New Haven

Chapter Twenty-Six: Goody Goody
Wufei didn’t know how he survived the next twenty hours or so in the hospital. He had a rambunctious six year old, two teens who didn’t know what life was going to be like, and an ecstatic twenty-one year old with a dislocated shoulder and abdominal wound.
He rubbed his forehead as he pulled into the garage of his home. There was a verbal warfare going on in the back and a bouncing Duo sitting beside him. “We are home.” Wufei told the people in the car. He pushed open his door and went around to assist Duo out of the car.
Damian assisted Sakura out and waited with Katey by the stairs. Wufei turned and tossed his keys to Damian and moved slowly with sliding steps to the stairs.
Damian lead the group up the stairs and opened the door to the apartment. He was surprised to find a woman waiting in the entry way for them. He slid in with a frown as he recognized her from the hospital as the woman who had made Duo so upset.
Sakura pressed shyly into Damian’s legs as she peeked shyly at the woman. It was her first moment of shyness.
Katey scowled at her in dislike. She moved out of the way when she heard Wufei and Duo approaching.
Wufei scowled at the woman. He hadn’t wanted to see her.
“I moved the War room upstairs and put Sakura in there. I put Damian and Katey on the next floor.” Iria told them hurriedly. “The first room on the right on the second third floor is for Katey and the one on left is for Damian. I just thought I should be here to tell you.” She looked down shyly. She motioned for them to go look.
Damian and Katey moved towards the stairs that she had pointed to. They had never had a room to themselves.
Wufei looked down as Sakura turned to press herself to his legs. She wasn’t being shy he knew. She was scared.
“Hey Sakura.” Duo looked over to see the munchkin pressed to her father’s legs. “Let’s go check out the room. We can check out what new toys you got.” He held out his hand and motioned for her to accept.
Sakura ignored it and Wufei frowned in worry. He crouched down to his daughter’s level to find out why.
“Quatre said they would give pink!” Sakura whimpered as she wrapped her arms around her father’s neck.
“He promised me that she wouldn’t use any pink.” Wufei murmured as he slowly stood up Sakura secure in his arms. “Why don’t we check and if there is any you can stay with Duo and me until we fix it.” He looked at Duo wryly and motioned his love to lead the way. He heard nothing from the teens and frowned in worry. He would check on them after he settled Sakura and Duo in her room.
“The War room is the last door on the left upstairs.” Iria called as she watched Wufei match his steps to Duo’s shuffling steps. She turned and exited the apartment locking the door behind her as she went.

Duo paused before Sakura’s door and winked at her. He slowly cracked the door open and peeked in the room. It was a fairy princess room with an asian twist to it. It was done with light purples and burgundies with slight tones of green. There was a canopied bed in the center of the room that would easily hold the two adults and a child. Shelves with toys and books lined one wall. The windows had a view to the backyard and a day bed was placed in front of it with brass bars surrounding three sides of it. It was covered in pillows and stuffed animals. None of which were pink. Along the other wall was a desk, dresser, and night stands. There were night lights in all the electrical outlets on the walls. The closet was open with dresses, blouses and other dressy clothes for her.
Duo pulled his head back and looked in pretend horror at the little girl. “You don’t want to go in there.” He told her in shocked tones.
Sakura lifted her head from her father’s shoulder and stared at Duo. “Yes I do.” She told him stubbornly. She wanted to see how bad it actually was.
“Uhnn, uhn.” Duo told her shaking his head. “You do not want to go in there.”
“Yes I do.” Sakura said with a firm nod of her head motioning for her father to put her down.
Duo shook his head again. “No you DO NOT.” He looked down at her trying to keep his face from grinning.
“Yes I DO!” Sakura shouted in frustration.
Duo sighed. He looked up and winked at Wufei. “Oh. Okay.” Duo sighed at her. “But don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
He let Sakura open the door and waited for her reaction.
A delighted shriek filled the air and caused both men to wince at the pitch.
Wufei raised a questioning eyes and looked into the room where his daughter was bouncing in the center of the bed. He chuckled softly. He smiled softly as he took in the room. It was stunning and was perfect for his energetic daughter.
Duo chortled as he shuffled into the room to join the energetic girl in question. Wufei followed and watched as Duo helped test the bed. He laughed as Sakura yawned and cuddled into the pillows and Duo on the bed.
“Nap time.” He told the two as he approached the bed. He pulled a burgundy, purple and green comforter from the day bed and settled it over his loves. Duo nodded as he yawned as well. “I’ll go check on the teens. Then start dinner.” Duo nodded again absently not really hearing the words but comforted by them. Wufei leaned down and pressed a kiss to each forehead. He pulled away and stared in delight at the picture they made.
Wufei sighed and made his way out of the room to the stairs that went upstairs. He strode up them to the next floor. He noticed the two open doors and wondered which door to start with. He pushed the door to Katey’s room and looked in.
Katey was sitting in the center of the room on the floor. It was very similar to Sakura’s but darker purple tones and more of an adult flavor. The bed was just as huge and a computer terminal and entertainment center were on either side of the window looking out side.
“Katey.” Wufei said softly as he made his way to the young lady sitting in stunned amazement on the floor. “Katey. It is for you. Only you. You deserve it as much as anyone I have ever known.”
Katey slowly turned her green hazel eyes to look at Wufei. “But…but… but…”
Wufei smiled gently at the girl. “You do deserve this.” He looked at her softly. “No one else I know deserves this as much as you, Damian, and Duo.”
Katey stared at him as he crouched two feet away from her. She stared for several minutes as she took in his words.
Wufei was the next person to be stunned. Katey had launched herself into his arms and was pressing her face into his chest as she sobbed her heart out. He had landed on his ass and wrapped his arms around the girl trembling in his arms. He started to rock her gently as she sobbed away. She soaked his shirt as she did. Wufei didn’t care this was the first time she had cried since she had gotten away from the hell she had lived in and he didn’t count the times she had sobbed in her sleep as she slept.
Several more minutes passed before she pushed away from him.
Wufei brushed her hair out of her face and wiped tears away. “You. Are. A. Princess.” He slowly stated firmly. “You are what you want to be. Not what they tried to make you.”
Katey took a shuddering breath as she looked at her new brother. She gave a watery smile and nodded. “I’ll try.” She whispered as she pulled further away.
“No.” Wufei growled at her. “You will do so. Because you are strong and you are a survivor like my Duo.” He waited for her to acknowledge his words.
Katey blinked and nodded hesitantly still giving a watery smile.
“Two doors down on the right is a washroom.” Wufei told her as he slowly pushed himself up from the floor. “You may want to put cold water on your eyes and take a nap. This has been an emotional experience for you. Know that I am here for you, as well as Duo and your new uncles. We always will be.” He assured pressing a finger to her cheek. He looked at her solemnly. “We can make you laugh, listen to your problems and just be there for you.”
He gave her slight grin and moved to the doorway. He looked back to see her eyes take on a faraway look. He knew that she was thinking of what he had said. He shook his head and moved on to Damian.
He pushed to door further open to see Damian was sitting in a chair by the window. He turned to look at Wufei as he entered.
Wufei looked over the room. It was done in blues, greens, and blacks. The bed was a huge gothic piece similar to the one in his room with four posts. All the furniture was of dark wood. The desk was a set up to connect to the entertainment unit and was made around the corner of the room opposite of the bed. There was a lot of pillows and bean bag chairs around the room for entertainment of friends and looked like a teenage boys dream room. On the walls were posters of music groups and Preventer rules, recruiting, and regulation posters. Wufei chuckled at that.
“Why?”
Wufei blinked. “Why what?”
“Why this…?” Damian asked him as he watched the older man. “Why did you do this for me? I’m not worth this.”
“To myself and Duo you are.” Wufei told him. He met the chocolate brown eyes. “We want you to have a life and be happy. Duo is going too.” He watched as he looked at the other person. “I will not let anyone else who hasn’t had the chance not have the ability to have the chance.” He gave a slight smile. “Even you.”
“Duo didn’t have to do this for us. No one had to.” Damian growled as he pushed from the chair.
“Exactly.” Wufei said promptly.
Damian paused in his movements. He stared at the other man.
“We didn’t have to.” Wufei retorted. “We want to.”
Damian stared open mouthed at him. “You want too.” He said slowly. Not believing the words he heard. “You want to do this for me. You don’t know me.”
“No we don’t but we want to. And you want to show us who you want to be. We want to be there as you discover who you are.” Wufei’s smile widened. “This is the goody goody part. Enjoy it. We will make you work for this. You will educate yourself and you will help others as well. It was a given as soon as you told Quatre’s sisters off.” Wufei turned away and made his way back to the door. He turned back before he left. “This is your chance to become someone. Take it while it is there.”
Damian stared as the man left. He sat back down and looked back out the window. ‘Yes,’ He thought, ‘It’s time to become some one.’