New Haven

Chapter Twenty-Nine: It’s a Start.
Wufei chuckled as his lover tried to stop laughing. He looked over to see the foreman glaring at the laughing young man. “He laughs a lot.” Wufei murmured as he leaned down to pull Duo up. “Duo love, you are scaring the men.” Wufei told his wraith as he attempted to pull Duo up from the ground. He rolled his eyes and gave up when Duo’s knees gave out a second time because they were weak from laughter. He scooped him up as Heero grinned.
“I think that was a little too much.” Heero murmured as he followed Wufei. “I thought the foundation would be stronger.”
More laughter erupted from Duo when he heard Heero’s words. “Oh, oh, oh,” He gasped for breath. “Oh God, that is so rich!”
“Duo,” Wufei reprimanded dryly. “You are going to break your stitches if you don’t calm down.” He was holding his own laughter in. He approached the group waiting outside of the barriers that kept people safe.
Sakura was stretching toward him from Trowa’s shoulder as he came closer. “Uncle Heero!” She shouted as she bounced happily on said shoulder. The only thing that kept her from flying off was an arm securing her to the spot. “Uncle Heero do it again!” She squealed as loud as she could.
It was too much for Wufei. He calmly sat down with Duo still in his arms. It started out as a chuckle slowly evolving into full blown laughter roaring through the air. Duo’s laughter rumbled along with his.
Heero looked at the girl sitting on one of his lover’s shoulders disconcertedly. “Sakura…” He began only to be interrupted by the laughter building from the group waiting for them. He looked back at the building to see the front of it lying in a heap and shrugged in embarrassment. He wasn’t use to all this attention.
Quatre stepped past the barrier and threw himself at Heero laughing in delight. Heero was so adorable when he wasn’t sure of himself. Quatre loved seeing the expression on his face. He peppered the face with little kisses throwing smirks at Wufei and Duo setting their laughter off again and again at every smirk had some sort of funny face to go with it.
“Baba!” Sakura shouted in glee. “Did you see it? Did you see it? It went whoosh. Just like that.” Sakura clapped her hands together in delight. “It was so neat. It shook and shaked and went sliding down to the ground.” Sakura bounced on Trowa’s shoulder some more.
Damian rolled his eyes and saved Trowa’s shoulder from the antics of the six year old. “Come on Sakura. You’re going to break your Uncle Trowa’s shoulder bouncing on it like that.” He settled the girl on his hip as he watched Wufei and Duo laughing uproariously on the ground just beyond the barrier.
“I wouldn’t break Uncle Trowa’s shoulder.” Sakura informed him sticking her nose into the air. “I’m not like the bad guys.”
Upon hearing the words of their daughter Wufei and Duo who had just got in control of their laughter erupted from them again. Wufei fell back banging his head against the ground not caring as he rolled on the ground clasping Duo carefully to him. His daughter was on a roll and they needed this release.
“Baba,” Sakura called to her father. “You’re getting all dirty. You’re going to need a bath.” She wrinkled her nose in disgust.
Laughter erupted to even louder levels. Even Heero had joined in on the laughter. The tension that had been enveloping the group for days slowly melted away.
Katey rolled her eyes and poked a finger at her niece’s belly. “Well you’re just going to have to make sure that they take one as soon as we get home.”
Sakura nodded her head firmly. “You betcha.” Sakura intoned wisely. “They’ll definitely going to need. They are covered in dust!!!” She grinned. “I’ll have to check all the spots and make sure they are squeaky clean.”
The laughter grew louder as Sakura informed the group of her intentions. It sounded as if she would be wielding the scrub brush if she had any say in the matter. The picture in their heads of her standing over the two men in the bathtub shaking her finger and pointing out ‘dirty spots’ was too much for the adults. They leaned against each other as they laughed even harder.
Sakura placed a hand on Damian’s face and turned his eyes to her. He had a huge grin on his face. “Damian what did I say?” She asked in a loud whisper. “If I have to I’ll get right in the bath and help them!” She said indignantly.
A shout of laughter at the look on the six year old’s face was to much for the teens in the group. Damian shouted with laughter nearly dropping said girl and Angel and Katey held each other as they giggled unrepentantly.
“Sakura,” Katey managed between giggles. “I don’t think your Baba and Duo-Daddy would want you to join them in the bath.”
“Why?” Sakura asked a frown forming on her face. “Baba will need help getting Duo-Daddy all clean. He needs to get the dirt out of his hair and Duo-Daddy’s too. I can be a big help.” She shouted at the adults. She crossed her arms in indignation as the laughter got louder at her words.
The picture in the adults mind of Sakura trying to help wash the hair of both men was too much. The idea had formed of both men’s hair getting entangled and stuck together with little hands helping to make the entanglement worse. Several of the adults slid to the ground gasping for breath. Sakura was giving a well needed comedy release.
Wufei and Duo were the first two to come out of their laughter induced problem. He pressed a kiss to Duo’s forehead and pulled himself and Duo to their feet and moved to the barrier Quatre and Heero following.
Duo leaned heavily on his lover and grinned unrepentantly at the people beyond the barrier. He heard Wufei growl under his breath and the grin widened. “Sakura sweetie,” He called to her as they approached. “We would love for you to come take a bath with us.” He told her. He grinned even bigger and leaned forward making sure that Wufei had a good grip on him as he ruffled the soft black hair of his adorably pouting daughter. He turned to look at Wufei and found the same pout decorating his lover’s face. A giggle escaped. “Why don’t you and me have a bath and Baba can take a quick shower and then help us get all cleaned up?”
The frown on Sakura’s face eased as she thought about the suggestion. “Can we have a bubble bath?” She asked hesitantly. “A really big one?”
Wufei rolled his eyes as Duo and Sakura turned puppy dog eyes on him. There was no way that he could resist the two of them working on him together. “Fine.” He said with a sigh as he glared at the adults who were still giggling happily away at his discomfort. “But!” He added as Duo grinned and Sakura bounced on Damian’s hip. “Both of you have to take a nap afterwards and let Me do some work.”
Duo leaned over closer to have a whispered discussion with Sakura. Sakura nodded firmly to what Duo whispered and whispered something back. Damian grinned as he eavesdropped on the conversation.
“It’s a deal if you promise to let us sleep in our bed.” Duo pouted at him.
“Our bed?” Wufei asked with an arched eyebrow.
“Yeah that way Sakura and I can listen to you type on the computer and know that you are close.” Duo told him calmly. He pulled himself back to Wufei. “We need to get a pet or something for Sakura. She had some bad dreams and is scared of bad guys getting her.” Duo told him in a soft whisper.
Wufei sighed and nodded. “Alright. Alright you can sleep in our bed.” He lowered his voice so only Duo could hear. “We need one for Katey as well. I heard her several times during the night. We’ll talk to Quatre. I think Angel has the same problem and Alex will need something as well.”
Duo smiled and looked up at Wufei. “Me too. Me too.” He whispered with a gentle nudge of his hip.
Wufei rolled his eyes and motioned for Damian to hand Sakura over to him. “If Katey, Angel, and Damian come with us they could take care of the other children while the adults get work underway.” He suggested with a raised eyebrow to the teenagers and adults in question. He could hear the machinery start to work as he waited for a response.
Nods of agreement were given from all around. Damian, Katey, and Angel rounded up the children and followed the slow movements of Duo. Sakura held onto her Baba’s hand swinging it excitedly as they made their way back to the apartment. She babbled away about the building and how funny it had been to see it fall down because her Uncle Heero had hit it with a hammer.
The adults watched the children leave and smiled. The tension that had filled the air had lifted with the needed laughter.
Heero sighed as he leaned against Trowa. “We are definitely going to have an interesting time with both her and Duo in the house.” He commented as he watched them move further away. “And we need a bathroom for Sakura and Alex on our floor. I’m sure Wufei won’t mind giving up his office for it. He hardly ever uses it. I hardly use mine so that can be his room.”
Quatre nodded. He looked over at the architects with a grin. “We have some renovations for you.” He said dryly. “You can start on it as soon as possible.
It was a start. A start that they needed very much.