Wufei

It was in the mid-day when Trowa finally came to the front door of the branch of the Preventers. Striding to the receptionist, he put his hands in his pockets since everyone in a uniform seemed to be slacking a bit.

Ignoring them he came up to him and asked, "May I see Sally Po?"

The man began typing something in the computer and asked, "Do you have an appointment?"

Trowa gazed arround and noticed no civilians waiting and simply replied, "No." The man typed some more and tapped his pencil against his headset.

The receptionist tried to smile, "I hope you don't mind waiting. She is out right now. You can wait outside her office though." He pointed down the hall and began to give Trowa some instrunctions. On the way, Trowa felt that the security was a little lacking, but then again who would try to uproot the peace there? He sat down next to the door and closed his eyes. It doesn't matter how long it's been since you've seen someone. In war, an ally is a friend, and you're grateful to have them.

It wasn't long before she came walking down the hall with a take out box in her hand, "Trowa! I'm surprised it was you that Mark was talking about." He assumed Mark was the receptionist and was amazed that he was as undescriptive as to not mention his bangs. He gave her a little wave and stood up as she approached him.

She smiled, and he said, "I'm hope I'm not bothering you."

She shook her head, "Not at all, I'm on my lunch break. Would you like to come in and sit down?" She had already slashed her key-card, so he followed her in. She was taking off her coat when she said, "Sorry but you seemed like the last of the five that would visit." She sat down and began to eat her food.

He sat down in front of her desk, "Well you did did help through everything. Plus I figured you were someone who would enjoy the circus. I don't know if you know, but I'm a clown. My circus is in town, so I was wondering if you wanted some tickets? I can give you two for any performance."

She put down her fork and raised a hand to her chest, "That's sweet of you, but I don't have anyone to go with."

Trowa was confused, "I thought you would go with family, a friend, or even Wufei?" Sally laughed which caused Trowa to be confused.

She began to explain to him, "The first two I understand, but no one has even gotten close to Wufei since he started working here. Truth is, he won't let anyone get close to him, not even me. I'll take one ticket cause I think the circus would be fun, but you should try and give one to Wufei."

Trowa crossed his arms, "That guy doesn't seem like the type of person that would go to the circus."

Sally picked her fork back up and started playing with her food, "Could you just try as a favor for me?" He looked at her for a bit. She was looking at her food as she poked it with the fork. He could see the concern in her eyes as her face was framed by loose strands of hair.

He sighed in defeat, "I'll try, but I don't promise anything." She nodded her appreciation. Then they sat together making idol chit chat, as she finished her meal. She had given him directions to Wufei's office. It turns out, he got pretty high up when he joined just for being a gundam pilot. He stood in front of his door. Though Trowa hardly gets stage fright, he hesitated. They had traveled around for a few weeks, and he was the hardest person to talk to. He took a deep breathe and knocked.

After a few seconds, he was about to knock again until a voice through the door said, "Who is it? I'm busy." Trowa understood what Sally was talking about.

Trowa answered, "It's Trowa. Trowa Barton." The door cracked open, and Wufei took a peep through the door.

He opened the door completely, "Come on in. It's about time I took my break anyway." Trowa entered, and as Wufei walked to the desk, he said, "Don't forget to close the door." Trowa did as he was told but questioned his motive. He made a mental note.

Wufei pulled out a little lunch box and opened it, "Why did you come?" Trowa wasn't caught off guard by the bluntness. He noted the irritation of Wufei's voice.

Trowa tried to lighten the mood, "Thats a nice lunch. Did you make it yourself?" Wufei stared at the lunch and held onto his chopsticks. "It smells nice."

Wufei answered, "It's not mine to take credit for. I was merely taught how to make it."

Trowa inwardly sighed at some tension release, "Well the way you make it smells great. Who taught you how to make it?"

Wufei continued to sit there and not eat, "Someone from the past." Trowa sensed a trembling in his voice. Note number three, but this time Trowa understood and could forgive the other actions.

Trowa looked at him, "I'm not exactly sure what you're going through, but I know what it's like to lose those that raised you."

Wufei shook his head, "She didn't raise me. It was an arranged marriage, and she made me fall in love with her. She cooked this one time for me. It was the day before the raid. The day before she died."

Trowa crossed his arms, "I know now, I don't know what you're going through, but do you think this is how she would want you? Memories are hard to let go, I know, but sometimes it's best to move ahead. Don't forget her, but you can ease the pain by meeting new people. We don't need to fear others getting killed by war anymore."

Wufei sat there refusing to look up, "I know, that's why I took this job, to make sure no one else goes through that, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with. It haunts me. If I had accepted the being a gundam pilot sooner, I could have saved her. She didn't deserve to die. She was the one who had taught me what justice really is."

Trowa, in his calmest voice, said, "Everyone has their own definition of justice. Because what really happens might not be what you consider true justice. We live on though, and as the one who lived on, you have the duty to keep her memory alive. I bet she doesn't want to be the one who is your hindrance. You may never love another as much as her, but you at least need to live a life worthy of being saved." Wufei picked up his chopsticks and began eating his food.

He picked up a chicken dumpling and said, "I know you didn't come here to lecture me on how to handle the past."

Trowa looked around the room, "It seems you have a lot of work to do. Would you like some help?"

Despite the earlier conversation, Wufei smirked, "You just know how to do everything, don't you?"

Trowa closed his eyes, "Pretending to be Trowa, I had to learn how to do some things. Expecially right before the launch. The guy had a lot of paperwork before he died. An odd hindrance for a future pilot. But it's ok, since it helped me through my espionages."

Wufei looked at all the work he had to do, "If we finish early, I'll take you to a nice place to eat."

Trowa shook his head, "Nothing nice. I can't imagine you make a great salary."

Wufei frowned, "I'm not that poor. Ok then, you can stay at my place. We'll have a home cooked meal. You can help if you want. Plus I got a fold out sofa that hasn't been used, ever."

Trowa smirked, "Great, I get the bed that's been folded for almost a year." They had a little laugh.

Wufei put down his chopsticks and got up to wash his hands, "I hope you don't mind cats. Cause I have one."

Trowa didn't move, "I think I can manage. I only feed the lions three times a day." Wufei dried his hands.

He handed Trowa a pen, "Here is my signature. I'm sure you can mimic that pretty easily."

Trowa nodded, "At least now, I'll have something to talk about tonight. It's one thing to set aside work, but to neglect things you sign could get you fired. You won't get in trouble for this anyway."

Wufei shook his head, "They wouldn't question and ex-gundam pilot. Plus if Sally finds out, I can explain it was you, and she would understand. The people here aren't heartless. Besides I'm a valuable asset they can't let go."

Trowa nodded, "A hero of the people. A gundam pilot turned preventer."

Wufei frowned, "Almost, but this isn't the time to think about mistakes."

Trowa shrugged, "We're humans, and humans make mistakes." Wufei felt comforted hearing that from someone like Trowa. When you think about people making mistakes, he isn't exactly the first person you think about.

After that, hours seem to pass as the two read documents and signed off on others. Every now and then Trowa would come across a mission plan assignment, which he gave to Wufei. His excuse was that it would be suspicious if the plans differed from Wufei's usual pattern of plans.

After a while, Wufei looked at Trowa as he signed Wufei's name, "You know that is basically perfect. And you said you did that with the real Trowa Barton too, right?" Trowa nodded not looking up. Wufei continued, "Do you have your own signature? One that sets you apart from the other Trowa Barton?"

Trowa looked up with a slightly confused look in his eyes, "I guess. I cross the "T" differently." Wufei couldn't help but laugh. Trowa, still confused, asked "Why? Is it important that they are different?"

Wufei shook his head, "Not really. You are you and he is dead. It's just now that you are no longer his shadow, I thought you might try to get out of his shadow a bit. As far as people go, it's the little things that set us apart. Just like how I have little details in my plans that make them mine." Trowa thought about it for a little bit. After a while, he shook his head and shrugged.

Trowa explained, "I never really thought about it. Trowa has just been something people call me. In my head, I am still No Name."

Wufei looked at his work and looked back at Trowa, "I'm curious, but this needs to get finished first." Trowa nodded. It took three more hours of their combined effort to finish his work. Relaxing after all the reading, they started to relax when a knocking came from the door, and Wufei called out, "Come in!"

Sally walked in with her coat on and leaned against the wall, "Heard you two talking from down the hall and had to see how everything was."

Wufei smiled, "Everything is fine. You're welcome to join us if you want?"

Sally thought about it for a second, "No. I bet you two want to catch up with each other."

Trowa said, "It's not like you weren't our comrade. It's not so much as catching up then simply knowing each other better."

Sally looked at her watch, "Well it's not like I have anything important to do...: and she sat down next to Trowa. "What have you two been up to all this time?"

Trowa answered, "Well we've been talking while Wufei worked. He can multi-task really well."

Sally gave them a skeptical look, and Wufei interjected, "He lies. He's been helping with my work. We are going to go over it all tonight."

Sally smirked, "Fine. I'll trust your judgment Trowa." Trowa was a little shocked at the laxity of the system. Then again, it was probably just Sally, since she knew all the pilots. She asked them, "You both aren't going anywhere for dinner are you?"

Wufei shook his head, "We plan on having dinner at my place. Trowa is going to sleep over."

Trowa nodded, "It's not going to affect the circus. We are just setting up, and they have plenty of people to do that."

Sally smiled, "That's odd. I figured you would be one of their strongest men."

Trowa squeezed his bicep, "I have an acrobat's build, not a worker's build." Wufei and Sally laughed.

Wufei interjected, "Doesn't mean you're weak though. Great things come in small packages."

Sally smirked, "Are you trying to be the next Confucius?"

Wufei smiled back, "If I do, I'll probably have to leave this job."

Trowa interrupted, "I wouldn't leave a job like this, too easy."

Wufei half-smiled, "You'd be surprised how many uprisings we have to stop."

Trowa answered, "About two a month."

Wufei blinked, "How'd you know?"

Trowa pointed to the paperwork, "This is almost a months worth and there were two mission completion reports."

Wufei slapped his head and Sally looked at Wufei, "A month? First off, how did a month pile up, and then how did you two do it in one day?"

Wufei tried to calm down, "Don't worry I work. It's just that I do things in priority. The more urgent the sooner i do it. Most of these weren't that important."

Sally covered her eyes and laughed a bit, "We're the preventers, it's all important."

Wufei picked up one of the sheets of paper, "Ok then. How important is it that I approve a new cafeteria menu? Or how Kelly wants to move to security on the same shift as Phillip?" Sally gave a nervous laugh, while Trowa was having a hard time not laughing.

Sally tried to change the subject, "Did you know we are getting a new recruit later this month?"

Trowa cocked an eyebrow, and Wufei said, "It must be one of the other three. Trowa would have said something, and if it wasn't another pilot you wouldn't have made such an obvious ploy in desperation."

She continued to laugh nervously, "Just can't full you can I. Anyway," she looked at her watch, "It's getting late, so I think we should head out." Wufei and Trowa agreed and as Sally was about to leave she turned to Wufei, "Hey did you want to go to the circus? Trowa offered me tickets, and I'd like it if you came with me?"

Wufei looked down a bit, but took a deep breath and looked at Trowa, "You offered her tickets but not me?"

Trowa was scared, "I was goinjg to later tonight. I promise." He took a step back.

Wufei took a step closer, "You lowered me to getting offered by a woman!"

Sally had to stop this, "If you don't want to come that's fine."

Wufei looked at her, "Oh no, I'll go. I just don't know if I should believe Trowa." He gave Trowa a glare, which caused Trowa to look away a bit embarrassed.

Sally smiled, "That's good. You and Trowa can talk about times, since I'm open basically when you are." She walked off.

That night after the discussions of approvals and signatures, Wufei's pride had been hurt after being asked out by Sally, even if it was just as friends. That night Trowa had barely slept. It's hard to sleep in the apartment of the person that is pissed at you.

A/N: I was going to do one with Heero, but the premise didn't match my planned summary. Plus I plan it to be a bit longer then the others. It will probably contain 2,3 or all of the other pilots. You could consider it a sequel to these short stories. It will just be under a different title. Hope you enjoyed these three stories...thanks for reading.