"Hey Heero," You could practically hear the happiness in my voice, even from that one word. His arms were wrapped firmly around my waist and occasionally he would stroke my back in a way that made my spine shiver.

"Yeah,"

"What happened after I left yesterday?" I just hoped none of my friends were annoyed or offended because of what I had said and done.

"Well I ran after you as soon as you left the room so I'm not quite sure." It felt…good knowing that someone cared for you that much to go after you even though it was quite obvious that I wanted to be alone. "But when I got back they were really worried about you, and so was I. Quatre guessed why you ran out of the room but none of us were really sure."

"Oh so they weren't mad or annoyed at me?"

"Of course not, baka. They actually stayed the night to make sure you'd be okay." Wow. Oh yeah, it felt really good knowing that people cared about me that much. "Now do you want to go back to sleep, because it's still early."

"Yeah, but how do you know that it's early?"

"Because it's still dark out. Now go to sleep." So I snuggled down, my head still resting against his chest right over his heart. Right arm tucked between our bodies, by my shoulder and my left arm was flung over his waist. Our legs were tangled together and my braid was clutched in Heero's hand while he got comfortable on his back with both arms around my waist. It was pure bliss being in his embrace like I'd wished and hoped and dreamed for since I'd met him, and I fell asleep almost immediately.

xXx

When I woke up I sat up and stretched my arms, looking round to see where Heero was since he wasn't in bed. But as I looked round I saw that he was nowhere to be found, and that I wasn't in my room. The walls to the room were a light blue colour, not the terracotta colours I was used to. The sheets were black satin and the furniture was black and cream. Also the bed was facing the door and behind the bed were doors leading out to the balcony. Then it hit me: I was in Heero's room, but why? And how? Didn't I fall asleep in my own bed, wrapped in his embrace? That brought a smile to my face despite my confusion.

Suddenly the door slammed open and Heero stumbled in with my CD player tucked under one arm and my black Doc Martins dangling from his fingers. He set the CD player on the black table next to the TV/VCR/DVD combo and put my Doc Martins next to his at the foot of the bed. I smiled at him, bemused.

"Heero, what is going on? Why are you moving my things into your room? And how the hell did I end up in your bed?" Heero looked…I dunno…shy…? Worried…? After I asked those questions.

"I carried you in here while you were still sleeping and I moved you things into my room because I thought – well I figured that – well maybe–"

"C'mon Heero spit it out!"

"I thought that maybe you'd like to live with me in the same room. But if you don't then I'll move you stuff back…" and I suddenly realised that Heero – as gorgeous as he is – had never been in a relationship before and was as shy and unsure as I was. He seemed so sure, so confident when we were in my room but really that was because someone had to be the strong one in this new relationship, so the other could gain strength from that. And he took that roll on himself because he saw how depressed I'd felt.

I got out of bed quickly and made my way over to him. I enveloped him in a hug and his arms came up tentatively to rest on my hips. I pulled him closer and rested head on his shoulder, inhaling his earthly scent.

"Heero, I would love to live in the same room as you, to wake up to your face every morning. To be able to fall asleep with your arms around me and know you'll be there in the morning. To never have to go to bed alone again." We just stood there holding onto each other tightly. I leant back slightly in his arms and smiled at him. He smiled back, a small one, but it was genuine and it lit up his whole face innocently. I couldn't resist and I kissed him softly on the lips, marvelling at being able to do it and pulled away.

"Do we need to get everything else from my old room?"

"No I've got everything. Do you want to have a shower first? I'll go and see if the others are awake." He left the room as I walked through the door near his dressing table. His bathroom was set in the same way as mine. All that was different was that the colouring was different. The whole room was done in cream and gold. I walked across the fluffy cream rug to the shower, undressing as I went. I grabbed my 2-in-1 shampoo-and-conditioner before I stepped under the powerful spray, relishing in the hot water as undid my braid. I made sure my hair was thoroughly soaked before applying a generous amount of my 2-in-1. I stepped out after washing out the sweet-smelling suds and grabbed I huge towel from the cupboard and wrapped it around my body. Then I took a smaller one and wrapped my hair up in it before stepping out of the steaming bathroom. I entered the room to find Heero sitting on the bed. He looked up as I came and his eyes went wide. It was then I was reminded that I was only in a towel and I felt my face heat up. I made my way over to the wardrobe with his eyes still on my, then he shook his head, got up and made his way into the bathroom.

"The others are up and are already downstairs." He called through the door

" 'Kay!" I grabbed what I wanted to wear – shorts and my Nirvana t-shirt – then walked back over to the bed, switching on the radio as I passed it. I got dressed while dancing to the music and afterwards, made my way downstairs.

xXx

"Morning Duo, are you feeling better?"

"Much, thank you. Sorry to worry you all but thanks for caring." I gave them a smile. Those guys (and one girl) have put up with a lot of shit from me and I owed them, big time.

"No prob."

"Hey so where did you all sleep. You didn't camp out on the couch did you?" I vaulted over the back of the sofa to land with a thump! on the seat – and Trowa's legs.

"Ack! Get off my legs, you're not exactly light ya know." Quatre started to snicker in his seat on Trowa's lap and Trowa glared at him.

"You know Quatre, I hear the floor is very comfortable – would you like to find out?" That immediately silenced him and Trowa wore a satisfied smirk.

"Guys? Hello? I asked you a question, remember? So where did you all sleep?"

"Wufei showed us to a spare room…"

"…and I slept with Wufei in his room." finished Meiran. I smirked. Her eyes widened as the last word came out of her mouth. I knew she shouldn't have said that. She knew she shouldn't have said that. Ah well c'est la vie!

"Really?! Well I'm happy for you, but you were very quiet! Is Wufei really that ba–"

SMACK!

THWACK!

"Oww! Jesus! What'd you hit me for? I didn't do anything!" Meiran raised her hand as if to hit me again so I scampered away and threw myself at Quatre and Trowa for protection.

"Save me!! I'm being abused!" Trowa looked down and arched an eyebrow while Quatre was struggling not to laugh at me outright, which he failed at abysmally.

"Duo you know what you did…" Quatre began,

"…and you know that you deserved what you got." Trowa continued. I gave them my best 'I'm a poor orphan' look but they must have become immune to it because they just shook their heads despondently at me.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you Duo." A voice said from the doorway. I twisted around to see Heero standing there, leaning against the doorjamb.

"Heero, my hero!" I said in an overly-dramatic voice. He then smirked and made his way over to me and pecked me on the lips before heading over to the kitchen, presumably to get breakfast. I turned back around to find 4 pairs of eyes staring at me.

"WHAT?!?!" Those unwavering stares were unnerving, and I started to fidget nervously.

"Nothing. I was just wondering when that–" she waved her hand between the kitchen where Heero was and me, "–had happened. You two certainly weren't together when to left last night." Meiran explained. They all looked at me expectantly – even Wufei! I raised an eyebrow and he shrugged. I sighed, defeated,

"If you must know, it happened last night."

"What, you just couldn't contain your passion for one-another anymore so you confessed your undying love and screwed like bunnies?" asked Trowa. I scowled up at him.

"No! I had a nightmare last night and he came in to comfort me, and it all progressed from there."

"Ah, so then you confessed you undying love for each other and screwed like bunnies." Trowa concluded.

"For Christ's sake we did not 'screw like bunnies'. We just fell asleep in the same bed." I could hear Quatre snickering loudly above me and Meiran outright laughing. I made a mental note to get my own back by putting dye in their shampoo.

"Wait, WHY didn't you guys screw? Quatre and I did when we got together."

"You're the one who's screwed – screwed in the head, you psychotic son-of-a-bitch." I yelled at him. Then to my absolute horror I heard chuckling coming from near the kitchen. I groaned.

"Somebody just shoot me now." I muttered. Heero let out a deep, sexy chuckle and sat on the sofa after moving my feet. He put my feet on his lap and handed me a sandwich.

"Eat." He commanded as he switched on the TV with the remote.

"Yes master. Any more orders, master?"

"Don't get smart with me. And when you've finished go upstairs and get dressed, we're going out."

"Cool."

"That's 'Cool, master' to you."

xXx

Don't shoot!!!! Cease fire!!!I'm really sorry for the huge delay and I hope that this makes up for it.

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My updates have been erratic at best and poor at worst, but this year there will be looooooonnnng periods between each one because this year I'm am getting double the homework load. I will try and update during Christmas.