Disclaimers - I don't own GW or SM. I only own Aurora Sweet, Steven, Hal, Sam and Holly.

Ages are the same as in the first chapter. Now on with the story.

The Hidden Life

Chapter 2 - Who's Duo?

Wufei arrived back at the mansion with his precious bundle an hour later. He walked inside and was immediately greeted by Rashid.

"Ah, Master Wufei, you're back! And, who is that in your arms?" Rashid asked.

"Her name is Aurora. Is Quatre home?" Rashid nodded.

"Good. Can you please fetch him? And Quickly." Rashid quickly left to retrieve Quatre. In the meantime while Wufei was waiting, he placed Aurora on the couch and arranged her so that she would be comfortable and not wake up soon. Minutes later, Quatre came into the room with a questioning look in his eyes.

"What is it Wufei? What do you need me for?" he asked while looking back and forth from Wufei and the girl.

"You know that room adjoining mine at the end of the hallway? The corner one?" he asked Quatre who soon nodded in recognition.

"Can you have a couple of maids ready that room please? It's for Aurora. I don't want to let her out of my sight." he trails off thinking. Quatre interrupted his thoughts.

"Is this Aurora? What happened to her?" Wufei snapped from his thoughts of Aurora. 'Why am I caring so much about her? What is so important about her that I must not let her go and help her?' he shakes his head to get rid of those thoughts.

"Yes, this is Aurora. As to what happened, I am not sure my self. I don't know why I should care for her though. But, enough of that. The question is, can she stay with us from now on?" Wufei turns questioning and slightly pleading eyes on Quatre. Quatre notices and wonders about that. He nodded his consent.

"Sure she can stay. I'll have a few of my people to get the room ready." he takes off, looking for Rashid. 'I wonder why he's taking a liking to her. Something must have happened to pique his curiosity and protectiveness. Oh well. I'll find out everything eventually. From the both of them.'

A couple of hours later, Wufei was carrying a still sleeping Aurora to her new room. He reached the room, opened the door and walked inside. He gently laid Aurora on the bed and covered her up. He pulled a chair up to the side of the bed and sat in it, thinking.

'Why am I doing this? She is nothing but a weak onna. But those eyes, they hold so much emotion in them. They look like they have seen so much, making her look older than she seems. Aaaarrgh! Must stop thinking like this! I'm going insane!'

No you're not.

'Who said that?'

I did.

'And who are you?'

A friend of Aurora's.

'Great! Now I'm arguing with someone I don't even know!.'

You wouldn't be if you would just accept your feelings.

'Why should I?'

Because if you don't, you'll lose the only person who could help you and show you what it's like to love and be loved.

'If I do?'

Then, you'll be able to experience true love. Open up to her once she wakes up. So far, there's something between you two. Small, but there.

'You're not making sense.'

'sigh' Don't push her away like you do to everyone else. Let her in. Then you'll understand what I mean. Just because she's female, doesn't mean that she should be pushed away. You're both hurting deep inside and you're going to need each other to get past all the hurt. Now, I'm going to go until I'm needed again. Remember, don't push her away.

'Fine.' He opened his eyes, realizing that he had fallen asleep while arguing with the anonymous person who said they're Aurora's friend.

"Man, I've definitely gone nuts. Duo is starting to rub off on me." he mumble to himself out loud.

"Who's Duo?" a voice asked, bringing him out his reverie.

"Huh?"

She was walking around in a black void, trying to figure out where she was. Then she felt herself fading from the void. Then she was waking up to find herself in a bed, feeling quite warm. She blinked to clear the fuzziness from her eyes.

'Where am I?' she thought to herself as she sat up slightly and looked around the elaborately decorated bedroom. Then she noticed the guy from earlier, sitting in a chair beside the bed asleep.

'Why is Wufei with me? Where exactly am I?' she silently asked herself. She then saw some movement coming from Wufei. The she heard him mumble something after he started to open his eyes.

"...nuts. Duo is starting to rub off on me." She cocked an eyebrow at what he said.

'Who is this Duo person? Must be someone he knows very well.' she thought. She voiced her question.

"Who's Duo?" Wufei completely awoke with a start when she asked this.

"Huh?" he said. She giggled.

"I asked 'who's Duo?' " He looked at her.

"Ah. You're finally awake. Duo is a fri... is someone I know and work with." he quickly covered his mistake.

'Just as I thought. A friend.'

"Ok. How long have I been asleep?" she asked.

"Almost 3 hours." he replied. "Are you well enough to get up and eat?" Aurora nodded her head.

"Yeah. Um...Wufei?" He looked at her. "Where am I?" she quietly asked.

"You are in Quatre's house. He is another person who I work with. Come. Let's go downstairs and get you something to eat." he said as he helped her out of bed. "By the way, don't be afraid of the others. Especially the one named Heero. He'll just pull out his gun and ask you 'who are you, and who do you work for'. That is the only warning I'm giving you."

"Thanks. Well, let's go then." she said as they walked out of the room, hand-in-hand, with both of them unaware. They walked down the stairs and into the dinning room where everyone was waiting patiently (except Duo, of course) for the couple to finally come downstairs. When Wufei and Aurora walked in holding hands, everyone noticed this. Duo voiced his thoughts.

"Aww, look! Wu-man has a sexy girlfriend! And they're holding hands!" he teased. Wufei just raised an eyebrow, while Aurora blushed slightly.

"So what if I am holding hands with a beautiful onna? What's it to you?" he questioned calmly. Aurora blushed furiously at his comment. Everybody's eyes widen and jaws dropped in shock.

"He... he's actually admitting it?!?! The world's coming to an end!" Duo commented and then passed out onto the floor. Wufei smirked.

TBC

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