Duo smiled as he flexed his right arm, he had finally gotten his casts of which meant he could do more fun things with Angeni.
"Guys I'm back," he called as he walked into the house, he had Sally drive him to the hospital.
"Hi Mama!" said the child running out of the kitchen wearing an apron, flour in her now shoulder length auburn hair, some kind of dough on her.
"What have you been doing?" he asked.
As he spoke Quatre came out also covered in dough in flour.
"We were making cookies," said the older blond.
"Mr. Heero tried to steal a taste but we kept him away," said Angeni.
"She's smacked me with a wooden spoon," said the Japanese ex-pilot rubbing his red tinted hand, "For such a small child she swats hard."
"I found it rather amusing," said Zechs smirking.
"Good girl," Duo said patting his daughter's head.
"When are those cookies gonna be done?" asked Trowa.
"In a little bit," said Quatre, shaking his head at his lover.
"Annie, why don't you get cleaned up," Duo told Angeni nudging her to the bath room that was ironically past Wufei's room.
The Chinese man sighed as he tried to read but he was too busy thinking about Duo and Angeni. How the two of them laughed and how Duo was such a good parent. He stuck the plugs for his Ipod into his ears and started to play "How did I fall in love with you?" by the Backstreet Boys and pressed the repeat button. After a while he started to sing along, not noticing the child peeked in. She was fond of the Chinese male because he was the one who read to her every night before she went to bed since Duo had previously been unable to hold a book. In her opinion he would have been a great father. She had noticed how Wufei had always blushed when he saw Duo. She shrugged and walked back to the kitchen after she got cleaned up thinking of ways to set Duo and Wufei.
THAT NIGHT…
"Ok…bedtime story time," said Duo, sitting on Angeni's bed, "What story do you want to read?"
"Mr. Wufei was reading me Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lighting Thief," said Angeni pointing at a complete Box set of the Percy Jackson books Heero had purchased for her.
"He was, was he?" asked Duo.
"Uh-huh. Mama…Do you think you'll ever be able to totally conquer your fear of other guys?" she asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"I think Mr. Wufei's in love with you. I noticed he blushed when your hands brushed the day you adopted me," she replied, as far as Duo knew he (Duo) was the only person she really spoke to.
"He did?" asked Duo.
She nodded.
"Uh…What page were you two on?" asked Duo trying to change the subject.
The next day Angeni managed to tell Quatre and Heero about Wufei's crush on Duo.
"Quatre, do you think Duo might like Wufei back?" asked Heero.
"Not sure, at the moment Duo's heart is clouded by fear, pain and sorrow," replied the Winner heir.
"Poor Mama…" said Angeni.
"Maybe we can set them up, perhaps that will heal Duo's heart," said Heero.
"We'll play Cupid?" asked the child.
"Yeah, but we'll need some help from Trowa, Zechs, and maybe the girls," agreed Quatre.
Over the course of the next week Quatre, Trowa, Heero, Zechs and Angeni went out of their way to make sure that Duo and Wufei spent as much time together as possible. Like sitting together at meals, having both of the males read Angeni the Percy Jackson books at bed time.
"Ok, what are you guys up to?" Duo asked on Friday while Angeni was at school.
"Up to? Are we up to something, Trowa?" Quatre asked.
"Not that I know of. You, Heero?" said Trowa.
"Nope, Zechs?" asked Heero.
"No," replied Zechs.
"You guys are being ridiculous," said Wufei.
"No we're not, by the way, we're going on a double date if you guys want to join us," said Zechs.
"What about Angeni?" said Duo.
"She can come too, we're going to the carnival," said Heero.
"Fine…" said Duo and Wufei at the same time.
THE NEXT DAY…
"Hehehehe! Hi Mama!" said Angeni waving to Duo as she rode the Carousel on a white horse Wufei standing beside her making sure she was safe.
As they passed Duo snapped a photo of the girl and Wufei. The other four had gone off to do their own things.
'Angeni really likes him, he would make a good father for her…And he seems fond of her too…' thought Duo, 'Wait…why is my heart pounding at the thought of him? Am I…in love? '
"Ma…Mama," said Angeni breaking him out of his thoughts so he could see that the two had gotten off.
"Oh, what is it, Annie?" asked Duo.
"I said I wanna go to the midway, it looks like fun!" she insisted.
"Sure, I'll even try to win you something," said Duo taking her hand.
As they walked towards the Midway Angeni also grabbed Wufei's hand. Once they were close enough they found that the others were waiting for them.
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Duo.
"I thought we agreed to meet at the midway at noon for lunch," said Quatre.
"No prize…" said Angeni pouting.
"We can play the games after we eat," Duo assured her.
She nodded. So after a lunch of corn dogs, soda, and cotton candy for dessert they headed back to the games. Trowa and Quatre headed for a shooting gallery, Zechs and Heero chose to try their hand at a basketball hoop shot. Angeni however was looking around until she spotted a game that had doll versions of the Gundams as prizes.
"That one!" she cried running over.
"Annie! Wait up!" cried Duo chasing after her with Wufei on his tail.
"Look! Look! They have Gundam Dolls! Can I have a set?" she said hopping up and down.
The man that ran the booth smiled, "You have fine taste little lady. Now this game's simple enough, ya just have ta knock down the duck with the star on it to win one of those Gundam dolls."
The child looked at Duo pleadingly, the American ex-pilot sighed and said, "How much?"
"One dollar per ball," said the man.
Duo pulled out six dollars, knowing that he could easily hit the duck with the star, even if it was smaller then the rest. And faster then you could say 'Happy little girl', Angeni had six plushie Gundams in her arms.
"Thank you Mama!" said the child.
"Come on, lets go get a bag for those," said Duo taking her hand.
When they returned they came face to face with a blushing Wufei who was hiding something behind his back.
"Are you feeling ok, Wufei?" asked Duo.
"Y-yes…" said the black haired male.
'Crap! I'm stuttering!' he thought.
"Are you sure? You're acting weird," said Duo, walking over and putting a hand to the taller male's forehead. (AN: Here are the G-boys' heights in this fic from tallest to shortest; Zechs, Trowa, Wufei, Heero, Duo, and Quatre. Heero and Duo are the same height just so ya know.)
"It's just…Here!" the Chinese male said shoving a plush version of Deathscythe Hell into his not-so-secret crush's hands.
"Huh…for me?" asked Duo.
"Yeah…because…I really…Like you. You know the way Heero and Zechs like each other, or Quatre and Trowa do," said the Chinese pilot.
"I…I like you too…" said Duo also blushing.
By now the others had come over and Angeni was sitting on Heero's shoulders, trying to make the Japanese male's hair lay flat while Trowa was holding her bag of prizes.
"Just kiss already!" called Quatre using the same line Duo had used on him and Trowa when they had first started to date.
Slowly, the two closed the gap between them and their lips meet in a chaste but sweet kiss. Duo was a little apprehensive because when he had been raped he had been kissed rather roughly, but this was nothing like it. Wufei's kiss was soft and warm, where as his attacker's had been hard and cold. The braided male felt a tingling sensation run all over his body. If this was a dream, he didn't want to wake up. The kiss ended far too soon for both male's liking but they needed air.
"Does this make Mr. Wufei my Papa?" asked Angeni from her perch.
"Ask the love birds," said Heero.
"But I do know that you can call us your uncles if you want. And Cathy, Relena, Dorothy, and Noin wouldn't mind you calling them your aunts," said Zechs.
"Mama! Is Mr. Wufei my Papa now?" called the child.
The two new lovers looked at each other.
"I did kinda put you down as her second parent…" Duo confessed.
Wufei kissed Duo's forehead before turning to Angeni whom Heero had put on the ground, and said, "Come give your Papa a hug."
The little girl ran over happily and hugged the Chinese male around the neck. All the ex-pilots knew that life would be hard for them, even for little Angeni, but they knew they could make it through…Together as a family.
THE END…OR IS IT ONLY THE BEGINING?