Smiling, Duo placed his hand over Heero's, entwining their fingers lightly. Bending just a little, Duo placed a gentle kiss on the top of Heero's head. Times like this when Heero was at ease, his guard down, Duo could see the young man that Heero could have been if not for the intervention of Odin and J. That was the man that Duo had fallen in love with. Not the hero admired by the populace or the Preventer agent with an almost perfect arrest record.

While those were aspects of Heero's personality, they were far from being the full picture. In fact they only covered one small part of it. The public persona would never stop in front of every pet store and watch the animals. Nor would he buy toys for his friend's children and regale them with stories their parents really didn't want shared. Most importantly he didn't share Heero's completely open and genuine smile, the one that went straight to Duo's heart, melting it like a shuttle on a crash course to middle of the sun.