A lot of people have pointed out that they think that the people around Duo and Wufei aren't reacting as violently as they think they should. I disagree.

I have several friends who are gay, living in a town that won the award for being the worst homo friendly town in the country – four years in a row. They get rude comments by drunk people, they suffered hell through school and people give them strange looks when they walk by. But still, most people do not react that strongly. Some are uncomfortable at first but they relax after a while when they realize that, no, they are not going to be groped. People are mostly polite but curious, they don't mean any harm.

Then there is Duo's mother. I actually sat along in a discussion with a couple of actors who all wanted their children to end up gay for a lot of reasons. So for me, Duo's mother is totally normal XD

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Oh, and I'm not in the mood to care about peoples sensibilities. There is SEX in this chapter, if you can't stomach it, then don't read it.

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What Nature Screwed Up – Ten years later.

Life Is Good.

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"Jenny! We got to go! Come get your shoes on." Duo called out impatiently as he pressed another extra couple of diapers into the already over filled bag. The side pockets were all stretched to the limit and the middle zipper could very barely be closed, but only if you used force.

"Coming!" Was the chirping answer, but the sound of hurrying steps that he wanted to hear was absent. Duo groaned. Why did this happen every single time they were going somewhere? It was like no matter what time they would get started, they were always running around like headless chickens minutes before they -had- to leave. He went through his mental check list. Washcloth- both wet and dry, diapers, pacifier, extra pacifier, Treize stuffed frog-

Duo held the blue, smiling frog up for inspection. The thing was only half way covered in dried droll; it didn't need to be washed just yet. He stuffed it into the pocket of his hoody for easy access.

-blankets, hats, umbrella, lotion, baby food , spoons, bibs, towels, extra shirts for the boys-

"Are you coming? We are going to be late" Wufei said impatiently as he stuck his head through the open front door. The 'again' was left unsaid.

"I'm almost done, are the twins in the car?" He asked as he swung the bag up on his shoulder and made sure that he had his keys, phone and wallet- damn where was his wallet?

"Yeah, start the car would you, I'll take Jenny."

"Yeah, have you seen my wallet?"

"In the stroller bag."

"Right, good." Duo muttered and went for the front door while Wufei picked up a pair of bright pink sneakers with purple butterflies on them and steered his steps towards the stairs.

Duo hurried outside, throwing the bag in next to the folded stroller in the back of the car, not even stopping the check if his wallet really was in there before jogging over to the driver seat.

A minute later the front door opened and closed behind a stressed looking Wufei.

"Daddy! I forgot my Barbie!" The four year old protested from where she was being carried by her running father. "We have to get my Barbie!" She desperately tried to convince him as he opened the door to the backseat.

"Your anorectic antichrist will still be here when we get back." Wufei muttered absently as he sat her down on the car seat and leaned in over her to fasten her seatbelt. He then stepped back to close the door.

Duo couldn't help but snicker as he watched his daughter's confused face in the rearview mirror. Wufei jumped into the passenger seat, slamming the door with a- "Go!" Duo hit the gas.

A quick look at the clock on the dashboard told him that they just might make it in time to Jenny's kindergarten introduction.

Ten minutes and a few broken traffic rules later they parked outside the kindergarten. Working as a well practiced team, they got the stroller out and the five month old twins into it. Jenny was held in a secure grip by Duo so that she wouldn't explore the water poodles along the edge of the parking lot or the water filled ditch next to it. Because no matter how much she liked her new "My Little Pony" dress, there were no way that he trusted her to stay clean anywhere near wet mud.

Making sure that they had everything with them, they hurried their steps towards the building. As they opened the door, they breathed out a sigh in relief at the chaos that met them on the other side. Children were running around, screaming, laughing, and crying - while their parents tried their best to create some order while getting their jackets and rubber boots off.

It was good to know that you weren't the only ones who had to live through it. Jenny tugged on his hand, trying to get lose with her eyes stuck on the colorful playroom that they could see straight into through the open door on the other side of the coatroom. He managed to get her to stay still long enough to get her coat and shoes off while Wufei were doing his best to comfort Treize, who must have been startled by the sudden volume change when they stepped in.

"Daddy, come on." Jenny urged impatiently as she tugged him towards the door. It was clear that no matter how exited she was, she was not going in there without back up. Duo looked over at Wufei who gave him a dismissive wave with his free hand, as if to say that he had the situation under control.

Duo kicked his shoes off at the red line painted on the floor with a picture of a crossed over rubber boot and a sneaker above it. Continuing in their socks, they approached the doorway. Jenny was holding his hand in a iron grip as she looked around the room, both in apprehension and excitement.

The bright room was filled with mattress, pillows and toys. The walls were painted in a light peach color with large windows overlooking the playground outside.

Children were running around like dizzy puppies, building forts and driving plastic cars around with loud sound effects.

He could feel Jenny start to gravitate toward the colorful blocks that a few kids were lifting out of a large plastic container. They were building what looked like an unsteady tower.

Duo pulled her forward by the hand without following. "Go play." He said softly and without another glance at him, she went for the blocks.

Duo smiled proudly as he watched her and another girl start to build something together. Jenny was reminding him more and more of Wufei for everyday. Just as brave, loyal - not to mention stubborn.

He took a few steps back so that he wouldn't be bothering their seemingly complicated building operation. And really, what child wanted to have their parent hovering over them?

"Duo?"

Duo turned around and came face to face with a familiar man. It took him a second to remember his name. "Peter, hey." He greeted his childhood friend. "What are- You're living here now?"

The short, bearded man smiled as they shock hands. "Yeah, we moved here a few weeks ago, not that you could tell from all the boxes all over the place."

Duo laughed, pulling his hand back to hook his thumb into his jeans pocket. "Don't get me started on boxes. We have several standing in the garage and we moved in almost two years ago. "

Peter chuckled. "So I'm guessing that I don't have to ask what brings you hear since it's kind of obvious."

"Sure is, that's my daughter over by the blocks in the pink dress." He said, flicking his head towards her.

Peter smiled. "Cute, doesn't look a thing like you thankfully."

Duo playfully punched his old friend in the arm. "Shut it, I'll have you know that she has my nose and my chin." He grinned, looking around the room. "So what poor kid is yours then?"

Peter turned to his right, pointing towards the far side of the room. "Dark haired boy in the red t-shirt."

"The one being responsible for a rather tragic flight accident I'm guessing." Duo said as they watched the kid 'crash' two planes together, enthusiastically imitating the sound of it.

"That would be him." Peter grinned. "That kid goes through toys faster than anyone I have ever seen." He turned back to Duo. "So, I'm guessing that you're still together with Meilan."

Duo opened his mouth to say yes, only to close it again. He never really knew what to say in a situation like this. He was still together with Meilan, only that to everyone else – it looked differently.

Neither of them liked the reaction tat most of the people had wen they found out about Wufei's gender switch. It was like they couldn't understand why someone would want to go from being in a normal relationship to being in one that society didn't fully approve of.

They thought Wufei was selfish, both towards Duo and their children. That he put his own whim before his family's needs and reputation. They just didn't understand that something that nature did wrong had been put right, not the other way around. In their world it was easy. Female body = female. But they knew differently, because Wufei sure as hell wasn't a female.

Duo didn't feel like going through all that, especially with a childhood friend in the middle of a playroom. "Nah, we broke up over ten years ago." He replied easily.

Peter blinked in surprise and looked over to where a miniature replica of Meilan was carefully putting blocks up on top of a tall tower together with a giggling, blond girl. Duo shrugged. "I guess you could say that Meilan surrogated for us."

"Us?"

Duo turned slightly to his side, nodding his head towards Wufei who was kicking his shoes off over by the door with Timmy in the baby carrier and Treize cradled against his chest.

Peter's mouth dropped open as he watched Wufei walk over to them.

"Here, take him." Wufei said as he handed Treize over to him. "Timmy needs to be changed."

Duo easily maneuvered his youngest son up against his shoulder, brushing his fingers over Wufei's in support as the other man went back the same way he came.

Peter had been a good friend both to him and to Meilan and it was obvious that Wufei was a bit sad that he couldn't greet his friend like he wanted to.

Usually, it was easier for Wufei to pretend to be someone new. The aternative was to ether try to figure out a believable lie to why he knew someone who didn't recognize him, or try to explain a lifelong gender crisis. That was something that he knew that Wufei did not want to do, especially not in the middle of a kindergarten.

Peter seemed to be more than a little lost for words so Duo decided to help him along a bit. "Yeah, I'm gay now –or bi, not that it matters since I married him almost eight years ago." He said, with a smile.

Peter gave him a wide eyed look. "Oh… well that was a surprise."

Duo snorted. "Tell me about it, I sure didn't see it coming."

"I assume that's the reason why Mei- erh, sorry. Not my business."

Duo just waved his hand, in a unintentional imitation of Wufei. "Nah, don't worry about it. It's a bit complicated, but let's just say that Meilan get along very well with me and my family. There are no hard feelings between us."

Peter nodded, looking happy to hear it. "Oh, that's good. Wish I could say the same thing about my old girlfriends. But on the other hand, Meilan was something else."

Duo chuckled as he bounced Treize slightly when the baby started to become restless. "That she is."

"What is she up to now days? Did she ever go to law school like she wanted?"

"Yeah she did, top of her class and everything." Duo smiled proudly.

"That's great, what's she doing now days?"

This was the part that Duo hated. He didn't want to lie but at the same time, he couldn't tell the whole truth. Luckily, he was saved from answering as a one of the kindergarten teachers clapped her hands, getting everyone's attention. "If all the parents would come into the dining room, then we can start the introduction." The happily smiling woman said, gesticulating in through one of the open doors at the end of the play room. Like a flock of sheep, the parents started walking.

In the dining room, there were several tables standing in neat lines with all the chairs turned so that they were facing the back wall. A whiteboard was standing on a easel, happily proclaimed "Welcome parents" in big colorful letters.

"We'll talk later." Peter said, slapping him on the shoulder as he went to join his wife who had already taken a seat in the front of the room.

Duo nodded as he stood back to take one of the chairs in the back, close to the door so that Wufei didn't have to look for him when he got back.

Treize started fussing, kicking his legs in annoyance as he gave of a low complaining whine. A whine that slowly started to grow in strength. Digging around in his pocket for a moment, Duo managed to find the stuffed frog and danced it around in front of the baby's face. Treize screeched happily, trying to grab it with his small, chubby fingers. Duo handed it over and the child instantly started sucking on the frog's rubber fingers. He stroke his sons back, happy to have avoided a loud tantrum.

There were a few others with small children but most seemed to be here with only the soon to be kindergarteners. From his seat in the back, Duo could easily overlook all the rest of the parents. There were about ten couples there, all looking wholesome and proper, like something out of a movie. As usual, they were the only same sexed couple. Not that he was surprised. Most people were too polite to say anything but he could tell that they were curious. Let them look, they would get used to them soon enough and then they would be old news.

Someone lightly touched his shoulder and he looked over at a smiling young woman standing next to him. "Hallo, I'm Danielle, I just thought that since you seemed to be here on you're own, I would keep you company." Her whole approach just screamed 'single mother on the prowl.'

Duo quickly made sure to disillusion her. "Well my husband is changing one of the kids but feel free to sit down." He really should start wearing his wedding ring more often when he wasn't at work.

Her face fell but she sat down anyway, clearly feeling out of place. Duo could sympathize. Being the odd man out quickly became tiring. By the look of it, she was the only one there alone and the way she held herself made it obvious that, she not only was a single mother, she was also a lot younger than the rest of them. Duo guessed that she couldn't be older then 19 or 20. She really stood out among all the seemingly normal, happy couples.

"So, which one is yours?" Duo asked the woman, trying to make her feel more at ease.

She seemed to snap out of her low thoughts and smiled proudly. "That would be Jennifer who's strangling the white bunny over there." She turned around in her seat, pointed out the door towards the back of the playroom where a small blond girl with a stuffed bunny under her arm were building a tower with Jenny.

Duo grinned at the irony as he watched the two giggling girls. Jenny and Jennifer, yeah, he had a feeling that they were going to be stick together for years to come. He might as well get to know her mother because they would going to be seeing a lot more of each other in the future. "Ah, that would be the girl playing with my daughter then."

He saw Jenny pause and wave happily towards someone, a second later, Wufei walked in with Timmy probed up on his arm. Duo smiled when his husband brushed against his shoulder as he moved to sit down in the chair next to him. Timmy was hanging limply over his shoulder, drooling over the towel that Wufei placed under him.

"Hey Wu, this is- sorry, what was your name again?" He turned towards the young woman.

"Oh, Danielle, nice to meet you."

"Danielle, this is Wufei, Wufei this is the mother of Jenny's new best friend." Wufei tilted his head to look over at the two girls while Duo went on. "And I'm Duo, this is Treize." He hefted the frog chewing baby up further on his shoulder." And the sleeping wonder would be Timmy."

"Nice to meet you." She said, smiling gratefully. One of the kindergarten teachers stepped up in front of the parents and cleared her throat to get their attention. She was a tall, slightly intimidating woman wearing a light blue blouse and a neat pair of pants. The red, pointy glasses that rested on her nose seemed to glare them all in to submission.

"Welcome everyone, we will start by going through the basics, then we will tell you a bit of what we have planned for the year. We will be taking a short coffee break before we go on."

Duo tilted his head to the side, leaning his cheek against his son's soft hair as he listened.

The sun was shining through the windows along the side of the room, defining the heavy rain clouds that earlier had covered the entire sky. One of the teachers had closed the door to the playroom but you could still make out the happy shouts and giggles coming from the other side. Duo sighed happily, soaking in the comforting surrounding.

Treize gave off a soft noise in protest as he transferred him from one arm to the other. Babies might be small but they were pretty heavy to carry around.

The woman with the scary glasses went on, telling them in detail just how sick a child could be before they had to stay at home. He heard Wufei's soft, annoyed sigh where he was re-crossing his arms, clearly getting impatient. Duo suspected that the only reason why his foot wasn't tapping was because he had placed the sleeping Timmy in his lap.

Duo reached out and took a hold of his hand, holding it gently in his own, playing with his fingers. He hoped that it would distract him from the kindergarten teacher who was more or less treating all the parents like idiots.

If you're child was throwing up, you shouldn't take them to the kindergarten. No. Really?

Luckily, he was getting better at distracting Wufei from his hunt for justice. Back in the 'Meilan era' Wufei had always had a thing for taking the 'little guys' side. In those days, Duo would just take a step back while nodding and smiling at the right places. Now, when Wufei was had been working as a lawyer for a few years and had more or less memorized the law book, Duo took it upon himself to hold Wufei back.

It was one thing if Wufei wanted to help their neighbor get custody of his children from his alcoholic ex-wife or if the landlord wouldn't fix the water damage under the tub. That was all well and good. It was a completely different thing if Wufei wanted to take on cigarette companies, toy manufactures or the government itself in search for justice.

He found, that as long as he managed to distract him before Wufei got himself worked up, then everything was fine and Duo didn't have to worry about rants, lawsuits or a over worked husband

The woman in the front had moved on and were now more or less telling them how to raise their children. Wufei opened his mouth, probably to protest and Duo decided that it really was time to distract his husband. Fortunately, Wufei was a lot easier to distract then when he'd been as a girl. He wrapped a finger around Wufei's middle finger, moving it up and down, up and down. And just like that, Wufei was distracted and had forgotten all about what he had planned to say.

It was just too easy.

Wufei gave him a heated look that told him all about what was going to happen in their bedroom later on when the children were asleep in their rooms.

Duo was really happy that they weren't living in his small apartment anymore. Their sex life would be non-existing it they were. A large house with some distance between the bedrooms really was a blessing.

It was a good thing that Wufei had gotten promoted because god knows that car mechanics didn't make all that much money. They would have been living in the fish factory until they retired if they had been living on his salary.

He was even more grateful to Wufei's salary when it came to their children. As it was, it had taken them four years to get the money they needed and another year to find a fitting surrogate mother for Jenny. About five years after that, the twins were born and he couldn't have been happier.

Duo smiled sadly, stroking his son's back.

Well, he could be, but what could you expect when your mother hated his mother in law. He had managed to keep them away from each other for almost two years until Wufei popped the question.

You couldn't -not- invite your mother to your own wedding, no matter how much you wanted to.

The whole thing had gone to hell from the start.

His mother had been as emotional as he had ever seen her when he meet her right before the weeding. She even hugged him, something that he couldn't remember happening since he was a small child. Then Fann showed up and showered him with kisses before crying in happiness all over his chest.

His mother sure didn't like that. It only got worse when Fann started calling him son and remarked that he really was already a part of the family but it was nice that it was going to be in name as well. Luckily, his mother was a good enough actress to fake her way through the wedding, the party afterwards on the other hand was something Duo tried not to think about. There had been far too many drunk relatives in one room for his taste. They had started the weeding night very early just to get away from it.

Duo rearranged Treize against his shoulder as he listened as the kindergarten teachers told them about the different kind of fieldtrip that they were going to have during the year. From the playroom they could hear the loud, happy voices of the children. Duo smiled gently. He just knew that Jenny was going to love it here.

Wufei squirmed again, over god knows what injustice, tensing and relaxing his jaw as if he was trying to hold in a protest.

Pretending to stretch out his arm, Duo let it rest against the back of Wufei's chair. Slowly, he started to trace circles in the back of the other mans neck. He instantly had Wufei's attention. Scratching his nails up and down he got a happy little sigh and a unclenched jaw as Wufei relaxed. Deciding that it was better to be safe than sorry, he let his arm drop down to the seat, before more or less discreetly pushing his hand down the back of Wufei's pants. He had just enough time to grab a feel before Wufei's startled jump woke Timmy up. The baby started up in a fire alarm sounding wail, attraction the attention of everyone in the room.

"Excuse me." Wufei mumbled, looking embarrassed as he got to his feet. Duo's hand slipping away unnoticed and he smiled, feeling pleased with himself. Wufei glared at him as he hurried past him out the door. He was so going to pay for that later.

The kindergarten teacher pushed her glasses up at the interruption. "We might as well take our break now. The coffee will be served in the kitchen, Marie here will be serving lemonade and some cookies for the children."

The parents started to get to their feet, stretching and moving towards the kitchen door. There were quite a few curious looks being sent towards the back of the room.

Danielle watched the parents go with badly concealed jealousy.

Duo knew what she was thinking or more exactly, what she wished for. To be just another normal couple that no one paid any special attention to.

He knew, because he felt the same as he saw a few parents whisper between themselves as he walked past them. There were some rare days when he wished that Wufei had never done that sex change. That he could just walk down the street, holding his lover's hand without having people stare. There were days when he had to remind himself that those people were the once who were wrong, not them. Luckily, as time went by, it was easier and easier to remember that.

A part from the curious looks, he mostly didn't really think much about it anymore. He had gotten so used to Wufei's new body that he could hardly remember how it had looked before. Not to mention that he knew that Wufei would never be truly happy as a female, not the way he was now. The looks were annoying, but they didn't hurt, they didn't make him feel ashamed or like an outsider, not anymore.

He had learned to accept a lot of changes to the point that almost nothing really bothered him anymore. Wufei sometimes teased him, saying that he had found enlightenment. But in a way, he was right. Duo had found peace in his way of life, he knew what he wanted and he was content. More than content, he loved his life. But that didn't mean that he didn't feel a twitch of resentment towards all the normal looking people who stared in badly counseled curiosity as he took Wufei's hand. But people were curious, there was not much to do about that.

After waiting a few minutes in line over by the kitchen counter, he poured himself and Danielle some coffee. She quietly thanked him and they made their way back to their seat, turning the chairs back to the table and sat down.

The young woman on the other side of the table played with her cup, turning her eyes away from the rest of the parents. "So, if you don't mind me asking, why are you taking your daughter to kindergarten while you still have babies to take care of, wouldn't it be easier to just have them all at home?"

Duo gave a slight shrug with his free shoulder. "Well, we could, but we live in a neighborhood where there are not a lot of kids around, so we figured that we might as well take her here where she can make friends." Wufei might think it was perfectly normal for a four year old to have several imaginary friends, but Duo for one was sick of setting the table for three 'people' who wasn't there. Thank god that he had managed to convince her that invisible people ate invisible food and not the same food as they did. "Not to mention that two five month olds are kind of a handful on their own." The adorable shit producers were luckily pretty timed so that when one was hungry, the other one was soon to follow. Which was why he took an extra sniff every now and then to check when it was time to change on Treize.

"I took time off to take care of the kids, but I'm going back to work next week and after then it's going to be Wufei's turn. He planned to work from home." Duo snorted lightly. "How well that's going to works out is something we are just going to have to wait and see." He leaned his head away from Treize as he took a sip of his coffee, careful not to spill anything. He had a hard time understanding how Wufei planned on preparing his cases while he had two bored babies demanding attention. But if anyone would manage, it was Wufei.

He looked up as his smiling daughter ran in to the room. "Daddy! Daddy, look, they have Barbie dolls." She grinned, pulling at his hoody, as if to make sure she had his full attention.

Duo nodded. "Well, look at that." He said neutrally as he looked at the dolls in her hands.

"This one is a princess because she has a crown." She held up the smiling doll that was indeed wearing a crown with pink rocks that matched her worn looking, pink dress.

"Really, that's nice." Duo was a master at nodding and smiling, not to mention faking interest. "And this one?" He asked, tapping the doll she had in her other hand.

Jenny frowned down at the smiling doll. "She's not a real Barbie because she has dark hair. She's the princess's… the princess's… the one who cleans and comb her hair."

Duo bit back a laugh, happy that Wufei wasn't around to hear this, he would throw a fit. "Is that so?"

"Yeah, Jennifer has a mermaid Barbie that's a princess too."

Duo smiled and nodded while Jenny prattled on about Barbie dolls, their house, clothes, pets and shoes that for some reason were always missing.

Jenny had turned out to be a very "girly" girl, much to Wufei's horror. She only played with dolls and things that were pretty. Everything, from her toys to her clothes and toothbrush had to be in bright, feminine colors. Wufei had tried to talk her out off the baby pink wallpaper with smiling princesses and unicorns that she wanted. That talk didn't go all that well and in the end they didn't just put up the wallpaper, they got her the matching curtains, rug and bedcover. Because for some reason, the four year old did not understand that she was being brainwashed to be a part of a 'preposterous standard which females struggled to reach to feel accomplished and that she should revolt against societies norms' as Wufei put it.

Instead she delivered the killing argument. "I like pink!" closely followed by her weapon of mass destruction -tear filled eyes.

The poor father found himself completely defeated. Pink wallpaper it was, even if it made Wufei shudder every time he entered the room.

As fast as she had come, she disappeared again, leaving her amused father behind.

"Cut kid." The young woman remarked.

"That she is, got me wrapped around her finger like no one else." He had a bit larger chance to win against Wufei, but not by much. At least that was what he tried to convince himself of.

"Believe me, I know. Jennifer has me and my mother under her thump."

Duo chuckled, rearranging the baby on his arm.

Wufei came back empty handed and happily steered his steps towards the large pots to served himself some coffee. Duo watched him with a smile, wondering just how Wufei was going to get back at him for his little stunt.

Wufei came back, cradling the plastic cup in his hands. "Timmy is dead asleep in the stroller, you think Treize is ready for a nap soon?" He asked as he sat down in the chair next to him.

Duo stroke the back of the baby's head. "Probably, he's been really good today."

"I just hope that Timmy will sleep tonight since he's been asleep for larger part of the day."

Duo snorted. "That kid lives to sleep, I don't think it will be a problem."

They two brothers were pretty different. Timmy was smaller, calmer and spend most of his time sleeping while Treize was bigger, more energetic and closer to tears and screams.

But by god, he loved them just the way they were.

He looked over towards the playroom, through the open door, checking Jenny by habit more than worry. At first he couldn't find her, then he saw her leave trough a open door, carrying a doll with curly blond hair. She was closely followed by Jennifer who was also caring a doll. He was amused to see that Jenny was comforting the 'crying baby' the same way as Wufei sometimes did, by tipping the baby back and forth until it got distracted and stopped crying.

"So, if everyone is ready, we'll start again." The woman in the glasses said with a happy smile, making Duo wonder if she was on drugs. People who changed dippers for a living shouldn't be that happy. He spun his chair around again, settling in to listen.

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"So, did you like it?" Duo asked as he held the door open for his family.

Jenny skipped over to him and he took her small hand in his. "Yeah, they have a doll room with a stow and a vacuum-cleaner and a table to change the diapers and beds and clothes-"

Duo nodded as she went on to describe all the toys she had played with and the doll that could pee when you feed it.

"It's all a part of societies brainwashing to make females fit into predetermined gender roles." Wufei muttered angrily under his breath and Duo just knew that the kindergarten teachers were going to hate Wufei and his feministic ideas.

"Could you please wait with the feministic revolution until after she has settled down." Duo sighed in a frustrated voice as the door closed behind them.

"Daddy! Listen." The girl demanded, giving him an identical glare to the one Wufei was giving him from his other side. Duo bit back another sigh. There was no way that he was ever going to win.

"Sorry princess, what did you say?" He asked as he pried one of Wufei's hands away from the stroller and lazed their fingers together. His daughter smiled and he could just feel Wufei doing the same thing. Life was good.

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That evening the two of them curled up in front of the television, trying to unwind from the stressful day. They were watching some a romantic action movie that, so far, was not impressing ether of them.

"It's going to feel so strange to go back to work." Duo mumbled into his husband's hair. Wufei was sitting between his legs, leaning back against his chest where he was watching the screen with barely open eyes.

"I can imagine, don't forget to ask the blond about having you work half days on Fridays."

"The blond?" Duo snickered. "Are you still pissed at Quatre?"

"Of course I am! He destroyed seven files and countless of very important legal documents."

"He didn't do it on purpose." Duo reminded him, kissing the top of his head.

"It doesn't matter. It was fucking embarrassing to show up at meeting after meeting with his mess all over my papers."

"Maybe I'll suggest that he should give me the time off if he ever wants to get into your good grace again."

Wufei crossing his arms with a huff. "We'll see."

"Well speaking of coffee, I want coffee." He shoved Wufei with his elbow. "Give me coffee."

"I shouldn't give you anything for that stunt you pulled today." Wufei grumbled stubbornly.

"Oh but you can't deny me." Duo rubbed his nose against the back of Wufei's ear. "Give me coffee," His nibbled the shell. "Please Mei." He whispered, sucking the ear into his mouth.

"Oh for the love of, fine." Wufei grumbled as he got to his feet, rubbing his wet ear.

"Thank you." Duo said sweetly as he turned back to the television.

Ah yes. Life was good. Unfortunately, this movie wasn't. The hero, who was far too good looking to be working as a cleaner had gotten a hold of a magical medallion that was giving him magical, fighting skills that the hero used to fight evil. The medallion also appeared to help him lose his shirt over and over again. Duo suspected that magical ability to be the main reason why they were still watching the movie.

The sound of small running feet came closer and closer until the hurricane that he liked to call his daughter came through the door. "Daddy look! I made you a necklace." She held the string that was covered random, colorful pearls out to him.

"Thank you princess. Did you do this all on your own?" He asked admiring the plastic pearls.

She nodded happily as she climbed up next to him on the couch.

"Yes! Take it on." She urged him, bouncing in excitement.

With a more or less sincere smile, Duo lifted the necklace to pull it over his head. It was a tight fit and Duo almost had to sacrifices the tip of his nose to get it on. "There, am I pretty now?" He asked as he lifted his chin to show off the necklace.

The girl giggled. "Yeah, I'm going to make one for dad too."

"You do that princess, I'm sure he will be very happy." He said, holding his laughter in.

With one last smile she turned and ran back the way she came.

Oh man, Wufei was going to just love this. He snickered to himself as he turned back to the movie. The hero had just managed to save the girl and were fighting off several mean looking thugs to get them out of the bad guys hideout. Duo snorted as he watched the hero deliver a clumsy kick to one of the men's head. "Even I could do better than that." He mumbled. "This movie sucks." He was about to reach for the remote, but just then the hero lost his shirt again. Duo leaned back, remote forgotten.

A few minutes later, Wufei came back with two steaming mugs and a couple of cookies on a plate. He sat it all down on the table before doing a double take as he was about to sit down. "I think you're taking the gay thing a bit too far." He said, hocking a finger around his new necklace.

"You just wait, you'll get your own any time now." Duo reached out to get a hold of his mug.

"Hm." Was all Wufei said as he sat back down, making himself comfortable.

And as he predicted, just a few minutes later, Jenny was back once again with a present.

"Thank you, it's really pretty." Wufei said, sounding completely sincere. "I'm going to take really good care of it and only wear it on special occasions."

Jenny was almost vibrating in pride by the time Wufei was done with his praise and on his encouragement she ran off to make one for uncle Quatre.

"That was mean." Duo remarked with a smile. "You know that Q can't say no to her."

Wufei smirked. "That would teach him to keep track of his coffee mugs."

"You do realize that she'll make you wear it when you're dressed up to meet a new client, right?"

"Nah." Wufei denied easily, taking a sip from his mug. "She'll forget all about it soon… if someone doesn't go out of his way to remind her." He said, giving Duo a look over his shoulder.

"I bet you, that even without being reminded, she'll remember it."

"You're on." Wufei grinned before turning back to the movie were the hero was disarming a bad guy with a obviously fake punch.

Wufei snorted. "This movie sucks." He said and Duo made a noise in agreement. The hero was suddenly drenched in water, making his pants just about see-through. No one reached for the remote.

Seven disarmed bad guys and one shirt later, a commercial break started up and Duo entertained himself by softly stroking his fingertips up and down th inside of Wufei's arm. Wufei responded by rubbing his thumb along the edge of Duo's pants. Neiter of them spared the television any attention after that as they slowly teased each other.

Duo let his fingertips move down over his husband's chest, touching him through his buttoned up shirt. Wufei's thump was joined by his entire hand under the hoody, stoking his waist softly.

Duo's fingertips tripped over an engorged nipple, backtracking to give it a sharp pinch. Wufei chuckled darkly. "Bad boy." He rumbled fondly, dipping a couple of fingers in under the edge of Duo's pants.

"Dad! Look!" Jenny ran into the room, holding another multi colored necklace in her hand.

Wufei calmly pulled his hand out from under Duo's hoody and took it. "That's very nice sweetheart, I'm sure Quatre will be very happy."

"Can I give it today?" She asked hopefully, pulling on the edge of her dress.

"No, not today. It's late and Quatre needs to sleep." He gave Duo a leer over his shoulder. "I'll give you a ride over to him on Monday, then you can say hi to daddy too." Jenny grinned happily.

Duo snorted in amusement and pushed Wufei off of him and got to his feet. "And now it's time for bed." He said, taking the little girl's hand.

"I want to sleep with you." She informed him happily.

Duo nodded. "Let's go brush your teeth first, okay?"

"Okay." She held up her arms to be picked up.

Duo groaned. "No horse riding tonight, daddy's back needs to rest."

Jenny nodded and started skipping towards the bathroom, feeling relieved Duo moved to follow her.

As he passed Wufei, he got a heated look that spoke volumes on how the night's plans didn't include their daughter sleeping in their bed. Duo just smiled, brushing his hip against Wufei's front in a promise for more.

Wufei sucked in a breath between his teeth. "I'll go check on the boys."

Duo leered. "You do that."

It was a bit too early for full grown men to go to bed, but what were you supposed to do when it was a bullet proof way to make sure that your kid was a sleep in no time? They changed into their sleep wear. T-shirt and boxers for Wufei, pajamas bottoms for him and a light pink nightgown with puppies on it for Jenny.

From when they had settled down, it took barely two minutes for Jenny to fall asleep. They waited a couple of more, just to make sure.

"I'll take her." Duo whispered. Carefully he lifted his sleeping burden out of the bed, ignoring that his shoulders were protesting against the stain. Quietly they walked through the house. Wufei walked a couple of steps ahead, opening doors and kicking toys out of the way.

As he waited patiently for Wufei to lift the duvet and get the seemingly hundreds of dolls and stuffed animals off the bed, he took a moment to look at his husband. Wufei had gained a lot more muscles in the last few years, claiming that it took away his more feminine features. Personally, Duo had no idea what features he was talking about. He was actually pretty sure that the only feminine thing left in Wufei was his taste in movies and the fact that he still leaned on his hip. His hair was a bit longer, reaching just past his shoulders when it was hanging freely and he had an ever harder time than before to keep control of his facial hair that was growing like weed. In exception that his ass was even nicer than before, most things were the same.

With the last of the animals gone from the bed, he placed his daughter down on the bed and tucked her in, making sure that her favorite stuffed unicorn was lying next to her.

He didn't get time to do much more then that before Wufei had taken a tight grip on his arms and started to drag him out of the room. Not that he needed t be dragged. Because the second that the bedroom door closed behind them, Duo spun them around, pinning Wufei against the wall.

A low, rumbling groan rose from Wufei's throat as Duo pushed a knee up between his legs. A second later they were kissing, wild and hungry. The -want- had been building up since their morning petting had been interrupted by a loud crash coming from the kitchen. A crash that had turned out to be five broken plates and a devastated Jenny who 'just wanted to help.'

Wufei ripped his mouth away, the back of his head hitting the wall with a thump. "Bedroom, now." He hissed quietly, fisting the front of Duo's drag string pants.

Together they hurried back through the house, making sure to be quiet as they past the boys bedroom. Duo multitasked by getting undressed and locking the bedroom door at the same time.

Naked they tumbled down on the bed, hands moving, touching, and gripping as they kissed.

Duo landed on the bottom with Wufei straddling his hip. He gasped into their locked mouths as Wufei rolled his hip, rubbing against his cock. He took two handfuls of the ass above him, pulling it down towards him. Wufei wrapped a hand around his cock as Duo rubbed a lone finger over Wufei's hole. With a needy moan, his lover pressed back, making Duo's finger tip breach the tight muscle and then the baby started crying.

They froze like one. A second past before Wufei's head fall down on his chest with a groan.

"You take this one and I'll take the next one." Duo said, stroking his hand over the back of his husbands head.

"Okay." Wufei sighed heavily and started to slide off both him and the bed. Duo watched him go with slithered eyes until the naked body could no longer be seen.

He rolled over on his stomach, bundling the pillow up under his head as he closed his eyes, listening to Wufei's calm voice in between their son's wailing. The crying went on and on, like a strange sort of lullaby. It didn't take long before he was asleep.

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Duo woke up to soft kisses to the back of his neck.

"Kid's sl'pn?" He mumbled into the pillow.

"Mmmhmm." Was the responds as the duvet was slowly pulled off his body. The kisses started to work their way down his back as strong hands were stroking all the skin they could find.

"Rub shoulder, hurts." Duo said before sighing in happiness as Wufei pressed down on his hurting muscles. Babies really were heavy to carry around. Feeling warm and relaxed, despite the lack of duvet, Duo couldn't decide if he would rather have sex or sleep. Time for sex was rare, but on the other hand, so was sleep.

Wufei took the decision out of his hands as he nudged his legs apart with his knees. He only grunted as Wufei put a hand on his shoulder blade, using it as a support to lean over to reach the nightstand. Digging deep under magazines, postcards, doctor reports, wrinkled notes covered with Wufei's flowing writing, spare change and other things long forgotten before he found a tube of lubrication.

Duo yawned as Wufei started working his fingers into his anal opening. He had almost drifted off again when Wufei started to push his cock in. He grunted in discomfort. "I'm really happy that you didn't go for a bigger size on that thing."

Wufei let out a stained chuckle. "The bigger size came with the need of a pump."

"Now that would be a turn off." Duo trailed off as Wufei pressed himself all the way in. They stayed like that for a moment until Duo signaled that he was ready.

Wufei started to move in a slow, lasting tempo. The pleasure built in time with his thrusts, making Duo sigh happily as he melted even more firmly into the mattress

"Can you raise yourself up for me love?" Wufei asked, touching his hip softly.

"No." Duo yawned, not caring for a moment that his cock wasn't about to get any stimulation if he stayed flat on his stomach.

"Lazy." Wufei accused fondly.

"Mmm."

Wufei placed his fisted hands in height with Duo's waist before he started moving again. Long, gentle thrusts. There were no rush to get off, no burning passion without control. Just two tired parents wanting to be close in the middle of their busy lives.

He hummed happily as Wufei managed to find his prostate, rubbing it over and over again. Pleasure slowly built up, buzzing through him, making him clenched the bed sheets, panting as he listened to Wufei's pleasure filled huffs behind him.

The muscles in his legs stained as he widened them to give Wufei more room. The result was even deeper thrust that made Duo gasp. If he had known how good this felt he would have bought that strap-on Meilan had wanted without protest.

But all good things must come to an end and a few minutes later, Wufei stilled, chocking out a couple of shaky breaths a he finished.

Panting, Wufei landed on the mattress next to him. Duo's cock demanded some attention and he flipped over on his back.

He wrinkled his nose as he felt he's ass ache in protest. The gay thing had a few down sides

Oh well, the gay things hand a couple of more upsides. Especially the one being presented to him now. Because if Duo thought Wufei had given great blowjobs before, it was nothing compared to when he had first hand experience on what felt good.

Duo pressed his lips together tightly, forcing back groans of pleasure as he throw his head back. His fingers combed their way through Wufei's hair, pressing into the back of his lover's skull, urging him on. Hips arched helplessly of the bed, begging wordlessly for release as Wufei worked his mouth up and down his blood filled cock. It didn't take long for him to come and he melted against the mattress with a pleased sigh. Life was good. Hell, life was fucking awesome.

Licking his lips, Wufei crawled up next to him, pulling the duvet over them. They moved in close, wrapping themselves around each other. Sweaty, exhausted, but content they started to drift off.

A low hiccup like whine was all the warning they got before the baby shaped fire alarm went off.

"Your turn." Wufei sighed happily, rolling over with his back towards him, taking the duvet with him.

Duo blinked tiredly up at the ceiling with eyes that did not want to stay open. The wailing went on, getting louder. If he didn't go now, the other one, most likely Timmy, would start up too. He slowly pushed his body into a sitting position. Behind him he could hear Wufei's soft snore.

"Right." He mumbled to himself before getting up to comfort his son.

Life was good, it was just that, as a parent, you were too tired to appreciate it sometimes.

THE END

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That was it… damn I'm going to miss writing on this fiction. Thanks to everyone who put this on alert/favorited/reviewed this story, I'm really grateful.

BigSister2 - Thank you :) I'm very happy that you liked it, not to mention thrilled that you stuck with me to the end, lots of love for that. Hm, I just hope you enjoyed this chapter too.

Mili Maxwell - We got to see a bit more of the 'happily ever after' or as much of an happy ending that people with babies can have :D

roses in bloom - Why thank you :) Yes, the epilogue was far too short. When I was half way through it I just thought 'is someone ended a fiction I liked like this I would be pissed.' I almost deleted the whole thing but since I needed a few things from it for the 'ten years later' thing, I kept it. I hope it all worked out anyway.

spider-jen - I know what you meet. You want them to get together and then when they do, you are sad because it's ending. I'm going to miss this fiction, hell I'm probably going to end up writing a sequel sooner or later. Thanks for reading :)

shogi - Maybe I should have a word with my boss about it... sorry, can't come to work right now, have to write review responses... lol, I can just imagine the look on her face if I said that. So what did you think about the family, did it live up to your expectations?

yesterdays_lover - Yay! I'm happy that you liked it :D

hugglesbunny - Awww, now you have me blushing and grinning like a fool. Thank you for your kind words and I hope you enjoyed this 'ten years later' chapter

princess cythera - Glad you liked it and I hope it was worth the wait :)

Cinnamon Selkie - I'm very happy to hear that you liked it and I hope you enjoyed this ten years later... thing. Oh, and good news, I actually sent the first part of the last chapter of My Dark Eyed Wallflower to my new beta yesterday so it won't be long now :)

Esoritoc - So I got you a meeting between the mothers, happy now? I don't drink coffee, but I just couldn't say no to the cookies and the bunny. Especially the bunny, the bunny was awesome. –pats the bunny-

becca-chan'05 - Well as you could see, Duo got used to the sex after a few years, he just needed to be a bit more open-minded XD Was it realistic enough? I hope it was.

StandingOnTheRooftops Yes, Duo's mother is slightly crazy, actors have a habit of being that. Oh, and about the pepper pots. They didn't make an appearance but I can tell you that they stood on the kitchen counter for several years until Jenny moved away from home and took them with her. One of them has a crack on the bottom because it rolled off the counter when Duo and Wufei was having sex on it. Luckily, Jenny doesn't know that.

TanithNight - Well I'm glad to hear it, I hope you were just as happy when you saw this update :)

Droarion - I hope you liked the pump XD Thank you for all your reviews, I've really enjoyed them.