Duo woke up to a pain in his head. "Damnit Wufei! Watch what your doing, that's the second time you hit the door with his head."

"For your information Barton it isn't all the easy to carry this heavy log." Wufei growled while using his foot to slam the car door shut.

It took a while for Duo to realize where he was. Apparently he had fallen asleep, because he was now standing outside Quatre's mansion, well not exactly standing, more like Wufei was carrying him like a rag doll. "Gee thanks Wufei, I didn't think I was 'that' heavy." Duo's retort made Wufei jump.

"Thank god your awake, I thought my arms were going to fall off." That said he dropped Duo making him fall to the floor in a loud thump.

"Ow! You could have warned me that you were going to drop me!"

"What are you talking about Maxwell? I clearly gave you plenty of warning!"

Duo just glared as he picked himself off of the ground. ::Why am I here?:: He thought back, ::Last thing I remember was being in the hospital and…

"Heero! Where's Heero?!" Duo yelled.

"He is still in the hospital Duo, Quatre is trying to get him released right now." Walking up to Duo, Trowa put a hand on his shoulder. "Now YOU need to go inside and get some rest."

"Hell no! I told Heero I wasn't going anywhere… I have to go back!" in a blind panic he launched himself for the car but Wufei jumped at him and pinned his arms to the ground. "Ger off me Wu…"

"Maxwell calm down!" Wufei yelled pulling the braided boy up but keeping sure he had a firm grip on both of his arms. "Winner is fully capable of taking care of Heero, now 'we' are to make sure you are taken care of." At that both Wufei and Trowa dragged a struggling Duo into one of the many rooms at the estate.

Once they finally got Duo deposited on the bed Trowa pulled out a needle. Duo squirmed harder under the weight holding him down and his eyes widened in terror. "Now… you are going to be good and sleep or we will have to use other means to get you to settle down."

"You wouldn't!" Needles were not Duo's favorite thing, well they weren't even close. He hated them with a passion.

"Try me." Trowa held the needle in front of Duo's face.

Duo stopped trying to get away and nodded his head quickly, never taking his eyes off the pointed needle with most likely a shot of sleeping medication in it.

"Well that was easy." Wufei smirked. He found it funny how someone could be afraid of a tiny little thing like a needle. Now a sword would be something to be afraid of.

"How the hell am I suppose to sleep with you guys standing over me?" Duo grumbled putting his hands over his face and sighing.

"Well you better find a way, or…"

"Alright I get it! Geez, at least stop hovering over me!"

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Heero looked up when a short stubby man with a white doctors coat walked into the room. He was holding a clipboard and had a big smile on his face. Under the white gown Heero could clearly see baby blue scrubs, which matched the mans eyes. He looked up at Heero, "Glad to see you have finally woken up! I am Doctor Wood. I just need to check a few things before you can be released."

As the man worked he jotted down a few things on his clip board and attempted to make small talk. What the doctor didn't realize, but soon found out, was that Heero Yuy wasn't good at small talk. Or any amount of lengthy talking at all.

After only getting one word answers to everything he asked, the good doctor finally gave up trying to get anything out of Heero. Its not like he wasn't used to patients like Heero, most suicide patients were quiet. But he usually could at least crack a smile out of them before he left. Heero, however, was not to be budged.

Doctor Wood sighed, "Well Mr. Yuy, you have a very good friend, I hope you know. You are being released this afternoon. I hope I don't have see you here in the future! That would mean that you are staying out of trouble!" With that he smiled, or rather widened the smile that was already on his face, and left.

Heero just sat on the bed glaring at the door. He didn't understand why people always made it their business to pry pointless information out of him. Even though he had to admit Dr. Wood seemed like a good doctor, he couldn't help wondering how he remained 'sane' trying to cheer up suicidal patients all day.

::Well no matter, I'm gonna be gone from this place soon enough.:: He closed his eyes and sunk deeper into the pillows. Duo hadn't come back yet and Heero couldn't help feeling disappointed. ::He's probably busy with other things:: Heero couldn't help thinking that Duo would be best someplace else, seeing how nothing but depression would conclude in staying by Heero's side.

His thoughts soon faded as he drifted off to sleep.

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Duo opened his eyes to bright orange light, he squinted and sat up. The hot sun gleamed against his tan skin. He stretched his muscles and sat in an upright position, and looked around him. There was the same clearing of grass all around him, but now the grass wasn't as green, it seemed to take on a yellowish cover, as if dying away. To his left lay Heero, rolled into a ball and sleeping soundly. A smile played on Duo's face as he watched Heero slowly rouse into wakefulness.

Slowly, Heero uncurled himself and layed on his back stretching out like a cat. His view of the bright sky was covered when suddenly Duo leaned over and stuck his head directly over Heero. "Hiya Heero! Nice to see you awake."

Glaring at the braided boy Heero said the only thing he could have in a situation like that, "Hn."

"Woooo… Is it just me or is this place getting hotter and hotter, I mean, cant a guy dream in a nice environment now-a-days? Come to think of it, why am I feeling heat in a dream? That's just a little disturbing."

Heero sighed, he would never be able to understand how someone could babble on about something so pointless as to how hot it is.

"So, how be hospital life treatin ya?" Duo's smile faded, "I kinda got dragged away by Tro and Wu… and can YOU believe that they are holding ME hostage? I fell asleep, I guess, in the waiting room and next thing I know they are holding me down threatening to give me a shot." He looked away from Heero, "Ummm… so anyway that's why I haven't been back at see ya an all."

"Aa, don't worry about it."

"Don't worry about it?? I gave you my word! I told you I would be back, I…"

Heero just sighed and looked up at the sky, the hot wind was blowing away the hair from his eyes, giving a clear view them. "Aa… I guess we would be called 'even' then."

Duo chuckled softly, "Ha… guess we are just a couple screw ups ne?" He laid back down on the rough grass and proceeded to look at the sky with Heero.

"Hai. I guess we are." Out of the corner of his eye he could see Duo's smile and his heart leapt. As if moving on its own, his hand came up and touched Duo's cheek lightly.

Duo turned his head, wide eyed, to look into the cobalt blue he thought he might get lost in. Heero's eyes showed uncertainty yet a longing which Duo had never seen before. All too soon the hand was gone and Heero was standing up back turned away.

"H-Heero?"

"Someone's trying to wake me." And then he was gone. Leaving Duo in the hot field with his thoughts spinning around Heero's action. His heart had sped up and he couldn't bring himself to turn away from the spot the other boy had occupied moments before.

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Heero could feel someone shaking him lightly as he drifted back into consciousness. He opened his eyes adjusting to the rooms light, and looked up to see a smiling Quatre hovering over him. "Ah… I'm sorry I had to wake you, but we need get going. They will probably be needing this room shortly, and you are now officially released." He walked over to grab the blue duffel bag that was sitting on one of the chairs. "I brought you some clothes, so get changed and I'll meet you in the hall."

Somehow Heero was able to get the tricky jeans and t-shirt on himself without falling over. Heero found that sleeping for a week really took a lot out of him. It took about ten minutes for the room to stop spinning after he stood. He could remembered a similar time when he was unconscious for a month, he had had a terrible time trying to get his legs to move properly after.

Just like he said, Quatre was waiting outside the door. But Heero was a little surprised as he saw that Quatre was leaning heavily on the wall for support and his eyes were half lidded as if he was about to fall asleep. When he spotted him walk out of the door, he quickly put back on his smile and Heero was surprised how quickly he transformed his mood.

Obviously Quatre was trying to hide his drowsiness and Heero became worried that he wouldn't be able to make it the hour drive home.

They walked out of the hospital and Quatre led Heero to a small blue two door car. An uneasy feeling crept inside of Heero and he looked up at the blond, "Your driving us home?"

"Is there something wrong with that?" Quatre's brow was now furrowed as he tried to figure out why Heero was hesitating.

"No." With that, they both got into the car and started their long drive back to the estate.

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"GAH! What is taking them so long! Trowa, how come they aren't back yet?" Duo threw his one free hand up in the air in attempt to sound more dramatic.

"Duo, stop worrying. Aa… Rummy!" He grabbed the card Duo was just placing down into the discard pile.

"Hey! No fair I hadn't taken my hand off yet!" Duo went to grab the card but was stopped by a sword pointed at his neck.

"I'd suggest you start paying attention Maxwell if you want to keep your braid." Duo gulped and looked innocently at Wufei.

"Aw come on Wu, how can you say I'm not paying attention when you are still a hundred points in the hole?"

The three ex pilots had become bored waiting for Heero and Quatre to come home. After an hour of begging and pleading Duo had finally got them to sit down and play Rummy with him. He had really wanted to play poker but for some reason Wufei couldn't even say the name without shuddering. Duo accused him of having a bad strip poker experience, which resulted in Wufei's face turning beat red before he drew out his sword and threatened to kill Duo.

"He has a point Wufei, this really isn't your game." Trowa on the other hand was already two-hundred points in the lead and had somehow acquired all of the Aces every game.

"I wouldn't talk Barton, I know you are cheating! I may not know how, but it is inhumanly possible to be that lucky, so therefore YOU are cheating." Wufei glared across the bed, where they were all seated, and picked up a card from the deck. "I'm watching you…" He discarded then picked up his sword lying next to him. Trowa just smirked and picked up a card from the deck. He then put down three kings and discarded his last card. "I'm out."

Duo rolled on the bed laughing as Wufei drew his sword at Trowa's head and ranted on about the 'Injustice's' of cheating. He was laughing so hard that he almost missed the phone ringing. Jumping up, he raced out of the room to answer it before Trowa or Wufei could yell at him for getting out of bed.

"Yeah… Er… Winner Estate!" He managed to say into the phone while trying to calm his breathing down.

Wufei and Trowa came up behind Duo just as the phone slipped from his hand. His eyes were wide in shock and he stood frozen staring at the phone that was now on the floor.

"What is it?" Trowa asked.

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Heero was getting worried. Quatre seemed like he was barely able to stay awake, he now had the window open and the cool night air was blowing in as they sped down the highway towards the mansion. There was still a good thirty minutes until they would reach the mansion.

For the fifth time Heero caught sight of Quatre's head drooping. "Quatre? Do you want me to drive?" Heero had been hoping that Quatre would let him take over but every time he asked, Quatre always gave the same answer.

"No way! I said I would get you home safely and I will. I don't want to pulling out any of your stitches trying to drive!"

Heero sighed, this was going to be a long drive. The scenery wasn't all that entertaining to look at but he found it something to do. Along the drive, Heero had seen nine dogs, eight squirrels, and one cat. He had ended up keeping track of the number of animals along the way unconsciously. Right now he was staring at a young woman who was jogging with her German Shepard along a bridge their car was just approaching.

The view from the bridge was breathtaking, there was a river which ran underneath the tall structure. Heero could make out the tiny boats that dotted the pink sand shores. He had started to count the little boats out of boredom when a loud honking brought his head up to look back at the road.

Fear shot through Heero as he stared at the car coming straight for them. He took a glance at Quatre and saw the boy had fallen asleep on the wheel. "QUATRE!" Even if Quatre woke up it wouldn't do much good, they were too far into the opposite lane. Heero did the only thing he could, he grabbed the wheel and turned it sharply to the left causing the car to now be facing the left side of the bridge's railing, facing the river. Everything seemed to slow down, Heero saw the rail, he saw the car crash through it. A moment of weightlessness occurred as he stared straight into the water below.

The car went crashing into the icy water, the vertical position caused the car to flop upside down, it floated up for a minute before starting to slowly fill with water and sink to the bottom.

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Hmm well I couldn't decide what to do with the chapter length… so I might just make them a little longer. Might change my mind later though.