Jess: Nuriko, do I gotta?

Nuriko: Yes, you gotta.

Jess: But-

Nurkio: I'm not listening!

Heero: What are those to going on about?

Duo: Nuri left it so that Jess has to write another Lemon scene. (or in the case of FFN, Lime).

Heero: Really? ((looks interested))

Duo: Yep. Nuri says that since she already has two, Jess has to have at least two as well and apparently, she doesn't like making you bottom.

Heero: I get to be Uke?

Duo: ((snickers)) that's right, Hee-chan.

Heero: And if I refuse?

Duo: Then Nuriko will just have to torture you in the next chapter.

Heero/ Jess (ending her conversation with Nuri): HN!

Duo/Nuriko: We KNOW!

Nuriko: Hop to it woman!

Jess: … kay… onto chapter fourteen.

Lunar Symphony

Chapter Fourteen: Heero POV

We walked back to Headquarters after dinner. The night had gone perfectly for our anniversary and I was glad that I didn't mess things up for us. All day, I had been thinking about Duo and what he meant to me. The video really did a lot to help, but the last straw came when Duo left on that mission meant for WuFei.

At first, I wasn't all that worried because I trusted his skills, but when the hours kept coming and no Duo came with them, I became very worried. The mission shouldn't have taken as long as it did. I realized that I had taken his skills for granted and that he was no longer a soldier. Duo was now a civilian with no Preventer training. The baka could have been killed and I never had a chance to tell him how I felt.

I know I'm not the best at following my intuition or my heart. I follow facts and what I can see in front of me, but Duo was messing with my ordered world. In fact, he scrambled everything the minute I laid eyes on him and things have only become more blurred since I entered this world of his filled with kids and compromise.

While he was away, I asked Mei if she'd consider being mine. I needed a new mission to keep me with Duo. I suppose my mind could not just accept that I loved Duo. I DO love Duo, but that wasn't enough reason for me to stay. I told him I was going to quit the Preventers and I already had my letter of resignation in Lady Une's hands, now I just needed to give myself a reason.

Mei was going to be my mission. When she accepted being my daughter, I accepted being her guardian. My new mission was now to protect, provide, and care for my daughter, and that meant staying alive long enough to give her those things. Mission complete; I would no longer engage in dangerous missions so that I would be able to provide for my dependant.

My next mission was to keep myself tied to Maxwell's haven. I love Duo very much, but I need to have a reason to stay there. No matter what, my training is too deeply ingrained so that I have to have a reason to do something; to stay with my Duo.

With Duo being gone now for four hours, I began to panic, so I did what I do best: plan for my mission. I made a checklist of all the things that I would need and then I went about gathering them. The kids were looking at me oddly as I began to obsess over the list I had made myself but would allow no one to see.

I went out to make a couple of purchases, returned them to my apartment, then went over the Haven to wait for my Duo.

Now that we walked back home from our date, I couldn't help but smile. Duo even got Quatre and Trowa to serenade us while we had desert. The entire evening was magical… I just needed to work up the courage to carry out my mission.

Ironic that I've pushed the self-destruct button without flinching, but when it comes to matters of the heart- matters of Duo- I find myself groping for a foothold. Duo really does wonders in breaking down my barriers, but I wish he could figure out a way to kill the last of my training.

We arrived in my bedroom after practically running up the stairs while groping at each other. When we arrived in my apartment, I quickly locked and secured my place, then it was a mad dash for the bedroom.

We each stripped quickly on our way to the bedroom, and once we were both there, the door was slammed shut and I was pushed onto the bed rather roughly. Not an instant later, Duo was on me, kissing me and petting me, and reducing my body to a quivering mass of hormones.

"Hee-chan," he whispered into my ear as he nipped at my earlobe, " I'm ready to love you back… if you'll let me…"

My eyes snapped open at that. Duo was finally ready to be with me completely? I could hardly believe it, and at that moment, I decided that once our hormones were sated, I'd go through with my plans.

I realized that Duo had stopped moving and was looking at me intently, as if waiting for me to reject him. I wouldn't let that happen again, so I pulled him down and kissed him deeply. "Of course I'll let you, baka… I… I love you."

That got me a brilliant smile and the most charged kiss I'd ever received.

((Edited for FFN))

In the darkness, I could make out Duo's Cheshire cat grin as he pulled back and locked me into his embrace.

I reached out onto my bedside table and pulled out a little box. By now, Duo's eyes had drifted closed with a whispered 'I love you' falling from his lips. I opened the box I held and pulled out the simple platinum band that lay inside. Quietly, I slipped the band onto his finger, mentally whispering the words I had engraved inside the band Marry me, Koi.

"Love you too, Duo…" I whispered back as I let myself get comfortable in the secure ring of his arms. I was pretty sure he was asleep my now… it had been an eventful day and night and I was sure my koi needed the rest.

Jess: ((throws fic back at Nuriko)) Catch!

Nuriko: ((catches it))((blink blink))

Duo/Heero: … where did THAT come from?

Jess: ((blushes slightly)) You don't know me! Don't you judge me!

Heero: I can't say I didn't like it….

Duo: … well…. It WAS fun….

Jess: Kay, hope you enjoyed! I need to get out of here before any of these three come to their senses! Ja ne! ((runs and hides))