[ducks all the rotten eggs and tomatoes and…..a…a frog??] who the hell..? [braid whizzes by] DUO!!!

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He was mad. No. He was pissed. Very pissed. And right now he would lash out at anything or anyone that came in his way. Unfortunately, the only thing that came in his way where trees, which were too hard to break and grass, which was stepped on. His hand moved agitatedly over his hair, pulling into a messy braid.

"How could Heero do such a thing? Heartless! but then again that's what he is. A heartless perfect soldier!"

Duo came to a stop in front of the lake, panting heavily. Shaking his bangs from his eyes, he bent down and picked up a stone and threw it into the lake with all his might. The stone made a soft 'plop' and sunk to the bottom. Just today he had been teaching Wufei how to skip stones and how fun it was. Now he found out that it was also a good way of venting anger.

Unsatisfied, he threw a bigger rock into the lake. The rock made a nice heavy 'THUNK', causing Duo to smirk triumphantly. Later he would think back and see how stupid that was. But for now, it was the only thing on which he would take out his anger.

Over and over, he did this, and his anger receded. Slowly, but it did. He was pulling his arm back to throw again when a hand was placed gently on his shoulder.

Thinking it was Heero, Duo whipped around and yelled. "WHAT?" and then saw who it really was.

The Chinese pilot flinched at the volume of Duo's voice. He immediately removed his hand and took a step back, his head bowed.

"Oh...Wufei..." Duo reached for the other pilot, almost immediately sorry for his earlier outburst. He caught a hold of that withdrawing hand and tugged Wufei close to him wrapping his arms around the smaller pilot and burying his face in the dark hair.

"I'm sorry." He murmured against the silky black strands that framed that exotic face. Wufei, in turn, brought his arms up and wrapped them around the other pilot's neck, hugging him tightly. He sighed softly, hiding his face in the crook of Duo's warm neck. Something was wrong.

Pulling back, Wufei frowned at Duo and gestured with one hand towards the lake, asking in his own way, 'Why were you doing that?'

Duo paused from answering, hesitant about telling him that Heero was the cause of the whole 'incident'. Maybe it would be better if Heero told Wufei himself. Duo shook his head and pulled Wufei back into his embrace. "Nothing…its nothing."

They stood there like than until the afternoon sky became tinged with streaks of orange that came along with the dusk. Pressing a kiss to Wufei's temple, he pulled back so that he could see the other's face.

"Come on. Time to get back." Wrapping an arm around Wufei's waist, he led the Chinese pilot back to the house [excuse me, Mansion.]

Reaching the stairs, he let go of Wufei and nudged him towards the stairs. "Go on. Get changed. I'll be there in a few minutes. I just need to talk to Quat."

Wufei nodded and after pressing a soft kiss onto Duo's cheek, he headed upstairs. Duo watched hm until he turned around the corner and made his way to the living room.

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"Heero knew?" Quatre whispered hoarsely, aqua eyes wide and shimmering with tears. Duo nodded solemnly. Both of them were sitting on the couch, facing each other while Trowa sat on the armrest behind Quatre.

"I can't believe that Heero would do such a thing." Quatre sat shocked, as Trowa placed a supportive hand on his shoulder.

"Me neither." Duo muttered, looking away. "What am I to do, Quatre? I always thought…that if things got to be too much with Wufei, I could rely on Heero to ground me back. But now…" He turned pain-filled violet eyes towards the blond. "I find myself hating the one that I love the most." Quatre took a sharp breath, as he realized what his friend was suffering. "What am I to do?" Duo repeated, heartbroken.

"Oh Duo…" The Arabian reached for his braided friend and pulled him into a comforting hug. Duo let himself be embraced and wrapped his arms around Quatre waist, burying his face in the other's shirt. His body shuddered as a course of emotions ran through him which caused Quatre to tighten his hold on the other.

"You don't really hate him, do you?" Trowa asked softly, emerald eyes holding sympathy as one hand reaching down to softly stoke the braid.

Duo was quiet for a moment and then his spoke, his voice somewhat muffled. "I hate what he did. I hate him for doing that. But gods, Trowa, I love him!" He choked, desperately trying to hold back tears. "And I don't think I can forgive him. I don't know if I can."

"Shh…its okay." Quatre soothed, rubbing the shuddering pilot's back. "It'll all work out. I know it will. Follow your heart, Duo."

"My heart desperately wants to go back to him, Quat. But it also seeks revenge for what had been done to Wufei. And I don't know where I can find my revenge. But I don't want it to be Heero!"

Quatre had no answers to that. He bit his lower lip and hugged Duo one more time. "You should get some sleep. It's your turn to stay with Wufei." He said as he pulled back.

Duo rubbed his eyes tiredly. "You're right. And I've kind of taken up more time than I should." He got up and turned to leave when a gentle tug to his braid turned him back. Trowa smiled at him, a soft smile as he let go of the braid. Duo felt warmed by the show of emotion towards him. On impulse he reached around Quatre and gave Trowa a hug, clutching him tightly.

"It's okay, little brother." The Latin pilot murmured against the soft chestnut hair. "You'll be fine." Duo gave him another heartwarming squeeze, letting go with a smile of his own. He was glad that he could count on someone as sensible as Trowa during this. With another smile at the couple, he turned and left, making his way upstairs.

Left alone with Trowa, Quatre sighed and leaned back against his beloved. He reached back blindly searching for Trowa's hand, seeking comfort through touch. Trowa clasped his hand and the blond pulled it downwards and rested the side of his head against Trowa's palm. Trowa's other hand came up to bury in the soft blond waves of hair, caressing softly.

"I can't believe Heero did that. Duo is devastated." Quatre murmured, nuzzling Trowa's calloused palm.

"I know, love. I can't either." Long fingers ran through the soft hair soothingly. Turning his head, Quatre pressed desperate kisses to the hand that he clutched. He wanted comfort. He wanted reassurance. He wanted…oh forget what he wanted, he needed Trowa to be there to give those.

"Quatre…" A murmur. A sigh. A caress. Trowa slid in behind Quatre on the couch and turned Quatre's lips away from his palm and to his own lips. Quatre welcomed the warmth, craved it and put all his hopes and fears into the kiss. Trowa answered with faith and life-affirming reassurance, wrapping his arms around the smaller body and pulling it close.

"Don't you ever leave me…" Quatre murmured between kisses. "Don't you dare…" And Trowa answered back.

"I…" Kiss. "Love…" Kiss. "You." Kiss. Pulling back, he rested his forehead against Quatre's. "I have no intention of doing anything that might take me away from you. I need you too much." He breathed out softly, before kissing Quatre again.

The blond whimpered softly as he gave up all control to Trowa. "I need you too." He whispered, burying his head in the crook of Trowa's neck.

"Mmm." Trowa reached forward and pulled the afghan of the top of the couch. Settling Quatre more comfortably against his chest, he wrapped it around both of them, cocooning them in a blanket of warmth.

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Opening the door quietly, Duo slipped into Wufei's room without making any noise, not wanting to wake up the sleeping pilot. Changing into his extra pair of pajamas quickly he slid into the bed behind Wufei, settling down to go to sleep when Wufei turned around to face him.

"You're awake?" To that Wufei snuggled down to his chest and nodded. Duo could feel the moment against his chest. He sighed and wrapped his arms around the compact form, burying his face in the sweet smelling raven black hair, sighing softly. Wufei in turn wrapped his arms around Duo's waist and kissed his neck, slowly traveling upwards until he reached Duo's lips.

The braided pilot moaned around the kiss, savoring it, letting the warmth flow through his veins. One kiss had him done, he wanted to roll Wufei beneath him and make love to him, but it was too soon. Too soon for Wufei and Duo would only be doing it to cover up his devastation over Heero.

"No…Wufei, stop." He pulled back holding Wufei back at arms length. The Chinese pilot looked decidedly hurt and embarrassed. Shrugging Duo's hands off his shoulders, he turned onto his other side, presenting Duo with his back.

Duo sighed in frustration. Nothing was going right today. "Fine. Be that way." He snapped, his annoyance getting the better of him. He too turned on to his other side presenting Wufei with his back.

Wufei bit his lip and held back a sob. It was all too good to be true. He knew it wouldn't last long. Duo didn't want him. He was tainted. Spoiled goods. Why would anybody ever want him? Clutching the bed sheets closer to him, he lay awake long after Duo had gone to sleep

No one knew that there was also one other pilot who lay awake, unable to sleep, because of a certain pair of violet eyes were haunting him.

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lots of sap I know, like I said, 3x4 is too cute for their own good!

Quatre: thank you!

Icy: you're welcome. =]

Duo: Hey! What about us? [points at himself, Heero and Wufei]

Icy: What about you?

Duo: You separated me from my lover and cut me out from a good lemon scene with Fei!

Icy: your point?

Duo: [huffs] see how she treats me, Hee-chan?

Heero: Shut up, baka!

Wufei: {snort] at least she didn't make you mute or have you raped. Oh never mind, she did.

Duo: [sticks his tongue out] fine, be that way!

Wufei: [turns cute and chibi] you don't lowe me? [big huge watery eyes]

Duo: awww! [glomps Wufei] of course I do. Now help me convince this author to give me some compensation.

Icy: Depends on the reviewers. I need my compensation too.

Duo: ah fine! [turns to you] please review, minna-san! 8 reviews at least so that she'll be nice to me, hee-chan, and Wu-babe. You lowe us, don't you? Pwweeaassee? [big huge watery eyes]

Icy: you heard the baka.

Duo: Hey! I resemble that remark!

Icy:…

Duo: fine! Be that way! [walks off to find his Candy stash]

Icy: too bad I have possession of his candy.

Duo: [somewhere further away] waaaaaaaaaah!

Icy: you heard him.8 reviews and I'll start to make every thing better. After all there is still a climax scene. Bwahahahahaha!