Chapter two

Disclaimer. I do not own Gundam Wing, no matter how much I would love too; I am merely using the characters to amuse my struggling collection of muses. I will return them to sunrise, just as they were, if perhaps a lil faded!!

".Blah." = speech

*.Blah.* = Emphasised words

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"Man, I must have got him really ticked off for him to do something like that. I mean, that laptop's like his *kid.*"

Duo had just left he and Heeros apartment and was standing on a street corner wondering what to do. He wasn't going back home, that was for sure, he didn't want Heero to suffer any more, so what was he gonna do?

Absently, Duo rubbed at a sore spot on his chest, and continued to mutter to himself. "Man, when he gets pissed off he sure throws hard, I'm gonna have quite a bruise!"

Sighing, Duo leant back against the brick wall behind him, just outside the ring of light cast by a street lamp.

"I gotta find someplace to stay, after so many years of using a bed, no matter how hard or lumpy, I don't think I could handle the streets again."

Duo idly scratched the back of his neck, his brow knit in thought. Suddenly it came to him, and with a snap of his fingers he announced his discovery to the nearby lamppost,

" I know, Wu-man lives around here, I think I'll drop by, won't he be thrilled to see me again, well .. At least Sally will!"

With that Duo headed off to Wu-Fei's house, intent of staying out of Heero Yuy's life, forever!

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3 weeks later ...

Quatre Winner and Trowa Barton were seated quite happily in the study of Quatres Mansion, on the Winner Estate of L4. Quatre was seated as his desk, doing everything in his power to keep his mind focused on his work. Trowa, who had at some point in the last half an hour managed to slot himself into the small space between Quatres back and the back of his chair, was making this as difficult as possible.

At several of the most distracting points, Quatre had pointed out the fact that there was in fact a very comfy couch in the study, and it might be more comfy for Trowa if he sat on that. But Trowa, not easily deterred, had merely said that unless Quatre gave up on his work and sat there with him, he would not move.

Quatre had also tried simply pushing the brunette off the chair, but this had only caused Trowa to wrap his limbs more tightly round the blonde, until he was held but a near death-grip. Thus the Blonde ex-pilot was resigned to working, or a least trying to work, while the most distracting person in the world (for him at least), except perhaps Duo, attempted to distract him by all means possible.

There was a knock at the study door, once again giving his work his full attention, Quatre vaguely heard Trowa disentangle himself from the blonde and the chair and wander towards the door grumbling about people not answering their own doors.

Quatre smiled to himself. Trowa had opened up so much since the wars had ended, well .. He had opened up with Quatre at any rate. He was still his own, calm quiet self around other people, even the other Gundam pilots, but around Quatre he really acted like himself, and Quatre was thrilled.

Trowa had been staying with him for about two weeks, and he was to head off to the earth in about three days. Quatre would ask him to move in, but no matter what, Trowa wouldn't accept, not yet at any way. He was still determined to look after Catherine, even if she thought it was her looking out for him.

Trowa finished his conversation with the butler, and flopped his arms round the blondes' slim shoulders.

"You have a visitor waiting for you in the Blue Room Quat." He whispered in the blondes ear, "and I think it is someone you *will* want to see!"

"Who is it Trowa?" Quatre asked, turning in his chair to face his lover, "is it one of *our* friends?"

"Yes, a certain loud mouthed, long braided friend!"

"Duo!" Quatre shot out and flew out of the study and towards the staircase.

Duo was wandering restively round the room he had been told to wait in. The Blue Room or something, well, that had to be it, every thing from the ceiling down was, painted, draped wallpapered, or covered in blue.

Just as Duo was wondering what other colour rooms Quatre had, the door flew open and a small blonde figure dashed in and flung himself at Duo. Duo was glad when Trowa entered and disentangled the emotional blonde from his neck.

Once Quatre regained his somewhat lost composure, he ushered Duo onto a sofa as he and Trowa took seats on the one opposite. Quatre immediately began bombarding Duo with question after question, until he finally seemed to notice that Duo wasn't himself, his answers were not dangerously elongated sentences but were in fact singular words, or incoherent noises.

"Duo? Are you ok?" Quatre asked his voice sounding a little choked, "You can tell me you know, maybe I can help!"

Seeing the blonde looking sad, Trowa leant over and folded his lover into his arms, offering him a reassuring smile.

Duo watched his two friends, they were so close, they were so lucky, why had he fallen for the one person who wouldn't want him, he envied them.

"Duo?" Quatres soft voice called, and Duo felt a silent tear course down his cheek.



A.N

Lora- Ahem, sorry for the short chappie, I would like to introduce you to my Co-author Jessie, she decided to help me with this ficcie!

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