Disclaimer: Don't own any of the Gundam Characters and never will.

Warning: 5x2, angst/humor/romance. I will be using curses as of right now. Be warned.

A.N. This is more on the developing relationship between Wufei and Duo. Personally, I think that this story is going WAY too fast, and I'll do my best to slow it down. And I just realized that this story contains 1,000 words per chapter; 1000 words less than my other stories. Gomen, --, since I started it at that, I have to continue like that.

Oh, you know that song in Fruits Basket I mentioned in the latter chapter? Epilogue, yeah, that's the one (I prefer the midi coz it's piano all the way. I like piano instrumentals, but hey, you might like the orchestra version in the mp3). Get it and play it while reading the thoughts of Wufei, or rather, just play it while you read the whole fiction and tell me what you think of it. (If it stops before you finish, then duh, repeat it. Hehehe. Yesh, I love you too.)

If you can't find it, you can always use the instrumental version of Serenade. (Same anime.)

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As Cherry Blossoms Bloom…

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Duo ran as fast as his legs could. He ran like there were OZ soldiers running after him; he ran as though it's his only chance of survival. He took a left turn at the next intersection he passed.

'Wufei, what's wrong?'

Damned if I know.

'Shut up, you—'

Hey, I told you, you were clueless. It's so obvious, and yet you still try to deny the fact that he—

'He likes me?' Duo snorted. 'I told you that he doesn't.'

Like I said: deny, deny, deny.

'How can I deny something that isn't true in the first place?'

Easy, record what you're doing now.

'He's straight.'

How would you know? Have you asked him?

'Did you see him bolt when Souhiko kissed me? He must have been disgusted.'

But are you really sure?

'I don't need to ask to be sure. I know.'

You're assuming.

'I'm positive.'

Are you really?

'YES.'

If you are, then why am I here now?

'Shit.' Why was it there?

"Shit!" He stopped. He was sure that he passed this way a while back. "Wufei, where are you!" Duo shouted. Of course he didn't expect an answer. Wufei would be halfway across the world by the way Duo's search is progressing.

"Damn."

He took off again. Turning right, he realized that he was in a park, a park where large cherry blossom trees overwhelm the entire vicinity. It was actually a relaxing place if only he wasn't chasing after someone.

"WUFEI!"

Duo was breathing hard. He had been running for the last half hour with no such luck. Where was Wufei? Or maybe he wasn't asking himself the right questions. He stopped.

He could never find out where Wufei is, only he knows where. Rather, maybe the question that should be asked is, if he were in Wufei's shoes, where would he go?

A strong wind carried some cherry blossoms across Duo's face as he contemplated. His braid swayed in the wind and he didn't sense another being with him.

Damn. That was even harder than the first question. "If I were him, I would be in a quiet place…"

"I guess I gave you too little credit."

Duo whirled around and faced the black-haired warrior. "Wufei." He said meekly.

"I guess you do know me more than I thought."

Duo didn't know what to reply. Did Wufei assume that Wufei was only a person to be teased? No, he wasn't. Duo took notes. He observed what the other liked to do, what the other liked to eat and things that made him happy.

"Where's Souhiko?"

Duo was a people pleaser. He liked to make people happy and that included Wufei. That's why he teased Wufei, so he could observe his actions and reactions. "I took him home before I went looking for you." Duo supposed that this was just like those days of observations. It was just like those days.

"I see." Wufei walked towards Duo with a frown. He was having his own inner turmoil, and apparently he was losing. "Look, Duo, I—"

"No, Wufei." Duo cut him off. "I'm sorry you saw that display. I know you're straight and I'm sure that you feel uncomfortable. I know that you know about my feelings for Heero. You know, I am right; I am that obvious. Please don't be disgusted, please. You're the only one I have left… Please don't hate me—"

Duo stopped when he felt firm hands shake his shoulders and see black eyes flicker with hurt. "Stop it!"

"Wufei…"

"I don't hate you." Wufei pulled Duo into an embrace. Duo found himself surrounded by the scent of the one and only Chang Wufei. "I can never hate you."

"But you—"

Wufei soothingly stroked his co-pilots back and hushed him. "I left. I know."

"Then you hate—"

"No," Wufei cut him off. "I don't. I just—"

"You just feel uncomfortable, is that it?" Duo pulled back from the embrace and looked at Wufei with sad eyes. "It's okay if you don't want to be friends anymore—"

"Stop it, Duo!" Wufei pulled him back into a firm hug and shook his head. "Like I told you, I can never hate you."

"But—"

Wufei pulled away, and held Duo's chin to look into his eyes. "I don't hate you. It's just that—"

Duo blinked when Wufei stopped. He tilted his head in question as a dark look passed by Wufei's eyes. "What is it, Wufei?"

Wufei seemed to snap out of his reverie and cast his eyes downward. "Duo, you had been the best friend I thought I would never have at the time of the war. You seem to make each living hell better everyday for all of us," he said with a smile. "You made my personal hell bearable."

Duo took a deep breath. It seemed that each gulp of air was becoming difficult for him. It wasn't everyday that he heard someone of Wufei's pride and stature say such touching things, especially since he knew that it was just tearing Wufei inside just declaring such.

"Sometimes you need to bleed, just to see the heaven in front of you."

"What?" Duo blinked. That last sentence seemed to unbalance him a little. Not because he didn't understand the each wordWufei had used,but because he couldn't understand it as a whole.

Wufei frowned. "I'm just worried about you, that's all."

Duo pouted. "I can take care of myself, thank you very much, Mr. I-am-justice-almighty, what do you say to that?"

Wufei shook his head, and put his arm around Duo's shoulders. "I say, how about some ice cream before we go home?"

"YES!"

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It is obvious. Wufei knew. Heero had been Duo's world during the war, and as far as he knows, it still is. It broke his heart that his angel—

Angel? Is that what Duo is now? An Angel? Wufei smirked. From Death to an Angel, how ironic.

But Duo was, and probably still is his Angel, the one that gifted him with laughter and smiles. Duo was the one and only person that would stop his thoughts from straying from death and bring it back to the living.

Duo gave him something that he didn't deserve. He was given the gift of life; something that he thought he had given up on.

"Hey, Fei, you there?"

Wufei looked up at Duo. "What?"

Duo snickered. "We're home already!" Duo said as he pulled Wufei inside.

'We're home.' We are home. We are where we belong. And that would be together.

Wufei smiled. Duo was ever the enthusiast. "Race you to the kitchen!"

Wufei mock growled as Duo took off with an early start. No matter, he reasoned, he's probably still beat the braided idiot.

The Chinese pilot rounded the corner, fully intending to catch up but stopped dead when he saw Duo's face drained of all color.

"Duo—" Wufei stopped and turned to what Duo was looking at. At his first glance, he saw Souhiko standing at the hallway, and so he turned his attention back to Duo. That was until he heard the person speak.

"Chang, Maxwell."

"He—" Duo choked.

Wufei snarled.

"Yuy."

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To be continued…

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A.N. And I better read some reviews or I'm not going to continue this story! -