"Trowa would love to see you." She said sweetly, standing in the doorway and smiling. The three boys walked into the dimly lit hospital room. Duo shuddered, he hated hospitals. He led the others up to Trowa's bed.

"Now what on Earth have you been doing to yourself?" He asked Trowa jokingly. He was rewarded with a smile from the tall boy.

"Same old Duo." Trowa said quietly. He looked past Duo to where Wufei was standing. "I'm sorry, I don't know you." He said.

"My name is Wufei Chang." Wufei walked over to the bed to see Trowa properly. "I'm a friend of Duo and Heero."

"I see." Trowa said. "Please take a seat." He gestured half-heartedly towards a set of chairs next to the bed. Duo and Wufei sat down and Trowa looked at his third and final visitor. "Hello Heero." He said, slightly formally.

"Trowa." Heero nodded. He walked forward and leaned over, forgetting himself for a moment. He meant to kiss Trowa, as he had always done. He caught himself just in time and straightened up, patting Trowa gently on the shoulder. He took a seat next to Duo, never taking his eyes off of Trowa. They were all silent for a moment.

"Well, this must be a cheerful reunion for you!" Rosie said, breaking the silence. Trowa looked back at her and his eyes seemed to light up. He beckoned her over and she went and perched on his bed, putting her small white hand on his. He took her hand and squeezed it, for a moment forgetting that anyone else was in the room.

"So now that we are all here, would you like to tell us what happened?" Duo interjected.

"We aren't all here." Trowa replied. "Quatre isn't here."

"I did call him." Duo said. "I'm surprised he hasn't come to see you. I thought you two used to be very close. I thought he would come even though I would be here."

"You guessed correctly." Came a voice from the doorway. Quatre stood leaning against the doorframe, a bottle of water in his hand. He walked over and sat down opposite Wufei, Duo and Heero, sipping his water casually. "Oh, I arrived hours ago." He explained. "I came by helicopter. I just went to get a drink and something to eat."

"Oh." Duo replied. He should have known that Quatre would use his helicopter to get to Trowa.

"Now I will explain." Trowa said. "And we can all have a chat. I think we have a few things to explain and iron out."

"I should go." Rosie said. "You lot obviously need some time alone."

"Don't go!" Trowa protested.

"I should." Rosie replied. "I promise I'll come back. I have to go home and eat and get changed, I can't go around wearing my Dad's jacket and shoes all the time." She got up and turned to the other boys. "It was nice to meet you all." She said. Then she turned to Trowa. "I'll be back first thing tomorrow, I promise."

"You'd better be!" Trowa said. Rosie leaned over and quickly kissed his cheek. Trowa held onto her hand for a second then let her go. She walked out of the room and none of them spoke until they were sure she was gone.

"So, now we just have to explain why we are all here." Quatre said. "I think it's a long story. I haven't seen Heero in quite a while, or Wufei."

"You two know each other?" Duo put in.

"Yes." Wufei said. "We've met a couple of times at martial arts competitions. I was competing and Quatre's firm normally sponsor these events."

"I see." Duo shook his head. What complicated lives they led!

"I think that I should do some explaining first!" Trowa said. "Quatre and I are old friends, and as you know we used to be lovers. But that is long over now. I went back to the circus and that is where I met Rosie. She is the magician's assistant at our circus, and also the ringmaster's daughter. We became good friends.

Then I met Heero and left the circus to live with him. But I wasn't really happy with you Heero. It wasn't your fault. I missed life at the circus, all the bright lights and roaring crowds. And you know full well that our relationship was on the rocks. Well, when we had that final argument and I left, the circus was the only place I had left.

I went back and Rosie was the one who comforted me. I wasn't quite over you then Heero, and I was hurt by the things we said. I realised that something had always been missing in my relationships. As I spent more and more time with Rosie I realised what it was. I had always thought I was gay, but now I know that I was straight. Well, maybe bisexual at least. I had a great time with you two, but I realise now that it was the wrong thing for me.

Anyway, I carried on performing in the circus, but the other night something went wrong. The lion went mad, no one knows quite why, but it attacked me. I was lucky, some other people managed to distract the lion. I remember Rosie got it to chase her and one of the trapeze artists whisked her into the air before the lion could catch her.

I was brought here with lots of scratches and severe loss of blood. There's one deep gash on my stomach that needed over a hundred stitches, but apparently I'll make a full recovery." Trowa stopped and looked at the others. "Well that's my story, now what about you?"

So Duo told everyone about how he had been unhappy with Quatre, so had run away, found Wufei and stayed with Heero who was so glum because Trowa had left him. Then Quatre explained how he had got home and found that Duo had run away, and so put lots of adverts in papers to try to find him. But he had finally accepted that above all he wanted Duo to be happy, and if Duo was happier without him then that was the way it had to be.

Wufei explained how he had met Duo and they had seen the article in the paper about Trowa, and rushed down to see him. Throughout all of this Heero remained silent.

"So this all worked out?" Trowa said. "I have Rosie, and Duo and Wufei have each other."

"What???" Duo, Wufei and Quatre asked.

"Well it's obvious isn't it?" Trowa asked. "You two are crazy about each other, you just don't want to show it. Have I said something I shouldn't have?"

"No." Wufei replied, stealing a glance at Duo. "But I think we are going to need to have a little chat later."

"What is going on here?" A portly matron bustled into the room. "Visiting hours is over. Mr Barton needs his rest. Out, all of you! Come back tomorrow!"

She ushered them out and closed the door. Duo and Wufei immediately walked off, having the little chat that was so desperately needed. Quatre watched Duo go and sighed openly.

"It's for the best." Heero said comfortingly. "They will be happier together, and it will make you happy to see Duo happy."

"Speaks the voice of experience?" Quatre asked Heero. Heero glanced back at Trowa's room as they walked away.

"I always thought I was so happy with Trowa." Heero admitted. "Looking back though, I see that it wasn't meant to be. We were unhappy, but when we were happy it was wonderful. It hurts too much to be in a relationship where the good times are good and the bad times are terrible."

"Don't I know it." Quatre muttered.

"But when I saw Trowa with Rosie today." Heero continued. "I don't know. They way he looked at her.he never looked at me like that. You can see he is so happy with her. And I love him enough to know that his happiness is more important to me, even if it means he is with someone else, than having him miserable but with me. It isn't fair."

"I think I know what you mean." Quatre sighed. "I just hope I find someone who makes me happy. I thought it was Duo, but obviously I was wrong."

"You'll find someone else." Heero assured him. "It takes time. Eventually you two will look back on your time together and smile. Just like you and Trowa do, I bet you didn't feel a thing for him today, but you used to be really close."

"Yes, I suppose we did." Quatre smiled. "So are you saying that someone I don't feel anything for know could end up being my soul mate?" He asked hopefully, casting a sneaky glance at Heero.

"That's exactly what I'm saying." Heero said. "Sometimes you never realise how much you value someone until you don't have anyone else to turn to."

"Kind of like me and you!" Quatre joked. Heero and Quatre laughed falsely.

"Yes, just like us!" He joked. "But of course, we don't feel anything for each other."

"Of course not." Quatre agreed quickly. He didn't see the longing look that Heero gave him, but it look exactly the same as the glance he gave Heero when Heero wasn't looking. Both boys sighed inwardly and continued walking, not saying a word to each other, but wanting to say so much more.

THE END

AN - Oohh, it's kinda a cliffie there. I thought it would just leave some hope for everyone to be happy without making this an open and close story. What did you thing guys? Read and review please!