Quatre hung up the phone and walked down the hall. He lightly tapped Duo's door and then openned it.

"Hey, Duo. That was your lawyer. He wanted to know when you were going to write your will." Quatre said quietly. When he looked into the room, he found that Duo was still sleeping. Then Quatre noticed that Duo's painkiller pills were on the floor. Quatre wasn't going to wake up Duo, so he decided to leave both Duo and the pills alone. Quatre went back into the kitchen when there was a knock on the door. Quatre went to answer the door and stood in shock. Heero brushed past him.

"Where's Duo?" Heero asked. Quatre managed to pick his jaw up from the ground.

"He's in his room sleeping." Quatre managed to say. Heero nodded and walked down the hall to Duo's room.

Duo grubbled in his sleep as someone tried to wake him. He tried to ignore it, but it was so persitant. Duo rolled over, trying to sat asleep. He was tired and didn't get much sleep because of the pain.

"Wake up, Duo." A hard, deep voice commanded. Duo, being still half asleep, didn't reconize the voice.

"Just give me ten more minutes, Quatre. I didn't sleep well." Duo managed to say. The person gave Duo a push to roll him over again. Duo opened his eyes to look at the person, but he still couldn't reconize who it was.

"I'm not Quatre, Duo." The person said. Duo's eyes flew open. He immediately reconized the person.

"I-I don't believe it. Heero? Is this a dream?" Duo asked. Heero shook his head. "Damn Heero. What was so important that you had to leave?"

"He had to find us." Another voice said. Duo looked towards the door and noticed that he and Heero weren't alone in the room.

"I don't believe it! Trowa! Wu-man!" Duo said. Trowa nodded in acknowledgment.

"You look well, Maxwell." Wufei said.

"Where the hell have you all been hiding? I've been searching ya'll for ever." Duo asked. Trowa laughed and Wufei shrugged. Heero pushed Duo back into his bed.

"Go back to sleep, Duo. I just wanted you to know we're here." Heero said as he got up to leave. Duo shook his head.

"You expect me to sleep now? Who's up for a game of chess?" Duo asked. Trowa smiled.

"If you can get out of bed, no one will turn you down." Trowa said. Duo nodded and swung his feet over the bed. He tried to steady himself with his bedside table. He was going to live today, without those stupid painkillers. He wasn't going to let a little pain keep him from living his life. Trowa walked over to Duo and wrapped his arm around Duo's waist.

"All you had to do is stand up and we'll help you the rest of the way." Trowa said. Duo nodded and put his arm around Trowa's shoulder and allowed the taller man to help him out of the room. Heero watched as Trowa helped Duo to the dinning room table. Duo seemed to be doing worst. Heero felt like kicking himself for not coming back sooner.

Quatre stood next to Heero and watched Trowa and Duo play chess. Duo seemed so happy now that almost everyone was with him.

"Where's Kai? I thought she would have been back by now." Heero asked. Quatre shrugged.

"I haven't heard anything from her." Quatre said. Suddenly the phone rang. Quatre went to answer it. "Hello?"

"Hey......Quatre? When do you get there?" The voice on the phone asked.

"About a week ago." Quatre answered.

"Oh, is Heero still there?" The voice asked. Quatre reconized the voice. It was Kai. He thought it would be a big surprise for her as well to see Trowa and Wufei.

"Yeah. It's just me, Duo and Heero. When are you coming back?" Quatre asked. Kai sighed.

"Stupid human doctors. I feel ill during the counsel meeting and had to go to the hospital. I'm fine now, but they wanted me to stay for three more days." Kai said. Quatre laughed. Kai didn't like staying in hospitals. If she could walk before she entered, then she leave as soon as she was well.

"I'm glad you're alright. How did the meeting go? Quatre said. Kai took in a deep breath and let it out.

"I finally go it passed, but tell me again why I haven't killed Millardo Peacecraft?" Kai asked. Quatre laughed to himself. She wasn't ever going to forgive him.

"Because you are friends with Relena and you don't want to start a war." Quatre said.

"Oh, yeah. The fate of my people is what is most important. So, how's Duo doing?" Kai asked.

"He's still with us." Quatre said.

"Is he having a hard time walking around?" Kai asked.

"Yeah. Heero and I have been helping around." Quatre said. Kai sighed.

"Well, I should be there within a day. Don't tell Duo, though. I want it to be a surprise." Kai said.

"Hey, Quatre! Who's on the phone?" Duo asked.

"It's one of my sisters. She's just worried about you, Duo." Quatre lied. Duo nodded and returned back to his game.

"Thanks Quatre. I'll see you in awhile. Bye." Kai said.

"Bye." Quatre said as he hung up the phone.

"Why don't you want Duo to know you're coming? It might help him fight longer." Licena said. Kai looked at her cousin.

"I don't want him to exaust himself. Besides, I like giving him surprises." Kai said as she smiled. Licena looked carefully at her cousin. Kai had definately changed since she last saw her.

"I'm sure you'll surprise him." Licena said. Kai laughed.

Wufei walked down the hall and noticed Quatre room was open. He didn't want to pry, but it seemed a little different then the rest of the house. Wufei stood in the doorway and noticed that the walls were covered with pictures. He picked up the closest one to him. It was a picture of the six of them on one of the space colonies. The picture brought a smile to Wufei's face. It reminded him of the first time he had met the female pilot.

~Wufei woke up from someone being really loud. Wufei got up and grumblily got dressed.

"Damn it, Maxwell. Why do you have to be so loud in the morning?" Wufei asked himself. He walked into the dinningroom. "Maxwell, why do you have to be so loud?" Suddenly there was laughter.

"I guess you're not at your best first thing in the morning. Huh, Wufei?" A female voice said. Wufei opened his eyes and noticed that it wasn't Duo being loud but a dark-haired woman. The others laughed at Wufei and he turned and walked away.~

Wufei remembered when they had taken that picture. They had gone to the Myrian colony to have their gundams fixed. Wufei was in his traditional white outfit, Trowa was in his turtle neck and jeans, Heero was in his tank top and spandex, Quatre was in his arabian outfit, Duo was in his preachers clothes, and Kai was in one of her royal dresses. They had also gone to the colony to ask for Kai's help, but Neshia, her sister, forbade it. Kai ran away to help us anyways. After the picture was taken, Kai had quickly changed and the six of them were gone before anyone knew what was going on. Kai left because she wanted to help fight, but Wufei knew that there was another reason.

"Hey Wufei. Lunch is almost ready." Quatre said from the kitchen.

"Alright. I'll be there in a minute." Wufei said. He placed the picture back on the wall. It certainly was going to be very different without Duo around to make fun of him. Wufei turned away from the room and walked out.

Trowa sat at the kitchen table and watched Duo playing chess with Wufei. Trowa still couldn't believe that Duo was dying, but the way he had been handling himself, it was obvisious that he was in great pain. Trowa could tell that Duo was trying to put his pain aside and be as lively as everyone remembered him being.

"Hey Trowa." Quatre said as he sat down at the kitchen table. Trowa looked at Quatre and smiled. During the war, the two had become lovers, but now they had been apart for too long.

"How long has this being going on, Quatre?" Trowa asked. Quatre shrugged.

"I don't know. Duo just one day called me and told me that he was dying. I'm sure it's been going on for quite sometime, but the effects didn't start until now." Quatre said. Trowa nodded. Quatre looked over at Duo, who was laughing at Wufei. "It's just too bad that we didn't stay together. We've missed so much of Duo's life."

"That's something we'll all regret, but at least we're all here together to see him live now." Trowa said.

"Yeah, I just hope that Kai will arrive soon." Quatre said.

"Kai is coming?" Trowa asked. Quatre nodded.

"You actually think that she could stay away from Duo?" Quatre said. Trowa nodded. Kai had been really close to them, like they were a real family. Kai saw them both as brothers and nothing more. She had teased Trowa about becoming more than friends with Quatre, but Trowa beat her to it. There was no secrets between the three of them. Yet Trowa always thought there was something she was keeping to herself. Could she had known about Duo's condition before anyone else?

"Hey Trowa, Quatre. What are you two talking about in here?" Duo asked. Quatre stood up and walked over to Duo.

"We're just talking about Kai." Quatre said. Duo looked at Quatre. He seemed a little sad. Probably about the fact that Trowa didn't seemed to care about him.

"Oh, really? Do you know when she's coming back?" Duo asked. Quatre shook his head.

"I haven't heard from her." Quatre said. Duo nodded. "What did you want, Duo?"

"Oh, yeah. Heero and Wufei are going into the city to go get some stuff. They wanted to know if you two wanted to come with them." Duo asked.

"Don't they know we'll be leaving you here alone?" Quatre asked. Duo laughed.

"Your too kind, Quatre. I've been here alone before. I'll be fine." Duo said. Trowa got up and put a hand on Quatre's shoulder.

"Don't worry, Quatre. I'll stay with Duo." Trowa said. Quatre looked the tall man in the eye.

"Don't you want to go too?" Quatre asked. Trowa shrugged.

"I need to talk to Duo anyways. Go on and go with them Quatre. You deserve to go out for awhile." Trowa said. Quatre nodded and walked out of the kitchen. Duo sat down at the table.

"So what did you want to talk to me about, Trowa?" Duo asked. Trowa sat down at the table across from Duo.

"I'm worried about Kai. I think she knew this was going to happen long before the effects took place." Trowa said.

"Of course she did. Why do you think she tried her hardest to keep us together?" Duo said. Trowa blinked.

"You mean she told you that she knew?" Trowa said in disbelief.

"Yeah. She didn't want to tell you and the others because she was afraid ya'll would freak out. She just wanted to protect everyone. She thought that we would always be close so she didn't think it would be a big problem. Unfotunately we did drift apart." Duo said.

"So you two have been close since the war ended?" Trowa asked. Duo shrugged.

"I guess you could call it that." Duo said. Trowa looked at the braid man strangly. Exactly what did he mean by that? What had happened between the two of them during the past five years?