This was supposed to be a one shot, but it turned out differently. --

Author: femaleshinigami
Title: The Herald
Disclaimer: Not mine. Don't sue. Don't Kill.
Warnings: Not beta read. Possible citrus later on. Maybe some swearing, and definitely bad spelling.
Pairings: None so far, but future 1x2. The pool is still open about Quat and Tro. Maybe some 5xR. We'll see.
Rating: so far PG./PG13 Probably R/NC17 later.
AN: The names of the newspapers are made up. If a paper with a name like this does exist and Herald probably does it's not my intention, to compare the two. Enjoy the fic, and please comment.

Part 1

Duo slowly walked into the building, his backpack slung over one shoulder. The moment the cool, AC'd air hit him, he sighed and breathed in deeply. Compared to the hot, humid outside, this was almost heaven. He looked down at the crumpled piece of paper he had in his hand, with a simple H. Yuy, 5'th floor, The Herald. He walked to the elevators, going to the said floor, checking his appearance one last time in the mirror inside, before stepping out and heading for the reception desk.

The secretary, a sweet blond with bright blue eyes, smiled up at him, "Good morning. How can I help you?"

"Hi, I'm looking for Mr. H. Yuy." He grinned back at her, bending down and leaning his arms on the high desk.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Sure thing! Duo Maxwell, 11:30 am!" he winked at her and waited while she checked it.

"All right then, please go down the corridor, it's that big door at the end of it. I'll let Mr Yuy know you are coming, sir." She smiled again, and pointed in the direction he was supposed to go. Duo started walking backwards, "Thanks babe!" he winked again, and the cute secretary blushed and giggled. Then he disappeared down the corridor. He reached the door and knocked, then after a quiet "Come in," from the inside, he opened it and stepped into the large office.

The back wall was one big window with a look on the little square and park below. The left one was covered in filling cabinets, bookshelves with lots of file binders on it, while the right wall only had a small leather couch with a table near it. A big picture of some city at sunset was displayed above them. In the center of the room was a big oak desk, one that is usually seen in all the lawyers offices, a state of the art laptop laying on one side, with a neatly arranged pile of papers on the other. Behind it sat a young man, probably not much older than Duo himself. The man, Mr H. Yuy, as the plate on his desk said, pointed to one of the comfy looking chairs before his desk, "Good morning. Please, sit down Mr. Maxwell"

"Good morning, Mr. Yuy. Please, call me Duo. Mr Maxwell is a little too professional for me." He said and smiled, while sitting down.

"Duo, than. You've applied for the position of the sports reporter, correct?"

"Yes. I worked for some local papers, and worked part-time as an assistant at the 'Voice of the Nation'. They even wanted me to go full time, but I had to decline, sadly."

"May I ask as to why? 'Voice' is one of the biggest papers in the country."

"I'm taking care of a younger sister. We had to move, she's going to colledge here. 'Voice's' main office is on the other side of the country, and the nearest local office is over 100 miles from here. It's too big of a drive for me to take every day."

Mr Yuy just nodded to that. "Well, Duo, all your past employers had only good things to say about you, and the director of 'Voice' Mr Winner, who is a personal friend of mine, said I'd be stupid not to employ you," Mr. Yuy smiled slightly at him. And, oh boy, what a smile it was! If it wasn't his boss, Duo would be all over him by now. For the moment he just smiled and appreciated the view.

"Thank you, sir. I'm happy to hear that!" he grinned back at the other man.

"Well, I guess, since you are now one of us, you can call me Heero, like the rest of the team," Heero smiled and stood up to shake his hand. "Welcome in 'The Herald', Duo."

They shook hands, and with a last thank you, and a promise to be back the next day, 9am - sharp, Duo left the office of his new, gorgeous boss and headed home. He remembered to stop at the secretary's desk to fill out all the important papers, learning that her name was Relena, she lived down town, she also thought their boss was sexy (she said good looking, but it's the same, right?), and that Heero was single at the moment, as far as she knew. Satisfied with what he learned, and with his new job, Duo went to eat some late lunch, before he had to collect Hilde from school.

Duo drove before the school, and Hilde quickly hoped into the passenger sit.

"Hey bro, how did the interview go?" she grinned at him, the smile almost identical to his.

"I got the job..."

"Woohoo!"

"... and my new boss is a real eye-candy." He grinned and than licked his lips.

"Lucky bastard! Sooo... what's his name? How does he look? Are you gonna ask him out?" he questions flew out on one breath.

"Woah! Slow down Hilde! It's my boss! The first rule is: 'Never da...'"

"'Never date your boss', yes I know," she interrupted him, "But come on Duo! When was the last time you dated someone? Jesus! When was the last time you gt laid?!"

"Hilde!"

"What? It's the truth! Honestly, think a little more about your self."

"Jackass," he punched her arm lightly, and turned back to driving, "I am thinking about myself. I need this job, so I can pay the taxes, and buy us food."

Hilde just sighed, "Yeah, yeah..."

Duo just showed her his tongue but didn't otherwise reply.

"Kindergartener."

"Tomboy."

They both laughed and after a short silence Duo asked, "So, how was your day at school?"

"It sucked. I didn't knew anybody, They tried to poison me at lunch, I got lost TWICE, my math teacher is an old witch, she gave me 4 pages of tests for tomorrow! And the physics teacher smells."

Duo couldn't help it and burst out laughing again, with Hilde yelling at him, that it wasn't funny at all.

TBC

Sorry it's so short -- I'm lazy... I mean, I'm just dead, I wanna sleep... XD