss deepened. She bit my lower lip and advanced ontop of me. She wanted it too. "Mm..not here…bedroom." She whispered, nibbling at my ear. I felt a thousand swords enter my heart as we passed by a picture of the three of us together.

/Please forgive us Duo, where ever you are./ We fell onto the bed, tearing at clothing, and tossing it across the room. I grinned as she pulled her shirt off, revealing her lacy bra. Oh, how I have yearned to touch her here and kiss her there. And by the gods, it was happening. She unclasped it from the back and pulled it off dreadfully slow. I grasped one of her breasts and played with it while suckling gently on the other.

She moaned and pushed her hips against me. I moved forward and kissed her, almost crushingly.

Reaching for my boxers, I made one last prayer. Panties flew off and it was done. I had broken every rule that there was about best friends. But damn, it felt so fucking good. Her breasts pressing against my chest, the feeling of actually being inside her. The throbbing of the need to release was driving me mad. I knew I'd come soon. She would too, and logically, I did not want to be inside of her when it occurred. I tried to pull back but she pulled me closer. "St-stop…don't go.." she whispered, thrusting her hips harder and faster. "Oh..Gods!! Heero!!!!"

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She layed in my arms, breathing sofly. How many hours have passed? Three, four? I couldn't sleep. That guilty feeling would not go away. She was wonderful, she wore me out and yet I still cant sleep. I kissed her forehead and sighed.

The next morning, when I awoke, she was still in my arms. I rubbed her head gently, feeling her silky soft hair in between my fingers. "Hm…good morning." She mumbled, sitting up. I smiled softly. "You didn't do anything you didn't want to do right?" I asked as I rolled out of bed. She shook her head 'no' and started to pull on her clothes. "Of course not. I would have kicked out out if I didn't." she replied with a smile. "Are you mad?" I asked, pulling my boxers on. She smiled. "Well…you have been watching me *shower* without me knowing. It's kinda kinky but it's still weird."

I shrugged and followed her inside. "Well, I know Sion'll be by any second now that he's heard about the robber and all. I think you should go home." She said glumly. "Why does he always come by? You aren't involved with him are you?" I asked. She giggled and shook her head. "No silly. He's cute as hell but I ain't with him. He's more like my brother than anything else." She said. I raised an eyebrow. "Well, wasn't I like your brother? Now I've slept with you. Does that mean that he will too?" I asked, pulling on my boots and coat. The pants had dried blood on them but I couldn't go outside with only underwear.

"Okay, he's more like a gay brother then." She said with a grin. "He's gay?" She laughed again. "Well no but he doesn't have a chance in hell with me." She said. I nodded. "Okay, I better get going. I'll see you later." I said, kissing her softly. "Alright. See you later lover boy." She said as I headed down her walkway. Smiling to myself I walked home. There was a message on the vidscreen. No image, just a message.

He's back

I must have read it a thousand times over in my head. It was from Wufei. Who was back? Quartre from vacation? No, he wasn't on vacation…I grabbed a sandwich and headed to his place. /This is not good. He could mean thousands of people, but why would Wufei tell me?!/ I was shaking when I knocked on the hard wooden door. A few seconds later, Wufei opened it. "Ah, Heero. So you got the message then?" he asked. Not even a hello. I gulped and nodded. "What's this all about?" I asked. He opened the door.

"I suppose you are wondering who 'he' is. Well Heero, Duo's back." He said flatly. "What? How?" I asked, feeling very lightheaded. "He came back a day or two ago. He was too nervous to see Hilde. But apparantly when he went home last night, he found you two asleep in bed together." Wufei looked pissed. I felt like running into the wall. I felt like punching a hole somewhere.

"That's wrong Heero. So unlike you. He's staying at Quatre's now, he's really pissed off Heero." Wufei said, opening the door. I didn't deserve to be in his or anyone else's presense. But somehow, I gathered up my courage and drove to Quatre's. He was excited as ever to see me but he knew with the circumstances, he had no reason to be. "Duo's upstairs in 'his' room. I suppose you will talk with him right?" he asked. I nodded and headed up to his room. I stopped outside the white door and sighed. /I haven't seen him in years…now this./ I opened the door quietly. Duo was sitting cross-legged on his bed, his chin resing in his hands. He was staring out the window.

"How could you?" he asked shakily. I searched for any words that I could say to possibly answer that question. "I trusted you with her life…and I come home to find you in bed together?! What kind of friend sleeps with his best friends girl?!" He threw a small music box at the wall near my head. It crashed to pieces, hurting my eardrums. "I had no right to Duo but…she wanted me as much as I her…I had almost given up hope that you would ever return." I said quietly. "Hope?" Duo snorted, getting up from the bed.

"I-I can't believe that you, my best goddamn friend, would sleep with her…my girl. I told you to protect her not fuck her!!!" I winced as another one of Quatre's trinkets crashed against the wall. He ran at me and punched me square in the jaw.

I hobbled back wards. "I trusted you! How could you?!" he sobbed, tears falling from his deeply saddned violet eyes. "I never meant to…last night there was someone who wanted to hurt Hilde…and I ran over and stopped him. She asked how I knew and I told her..how I've been watching her. She felt so…alone, she needed me Duo. She's been waiting for you for years. I was all she had."

Duo crumpled to the floor. "All the people I've ever loved have betrayed me. I've lost Hilde and I've lost you.." I shook my head. "Duo, she's still waiting for you. I…I'll leave. I'll move off of Earth for the rest of my life if it will make you happy." I said. He looked up at me. "No Heero, you don't get it. I want it to be like it used to! Before the goddamn mission, before this!" I ran my hand through my hair. "Duo. I'm willing to give her up. I've been her guardian angel for so many years now and I've fallen in love with her…but I'm willing to let you have her, because it's the right thing to do."

"Can't we put this all behind us? Duo…I've been waiting for you to come back every day since you left. You're….you're my best friend Duo…I never meant to hurt you." He stood up and pulled me into a hug. "This—was the only time..right?" he asked shakily. I nodded and sighed. "I'm glad your back." I said quietly. Duo smiled slightly. "Me too…"

Hotaru