"He's at that address if you want to find him Heero." Relena said.
"Why the change of heart?" Heero asked sarcastically. "You didn't want us to find him before?"
"I think he could deal with you now, besides," her voice softened, "you have some idea of what he went through."
"That is none of your business!" Heero growled. Do not start now, I thought I was free of you. Then you just show up again, with no warning.
"No it isn't, but if you have found him right afterwards, what would you have done with him? Or to him?" Relena asked curiously. "He is trying to heal himself where he is. I think that he's ready to talk to you again."
"That is none of your business. And how do you know where he is, if the rest of us couldn't find him."
Relena smirked at him "I had help. And an inside tip, you might say. Just be gentle with him, he's fragile."
"Your acting like he isn't the same person that we worked with," Heero said, puzzled.
"Did you ever know him? I didn't. I don't think you did, but did you care then? He pulled own his weight and more, until you found him in bed with Treize, and then you acted like his was the enemy. He wasn't. He was confused kid that was being pulled in too many directions. Duo finally broke, Heero. And there was no one to put the pieces back together. So he's trying to do it himself, but I think that he needs to see you and Quatre to get some more of them back in place."
"I don't believe you Relena." Heero said What is your motive in this? Do you like Duo? Or is this another game to you, like chasing me throughout the war. You lost interest in me as soon as peace was declared.
"Why? Because I feel that I owe Treize for getting me out of the Romafeller's hands during the war? Because Duo saved me from whatever madness my brother was suffering from?" Relena quietly asked. "You don't know me. I don't know you. And I'm pretty sure that you never bothered to know Duo. He wouldn't let you. So try now. He needs a friend, someone who knew him when he was better. You and Quatre are it. He will relate to you easier then me. You were in the trenches with him, you swam through the same cesspool. I didn't, so I can't help him."
"We'll go to see him," Heero grudgingly admitted, "But I can't promise anything."
"Just try, because he needs someone." Relena said smiling happily at him, "I can't be that someone. The people that he has now can't be that either."
End Part 8
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