Wiccachic: hee hee this is for those who reviewed for me!!!! ::big hugs all around:: this was the first fic I've ever posted and I'm so happy that ya'll liked it!!! ^_^\/. I would also like to take the time to say that I own nothing. If I owned these hot bishies, do you really think that I would share them with the general public? ::smiles and snuggles Duo:: any way, this is the next part! Enjoy!!

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"So that's basically what I've been doing." Duo sipped at his luke warm coffee and grinned. The two of them had been sitting in the coffee shop for about an hour which was about how long it had taken Duo to relate what had happened to him in the past two years. "How about you?"

Heero blinked slowly. "I've been Releena's body guard." simple and too the point with out much speaking. He'd really missed Heero.

"For two years?" Duo shook his head and whistled. "Man, how could you stand her for that long?"

"She's not that bad." Heero sipped at his own drink.

Duo felt his heart twinge at how fast Heero was to come to Releena's defense but shrugged it off. "Hmm….must be love."

Heero grimaced. "No way." He shook his head. "I protect her because she is a good leader and the people need a leader." he shrugged. "I've been thinking of leaving, though. She's safe enough now, and I'm tired of listening to her."

Duo pushed down the compulsion to blurt out that he could use another partner and merely grinned. "Well, I'm in town for three weeks, staying at the Hampton, Presidential suit if you want to come visit." he tried not to sound to hopeful.

"I just might." he looked down at the watch on his wrist and sighed. "I have to get back. I'll see you around." He stood, preparing to leave when Duo caught his arm.

"Wait a sec." He scribbled something down on the napkin in front of it and shoved it into Heero's hand. "M-my number, if you want to call." he blushed slightly and looked away.

Heero looked at the crumpled napkin in his hand as if he'd never seen one before, then shook his head slightly, as if dispelling thoughts. "Hn." he turned on his heel and quickly left the shop. Duo sat at his table a moment longer before standing up and throwing a couple bills on the table and leaving himself.

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Duo sighed and closed his door behind him, throwing his key's on a nearby table and beginning to undress before carefully studying his surroundings. He had just reached for the waistband of his black boxers when he heard someone clear their throat. He looked up and met Trowa's green eye. "I love a free show as much as the next man, Duo-san, but I think you might want to stop."

Duo frowned. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I invited him." Quatre stepped forward and laced his fingers with Trowa's.

"And what are you doing here? I thought you were gonna be busy with some new project of yours." Duo stepped forward with a smile. "Not that I'm not glad to see ya, but I am kinda curious. You said that I'd be alone for the next three weeks."

"Oh, you will be, I just wanted to drop in and say hi." He sat down on the couch and waved Trowa into the seat beside him. "By the way," he said, almost too casually, "Have you seen Heero lately? I heard he was in town."

Duo frowned. It was almost as if Quatre wanted him to wish to see the wing pilot. "Yeah.." he said slowly, "I ran into him on the street earlier." he narrowed his eyes slightly. "Why?"

"Oh, no reason. I was just wondering." he smiled brightly suddenly. "So! Do you want to go out with Trowa and I tonight?"

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Heero walked into Releena's mansion exactly forty minutes later to see the Queen sitting in the parlor through the open door. He walked in silently and studied the other occupants of the room. Two panting dignitaries who wanted to claim Releena as theirs and one woman. Dorothy Catalonia. He repressed a shudder as her strange blue eyes settled on him and took his place just behind Releena's Right shoulder.

"Thank you for coming, Gentlemen. I will get back to you on that." Releena smiled softly and rang for her butler to show the men out. The three other occupants remained silent till they were alone. "Would you like to explain where you went today, Heero?" Releena poured herself a glass of tea and offered some to Dorothy.

"No." he replied shortly.

Dorothy raised one forked brow and smiled softly. "I didn't know one could refuse their employer like that."

Heero didn't even spare her a glance. "I decided to take a walk."

"With whom?" Releena asked sipping her tea.

"No one important." he replied. His fingers curled around the napkin in his pocket, belying his words. "If you will excuse me?" he exited the room with out waiting for a reply.

"I think you need to rope that one in some, Your Majesty." Dorothy said, sipping her tea.

"And how am I to do that?"

The blonde shrugged. "How am I to know?"

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Wiccachic: Woohoo!!!! :: throws up victory sign:: number two done!!!!

Duo: ::sweat drop:: please r&r people, she might get hostile

Wiccachic: ::innocent eyes:: who, me? ::hides ever-present scythe::