It's About Time
Duo Maxwell turned at the sound of
a melodious laughter. He caught sight of a blue-headed girl, and grinned to
himself. That's Hilde for ya', he thought. Hilde had joined the Gundam boy's
crew not to long after she had successfully stolen data during the war, two
years earlier. He watched her joke around with Quatre; a brilliant smile lit
her face as she told a funny story to him. Suddenly Duo felt a small wave of
jealousy hit him. Why would I be jealousy of Quatre cause he's talking to Hilde?
He questioned himself. She's been my best friend, and mechanic for two years,
so why would I be jealous if she's joking with Quatre. Maybe it's because
you want to be the one to look into those deep blue eyes, a voice spoke up
in his mind. As if Hilde could hear his mental argument, she turned those large
blue pools toward him and looked at him, and a confused expression passed her
face. Quatre followed her line of vision, and spotted Duo behind them. He
grinned, and whispered something, to which Hilde turned a beet red. She hit him
lightly on the shoulder and sent him a glare. Quatre chuckled quietly to
himself, before exiting the hanger. Hilde turned back to her work, giving
Sandrock a tune up. Duo's curiosity got the best of him, and he walked over to
her.
"Hey
Hilde!" he said cheerfully. Glancing over her shoulder, she sent him a dazzling
smile his way.
"Hey Duo!"
"Are you
working on the Sandrock?"
"Yeah,
Quatre wants me to give it a tune up."
"Good idea,
can you give Deathcythe one too?"
"Sure…tomorrow…I'm
calling it a night," she said as she set down the wrench that she had in her
hand. Duo caught himself staring down into her eyes again. Just tell her,
that annoying voice spoke up again. Tell her how much you love her. Shut
up! Duo mentally said.
"Duo are
you okay?" Hilde asked concern written on her face. She touched his arm, and he
thought that he would go crazy.
"Yeah I'm
fine, Hilde," he said flashing her one of his smiles. "I was just about to take
a walk down the beach. Do you want to join me?" He held his breath as he waited
for her response.
"Sure, I'd
love to," she said with a smile. Unzipping her mechanic's jumpsuit, she tossed
the oil and dirt streaked clothing aside. "I'm ready to go," she said as she
pulled at her shorts, and her tank top. Duo's eyes swept over her body taking
in her toned muscles and bronze skin. Man she's fine, he thought. Maxwell…she's
just a friend, she's just a friend, he scorned himself. The two friends
wondered outside of the hanger, and out onto the beach. The whole Gundam crew
was stationed at one of Quatre's many mansions. This one was on a peaceful
island, and they're headquarters were right on the beach. Duo watched Hilde as
she played in the waves, and ran down the beach laughing and smiling as is she didn't
have a care in the world.
"Hey Duo,
look at this!" Her voice snapped him out of his daze. Running over, he saw that
she had a crab, pinned in a hole.
"Okay Hilde
quit annoying the crab," Duo said joking as he grabbed her hand, and pulled her
down the beach. She punched him in the shoulder, and grinned at him.
"So Duo,
who's the girl of the week?" she asked, sarcasms dripping from her voice. Now's
my chance, he thought. I could joke back and say her, and see how she reacts.
"Um…a cute
little mechanic."
"Mechanic?
Hm…anyone I know?" she asked genuinely curious.
"Yeah…you,
Hilde." She stopped dead in her tracks.
"Me?"
"Yep.
You're the girl of the week," he said a smile playing on his lips. A second
flew by then she smiled back. She giggles slightly then said, "Hm…couldn't you
see us dating?" He laughed.
"Yeah…we'd
have a blast."
"Never a
dull moment," she said joining in with her own musical laughter. After a
moment, they finally stopped laughing, and Hilde wiped away the tears that had
formed from laughing so hard. Duo pulled at her hand, causing her to stop and
turn toward him. He took in her face as the setting sun sent colors splashing
across her beautiful face. Placing his free hand on her cheek, he brushed away
a stray tear.
"Why not
Hilde?" his voice was deadly serious. Duo had no idea why he was asking her, he
just knew that it was finally time that he told her how he felt. Her blue eyes
swept over his face, taking in his serious tone.
"Why not
what, Duo?" she asked cheerfully- a little to cheerfully. He let his eyes gaze
into hers.
"Why don't
we date?" A long silence engulfed the two.
"Because I
thought you just wanted to be friends," she said quietly. Duo blinked slightly
shocked. She likes me, and I had no idea, he thought.
"But I thought
that you just wanted to be friends," he spoke. Her eyes snapped up to his own.
"You like
me?" she asked.
"I always
have, Hilde. I never said anything because I thought that you didn't like me,"
he confessed.
"And I
thought that you didn't like me," she said, laughter filling her voice. Duo
found himself being hugged by her, as he babbled on and on about how she had
always had a crush on him. Drawing back, he looked at her, and then silenced
her with a kiss.
Quatre
Winner looked out the window of his mansion. A smile tugged to his face, as he
spotted the pair on the beach as they kissed. "It's about time you two…it's
about time."
