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"With A Childs Heart"Written By: Dùlin
Disclaimer : Not mine. Just playin', will give
them right back, yadda yadda ... you know the drill. And I'm broke.
Really. Rating : R Warnings : Post-EW, humor, yaoi romance and sap, bit of lime and implied lemon, language, violence, child abduction Pairings : 1x2x1, 3x4x3, 5xS, references to past 6x5 and 6x9 Author’s Note : an extra-special thanks to
Lisou-chan, my little sister, who agreed to lend her physical six-year-old
looks and part of her character to the little Alice in the fic. Well,
the truth is she nagged me until I accepted to have her being adopted
by Trowa and Quatre, so everyone’s happy now !
"With a Childs Heart" With a child’s heart With a child’s heart Take life easy, so easy The whole world smiles with you Oh, with a child’s heart [Written and Composed by Silvia May, Henry Cosby and Victoria Basemore, performed by Michael Jackson, available on the album ‘Music & Me’ (Motown, 1973)] Prologue
“We are going to adopt a child”, Quatre said. Iria choked on her tea, but Catherine glowed at Quatre and Trowa. “Really ? Oh my God, it’s fantastic !!!” “Sorry about that”, Iria said with a smile. “I was just surprised.” Catherine rolled her eyes. “Surprised, my ass ! I’ve been telling you for months that those two were up to something. You didn’t seriously think that Quatre and Trowa would play baby-sitters for their Winner nieces and nephews all their lives, uh ?” “No”, Iria admitted with a smile. “But still, I have a question.” “What ?” Quatre asked. “You know that with the new technologies, you could have a child of your own. Why do you want to adopt one ?” Quatre winced. Iria mentally cursed at herself. After everything Quatre had been through with this IV-thing, how could she bring back those memories ? She should have known that Quatre would never want to have an IV-child. Trowa answered in Quatre’s place. “We have been discussing it, and we opted for adoption. Anyway, Quatre was against the mere idea of a surrogate mother.” He put down his mug of coffee and flung his arms around Quatre’s shoulders. Quatre looked in the green eyes and managed to smile again. He turned to his sister. “There are so many orphans on the colonies, you know, Iria. Because of the war and the terrorist attacks. We thought we might give one of them a chance to have a happy life.” “One of them only ?” Catherine asked, a bit disappointed. “That’s not fair, Iria, you and Quatre already have something like 84 nephews and nieces and I get only one ??” “Let’s just start with one”, Trowa said softly. “That will be enough to test our parenting skills. We’ll see about some others later.” “And you know, Catherine”, Iria added, “I only have 81 nephews and nieces, the other three are mine.” Catherine elbowed her, but grinned widely. She turned eagerly to Quatre and Trowa. “So, boy or girl ??” “We don’t really know yet”, Quatre answered. “And I know you’re going to find it strange from me, but I think I’ll prefer a girl first. Don’t you, Trowa ?” Trowa looked in Quatre’s ocean-blue eyes and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. “You’re right. A girl would be fine. But let’s wait until we’re there, we’ll see.” “By the way, where are you going to find this happy child ?” Iria asked. “You remember that orphanage that we funded in AC 197 ?” Quatre said. “On L2. Duo had asked for something to be rebuilt where the Maxwell Church was. It is called Father Maxwell’s Garden. You know how many orphans there are on L2. This one orphanage has been trying to shelter some of them, and find new families for them. Duo occasionally helps them, when Preventer leaves enough time for him and Heero to come back on L2. We’re sending money regularly too, it’s part of our charitable program.” “That’s where you’re going, so ?” Catherine asked. “Yes. We called Duo, and he will introduce us to the woman who is ruling the place.” “That’s so great !! I suppose I can’t come with you ?” “I really would like you to come, Cathy, Quatre said with a smile, but if you come with us, then all of my sisters will want to come too. I’m not sure the orphanage will be ready for 35 people to come and get only one child.” “Anyway, Catherine”, Iria stepped in, “they should probably be just the two of them. It’s their child, after all.” “Sure. You’re right”, Catherine smiled. “When are you going there ?” “We’re taking a shuttle tomorrow”, Trowa said. ~ * ~ |
