~ Interlude ~
Quatre smiled cheerfully as he poured himself a cup of tea from the delicate flower patterned tea set. On the opposite couch, Trowa sat in polite silence, his green eyes hooded by the long, heavy red bang.
Duo hummed softly under his breath, his outrageously long and thick chest nut braid swaying gently behind him, as he very carefully cut the mud cake in front of him, into five, rather uneven sized slices. He passed the cake slices to Heero, indicating wordlessly that the thick slice with the only strawberry was for himself.
Heero ignored the frantic handsignalling as he calmly accepted the plates of ice cream. The brown haired youth with a serious looking expression, focused all of his considerable attention, his tongue sticking out a little at the corner of his mouth, towards measuring each scoop of the vanilla ice cream being added to the side of the chocolate cakes. Making certain that each scoop was exactly the same, no more or less.
Slightly apart from the cozy group was Wufei, who was sprawled untidily over the thick rug, cushions scattered below and around him, his entire attention on the book in his hands, giggling every now and then as he turned the pages.
'Yo, Wufei, come over here and get your cake. The ice cream is starting to melt.'
Duo glared coldly at the lazing figure as he accepted his cup of tea from Quatre, even as he passed back his plate to Heero for an additional scoop of ice cream.
'Ungrateful toad.' Duo muttered sourly as Heero wordlessly picked up the left over plate and took at over to the oblivious Wufei. 'You shouldn't have done that, he'll get spoiled, you'll see.'
Wufei tore his attention away from the rivetting pages just long enough to rearrange his loose limbs so that he could tuck the plate under his chin as his eyes remained glued to the black print.
As he poised his fork over the cake, he stopped and blinked, his attention diverted by the thin dark slice sitting on the delicate porcelein plate, with the white lump of cold sweetness slowly melting at its side.
'Why is my piece of cake so much smaller than everyone else's?'
Wufei looked up accusingly, his black eyes fixing coldly on the significantly larger triangular shape sitting on Duo's lap, noticing that it was getting smaller with each large bite.
'You let him divide the cake again.' He shot an angry look at Quatre, who beamed happily and mumbled back an incoherent apology through a mouthful of cake and ice cream. Then at Trowa who sipped his hot sweet tea sanguinely and shrugged carelessly. Wufei glowered at Duo, who was too busy trying to tease Heero into letting him have yet another scoop of ice cream to notice him, and sighed crossly.
'I told you not to let him at the cake, look at the size of my slice, you rats.'
'You better eat fast before all the ice cream melts.' Came a quiet reminder as Trowa finished his last morsel of cake with obvious enjoyment.
Wufei scowled blackly but turned back to his plate with resignation, he knew from bitter experience that it was better not to keep arguing, especially when a certain someone had almost finished his own slice and was likely to start demanding that he share what little he got.
Wufei frowned at Duo, who noticing the attention, grinned and made a big show of savouring the large strawberry, and narrowed his eyes. He thought that it was way past time that someone taught that irresponsible, greedy baka a lesson about sharing.
Quatre smiled cheerfully as he poured himself a cup of tea from the delicate flower patterned tea set. On the opposite couch, Trowa sat in polite silence, his green eyes hooded by the long, heavy red bang.
Duo hummed softly under his breath, his outrageously long and thick chest nut braid swaying gently behind him, as he very carefully cut the mud cake in front of him, into five, rather uneven sized slices. He passed the cake slices to Heero, indicating wordlessly that the thick slice with the only strawberry was for himself.
Heero ignored the frantic handsignalling as he calmly accepted the plates of ice cream. The brown haired youth with a serious looking expression, focused all of his considerable attention, his tongue sticking out a little at the corner of his mouth, towards measuring each scoop of the vanilla ice cream being added to the side of the chocolate cakes. Making certain that each scoop was exactly the same, no more or less.
Slightly apart from the cozy group was Wufei, who was sprawled untidily over the thick rug, cushions scattered below and around him, his entire attention on the book in his hands, giggling every now and then as he turned the pages.
'Yo, Wufei, come over here and get your cake. The ice cream is starting to melt.'
Duo glared coldly at the lazing figure as he accepted his cup of tea from Quatre, even as he passed back his plate to Heero for an additional scoop of ice cream.
'Ungrateful toad.' Duo muttered sourly as Heero wordlessly picked up the left over plate and took at over to the oblivious Wufei. 'You shouldn't have done that, he'll get spoiled, you'll see.'
Wufei tore his attention away from the rivetting pages just long enough to rearrange his loose limbs so that he could tuck the plate under his chin as his eyes remained glued to the black print.
As he poised his fork over the cake, he stopped and blinked, his attention diverted by the thin dark slice sitting on the delicate porcelein plate, with the white lump of cold sweetness slowly melting at its side.
'Why is my piece of cake so much smaller than everyone else's?'
Wufei looked up accusingly, his black eyes fixing coldly on the significantly larger triangular shape sitting on Duo's lap, noticing that it was getting smaller with each large bite.
'You let him divide the cake again.' He shot an angry look at Quatre, who beamed happily and mumbled back an incoherent apology through a mouthful of cake and ice cream. Then at Trowa who sipped his hot sweet tea sanguinely and shrugged carelessly. Wufei glowered at Duo, who was too busy trying to tease Heero into letting him have yet another scoop of ice cream to notice him, and sighed crossly.
'I told you not to let him at the cake, look at the size of my slice, you rats.'
'You better eat fast before all the ice cream melts.' Came a quiet reminder as Trowa finished his last morsel of cake with obvious enjoyment.
Wufei scowled blackly but turned back to his plate with resignation, he knew from bitter experience that it was better not to keep arguing, especially when a certain someone had almost finished his own slice and was likely to start demanding that he share what little he got.
Wufei frowned at Duo, who noticing the attention, grinned and made a big show of savouring the large strawberry, and narrowed his eyes. He thought that it was way past time that someone taught that irresponsible, greedy baka a lesson about sharing.