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"So Heero's going to tell Wufei now?" Quatre asked, as he sat beside Duo, holding one of the other's hands in his own. His large aquamarine eyes were clouded with worry.
Duo sighed and rubbed at his forehead. "Yeah. Heero wanted Wufei to know as soon as possible. He's probably telling him right now." Duo was worried too. About Wufei's reaction. What if the other pilot decided to do something drastic? Like...Duo shuddered slightly. He didn't want to think about it.
"Duo? Are you okay?" Quatre asked concerned. Maybe the braided pilot was cold. But before Duo could answer, the door to Heero's room burst open and there stood a wild-eyed Wufei. He looked at all of them frantically, with pain and betrayal in his eyes before bolting down the corridor.
"WUFEI!" Duo sprang up from his seat and started to follow him but was blocked by Trowa.
"Go to Heero." He stated calmly. "Make sure he's all right. I'll go after Wufei."
"But-"
"Go. Wufei will be fine." Duo looked at Trowa with confusion and then nodded, turning back to go into Heero's room. Once he entered the room though, he was shocked. There was Heero, trying to get out of his bed, attempting to pull out the IV.
"HEERO! STOP!" Duo commanded, striding over to the bedside. Heero looked at him with pain and guilt.
"Duo? Where's Wufei? I have to go to him. I need to-" He was babbling and he knew it, but his mind was in turmoil right now. Only when Duo, gently but firmly, stopped his attempts at escaping and made him lie back down, did he finally register everything.
"God, Duo! What have I done?! Wufei-he-he just....he looked so...pained...and...betrayed...I-I-"
"Shh. Its okay." Duo immediately soothed the agitated pilot, stroking long fingers through the soft mocha colored hair. "It's fine. Everything will be okay. You'll see."
"No, no. It won't. What have I done? Why did I have to be so jealous? Why couldn't I just be happy? Why? It's all my fault! All my fault! I don't deserve you, Duo. I don't deserve him either. And I don't deserve to live. I want to-"
His words were harshly interrupted when Duo grabbed his face and glared at him fiercely. "Enough. If you even think about giving up and dying, I will not hesitate to follow you and haunt you for the rest of eternity. I don't give a damn about whether you deserve me or not but I sure as hell am not letting you go. Do I make myself perfectly clear?"
Heero blinked at the close proximity of Duo's face. Not a bad view. "Um...crystal."
Duo stared at him and blinked, before bursting into laughter. The response was so unlike Heero that he couldn't help but laugh. Heero of course was bewildered, not understanding why Duo was laughing.
"Oh, my adorably confused love." Duo chuckled as he gathered the other up in his arms. "I don't think anyone could ever refuse you. You're just too damn cute for words!"
Heero blushed darkly and hid his face in Duo's chest, like a child who got caught stealing candy. He muttered something that Duo couldn't hear.
"What, baby?"
"Wufei refused." Heero repeated a little more audibly. Duo sighed heavily and hugged his lover a little closer.
"Wufei's confused now, Heero. He feels...betrayed, like you said. Because one of the people that he was ready to get intimate with was someone who caused his pride to be shattered. How would you feel about that?"
Heero gave no response, staying silent. Duo sighed again and rubbed his hand soothingly over Heero's back. "Trowa will get through him. Everything will be fine."
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Wufei ran through the corridor, tears blurring his eyes and obstructing his vision, but he refused to stop. He heard someone calling his name, but didn't acknowledge it. He didn't stop until he had burst through the double doors of the entrance and heaved in a breath of fresh air.
He couldn't believe it. Heero...Heero had known? And had done nothing to help him?
"WUFEI!" Trowa called again and came to a stop beside him, grabbing his arm and turning him around.
"What, Trowa?" He cried out, face streaked with unchecked tears.
"Wufei, let me explain..."
"Explain?" He spat out. "EXPLAIN? Why, so that you can lie to me some more? No!"
"Wufei! We have never lied to you."
"So this is just hiding the truth? What would you call it then?"
"Damn it, Wufei! It was for your own good." Trowa was starting to get a little pissed off now.
"My own good? Trowa, I-..." He faltered. "God, I just...I can't believe it. I-I can't."
"Wufei..." Trowa stepped forward and enfolded the other in his arms. "We never meant to hurt you."
Wufei cried softly into Trowa's chest, soaking the dark green shirt. "Why? Why did he do it? Heero of all..."
"He was jealous, Wufei. Jealousy makes you do such things. But I swear to god, he didn't mean for you to get hurt."
"Then how...?"
"That bastard, Zechs, had given Heero his word that nothing would happen to you. Even the perfect soldier could be foolish enough to believe that when jealous. But he loves you now. He loves you so very much."
"How can I be sure? How can I be sure that he doesn't want to use me? How?"
"Damn it, Wufei. Do you think Heero would have almost died to save someone he plans to use?" Trowa spat out angrily. "Do you think that as soon as you cried out, Heero would act on instinct because he was jealous of you?"
"But-"
"I'm not saying what he did was right. But after you saw him almost give up his life for you, can you still hate him?"
Wufei had no answer. Trowa sighed softly, having spoken more words that day than he had in an entire week.
"Just...give him a chance. Don't leave him. Both of you will be unhappy. Talk to him, okay?" Trowa gently suggested. After receiving a nod in return, he led the subdued pilot back into the hospital.
He they opened the door to Heero's room, they saw Duo holding a unresponsive Heero who just seemed to blankly stare at the wall. His eyes flickered over to the door when he saw it open and he straightened up when he saw who it was.
"...Fei..."
Trowa smiled softly and left, shutting the door behind him. They didn't need him for this.
Duo watched silently as Heero and Wufei stared at each other for long moments. There seemed to be some unspoken communication going on but he wasn't going to interrupt just to satisfy his own curiosity.
Finally Wufei inclined his head in a slight nod and came over to the other side of Heero's bed. He reached out and interlaced his fingers with Heero's hand, squeezing it gently. Then he spoke, his voice barely above a whisper.
"I'm not sure if I can trust you again. But the past is the past. It will take time in letting go but I'm not going to let it stop me from going forward. So I'm here and I love you, Heero Yuy. But, god forgive me, if you ever do something like that again, I will hurt you, loved or not."
Heero actually smiled at hearing that. He was hearing a death threat and he was smiling! But he couldn't help it. Wufei sounded so much like the Wufei from the war days that it was a little funny. "Understood. I'm sorry and I love you too, Chang Wufei. And, god forgive me, if I ever do anything like that again, I will let you hurt me." He finished with a grin.
Now that brought a smile to Wufei's face. "Good." He said firmly. "Now scoot over a little." He clambered on to the bed and snuggled into Heero's chest, sighing deeply. "'m going to sleep..."
Duo chuckled and dropped a kiss onto both their heads. "My beautiful loves. Sleep well."
Outside, Trowa and Quatre stood in an embrace, perfectly content to stay in each other's arms.
"Think they killed each other yet?" Quatre murmured quietly.
Trowa chuckled, his deep voice ringing softly. "I don't hear anything. So I'm guessing no. They're okay."
Quatre sighed, tightening his arms around Trowa. "I'm glad."
"Me too, Quat. Me too."
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