Silence

By: Silent Lullaby

I hold no claim to Gundam wing. However the story is mine.

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For the next few weeks, I'm going to be reading two books for english, writing a reserch paper, and trying to keep up in the rest of my classes. THough I will try to write as much as possible, please forgive me if the updates aren't as regular as one would hope. I will at the very least update on weekends.

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Slowly my mind moved from the grip of slumber into wakefulness. Hoping to grasp a few more moments of bliss I curled deeper into the warmth that surrounded me. Sighing in content I let my eyes slid shut only to have them open as my body stiffened.

I wasn't in bed, the warmth wasn't from a blanket, and that distinctive scent belonged to only one thing, Quatre.

Slowly I turned and saw the slumbering form of the Asian beauty. His blonde lashes caressed his pale cheek as a lock of golden hair slid to obstruct my view of his face. Carefully my shaking hand reached out and gently tucked the stray lock back into place. Barely audible was a soft sigh that escaped his faintly pink lips.

I couldn't help but wonder what had caused him to breakdown like that. I had felt my heart shatter as he lay crumpled upon the floor. It had brought something out of me, a need to protect, like the knight who slew his enemies and rescued his love, in this case, the prince. The slumbering blonde was my prince, who I swore to protect.

I couldn't help but smile and kiss his sleeping form. As I pulled away from his cheek, white lashes fluttered like butterfly wings and slowly opened to reveal a pair of liquid sapphires.

His slender form grew tense but then began to relax in my embrace.

"You're still here. You stayed with me even though you could have left me alone."

Leaning towards him, I brushed our lips together and mouthed my message to him. I wouldn't ever leave him. I meant not only now, but always. I wouldn't, couldn't ever leave him.

When he spoke next I could barely hear the mere whisper that breathed past his lips.

"Thank you."

He curled up in my arms and I tightened my embrace. Feeling my muscles protest at the movement, I lifted the blonde and laid him on the large bed. My back and shoulders were sore from the unnatural position I had kept them in for what seemed to be hours. No light came from the window, not even a dying ray of twilight. Night had already set in.

Stretching to retrieve the covers, a soft groan like sound emerged from me. I was stiff but that would fade after allowing myself to lie fully stretched out. It was the sudden spasm in my back that I was annoyed with.

I moved to lie on my stomach beside Quatre, my arms moving to embrace him, barely touching his soft skin, but he pushed them away. Did I do something wrong? Before I could turn to leave he had slipped one leg over so that he now straddled my back. His pale fingers pushed my shirt upwards onto my shoulders.

I was quickly greeted with warm palms kneading my back, untying my muscles, and loosening my pains.
His delicate fingers caressed my skin, bringing shivers of pleasure down my spine.

"You could have moved to the bed but you didn't. You didn't risk the possibility of waking me did you? Thank you for everything Heero. Thank you for watching over me."

He lay against me, his chest touching my back, his head resting on my shoulder blades. Slowly, pale arms embraced my neck and caressed my cheek like silk.

"It must be late now, everything is so quiet. I can only hear us. We have a lot to do tomorrow. Good night Heero."

With that he kisses my cheek and rolled back onto the bed, his arms curled to make a pillow for his head, his knees pulled up slightly.

I leaned forward and kisses his softly lips, mouthing good night against them.

As I drifted back into slumber, I heard a soft whisper.

"I love you"

Smiling, I moved my lips to say I love you too.