Notes and Disclaimers: I don't own GW, but I own the Saisos.
Chapter 10
That night when Quatre came in to check on Rose, he was surprised to find her still awake.
"Something the matter?" he asked her.
She looked at him and replied, "I want to go home. And you're taking me tonight."
"Rose! You're not healed enough." He exclaimed.
"I only have the fractures in my arm and the tiny crack in my leg to really worry about now. I'll be fine. Please, take me and Tesuki home. We both want it." She said calmly yet firmly. "Please, you're the only one I knew I could persuade. Please take us home. We want to be on our own. I'll promise to let you know we're okay."
Quatre stood beside the bed speechless. It was true that out of the five of the men, he would be the one to be fully persuaded, but the girl was not healed enough to be on her own with just a twelve-year-old boy to help her.
"I can't let you go Rose." He said.
"You must. I have Tesuki to think about now and all my responsibilities concerning my parents' home and businesses." She replied. "It's been much too long as it is and we must return."
"Okay Rose. I give. I'll get your keys and we'll use your car. I'm sure I can find another way back." Quatre sighed. "And I'll inform your brother. Trowa is not going to like this one little bit." He told her, "And neither will Duo for that matter." He added to where Rose couldn't hear it.
"Thank you for understanding Quatre." She said softly as he left the room.
Less than ten minutes passed when the blond returned bearing a set of keys and her little brother in tow behind him. Tesuki carried a little bag in his hands.
"Quatre gave me the painkillers they were giving you. And there's some other things too." The boy said.
"I'm ready." Rose told the blond. She held out her arms while Quatre carefully scooped her up and tilted her slight weight against his body. She had lost weight ever since the night Oz had taken away her family and even more while she healed. And then they went downstairs and outside where Rose's car was waiting, already turned on. Quatre set Rose in the back seat and Tesuki took the passenger front.
It took only fifteen minutes to drive to Rose and Tesuki's parent's home. Quatre helped them get settled, leaving the car keys on the counter in the kitchen. Rose was put in her old room, which was on the ground floor and Tesuki set himself to take care of his sister while Quatre observed for a while.
"Quatre, we'll be fine. First thing in the morning I'm going to call a few friends who I know will come over and help us put our lives back together. But you need to return to your own home and explain to the others when they find I'm gone." Rose said.
The blond man left without saying a word and caught a taxi back to his shared home.
TBC