Zechs gave a slight wave, rolling back from Wufei. Wufei seemed to be the only person here who outright despised him.

Duo leaned forward a little, biting at Wufei's neck lightly. "Be nice."

"I'm always nice." Wufei replied.

"Not to him." Duo nuzzled where he'd just bitten. His teeth felt a little sharper.

"No. Not to him." Wufei whispered his tone dropping to an almost whisper.

"I don't understand why." Duo twined his arms more firmly around Wufei, nuzzling.

Zechs lowered his gaze, lips quirking. "No need to worry about it Duo, he doesn't like me, don't force him."

"I'll tell you later." Wufei whispered again, giving Duo a little kiss as he pet his hair.

Duo glared over Wufei's shoulder. "Hush you." It wasn't playful just outright command that had the blonde falling silent before he succumbed to Wufei's petting. "Alright Fei." Duo cuddled against Wufei's shoulder, and gradually fell limp into sleep. Wufei laughed softly and pulled Duo on top of him as he leaned back to the floor.

Quatre came in the living room a moment later, Trowa had fallen asleep and he was wondering where Heero had gotten off to. "Where's Heero?" he asked softly, not hearing or immediately seeing anyone in the living room.

Duo whimpered with the change of position, head shaking in a barely distinguishable 'no'. He was so tired he dived right past the point of any movement waking him. His words were barely audible to Wufei. "No more, please, too tired..." Duo tightened his arms around Wufei, his slight movements barely able to be felt to Wufei.

"He went that way." Zechs pointed over the sofa back, watching the pair on the floor.

"Thanks." Quatre replied and went on a Heero hunt.

"Shh... Duo. It's okay." Wufei soothed softly, continuing to pet Duo's hair.

Duo twitched back from the touch in sleep with a whimper, not registering the familiar presence. "No more..."

Wufei continued to pet Duo's hair softly, and just cuddle him. "Don't worry...we're safe. I'll keep you safe," he whispered softly.

"Not like that..." It's a soft whimper, but his sleep eases a little. "Please... At least... Let me too..." Duo shuddered once, suddenly clinging to Wufei in sleep.

"Shh..." Wufei soothed, his voice soft and gentle. "Sleep. I'll watch over you."

Duo shook his head a little, but his body finally relaxed. There was one final whisper out of him before he went silent. "At least... Let me touch..." Then Duo seemed to sink deeper into his nexus of nightmares, clinging tightly to Wufei.

Wufei kissed Duo on the head, rubbing his back softly. *Let him touch?? What's he dreaming...* Wufei closed his own eyes and listened to the sound of Duo's breathing and the others in the house.

Zechs watched the pair silently from the sofa, sinking himself out of sight as far as he could. He'd heard the entire thing and his mind was spinning. He knew things Wufei didn't in this. Things Duo wasn't willing to share with Wufei. *Duo, you might have to explain to Wufei about what you remember.* Zechs suppressed a sigh, settling back for a long wait.

Meanwhile, Quatre was looking for Heero. *This house is only so big, where could he be?!* Heero wasn't in the kitchen, nor the living room. He hadn't check Duo and Wufei's room, but he doubted that Heero was in there.

Heero was actually walking back for the safe house even as Quatre was searching for him; his strikes bringing him to the front door as Quatre ducked into yet another room.

Quatre looked quickly around Duo and Wufei's room but Heero wasn't in there. *Where is he??? Maybe he's outside.* Quatre walked out and back down the hall and into the living room. Zechs raised a hand from the couch as Quatre entered, ice blue eyes looking over, and there was a speculative look in them before he banished it, though he said nothing. Quatre walked over to the couch to peer at Zechs; he had seen the hand and wondered what Heero was doing. *Oh, it's just Milliardo...* Zechs quirked an eyebrow at Quatre then pointed at the two on the floor. He wasn't able to go anywhere at just the moment. Quatre looked down and smiled, they looked so cute together, Wufei's eyes opened and looked at Quatre before closing again. "Ne? Where's Heero?" he whispered. "I can't find him anywhere..."

Zechs hesitated before answering. He didn't know why he was willing to follow Duo's orders so unquestioningly, but he didn't like breaking the imposed silence before he was told he could. "He left through the front door, I think he's back in the other room."

"Which other room would that be?" Quatre asked puzzled. *He'd just been in every other room in the house!*

"Just go to the front door." Zechs smiled slightly, and settled back into place.

Quatre did so, opening the door and looking around. Heero noticed Quatre's passing him to the door, and smirked. "Looking for something?"

Heero got a nice reply as Quatre jolted, spinning around to face him. "Yes. I've been looking for you. What are you up to?" Quatre asked, smiling in return.

Heero smirked, pleased that Quatre had startled. "Why were you looking for me?"

"Because." Quatre replied mysteriously.

Heero nodded once, moving forward to look Quatre in the eye. "That being?"

"I enjoy your company." Quatre replied, taking advantage of Heero's proximity and looping a hand around his waist. "Ne? Would you like to join me in the backyard," Quatre nodded his head to the couch area, "They are trying to sleep."

"All of them?" Heero pulled back from Quatre, smiling faintly before moving in the indicated direction of the 'back yard.'

"Yes. Duo's asleep on Wufei, Milliardo looked like he was about to sleep on the couch, and as far as I know, and hope for his own sake," Quatre scowled lightly, "That Trowa is still sleeping. *If* he knows what's good for him." Quatre added, as they made their way to the 'back yard' which was really just a large meadow, before extending into more forest.

Heero tilted his head back, looking around the brightened sky through slightly narrowed eyes, enjoying the breeze without showing the enjoyment. In the light of day his reserve had returned.

"Let's sit down." Quatre spoke up, taking the initiative and sitting down on the grass before leaning back on his hands and crossing his ankles over each other. "We haven't had many missions lately." It was the wrong thing to say if he was just making conversation.

"No, it's only been a few days, one should come any time now." Heero looked over at Quatre. "Especially since the last was such a mistake."

"I never heard the full story, what happened?" Quatre asked.

"A dancing joker popped up along with blaring music from my speakers and I couldn't leave the system." He then told Quatre what it said. "There was also movement from below, they were tracking us, so I had to leave the laptop."

Quatre sighed in sympathy. "That's awful Heero. Do you have any leads about it?"

"It was a trap."

"Luckily you got out then, but do you know who sent it? It looked legit to me..." Quatre trailed off suddenly ashamed. *It was my fault! I'm the one who told Heero to go on that mission! They could've been hurt...*

Heero's eyes suddenly darkened. "I need to check something. If it was legitimate then we have a problem." Heero moved forward on his feet, having not sat yet. Heero was suddenly annoyed for himself and his lack of observation since Wufei and Duo had returned. "I need to do something. You deal with the others." Then Heero was off, disappearing back into the house to do some serious hacking.

"Uhhh... Okay." Quatre replied as Heero left. He was slightly disappointed that Heero had gone away and now he was lonely. *Well maybe I can convince Milliardo to make out with me, or something.*

Heero moved to his room and brought his newly created laptop back to the living room before checking his security on it, starting to sift through the files he needed. He hadn't gotten far before he sat back, a small frown on his face, but his fingers still flying.

Quatre came back into the house, decided to fix some cookies, just to keep himself busy. But truthfully, he was *bored*