Chapter 11 is here. Sorry for the wait everyone, I know it's been awhile. But I will finish this fic. Thank you astria starsmore, summersarebright, Markanovanlink, Lady11Occult, Rocky Oberlin, LastxExile, and MydridFox09 for your reviews it keeps me going, it really does.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or the characters in any way.

Thoughts are in /…/


Quatre walked down the staircase in his pajamas. He smelt something really good coming from downstairs. He peeked around the corner wiping the sleep out of his eyes.

"Hey Quatre." Duo said upon noticing his arrival in the kitchen. "I made some breakfast you want some? There are eggs, pancakes, and bacon."

Quatre's stomach rumbled in response and it reminded him that he hadn't had anything to eat since a quick lunch at work the previous day.

He nodded in response. "That sounds good."

Duo smiled while getting two plates. "Good you and I can eat together."

Quatre cocked his head to the side. "What about Heero?"

"I'm going to work."

Quatre jumped slightly at the sudden voice behind him, but Heero didn't see him as he was putting on his Preventer's jacket.

"Yeah that reminds me I have to go in to WEI also. What time is it?"

Heero glanced down at his watch. "7:25."

Quatre sighed. "Maybe I should call in today."

Upon hearing the sadness in Quatre's voice Heero placed his hand on Quatre's arm.

"You know you can't avoid him forever Quatre. Trowa's bound to find you here."

"I know." Quatre sighed. "I just don't know what to do."

"Look I'm not saying you should or shouldn't go to work, but you also need to focus on the situation at hand and really talk to Trowa in order to settle everything."

/Everything Heero is saying is true, but I don't know if I'm strong enough to handle this. /

"You can do it Quatre." Heero smiled as if reading Quatre's thoughts.

"Why are you so smart?" questioned Quatre, wondering how Heero seemed to know what to say and how to say it to make everything alright.

Duo laughed as he placed two plates at the table. "He gets it all from me of course."

Heero snorted. "Don't listen to him Quatre, I read a lot that's all." He buttoned up his jacket. "I have to go guys."

Quatre suddenly hugged Heero. "Thank you so much for your support Heero I appreciate it."

Heero returned the hug. "Anything for a friend, Quatre."

"Alright, alright, break it up. If I didn't know any better I'll say you have the hots for my Heero and I know how you have a thing for the strong, silent, type."

Quatre laughed as he walked towards the plates on the table. "You're right Duo I do, but Heero already turned me down. He said he didn't do blondes."

"What! When the hell did this happen?"

"Relax Duo, Quatre's just teasing."

"Damn well better be. I went through too much trouble to get you." Duo leaned up and gave Heero a long kiss.

"As much as I love you Duo, I have to go or I'll be late."

Duo smiled. "Alright have a good day." Duo closed the door once Heero exited. "Alright buddy it's just you and me then. So have you decided about work today yet?"

Quatre finished chewing the eggs in his mouth before replying. "I think I'll stay here for one more night. I'll call my office and tell my secretary to forward everything to my laptop. I'll do what I can from here and I'll go back tomorrow."

Duo nodded. "Sounds like a good plan except you sure Trowa won't track you down that way?"

"I won't tell my secretary where I am and I won't call from your phone. I'll call from mine."

"Alright if you're sure."

The rest of breakfast was eaten in silence. Quatre trying to pick up the pieces of his love life, while Duo was thinking about whether to have fish or steak for dinner.


30 minutes later Quatre sat in the living room talking on his phone.

"Hello Mr. Winner's office. How may I help you?"

"Hey Maria, it's me Quatre."

"Mr. Winner! Where are you? Mr. Barton has been asking about you and I told him you don't come in until 9:00 and he said he didn't know where you were and that you didn't come home last night and he asked if I knew where you were."

"It's alright Maria I'm fine, but I'm not coming in to work today. I'll appreciate it if you forward all the work you can to my email address."

"But sir why aren't you coming in today? Are you sick? Are you in trouble?"

"No, no it's nothing like that I just need to take a break. I'll be back tomorrow okay."

"… Alright if you're sure sir"

"I am. Oh and Maria if anyway asks about me just say I'm fine and I'll be back soon okay?"

"But what about Mr. Barton.

"Tell him the same thing. Thank you Maria."

"Yes sir."

Quatre hung up the phone and leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes.

"So is everything set?" questioned Duo.

Quatre opened his eyes and sat up. "Yeah once Maria sends me the files I can start working and-"

Just then Quatre's phone started ringing. He flipped open his phone and saw unknown caller across the screen. He turned the ringer off and closed the phone.

"Was that him?"

Quatre shrugged. "I don't know it said unknown caller, but he might have just used another phone in hope I would answer the phone if I didn't think it was him."

Duo nodded. "Well I'll leave you to your work then."

"What about you Duo? Don't you have to go to work?"

"Yeah, but I work from the home. So if you need me I'll be upstairs."

Quatre booted up his laptop and went to work.


When Quatre finally leaned back and stretched, it was almost 3:30 and he started working a little after 8 am, with only one 15 minute tea break. He shut down his laptop and laid back on the couch. As soon as his mind was distracted from work it began to wonder to Trowa.

/I love him I know I do, but apparently he doesn't love me or maybe he loves me, but isn't in love with me. Whatever it is there is no doubt I need to talk to him just to clarify everything. But if he really doesn't want to be with me anymore then I don't want him in my house anymore…..Though I've always wanted him to be happy and I always thought it would be with me….And Wufei…he's really been great for the most part and I didn't meant to yell at him I just…I'm so confused as to what I mean to him and what he means to me. /

Those were Quatre's last thoughts before he closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Around 4:30 Heero came through the front door. It was unusually quiet since he was used to Duo blasting music when he came home. Upon inspection he noticed Quatre curled up on the couch apparently asleep.

"Heero you're home!" Duo shouted as he hugged Heero enthusiastically.

Heero smiled. "Why are you always so excited when I come home?"

"Because I love you and every minute away from you is like there are a thousand needles piercing my heart."

Heero crossed his arms, pondering where Duo got that weird simile from. "Have you been watching The Young and the Restless again?"

Duo turned up his nose. "No I was not….it was actually Days of our Lives."

"So what happened to Quatre?" questioned Heero as he gestured to the sleeping blond.

"He decided to stay here and work he probably went to take a break and fell asleep, which reminds me he didn't have any lunch, when I offered he said he only wanted tea. I should go and fix him something. Really I thought getting you to eat was hard, but apparently I haven't been around Quatre enough really I mean is it…." Duo's voice trailed off as he went into the kitchen.

Heero shook his head. "Not everybody eats every two hours."

"Hey I heard that!" Duo shouted from the kitchen.

Quatre moved into a sitting position and Heero sat on the couch adjacent to the one Quatre occupied. "Are you okay Quatre?"

Quatre held up a hand to his head." Yeah I just have a slight headache."

"It's probably a hunger headache. You really shouldn't skip lunch."

"I know and I usually don't…so how was work today Heero?"

Heero was going to comment on the subject change, but let it slide.

"It was fine, nothing exciting, but I did see Wufei today." Heero spoke calmly.

Quatre looked up at Heero and responded just as calmly. "Really? Well I don't find that too surprising considering you both work for the Preventers."

Heero shrugged. "I guess you're right…He asked about you."

Quatre's face showed no emotion but he continued to play the game. "So what did he say?"

"He asked if I've seen or talked to you…"

"And?"

"I said I'm sure you were find and just probably needed a break….He seemed really….sad." Quatre stood up and stretched, but didn't respond.

"Hey Kat buddy I made you something to eat." Duo announced as he entered the living room.

"Thanks Duo, but you really didn't have to."

Duo smiled. "Hey I have to treat my guest right."

Quatre smiled in response. "Thanks I'll go wash up."

As Quatre walked upstairs carrying his laptop Duo stood next to Heero and hit him on the shoulder.

"What the hell was that for!" Heero exclaimed rubbing the spot even though the sharp sting dissipated quickly.

"That was for you bringing up the Wufei topic." Duo huffed, putting his hands on his hips.

"Look I just wanted him to know that he isn't the only one hurting."

Before Duo could respond a knock sounded on the door. As Duo walked to see who it was Heero went into the kitchen for a drink. Duo peeped through the peephole and cursed.

Heero came out of the kitchen with a soda in his hand. "Who is it?"

"It's Wufei, but maybe if we don't answer the door he'll go away." Responded Duo still peeping through the peep hole.

"Open up I know you're in there!" Wufei shouted banging even louder on the door.

"You know he's not going to leave that easy Duo." Heero said popping his soda.

"Why are you so calm about this? You know what, never mind I'll open the door." Duo opened it a little and spoke. "What do you want?"

Wufei looked at Duo desperately. "Please I want to talk to Quatre."

"Who said Quatre's here?"

"His car is in the driveway Duo, please just let me in."

"He doesn't want to see you now Wufei."

"Please Duo." Wufei begged trying to finish opening the door.

"It's okay Duo you can let him in." As Duo looked towards the staircase towards where Quatre's soft voice traveled, Wufei finished pushing his way in. Duo glared at Wufei, but transferred his attention back to Quatre.

"Are you sure? Because you know you don't have to."

Quatre shook his head. "No, that's okay Duo I'll talk to him." Duo remained standing there with his arms crossed and when he made no attempt to move Quatre spoke again. "I'll talk to him alone."

Duo glanced at Quatre. "You sure?"

Quatre nodded and smiled in reassurance. Duo closed the door, looked at Wufei one more time, then walked into the kitchen where Heero followed.

Wufei stood there fidgeting looking at his feet which all of a sudden seemed the most fascinating thing in the world.

"Let's sit down." Quatre voiced softly as he waved his hand towards the living room.

Wufei nodded mutely and followed Quatre. While Wufei sat on one of the ends of the couch, Quatre sat on the opposite end. Neither said anything for a minute, both looking anywhere but at each other.

"Wufei look I-"

"No Quatre I came here to talk to you and that's what I'm going to do." Wufei took a deep breath and looked up. "I'm really sorry Quatre and I can probably never say it enough. I wanted to tell you. I meant to tell you, but …." Wufei sighed. "But I was caught up between my pride and duty. My pride was telling me that I should let Trowa handle it and I had nothing to do with you relationship, but my duty to you as a friend was telling me I had to tell you what was going on."

"…So all the time you've been spending with me was just a front so you could tell me Trowa was cheating on me?"

"Oh God no Quatre! That's not it at all." Before Wufei could stop himself he turned towards Quatre and lightly touched his cheek noticing the red-rimmed eyes, no doubt from the numerous tears he had shed. "I enjoyed the time I spent with you Quatre and I realized now that I have feelings for you, more than just a friend."

Quatre's eyes widened slightly and Wufei quickly snatched his hand away. "Oh God I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that I-"

"Do you really mean that?"

Wufei looked up hesitantly into Quatre's eyes, but could see no signs of disgust so he nodded slowly. "Yes."

"That's all I wanted from you Wufei, just to tell me the truth. That's all I every wanted."

"You're not mad? You still want to talk to me anymore?" Wufei asked in disbelief.

Quatre smiled and put his left hand over Wufei's right one. "No I'm not mad at you Wufei and I'm sorry for the way I acted towards you."

"Quatre you don't need to apol-"

"Yes I do, I shouldn't have run off like that. And I didn't mean to make you worry. I really do enjoy the time we spend together and I respect your honesty now, but I'm afraid… I don't think I can return your feelings Wufei…especially not after this, not right now….I'm sorry."

Wufei's heart broke at the statement, but he smiled anyway. He already knew Quatre wasn't interested in him, but he had to give it a try anyway.

Quatre started removing his hand, but Wufei clasped it in his. Quatre looked confused, but remained silent.

"Thank you Quatre for your honesty. I just hope we at least can be friends. I'm really sorry if I made you uncomfortable, but-"

"Of course I'm still your friend Wufei." Quatre wrapped his arms around Wufei in a hug.

Wufei returned it and smelled the sweet scent of strawberries coming from Quatre's hair. Wufei pulled back not wanting to lost the close contact with Quatre, but knew he couldn't control himself much longer.

"Wufei I…I don't want to totally refuse your feeling. I just need to work things out with Trowa first and I…"

Wufei nodded in response. "I understand Quatre." Wufei stood up and put his hands in his pockets.

"I'll call you when I get things straightened out okay?"

Wufei nodded once again and started heading towards the door. Quatre followed not knowing what else to say. Wufei looked at Quatre one more time before he opened the door and closed it behind him. Quatre sighed and turned around facing the kitchen.

"You guys can come out now, I know you heard everything."

Duo came out wiping his hands on his jeans. He didn't quite know what to say so he said the first thing that came to his mind. "Damn, I didn't know Wufei felt like that about you. I mean not to say you aren't attractive or anything, you are and you have a great personality, but I thought Wufei was straight. And by straight I mean straighter than a nail fresh out of the hardware store. He never showed anything to indicate nghr." The rest of his words were muffled as Heero placed his hand over Duo's mouth.

"Are you okay Quatre?" Heero questioned as Duo bit the hand covering his mouth. Heero yanked his hand away still looking at Quatre who had a faraway look in his eye.

Quatre straightened and nodded softly. "Yeah I just need to be alone for a little bit. If you guys will excuse me."

Quatre walked upstairs making sure to grab his phone off the table before he did so. Duo looked at Heero who just shrugged lightly.

"We'll give him his space. He needs time to work things out." Duo nodded in response, still wishing he could help.


Well thats it for chapter 11 which just happens to be my longest chapter so far, go me. I hope this chapter came out okay. I thought it could have been better though. I was struggling with the next chapter, but I think I worked it out okay. I didn't really get that quote from Days of Our Lives I just made that up. I have nothing against soap operas mind you so that wasn't a diss. I know Wufei maybe out of character, but I like him like this so I'm keeping him this way. Please review and comment.