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The Hidden Life

Chapter 4 - Emotions

There was silence after the revelation. Everyone was shocked. Aurora scooted her chair back abruptly.

"I... I'm not hungry anymore. I'm going to bed. Ex...excuse me." She ran from the room before anyone saw her tears. But one person saw them. His normally cold, emotionless eyes now held concern and something else. Quatre saw the change in those eyes.

'He must care for her a lot. Even if he had just met her earlier today.' Quatre thought to himself. 'I knew he had emotions and that he actually likes women.'

Aurora ran to her room, crying.

'I can't believe I told them that so easily! I should have been more careful.' she berated herself. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid! Baka Aurora, now they're going to want to know who Holly and Sam were.' She arrived at her room and collapsed on her bed. Soon, she cried herself to sleep.

After dinner was over, Heero went off into his room, to his laptop so he could find further information on Aurora and her two deceased friends.

Everyone else went their separate ways. Wufei walked towards his room to take a shower. He grabbed some clothes to change into once he was done. As he passed the door that connected his room and Aurora's room together, he decided to check up on her. He opened the door and looked inside. He noticed the lights were off, and saw Aurora sleeping fitfully on the bed.

Aurora was thrashing around on the bed, in the throws of a nightmare. He went to her side, sat next to her and pulled her into his arms. He whispered in her hair and rocked her back and forth, calming her. She soon stopped fidgeting and sagged against him, further curling up into his lap. Wufei sat there for a while thinking to himself.

'I won't let anything happen to you. I'll protect you with my life.' He looked down at the girl in his arms and sighed. He gently picked her up and laid her back in bed. He covered her up, placed a kiss in her forehead and silently left the room. Once he got into his room, he quickly took a shower and went to bed.

The next morning, Aurora woke up refreshed. When she looked out the window, she saw it was clear and sunny outside. Then she thought of her friends and how they used to always go out to the beach on a sunny day like this. She then realized that when she thought of them, she didn't get pangs of heartache or sadness.

'I must be moving on then.' she mused to herself. 'Maybe telling someone about it helped. Maybe I should tell the guys exactly who I am. And about my past.' She got up, took a shower, and changed into some clean clothing that she found in the dressers in her room. Then she went downstairs for breakfast.

When she got there, she noticed everyone was there except of course Duo, who always slept in late.

"Good morning." she greeted cheerfully. She received two 'hns' from Heero and Wufei, a 'hello' from Quatre and a 'hi' from Trowa. She raised an eyebrow. "So, what's for breakfast?"

"Bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, juice, milk and coffee." replied Quatre.

"Sounds good to me." Soon, breakfast arrived, as did Duo.

Heero watched Aurora as she ate.

'I can't believe her past. Why hasn't she said anything about it to us? She's hiding something else, also.' he thought to himself. Aurora felt Heero's gaze on her.

'He knows about me. Oh, well. I'm going to tell anyways.'

Duo noticed Heero's intense gaze on Aurora.

"So, Hee-man is falling for a girl! Never thought I'd see the day when you would stare at someone like that. So, do you like her? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Duo chanted to Heero, who then pulled his gun on Duo.

"Omae o Koruso." he said threateningly. Duo 'eeped' and apologized. Wufei growled.

"I will kill the both of you if you look at my onna that way again! Duo, no more joking around saying things like that about Aurora, or I'm going to cut off that baka braid of yours!" Duo's and Heero's eyes widened comically. Both of them were caught unawares by Wufei's outburst. Heero quickly schooled his features to his emotionless mask. Duo on the other hand, fainted. Wufei smirked.

"Braided baka. Had an emotional breakdown. It was too much for his small brain." Aurora laughed at what Wufei had said about Duo. Everyone (except Duo) looked at Wufei and Aurora and grinned or grunted in Heero's case.

"Are you serious, Wufei? Or are you just messing with our minds? Especially Duo's." Quatre questioned.

"Of course I'm serious! I don't joke like this. I'm not a weak baka like Duo!" Wufei stated. "I may like to torture Duo, but I wouldn't hurt Aurora's feelings like that. I care for her." he said, whispering the last part, but everyone heard it. Aurora looked at Wufei with some hope shining in her eyes, but her face was emotionless.

'He cares? No. He doesn't. No one cares about me.' she thought bitterly. She decided to risk asking him.

"You...you actually care about m...me?" she asked shakily. Wufei looked over at her and nodded. He saw some tears build up in her eyes. He became concerned.

"Are you all right?" he asked gently. She nodded slowly. Then she hung her head down so they couldn't see her tears. Then she felt a hand cupping her chin, tilting her head up slightly. She felt fingers brushing away her tears softly. Soon, she found herself in a warm embrace. She broke down crying.

Wufei wrapped Aurora in his arms and stroked her head. He felt his chest become wet and he realized that she was crying. His heart tightened.

'She must have not been loved or cared for while she was growing up.' he thought. He whispered comforting words to her.

"I'll always be here for you, Aurora. I'm here if you need to talk. I won't leave you" is what she heard in her ear. She knew it was Wufei instantly. She tilted her head up until she was faced with his neck. She placed butterfly kisses there and felt him shudder slightly. She smiled. Her tears slowed and stopped. She stepped away from Wufei a little and looked up at him. She smiled.

"Thanks." Wufei smiled back.

"No problem. Anytime." She leaned forward and lightly brushed her lips against his. Wufei was surprised but soon responded to the chaste kiss.

Aurora was going to pull back but felt him responding. 'My first kiss!' she thought to herself. He ran his tongue along her bottom lip, asking for permission to enter. She gladly opened her mouth and let his tongue explore her sweet cavern. When his tongue retreated, hers followed and she explored his also.

Duo woke up while the two slowly tasted each other. (They're only kissing) His eyes widen again.

"Oh my God!" Then he passed back out. The other three decided to leave the room. Heero and Trowa both dragged Duo's unconscious body from the room while Quatre followed right behind them.

End chapter 4.

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