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Dying for a Life Worth Living - A Lady Syndil story

Chapter Summary: Heero wakes up to find that life has taken a very interesting turn. But a whole life lived brings with it baggage and fears that Heero must overcome.

Main pairing 1X2, Side pairs 3x4 5xS

Warnings: Shonen Ai, Yaoi. Slight angst, Language, Lime. Current rating is T but later chapters will change to M as the story and life progresses.

Chapter 4 - Day 1, afternoon

Duo fell into the Japanese males embrace and lips met again, the kiss deepening this time, mouths falling open without thought to let the other in. The world narrowed down to the just the two of them and their joined mouths.

"Ahem"

The two jumped apart, once again neither hearing the door open. Upon seeing who was standing there, Duo stood up and turned around so fast his braid nearly whapped Heero in the face. Heero grimaced. This was starting to become a pattern, at this rate it would be years before they got to second base. Shit, Heero sighed, and made a mental note: make sure to lock the door before kissing braided menace.

"C-Commander!" Duo hastily wiped his eyes. His heart leapt into his throat, Oh God what, what if she didn't let him stay with Heero, especially now that she had seen that.

"So,… I see Dr. Po's reports are accurate." Duo paled, his hands were behind his back, the right holding the forearm of the left, leaving the left hand free and the fingers dangling. Heero had grasped those fingers with his left hand as they confronted their commander together. He felt the tightening of the others fingers at Une's words.

"Ma-am, I uh, we, well we…."

"Maxwell ease down, you and Yuy are two of my best operatives." Heero gave Une a look that clearly read…'we ARE your two best operatives'. Une smirked, yes Dr. Po's reports were quite accurate, the two had Bonded alright, and Heero Yuy was 'changed'. She suspected for the better, something she knew more about than she was letting on, at least for the moment. She continued…

"As a team you are nearly unstoppable, jet planes notwithstanding. But partnering either of you with someone else would be a disaster. I have agreed with Dr. Po's recommendation to reassign Maxwell to watch over you Agent Yuy. You have been known to ignore your own needs and health. For the interim Agent Maxwell will be assigned as your (she smirked again) guardian, until such time as I and Dr. Po determine you are fit to return to active duty. Understood?"

"Yes Ma-am!" Both Agents replied heartily, and Duo sagged to the bed and put his hands in front of him, the fingers of his left hand still clasping Heero's.

"And Gentlemen," Cobalt and violet eyes shot to the hazel ones of their commander. "I am 'not' displeased with this turn of events. Proceed as you will." Both pair of eyes blinked at her. In her role as the head of the Preventors, people sometimes forgot that she was no longer the 'Lady Une' of old. She smiled warmly at them before turning to leave as she reached the door, she turned slightly and smirked.

"A word of advice." She opened the door as both continued to look at her.

"Ma-am?" Heero asked as Duo was still speechless. Yes definitely a day to remember Une thought to herself.

"Lock the door."

"My thoughts exactly."

Une closed the door and stood outside listening for a moment, shortly she heard the muffled, slightly nervous but happy laughter of the two very attractive males inside. Yes, her suspicions had been correct, that was 'not' the old Heero Yuy she had known. While extremely rare, over the years she had on occasion heard the somewhat maniacal laughter that was normal for Heero Yuy, the man did not laugh from joy, happiness or relief. She smiled to herself as she walked down the hall and out of the hospital to head back to her office, she had plans to make. Une was very pleased with this development, yes indeed. Both for them, and herself.

Back in the room, the two Preventer agents laughter slowly wound down. Duo looked at Heero, his violet eye huge.

"Man, I thought our goose was cooked for sure. Did that just really happen?"

"I believe so."

"What a concept, I've just been 'Ordered' to spend time with you and what'd she say, be your (the ex-02 pilot giggled) 'Guardian'." Heero smirked, and then frowned, realizing she had a certain 'problem' building up.

"Ah Duo, could you see if there's a Nurse around. I really need to use the restroom."

"Hey no need for that Hee-chan, you got me." Duo got up and opened the bathroom door, and unplugged the IV machine, before returning to the bed to pick up Heero. Heero was blushing up a storm.

"I, But…."

"But nothing, grab the IV." Duo replied as he easily scooped up the blushing Heero, who grabbed the IV machine so it followed behind them. The males were about the same weight, though Duo was slenderer as he was the taller of the two at 5'11". The fact that Heero was about 2 inches shorter became readily apparent as Duo set the Japanese male lightly on his feet. While continuing to hold him up from behind with one arm, he reached for the hem of the hospital gown with his free hand.

"DUO!"

"What! Ohhh,.... I get it your embarrassed." Duo wrapped both arms around Heero pulling him close to his chest and gently rested his chin on his shoulder. "Look, I know this is probably really strange to you, but if you check your memories you'll find that not only have I done this for Heero before, he's done it for me." Heero sighed and leaned her head against the one resting on her shoulder.

"It's just that things…"

"Are different now, new, more complicated? Yeah, I know. But Hee-chan I 'want' to help you, I 'want' to be here for you. So let me, it not like I haven't seen it before, sides who do you think is going to help you get those boxers I brought on, huh? Though I'm wondering now if I'm going to be able to get them over that cast." Duo joked to lighten the mood, and then he giggled as he added. "So take aim, pray, and don't forget to shake."

As expected it was as embarrassing as hell, but Duo was right. It wasn't anything he and the Heero hadn't done for each other before, first as soldiers during the war and then again later as Agents for the Preventors. Wounds, injuries, and broken bones happened. Once finished Duo carried Heero back to the bed, settled him in and went to get the duffle bag. After the bathroom experience, getting Heero into a pair of boxers and a tank top was a piece of cake. Duo joked and grinned as they got the boxers on, turns out they did need a nurse to unhook the IV tubes long enough to get the shirt over his head. Once dressed, Heero felt a million times better, though tired. Heero placed her right arm over her eyes and sighed. Duo looked at Heero.

"Tired?"

"Hai, and I'm sick of lying on my back, I'd like to lie on my side. There's room for two that way. From what Sally said yesterday, I know you haven't been getting much if any sleep."

Duo smiled, he went to the door and locked it. Heero scooted over to her right and with a little effort turned over onto her good side (meaning the one without all the casts). Duo laid down on the bed, turned his back to the Chocolate haired male then scooted and snuggled his back up to Heero's chest, reached around him for Heero's right arm, the one with the cast on the wrist, and brought it around him. Burying her face in the loosely braided chestnut locks of the other, Heero drifted off to sleep breathing in Duo's unique scent. A combination of Vanilla, Hazelnut and something that was just....Duo.

It was 2 glorious hours later before someone knocked on the door. The knock woke them up, old habits die hard, even in this past life as a woman Heero had been a light sleeper. Duo crawled reluctantly out of the bed and Heero's arms to answer the door, while Heero shifted back onto, well her back. Rubbing the sleep from his eye's Duo answered the door to find Sally and Wufei outside. Grinning he opened the door wide to let them enter.

"Hey Sal. Fei. So I take it Sally filled you in on what's happened." Wufei eyed the rumpled violet eyed male as he entered the room, and leaned against one of the walls to look at Heero.

"Mm, I heard Yuy got his just desserts."

"Eh?"

"He spent a life as a 'Woman'. I find there is an ironic sense of justice in that." Wufei grinned at the other three, over the years the stiff and formal Chinese man had relaxed considerably thanks to the friendship of the other ex-Gundam pilots.

"So, you have already accepted it, 'and' your okay with it?" Heero asked somewhat incredulously.

"I'm Chinese, so I have a deep respect for the spirit world, and we Chinese believe in much odder things. As for accepting 'this'." Wufei shrugged. "You are you, your spirit is just older and more experienced. It would be utterly unhonorable of me to abandon you in your hour of need. You are my Friend, Heero Yuy." Heero blinked, she hadn't quite expected that from the other Asian male.

"Thank you, Wufei. You have no idea how much your, no everyone's support means to me." Sally had been checking Heero's charts.

"So boys, what's with the locked door?" Duo, who'd sat on the chair next to the bed looked up and blushed even Heero was pink under his darker skin. Wufei lifted a raven eyebrow at the two, and smirked.

"Oh well, um you see Une sort walked in on us. You know kind of like you and the guys did yesterday. She ah, sort of suggested we lock the door from now on." Sally chucked and decided to tease the still sleepy looking American. It wasn't often she got such good material to rib him with.

"And just what 'were' the two of you doing in here?" Duo grinned sheepishly and placed a hand on the back of his head, finding his loose braid was a little worse for wear and pulled it forward and played with it.

"Earlier? Well um, not much really, you know just kissin' like yesterday." Heero grinned.

"The interruptions were getting annoying."Duo blushed, well 'that' was certainly true. In fact he still had to get thoroughly kissed by Heero. Two hot kisses, two interruptions, his luck sucked sometimes. Plus he desperately wanted to get to second base and soon, his skin was starting to actually 'crave' the touch of Heero's. He wondered if this was how Q and Tro had felt when they had first gotten together. He'd have to remember to ask Q later. Duo grinned and continued for the two for them.

"As for just now we were only taking a nap. Hee-chan was tired, and I'm still kinda beat myself." Wufei smirked and raised a delicate black eyebrow in question.

"Hee-chan?... Honestly, Yuy you actually intend to mate with this ass?"

"From what I understand, that's how it works."

Really, it had been just too good to pass up, and the look on Wufei's face was priceless. The Chinese male stood there a moment his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Then his black eyes began to sparkle and his burst into laughter.

"Aa, yes so true, I remember back when Winner and Barton first bonded, they went at it like rabbits when they had the chance. It was nearly impossible NOT to walk in on them." Wufei peered at the two other ex-pilots again. Duo had gone to the right side of the Hospital bed after letting Sally and him in, and was sitting in the chair there and gently holding and stroking the fingers of the hand that was in the cast. Just like Winner and Barton these two had a 'Need' to touch. Wufei, sent a questioning look again, Heero grinned and raised his right arm a little and gestured towards right leg which was encased in a heavy cast.

"Still incapacitated for the time being. Plus, I um, have certain 'things' I need to learn how to deal with first."

"Pity." Wufei eyes flashed to Sally and his face took on a warm smile. Heero and Duo's eyes met and they smiled as they shared a moment, both remembering earlier today and Heero's first 'bathroom' experience.

Syn: This is turning out to be an exciting first day for our "Heero' and it's not even over yet