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EXPLANATIONS: It has come to my attention that some of you are confused as to why Duo would be considered childish. He is in college now and he still tends to crack jokes in the middle of a mission, and Hildee needed a good reason to break up with him so that she wouldn't feel guilty about going for some rich guy.......So this leads to Duo feeling very confused, lost, and even depressed.

Duo slowly opened the guest bedroom door to see Rose still asleep. He sat next to her and pulled back the covers to give her a slow awakening. As he pulled back the last blanket he noticed that her pants had scrunched up to her knees. Her legs were very tan and she had bruises all over her them.

He pictured her getting caught in a current and being slammed into rocks and coral before washing up on shore. It saddened him to see the marks. He then turned his attention to the still sleeping Rose. She seemed unfazed by the light ocean breeze coming from the window. He didn't really want to wake her and the way she was sleeping seemed so peaceful. He quietly watched her sleep, but with in seconds was bored.

"Mangy Cad," mumbled Rose as she kicked Duo and rolled over.

"Mangy Cad," whispered Duo to himself in slight confusion.

He slowly moved some of the strands out of her face, and found himself lazily braiding Rose's hair. He was on the twentieth one when Rose started to move. Duo smiled as Rose looked at him in complete confusion.

"Morning," yawned Rose looking at one of the small braids that fell in front of her face.

"Morning," greeted Duo as he headed for the living room.

"Wait," whispered Rose as she tried to catch up. She walked down the hall and almost to the couch when her knees buckled and she fell to the floor. Duo noticed that her look of frustration and could tell that she didn't like being so weak. Duo picked her up and set her on the couch.

"So is Howard your Uncle," asked Rose.

"I guess you could call him my Uncle because he is the closest thing to an Uncle. See I'm an orphan and I'm not saying this to try and get sympathy," replied Duo.

"It's great that you have someone who's a Family figure in your life. Now I know why you're so considerate when people are sleeping," smiled Rose.

"You knew I was watching you," replied Duo. Rose nodded.

There was some silence between the two of them for awhile. Duo randomly started flicking through the channels only to find that nothing was on. So the T.V. went off and the room went back to an awkward silence.

"Can we play a game," asked Rose?

"Sure," replied Duo.

"How about GO-Fish," smiled Rose excitedly receiving an odd look from Duo.

"Okay," sighed Duo.

He shuffled the cards and then handed them out. With in a few minutes Rose had won five games.

"I won," cheered Rose enthusiastically.

"You're awesome," smiled Duo.

But to Duo's surprise Rose stopped cheering and yawned, and before he knew it she was using him as a pillow.

"Duo," asked Rose softly?

"Yes," whispered Duo.

"Can we something fun tomorrow," asked Rose?

"I know we'll go to the beach," replied Duo.

"I'd like that," whispered Rose softly as she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

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