Relena strolled into the kitchen dressed in a white shirt that belonged to Heero and nothing else. It sent shivers up her spine when the cold floor hit her bare feet. She had told her mother she was sleeping at hilde's, an old friend but she was securetly staying at the mansion of Heero, and all his friends. She began to look around for a cup or glass so she could get a drink. When she found one in the last cupboard she opened the fridge and began to rummage around for a drink bending right down for the milk on the bottom shelf. Just at that moment Duo decided to walk in and get a glimpse of relena's firm bottom in her lacy black underwear bending over in his fridge. He almost ran to her then, to take her in his arms and kiss her until they both couldn't breathe. But heero would have his life in seconds. especially in their house. So instead he leaned against the door frame and memorised the view infront of him. Placing a cheeky grin on his face.

"Oh Duo!" she exclaimed as she turned around and jumped at his presence. She spilt some of her milk by accident. Duo just watched as she put down her glass and began to clean up the mess she made, he moved then and slowly bent down to her eye level and took the rag from her hands, keeping eye contact with her.

"I'll do that." and he did, while she sat and waited for him to finish. he stood and went to the sink after and began rinsing the rag out of milk. The akward silence of the tap running and no one speaking was hard for him.

"Do you love him?" Relena gasped at the question, but he didn't turn around he just waited for her answer.

"I'm not sure yet." Duo sighed in relief, it wasn't the answer he wanted but it was better than a yes. He looked over his shoulder to see her leaning on the kitchen table watching him.

"That's good then." She looked away then, away in her thoughts. Something in duo snapped then and he stalked over to relena, took her in his arms and held her so close he could feel her sharp, quick breaths on his face.

"Relena…" he whispered to her. Relena looked up into Duo eye's and smiled sweetly at him.

"Duo…I…we…I like Heero….i'm his now." duo froze as the words left her mouth, here she was giving up on him. Maybe he should give up on her? With Duo lost in thoughts a cough snapped him back to reality, to a shadowed figure standing in the door way. Relena slipped from is grasp then and she ran to him. He wrapped a single arm around her waist and glared down duo. Duo looked away and then walked past them both and left the house. He realised then that he was fighting a loosing battle, relena wouldn't be his.

Heero walked back into his room with Relena in tow,

"Heero…I…Are you mad?" Relena asked with tears about to escape. Heero paused and then turned to her.

"No" she smiled and then hugged him tightly.

"I didn't kiss him, he just hugged me. Nothing else, i'm yours." Heero just stood there holding Relena,

"I know" was all he replied.

As they both stood there holding each other something felt wrong to Heero, and his gut instinct was normally 99% accurate. he slowly pulled away from relena and listen to his surroundings.

"Hee-" Relena began but was silenced by heero covering her mouth.

"Sh." was all he said and she knew not to disobey. He stepped away and placed his ear onto the bedroom door. But then,

"GET DOWN!" A gun shot ran out through out the house. Relena was tackled to the floor by Heero. He hovered over her still listening, Relena was breathing hard now, scared and afraid. Heero stood then taking Relena by the wrist and pulling her with him, he ran out the room to find Trowa coming out of his room too.

"Trowa!"

"I heard, but he's took off." He spoke calmly but relena could see his vicious eyes where anything but calm.

"take relena, i'm going after him!" Heero left relena then and lept over the balcony only to gracefully land and run off quickly out the front door.

"Heero!" She yelled after him, she went to run after him, ignoring trowa but she couldn't move because Trowa had a hold of her in a strong embrace.

"no. You can't go." he whispered but Relena struggled against his strength.

"No! let me go!" But as the words left her mouth another shot rang out. Trowa brought Relena to the floor and covered her looking around, listening like heero. They had of course been very similarly trained. Relena was whimpering now,

"Shhh, it's okay. Your safe." Even though relena was scared, she knew she was safe. she could feel it. She just nodded slowly and held onto trowa's shirt. burying her head in his chest. A few minutes later Trowa helped her stand.

"It's over now loverly, he's been detained." Relena looked up at trowa, the only thing helping her stand.

"How do you know?" He didn't answer her, he just gave her a soft smile and relena could see the fierce violence had vanished from trowa's eyes. Heero burst through the door dripping wet then, a little blood on his face. Relena gasped and ran down to him, trowa reluctantly let her go, missing her warmth. heero embraced relena and nuzzled his face into her hair. he took a deep breath and realised no matter how much violence he'd seen that relena will always melt it away. he looked up to see trowa watching them, heero began to glare but was stopped when he smiled and walked away. Heero knew it was Trowa's silent way of saying 'She's yours now, i know.'

"Oh Heero! Are you okay? What happened? Where's the guy?" She panicked as she rushed through all her questions.

"Shh, it's okay, i'm fine, everything's fine." She was on the verge of tears when she saw Duo Maxwell walk through the front door, dripping wet in water and blood.

"Duo!" she yelled, "what happened?" she studied him but he seemed to be unharmed. He simply winked and gave her his best cheeky grin.

"nothing for you to know princess." Duo's gaze fell on heero then, looking him in the eye, his best friend. He simply nodded and said,

"Well done buddy." he wasn't referring to the kill Heero had just hunted but the fact he found his happiness in Relena, which duo was now happy for him and understood.

"Hn." was all he replied, he then guided Relena away. It was time for bed. But as he was climbing the stairs he heard,

"Hew buddy! Got room for one more?" Heero looked down at the now grinning duo winking in his direction. Heero looked around and found the nearest thing to be a lamp, so… being heero, he picked it up and threw it directly at Duo.

"Hey! OW!" was the last thing he heard as he locked his bedroom door.