Title: Five Pilots and a Baby pt. 6/?

Authors: Deathangelgw and Sarit

Disclaimer: we don’t own the boys, but boy are we gonna have fun with them!!!

Warnings: AU, shounen-ai, angst, sap, fluff.

Rating: PG

Pairings: Still the same 2+/x5 and 1+4+3

Note: Sappy cute cute sappy sappy…gah we’re bad…Enjoy and please review!!

‘thoughts’

Bouncing down the corridor of the safehouse, Duo sighed.  He looked into Shaina's room, and the little girl was sleeping peacefully.  He was a bit surprised about that.  Usually she was up and screaming her head off. Turning from the baby's room, he opened the door and poked his head in.  "YO!!  Quat!!  Tro!!  Up an at 'em!!"

A twitch began to appear near Duo's eye as he stood in the doorway.  Trowa, Heero, and Quatre were all snuggled together on the large bed.  The twitch began in his left eye, slowly traveling to his right eye.  It then traveled southward, causing his whole face to twitch at the sight.  Eventually the sight grew too much for the braided American pilot and with a cry, he fell to the ground twitching uncontrollably as he sweatdropped. Trowa and Heero looked up sharply and over, cocking an identical eyebrow as they looked at the twitching mass of American on the floor. "Duo?" Trowa asked quietly in concern, untangling himself from the other two as he got up and went to the young man.

Heero sighed and buried his face in Quatre's chest. "Duo no baka..."

Quatre chuckled as he ran his fingers through Heero's hair soothingly.  "Duo?  Are you all right?"

"Yeah...fine...just warn a guy when you three decide to make a threesome." Duo complained, causing Quatre to blush and eep as he hid in Heero's hair.

Trowa snorted and snickered as he helped Duo up. He snickered some more as he saw the death glare being leveled at the braided youth by Heero. "I don't think that'll be happening...we were just talking." Trowa said with a private wink for Duo.

"Talking...yeah right." Duo scoffed, winking over at Heero as he stood up.  Dusting himself off, he grinned.  "Well, whatever.  I'm glad to see ya back, Hee-bunny!  Breakfast is on!" He then ran out, not willing to stay behind and see Heero's wrath at the name he used.

Quatre sweatdropped.  'Duo really does have a death wish...' Trowa snickered as Heero growled and chased Duo out swiftly, the sounds of bodies thumping on the floor signaling his success in his tackle. He laughed even more as he heard Wufei's squawk at them to keep it down along with a baby's laugh.

"Waaaaah!!!  Enemy from behind!!  SAVE ME!!!" Quatre snickered, winking at Trowa.  He made his way to Shaina's room, carrying her out as she giggled and waved her arms gaily. Trowa got up and came out as well, laughing as he saw the pin that Heero had Duo in, growling all the while.

Wufei growled himself as he came up, dressed in a frilly apron. "Will you both knock it off and come down for breakfast before it gets cold?!" He demanded, waving a spoon.

Trowa was almost falling over he was laughing so hard as Heero sweatdropped at the get-up Wufei was in. "Where did you come from? 'Wife Weekly'?" Heero asked flatly and Wufei flushed.

Duo couldn't help but snicker at Wufei's get up.  "Aww...be nice to him, Hee-bunny!  He might make us do laundry or something." Quatre snickered, winking at Shaina as she cooed, then threw her pacifier at Wufei's head.

Heero growled loudly as he bopped Duo on the head. "Urusai!!" He shouted as Trowa laughed even more.

Wufei blinked and caught the pacifier, then sighed and sweatdropped. "Oi...just get into the kitchen kisamas...." He muttered before giving Shaina her nook back. Cackling, Duo stuck his tongue out at Heero, then dashed into the kitchen.  Shaina giggled, throwing the pacifier right back at Wufei, hitting his nose and giggling excitedly as she hit her 'target.' Wufei sighed in exasperation as he rubbed his nose while Heero ran after Duo, growling. "What is with everyone anyways?" He muttered as he headed downstairs, nook in hand. Trowa followed him down, laughing softly as he wiped his eyes.

"It's just your charming...'domestic' self, Wufei." Quatre teased, snickering as he brought Shaina into the kitchen.  Duo was seated at the table, the proverbial halo over his head and looking as innocent as anything.

Heero was shooting daggers at Duo as he got the food to the table and Wufei finally came over and bopped his love on the head. "If you are going to sit around looking innocent, love, at least do something!" Wufei growled out, then smirked at the looks of surprise Heero and Trowa both shot him.

"Oh sure...blow my surprise why don't you?!  Do you know how much teasing time you just lost me?!" Duo complained, looking peeved.  "Fine fine...if you want me to do something..." He reached out, dragging Wufei by his shirt down and locked his lips with his love's hard.

Quatre arched an eyebrow upwards, snickering.  "Sure didn't waste any time, did he?"

"Obviously not...no wonder he's been looking so smug in between bouts of sulleness." Trowa said thoughtfully then grinned as Heero snorted and rolled his eyes.

Wufei purred as he kissed his love back just as hard and deeply before pulling back, licking his lips. "Hurry it up, idiot...." He murmured before winking and going over to the rest of the dishes.

"Whatever you say, oh light of my life." Duo snickered, bouncing to his feet and helping Wufei with breakfast.

"Oi..." Quatre rolled his eyes, then winked at Heero as he deposited Shaina into his friend's arms.  Shaina giggled, waving her arms happily as she stuck a piece of Heero's shirt into her mouth.

"What's with her and my shirt?" Heero grumbled as he went to sit down at the table.

Trowa snickered in amusement as he put a plate of food down. "You just have a way with women, Heero." He said with a wink.

"Too bad sticking his shirt into Relena's mouth won't do the same thing...." Wufei was heard muttering and Trowa snorted with laughter.

"Wufei!  You shouldn't say such things about Miss Relena!" Quatre chided his friend, sniffing.  "She isn't that bad!  Okay well..."

This from the raised eyebrow Duo gave Quatre.  "Come on Q!  She's a menace!  She thinks Heero is God's gift to...well...her!"

Heero was heard grumbling as Trowa laughed even more. Wufei snorted as he rolled his eyes and brought over the tea and juice. "She'll learn he's just a brat." Wufei said with a shrug, then snickered as Heero growled at him.

"I'm NOT stuffing my shirt in her mouth for her to learn!!" Heero said hotly, though he did take his shirt away from Shaina, murmuring quietly to her.

Quatre snickered, winking over at Shaina.  "I'm sure she'd enjoy that too much, right little one?" He tickled Shaina, who giggled and bounced in Heero's arms.

"Yes, but then she'd expect the rest of what's underneath that shirt." Wufei pointed out, purring with a wink and earning an eye twitch from Heero.

"Let's stop before he gets ill." Trowa said with a snicker at the look on Heero's face.

"You sure she'd know what to do if she did get that far?!" Duo queried with an evil grin as he brought out a bowl of soup. Quatre couldn't help but snicker madly at that.  Shaina blinked, looking from each of them until she once more stuck Heero's shirt in her mouth and sucked on it vigorously.

Wufei poked his love with a grin as Heero glared at Duo, though there was a touch of nervousness in the cobalt eyes. Trowa hid a smirk, then said, "Heero...why don't you take your shirt off and I'll get you another one?" Heero nodded silently and shrugged out of his tank, glaring at Wufei as he whistled while Trowa got another shirt.

"Hey!" Duo protested, seeing the nervousness on his friend's face.  He poked Wufei good-naturedly.  Quatre smiled, holding Shaina as Heero changed into the new shirt Trowa brought for him.  Shaina pouted, but didn't complain. Wufei snickered at Duo as Heero changed. He brought over another bottle for the little one before sitting down to eat. Trowa came back again and sat down, getting food up for him and Heero. Quatre grinned, helping Duo after handing Shaina back to Heero.  The blond and braided pilots brought the rest of the food to the table, dishing things out to everyone.

Breakfast went with very little happening, outside of the usual teasing and such. Heero went for a walk with Shaina while the others cleaned up the dishes. Bouncing as he washed the dishes at the sink, Duo turned the radio on.  A fast beat tune came on and he started dancing to the music as he washed the dishes.   Quatre's eye twitched at the over-excitable American.  He shook his head, though he smiled as he saw Heero outside with the baby.  They were just so cute together.

"Will you stop splashing me, Duo!! Kisama!!" Wufei shouted as he stood dripping next to the dancing Duo. Trowa snickered as he put away some of the dried dishes. Heero glanced over briefly at the noise and smiled slightly before focusing on Shaina again.

Duo cackled, affecting an innocent expression.  "Yes, Fei-bunny?!"  He smirked; dancing out of range of his love as went to put the dishes away.  Quatre snickered, shaking his head before going into the pantry to see what they would need for the next few weeks. 

Outside, Shaina giggled at the noise from inside.  She waved her arms around gaily, bouncing in Heero's arms. Wufei growled and grabbed a towel. He whacked it across Duo's ass with a resounding SMACK and smirked evilly. Trowa rolled his eyes and shook his head. "I'm going outside." He said with a wink at Quatre before putting actions to words. Heero put Shaina down onto the ground and sat next to her, smiling as he watched her.

"YEOW!!!" Duo yelped, jumping as the towel smacked his ass.  He arched an eyebrow upwards, an answering evil smirk on his lips.  "Gee, Fei...didn't know you were into that." Quatre rolled his eyes heavenward at Duo, shaking his head.  He grinned, waving to Trowa before going back to his list.

Shaina blinked as she was set down on the ground.  Looking around experimentally, she eyed the tall blades of grass with fascination. Trowa came out and smiled as he watched Heero with Shaina. He lay out on the other side of the little one, winking as Heero smiled faintly at him before rubbing Shaina's back. Shaina looked up at the other person joining them.  Her attention immediately went back to the blade of grass, which had just acquired a ladybug upon it.  She blew bubbles out of her mouth as she watched with rapt fascination.

Wufei rolled his eyes and sighed. "Why me? Why do I have the baka?" He asked as he looked heavenward and went back to washing dishes.

"Because...you're special!" Duo snickered, wrapping his arm around Wufei's shoulders.  He smiled, placing a peck on Wufei's cheek before going to help Quatre. Wufei blushed slightly and sighed loudly in mock exasperation as he finished up the dishes. Duo grinned at the blush on Wufei's face, then helped Quatre finish up the list.  He took the list, going over to whisper to Wufei and ask if he wanted to come with him to get the stuff they'd need. Wufei nodded sharply, smirking at his love before draining the water out and rinsing out the sink. He grinned at Duo and winked before going to get changed. Snickering, Duo waved to Quatre before following his love up the stairs to get changed as well.  Quatre shook his head with a grin, then went outside to join Heero, Trowa and Shaina.

Trowa chuckled softly as he watched Shaina, while Heero spoke softly to the baby, inquiring what she saw in Japanese as he watched her softly. Looking up at Heero briefly, Shaina babbled briefly to him, explaining about the bug with great seriousness. Trowa stifled a snicker as Heero listened seriously, speaking to her softly in his tongue as he watched the little one. Shaina looked over at Trowa, giving him what could only be termed as a baby version of Heero's death glare.  She turned back to Heero, babbling more as she pointed out a dead leaf that had fallen nearby.

Trowa bit his lip as he tried not to laugh too hard. Heero smiled and nodded, asking a question softly as he stretched slightly on the ground. His eyes traveled over to Quatre and softened before focusing on Shaina once again. Quatre smiled at Heero, sitting down on the soft grass next to his friend.  He grinned as Shaina looked up, blinking at him.  She went back to her scrutiny of the leaf, once more babbling to Heero as she pointed out a cricket. Trowa was biting his lip as he snickered silently in amusement. Heero reached back as he fought his own amusement and took Quatre's hand in a brief squeeze before returning to his previous position. He nodded and murmured again to Shaina, smiling. A soft smile lit Quatre's face as he squeezed Heero's hand back briefly.  He snickered, watching as Shaina began to crawl around, examining things carefully as she went.

Heero grinned as Trowa rolled onto his back and watched the clouds while little Shaina scooted around, not quite crawling, but very close to it. They looked over as Wufei came out with Duo and waved before heading off towards the town for the supplies. Stumbling, Shaina blinked as she fell forward.  She sniffed a bit, but then gave a determined look.  Struggling to her hands and knees, she took a tentative move forward, but soon fell again. Heero grinned as Trowa winked at him as they watched the little one move. He reached over and brought Shaina back to near them when she got too far out, murmuring to her in Japanese.

Pouting as she looked up at Heero, Shaina batted at Heero's nose.  She giggled, then reached out and grabbed a hold of Trowa's bang and pulled.  Quatre turned over, snickering madly as he fought to control his mirth. "Ouch!" Trowa said in startled pain, then snickered as Heero laughed lightly. He grinned as Heero let Shaina go, then tickled her. Shaina laughed, looking innocent as beamed up at Trowa.  She then giggled, squirming as she was tickled. Trowa laughed softly as he tickled her, grinning even more as Heero snickered in amusement as well. He loved how contagious baby's laughter was....

Giggling, Quatre shook his head as he watched.  Lying on his side, he blinked, suddenly finding himself nose to nose with Shaina.  She giggled, then pulled on his hair.  He stuck his tongue out at her, causing her to laugh even more. Trowa laughed as Heero grinned widely at this and shook his head. He smirked as Trowa rolled onto his back again and resumed his cloud watching. Heero tickled Shaina briefly before relaxing again. Quatre snickered, ruffling his hair as she lost interest and Shaina moved away from them towards a flower. Heero kept a watchful eye as he relaxed in the warm sun. He glanced over and blushed slightly as he found himself watching Trowa's profile as the other young man rested, his eyes closed. He glanced away quickly as Trowa looked over, sensing his eyes on him.

A soft smile graced Quatre's lips as he kept one eye on Shaina and the other on his two friends.  He didn't comment on the way Heero had been watching Trowa, only smiled softly. They had a picnic outside and then went inside to put Shaina down for her nap afterwards, then just hung together in the living room, silently being together. Sometime later that day, Quatre cracked his eye open, looking around.  It was well past noon, the sun still shining brightly.  Shaina was curled up next to Heero, sleeping peacefully after having woken up from her previous nap and had gotten tired out by playing with the three outside.  Grinning, Quatre looked to the others with a smile. Trowa smirked back sleepily, running his fingers through the sleeping Heero's hair as they napped. He glanced at Shaina, then at Quatre and mouthed, 'Crib'.

Looking up at the sky, Quatre nodded.  It was starting to get hot and they didn't want Shaina to get heatstroke.  He gazed down at the sleeping Heero with a soft smile. Trowa nodded as well and carefully sat up. He smirked as Heero curled into Quatre after Trowa had gently picked up Shaina and carried her into the house. Quatre smiled, wrapping his arm around Heero and holding him close.  He kissed his cheek, making sure to hold Heero gently, letting him know he was there for him. Heero stirred slightly and snuggled closer as Trowa came back outside. The upper window was open so they could hear Shaina if she woke up. Trowa smirked softly as he laid out, this time closer to the two, and ran his fingers soothingly through Heero's hair, his eyes locking gently with Quatre's.

Smiling back at his friend, Quatre laced his fingers with both of them, sighing softly.  It was such a peaceful day, one would hardly imagine they were in the middle of a war. Heero suddenly stiffened and sat up, looking around warily. He got up as Trowa leaned up as well, looking concerned as the other young man ran into the house. "What's going on?" Trowa asked in confusion as he got up.

"I don't know.  I didn't hear anything." Quatre frowned, coming to his feet as well.  He rushed after Heero, concern on his face. They found Heero typing away at his laptop, face grim as he gazed at the flickering screen. Trowa leaned against the doorjamb, filled with apprehension. "Heero?  What's wrong?" Quatre queried, a frown on his face as he watched.  He didn't want to pry, but the look on both their faces was definitely disturbing.

"Mission." Heero said softly, his voice emotionless as he closed his laptop and faced them. His mask of impassiveness was firmly in place as he said, "We leave in two days." Trowa closed his eyes and moved his face away, filled with grim resolution. It had been expected...just not that soon....

"Two days..." Quatre bit his lip, looking away.  It didn't seem fair.  Heero was finally starting to open up and now they'd be leaving.  They certainly couldn't take Shaina with them, which left the only other option.  They'd have to give her up within the next twenty-four hours.

"Hai. Did Wufei make the plans?" Heero asked softly, taking charge as he stood up.

"Yes...but we don't know if his contact was successful in finding someone." Trowa said softly, folding his arms across his chest, his eyes already flat with the taking of the mission.

"It doesn't matter. The child will go with his contact and that will be it." Heero said then walked out of the door. "I'm checking my Gundam." He said flatly as he left.

"Heero...don't you want to say good bye first?" Quatre reached out, taking a hold of Heero's arm.  He looked at his friend, sadness in his eyes.  They had to follow through with their mission, of course.  But this was just as important.

"Iiee...call me for dinner and I'll brief everyone." Heero said coldly before shaking off Quatre's hand and walking stiffly away, the soft sound of the door shutting echoing in the house.

Trowa sighed softly, seeming to almost wilt. "So much for life after this..." He whispered softly, his eyes filled with sadness.

"There will be.  There has to be." Quatre sighed, frowning thoughtfully.  Shaking his head, he smiled at Trowa and squeezed his hand reassuringly.  "Don't give up, Trowa.  We'll make it and so will he."

"We'll see, little one." Trowa said softly, then sighed as he heard the door open once again and grumbling floating down. "Sounds like they're back. Let's go help and get the ball rolling." He said as he went out the door. Nodding, Quatre followed his friend after the sounds from the kitchen.  He smiled as Duo lugged in a huge bag of groceries.  He sighed, his face solemn.

Duo stopped, a frown on his face as he noticed the two.  "Mission?"

Nodding curtly as Wufei looked over as well with a frown, Trowa sighed softly. "We leave in two days...Wufei, did you get a hold of your contact?" He asked solemnly.

"I...can. Let me go contact her now and see what she has to say." Wufei said softly as he placed the last bag onto the table with a sigh. He went out of the room to make his contact.

"Great...just great." Duo groused, clumping into a chair with a defeated look on his face.  "This isn't fair!"

"I know, Duo. But we knew this day was coming." Quatre patted is friend on the shoulder, sighing softly.  Heero had been doing so well and now this...

"We'll need to make plans and get our supplies split evenly. Did you get enough, Duo?" Trowa asked, getting down to business as he started separating the supplies out into five even piles. It was easier for him to handle things if he worked on the mission...which is what he knew Heero was doing right now.

"Yeah, we got plenty of stuff." Duo shook his head, then sat up.  He smiled at Quatre, standing up.  "I'll help Heero check the Gundams." He left, not saying another word. Quatre sighed, rubbing his face tiredly.  He said nothing more, merely helping Trowa sort through the supplies and packing them up for each of them.

TBC