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Authoress who has given me so many hours of joy reading her fics that I
cannot begin to count them. Her name is Light, and she writes Legacy of
Kain fics with a confidence that is lacked by come authors. I am happy to
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link and go see for yourselves how wonderful her stories are.
Disclaimer - Despite the lil piece of paper my mate gave me that says I do, I do not in fact own Gundam Wing. It's a real bummer but oh well, at least it will give Santa something to work on for next Christmas. (the perfect thing to go with my dissect -a-Relena Kit, *huggles kit* I LOVE YOU SANTA!!!!!
A/N - Woot, Lora here. Now, this chappie may come as a surprise to some of you, but, hell, I was watching this thing on TV called without prejudice, and well, on of the questions these people who were on it were asked was "What is your opinion on Gay marriage?" so, well, I decided to make my opinion known through finishing this fic.
It may not be some peoples cup of tea, and it is a lil OOC but I have not even TRIED writing something like this before, so I thought I would give it a go. It is not gonna be rated high, cos well, its not like lemon or anything, hell, you guys will be lucky if I manage citrus cos it is 2:15am. I hope people like it, cos, well, even though it is not yet written I really like the idea I have and I really think it might be sweet, if I can write it well, and I really hope I can, cos I am so far quite pleased with this fic.
Thank you to..
LaiN - Well, the chibi eyes worked, I wrote this.. hope you like.
Mariko Hawaito - Well, now you can finally see another chappie. And also, thank you for reading my other fics.
Menkui Rin - I haven't heard from you in ages, how are you Lyn-Chan? Still love me? Lol. Well, as you can tell I've finally gotten of my now chair shaped posterior and typed this and am now done with this story *sobs* sad innit, well, as you will see it was a t least a happy ending. I hope you are here to read this.
Foxfire - well, this is the final chapter. I hope you enjoy, thank you so much for reading.
dilly-pickle - Lol, glad you are interested, and this is what happens... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo opened an eye and grinned, "A Baka I may be Heero, but there is one thing that makes me an extra special Baka!"
"Oh, and what's that?"
"I'm your Baka Hee-chan, always and forever!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Three Years down the line~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo rolled over, a thoughtful look playing across his face.
Beside him he could hear the soft breathing of Heero Yuy as he slept. Duo smiled slightly and brushed a stray strand of hair away from Heeros closed eyes, even after three years it still amazed him how Heero, who had once been the perfect soldier, could look so vulnerable and innocent while he slept.
Duo leant forward, pressed his lips lightly against Heeros forehead and eased himself out of the bed. Pulling on a black tee-shirt and a loose pair of trousers he made his way out of the bedroom, sparing Heeros sleeping form one last smile.
Once in the kitchen he made himself a mug of coffee and settled down at the table. A glance at the clock told him he still had at least an hour until dawn decided to make its appearance in the east, for it was 05.05am. He had not slept much that night, his mind had been totally occupied, and a mind in that condition leaves no room for sleep.
Heero had surprised him last night and he did not know how he was going to respond, he certainly hadn't made a very good job of that yesterday, but he had been surprised, so it was excusable.
~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~FLASHBACK~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~
Duo was sitting out in the garden of the small house that the couple now lived in on Quatres estate on L4. They had moved in a year ago after the final end of the fighting and the destruction of their Gundams.
Heero had been away fro a few days, doing a business deal with some important Jackass down on the earth. Heero had said Duo could go with him, but Duo's idea of fun, or even a short break was not being stuck in a hotel room, or in a smoky city while Heero discussed his industry.
Heero had been gone seven days now, and Duo was really beginning to miss him, this was the longest Heero had been away from him in the three years they had been together and despite the fact that Trowa and Quatre lived so close to him, Duo felt very, VERY alone.
Any way, Duo was sitting on a wooden bench on the back lawn when he felt a strong air of arms slide around his shoulders. He smiled, he knew those arms, Heero was back.
Heero sighed and kisses Duos neck, "I'm sorry it took so long, I'm so sorry love,"
Duo pressed his cheek against the side of Heeros head and smiled again, "No worries Heero!" He got to his feet and hugged the Japanese man "I'm just glad you're back!"
Heero kissed his braided partner, "eero had been djdjdjHhwldjcasdojyyyyu
sssHeero had been weweI missed you Duo!"
Duo buried his face in Heeros chest, the difference in their height was actually quite amusing now, with Heero standing at just under 6ft, and Duo, still being his noisy small self at 5ft6. Bizarrely enough, even the petite blonde pilot was taller than him, albeit less than a quarter of an inch, and Trowa, as expected, had grown like a weed, and managed to remain taller even than Heero.
Heero looped an arm round Duos waist, and Duo laid his head against Heeros shoulder.
Heero smiled at his lover, but them his expression became serious.
"Duo." He said quietly, "I need to ask you something, you see, I did a lot of thinking while I was away this time."
Duo wondered what could have made his Heero suddenly go so serious, he nodded, giving his accent and Heeros shoulder a comforting nuzzle in the process.
"Heero ushered Duo back to the bench and settled down beside him.
"Well, love. You are happy aren't you?"
Duo simply rolled his eyes "Heero, don't be daft! Of course I'm happy, believe me you would know if I wasn't, now if that is what all this is about you have nothing to fear!"
Heero nodded. "Okay, well, ahem, that said, I was sort of wondering,, well, hoping actually, and thinking I should ask you... Oh Hell, I'm not very good at this sort of thing Duo, but what I'm trying to say is...Will you marry me?"
Duo gaped, his jaw dropped and he starred.
He blinked. "Sorry, what did you say?" he asked, his face a mixture of astonishment and shock.
Heero took Duos hand, "I asked you if you would marry me." He repeated, sounding much calmer than he had the first time.
Duo rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah that's what I thought you said, well Heero, jeeze, you know I love you, but this isn't something I've ever thought about." He gave Heeros hand a slight squeeze, "I need to think it over, its quite a shock, will you let me?"
Heero lent down and kissed Duo softly on the cheek, a slightly dazed look in his eyes, "I would do anything for you, you know hat, I would NEVER deny you time to think, this is a big decision."
The couple did not speak on the topic again that day.
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Duo drained the last of the coffee from his mug and dumped it in the sink. Heero sure knew how to surprise him.
He really wished he didn't have doubts, he loved Heero. He loved him so much and he couldn't understand why Heeros proposition caused him so many doubts. What was he afraid of? Commitment? But why? All of these questions he couldn't answer.
In the three years he and Heero had been together they had never done anything more than kiss, they shared a room, a bed, but it went no further, Heero knew Duo was scared, even if he didn't know why.
Duo was worried, worried that the reason Heero wanted to marry him was to persuade him to go further, in his heart he knew it was rubbish, but humans tend to confuse the words of their heart with the words of their mind, and after all, Duo was only human..
Duo heard Heero stir in their room, it was 06:00am, Heero always woke at dawn. Not wanting to be quizzed on his disappearance or his answer to Heeros question, Duo grabbed a jacket and left the house.
Even on the colonies Autumn was chill.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo sat somewhere out in Quatres grounds, his back pressed up against the rough bark of an English oak tree, one of about 15 that stood in this small grove. He had walked around the grounds for a couple of hours, stopped by one of the lakes for a while, and then continued walking again, thinking all the while what to say to Heero.
Around him now, at the foot of his favourite tree, the artificial sky was darkening. He always came here, no one else knew of this place, well, as far as he knew anyway.
He was so scared, to scared to go home, he didn't want to face Heero at the moment, he was having so many doubts. One part of him wanted to run home to Heero and tell him that YES, definitely YES he would marry him, and that they would live happily ever after, the other part of him sneered at the fairly tale ending, and told him that as soon as Heero had taken all he could from Duo he would leave him. Just like everyone else.
(No, no, no! Heero would never do that, he loves me!)
[But how do you know, you told him yourself his acting was amazing, you said so when you helped him break out of the hospital!]
(That was different, we were fighting then, it was the wars, we all acted, we all had masks!)
[And how do you know that the Heero we now see isn't another mask?]
(He just wouldn't do something like that to me, he loves me, he told me he loves me!)
[And after all the times he has threatened to kill you, you still believe him, pathetic!]
(NO, He does love me, he wont ever leave me!)
[Oh, just like Solo, Father Maxwell, and Sister Helen? They were never going to leave you either were they? Heero will leave you as soon as you give into him!]
(No, no...no...)
Duos resolve was weakening, with each passing minute Heeros intentions seemed that little bit darker, and there was always a counter for every argument his heart could make, for though his heart belonged to Heero, his mind would always belong to Shinigami, and he did not like his possessions.
"Duo? Duo are you out there, it's Quatre!"
Duo sighed, "I'm over here Quat, in the oaks!" he called out
In a few minutes Quatre was seated on the ground in front of me, looking at me through concerned eyes.
"Duo, Heero's been going frantic, he's got Trowa and I running all over the grounds, and I've got a lot of grounds to search!"
Duo nodded.
"So," Quatre prompted. "Are you going to tell me what you are doing out here, and why Heero is going so crazy back at your house?"
Duo shrugged, "I needed some time to think, so I came out here!"
"For twelve hours?" Quatres tone was incredulous, "What did you need to think about?"
"Heero proposed, and well, I don't know what to say!"
Quatre shot Duo an exasperated look, "Duo!!?" He exclaimed, "you say yes! You damn well tell him you will marry him!"
Duo shook his head, "its not that easy Quat, I've just got so many doubts!"
Quatre moved so he was sitting next to Duo "I don't know exactly why you should have doubts Duo, but I will listen and help you if I can. Will you tell me?"
Duo nodded and told Quatre of all his doubts and worries, how part of him said one thing and the other part said another. How he feared Heero would leave him after he gave in.
"Oh Duo," Quatre said after Duo finished, "Heero really does love you, he's been so worried about you, he really has. He never told me what happened but he did say he thought he may have scarred you off, he's been so upset!"
Duo looked down "I was just scared Quat, so many things have gone wrong for me that I find it hard to believe that something so amazing as this could possibly work out properly for me."
"Has anything gone wrong for you and Heero since you got together?"
"Well, no, but..." Duo snorted, "I was just letting my doubts get to me wasn't I?"
"Yes you were!" Quatre replied giving Duo a hug, "Now, shall we go back and give poor Heero the good news, he's convinced that you are not only going to turn him down but start avoiding him as well!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo went into the front room of his house and was taken aback at the sight of Heero Yuy sitting slumped on the sofa, his eyes red and his cheeks stained with tears.
As Duo stepped into the living room Heeros head snapped up and he rose to his feet, "Duo, I was so worried!!" he darted across the room and pulled Duo into his arms, "I didn't mean to pressure you.
Duo sighed and wrapped his arms round Heeros waist.
"You didn't pressure me Heero, I was just being silly, I scared myself!"
"What were you scared of Duo?"
"Oh Heero, I was worried that, well, for one thing I was worried that you were only wanted me to marry you so I would, well, you know, sleep with you, cos I haven't yet!" He added hastily seeing that Heero was about to speak. "And I also thought!" He added, cutting Heero off once again, "I thought that once I did give in to me, you would leave!"
Heero stood, his arms still loosely round Duos shoulders and stared at the man in his arms. "You actually thought I would do that to you Duo?" He asked, the pain clear in his voice, his eyes begging Duo to deny it.
Duo gritted his teeth and nodded his head,
"you are going to leave me now, aren't you Heero, well, before you do, please know one thing, its not that I don't trust you, Heero, for I would trust you with my life, I just have to be careful with my heart. I wont stop you if you want to go, and I will go if you want me to leave!"
Duo's arms dropped from Heeros waist and he bowed his head, waiting to be pushed away.
Heero felt a tear run down his cheek, how to reply to that? Dud Duo still love him, he hadn't said so? but a quick glance at Quatre, who gave him a brief nod, assured him that Duo did love him, and was being truthful.
He smiled, his words decided, and much to the surprise of the American he tightened his arms around Duos shoulders and kissed the top of his head.
Duo looked up, and found himself looking up at the most wonderful smile. He blinked, "you don't want me to go, Heero?" He asked in a stunned voice.
"No." Heero said softly "I don't want you to leave, because if you did how could I prove to you that not everything in your life will go wrong, I want you to stay with me forever, because I love you Duo, I want you to marry me because I love you, not so you will give me anything. But I don't want you to feel like you have to, if it is not what you want then it wont happen. I just want to make you happy Duo."
Duo smiled "You always make me happy Heero, and yes, yes I will marry you!" He wrapped his arms round Heeros waist again, "I love you so much!"
Heero smiled again, and with a happy laugh, he picked Duo off his feet and swung him round. From across the room, standing happily in each others arms, Quatre and Trowa smiled, the knowledge of their own engagement would be disclosed soon enough.
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Summer came and so did the sound of wedding bells.
In the grounds of an estate belonging to Quatre Rebarba Barton-Winner a large white pavilion still stood, filled with friends that the two couples had known during their time fighting in the wars, Noin, Dorothy, and of course Wu-Fei and Sally. Even the eternally annoying Relena Peacecraft had been invited, but only because she had stopped stalking Heero, and all in all it had been a very pleasant day.
The ceremony had taken place on Quatres estate and not in a church, due to the difference, or lack of religion among the couples, but as they had been blessed by the one time Queen of the World, they were formal enough for anyone who should care to ask.
Heero and Duo Maxwell-Yuy had spent much of the lovely, summer afternoon walking, dancing or simply sitting together, at the moment, in the company of the other newly weds, Quatre and Trowa Barton-Winner, they were standing together at the back of the pavilion, both couples were happier than they had ever been and they finally knew that none of them would ever be alone again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Owari~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well, I would like to thank every one who has reviewed my fic, I Love al you guys so much. This, though it is not my first started, it the first multi-chapter fic I have actually finished and I am so happy that despite the long delay you guys have stayed with me to the end.
I hope you are happy with the ending, cos, well, I think its quite sweet and I would love to see marriages like theirs be allowed, my uncle is Gay, but can not marry his partner.
Once again, thank you so much. I hope some of you will read some of my other fics, If I do get signed reviews I normally take a look at fics that the reviewer has written, and I will accept flames, they will of course be fed to the chibi Vash!!!
Disclaimer - Despite the lil piece of paper my mate gave me that says I do, I do not in fact own Gundam Wing. It's a real bummer but oh well, at least it will give Santa something to work on for next Christmas. (the perfect thing to go with my dissect -a-Relena Kit, *huggles kit* I LOVE YOU SANTA!!!!!
A/N - Woot, Lora here. Now, this chappie may come as a surprise to some of you, but, hell, I was watching this thing on TV called without prejudice, and well, on of the questions these people who were on it were asked was "What is your opinion on Gay marriage?" so, well, I decided to make my opinion known through finishing this fic.
It may not be some peoples cup of tea, and it is a lil OOC but I have not even TRIED writing something like this before, so I thought I would give it a go. It is not gonna be rated high, cos well, its not like lemon or anything, hell, you guys will be lucky if I manage citrus cos it is 2:15am. I hope people like it, cos, well, even though it is not yet written I really like the idea I have and I really think it might be sweet, if I can write it well, and I really hope I can, cos I am so far quite pleased with this fic.
Thank you to..
LaiN - Well, the chibi eyes worked, I wrote this.. hope you like.
Mariko Hawaito - Well, now you can finally see another chappie. And also, thank you for reading my other fics.
Menkui Rin - I haven't heard from you in ages, how are you Lyn-Chan? Still love me? Lol. Well, as you can tell I've finally gotten of my now chair shaped posterior and typed this and am now done with this story *sobs* sad innit, well, as you will see it was a t least a happy ending. I hope you are here to read this.
Foxfire - well, this is the final chapter. I hope you enjoy, thank you so much for reading.
dilly-pickle - Lol, glad you are interested, and this is what happens... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo opened an eye and grinned, "A Baka I may be Heero, but there is one thing that makes me an extra special Baka!"
"Oh, and what's that?"
"I'm your Baka Hee-chan, always and forever!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Three Years down the line~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo rolled over, a thoughtful look playing across his face.
Beside him he could hear the soft breathing of Heero Yuy as he slept. Duo smiled slightly and brushed a stray strand of hair away from Heeros closed eyes, even after three years it still amazed him how Heero, who had once been the perfect soldier, could look so vulnerable and innocent while he slept.
Duo leant forward, pressed his lips lightly against Heeros forehead and eased himself out of the bed. Pulling on a black tee-shirt and a loose pair of trousers he made his way out of the bedroom, sparing Heeros sleeping form one last smile.
Once in the kitchen he made himself a mug of coffee and settled down at the table. A glance at the clock told him he still had at least an hour until dawn decided to make its appearance in the east, for it was 05.05am. He had not slept much that night, his mind had been totally occupied, and a mind in that condition leaves no room for sleep.
Heero had surprised him last night and he did not know how he was going to respond, he certainly hadn't made a very good job of that yesterday, but he had been surprised, so it was excusable.
~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~FLASHBACK~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~(*)~
Duo was sitting out in the garden of the small house that the couple now lived in on Quatres estate on L4. They had moved in a year ago after the final end of the fighting and the destruction of their Gundams.
Heero had been away fro a few days, doing a business deal with some important Jackass down on the earth. Heero had said Duo could go with him, but Duo's idea of fun, or even a short break was not being stuck in a hotel room, or in a smoky city while Heero discussed his industry.
Heero had been gone seven days now, and Duo was really beginning to miss him, this was the longest Heero had been away from him in the three years they had been together and despite the fact that Trowa and Quatre lived so close to him, Duo felt very, VERY alone.
Any way, Duo was sitting on a wooden bench on the back lawn when he felt a strong air of arms slide around his shoulders. He smiled, he knew those arms, Heero was back.
Heero sighed and kisses Duos neck, "I'm sorry it took so long, I'm so sorry love,"
Duo pressed his cheek against the side of Heeros head and smiled again, "No worries Heero!" He got to his feet and hugged the Japanese man "I'm just glad you're back!"
Heero kissed his braided partner, "eero had been djdjdjHhwldjcasdojyyyyu
sssHeero had been weweI missed you Duo!"
Duo buried his face in Heeros chest, the difference in their height was actually quite amusing now, with Heero standing at just under 6ft, and Duo, still being his noisy small self at 5ft6. Bizarrely enough, even the petite blonde pilot was taller than him, albeit less than a quarter of an inch, and Trowa, as expected, had grown like a weed, and managed to remain taller even than Heero.
Heero looped an arm round Duos waist, and Duo laid his head against Heeros shoulder.
Heero smiled at his lover, but them his expression became serious.
"Duo." He said quietly, "I need to ask you something, you see, I did a lot of thinking while I was away this time."
Duo wondered what could have made his Heero suddenly go so serious, he nodded, giving his accent and Heeros shoulder a comforting nuzzle in the process.
"Heero ushered Duo back to the bench and settled down beside him.
"Well, love. You are happy aren't you?"
Duo simply rolled his eyes "Heero, don't be daft! Of course I'm happy, believe me you would know if I wasn't, now if that is what all this is about you have nothing to fear!"
Heero nodded. "Okay, well, ahem, that said, I was sort of wondering,, well, hoping actually, and thinking I should ask you... Oh Hell, I'm not very good at this sort of thing Duo, but what I'm trying to say is...Will you marry me?"
Duo gaped, his jaw dropped and he starred.
He blinked. "Sorry, what did you say?" he asked, his face a mixture of astonishment and shock.
Heero took Duos hand, "I asked you if you would marry me." He repeated, sounding much calmer than he had the first time.
Duo rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah that's what I thought you said, well Heero, jeeze, you know I love you, but this isn't something I've ever thought about." He gave Heeros hand a slight squeeze, "I need to think it over, its quite a shock, will you let me?"
Heero lent down and kissed Duo softly on the cheek, a slightly dazed look in his eyes, "I would do anything for you, you know hat, I would NEVER deny you time to think, this is a big decision."
The couple did not speak on the topic again that day.
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Duo drained the last of the coffee from his mug and dumped it in the sink. Heero sure knew how to surprise him.
He really wished he didn't have doubts, he loved Heero. He loved him so much and he couldn't understand why Heeros proposition caused him so many doubts. What was he afraid of? Commitment? But why? All of these questions he couldn't answer.
In the three years he and Heero had been together they had never done anything more than kiss, they shared a room, a bed, but it went no further, Heero knew Duo was scared, even if he didn't know why.
Duo was worried, worried that the reason Heero wanted to marry him was to persuade him to go further, in his heart he knew it was rubbish, but humans tend to confuse the words of their heart with the words of their mind, and after all, Duo was only human..
Duo heard Heero stir in their room, it was 06:00am, Heero always woke at dawn. Not wanting to be quizzed on his disappearance or his answer to Heeros question, Duo grabbed a jacket and left the house.
Even on the colonies Autumn was chill.
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Duo sat somewhere out in Quatres grounds, his back pressed up against the rough bark of an English oak tree, one of about 15 that stood in this small grove. He had walked around the grounds for a couple of hours, stopped by one of the lakes for a while, and then continued walking again, thinking all the while what to say to Heero.
Around him now, at the foot of his favourite tree, the artificial sky was darkening. He always came here, no one else knew of this place, well, as far as he knew anyway.
He was so scared, to scared to go home, he didn't want to face Heero at the moment, he was having so many doubts. One part of him wanted to run home to Heero and tell him that YES, definitely YES he would marry him, and that they would live happily ever after, the other part of him sneered at the fairly tale ending, and told him that as soon as Heero had taken all he could from Duo he would leave him. Just like everyone else.
(No, no, no! Heero would never do that, he loves me!)
[But how do you know, you told him yourself his acting was amazing, you said so when you helped him break out of the hospital!]
(That was different, we were fighting then, it was the wars, we all acted, we all had masks!)
[And how do you know that the Heero we now see isn't another mask?]
(He just wouldn't do something like that to me, he loves me, he told me he loves me!)
[And after all the times he has threatened to kill you, you still believe him, pathetic!]
(NO, He does love me, he wont ever leave me!)
[Oh, just like Solo, Father Maxwell, and Sister Helen? They were never going to leave you either were they? Heero will leave you as soon as you give into him!]
(No, no...no...)
Duos resolve was weakening, with each passing minute Heeros intentions seemed that little bit darker, and there was always a counter for every argument his heart could make, for though his heart belonged to Heero, his mind would always belong to Shinigami, and he did not like his possessions.
"Duo? Duo are you out there, it's Quatre!"
Duo sighed, "I'm over here Quat, in the oaks!" he called out
In a few minutes Quatre was seated on the ground in front of me, looking at me through concerned eyes.
"Duo, Heero's been going frantic, he's got Trowa and I running all over the grounds, and I've got a lot of grounds to search!"
Duo nodded.
"So," Quatre prompted. "Are you going to tell me what you are doing out here, and why Heero is going so crazy back at your house?"
Duo shrugged, "I needed some time to think, so I came out here!"
"For twelve hours?" Quatres tone was incredulous, "What did you need to think about?"
"Heero proposed, and well, I don't know what to say!"
Quatre shot Duo an exasperated look, "Duo!!?" He exclaimed, "you say yes! You damn well tell him you will marry him!"
Duo shook his head, "its not that easy Quat, I've just got so many doubts!"
Quatre moved so he was sitting next to Duo "I don't know exactly why you should have doubts Duo, but I will listen and help you if I can. Will you tell me?"
Duo nodded and told Quatre of all his doubts and worries, how part of him said one thing and the other part said another. How he feared Heero would leave him after he gave in.
"Oh Duo," Quatre said after Duo finished, "Heero really does love you, he's been so worried about you, he really has. He never told me what happened but he did say he thought he may have scarred you off, he's been so upset!"
Duo looked down "I was just scared Quat, so many things have gone wrong for me that I find it hard to believe that something so amazing as this could possibly work out properly for me."
"Has anything gone wrong for you and Heero since you got together?"
"Well, no, but..." Duo snorted, "I was just letting my doubts get to me wasn't I?"
"Yes you were!" Quatre replied giving Duo a hug, "Now, shall we go back and give poor Heero the good news, he's convinced that you are not only going to turn him down but start avoiding him as well!"
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Duo went into the front room of his house and was taken aback at the sight of Heero Yuy sitting slumped on the sofa, his eyes red and his cheeks stained with tears.
As Duo stepped into the living room Heeros head snapped up and he rose to his feet, "Duo, I was so worried!!" he darted across the room and pulled Duo into his arms, "I didn't mean to pressure you.
Duo sighed and wrapped his arms round Heeros waist.
"You didn't pressure me Heero, I was just being silly, I scared myself!"
"What were you scared of Duo?"
"Oh Heero, I was worried that, well, for one thing I was worried that you were only wanted me to marry you so I would, well, you know, sleep with you, cos I haven't yet!" He added hastily seeing that Heero was about to speak. "And I also thought!" He added, cutting Heero off once again, "I thought that once I did give in to me, you would leave!"
Heero stood, his arms still loosely round Duos shoulders and stared at the man in his arms. "You actually thought I would do that to you Duo?" He asked, the pain clear in his voice, his eyes begging Duo to deny it.
Duo gritted his teeth and nodded his head,
"you are going to leave me now, aren't you Heero, well, before you do, please know one thing, its not that I don't trust you, Heero, for I would trust you with my life, I just have to be careful with my heart. I wont stop you if you want to go, and I will go if you want me to leave!"
Duo's arms dropped from Heeros waist and he bowed his head, waiting to be pushed away.
Heero felt a tear run down his cheek, how to reply to that? Dud Duo still love him, he hadn't said so? but a quick glance at Quatre, who gave him a brief nod, assured him that Duo did love him, and was being truthful.
He smiled, his words decided, and much to the surprise of the American he tightened his arms around Duos shoulders and kissed the top of his head.
Duo looked up, and found himself looking up at the most wonderful smile. He blinked, "you don't want me to go, Heero?" He asked in a stunned voice.
"No." Heero said softly "I don't want you to leave, because if you did how could I prove to you that not everything in your life will go wrong, I want you to stay with me forever, because I love you Duo, I want you to marry me because I love you, not so you will give me anything. But I don't want you to feel like you have to, if it is not what you want then it wont happen. I just want to make you happy Duo."
Duo smiled "You always make me happy Heero, and yes, yes I will marry you!" He wrapped his arms round Heeros waist again, "I love you so much!"
Heero smiled again, and with a happy laugh, he picked Duo off his feet and swung him round. From across the room, standing happily in each others arms, Quatre and Trowa smiled, the knowledge of their own engagement would be disclosed soon enough.
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Summer came and so did the sound of wedding bells.
In the grounds of an estate belonging to Quatre Rebarba Barton-Winner a large white pavilion still stood, filled with friends that the two couples had known during their time fighting in the wars, Noin, Dorothy, and of course Wu-Fei and Sally. Even the eternally annoying Relena Peacecraft had been invited, but only because she had stopped stalking Heero, and all in all it had been a very pleasant day.
The ceremony had taken place on Quatres estate and not in a church, due to the difference, or lack of religion among the couples, but as they had been blessed by the one time Queen of the World, they were formal enough for anyone who should care to ask.
Heero and Duo Maxwell-Yuy had spent much of the lovely, summer afternoon walking, dancing or simply sitting together, at the moment, in the company of the other newly weds, Quatre and Trowa Barton-Winner, they were standing together at the back of the pavilion, both couples were happier than they had ever been and they finally knew that none of them would ever be alone again.
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Well, I would like to thank every one who has reviewed my fic, I Love al you guys so much. This, though it is not my first started, it the first multi-chapter fic I have actually finished and I am so happy that despite the long delay you guys have stayed with me to the end.
I hope you are happy with the ending, cos, well, I think its quite sweet and I would love to see marriages like theirs be allowed, my uncle is Gay, but can not marry his partner.
Once again, thank you so much. I hope some of you will read some of my other fics, If I do get signed reviews I normally take a look at fics that the reviewer has written, and I will accept flames, they will of course be fed to the chibi Vash!!!