And here I am again! Just to warn you, I am not very fast with my updates as I have to do a lot for my studies. But I will try my best.

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3rd Chapter

"Rise and shine! A new day has come! Wake up, oh early birds and catch your worms!"

"Uh…" More Matt didn't have to say to his boyfriend chirpy morning attitude.

"Ohhh, come on! Up with you! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the day will be absolutely beautiful. Don't sleep through it!"

Prodding. He felt somebody prodding him. Matt groaned and gripped his pillow tighter, unwilling to let it go. He was too tired to stand up right now. Yesterday they had looked some films until 3 am. He had barely slept 6 hours. He needed his beauty sleep. Why couldn't Duo just understand that? Now someone was opening the curtains and letting the bright morning sun inside. He groaned again. Why again had he thought it would be a good idea to move together with his boyfriend? Surely it has not been because of the nice mornings they could spend together.

Meanwhile Duo was humming the tune of one of the new chart hits rather loudly and gruesome wrong. Music was really not Duos fortitude.

"Okay okay!", he complained, "I will get up. But please stop bothering me!"

"Okay!" And Duo was out of the room. Why should he stay, he got what he came for?

Eating breakfast together was much more relaxing. Matt had made pancakes, one of Duos favorite meals, and the brown haired man munched them happily with lots of sugar, syrup and blueberries. Matt himself preferred them not so sweet. He just wanted to ask his friend what he had planned for today – Duo always planned something – as the phone started ringing. It was noisy and disturbed their meal. Matt was annoyed.

Duo hopped up and went with, "I got that". Suddenly Matt had a very bad feeling about it. Who the hell called them at this time? Duos friends? Unlikely. They would call at Duos private mobile phone. Matts friends? Not possibly simply because Matt didn't have any friends. He didn't want friends. Not after what had happened. Duo was an exception. He wasn't really a friend, he was a boyfriend. His boyfriend. So, again, who would call them Sunday morning?

Suddenly Duo appeared in the door, phone still in hand but obviously already finished with the call. He looked frustrated.

"Sorry" he sighted deeply, "Lady Une. I had my mobile phone from work switched off so they had to call me here. There are some problems with the guys we caught yesterday. You remember? The drug dealers und stuff?"

Matt nodded.

"So you have to get to work today?" Matt didn't like it. That meant he was alone for the day. No work, no Duo. Great.

"Good luck." It wasn't meant to sound so icy, but Matt really hated being left alone on a Sunday.

"Awww…. Don't be like that! I'm sorry, really! But when the boss calls I have to come. Perhaps I will get another day off."

Duo went to Matt and hugged him, kissing him deeply. Matt closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling. It was over soon. Not even five minutes later Matt sat alone in the quiet apartment. He pushed some strands of hair out of his face, got up and started washing the dishes. They had a dishwasher but he had time to spend. He laughed bitterly. Seven month ago he would have no problem with being alone. He had lived alone for a long time, avoiding others like they were a disease. Or like he was one. He wasn't sure.

But then Duo had entered his life and helped him to find joy in living again. Matt was sure Duo had no idea just how close to the brink he had been. Duo had rescued him in the last moment possible and since then, Matt had been either at work or been together with Duo. He was rarely alone and thankful for that. Because when he was alone, Matt tended to remember. He remembered things that were better left forgotten, started pondering about actions and choices in the past that weren't changeable. And all it did was bringing despair and sorrow over him and he felt close to the abyss again.

The blonde placed the last plate in the cupboard. God, he sounded pathetic, even to himself. He should occupy his mind with something different. Something fun.

Five years ago he would have taken his guitar and played some songs, improved his skills, singing a little bit. Just for fun. But even that he couldn't do without remembering.

He shook his head and grabbed the book he read while driving to work. There were still about a hundred pages to read, that would take maybe two hours. It sounded good.

Matt had nearly finished his book when the phone rang again. He groaned. What was up with this thing today? In some weeks it didn't even say one peep and now somebody already called for the second time that day!

"Yes?" Why answering with his name? Whoever was calling should better know his name, otherwise he would just hang up.

"Hu? You know you sound really annoyed? No wonder you don't work in a call center, the customers would fleeing in dozens."

"Duo?"

"Yeah, the one and only! Missed me, baby?"

"Mh." He didn't like to be called 'baby', but already had to notice that Duo never stopped using a nickname once given. His was at least better than the one he gave Wufei Chang. "What do you want? Don't you have to work?"

"Brrr… the temperature just dropped about 10 degrees. You know why?"

"…"

"Okay okay, " Duo huffed, "I forgot something at home but can't leave here. The problems are rather big. So, if you have time, would you be able to…. You know?"

"I should play delivery boy for you?"

"Ähhh…. Yes?"

Matt sighed.

"Okay. What and where?"

"Great! It's easy to find. I dumped the bag yesterday in the corridor. Just bring the whole bag, there is everything inside. You know how to find me?"

"Yeah. I've been there a few times, if you remember? To pick you up from work? I will manage."

"Great, just call me when you get here or… what do you say, Heero… yes….yes… oh…. Okay! Okay, Matt, you still there?"

"Mh."

"Great, just come to us, 24th floor, room number 24.01. It's a conference room just to your right when you step out of the elevator. You can't miss it. Understood?"

"Yes. I will be there in about half an hour."

"Great! See you, babe!"

And he hung up. Matt stared at the phone for a few seconds, before shrugging. That was so typical for Duo. The blonde got his jacket and picked up Duos abandoned bag from the floor. It was a black rucksack with lots of pockets and it looked very tattered. Perhaps Matt should get him a new one for his birthday? Duo certainly would profit from something like this.

With this thought, Matt left his flat, glad to finally have something useful to do. And he would see the place Duo was working when not away on a mission. Matt had always wondered what the headquarter of the Preventors looked like inside. After all, when picking Duo up, he never went inside and just waited before the building.

Finding the headquarter was no problem. He had been here before. Getting in was also no hard task. The elevator was found quickly, too. He got a few curious stares, but nobody tried to stop him. Was the security really that lax?

It was generally busy, persons hasting from one door to another, the elevators never empty. Just as the doors from the elevator closed, a foot was stuck between them. They opened again. Yamato wasn't exactly thrilled to have company in the elevator, but he didn't mind that much. That was, until he saw the person coming inside.

A girl with long blonde hair was greeting him shortly and pushing the number 21. As she saw that he wanted to go to floor 24, her gaze flickered back to him. She was curious who wanted to go that high, because up there only the best of the Preventors were stationed. Matt tried to ignore her. Her and the little thing sitting on her shoulder looking at him with big eyes.

The ride to floor 21 seemed very long, Yamato well aware of the stares of the girl and her digimon partner.

As they finally left the elevator, he exhaled loudly, only now realizing, that he had forgotten to breathe somewhere during the ride. He shook his head to clear his thoughts, so he could concentrate on his task at hand. Which room did Duo tell him? 24.01? He thought so.

The room wasn't hard to find. Duo had been right.

"Ishida." Wufei was standing outside the room, mobile phone in one hand. He looked frustrated.

Matt nodded, but didn't say anything. Wufei and he had some issues. It all started with the Chinese man, who thought Matt as a too weak person to be the right partner for Duo – a true gundam pilot. He had been mean and biting and told Matt how weak he was one time too often. The blonde hadn't taken too well to the degradation. To be honest he had a low self esteem. A fact he mostly managed to hide very well. In this case he had tried to hide, how hurt he felt, too. And he learned just how observing Duo was. The long haired man had shouted at Wufei and told him, if he couldn't get his attitude straight, he could live without Duo watching his back on missions.

Wufei tried to remain civil since that incident. But it was hard for him and he would never accept Matt as Duos partner.

With one last glance at the Chinese man, Yamato knocked at the door and went inside. His gaze travelled through the room, taking in the spent agents and the partly angry, partly frustrated faces. It seemed, that they had some problems concerning their current case.

"Matt, there you are! Did you bring my things? Great, then we can get started!" Duo, already in front of him, took the backpack and threw it towards Heero Yui, who catched it with practiced ease. Then the brown haired young man slung an arm around Yamatos waist and pressed him against himself. As he went to kiss the blond Japanese, Yamato turned his head slightly.

"Not here", he mumbled. Duo pouted, but shrugged.

"Okay." Then he let Yamato go.

"I really don't know how much time we will need. So I'm not sure, if I will be home tonight. Just don't wait for me, okay?"

"Yeah", answered Matt, not happy, but neither surprised. "I will just make some pizza for me to occupy myself and eat it all alone watching a nice film. That sounds like a good idea, don't you think?"

Duos face fell as he heard Matts words and the blonde had a hard time keeping his pokerface faced with the absolute adorable puppy look, which now adorned Duos face.

"Awww! No, don't make pizza, when I'm not there to eat it! That's just not fair! You can't do that to me!", he nearly wailed.

"Maxwell, get your things together and stop fooling around! We have work to do!"

Slightly irritated by Wufeis harsh voice, Matt rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Don't worry, I would never make pizza when you aren't around. Because when I do it, I do it for you. I'm not such a big fan of this American junk food. See you, Duo!"

And with that he bid goodbye to his boyfriend and left the room.

Choosing the stairs for his way down Yamato was again lost in his thoughts and not really paying attention to his surroundings. The train just left so Matt stood in the row to wait to enter the next train, absently fiddling with some straps of his jacket.

So he was completely unprepared as a hand was placed almost carefully on his shoulder, accompanied with a slightly unsure "Yama?"

Shocked and almost panickly Yamato whirled around, going deathly pale. Taking in the sight before him he stepped back a little, breathing in deeply.

"Izzy."

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