The Guest Room
It had been nearly
three weeks since Duo had been home. He had been staying with Relena while she
was in the hospital. Finally he could go home and see his wife Hilde. Duo
couldn't help but smile as he walked down the street to his home where no doubt
Hilde would be sitting their waiting for him to burst through the door. 'Oh man
is she gonna be pissed.'
Duo
climbed the front stairs of his home and gently pushed the door open. "Funny,"
he said under his breath. "She usually locks the door." He became more cautious
when he stepped inside and saw that the lights weren't on. "Hilde! Babe where
are ya?" Out of nowhere a figure pounced on Duo from behind knocking him to the
floor. Normally Duo would've snapped the figures neck but he recognized its
giggle. "Babe let me explain."
Hilde
stood up and walked over to the light switch and flipped it on. Duo was shocked
to see a bright smile across her beautiful face. "Welcome home hun." Hilde
seductively walked over to Duo and wrapped her slender arms around his neck.
"I'm glad you're safe." She stood up on her tiptoes and planted a firm yet
loving kiss on her husband's lips. "So how is Relena?"
After
getting over the original shock of the situation he finally reacted to the
beautiful creature pressed up against his body. "I missed you so much." Duo
pulled her in tight and buried his face into the nape of her neck. "And
Relena's fine. Heero is with her."
"So
he finally came to his senses? Bout time." Hilde took her arms down from Duo's
neck and gently tugged at his hands that were locked around her waist. "Hey
Duo, I've got something to show ya." She grabbed his arm and pulled him up
stairs.
Duo
didn't know what to make of the whole situation; 'I thought she was gonna tear
me a new one but instead she's seems really excited.' Hilde stopped in front of
the door next to the bedroom and smiled mischievously at him. "Did you remodel
the guest room?"
Her
expression was that of a seven-year-old girl on Christmas morning, Hilde was
struggling to hold back her excitement. "Hey Duo, do you remember what we were
talking about the night before you left?"
For
the life of him he couldn't remember. "Uh…sure, we were talking about buying a
new grill. Right?"
Hilde
seemed a little more annoyed but still very excited. "No, we were talking about
how I should see a doctor about the nausea I had. Well I did…"
"You
look a lot better than you did a few weeks ago. So what did you have the flu or
something?" Duo put his hands on his stomach as he felt an immense rumbling
coming from its depths. "Geez I'm hungry. Hilde do we have anything to eat?"
All of the
excitement in her expression sank into her feet, "Do you want to hear what I
have to say or are you just interested in stuffing your face." Hilde threw her
arms up in the air and stormed into the guest room. Before Duo could follow
suit the door was shut in his face and locked. "Sometimes you are just
impossible!"
Rather
than sticking around and arguing, Duo went downstairs and fixed himself a
sandwich. After minutes of digging in the fridge he came out with a variety of
meat and set to work constructing a sandwich fit for "The God of Death." Once
that was taken care of he grabbed a beer and sauntered into the living room.
"Women," he chuckled. "They can be so damn moody sometimes." Duo threw his feet
up on the coffee table and grabbed the remote. "At least I can watch the game."
He just sat their mesmerized by the basketball game on T.V. For hours Duo
didn't take his eyes off the screen; he just sat their transfixed on the images
before him for three hours.
Once
the game was over Duo cursed under his breath, "stupid ref! There was no way
that was a foul. He must be blind or something." Duo yawned and looked over at
the clock on the far wall. "Geez its getting late. I better get to bed." He
lethargically climbed the stairs but stopped when he passed the guest room. Duo
pressed his ear up to the door and could vaguely hear the sound of Hilde
crying. 'Shit I totally forgot.' Reluctantly he knocked on the door. "Hey Hild,
I'm so sorry. I guess I can be an idiot sometimes."
After
what seemed like an eternity Hilde's face peeked through the now open door.
"Sometimes?" Her eyes were bloodshot and her face had silver trails running
down it. "But I suppose I should've expected that."
"So
what did you want to tell me?" Slowly, Hilde crept out from behind the door and
shut it behind her.
The
joy returned to her face to a degree; but she still looked mighty pissed off.
"Like I said I went to the doctors. When I got there I told her what was wrong
and she ran a whole bunch of tests." Hilde reached her hand out to her
husband's hands and pulled him to the door. "When the results came back the
next day I nearly peed my pants." Hilde pulled him into the guest room but to
Duo's surprised it was filled to the brim with stuffed animals and had farm
animals painted on the walls. His jaw hit the floor when he saw the crib in the
middle of the room. "Duo I'm…we're gonna have a baby!"
Duo
swallowed hard and ran her words through his head. A huge smile tore across his
face as her words finally sunk in. She gasped as Duo picked her up in his arms
and rained kisses down on her. "Oh my god, we're gonna have a baby!" He shouted
and hollered in between kisses. "Do you have any idea how happy I am?"
"I do know." Tears started to roll down her
cheeks and a smile across her lips. "I love you Duo." She had never seen him so
happy. He was even crying a little himself.
He
pressed her close to his body and let her head fall to his shoulder. "I love
you too. And I'm sorry being so insensitive."
Hours
later Duo woke up back in his room with Hilde snuggled up close to his side. 'I
can't believe I'm gonna be a father.' He ran his hand through Hilde's azure
tresses and sighed. 'Who would've thought that I, the God of Death would have a
family.' Duo let his head fall back onto his pillow, he closed his eyes and let
sleep claim his weary frame. Finally the man who lost everyone he considered
family had come full circle. He was ready to start his own.