A/N: pooey. No one reviewed! Either that, or no one bothered to read it. Oh well. Despite the lack of reviews, here's chapter 5!
Chapter 5
Quatre flopped down onto Trowa's bed with a sigh.
"Quatre?" Trowa asked softly, taking a seat beside the blond.
"Hm?"
"What's with them?"
Uh-oh…I really hate keeping secrets from him… "With whom?"
"Duo and WuFei. I'd say they've been at each other's throats, but they haven't said a word to each other."
Quatre sighed. "I hate to say this, Trowa, but…It's not my place to tell."
Trowa nodded. "I see."
"Believe me. I wish they'd just talk to each other and settle this, but based on their behavior at breakfast…I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon," Quatre told him, shaking his head.
"Is it really that big a deal?"
"Yeah. It could change everything between them."
"For the better, or for the worse?"
"Whichever they choose," the blond replied with a shrug.
Trowa sighed.
"I'm not going to force them into anything, but I am trying to encourage Duo to talk to him about this."
"Why only Duo?"
"Because WuFei doesn't know I know. Duo called me up after…'it'…and told me."
"Hm." Trowa pulled Quatre closer, his arm around the blond's waist.
Quatre sighed and leaned into Trowa's embrace. "I wish there was more I could do for them," he whispered.
"I know, love. I know. But all you can do is weather the storm," Trowa told him softly.
"I know. But what scares me is that this may just be the calm before the storm. The real storm will begin whenever it is they stop avoiding each other and actually start talking about it. Hell could break loose."
Trowa kissed the top of Quatre's head. "You know I'm here to help, however I can."
Quatre nodded. "You're the greatest, Trowa."
A knock on the door interrupted their comfortable silence.
"Trowa?" It was Duo.
"Yes?"
"Have you seen Quat? I can't find him anywhere."
"I'm in here, Duo," Quatre answered.
Trowa began to remove his arm from the smaller pilot's waist, but Quatre quickly shot him a severe look that said 'don't even think about it'.
The door opened slightly as Duo peeked his head in. "Well, no wonder I couldn't find you." He paused, a grin sliding across his face as he eyed the pair. "Aww, don't you guys look cute."
Quatre blushed slightly. "What's up, Duo?"
"I just…wanted to talk…you know.."
Quatre laughed lightly. "You haven't talked to him, have you?"
Duo slid inside the room and shut the door behind him. "Other than a tiny conversation before you guys were up, no."
"Oh?" Did they actually talk about it?
"Yeah, but not about…that… He was definitely not happy to see me. Even asked if I had any idea when I'd be leaving…I guess he remembers…"
sigh Of course not. Duo's too afraid to bring it up. "I still say you need to talk to him, Duo. Nothing will be solved by avoiding him."
"Heh. He's the one doing the avoiding. Every time I walk into a room, he drops everything and walks out. It's almost like he's more afraid of me than I am of him, the way he's been acting."
"That doesn't sound like him," Trowa voiced.
It doesn't sound like him at all…I wonder what's going on in WuFei's head…perhaps…he really doesn't remember…at least, not everything… "Maybe…"
Another knock on the door.
"Barton."
"WuFei?"
Quatre watched Duo's eyes widen. Well, this is a surprise.
"Can I speak with you? Alone?"
What could WuFei want to speak to Trowa about? If they had a mission, he'd just out and say it…
Trowa stood up. "I'll leave you two to talk," he said, excusing himself as he stepped out the door.
Quatre and Duo listened to their first few words intently.
"What can I do for you, WuFei?"
"Not here. Come with me."
Quatre sighed as their footsteps faded. Guess I won't get to hear it after all.
"Blink. Now that was unexpected," Duo commented after a moment.
"It certainly was," Quatre agreed. "I wonder what he wanted to talk about…"
A/N: Sorry this one's a bit short. Next should be longer!