Chapter One
Blue eyes scanned over the expression of the man sitting next to him, drink tea. He was silent, without any words spoken between them. A sigh escaped him as he looked out at the blue sky covered with white fluffy clouds. He sat down his white cup and took to his feet, without looking at the blonde man across from him.
"Trowa, tell me what's bothering you," he asked. The light brown haired man sat back down, letting his limbs relax as his crossed his legs. One green eye looked at him while the other was partly covered with his bangs.
"Nothing. I just need to get back to work. I'll see you later this evening Quatre." He nodded as the man stood back up in his uniform of medium blue with golden all over it along with red. He placed his hat on and left the room. Quatre just sighed, looking at his lover, worried.
"This usually isn't like Trowa. Normally he would sit silently or speak to me. He didn't even give me a kiss before he left like he usually did. I wonder what's bothering him. Could it be Duo with all the jokes he cracks about us two? Perhaps even more. I'll have to talk with him once he gets home," he thought to himself. He finished his tea and picked up everything, starting down the long hall towards the kitchen. He knew within a couple hour, one of his other house guests would be arriving.
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She pulled herself out of the mud, feeling it soak her dark green plain uniform. Her black boots were all dirty and she knew she would be cleaning a lot this weekend. Like usual, she was forced train with one of her boss. He claimed that he wanted to make sure both of them stayed in shape since they spent most of their time in the office.
"Oh, come on Makoto. You're not going to let a little old mud hurt ya?" she turned to the male voice, looking at the grin in his colbalt blue eyes while his lips did the same thing. Her eyes shot daggers at the man.
"...Maxwell..." How could she hate this man with the long chestnut braid? It was a long story she knew well from this girl's body she had taken over as her own. They had been together, once, before the Gundam battle when he left her all alone. No good-bye, or anything. The last time she had met up with him, was here. She worked as his secretary and knew everyone so well. Especially his friends that were so kind to her. She shook off the memory and climbed out of the mud hole to try once again. He watched her grab onto the metal bars and started across, this time quicker then ever before. She finally landed on the other side only for him to push her in. Her long slender fingers grabbed his shirt, pulling him in with her.
"I can't believe he would hurt this poor girl...well, me....like that. Just leaves all of a sudden without any words of good-bye and then wants me to welcome him back with open arms? What a fool! I'll show him! Wait! I can't transform any longer! Damn you Setsuna! You placed me in this small, delicate body where I have hardly any defense against anyone...Well, I have to accept it. This is the REAL me, isn't it?" she thought for a moment. She left the man sprawled in the mud and pulled herself out without even another look towards him as she started walking away.
"Hey! Where are you going Mako?" he asked, pulling himself out of the pit. She didn't seem to response to him so he ran and grabbed her arm. She turned, pulling it away from his grip.
"Don't touch me. Just don't touch me." He wasn't going to watch her leave him, like she always did when he just want to play or fool around. This time, he went after her.
"What's the matter with you? Do you hate having fun or just playing around? Ever since I came back, it seems to me that you've been avoiding me. Why?" She stopped in her tracks without turning to him. No smile was on her face while she turned to him, tears brimmed her dull emerald eyes.
"Are you that stupid Duo? Can't you even get a clue? I don't want to be around you! I don't want to have anything to do with you! Can't you just leave me alone and find someone else to bother? If I had it my way, I would erase the past to make sure we never met or knew each other." The smile on his face was gone by the time she had stopped talking. His colbalt eyes dark and dull. His hand touched her muddied cheek.
"I've given you everything I've had just to make you happy. Where did I go wrong? Was it something I said or did to make you hate me so?" He felt her face move from his hand.
"I'll be transferring to another unit. Expect me gone by the end of the week along as from the Mansion as well. I think it would be best if I lived on my own instead of depending on Quatre for everything." He looked at her, shocked at the words that left her lips.
"What did I do Mako? Help me out here."
"You should know by now." He looked at the dark clouds above them, knowing a storm would be coming. Remembering how she would crawl in with him so she wouldn't be alone. On stormy nights, she was reminded of something that happened in her past. Never would she speak of it to him. This had been the first storm since he had came back. He looked at her watch the rain to slowly start pouring around them. She didn't move but, just stayed there, letting it wash the mud off her.
"How many storms had passed since I was gone?" he asked, feeling the cold rain touch his face. She wrapped her arms around herself and started walking toward the locker rooms. Before she entered the women's, she stopped and turned to him.
"More then you could imagine."
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Trowa Barton sat in his office doing some paper work as usual but, it was different. He was filling something out. Slowly, he looked over the information once more and nodded slightly.
"This is all the information I know of. Hopefully some results will come back as soon as possible so I can get this all out of my mind by how guilty I feel. It was all my fault..." He picked up the phone.
"Trowa Barton speaking."
"Hi honey. I just wanted to let you know that Heero and Wufei want to meet you after work at four in the Star Cafe just to talk you know and catch up since you haven't been speaking to them lately. Think you could make it?" asked Quatre.
"Sure." Before Quatre could say anything else, he hung-up the phone, letting his mind wonder once more into his own thoughts that seemed to haunt him day and night.
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She sat in the passenger's seat silently while he drove across the wet, slick roads towards the mansion. A streak of lightning filled the sky, making her all of a sudden jump, a gasp escaping her. His hand shot out and held onto her, letting his thumb move gently across her knuckles.
"I'm going to miss you Duo." He looked at her gazing out the window. Her hand gently squeezed his. Quickly, he started worrying once more. Something was going on. Something strange and he had to find out.
"What do you mean babe?" he asked. Silence seemed to surround them once again. He felt her squeeze his hand once more.
"I'm going to be leaving sooner then I suspected. I'm going to Colony L4." He parked the car in the garage but, kept the doors locked while looking at her.
"Why? Who's there for you? Someone better then me or a secret lover I never knew of?" he asked, anger hitting him along with jealousy. She took her hand away from his and unbuckled her seat belt. Her hand touched her forehead lightly while her head leaned back against the seat.
"Just nevermind. I don't know why I bother telling you anything anymore." She unlocked the doors and quickly climbed out, running toward the side door where she quickly entered. Duo just sat there in the car, letting his forehead lean against the steering wheel.
"Why am I so jealous all of a sudden? I should be happy for her that she's going to be doing things by herself instead of depending on someone to help her through things. But, I never was able to tell her how I really felt before I left her that night. I'll try to be nice and friendly to her no matter what. She's my oldest friend I've had and I don't want to loose her. No, not again."
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Trowa walked into the bar and took a seat next to the chinese man with black hair pulled back in a small pony tail. His dark grey eyes looked over at him and smirked.
"I see you've finally made it. So, what do you think of this place? Nice?" he asked.
"I guess." Another man came to sit beside him. His dark brown chocolate bangs falling in his Prussian blue eyes while he took a drink of beer.
"You're suppose to say something Heero! I'm not going to do all the talking!" The man still stayed silent while taking another drink.
"Hn."
"Don't worry about it Wufei," said Trowa getting up.
"Might as well get going. It's almost dinner and we don't want to miss out on that. I think Quatre's cooking pasta or something tonight." He nodded as they all left out the door.
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She started frosting the two layer chocolate cake. It looked like a professional made it with the outlining, the strawberry fruit neatly placed around along with the words, Happy Birthday Trowa in the middle in red. She counted twenty-one candles and placed them around accordingly. The smile on her face seemed to suddenly disappear as she looked at the cake.
"I wish there was another way that this could happen but, I know that this is going to be for the best. I should start now so that no one will notice it later in the evening when we have the games going on. Of course, if I missed out on that, they would know something was wrong," she thought to herself as she started out of the kitchen. She walked up the stairs until she hit the top, turning right, toward her room. Too many things where going on in her head to notice the presence watching her as she pulled out two suitcases and started going through her draws, placing things neatly away.
She looked at her closet and started taking things off the white cloth covered hangers with a small red heart on the top. She left out a pair of pajamas and that was it. Slowly, she zipped up one suitcase and placed it in her closet. The next thing to go was shoes, pictures, and books. After cleaning everything off, she turned to her nightstand where she opened the draw to pull out a man's black, silky, pajama top. She held it close to her for a moment, letting her eyes close, trying to make the tears stay back.
"I'm going to miss you Duo-kun. It was too bad I have to leave you like this but, I will leave you something in return. I won't be like you. This time, I will be the one to say good-bye." She felt two tears slip out, rolling down her cheek. Her eyes opened slowly as she folded it and placed it away. The last thing she had was her jewelry boxes. She placed the largest of the two away and zipped up the suitcase. She looked at the white ivory case with gold outlining it. Slowly, she opened the hatch and lifted the lid. Inside was a soft silky golden interior with a carefully wrapped object in a silky black handkerchief. The initials DM was written in Black Chancery writing. Carefully, she picked it up, opening the material to look at a golden heart locket. She opened it, listening the the soft music leave out if it while she remembered how she received this gift.
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The air was crisp and cool while the fourteen year old girl stood in the flower garden of the OZ base. This is where she had been brought to live after they had attacked the Maxwell Church. She took a seat on the lovely two seater swing where the white roses bloomed above making some sort of shade that was held up by a thin wooden structure. A fifteen year-old boy took a seat next to her, holding something in his hand. She smiled and hugged him.
"I'm so glad to see you Duo. I was starting to think they would keep you forever away from me," she sighed. He kissed her forehead gently while letting his arm swing around her shoulders, letting her get comfortable while leaning her head on his shoulder.
"I brought you something Makoto," he grinned. She looked up at him confused while her fingers fiddled with the golden necklace around her neck holding the words, Baby Sister, on it.
"You know you didn't have to," she smiled up at him. She noticed the white ivory case with gold outlining sitting on his lap. He opened the hatch and slowly opened the case, looking at the soft silky golden interior. In the middle, was an object carefully wrapped in a silky black handkerchief. DM was written in gold Black Chancery. He picked it up, handing it to her gently. She opened it carefully, looking down at a golden heart shaped locket. She opened it to have a sweet melody come out. It was of a piano playing softly like an autumn breeze. In the middle was a picture of both of them together, sitting on the same exact swing cuddling. She smiled at him, gently closing the locket.
"Any time you think you're alone, just listen to this song and think of us being together. Their could be a time when I'm not there to protect you from any type of harm. Just imagine I'm right there by your side, watching over you." She gently wrapped it up and placed it away in the box. She gently placed it behind her while she moved to straddle on his lap. Gently, her fingers touched his cheek, feeling the soft skin.
"I want to thank-you....personally," she spoke, loud enough for only him to hear. His blue orbs seemed to sparkle at her words. Slowly, she moved closer to him, only to let her fingers tickle him, causing him to burst out laughing, After she stopped, he grinned, looking up at her, only to have her change positions and cuddle up in his lap.
"Duo." They forced themselves to pull away from each other, her settling on the other side of the swing and him on the other half. The box was in the middle of them. She looked up to see the man come out from behind them and smiled. He was dressed in an army uniform.
"Let me finish what I was doing. It will only take a minute." The man nodded.
"I'll be waiting in the truck." Then the man walked away. He stood both of them up, looking at her in his arms. He sat her down, having her hold onto him for dear life, her head leaning against his chest.
"Promise me you'll come back," she whispered. He smiled, kissing the top of her head gently.
"Don't worry. I promise I'll come back."
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She closed it, wrapped it gently, and placed it away. She left it in the center of her now empty dresser and placed the suitcase in the closet. A hand touched her shoulder, causing her to turn around. His blue eyes looked into hers.
"Why are you all packed up Makoto?" asked the gently voice. She smiled gently at Quatre and hugged him.
"Just don't worry about it Quatre. You have enough to do already. I bet you Trowa is going to be home any minute, ready to eat without knowing his surprise," she smiled.
"Until then, lets have some tea. Duo should have it all ready by now." She pulled away from him and followed him downstairs and into the lounge. She looked at the piano and smiled.
"Do you mind?" she asked Quatre whom only smiled at her gently.
"Go right ahead. You know I love to hear you play." She ruffed Duo's bangs as she walked by. He turned, watching her sit down and start play a tune. He knew but, where from? It sounded like a piano playing softly like an autumn breeze. Her eyes where closed while the melody seemed to relax him. He opened his eyes to look at the three new men standing in the doorway.
"He-man! Wu-man! T-man! Hey! You finally made it," he grinned, getting up from his seat. The piano stopped only to have to woman walk toward them along the side of Quatre.
"So, who's ready to eat?" she asked. All the men seemed to agree as they walked into the dining room.
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Author's Note: Thank-you for the reviews. It has been a ^long^ time since I've wrote the last fic. Geeze. I hope this one turns out well. Hopefully no one is confused so far. If you have any questions or comments, send them in a review or you could e-mail me privately at: deathgoddessof@yahoo.com Have a great day/morning/afternoon/night.
