"Oh fuck me…" Duo moaned, his head falling back to the rumpled mattress.
"I intend to." Heero growled as he disentangled himself from his lover and marched to the window. Wufei had turned his back, but his fists were still clenched and shaking and his ears maintained the brilliant crimson of his face.
Heero ignored him for the moment as he slid open the window and fixed the quartet crouching beneath the sill with a steely glare.
"Explain."
"Please don't!" Duo wailed from behind him, "I don't want to know how long you've all been there!"
Trowa snickered, Quatre's eyes widened in a panicked warning
"I'll give you ten seconds to retreat." Heero growled
The four beneath the window froze at the sound of a magazine being loaded into Heero's semi-automatic.
"Nine."
The snap of him chambering the cartridge
"Eight."
The click of the hammer being cocked
"Seven."
The soft *tic* of the safety flipping off
"Six."
The four beneath the window made a mad dash towards the front gate, Trowa chuckling as he went. Only Wufei remained, his back still turned.
"Why are you still here Wufei?"
"I have a message for you… both of you."
"From who?" Duo asked, picking his way across the room to come stand beside Heero.
"From Une."
"No." Heero said sharply,
"You haven't even heard…" Wufei turned around, then quickly glanced to the side as he remembered the unclothed state of his friends.
"I don't care." Heero said sharply, "I'm not going..." Duo's eyes widened slightly as Heero pulled him to his chest, "anywhere. Not anymore." He planted a kiss on the top of Duo's head.
"'Ro…"
"And should I assume that's a decline from you as well, Maxwell?"
"It sure as hell is!" Duo scoffed, "I'd cut off my own foot before working for that bitch!"
A grin split Wufei's face
"I told her you'd say that."
Duo chuckled,
"I'll keep the others down at the beach for now. Join us when you're ready, I've got more to talk to you about." Wufei turned to stride towards the corner of the house, "Oh and Yuy," he called back just before he vanished behind the wall, "Don't fuck up this time. Your moping when Duo kicks you out is exceptionally irksome."
"You moped?" Duo grinned, as Heero flipped the safety back on
"That is not the term I would have used."
"The stoic Heero Yuy mopes?!?"
"I… contemplated, the situation."
"You moped!"
Heero shook his head as he lowered and locked the window, then drew the blinds.
"Baka." He growled, tossing Duo none-too-gently to the bed.
The violet eyed pilot snickered.
"Moping Heero, I'd pay to see that."
"I'd pay you to shut up now."
"Ha! Make me."
"Mission accepted." Heero grinned wolfishly, pinning the long haired pilot's arms above his head as his mouth closed over Duo's. Duo's violet eyes slid closed as he tilted his chin to allow Heero deeper entrance, all the while battling the welcome intruder with his tongue. Heero broke for just a moment, his cobalt eyes searching violet.
Duo's eyes widened slightly as he met Heero's, the rawness of Heero's tumbled emotions, his need, his lust, burned in the endless blue.
"'Ro?" his voice was barely a whisper, but it sparked something, and Heero's fiery gaze softened,
"There's just you." Heero said softly, his eyes fluttering closed for a moment, dark lashes resting against his cheeks, before fixing Duo once again "For me… there could only ever be you."
He lowered himself to Duo. Bodies thrummed as skin met skin, flesh moved inside flesh, their voices cried out feverishly in their fulfillment. Over and over again, till both collapsed, exhausted, beside one another.
Heero reached out, pulling Duo closer, cradling him against his chest.
"'Ro…" Duo whispered
"I'm not leaving." Heero growled
Duo chuckled tiredly, "I wasn't going to tell you to leave. But I think… I think maybe we should consider Une's offer. Maybe we should rejoin the Preventers, you know, not all the time, but as contractors or mercenaries or something, do what we want, when we want. Just take special cases, that kind of thing."
"You know she'll only call us in for the missions most likely to get us killed."
Duo grinned 'Yeah, but that's what makes it interesting."
Heero chuckled,
"And," Duo added with a mischievous wink "I haven't blown anything up in a long time."
Heero laughed. "The other's are probably wondering where we are."
"Really? With that look they all got, I figured they'd pretty much seen where we were."
Heero's eyes darkened, "Indeed."
"I've never seen Wufei's face turn that color before though?" Duo said thoughtfully, "Maybe we should flash him more often!"
"Negative." Heero growled, despite the laughter dancing in his eyes. Somehow it didn't feel right to bully the only comrade who hadn't "'betrayed'" them.
"We should get cleaned up and go find the others." Duo sighed, as he rolled out of bed "S'rude to leave them all out there."
"It not like any of them were actually invited." Heero growled, rising to follow him.
"If I recall correctly," Duo chuckled, "neither were you."
"I live here." Heero snorted "I don't need to be invited."
***
After they'd showered, dressed, and Heero'd re-braided Duo's hair for him, they stepped out onto the porch to find Mari waiting for them. The dog barked happily and pounced into Duo's lap knocking him to the porch as he squatted to greet her.
"Hey Mari-baby! Were you out here waiting for Daddy all this time!? What a good girl! Yes she is! Yes she is!" he laughed as he ruffled her ears, Heero knelt beside him, one arm curling around Duo's shoulders as the other stroked the young dog.
"Hey 'Ro?"
"Hn?"
"Does this… Are we… The three of us, are we a real family now?"
Heero froze, his mind whirling, all Duo's life…
His gang on L2, the Maxwell Church, the Gundam pilots…
Duo had spent his entire life looking for a home, for a family.
Heero smiled gently,
"Hai."
***
"Relena!" Dorothy huffed as she and the three Gundam pilots scurried up the sand after the irate blonde. "Why can't you just leave him alone!?"
"I've been leaving him alone! We've been down at the beach for hours! I'm going to get a sunburn! I want something cool to drink, and I need to talk to Heero!"
"Doesn't look to me like he needs to talk to you." Wufei snapped
"Oh!" Quatre sighed, then jerked out his camera to snap a picture of the trio sitting together on the porch.
The shutters click broke the spell, with a bark Mari bounded down to greet them.
Heero stood, helping Duo to his feet. He never released the long-haired pilot's hand.
***1 year later***
Wufei stood at the altar with Sally Po, the four Gundam pilots stood beside him as groomsman. Relena sat between Dorothy and Millardo, her eyes fixed on Wufei's Best Man. She swallowed hard. Were the rumors she'd been hearing on her way in true? Was Wufei REALLY the last of the Gundam pilots to get married?!
Her brain whirled as the bridal party exited the small church and the guests and well-wishers began moving to large hall a few blocks away for the reception.
**
"C'mon Relena! Heero's giving his toast! We're gonna miss it!" Dorothy wailed into the bathroom where Relena was struggling to maintain her composure.
"Dammit I'm coming! Just give me a minute!" Relena snarled back, leaning into the mirror to touch up her mascara.
They scurried to their table in time for the first dance. Her eyes narrowed as she watched Duo lean in to whisper something to Heero, Heero smiled and nodded, then Duo turned to grin at Quatre beside him.
The DJ called for "all married couples to please join the newly-weds on the dance floor".
"Don't get up." Relena said softly as she watched Quatre and Trowa hop up and hurry towards the dance floor, "Don't get up." Duo scooted his chair back and stood with a grin, "Don't get up." But her prayers fell flat, as Duo turned and extended a hand to Heero, who took it as he stood and let himself be led to the floor.
Tears formed in the blondes eyes
"He… he… behind my back…"
"Don't feel too bad Relena." Zechs grinned, "They didn't invite me either. Rumor has it they skipped the wedding, just had a small civil ceremony with the other three pilots to witness."
"How… how long?"
"About a year or so I think."
"If you'll excuse me." Relena said stiffly, rising from the table and making her way in the direction of the door.
"Oh… shit. I better go after her." Dorothy groaned, jumping up to follow her friend.
"Oi!" Duo's loud voice called from the dance floor, freezing Relena just as Dorothy reached her, "Play something groovy! This waltz crap is killing me!"
The DJ raised an eyebrow, Wufei nodded an affirmative, and the song switched to an upbeat swing.
"Alright Heero, I got you on the floor, now impress me." Duo grinned
Heero returned his smile,
"Mission- accepted."
Ah! That's it! The End! My "one-shot" that wasn't! And know what the WORST part is... I've already started writing a sequel... I suck at this "short" stuff.
Anyway! Hope you all enjoyed this! Look for a continuation in "Landfall", unless you hated this, in which case "Why have you read this far? You could have stopped ages ago!"
For those of you that enjoyed it, or wrote funny/amusing or just very heartwarming reviews, I love you all! It's so nice to hear from you! And you people who don't review, well, I probably love you too, thanks for reading everyone!
-Chi