Heero held Duo and continued apologizing for well over an hour when the other decided it would be a good idea to move the pair back to their vacation home. Heero agreed and between the four they got the braided haired man to the car.
When they made it to the house, Duo's breath had even out in sleep. They quietly moved him into the house and to the room Heero and him were sharing.
Before crawling into bed with his lover, Heero got the Doppler and set it up so that even in his sleep Duo could hear their babies.
Heero spent the night holding his lover and watching as he slept occasionally listening to the little heartbeats inside his lover. It wasn't until the early hours of the morning when he finally began to doze.
Heero was woken a little while later when Duo began to stir in his arms. Heero watched as his lover slowly opened his violet eyes. Before he closed them again and wrapped his arms around Heero tightly. Burying his face in Heero's shoulder.
Heero tightened his arms. "I am so sorry." Heero whispered. "Please tell me it's not too late. Please tell me I didn't screw it up too much."
Duo shoulders began to shake and Heero felt tears land on his shoulder, but other than that Duo said nothing. They stayed like that for the rest of the morning until finally Duo broke the silence.
"I was going to tell you." He whispered quietly. "I was planning on telling you. I almost did it once but then Relena interrupted us."
"I know, love. I am so sorry for leaving you." Heero replied.
"I almost thought it was all a dream." Duo said, pulling his head back to look at Heero. "I woke up in your arms and thought it was all a dream. That you hadn't left me, but I can hear their heartbeats. I can hear our babies heartbeats and I know that it wasn't." He paused for a moment before whispering. "Why did you leave?"
"I was scared. You have to understand I went through a lot in my training and some of the things that were done to me had some repercussions. I was told shortly after the war that I would never be able to reproduce. That I was sterile." Heero moved a hand down to Duo's stomach. Gently rubbing his thump over the slight bump there. "I knew that the timing of when you got pregnant. I... It was … Well I didn't want to think to much on it. But I knew it was right around the first time we made love. I didn't want to think about you with someone else. But at the same time I knew that it was impossible for me to be the father.
"But then Sally dropped the bombshell on me. It was everything I wanted and I didn't handle it well Duo. I left because I was scared. I left because it was what I wanted so badly and couldn't believe that I had gotten it. So I ran and when I realized that I had left you...
"I was so worried when we couldn't find you anywhere. I thought that you had finally decided to leave us, leave me, and go into hiding. I thought I would never get to see you again. That I wouldn't be there to see you have our babies. To see them grow old. I was so scared that I had lost you for good..."
Duo placed his hand over Heero's on his stomach and whispered. "I could never do that to you. I love you..."
"I love you too..." Heero whispered back. The room fell into silence as they held each other. Eventually they fell asleep both with content smiles on their faces.
That was how Quatre found them several hours later. Knowing that the pair had made amends, he decided that he would just leave them be for now.
