I woke to a weight on my stomach. I groggily opened my eyes to see Zechs lying across my stomach. Why was he here instead of his own bed? Where was I? Oh yea, Q-bean had shown up just as we were losing oxygen in the rickety old pod. But why was I in bed?
I shifted a little, great I had to pee and I didn't want to wake Zechs up. But how could I disentangle myself without disturbing him. If I know him, he was here since I've been out. I really didn't want to wake him, he needed the sleep.
I must have made a noise, cause next thing I knew, Zechs was alert and looking straight at me. His expression softened and he smiled at me. It was one of those smiles reserved for me. I smiled sheepishly back at him.
"We're back on Earth. You were out the whole time." There was an undertone of worry in his voice.
"Did Sally have a look at me?" I asked curious if the braided woman got a hold of me.
"Yes, she said there was nothing wrong except you being stressed and information overload. I'm glad you're okay chibi-death." I blushed. Zechs had always called me that…I hated it, I was anything but that.
"Did they find Heero?" I asked anxiousness in my voice. Heero deserved a decent burial. Zechs cast his eyes down.
"No, they didn't. But we will have a memorial in his honor. Relena wanted to hold it without you, but I didn't allow that."
"Zechs, what's wrong?" I reached out for him and pulled him close.
"If they didn't find his body, then you will want to look for him, and I will step aside."
I laughed. "Zechs, Heero may have been able to survive self-destruction, but I don't think he survived this. I won't go looking for him, cause I have everything I need right here." I nuzzled the top of his blond head.
"Are you sure?" There was doubt in the Lightning Count's voice. I never thought I would hear doubt in Zechs' voice.
"Of course I am silly. Heero gave me his blessing and I think he was right that we were meant to follow this path. I love you Zechs, nothing is ever gonna change that. I'm gonna marry you no matter what." I hugged Zechs fiercely.
I sought out for his mouth and kissed him. It was our first time all over again, fire, passionate, and fierce all in one. We both needed each other and now was the time; unfortunately, Lady Fate had something else in mind.
"Duo! You're finally awake!" I heard Alexia's voice and then both Zechs and I was glomped by the hyper active Preventer girl. She laughed and hugged us both. Then I burst into laughter, soon followed by Zechs' rich voice.
"I'm glad that you're ok. When I was deprogrammed, I was worried about you. And I wanted to apologize." Alexia cast her eyes down, she must have been unsure of herself.
"It's ok; you weren't responsible for your actions while under the control of ZERO. There's nothing to forgive." Then once again, the girl hugged me fiercely.
"Where's the rest of the crew?" I asked only to be answered by the whole group. I smiled at all of them. Life was good at this moment.
