Bonus Chapter III. Homemaking


1. Apex

The twin step-ladder wobbled dangerously. It took Heero two seconds to kick the door shut, drop his keys on the counter and grab the thing. Relena seemed completely unaware of the fact that she'd nearly just died.

'You're home!' she beamed down at him.

'And just in time…' he mumbled, still wondering how she could be so oblivious.

'Actually, you're early.' She reproached him good-humouredly. 'I wanted to surprise you.'

With her broken head? He asked himself, but did look up at the luminaire she was installing. 'Hn.'

'What do you think?'

'I think I should be early more often.'


2. Teem

Relena came and went many times and Heero remained there standing in front of the closet, staring. 'Everything alright?' she finally asked, halting at the doorway.

'You have a lot of clothes.' He said thoughtfully.

She could barely see his things smothered as they were between hers. Should she tell him she hadn't brought over half her things yet? 'Ah… Sorry?'

'We should turn the secret room into a closet.'

'Oh, no!' she had not meant for him to sacrifice so much…

'I want to.'

'Then I'll get rid of a few teddies too!'

She figured it was only fair.


3. Instigate

Relena missed her bed. She loved her new home and her new life, but she really missed her bed… Not the hand-carved white-painted wood or the delicate baby-pink details. No. Just the queen sized ultra-plush hybrid mattress.

'How I miss it…' she sighed. 'Heero?'

'Hn.' He was completely focused on dusting underneath their current bed.

'How would you feel about bringing my bed over?'

Heero frowned. 'Your bed's pink.'

'No, it's not! It's white with pink.'

'Hn…'

'You know… If we had my bed we could…' she whispered her wildest fantasies in his ear.

He cleared his throat. 'Mission accepted.'


4. Abdicate

It was hard… giving up control.

'Let me do that for you.' He offered politely, taking over – not for the first time – the task of organizing the kitchen cabinets.

'You're a control freak.' She dutifully informed him, a loving smile on her lips as she cocked her head at him. 'I think it's cute.'

It was not cute. The utensils they used most had to be placed closer at hand than the ones they didn't. It was only logical. 'It's practical.'

'I know it is. So… May I help?'

He nodded automatically. His love for her he would never control.


5. Dexterous

'It's so perfect…' Relena whispered leaning over his shoulder with awe in her eyes.

Heero looked down at the teddy bear he had been mending for her. She had said it was one of her favourites and had seemed genuinely upset it had gotten damaged…

'It's just a teddy bear.' he frowned.

'Not the bear. Your stitching! You could never be a zombie. Not with that coordination. I'm so relieved.'

He blinked at her because he really didn't know what to say to that.

I'm afraid they don't have brains here though…He remembered her saying… And it suddenly made sense.


6. Wassail

It was dark. Heero made his way to the kitchen to fetch a glass of water. Or would have, if he had not tripped on a cardboard box.

'Did you just swear?' Relena was at the doorway in two seconds sharp, eyes wide.

He blinked at the sudden lights. At least she wasn't surprised he had tripped. He was human after all…

'What's in this box?' he asked, massaging his toes.

'Christmas decorations…'

'Chris…tmas?'

'Yes. I brought a few things from Milliardo's. I figured we could celebrate here next year.'

Celebrating holidays… In his flat… It was definitely theirs now.


7. Indolent

The alarm rang at exactly 7 AM. Relena groaned. She didn't understand why he had to be up so early every day. 'Not yet…' her arms tightened around him as she buried her face in his neck feeling sleepy and childish.

'Relena…'

'It's Sunday.'

'Yes…' he conceded. 'But there's still a lot to organize.'

'We could hire someone to do it.' She refused to give in. He sighed. 'How about Duo? I'm sure he'll be up to it.'

Relena didn't have to see his scowl. She could feel it.

'He's snoopy… and lazy.'

'Not lazier than I'm feeling right now.'


A.N.: It's been over two years since I finished this story. I really miss writing it as I don't think I'll ever manage to write comedy in any other format. It was a lot of fun, but revising it turned out to be quite a headache, even though there were not many corrections to be made, due to all the little parts... Let me know if I messed up the counting anywhere. And finally... I hope you have enjoyed the story! Thank you all for reading, reviewing and favouriting be it while it was being posted or afterwards. You have my eternal gratitude! :D