Chapter 3

That morning Lily didn't say a word to Duo. She set a plate with scrambled eggs and bacon in front of him and sat down next to Kurama. Hiei sat between both Lily and Duo. As soon as Lily was finished she tossed her dish in the sink and grabbed her bag. Kurama walked with her towards the door, Hiei close behind. Lily threw open the front door and shoved past Heero. Heero only blinked and stared inside to where Duo sat alone.

"Lily, what's wrong?" Heero caught up to his sister, dragging Sakura with him.

"Nothing." She stormed off, everyone else just tagging along. Heero knew about Lily's temper. He made a quick glance back at the house, almost feeling sorry for the braided baka, but also not. Duo must have done something bad to piss Lily off this much.

The rest of the day seemed to just drag. Lily wasn't in a talking mood, especially when it came to Duo. Every time Duo tried to approach them, Lily would march away the other way. Heero, tired of this finally went up to Duo.

"What did you do?"

"I'm heartless. That's what I did. I'm such an idiot," Duo answered.

"If you know that then apologize."

"Lily worries too much about me. It's going to make her sick one of these days."

"And you think this is any better? She just worries more. And it's up to her if she wants to worry for you or not." Heero sat next to the braided boy. "That's just how she is. I gave up fighting her over it."

"What do you mean?"

"Lily worries about everyone… especially me. You see, I don't remember anything from before I was six. I have no memory of anything. The first thing I remember was Lily's sweet face staring down at me when I woke up from the hospital. According to my father Lily was the one who stayed by my side the whole time. I couldn't understand why, but something about I was family and someone had to take care of me." Heero let up a tiny smile. "She's younger than me and yet she's the one taking care of me. It should be the other way around."

"From what I hear, it is," Duo explained. "Lily talks so much of you and how much you care for her. She said she wouldn't be here today if it weren't for you."

"Yeah…" Heero sighed. Duo got the impression that Heero didn't want to talk about it. Duo didn't know any of the details, but he did know that even Lily didn't like talking about it.

"Lily said you don't talk much."

"Hn… Not normally."

"Then why are you now?"

"Don't know. Something told me to." Heero shoved himself up from his seat. "Well, I better go catch up with my sister."

"You really care about her, huh?" Duo asked, looking up at Heero.

"She's the first memory I've ever had," Heero pointed out. "She's been there for me ever since I arrived at her home. She accepts me for who I am. She's the most important person to me right now."

"I understand how you feel."

"If you understand then go apologize. You're only hurting her more."

Duo sat outside that night on the ceiling. He had climbed out through the attic window. Lily had gone off to go watch a movie with her brother. Sakura had stayed around to chat with Kurama and Hiei. She had decided she gets time with Heero when she wants, but Lily's too far away. She wanted Lily to have some personal time with her brother.

"Hm… I should apologize, huh?" Even when they had arrived home and Lily had served dinner, she still hadn't spoken a single word to him. She simply placed dinner on the table, sat down and ate. Duo couldn't blame her. He had been a complete jerk, but it was for her own good… wasn't it?

"Hee-chan, the orphanage my parents adopted you from was somewhere here in Japan." Lily stared up at the sky. "I want to help you remember. I want you to find your past. You always tell me you feel like you left something important behind. I want you to find that."

"Lily, but you're important to me. Nothing else matters." Heero placed his jacket over his sister's shoulders. It was getting cold out and he knew how she was to the cold.

"That's not true. I don't want to be the only important thing in your life. I want you to be happy."

"You're not the…"

"And I don't mean Sakura. You care for her yes, but you can never see her like that, can you?" Lily took her brother's arm and leaned against him as they walked through the cold night. "I want you to be happy."

"I am happy."

"Happy in love."

"Wufei!" Lily ran up to the pigtailed boy, practically knocking him to the ground. No one understood why, but Lily had always had an attachment to the Chinese man. "I missed you!" She practically purred like a kitty as she rubbed her head against his arm that she clung to. Wufei only blushed slightly as he turned away from her.

"Good to see you again Lily," Quatre greeted.

"Indeed," came Trowa's response.

"Oh is that how you treat your beloved cousin," Lily lectured Trowa as she relinquished her hold on Wufei. "I see how it is." She turned away from the tall pilot and offered to help Quatre with his luggage. Quatre only laughed as Lily winked at him. Trowa was flustered. Quatre could see that. Lily really was an amazing person.

"So Wufee," Sakura started, "did you miss your beloved Lily-chan?" Wufei only blushed as her turned away from her.

"Who could miss such an annoying attachment?" Sakura only laughed as she gathered some of Wufei's luggage.

"Who's an annoying attachment?"

Wufei grew stiff as he realized Lily was standing right behind him. He could feel her gaze piercing right through him. Slowly he turned to face her.

"Hino…"

"Yes Wufei?" She batted her eyes up at him, smiling the sweetest yet deadliest smile she had ever smile. It was a smile she had created just for Wufei for times like this.

"I wasn't talking about you Hino."

"Ah, okay. So I must have imagined it." She grinned and skipped off humming merrily to herself. Wufei let out a sigh of relief small enough that Lily wouldn't notice.

"Just accept that she loves you Wufee!" Sakura said all too cheerfully. "You should feel lucky."

"Injustice! That woman lives just to torture me."

Everyone stopped and looked at Wufei for a moment. He looked around, wondering what everyone was thinking. Just as he was about to break the silence, everyone nodded their head and said, "Hai," in unison causing Wufei to almost fall over. They all knew it was Lily's sole purpose in life to make him life a living hell. That was why he didn't want to come on this stupid trip.

"Wu-man! It's great to see you again." Duo came bouncing down the hall to greet all the new guests.

"Great for who?" Wufei muttered to himself. Lily laughed. Wufei and Duo had been partners before until Lily had taken Wufei's position.

"Well, you all go ahead and get yourselves comfortable. I'm going to go start dinner." Lily then disappeared into the kitchen. Not too long after had dinner been served. Everyone gathered around the table to enjoy the wonders of Lily's cooking.

"Admit it Wufee." Sakura nudged the boy. "You are a sucker for Lily's cooking, if not anything else." Wufei only snorted and continued eating his meal.

"Wu-man!" Duo laughed. "Enjoying your meal a little too much over there, ne?"

"Maxwell, if I were you I wouldn't say another word."

"Now now boys. No fighting at the dinner table," Lily lectured. She smiled and stood. "Now that everyone is here, I want to make an announcement." She pulled Kurama up beside her. "We're getting married."