***Chapter Five***
Everyone gazed around at the variety of food. The blanket was covered with small sandwiches, salads, drinks, pies, cakes, chips, and all sorts of baked goods. Makoto, the cooking goddess, handled about eighty percent of it. Duo charged at the food, but a rather unfamiliar hand grabbed at his collar. He whirled around, expecting to see one of the girls…or possibly even one of the guys. Instead he found himself gazing into the blue eyes of a sandy-haired young lady. Swallowing, he cocked his head to the right.
"Relena." Heero stated blankly, staring at the girl. "What are you doing here?"
Relena let go of Duo and made her way to the ex-Chinese pilot. "Heeeeero!!" She shouted and clung to him.
'Oh gods…' Heero found himself thinking. "Relena…get off of me." He maintained his emotionless tone.
"But…But Heero…" Relena whimpered.
"Get off." Heero said once more, pushing her out of the way.
Usagi made her way to the young lady. "Exuse me. We're having a picnic here…no strange little ugly girls are welcome."
Relena turned, meeting gazes with her confronter. "Then do tell me miss…why are you here?"
Usagi grimaced slightly. The girl had some wit…not much, but some. "Because…" she bent down and leaned over to whisper in Relena's ear, "You're boyfriend and I are…."
Relena gasped, wanting to hear no more. "No!" She said unbelievingly.
Placing her hands on her hips, Usagi nodded. "Yup. You bet…Heero and I are…dare I say it? Fri---ends!" She let out a fake gasp.
Relena looked at the woman who had just insulted her. How DARE her insult royalty. Relena was about to open her mouth to say so, but thought it be wise that she kept what they called a 'low profile.' Instead, she smiled her little smile. "Here. Why don't we start over?"
Usagi nodded. That would be a wise idea. "My name is Usagi."
"Relena."
They two girls exchanged smiles. Unfortunately, that's all they did. The next five minutes was spent in a very awkward silence. Movement consisted of nodding, smiling, and receiving strange glances from everyone else. Usagi finally cleared her throat and broke the silence. (A/n: OOOOH NOO!!! SHE BROKE THE SIIILCENCE!! : Runs around, picking up the scattered pieces: The nerve of her!) "Would you like to join us? I'm sure there is plenty of food." She turned to glance at everyone else.
Relena's gaze immediately traveled to Heero. Perfect chance to be around him!! She nodded rather quickly, exerting a dream filled sigh. "That sounds wonderful."
Heero sighed internally. A full day with Relena, oh joy. Deciding that his appetite had taken a total downfall, he walked until he reached a large oak tree. Grabbing a few rocks, he sat down. Every once and again, he would throw rocks out towards the small lake and watch them skid across the soothing blue water.
Usagi looked towards Heero. She assumed that he probably didn't like this girl too much. Sighing, she turned around and saw Duo staring at one of the girls. She shook her head and marched over to Duo. "DUOOO!!!" She screeched into his ear.
"IE!!" Duo whirled around to see a furry-eyed Usagi. He turned around and ran to hid behind Wufei. "Wu-man…ya gotta help me out here!!" Seeing Usagi nowhere in site, he let out a sigh of relief. "Oh boy, oh boy…that was ^close^."
"Yea…I know it was close…" Said a not-so-Wufei sounding voice.
Duo turned around, chancing to see who it was. "Awww…Usa-san…when did you get here?"
She glared at Duo. " A quick sorry would get you out of this mess in no time, Duo-kun."
Getting the clue, Duo nodded. "Gomen, Usagi…it won't happen again…"
Usagi nodded then stood up. "Are we going to eat any time soon?"
Everyone gazed at her and nodded.
Rei sat down and started loading her plate with some of Makoto's famous potato salad.
"Are you going to eat ^all^ of that?" A calm, deep voice came from behind her.
Rei turned her head to see the same guy she had sat in front of in the car. A crimson color made its way across Rei's tan face and her violet eyes closed as she laughed. This brought a smile to the young man's face. "My name is Trowa…it'd be a pleasure if I knew yours, miss…"
Rei extended her hand and smiled. "Rei." She slid over on the large, red blanket and made room for Trowa. Seemingly indifferent to this gesture, he took the seat anyways.
Taking a sip of her grape soda, Ami sighed. It was a splendid day out. Sure, it was a little warm, but the breeze blew just right. Everyone seemed so happy, too. Even Ami, who had her set of eyes placed on a guy…for once. Feeling a light tap on her shoulder, Ami awoke from her pleasant daydreams to see a blonde-haired young man with the most pleasant blue eyes she had ever seen. Ami gave her genuine smile. "Good evening, can I help you Mr. …" She trailed off; slightly embarrassed that she never caught his name.
"Quatre…" the blonde stated, tipping his head to the right and smiling slightly. "The name is Quatre."
Ami smiled, her blue eyes glistening in the noon sunlight. "Ami…" She stated.
"Well, Miss Ami…would you mind if I sat next to you?" Quatre asked, gesturing to the open spot next to Ami.
Ami shook her head. "No, not at all."
Wufei growled, massaging his stomach. The weak onna had left a rather large bruise right in his stomach… 'And some where else…' Wufei thought to himself, looking down at his punctured manhood.
Makoto walked over to Wufei and tapped him on the soldier. When Wufei turned around, his eyes widened slightly. "Get away, weak onna."
"Would you like to test that theory again, mister?"
"No ma'am…" Wufei said, growling.
"Good. Now move over and let me sit there!" Makoto demanded and pushed Wufei aside. The two sat in silence, eating, not exchanging a single word.
Duo glanced at Usagi, who was gorging down half the food. "WHERE DOES ALL THAT GO!?"
"In…my stomach?" Usagi asked with a skeptical eyebrow. "Where else?"
"How many stomachs do you HAVE?!"
"One…"
"Holy…Not even ^I^ can eat that much…" Duo said, some noodles dangling from his mouth.
"…I think you could eat more." Came a cold, emotionless voice from behind them.
"Wanna bet?" Usagi asked, turning to Heero.
Makoto came up. "I bet five dollars on Usagi!!" Makoto shouted. Then, turning to everyone else, she shouted "EATING CONTE-----ST!!"
Everyone dropped what they were doing and ran to Usagi and Duo.
A light shade of pink arose on Usagi's face. "Mako-chan…I really...d…"
Makoto put a hand over Usagi's mouth, silencing her. "You'll do fine…" She removed her hand and gave Usagi a hardy pat on the back and slowly moved away. Bids were being called. Most of the guys said that Duo would win…and most of the ladies said Usagi would win. But who knew, really? They both ate more than the whole country of Mexico put together.
Usagi sat, spoon in right hand, fork in left. She held in her laughter as much as she could. Sure…one had heard of abnormal dating…but this was insane!! An eating contest…with her boyfriend!! Who would have thought?
Duo's eyes glistened at the variety of food that sat directly in front of him. Apparently, everyone else had gotten his or her share. Sitting in front of Duo and Usagi was a fruit salad with sugar and melted marshmallows mixed in. The second thing they had to eat was a whole jar of pickles. Moving on, the third item of food that sat on the red blanket was a large hamburger with ketchup, mustard, more pickles, and lettuce. Fourth was a quart of water…just to help everything down. This also marked the halfway point. The fifth item probably should have been the third item…then the water might have helped. Right after the gallon of water laid three jalapenos. Each one had to be fully chewed and swallowed before one could move on…just like the rest of the food. After that was the sixth item- a bag of sour cream and onion potato chips along with a small glass of orange juice. For the 7th item Duo and Usagi ^each^ got half of a chocolate cheesecake. (A/n: mmmm) The eighth item was, by far, the worst on the table. In a jar, all raveled up, lay a big, fat, juicy worm. The worm, however, did not have to be chewed. One could just swallow it. This was to prevent anyone from tossing anything back up.
Usagi's eyes looked over half the items and she nodded. She could do this, piece of cake. It was a shame she didn't see that later half.
Ami and Quatre made there way to the front of the blanket while everyone else lined up at the sides. "The rules are…" Ami started. "You have to eat everything. The first one to reach the end of the food line wins!"
"What do we win…?" Duo questioned.
"…Bragging rights, I s'pose…" Quatre said with a tint of amusement in his voice. Why were they doing this? He questioned. They really didn't win anything…except bragging rights.
"Bragging rights…over Duo…I kinda like this!" Usagi said, grinning.
Duo looked over with an ever-so playful glance. Usagi whimpered, giving her puppy face. This made Duo laughed and he leaned over to nibble on her lips.
"Hey!!" Minako shouted. "No flirting with the enemy!!"
Duo looked over to the blonde with the red ribbon and winked. Minako smiled. Fortunately for Duo's sexy behind…Usagi did not see this. The two separated and moved to either side of the blanket.
"Ready…set…GO!!" Rei shouted at the top her lungs, her violet eyes moving with excitement.
Usagi immediately dug into the salad with her fork, practically inhaling each and every little piece of fruit. The marshmallows held it together fairly well, so all she had to swallow were large clumps of delicious fruit.
Screw the forks. Duo did this the native way. He took a large scoop with each of his hands and shoved it in his mouth. All went down with great ease and he moved on to the next item. He tried shoving his hands in the jar, but they were just far too big. Usagi moved up on him and reached in with her fork, grabbing two pickles. She shoved them both in her mouth and chewed then swallowed. Duo, realizing he needed a fork to do this, ran back to the starting place and grabbed a fork. This gave Usagi a rather large lead. By the time Duo had started on his first pickle, Usagi had one left. Shoving the last pickle in her mouth, Usagi scrambled on to the next station.
Duo chewed on his last two pickles. They were so--- sweet. And don't get Duo wrong or anything…he loves sweet stuff…but these just didn't taste right!! He saw Usagi digging into the large hamburger and swallowed the last two pickles. He tumbled over to the third item.
Sure, Usagi was eating as fast as she could. Unfortunately, she was too worried about her self-image. Each bite she took was dainty but large. And after each bite she cleaned her mouth with a napkin. Normally, she wouldn't have been like this. But there ^were^ guys around she did have to make a decent impression. Duo, on the other hand, didn't care what he looked like. He shoved half the burger in his mouth and bit down…hard. Chewing as fast as he could. He moved onto the next station, leaving Usagi with one fourth of a burger left. Duo chugged down the water, stopping to cross his legs. HE REALLY HAD TO GOOO!! But he couldn't stop… he had to win! Usagi soon met up with him and gobbled down her water with a great amount if ease. (She had, after all, practiced this with love potion. ^_^) She left, leaving Duo, rocking back and forth, with a few gulps of water left.
Usagi's eyes dazzled at the jalapenos. She mused to herself, eyes widening. They weren't her favorite, but she knew Duo would complain and this might be a chance to get an even bigger lead. She plugged her nose and stuffed on of the hot peppers in her mouth. Chewing rapidly, she swallowed and moved onto the second. She did the same with the second as she did with the third.
Duo finally reached the fifth station. Realizing what they were, he whined. "OH C'MON!! YOU GUYS KNOW I GET HEART BURN FROM THE CRAP!!" A few people broke out of their cheers to mock Duo.
"Don't worry Duo…I'm sure Bunny will fix that." Minako teased.
Duo made a snapping gesture towards Minako, but she merely hissed back teasingly. "Oooh, I'll get you." Duo said, laughing and managing one jalapeno. God must really love Duo…because Usagi didn't see this either. His eyes tracked Usagi as she moved on to the sixth item- potato chips…mmmm. He finished the second jalapeno…and SOMEHOW managed the third.
Usagi gulped down the potato chips, chewing up to twenty…even thirty at a time. Duo finally caught up to Usagi, but she was down with three quarters of her bag. Duo popped the bag of potato chips and poured some down into his gigantic mouth. He chewed and continued pouring them into that big hole in his face.
Fortunately for Usagi, she had already finished by the time Duo made the half way mark in his bag. Drinking her orange juice, she stumbled to the seventh item, her stomach was just about to explode. Wondering if Duo's was too, she merely shrugged. Before her eyes was a half of a chocolate cheesecake. She loved cheesecake! She dug in, forgetting about the spoon and inhaled most of the cheesecake.
Duo gulped down the orange juice and chased after Usagi. He shoved the whole cake in his face, licking around his lips and did the same again. He didn't finish before Usagi, however. But it was pretty close. When Duo got to the last item, he saw Usagi staring blankly at the jar. Duo's gaze followed hers and realized it was a worm. "Don't wanna eat THAT, huh, Usa-chan…Looks like I'm going to win."
Usagi didn't reply. "You guys don't really expect me to eat a worm, do you? I mean…that's inhuman."
Duo laughed at Usagi's comment and opened the jar. He took out the large worm and swallowed it. "Ooo…It wiggles all the way down!!"
"Nasty Duo-kun!!" Usagi whined.
Duo got up and lightly tapped Quatre's shoulder. "I win! I win!"
"Duo won!" Ami announced, laughing.
"Yea…" Usagi said, getting up. "But I was pretty close. You goda give me AT LEAST that…"
"Okay…" Duo said, turning around to take the blonde in his arms. "I'll give you second out of two…" He whispered softly, nibbling on her neck this time.
"You can't be hungry after all of that…can you?"
"Oh, yes. Especially when the sweetest of all candy is trapped in my arms."
Usagi smiled as she felt Duo's hands travel up her shirt and unlace her bra.
"I…don't wanna see this…" Ami said with a scrunched up nose.
"Nor do I…" Quatre commented, looking towards the lake. "Would you care to take a walk?" He asked, directing the question towards Ami.
"That sounds wonderful." Ami replied, giving a smile. She walked up beside Quatre. The walked down towards the lake. As they sat there in the calm, mellow silence, their hands some how found each other's and their fingers enlaced.
"Oh, gross!" Rei commented, turning away.
"Tell me about it…" Trowa said, also turning away.
"I never…not once…imagined her doing … I mean…" Rei trailed off, shaking her head in disgust.
"Erm…no comment here." Trowa said, running one hand through the clump of hair that blocked his emerald eye.
"You know," Rei started, "that really gets annoying." She extended one hand and brushed his hair out of his eye. For once, both of Trowa's blazing green eyes were revealed. Rei smiled and looked up. "Wanna … just walk around?"
Trowa nodded, half stunned at the action…the other half wanting to take this raven hair girl in her arms and just…Trowa shook his head, vanishing any thought of that. "That sounds fine…"
Rei smiled and took him by the arm, practically dragging him. Can we guess who did all the talking?
Wufei growled low.
"Sick, huh?" Came a voice from behind him. The stupid onna who managed to damage (A/n: Hey! I rhymed! Maybe I should take up poetry…hm?) a pretty good portion of him. He turned around to get away from the site of Duo and Usagi kissing. He nodded in agreement.
"I never caught your name…" Makoto said, lowering her eyes to the ground and blushing slightly.
"Does it look like I care?" Wufei asked, his blank eyes starring down towards a small forest.
"Well…"
"Wufei…My name is Wufei."
Makoto smiled. "I am Makoto…but most people just call me Mako-chan…but I s'pose that's a bit to affectionate for you, ne?" She asked, laughing a bit.
Wufei turned to the girl, a confused look all to clear on his face. "What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, you know what I mean…putting on as Mr. Tough…"
"I'm not always like that…I just…" Wufei started…but trailed off, finding he couldn't finish.
"I don't mind…Oh, and, sorry about that blow earlier." Makoto said, yet again a light shade of pink moving across her cheeks.
"It's … fine." Wufei said, his glance once again traveling to the forest.
Makoto followed his gaze. "You like the forest?"
Wufei nodded slightly.
"Go check it out, then…"
Wufei glanced over, a lump of nervousness forming in his throat. Was he about to do what he thought he was about to do? Was he about to- "Would you like to go with me?"
Makoto looked startled. "Seriously?"
Wufei nodded. "Sure…"
"Cool!" She shouted. The two walked towards the forest, starting an interesting conversation about martial arts.
Minako sighed and turned away from the kissing couple. The Goddess of Love was left all alone. How ironic. Everyone else was paired off. Except! She ran towards the guy by the tree. He had been throwing rocks at the lake for two hours…he had to be bored. Minako tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Go away." Heero said, not caring to see who it was.
"It's Heero right? I heard that girl say your name…that's how I know. Why are you here all alone? Don't you want to have fun? Don't you talk?"
Heero glanced up at the girl. "Minako, right? I heard the other dumb blonde talking about it. I like being alone, no, and no." Heero said, standing up. "Now…I'm going to go save the world…I'll be back in an hour." He pushed Minako in the lake and walked off.
Minako floated there, drenched and stunned. "JERK!!" She cried out. But the boy seemed unaffected, like he didn't mind the insult. Then she glanced towards Duo. Trouble Double. Usagi, Duo, AND Minako? A slight grinned moved across her face. Nah. Just Duo and her, she could get rid of Usagi.
**** To Be Continued ****
^ Hey…I broke my personal record!! Seven pages!! ::Laughs:: Well. I will do a lemon for this chapter, I think you can tell where it will be. I've never done one before, so you'll have to work with me. I'm sorry, again, it took so long to get out. Thank you for your patience.
About the reviews…thank you for those. I won't need six for the next one. I'll just keep writing. If one person likes it, that's great. The next chapter will be out sooner, I PROMISE this time. I don't know about the lemon though. It might take a while for me to get to this. About the typos…I'll look it over for a while and fix it and re-upload it. Until then…Erm…deal with it I s'pose. So. I hope you enjoyed it!! And I KNOW Heero is VERY VERY OOC...Im trying to fix that. Im sorry!! And Wufei is sort of OOC in this. Oh, Im just AWFUL!
Translations:
·Gomen - Sorry
·Ne - Right?
For those of you who don't know the Japanese/English translated names…here they are.
Usagi - Serena (Bunny)
Ami- Amy
Rei- Raye
Makoto- Lita (Mako-chan)
Minako - Mina
Everyone gazed around at the variety of food. The blanket was covered with small sandwiches, salads, drinks, pies, cakes, chips, and all sorts of baked goods. Makoto, the cooking goddess, handled about eighty percent of it. Duo charged at the food, but a rather unfamiliar hand grabbed at his collar. He whirled around, expecting to see one of the girls…or possibly even one of the guys. Instead he found himself gazing into the blue eyes of a sandy-haired young lady. Swallowing, he cocked his head to the right.
"Relena." Heero stated blankly, staring at the girl. "What are you doing here?"
Relena let go of Duo and made her way to the ex-Chinese pilot. "Heeeeero!!" She shouted and clung to him.
'Oh gods…' Heero found himself thinking. "Relena…get off of me." He maintained his emotionless tone.
"But…But Heero…" Relena whimpered.
"Get off." Heero said once more, pushing her out of the way.
Usagi made her way to the young lady. "Exuse me. We're having a picnic here…no strange little ugly girls are welcome."
Relena turned, meeting gazes with her confronter. "Then do tell me miss…why are you here?"
Usagi grimaced slightly. The girl had some wit…not much, but some. "Because…" she bent down and leaned over to whisper in Relena's ear, "You're boyfriend and I are…."
Relena gasped, wanting to hear no more. "No!" She said unbelievingly.
Placing her hands on her hips, Usagi nodded. "Yup. You bet…Heero and I are…dare I say it? Fri---ends!" She let out a fake gasp.
Relena looked at the woman who had just insulted her. How DARE her insult royalty. Relena was about to open her mouth to say so, but thought it be wise that she kept what they called a 'low profile.' Instead, she smiled her little smile. "Here. Why don't we start over?"
Usagi nodded. That would be a wise idea. "My name is Usagi."
"Relena."
They two girls exchanged smiles. Unfortunately, that's all they did. The next five minutes was spent in a very awkward silence. Movement consisted of nodding, smiling, and receiving strange glances from everyone else. Usagi finally cleared her throat and broke the silence. (A/n: OOOOH NOO!!! SHE BROKE THE SIIILCENCE!! : Runs around, picking up the scattered pieces: The nerve of her!) "Would you like to join us? I'm sure there is plenty of food." She turned to glance at everyone else.
Relena's gaze immediately traveled to Heero. Perfect chance to be around him!! She nodded rather quickly, exerting a dream filled sigh. "That sounds wonderful."
Heero sighed internally. A full day with Relena, oh joy. Deciding that his appetite had taken a total downfall, he walked until he reached a large oak tree. Grabbing a few rocks, he sat down. Every once and again, he would throw rocks out towards the small lake and watch them skid across the soothing blue water.
Usagi looked towards Heero. She assumed that he probably didn't like this girl too much. Sighing, she turned around and saw Duo staring at one of the girls. She shook her head and marched over to Duo. "DUOOO!!!" She screeched into his ear.
"IE!!" Duo whirled around to see a furry-eyed Usagi. He turned around and ran to hid behind Wufei. "Wu-man…ya gotta help me out here!!" Seeing Usagi nowhere in site, he let out a sigh of relief. "Oh boy, oh boy…that was ^close^."
"Yea…I know it was close…" Said a not-so-Wufei sounding voice.
Duo turned around, chancing to see who it was. "Awww…Usa-san…when did you get here?"
She glared at Duo. " A quick sorry would get you out of this mess in no time, Duo-kun."
Getting the clue, Duo nodded. "Gomen, Usagi…it won't happen again…"
Usagi nodded then stood up. "Are we going to eat any time soon?"
Everyone gazed at her and nodded.
Rei sat down and started loading her plate with some of Makoto's famous potato salad.
"Are you going to eat ^all^ of that?" A calm, deep voice came from behind her.
Rei turned her head to see the same guy she had sat in front of in the car. A crimson color made its way across Rei's tan face and her violet eyes closed as she laughed. This brought a smile to the young man's face. "My name is Trowa…it'd be a pleasure if I knew yours, miss…"
Rei extended her hand and smiled. "Rei." She slid over on the large, red blanket and made room for Trowa. Seemingly indifferent to this gesture, he took the seat anyways.
Taking a sip of her grape soda, Ami sighed. It was a splendid day out. Sure, it was a little warm, but the breeze blew just right. Everyone seemed so happy, too. Even Ami, who had her set of eyes placed on a guy…for once. Feeling a light tap on her shoulder, Ami awoke from her pleasant daydreams to see a blonde-haired young man with the most pleasant blue eyes she had ever seen. Ami gave her genuine smile. "Good evening, can I help you Mr. …" She trailed off; slightly embarrassed that she never caught his name.
"Quatre…" the blonde stated, tipping his head to the right and smiling slightly. "The name is Quatre."
Ami smiled, her blue eyes glistening in the noon sunlight. "Ami…" She stated.
"Well, Miss Ami…would you mind if I sat next to you?" Quatre asked, gesturing to the open spot next to Ami.
Ami shook her head. "No, not at all."
Wufei growled, massaging his stomach. The weak onna had left a rather large bruise right in his stomach… 'And some where else…' Wufei thought to himself, looking down at his punctured manhood.
Makoto walked over to Wufei and tapped him on the soldier. When Wufei turned around, his eyes widened slightly. "Get away, weak onna."
"Would you like to test that theory again, mister?"
"No ma'am…" Wufei said, growling.
"Good. Now move over and let me sit there!" Makoto demanded and pushed Wufei aside. The two sat in silence, eating, not exchanging a single word.
Duo glanced at Usagi, who was gorging down half the food. "WHERE DOES ALL THAT GO!?"
"In…my stomach?" Usagi asked with a skeptical eyebrow. "Where else?"
"How many stomachs do you HAVE?!"
"One…"
"Holy…Not even ^I^ can eat that much…" Duo said, some noodles dangling from his mouth.
"…I think you could eat more." Came a cold, emotionless voice from behind them.
"Wanna bet?" Usagi asked, turning to Heero.
Makoto came up. "I bet five dollars on Usagi!!" Makoto shouted. Then, turning to everyone else, she shouted "EATING CONTE-----ST!!"
Everyone dropped what they were doing and ran to Usagi and Duo.
A light shade of pink arose on Usagi's face. "Mako-chan…I really...d…"
Makoto put a hand over Usagi's mouth, silencing her. "You'll do fine…" She removed her hand and gave Usagi a hardy pat on the back and slowly moved away. Bids were being called. Most of the guys said that Duo would win…and most of the ladies said Usagi would win. But who knew, really? They both ate more than the whole country of Mexico put together.
Usagi sat, spoon in right hand, fork in left. She held in her laughter as much as she could. Sure…one had heard of abnormal dating…but this was insane!! An eating contest…with her boyfriend!! Who would have thought?
Duo's eyes glistened at the variety of food that sat directly in front of him. Apparently, everyone else had gotten his or her share. Sitting in front of Duo and Usagi was a fruit salad with sugar and melted marshmallows mixed in. The second thing they had to eat was a whole jar of pickles. Moving on, the third item of food that sat on the red blanket was a large hamburger with ketchup, mustard, more pickles, and lettuce. Fourth was a quart of water…just to help everything down. This also marked the halfway point. The fifth item probably should have been the third item…then the water might have helped. Right after the gallon of water laid three jalapenos. Each one had to be fully chewed and swallowed before one could move on…just like the rest of the food. After that was the sixth item- a bag of sour cream and onion potato chips along with a small glass of orange juice. For the 7th item Duo and Usagi ^each^ got half of a chocolate cheesecake. (A/n: mmmm) The eighth item was, by far, the worst on the table. In a jar, all raveled up, lay a big, fat, juicy worm. The worm, however, did not have to be chewed. One could just swallow it. This was to prevent anyone from tossing anything back up.
Usagi's eyes looked over half the items and she nodded. She could do this, piece of cake. It was a shame she didn't see that later half.
Ami and Quatre made there way to the front of the blanket while everyone else lined up at the sides. "The rules are…" Ami started. "You have to eat everything. The first one to reach the end of the food line wins!"
"What do we win…?" Duo questioned.
"…Bragging rights, I s'pose…" Quatre said with a tint of amusement in his voice. Why were they doing this? He questioned. They really didn't win anything…except bragging rights.
"Bragging rights…over Duo…I kinda like this!" Usagi said, grinning.
Duo looked over with an ever-so playful glance. Usagi whimpered, giving her puppy face. This made Duo laughed and he leaned over to nibble on her lips.
"Hey!!" Minako shouted. "No flirting with the enemy!!"
Duo looked over to the blonde with the red ribbon and winked. Minako smiled. Fortunately for Duo's sexy behind…Usagi did not see this. The two separated and moved to either side of the blanket.
"Ready…set…GO!!" Rei shouted at the top her lungs, her violet eyes moving with excitement.
Usagi immediately dug into the salad with her fork, practically inhaling each and every little piece of fruit. The marshmallows held it together fairly well, so all she had to swallow were large clumps of delicious fruit.
Screw the forks. Duo did this the native way. He took a large scoop with each of his hands and shoved it in his mouth. All went down with great ease and he moved on to the next item. He tried shoving his hands in the jar, but they were just far too big. Usagi moved up on him and reached in with her fork, grabbing two pickles. She shoved them both in her mouth and chewed then swallowed. Duo, realizing he needed a fork to do this, ran back to the starting place and grabbed a fork. This gave Usagi a rather large lead. By the time Duo had started on his first pickle, Usagi had one left. Shoving the last pickle in her mouth, Usagi scrambled on to the next station.
Duo chewed on his last two pickles. They were so--- sweet. And don't get Duo wrong or anything…he loves sweet stuff…but these just didn't taste right!! He saw Usagi digging into the large hamburger and swallowed the last two pickles. He tumbled over to the third item.
Sure, Usagi was eating as fast as she could. Unfortunately, she was too worried about her self-image. Each bite she took was dainty but large. And after each bite she cleaned her mouth with a napkin. Normally, she wouldn't have been like this. But there ^were^ guys around she did have to make a decent impression. Duo, on the other hand, didn't care what he looked like. He shoved half the burger in his mouth and bit down…hard. Chewing as fast as he could. He moved onto the next station, leaving Usagi with one fourth of a burger left. Duo chugged down the water, stopping to cross his legs. HE REALLY HAD TO GOOO!! But he couldn't stop… he had to win! Usagi soon met up with him and gobbled down her water with a great amount if ease. (She had, after all, practiced this with love potion. ^_^) She left, leaving Duo, rocking back and forth, with a few gulps of water left.
Usagi's eyes dazzled at the jalapenos. She mused to herself, eyes widening. They weren't her favorite, but she knew Duo would complain and this might be a chance to get an even bigger lead. She plugged her nose and stuffed on of the hot peppers in her mouth. Chewing rapidly, she swallowed and moved onto the second. She did the same with the second as she did with the third.
Duo finally reached the fifth station. Realizing what they were, he whined. "OH C'MON!! YOU GUYS KNOW I GET HEART BURN FROM THE CRAP!!" A few people broke out of their cheers to mock Duo.
"Don't worry Duo…I'm sure Bunny will fix that." Minako teased.
Duo made a snapping gesture towards Minako, but she merely hissed back teasingly. "Oooh, I'll get you." Duo said, laughing and managing one jalapeno. God must really love Duo…because Usagi didn't see this either. His eyes tracked Usagi as she moved on to the sixth item- potato chips…mmmm. He finished the second jalapeno…and SOMEHOW managed the third.
Usagi gulped down the potato chips, chewing up to twenty…even thirty at a time. Duo finally caught up to Usagi, but she was down with three quarters of her bag. Duo popped the bag of potato chips and poured some down into his gigantic mouth. He chewed and continued pouring them into that big hole in his face.
Fortunately for Usagi, she had already finished by the time Duo made the half way mark in his bag. Drinking her orange juice, she stumbled to the seventh item, her stomach was just about to explode. Wondering if Duo's was too, she merely shrugged. Before her eyes was a half of a chocolate cheesecake. She loved cheesecake! She dug in, forgetting about the spoon and inhaled most of the cheesecake.
Duo gulped down the orange juice and chased after Usagi. He shoved the whole cake in his face, licking around his lips and did the same again. He didn't finish before Usagi, however. But it was pretty close. When Duo got to the last item, he saw Usagi staring blankly at the jar. Duo's gaze followed hers and realized it was a worm. "Don't wanna eat THAT, huh, Usa-chan…Looks like I'm going to win."
Usagi didn't reply. "You guys don't really expect me to eat a worm, do you? I mean…that's inhuman."
Duo laughed at Usagi's comment and opened the jar. He took out the large worm and swallowed it. "Ooo…It wiggles all the way down!!"
"Nasty Duo-kun!!" Usagi whined.
Duo got up and lightly tapped Quatre's shoulder. "I win! I win!"
"Duo won!" Ami announced, laughing.
"Yea…" Usagi said, getting up. "But I was pretty close. You goda give me AT LEAST that…"
"Okay…" Duo said, turning around to take the blonde in his arms. "I'll give you second out of two…" He whispered softly, nibbling on her neck this time.
"You can't be hungry after all of that…can you?"
"Oh, yes. Especially when the sweetest of all candy is trapped in my arms."
Usagi smiled as she felt Duo's hands travel up her shirt and unlace her bra.
"I…don't wanna see this…" Ami said with a scrunched up nose.
"Nor do I…" Quatre commented, looking towards the lake. "Would you care to take a walk?" He asked, directing the question towards Ami.
"That sounds wonderful." Ami replied, giving a smile. She walked up beside Quatre. The walked down towards the lake. As they sat there in the calm, mellow silence, their hands some how found each other's and their fingers enlaced.
"Oh, gross!" Rei commented, turning away.
"Tell me about it…" Trowa said, also turning away.
"I never…not once…imagined her doing … I mean…" Rei trailed off, shaking her head in disgust.
"Erm…no comment here." Trowa said, running one hand through the clump of hair that blocked his emerald eye.
"You know," Rei started, "that really gets annoying." She extended one hand and brushed his hair out of his eye. For once, both of Trowa's blazing green eyes were revealed. Rei smiled and looked up. "Wanna … just walk around?"
Trowa nodded, half stunned at the action…the other half wanting to take this raven hair girl in her arms and just…Trowa shook his head, vanishing any thought of that. "That sounds fine…"
Rei smiled and took him by the arm, practically dragging him. Can we guess who did all the talking?
Wufei growled low.
"Sick, huh?" Came a voice from behind him. The stupid onna who managed to damage (A/n: Hey! I rhymed! Maybe I should take up poetry…hm?) a pretty good portion of him. He turned around to get away from the site of Duo and Usagi kissing. He nodded in agreement.
"I never caught your name…" Makoto said, lowering her eyes to the ground and blushing slightly.
"Does it look like I care?" Wufei asked, his blank eyes starring down towards a small forest.
"Well…"
"Wufei…My name is Wufei."
Makoto smiled. "I am Makoto…but most people just call me Mako-chan…but I s'pose that's a bit to affectionate for you, ne?" She asked, laughing a bit.
Wufei turned to the girl, a confused look all to clear on his face. "What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, you know what I mean…putting on as Mr. Tough…"
"I'm not always like that…I just…" Wufei started…but trailed off, finding he couldn't finish.
"I don't mind…Oh, and, sorry about that blow earlier." Makoto said, yet again a light shade of pink moving across her cheeks.
"It's … fine." Wufei said, his glance once again traveling to the forest.
Makoto followed his gaze. "You like the forest?"
Wufei nodded slightly.
"Go check it out, then…"
Wufei glanced over, a lump of nervousness forming in his throat. Was he about to do what he thought he was about to do? Was he about to- "Would you like to go with me?"
Makoto looked startled. "Seriously?"
Wufei nodded. "Sure…"
"Cool!" She shouted. The two walked towards the forest, starting an interesting conversation about martial arts.
Minako sighed and turned away from the kissing couple. The Goddess of Love was left all alone. How ironic. Everyone else was paired off. Except! She ran towards the guy by the tree. He had been throwing rocks at the lake for two hours…he had to be bored. Minako tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Go away." Heero said, not caring to see who it was.
"It's Heero right? I heard that girl say your name…that's how I know. Why are you here all alone? Don't you want to have fun? Don't you talk?"
Heero glanced up at the girl. "Minako, right? I heard the other dumb blonde talking about it. I like being alone, no, and no." Heero said, standing up. "Now…I'm going to go save the world…I'll be back in an hour." He pushed Minako in the lake and walked off.
Minako floated there, drenched and stunned. "JERK!!" She cried out. But the boy seemed unaffected, like he didn't mind the insult. Then she glanced towards Duo. Trouble Double. Usagi, Duo, AND Minako? A slight grinned moved across her face. Nah. Just Duo and her, she could get rid of Usagi.
**** To Be Continued ****
^ Hey…I broke my personal record!! Seven pages!! ::Laughs:: Well. I will do a lemon for this chapter, I think you can tell where it will be. I've never done one before, so you'll have to work with me. I'm sorry, again, it took so long to get out. Thank you for your patience.
About the reviews…thank you for those. I won't need six for the next one. I'll just keep writing. If one person likes it, that's great. The next chapter will be out sooner, I PROMISE this time. I don't know about the lemon though. It might take a while for me to get to this. About the typos…I'll look it over for a while and fix it and re-upload it. Until then…Erm…deal with it I s'pose. So. I hope you enjoyed it!! And I KNOW Heero is VERY VERY OOC...Im trying to fix that. Im sorry!! And Wufei is sort of OOC in this. Oh, Im just AWFUL!
Translations:
·Gomen - Sorry
·Ne - Right?
For those of you who don't know the Japanese/English translated names…here they are.
Usagi - Serena (Bunny)
Ami- Amy
Rei- Raye
Makoto- Lita (Mako-chan)
Minako - Mina