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CHAPTER SIXTEEN:

Heero sucked gently on Duo’s tongue as his hands slid around and behind his body to slip into the dark-colored boxers he wore. With a low moan of approval, Duo pressed himself closer to the heated flesh now lying halfway above him, a whimper of need escaping him as he realized that he wouldn’t get the chance to really touch Heero the way he would have liked to. Since his other arm was encased in the makeshift sling, it was beginning to take some sort of acrobatic maneuver to gain maximum pleasure with just one hand. But Duo’s mantra had always been, if there was a will, then by God, there had to be a way.

He darted out his tongue to meet Heero’s as they dueled together in their passionate embrace. Duo gasped and bucked sharply as he felt Heero’s skilled fingers make their way towards his strained arousal. Responding quickly to the slow torture that was being inflicted upon him, Duo returned the favor, swallowing Heero’s answering gasp within his mouth. They stroked each other, increasing the tempo as their lust gained momentum. Their harsh breaths became louder as they could barely keep their lips locked together anymore. Arching necks and thrusting blindly into each other’s bodies, they shut their eyes as the pleasure became too intense for them to control anymore.

“Oh, God…Heero…Aaaah!!”

Heero leaned forward to kiss the curve of Duo’s neck, biting down hard as he grunted at his own release into Duo’s palm. His own fingers were coated with his lover’s thick essence and raising them to his lips, he licked each one sensuously, watching with a smirk at the way Duo stared at him with each moan of pleasure that he made. Done with his tease, Heero claimed the swollen lips before him in a bruising kiss, having to shift back again and break the contact as their soiled clothes stuck to their skin. He frowned at the mess and nudged the still dazed-looking Duo to gain back his attention.

A lazy ‘What?’ was Duo’s reply as he tried to capture Heero’s mouth again.

“We are messy.” Was Heero’s calm reply. “We look like we just had sex…which we did and if our fathers come in right now, we are officially history.”

That snapped Duo awake immediately as he sat up to stare at the stains that they had created. “Damn. This is all your fault, you know!”

Heero raised an eyebrow and got off the bed, pushing Duo off and onto the floor. “I didn’t hear you complaining.”

Duo pouted and rubbed his aching rear as he glared at his lover. “Well, if you hadn’t begun the whole necking and stuff…”

“Stop your griping and help me with this stuff,” Heero cut in sharply. “There should be some spare sheets and another clean pair of underwear for us to change into. Unless you would rather let us show our fathers just how far along we have come, no pun intended.”

Duo flushed and shook his head rapidly, already seeing the tantrum his father was bound to pull at the very sight. And jumping to his feet, he began to help in the best way he could.

~&~&~&~&~

Relena was somewhere in that wonderful realm of dreams, curled up like a baby on the comfortable couch, just about to kiss her knight in shining armor when the light tap on her shoulder burst the image in a flash. Protesting weakly, she turned her head away to burrow deeper into the pillow that had been provided for her when the tap became much harder.

“Get lost…” she muttered groggily. “Wake me up…in five days…”

A low chuckle greeted her request. “As you wish, Relena. We were just about to see Duo and Heero anyway…”

Somewhere in her subconscious, several tangled images arose. Duo…Heero…we…about to see….

Oh, crap!

She sat up abruptly and blinked wildly at the two concerned faces that were now staring at her. The two faces belonged to her uncle and his rival, but to her surprise they didn’t look at all like they were about to go into another brawl. If anything, they both looked…happy? She shook her head and rubbed her hands over her eyes to make sure that this wasn’t a continuation of her dreams, when a strong hand was suddenly placed against her forehead. She widened her eyes to stare at her uncle in disbelief, his dark violet depths staring back in worry.

“You really should be asleep, Relena. I am sorry for waking you up. You don’t have to come with us, you know…”

“Oh, but I have to!” she said quickly, as she rose to her feet and brushed him aside a bit rudely. Turning back to place an apologetic and sheepish smile on her face, she muttered out quickly. “Umm…I have to go to the…to…the uum….”

“The restroom is the second door to your left,” a nurse replied quickly. It was the same nurse that had wished Duo good luck, earlier.

“Oh, thank you,” Relena gushed. “Hey, Uncle David, why don’t you two wait here for me until I get back? Then we can all meet them together, okay?”

David slid a glance to his companion and shrugged. “Is that okay with you, Odin? She is really close to Duo, and I wouldn’t want her to miss seeing him.”

Odin smiled softly at David, ignoring the gasps of shock and surprise that went through the room at the image. “As you wish, Dave-kun. We will wait for a little bit longer.”

David flushed in embarrassment at the double meaning behind the last sentence, before clearing his throat and glaring at the slack-jawed girl in front of him. “Well, move it along, Relena! We haven’t got all night, here!” A light squeeze on his hand from Odin sent him faltering again before Relena’s laughter rang out in the relatively quiet room. Before he could think, Relena had run up to him to squeeze him tightly in a bear hug and in similar fashion she grabbed the clearly shocked Odin into a hug as well. The poor man wasn’t quite sure on what to make of this act as he patted her head tentatively, before he found sparkling blue eyes filled with tears staring back at him.

“So, you two are friends now, right? Right?!” she asked in a desperate voice as she stared at the two men.

The men stole another look at each other, before David nodded. “Yeah…I guess you could say that…”

Relena clapped her hands together and was unable to control the next words that flew out of her mouth. “Yes!! Duo’s plan worked after all!!”

Combined cries of ‘What?’ and ‘Nani?!’ filled the room, as Relena gasped and covered her hand over her mouth.

Oops!

David narrowed his eyes and asked in a deceptively calm voice. “What plan did Duo contrive, Relena?”

The young girl laughed nervously and shook her head. “Uh…nothing, Uncle David. It’s just me and my loud mouth running away from me again. I will be right back!”

And not waiting to see David’s reaction, she spun around and ran quickly towards Room 254.

~&~&~&~&~

“YOU WHAT?!”

“Honestly, Duo, I didn’t mean to blurt it out!!”

“You stupid, stupid, stupid….argh!!”

“Don’t call me stupid! I was too happy to think!!”

“Too happy about what?! What could have possibly made you that happy?!”

“Your father and Heero’s dad are friends again, that’s what!”

“I can’t believe I allowed you to…what did you say?”

Relena folded her arms across her chest and looked smug. “I said your dads are both buddies now.”

Heero and Duo looked at each other and then at the girl as if she had grown an extra head. Walking up to her, Duo placed his hands upon her shoulders and spoke slowly as if he were speaking to a five-year-old. “Listen to me, Relena. Now, I know how much you want this thing to work and believe you me, Heero and I want the same thing too, but you have got to understand that we are talking about two guys who can’t stand the sight of each other…”

Heero cut in. “And you don’t really expect us to believe that in the space of an hour, years of hate and rivalry have just been dispensed.”

She glared at the two of them and pushed Duo’s hands off her shoulders. “I do not believe you two. I bring you both good news and you throw it back in my face.” Turning to Heero, she asked coldly, “He called Uncle David, Dave-kun. And I have heard you call Duo that sometimes, so I would guess it is some form of endearment, right? And to make it worse, they shared the ‘look’ together.”

Duo blinked. “The look?”

“Yes, Duo thick-head. The look. The same look you and Heero always give each other when you think no one else is looking.”

Heero sniggered as Duo blanched. “Oh, my God!! Heero’s dad wants to screw my dad?!”

“DUO!!”

“What? It’s not as if they haven’t done it before.”

Relena made a sound of exasperation. “I give up. Talking to you both  is a waste of time and energy. Anyways, they are almost here. I better get out of the way.” And grabbing both boys in a hug, she waved and slipped out of the secret exit.

Duo and Heero stared at each other, trying hard not to scream at the possibility that Relena might have been right. Walking up to each other, they pressed their foreheads together as hearts raced wildly.

“Do you think she was telling the truth?” Heero asked softly, as he reached up to tuck a loose strand of Duo’s locks behind his ear.

Duo nodded. “Relena is a good actress, but not that good. So, I don’t really think she is making all of that stuff…”

The door was suddenly thrust open as the two boys stood immobile in shock, watching with widening eyes at the thunderous expressions on their fathers’ faces. Duo was about to slide away when Heero pulled him tighter to his side and tightened his lips in open defiance at the scowling older man.

“Heero.”

“Father.”

“Duo…”

“Dad?” came the slightly flustered squeak from Duo as he noticed Dr. Smart stick his head in to smile in apology. Several medical personnel had begun to crowd the hallway, watching the growing developments in interest, before David gave them a flash of a smile and practically slammed shut the door in their faces.

A tense silence fell as the four males stared at each other, emotions slowly running high as each sought for the right way to begin. Finally, unable to take the silence any longer, Duo began to speak out in a harried rush.

“Look, dad. I can explain everything…”

“Oh, can you?” David asked in that same quiet tone that Duo knew to be the big ol’ calm before the fucking shit hit the fan routine.

“Dad, I…”

“Do you think deceiving us by pretending to be involved in an accident was your brilliant way of getting us to talk to each other?!”

Heero and Duo exchanged a glance in dismay. They knew they shouldn’t have listened to Relena. Odin’s voice cut in coldly.

“I am ashamed of your behavior, Heero. I thought that you would have had more sense than to pull a stunt like this with…that boy…”

Duo squirmed in discomfort as Heero squeezed his hand in reassurance before replying in a tight voice. “This boy happens to be the one I plan to be with, father.”

“Like hell he will!” David bellowed out angrily. “No son of mine is going to be mates with someone as worthless as a Yuy!!”

“Dad!!” Duo cried out in frustration. He shook his head. “But…but, I thought…”

“But you thought what, Duo Maxwell?” David asked coldly.

“Relena said…”

“Oh, I see…so even Relena was in on it as well. I suppose the entire fucking planet is in on it as well, right?”

“Dad…”

“I gotta give you credit, boy. You sure do know how to get a job well done.”

Heero noticed the look of despair on his lover’s face and suddenly got angry. “How can you do this to him? How can you deny us the one thing that can make us happy?!”

Odin turned his face away and growled softly. “This isn’t about your happiness. I am doing the best for you.”

“The best for me?!” Heero asked incredulously. “You aren’t doing a damn thing for me, father! If you wanted to see me happy, then you would let me be with Duo!”

“Impossible!! You have disgraced me enough with this stunt! First thing Monday morning , you are leaving Randolph!! No questions asked!”

Heero’s grip on Duo’s hands tightened till he felt he could almost hear the bones cracking. He grit his teeth and spat out coldly. “I am not leaving without Duo. I intend to stay with him whether you like it or not!”

“Well, that is just too bad for you, my boy, because Duo isn’t going to be staying with you,” David answered. “Come on, Duo, let’s go home.”

The young heir glared at the older man and shook his head fervently before turning around to pull Heero’s head down to his to crush their lips together in a kiss that left the two older men stunned and Heero quite surprised. But warming up to the act, the Japanese boy complied and wrapped his arms around the lithe waist of his lover, crushing their bodies together as they ignored their stupefied audience.

David’s face went a bright shade of red as he dared to steal a glance at his likewise stumped companion. He quickly turned away as Odin spun around to look at him, pretending to be interested in any thing other than at the other man and the way his son was practically eating up…

“Okay, that’s it! Jesus! Get some air, will you?!”

Duo, who had expected any other reprimand than that, released Heero abruptly and blinked in confusion at the two smirking men. “What…?”

Odin shook his head and stuck his hands into his pockets. “I guess our bluff didn’t faze them a bit, David. You have a stubborn boy there.”

David chuckled. “So is your boy, Heero. I am quite impressed.”

Heero and Duo felt like they had been pole-axed. They had been had. Their own joke now rubbed up in their faces by their own fathers. They gaped in disbelief as the two men burst out laughing. Heero was the most surprised of the both of them. He had never seen his father laugh, let alone smile happily at him. He suddenly felt like he was probably in the wrong room, with an imposter trying to be his father. He was almost…afraid of this new side. Odin stopped as he noticed the conflicting emotions dance across his son’s face. He nodded to David, who understood immediately and motioned to Duo.

“Come on, son,” David said softly. “I think we ought to leave these two alone for a while, don’t you think?”

Duo eyed Heero, who still had a grip on his hand, and smiled softly in encouragement. “I will be back soon, Heero,” he whispered into his ear. “I will be waiting for you.” And giving him a light peck on his cheek, Duo left the room with his father in tow, leaving Odin and Heero alone.

Odin suddenly felt awkward again, something he had begun to feel after the day Heero had actually yelled at him back at Lord Byron’s office. He began to pace up and down the room, his nervous habit kicking in as he tried to find the right words.

Finally, he spoke out quietly. “Why don’t you have a seat, Heero?”

The boy remained motionless for a minute, before moving stiffly to his bed and plopping down on it, watching with wary eyes as his father sat down beside him. It took all of Heero’s control not to leap out of the room and to scream at the top of his lungs for his real father to show up. He clasped his hands together in his lap and stared mutely at the plain designs on the floor, his body as tense as a bowstring as the older man began to speak.

“I presume you are confused, Heero and I don’t blame you for that,” Odin began quietly. “I haven’t been the greatest father in the world and…and…”

“You couldn’t help it, father,” Heero interrupted. “You were raised that way…”

“How…?”

“Martha told me everything,” Heero cut in, still not looking at his face. “She said that grandpa was not a very good father to you and so you were raised to be the same way.”

“Oh…I see. And what else did Martha tell you?”

Heero shrugged. “Nothing really. Although, I always did wonder why you never got married or dated other women again.” This time Heero raised his head to pin Prussian depths on his father’s face, noticing the quick hue of pink that dusted the older man’s cheeks with slight amusement. Not waiting for his father to answer, he continued softly. “You aren’t exactly… straight…are you, father?”

Odin coughed nervously and turned his face away. “I prefer the term bi, Heero.”

“Well…I am gay, father. I guess you know that now, right?”

Odin chuckled. “Well, if I hadn’t known that already, your performance with Duo would have confirmed that quite easily.”

Both men smiled tentatively at each other, before Heero turned away again. Odin felt a tug of emotion in his chest as he reached out to pat Heero’s hand, noticing the slight tense of Heero’s body at the contact. He winced inwardly. He would have to really work hard at getting his son to feel comfortable around him.

“You love him, don’t you, Heero?” he asked softly.

Heero nodded vigorously, brown locks falling into his eyes with the vehement response. “Hai. I love him with every fiber of my being.”

Odin sighed and stared at the empty bed across from them. “Then I won’t stop you from realizing your happiness, Heero. That was all that ever mattered to me, anyway.”

Heero blinked and stared at the new man that sat next to him. “Father…”

“Hai, Hee-chan. You have my permission.”

Heero felt ridiculously close to tears, but his training had not permitted him to show such an emotion before his father and he had to grip his hands into fists to stop himself from crumbling. “But…but…what about your reputation?”

Odin shrugged. “We live in a free society, Heero. Even I have noticed that. So, everyone would just have to deal with the news whether they like it or not.”

But Heero wasn’t finished yet. “And what about an heir?! I can’t give birth and neither can Duo and I know how much you want the family business to remain…well…in the family.”

“Do you not think that I have thought about that?” Odin asked with a smirk. “Much as it is going to be a major blow on my pride…David and I are willing to go into a partnership of sorts…”

Heero could have jumped for joy, if he hadn’t been the kind of person he was. “So…so…”

“So, since Helen, David’s daughter, already has a son of her own, the business will be just fine once you two decide not to continue with it anymore. I am sure the Maxwell-Yuy Corporation would be run quite efficiently with both of you as CEOs.”

Heero’s arms itched with the effort. He wanted to; oh, so much…to hold his father, just once.  Noticing the slightly worried look on the older man’s face, he gave up the fight and fell against the strong chest, the tears finally slipping out of his eyes as he buried his face into the dark shirt, the strong arms of his father encircling him in an embrace that had been so long denied to him. Odin smiled in contentment, as he increased the pressure of his hold, realizing that he had never held Heero this close to him before. He lowered his lips to press a light kiss upon the ruffled brown hair that had been inherited from him, raising his head as the door creaked open to reveal David’s questioning look. Nodding in response, the two men exchanged a grin and David left just as quietly as he had come in.

For how long they remained in that position, they didn’t really know or care.

For father and son had to make up for lost time.

~&~&~&~&~

David stared in disbelief at the two teenagers licking their sundaes in front of him, before shaking his head and asking, dumbfounded.

“How did she get a hold of my journal?!”

Relena popped a cherry into her mouth and licked off her spoon before smiling. “Remember the house in Summershire?”

Duo rolled his eyes as he searched for his elusive cherry that had sunk to the bottom of his cup. “Well, duh, Relena…he grew up there.”

Relena nudged him playfully and continued. “Well, Helen finally decided to move there with Tony and the kids and she said that she was going through the house looking at stuff and then she moved to the attic and saw so much stuff, she didn’t know what to do with it all. Then she said she saw a box of your high school stuff and was going through it, when she noticed the book at the bottom of your box. Naturally, being the curious girl that she was, she opened it up and said that she completely lost track of time as she became so engrossed in it.”

David sputtered. “Who gave her the right to read it? Who gave any of you the right to read it?”

“Aww…come on, dad. If we hadn’t read it you wouldn’t be here now with Odin about to jump your bones in a heartbeat.”

“DUO!!”

“Alright!! I got it!!” the boy yelled in excitement as he raised the cherry out of the glass. He popped it into his mouth, before darting wide amethyst depths at his flabbergasted audience. “What? What did I say?!”

Both David and Relena shook their heads and turned back to their desserts, before Duo broke the silence again. “Hey, dad…”

“What is it, Duo?”

“How…I mean…how do you feel about Odin now? I know you still love mom and all but…”

David frowned and stared blindly into his melting chocolate treat. “We are going to take things slow, Duo. I have no intentions of divorcing your mother, not unless she wants to….”

Relena bit her lower lip. “Are you going to tell her about it?”

David nodded slowly. “I have no other choice. It will be unfair to her to keep this to myself any longer now that most of my family members know. So, it’s entirely up to her and to you kids too,” David said with a small smile. “I wouldn’t want to do something that wouldn’t meet with your approval.”

Duo grinned back and slid next to his father to place an arm around his neck (thankfully, the fake sling had been taken off), squeezing it gently in reassurance. “Hey, you have my blessing here.”

Relena laughed and moved up his other side, sliding her own arm around his neck. “Mine too.”

“Hn. Looks like we are just in time for the reunion party.”

The trio chuckled at Odin’s dry comment as they watched the two Japanese men sit across from them, although Heero had made sure he was right next to Duo. They smiled happily at each other before closing the gap between them to share another kiss that sent their fathers and the girl into sighs of exasperation.

“For Christ’s sake…” David groaned.

“Honestly, those two should get a room…” Relena snorted as she excused herself. “I have to make some phone calls, excuse me…”

Odin smirked and leaned forward to grasp David’s hands within his. “Hey, Dave-kun…”

David lifted up the corners of his mouth in a responding smirk. “Yes, Odin.”

“We have about three more hours till dawn.”

David raised an eyebrow in question.

Raising David’s hands to his lips again, he asked huskily, eyes darkening with an emotion that sent David’s pulse racing. “Would you like to take a walk with me around the lawns? We have so much to talk about, ne?”

David could only nod mutely as he allowed himself to be escorted out of his seat, leaving the two boys still locked together in their embrace.

Odin placed an arm around David’s waist as they made their way out of the room. “Think they will notice we are gone?” he asked lightly.

David chuckled and shook his head. “Nah…those two have it pretty bad. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do die from lack of oxygen.”

Odin suddenly stopped as they got to a relatively empty section of the hospital, his eyes locked unto the violet depths before him. And in a voice that was filled with emotion, he croaked out softly.

“I love you, David Maxwell. Always have and always will, no matter how long it takes, I will always be here for you.”

And surprising both of them, he leaned forward and brushed their lips together gently, years of pent-up and hidden need rising to the surface as David groaned in reply to respond feverishly. Releasing each other and panting for air, they laughed nervously.

“I am…sorry….” David said softly, a bit embarrassed at his wanton behavior.

Odin chuckled and pulled him to his side as they resumed their walk. “Never feel sorry, David, for anything we do from here on out. You no longer owe any one anything. I think we have finally paid our debts in full, ne?”

“Yeah…I guess so. But, Odin….how do we tell everyone about…us??”

Odin took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He had thought about the possibility. Opening them again, he smiled at his distressed-looking companion with reassurance. “Once they have seen our sons out in the open…and given the people a time to adjust to us being business partners, I am sure that both of us being together won’t come as a surprise to them. They will just have to accept that, or they can all bloody well go to hell.”

David laughed at the mock indignant look on Odin’s face before wrapping his own arm around his waist. “So, Odin, what do you think we should do with the boys for some quality fun?”

“Fun? What do you mean by fun?”

David blinked in disbelief. “Oh, God…don’t tell me I have to teach you that too…”

~&~&~&~&~

Duo sat upon Heero’s lap and pouted into his empty sundae cup. “I can’t believe they left us here. Where the hell did they go to anyway?”

Heero shrugged and continued to draw lazy circles on Duo’s back. “I guess they needed some more time to be alone.” He suddenly sat upright and smiled at Duo. “My father hugged me.”

Duo grinned back in response as he kissed the tip of his nose. “No kidding?”

Heero nodded happily and encircled his lover’s waist, leaning closer to kiss his lips again. “I couldn’t believe it myself…”

“Can’t you guys give it up already?!”

“WUFFLES!!”

“Wufei!!” came the indignant retort.

“I love you too, man!!” Duo shouted happily as he leapt across the table to topple the Chinese boy to the ground in an exuberant hug.

“Looks like they are doing okay to me,” Trowa said lightly as he walked into the room with Quatre, Relena, Merian, Julie and Zechs in tow.

“Smile for the school paper!” Julie gushed as she took a picture of the red-faced Wufei and a beaming Duo.

“Relena told us that everything went well,” Zechs said lightly as he sat down. “I guess we are all one big happy family, now.”

Heero glared at Zechs, still not quite comfortable with the blond boy, but with Duo jumping back unto his lap, he lost some of the scowl and had to grunt and protest lightly as everyone else began to gather around them.

“What the hell is going on?” He asked a bit in irritation as Relena leaned against him, while Merian occupied his right side with Wufei right next to her. Trowa and Quatre stood behind them, with Zechs next to Relena, as they waited for Julie to set the camera on the timer.

“Okay…ready, guys?” She asked quickly as she ran around to join the group, making herself comfortable between Trowa and Quatre. “On the count of three…everyone say cheese, okay?”

“One…”

“Two…”

“Three!!”

“CHEEEEEEESE!!”

“And a side order of MAYO!!”

The bright flash of the camera caught carefree laughter as new and happier memories were ready to be created for a whole new generation.