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Summery: Heero goes into labor too soon and Quatra gets mad at Trowa

Chapter 4

Trowa's Pov:

I walked into the kitchen. Heero was sitting at the kitchen table. The most disgusting mess of food I'd ever seen him eat was resting in a bowl in front of him. "Heero, how are you feeling?"

The usual expression crossed his face as I sat down in front of him. His eyes didn't meet mine he had been crying again Quatra and I had made up and now Heero felt that I would not help him through this.

He answered quietly.

"Lonely but the baby is kicking Do you want to feel?" He put his hand to his swollen abdomen looking like those pictures you see in parenting magazines except for the fact that his eyes had tears in them. I knew what he was thinking we had discussed it many times over the past two months. This child, he felt, was the only part of me that wanted him any more. I put my hand next to his. He whispered quietly "our baby knows you're here."

"Heero, I'm not going to abandon you." I tried to sound reassuring.

" Trowa, you already have I heard what you said to Quatra last night. You said I meant nothing, that you had only been helping me with my fears. You told me you loved me that night or did you forget." with that he got up as quickly as was possible for a seven month pregnant person. He left the kitchen and went back to the room he shared with his younger brother .

Heero's Pov:

I slammed the bedroom door behind me Duo jumped about a foot in the air. "Heero, what happened," he asked standing and walking toward me.

I was still crying but I let Duo lead me to the rocker we had put in the room. " I heard what he said to Quatra. He had the nerve to tell me he wasn't going to abandon me. Duo, I can't take much more of this I can't It hurts too much." I was sobbing now the hormones were rampant and reeking havoc on my emotions.

Duo sat down on the other chair in the room and Made me look at him. "Heero, It's all going to be alright. I know you don't think so now but it will be. You have a new life coming into this world. If nothing else Trowa will help you raise the baby ."

" I just wish he still loved me but because Quatra flipped out he won't even acknowledge what he said that night. He doesn't care how much it hurts me, as long as Quatra is happy with him. It never stops hurting I…" suddenly a sharp pain ripped through me I couldn't speak and my pants were soaked.

"Oh gods its too soon!" Duo realized my water had broken. He helped me to lie down on my bed, then ran for Trowa. I was getting cold but the pain had passed for now.

Duo's Pov:

My mind was racing Heero had just gone into premature labor. I could not find Trowa but quatra was in the living room reading. " where is Trowa? this is urgent Heero is in labor!"

That sounded more hysterical than I had planned Quatra looked darkly at me. " He went to the store to get something for Heero I think . " he was venomous.

"I don't care how Much you think Heero is in the wrong," I slapped Quatra. " my big brother Is in premature labor and when Trowa gets home Heero needs him." I stormed up the stairs and into Heero's and my bedroom.

Heero was shaking another contraction had hit and I realized he was still in the wet clothes so I waited until the contraction passed and helped him change into the birthing gown I had bought him yesterday. Trowa had explained that when giving birth Heero's body temperature would drop. His contractions were coming faster now as I helped him back into bed and phoned a healer.

Quatra's Pov:

Trowa came back in, a few minuts after Duo hit me. " your whore's in labor." I said rubbing my cheek ruefully. Trowa looked panicked.

"It's too soon ," he dropped the grocery bag by the door and sprinted up the steps.

I got up and went to pick up the bag curiosity provoked me to see what my lover had bought that little slut, Heero. My heart sank as I saw it. Trowa had commissioned a stuffed animal for Heero he had also picked up some striped carnations. I looked them up in my flower meanings book they meant "I'm sorry I cant be with you." I closed my eyes how could he do this to me the plushy looked just like Trowa. I was on the verge of barging into that bedroom when Someone knocked at the door. The healer walked in I told him where Heero's room was and grabbed my keys. I needed to drive.

Trowa's Pov:

Heero was in hard labor two months too soon I was afraid for him and for the child. The healer looked just as worried as me. "Trowa, it hurts." Heero cried.

He was holding my hand so tight it ached. All I could think about was this is too soon this could kill him and our child.

"Heero I need you to push ." the healer looked as if he were trying to remain calm.

Heero complied and the healer announced the baby was crowning. Heero pushed again and the baby was born.

" Congratulations, It's a girl she looks healthy ."

Heero on the other hand was shaking his body temperature was rising quickly. I was afraid he was going to die. Just then Quatra entered the flowers and the plushy in hand I had forgotten all about them. I could tell he had been crying. He silently laid them in my lap with a note tucked amongst the carnations.

I read the note "I need to speak with you alone when you get the chance to tear yourself away from your cheap little strumpet." so Quatra was still angry at me over this.

Heero's Pov:

I had read that you feel cold after you give birth but as I held that beautiful little girl I felt warm until she grabbed and froze my finger. I named her Yuki meaning snow.

Trowa gave me the flowers and the plushy and left the room. Duo sat down on the side of the bed "Heero, she's beautiful what are you going to call her?" he asked looking at the tiny bundle in my arms.

"Her name is Yuki Elaine Silverfang. Since Trowa is not my mate as the code demands I must chose someone to present her to the kingdom tomorrow. Duo will you do me that honor?" I had to be formal as king.

" Tradition also demands that you not keep her why not let her father present her to the people? I am flattered you asked me but, Heero, this is really something you should ask Trowa to do." He had a point but who was I to presume on that tradition when he did not want me.

" For him to introduce her as her father denotes that he acknowledges me as a mate and that he accepts the crown as I bore her. I could never ask him to do that he does not need the kingdom thinking that he is my mate when he loves Quatra so much more than me."

" Then ask him to introduce her to her people in the office of your friend not in the office of her father. Let the people think what they will they have no real right to judge you. If you insist on hiding her parentage from the people at least follow the custom with your heart." I could not resist the logic of it If I could not let the people know she was his at least I could privately acknowledge his dominance over me.

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Post script by Heero

I asked Trowa to present her to the people not as her father but as my best friend. Quatra was upset he knew the customs and thought I was trying to trap his lover. Duo explained to him what I had done in having Trowa not claim parentage publicly. I was Essentially becoming a whore to my people and would have to abdicate the throne. I was protecting Quatra and Trowa's love at the expense of my title I could be exiled for this. Mina helped me, in the end she claimed that she had been Yuki's other parent and that I was pregnant before the divorce she took the place of exile on my behalf. As was tradition she was exiled for abandoning a pregnant mate, and allowed me to remain where at least the possibility of seeing Trowa was.

In so doing She allowed me to hope that one day I will again hear Trowa tell me I am loved by him. That is a hope that keeps me alive The hope That I will be loved.

Fin