Day Four:

"Hey Duo." Quatre said softly. "How are you feeling?"

"Still sore." Duo answered. "But I'll be okay."

"He is a Gundam pilot after all." Lady Une said smiling. She was holding Mariemaia in here arms, she hadn't put the girl down for anymore than three minutes since she had gotten her back. "I am so sorry for thinking that you would kidnap Mariemaia for personal gain...she told me what happened. And, well...I know that you never wanted to hurt her, so I'm sorry for thinking that you would."

Duo nodded. "It was partly my fault too. But it's over and done with so let's forget it."

Duo had been rushed to the hospital as soon as Quatre had brought him down to where Relena, Lady Une, Sally and Wufei were waiting. Two hours of surgery was painful for everyone. But he was going to be okay. Police had arrived on the scene after being called. No one was going to worry about what was to be done about Timish and the rest of the Barton Family. It was in the hands of the authorities now.

Suddenly Duo's room door flew open and Hilde came tearing through. She let Duo have it. "Don't you ever do that to me again! You had me worried sick for days! And all I did was go inside to get you your stupid wrench! I was even nice enough to get you a drink! But did you ever taste it?! Noooo..." Hilde yelled for a few more minutes and everyone, including Duo smiled in amusement. They all knew she was doing it because she cared for him so much.

"Are you finished?" Duo asked when she paused to take a breath.

Hilde looked thoughtful. "No." She said "YOU'RE A STUPID FOOL!" She let out a breath and smiled. "I always wanted to say that."

This caused everyone to burst out in laughter. Once everyone had calmed down Heero cleared his throat loudly. "Erm..." he said blushing slightly. "I...need to speak with Duo...in private."

Quatre giggled as Trowa put his arm around the small boys waist and told him to hush. Sally and Wufei grinned at each other and they exited the room. Lady Une, Relena and Hilde looked baffled...that is until Mariemaia exclaimed: "That's so sweet!" Then they all sweatdroped and left the room

"Trowa. I think that Heero and Duo are just what they both need." Quatre said cuddling against him in a chair outside Duo's room.

"Hai Little One, I think you're right." Trowa replied smiling. He then leaned over and kissed the Arab gently on the lips. Sally looked at them both with envy, but that was soon stopped by Wufei who pulled her in close for one of her own.

Lady Une looked at everyone in shock before covering Mariemaia's eyes. "I think it's time we went home now."

And so they did.

Phew! Over two weeks of writing there, and two months of planning! I hope it came out as good as I think it did. Please give me your feed back, I need to know if I should change anything. This story was based on the song "Play the Game Tonight" by Kansas. It took me a long time to get it just the way I wanted. E-mail all comments to me at: [email protected] Okay, now for the surprise...This entire fic is dedicated to my Digitwin and best friend in the entire world Sarah Lynn Yack a.k.a Yama Chick. All the work that was put into this is for her, for encouraging me to keep going in whatever it is I'm doing. Domo Arigato Zuto Tomodachi! ^_^