Disclaimer: not mine. Just a little something to brighten you're holliday. This is a gift to Paige.

A new home for the holidays.
Syx Maxwell 12/99

Mousse stretched slowly. His slender lover grumbled sleepily and rolled over. Mousse smiled and pulled on his robe. His love was not a morning person. In fact neither was Msu Tsu. His new hobby kept him up late at night and well into the morning.

Granted he now spent some long heated nights with teh pilotof Gundam 05. The slender pilot was his salvaion in truth. The time lost amazon found something infinately precious in the the last of the dragon clan.

And it wasn't the silky carmel skin of soft black hair. Looks meant nothing to the blind youth. What drew him to the young man was his heart and courage. Mousse was adept at 'feeling' each pilot's aura, and Wufei's was beautiful.

The tragic biy, who was far more delicatly built than Shampoo, gave selflessly of himself, both to the colony and the pilots. Their first night together still made the Time Dancer (1) flush.

He tucked the covers around Wufei and made his way to the kitchen.

He found Duo already up and sipping at a mug of coffee. The was a melacholy tinge to his aura.

"What's wrong Duo?"

"Mousse, you ever celebrate Christmas?"

Sightless grey eyes blinked. "It's already teh 25th?"

Duo chuckled, "I'll take that as a yes."

"Hey Duo, let's surprise the others. Sensei T and I didn't do much for the holiday, but I do have a fake tree and decorations here." He laso had gifts for his friends...

Mousse could almost hear Duo smile. "Oi Death Boy, Shall we deck the halls?"

"Fa lalala Hell yeah!"

the other pilots woke to a rather mangled version of popular christmas songs. Laughter filled the remote Io base. The scent of roasted turkey made mouths water. Soon lights were strung from rafters and among tree limbs.

Heero had made short work of untangling the lights. After some liberaly spiked Eggnog, the young men began to create their own lyrics for the music.

"Deck the base with gasoline.
falalalala lalala
Strike a match and watch it gleam.
falalalalalala
Watch as Une goes on a Rampage
falalalalalalalala
Blast OZ back to the Stone age
Falalala lalala!"

Mousse was still alughing as he slipped into his booth to begin his broadcast. For once, there was no violent outbursts or nasty comments. Just sacred music and traditional carols filling the void of space.

Mousse has been terribly lonely since his banishment into the future (2). Sensei T was a great help, preparing him for life blind. But only family could fill that emptiness.

The time lost warrior sat down and drew Wufei into his arms as they began to pass out presents. He hadn't truly celebrated since the last Tendo Family Christmas. The boys exchanged gifts. Mousse had chosen carefully for his friends.

Quatre recieved an amulet of protection and good health. Trowa was givena gold trimmed dagger. Heero was given a star scope for his pistol. Duo got a chest of hair clasps. Wufei recieved a sword that was carried into battle by Mousse's mother.

There was an awed sort of silence as each boy held their gift. Then Mousse was swamped by a Duo Maxwell Instagated Group Hug (tm).

The other gifts were quickly dealt with. Duo gave Heero a silver St Christopher's Medal and Heero gave him a gold chai for his cross. Quatre gave Trowa a silver flute, while Trowa gifted Quatre with a beatiful chess set. Wufei gave Mousse a recordign of various Chinese legends set to audio tape. Mousse's other gift to his lover was a set of scrolls anceint before Cologne was born.

Three couple sat in the den to look out at the stars. Mousse nuzzled Wufei's hair and sighed. He was happy, truly happy as he had not been since he was a very young child.

"I now understand why Kasumi went through the trouble of having a Christmas gathering."

His sightless eys swept his new found family.

"It's not the having, or the giving. It's the loving."

"Amen Msu Tsu, amen." Duo murmured.

Happy Holiday's Ya'll

Syx

(1) This will be explained in a later fic.
(2) Ditto *points up*