Al could hear that Duo and Ed had both fallen asleep after such a long night and he knew why they were both so tired. He only hoped that this really meant that Duo and Ed were going to be together, and that Duo was here for a permanent stay in Amestris. Ever since Duo had showed up, Edward had become more and more open with his emotions and broken out of the shell he had withdrawn to after the Roy incident.
He decided to sleep on the other bed since Ed and Duo were done and try to get a lot of rest. For some reason, he had a feeling he'd need it.
> > >
Heero watched the sun begin to rise and found himself remembering a time when he and Duo had done the same.
> > >
"Why are you up so early, Duo?" Heero sat down beside Duo and noticed he was crouched over in a protective way.
"I had a nightmare… about when I was an orphan. It was a very vividly detailed dream, almost a guide on how to rape defenseless children. Or how a child can sell their bodies to perverts and get as much money as possible…" Heero knew how touchy he was whenever he brought up his traumatic childhood, and had yet seen Duo look for any way to cure himself of the horrid nightmares that plagued him.
He slipped an arm around Duo and pulled him close hoping to console him, but he only felt tears on his shoulder. It was something he wasn't used to seeing his lover doing; in a way he had never really thought Duo could cry. Just now, he tried to figure out why he had always assumed that.
Duo looked up with desolate eyes and leaned against Heero with all his weight, "I always hoped that now that I'm with you, they would just disappear… But they haven't… I don't know what any of this means, but I'm sick of life screwing me over and over again!"
Heero held Duo and tried to calm him down once again, this time succeeding. After a while, the two noticed the rising sun in the distance and Duo smiled forlornly and stood up.
"Someday my sun will set too, but then it will rise again and hopefully I can restart my life. Do you believe in reincarnation Heero?"
Duo's question was left unanswered, but he still seemed to feel better. Heero never could tell him that he didn't believe in anything like reincarnation.
> > >
Wufei watched Heero as he got up to walk around the large garden in front of Quatre's home. He wished Quatre and his team would hurry and either find out Duo was forever lost so Heero could move on soon or bring Duo back to them so Heero could be happy again. Then again, now that Heero has begun to like someone else and Duo very well could be in the same situation, but all was unclear.
Unless Wufei could find a way to communicate with Duo or he began believing in the crap fortunetellers say about being able to speak to a person through dimensions; he was out of luck on knowing what happened to Duo. Another choice he didn't want to bring up to anyone was that Duo may be dead or might have disappeared from existence.
These were all very grim thoughts for his fellow Gundam pilot, but reality could sometimes be a truly terrible thing. He decided to call Quatre, even though it was so early in the morning to be doing so.
> > >
Roy sat in his office staring blankly at the wall thinking about all that's been happening recently. His new mission was to ask Riza Hawkeye out on a date, but he had not yet found a good opportunity to do so. Another reason he hadn't asked her yet was because he couldn't find a way to bring it into a conversation either.
As he began to ponder, he heard a faint knocking on his door and automatically called them in. Riza walked in, not in the least bit amazed that Roy had stayed in the office all night.
"Colonel, you should at least get some sleep before you have to begin on your stack of paperwork again." She felt genuine sympathy for him having to do so much and having to be stressed to do it in a strict time limit; even though he never paid much attention to that.
"Lt. Hawkeye, I've had something I've needed to ask you for a while but just haven't known how to say it." He turned around and faced her instead of looking out the window, "I've wanted to ask you out on a date."
She looked surprised at what Roy was asking of her, but still nodded her head slowly. This was something she'd also been hoping to happen. "O-of course sir!"
"One thing Riza," she looked into Roy's eyes, "you have to stop calling me sir or Colonel. It's Roy, just Roy."
> > >
Duo stirred and noticed that he and Ed were still tangled with each other from last night's event. He smiled when he thought of how everything went; this would now be his home. In a way, he had given up hope of ever going back to his own time, but he was happy here.
He carefully untangled himself from Ed and then slipped out of bed to find some clothes. His clothes were too dirty from the night before to put on, so he decided he would just ask somebody to get him a military uniform for temporary uses.
He slipped on his pants just for a while, and grabbed Ed's jacket to cover himself until he could find a soldier and ask him to get clothes. When he finally did, the soldier agreed and said Lt. Colonel Hughes would probably deliver it to him.