After dinner, Heero and Wufei decided to retire to the recreation room. I politely declined, telling them I was still tired. Actually it was because I wanted to give them some time alone. The children too were exhausted and had gone up to bed again. So this was their chance to catch up on their quality time together. And of course they didn't have to know that, now did they?

I took a quick shower and got myself ready for bed. I looked outside and was a little sad to see that it was raining. I would have liked to sleep outside but I guess it would have been too cold even if it wasn't raining. Yawning, I climbed under the covers and snuggled under them. I would be asleep in seconds.

…

Never mind.

I could not sleep. I tossed and I turned and thought of a million things and if you asked me what I thought about, I wouldn't know. I just could not sleep. My body was exhausted and so was my mind and yet…I had gotten so used to sleeping with Heero and Wufei that I couldn't NOT sleep with them.

We hadn't yet talked about what I was going to do on earth. I needed a job; I needed to get the orphanage back up and running. And most of all, I needed to know what Heero and Wufei were going to do about me. Were they going to hide me? Or not? Or…I don't know, pretend that I don't exist? Okay, I know that's not possible. If these last few weeks have shown me nothing else, they've shown me that. I know that they…cared for me. But it was just awkward that I was living with a married couple. And in their relationship no less!

I buried my face in my pillow and let loose a scream. This was so frustrating to think about. Turning around, I lay on my back and looked at the interesting patterns that the ceiling made. Hm, I should turn the lights off. That line…makes it look like a dragon eating a bowl of…something. Cereal? Probably. What about that one...?

I fell asleep thinking about ceiling patterns.

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Hmm, warm. Nice and warm and comfy. I snuggled closer to the warmth surrounding me, my arms wrapped around someone. Ahh, what a nice way to wake up. So comfortable…

…Wait. Didn't I go to bed alone last night? My eyes flew open as my arms tried to withdraw automatically, my mind screaming at me to do something! I merely blinked. Above me, I found a pair of smiling cobalt eyes looking down at me. Hm, nice sight to wake up to.

"Morning." I mumbled, smiling sleepily at Heero. He was lying on his side, propped up on one elbow with his head resting on his hand. He reached up his left hand and brushed some of my bangs aside, leaning down to give me a feather light kiss.

"Morning." He replied, his hand sliding down to rest on the side of my neck, stroking slightly. "Sleep well?"

"Mmhmm." I stretched languidly and relaxed, my arms above my head. I looked to my right and found Wufei's sleeping face on the pillow beside mine. He looked like a child when he was sleeping, his hair fanned out on the pillow and a slight smile curving at his lips. One black strand of hair had caught on his lower lips and my hand moved to brush it away.

Wufei's eyes fluttered once. Twice. Thrice, before they finally blinked open. I saw his eyes widened a fraction of an inch before he recognized me and smiled.

"Hey."

"Hey yourself. Hm, what time is it?" He asked yawning. He did a full body stretch, arching his body off the bed. I couldn't help but admire that lithe body. He was so beautiful.

"6:45." Heero replied, reaching over to kiss Wufei gently on his temple. Wufei murmured something incomprehensible and turned on his side, snuggling back into the covers.

"Too damn early to wake up…" He muttered, as he pressed closer to my side. Heero chuckled softly and moved to brush back a few strands of glossy black hair. I still marveled at Heero's ability to be so open with his affections. Wufei murmured softly and a smile tugged at his lips, as he squirmed under the light touch. Heero continued exploring with light fingertips, tracing one high cheekbone and down to the corner of the lips. He pulled his hand away as Wufei tried to bite him but went back to tracing his features. I couldn't help but chuckle at them.

Frowning, Wufei sat up and glared at Heero. "You are not going to let me sleep, are you?" He asked crossing, his hair sticking whichever way. To my and Wufei's surprise, Heero reached over and hauled him bodily to the other side so that he was lying on top of Heero.

"No."

Wufei simply huffed and settled back down, his arms wrapping around Heero's waist. I simply watched them do all this, too lazy to move. Strangely enough, I was starting to feel like less of an outsider. I suppose that's good.

Heero was now on his back beside me. He pulled me under his right arm so I lay snuggled up to him.

"So how did I get here?" I asked them. I had known immediately that I was not in my room, when I woke up. The ceiling patterns were different.

"It felt weird to sleep without you." Heero informed me, nuzzling my hair. I loved it when he did that. "I carried you back here. I hope you don't mind." He said, his voice a little…hesitant. I think he expected me to be angry with him, but how could I be angry with him for something that I had wanted all along?

"No, I don't mind. Just thought that I might be intruding."

"No, you could never intrude." Wufei replied this time, one hand reaching out to toy with my short braid.

"Hmm." I mumbled sleepily. It was too early to be awake. "Wanted to give you some time alone." I yawned, pillowing my head against Heero's shoulder. Hm, comfy. Heero was great at playing furniture.

There was a strange moment of silence and I saw Heero and Wufei looking at each other. Wufei turned back to me and reached out to take my hand. Was something wrong?

"We need to talk."

Those words stopped me stone cold. Was this it? They were going to tell me to get out of their relationship, weren't they? I knew I had asked for too much from them. I shouldn't have said anything. I should have refused them when they told me that they loved me. They were fed up with me. I should have-

"Duo?" I blinked back at Heero, feeling his hand on my cheek.

"It's over, isn't it?" I heard someone asked in a chocked voice. I blinked again at Heero who looked completely…shocked.

"What? No! Why would you think that?"

"Because…you…" Suddenly, what I had been about to say, sounded pretty stupid to me. I finally gave up trying to form coherent sentences and just stared at him.

"No, Duo. It's not over. It never will be, not if we can help it." Wufei replied to me, bringing my hand up to his lips and kissing it gently.

"Then what did you have to talk to me about?" I asked confused.

Wufei sighed and slipped off Heero, to move back to my right side, propping himself up with one elbow, and caressing my face with the other. "First, get the notion that we are going to leave you, out of you head. It's not going to happen. Ever."

I'm afraid I just gaped at him for a full five seconds. Five seconds can be a damn long time. When I finally managed to nod, He brushed his lips across my forehead and smiled down at me.

"Duo, you can't keep trying to give us time alone. Yes, there will be times where I would want to spend time with just Heero or just you, but don't concern yourself over how you are going to split the time wisely. You can't do it. Just let things happen as they will. Everything will be fine."

I nodded.

"Second, you seem to think that you are intruding in our lives. You're not. We want you here. With us. So stop trying to back away and give us space. We have enough of that."

I nodded again.

"Third of all, what do you plan to do here on earth? What do you want to do?

"Oh." So they were going to let me talk. Okay. 'Well…I need to set up the orphanage somewhere close by first. And after that, I need to find a job."

"But do you have any idea as to what you want to do for yourself?" Heero asked me. I shook my head.

"I worked as a mechanic before but I don't know what I can do here."

"You…" Heero ventured hesitantly. "You could join the Preventors." Heero suggested softly, his hand brushing over my hair. I thought about that. The Preventors, huh.

"You mean…a field agent." I asked slowly. Truth was, I wasn't crazy about that idea. I didn't want to fight anymore. The war was more that enough for me.

"Yeah, I know that Lady Une would love to have you. She's been after as many Gundam pilots as she can get."

We were quiet then each of us thinking. I didn't want to be a field agent really. But…it would give me enough money to run the orphanage without a worry. I didn't want to place any more burden on them. It was bad enough that they had to deal with 12 children right now. I'm sure they would be glad to get them out of the house.

"Um…I guess so. Yeah, I'll join." I mumbled. Wufei smiled at me brilliantly and kissed me gently.

"I'm glad." He whispered before giving me another kiss. I smiled at him, hoping that it wasn't too fake and laid back down against Heero. I felt a soft pressure against my forehead and looked up to see Heero smiling.

"I'm glad too." He said, brushing back the bangs on my forehead. I don't know why but it seemed like I just made them incredibly happy.

"I need to go talk to Une." Wufei stated as he started to get up, but Heero pulled him back onto him, keeping his arms firmly wrapped around Wufei.

"Later. It's Sunday. We can talk to her about it in the afternoon."

Wufei had relaxed back onto Heero, but now he propped himself up with his chin on top of his hands. "This afternoon?"

"Yeah, Quatre asked us to come over for lunch. It's supposed to be a business picnic. Une will be there too."

"We should get up then." I suggested, as I rolled out of bed. I stretched languidly and looked back at Heero and Wufei on the bed. "Well?"

"Yes, yes. We're getting up." Wufei sat up and climbed over Heero to get off the bed. Dropping a kiss on my temple, he vanished into the bathroom. I looked back at Heero and found him smiling at me, his eyes dancing with mirth.

"What?" I had to ask. He simply shook his head and climber out of bed, coming to take me in his arms. I let him, my own arms trapped between us, my palms on his shoulders.

"You look damn beautiful when you wake up." He murmured, his hands stroking my back. I blushed and couldn't help wondering when he had become this tactile. During the war and ever for a while after, it was hard to see Heero come in contact with anyone, except maybe Wufei. And now, it seemed as if I was the one who was hesitant. But I guess his need to touch proves that he is more human than we all thought he was.

"Hmm, I should go shower." I said after a few minutes of silence. He sighed and released me reluctantly, promising to meet me for breakfast in a few minutes.

And that's how the day started.

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