Sorry guys for not getting this out sooner. I've always told you guys that I would get the next chapters out as soon as I could, but I never have been able to get them out as soon as I wanted!! Well, guess what? I'm totally back on this story now. There is only one other story I am working on now besides this one (before, there were so many ideas swirling around, I had like three or four stories going at once. ^^;;) So now I have plenty of time to work on this story! Expect to see the next chapter very soon!
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The Need to Reminisce: prt. 5
"Hilde! Will you stop that?!" A very irritated Duo fussed, his frustrated expression illuminated by the tv in front of him. He began frantically pushing the buttons on his controller as his attacker began strangling the life out of him. "Ahh! Get off, get OFF!!"
"Never!" Hilde laughed as she frantically pressed the buttons on her own controller. "If you think I'm letting up on you, you're soo sadly mistaken, braid-boy."
Both were desperately trying to beat each other with all they had, grunting and gasping as they pushed random combinations of buttons...
"HA! I did it again!" Hilde shouted finally.
"Argh!!" Duo dropped his controller in defeat as the tv screen flashed the words '2-player, you lose' in big red, taunting letters. "Now that was absolutely NO fair..."
"Ha! Pay up, Duo!" The beaming girl beside him held out her hand in triumph, waiting for her payment. "Come now, Duo, don't be a sore loser. I won fair and square."
He smirked as he dropped the handful of skittles into Hilde's open hand. "You cheated.."
"How?! 2, 3, 4..." She giggled softly as she counted the skittles. "You were sitting there watching me the whole time! How could I have possibly cheated without getting caught... 5, 6..."
"...12.." A smile of triumph ran across her lips when she finished.
He gave her a dubious look as she happily popped the skittles into her mouth. "You cheated...I KNOW it."
" Wanna bet? ..Cuz, I'd be happy to bet and beat you again!" She popped another skittle into her mouth and reached down for the rest. "You've got a full bag of skittles in your lap, and I plan to win all of them.."
"No way!" Duo laughed as she swallowed down the rest of the candy. "You'll just cheat again... This candy is all MINE."
"Duo! I didn't cheat!!" Hilde whined playfully. "Come on!! You gotta believe me!" She crawled behind him and draped her arms carefully over his shoulders. "Duo..."
If THAT wasn't suspicious, he didn't know what was... He wrapped his hand around the bag of candy and turned his head mock-snobbishly. "Nope. You're not gettin this candy.."
"Oh yes I am!" Hilde's eyes went wide as she reached down for the bag and found nothing but air.
"Rats.." she muttered.
"Tsk-tsk, Hilde. Did you really think I didn't know what you were after?" He held up the candy bag and laughed when he felt her slump against him. "I thought I taught you better than that.."
Hilde gently lay her chin on his shoulder and chuckled as she slid her arms around his stomach. "How do you know that I was *really* after the candy?"
She felt Duo stiffen and tightened her embrace.
Had she just said that out loud?
Hilde could feel the heat rise to her cheeks as her mouth slowly went dry. She certainly had...
The terrible aching need for her friend...and the aching for him to be more than just a friend... all the feelings from the other night came rushing back. And all just from a silly comment.. When would she ever learn to keep her mouth shut?
Her eyes darted around the quiet room nervously...She could've sworn the people next door could hear her wildly beating heart. It was almost as if she expected them to come tell her to keep the racket down...
She felt Duo shift uneasily against her chest. "Come on Hilde, think of something else to say..." she silently chided herself.
The silence in the room only lasted a few seconds, but to her it had been an agonizing eternity.
All that could be heard were the two people's consistent breathing and the low background music of the still running video game.
Geez, was he going to speak up, or was she going to have to open her mouth and say something stupid again, she thought to herself.
"Please say something Duo..." she quietly wished.
Duo realized the pleasant warmth of Hilde's body on his back seemed to be spreading throughout his own body. He smiled as he leaned back gently and pressed closer to her.
Her heartbeat...he could feel it. Beating hard and coming down from what he decided must've been a workout.
So she was nervous too...
He was the one making her that way, Duo thought. Making her feel uncomfortable... Gee, what else was he going to do to make her feel uncomfortable? Turn around and plant one on her? THAT would go real well...
This had to stop.. it was ridiculous! Friends shouldn't go through this. Especially not he and Hilde...
It was time to stop being such a damn coward, he thought. All she's here for is a nice visit. I'm not going to ruin it by shying away just because of...some stupid feelings. We're friends, damn it...that's all, he finally decided. That's all...
After what seemed to be forever, he decided to try and lighten the mood in the room. Silence was not sitting well with him. And he was pretty sure it wasn't making Hilde feel any less uneasy either.
"Ah, so you weren't after the candy...you were after my..." He paused dramatically and smiled mischievously before he finished. "..joystick!!" He laughed, holding up his game controller with the joystick.
Hilde's eyes went wide as she immediately burst into a relieved fit of giggles. "Your sacred video game stick of joy?! Why in the world would I have been after that?!" she grinned.
"Oh, I don't know." He said slyly. "Maybe because...." He slipped away from Hilde's arms and turned to face her. "..you're a CHEATER!!" he growled playfully.
Hilde shrieked in surprise as Duo attacked her, bringing her to the floor and tickling her sides. "Duo?! What in the...?" she gasped for air between laughs as he knelt over her, kneading her sides mercilessly. "what in the world..." She gasped. "..does being a cheater.. have to do with grabbing your joystick?!"
He smiled as he looked down upon her, still working his fingers softly into her sides. That smile was so beautiful to look upon , and hearing her laughter again gave him a whole new energy. It was...wonderfully unexplainable..
"Absolutely nothing," He said, "but I needed a reason to attack!!" He snickered as she reached up and pressed her fingertips into his ribs wriggling them softly.
"You are a cheater! See?" He laughed. "You can't even let me tickle you without getting the urge to try and turn it around!"
"I'm not a cheater, braid-boy!! It's called self-defense.." she pinched his sides softly, and laughed when he almost squealed.
"Hey, pinching is illegal!" he smirked.
Hilde stuck her tongue out at him in response.
"Oh, that is IT! You're gettin' it now, Hilde-girl."
The apartment was filled with harmonious laughter as the two tickled, pinched, and wrestled around the floor.
Oh Duo, she thought as he'd finally given in to her tickling and took his hands from her sides.. You're such a wonderful friend to me. How could I have let myself stay away from you for so long?
She looked up into two gorgeous glittering violet eyes, still trying to catch her breath.
"Thank you, Duo." she whispered and smiled sweetly as her hand came up to brush a strand of hair away from his eyes.
Still kneeling over her, he leaned in further and sniggered. "For what, Hilde?"
Hilde almost felt foolish as he happily looked down at her. Why should she be nervous about saying what she did earlier, anyway? They always joked around with each other like that. It was nothing new. She had been silly to get so worked up...
The happy expression on Duo's face slowly melted into a serious one as he watched a single crystalline tear run down the side of her face. "Hilde?"
She was silent as he slowly and hesitantly knelt down further, his rugged breaths quick and soft on her face..
Almost as soft as his beautiful lips...
"Duo.." Hilde moaned quietly as he lovingly leaned into her luscious red lips, slowly devouring them...savoring her sweet taste.
"What have you dug yourself into now, Duo...." But before he could think any further, he lost himself in the delicate girl beneath him.
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End for now!
I'm working on the next chapter as we speak! :O)
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The Need to Reminisce: prt. 5
"Hilde! Will you stop that?!" A very irritated Duo fussed, his frustrated expression illuminated by the tv in front of him. He began frantically pushing the buttons on his controller as his attacker began strangling the life out of him. "Ahh! Get off, get OFF!!"
"Never!" Hilde laughed as she frantically pressed the buttons on her own controller. "If you think I'm letting up on you, you're soo sadly mistaken, braid-boy."
Both were desperately trying to beat each other with all they had, grunting and gasping as they pushed random combinations of buttons...
"HA! I did it again!" Hilde shouted finally.
"Argh!!" Duo dropped his controller in defeat as the tv screen flashed the words '2-player, you lose' in big red, taunting letters. "Now that was absolutely NO fair..."
"Ha! Pay up, Duo!" The beaming girl beside him held out her hand in triumph, waiting for her payment. "Come now, Duo, don't be a sore loser. I won fair and square."
He smirked as he dropped the handful of skittles into Hilde's open hand. "You cheated.."
"How?! 2, 3, 4..." She giggled softly as she counted the skittles. "You were sitting there watching me the whole time! How could I have possibly cheated without getting caught... 5, 6..."
"...12.." A smile of triumph ran across her lips when she finished.
He gave her a dubious look as she happily popped the skittles into her mouth. "You cheated...I KNOW it."
" Wanna bet? ..Cuz, I'd be happy to bet and beat you again!" She popped another skittle into her mouth and reached down for the rest. "You've got a full bag of skittles in your lap, and I plan to win all of them.."
"No way!" Duo laughed as she swallowed down the rest of the candy. "You'll just cheat again... This candy is all MINE."
"Duo! I didn't cheat!!" Hilde whined playfully. "Come on!! You gotta believe me!" She crawled behind him and draped her arms carefully over his shoulders. "Duo..."
If THAT wasn't suspicious, he didn't know what was... He wrapped his hand around the bag of candy and turned his head mock-snobbishly. "Nope. You're not gettin this candy.."
"Oh yes I am!" Hilde's eyes went wide as she reached down for the bag and found nothing but air.
"Rats.." she muttered.
"Tsk-tsk, Hilde. Did you really think I didn't know what you were after?" He held up the candy bag and laughed when he felt her slump against him. "I thought I taught you better than that.."
Hilde gently lay her chin on his shoulder and chuckled as she slid her arms around his stomach. "How do you know that I was *really* after the candy?"
She felt Duo stiffen and tightened her embrace.
Had she just said that out loud?
Hilde could feel the heat rise to her cheeks as her mouth slowly went dry. She certainly had...
The terrible aching need for her friend...and the aching for him to be more than just a friend... all the feelings from the other night came rushing back. And all just from a silly comment.. When would she ever learn to keep her mouth shut?
Her eyes darted around the quiet room nervously...She could've sworn the people next door could hear her wildly beating heart. It was almost as if she expected them to come tell her to keep the racket down...
She felt Duo shift uneasily against her chest. "Come on Hilde, think of something else to say..." she silently chided herself.
The silence in the room only lasted a few seconds, but to her it had been an agonizing eternity.
All that could be heard were the two people's consistent breathing and the low background music of the still running video game.
Geez, was he going to speak up, or was she going to have to open her mouth and say something stupid again, she thought to herself.
"Please say something Duo..." she quietly wished.
Duo realized the pleasant warmth of Hilde's body on his back seemed to be spreading throughout his own body. He smiled as he leaned back gently and pressed closer to her.
Her heartbeat...he could feel it. Beating hard and coming down from what he decided must've been a workout.
So she was nervous too...
He was the one making her that way, Duo thought. Making her feel uncomfortable... Gee, what else was he going to do to make her feel uncomfortable? Turn around and plant one on her? THAT would go real well...
This had to stop.. it was ridiculous! Friends shouldn't go through this. Especially not he and Hilde...
It was time to stop being such a damn coward, he thought. All she's here for is a nice visit. I'm not going to ruin it by shying away just because of...some stupid feelings. We're friends, damn it...that's all, he finally decided. That's all...
After what seemed to be forever, he decided to try and lighten the mood in the room. Silence was not sitting well with him. And he was pretty sure it wasn't making Hilde feel any less uneasy either.
"Ah, so you weren't after the candy...you were after my..." He paused dramatically and smiled mischievously before he finished. "..joystick!!" He laughed, holding up his game controller with the joystick.
Hilde's eyes went wide as she immediately burst into a relieved fit of giggles. "Your sacred video game stick of joy?! Why in the world would I have been after that?!" she grinned.
"Oh, I don't know." He said slyly. "Maybe because...." He slipped away from Hilde's arms and turned to face her. "..you're a CHEATER!!" he growled playfully.
Hilde shrieked in surprise as Duo attacked her, bringing her to the floor and tickling her sides. "Duo?! What in the...?" she gasped for air between laughs as he knelt over her, kneading her sides mercilessly. "what in the world..." She gasped. "..does being a cheater.. have to do with grabbing your joystick?!"
He smiled as he looked down upon her, still working his fingers softly into her sides. That smile was so beautiful to look upon , and hearing her laughter again gave him a whole new energy. It was...wonderfully unexplainable..
"Absolutely nothing," He said, "but I needed a reason to attack!!" He snickered as she reached up and pressed her fingertips into his ribs wriggling them softly.
"You are a cheater! See?" He laughed. "You can't even let me tickle you without getting the urge to try and turn it around!"
"I'm not a cheater, braid-boy!! It's called self-defense.." she pinched his sides softly, and laughed when he almost squealed.
"Hey, pinching is illegal!" he smirked.
Hilde stuck her tongue out at him in response.
"Oh, that is IT! You're gettin' it now, Hilde-girl."
The apartment was filled with harmonious laughter as the two tickled, pinched, and wrestled around the floor.
Oh Duo, she thought as he'd finally given in to her tickling and took his hands from her sides.. You're such a wonderful friend to me. How could I have let myself stay away from you for so long?
She looked up into two gorgeous glittering violet eyes, still trying to catch her breath.
"Thank you, Duo." she whispered and smiled sweetly as her hand came up to brush a strand of hair away from his eyes.
Still kneeling over her, he leaned in further and sniggered. "For what, Hilde?"
Hilde almost felt foolish as he happily looked down at her. Why should she be nervous about saying what she did earlier, anyway? They always joked around with each other like that. It was nothing new. She had been silly to get so worked up...
The happy expression on Duo's face slowly melted into a serious one as he watched a single crystalline tear run down the side of her face. "Hilde?"
She was silent as he slowly and hesitantly knelt down further, his rugged breaths quick and soft on her face..
Almost as soft as his beautiful lips...
"Duo.." Hilde moaned quietly as he lovingly leaned into her luscious red lips, slowly devouring them...savoring her sweet taste.
"What have you dug yourself into now, Duo...." But before he could think any further, he lost himself in the delicate girl beneath him.
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End for now!
I'm working on the next chapter as we speak! :O)