Chapter 7-Lunch with Heero
It was around 3:00PM when Heero returned to
Serena's room. Along the way, he stopped at the kitchen to make lunch for
himself and Serena. He was feeling better knowing why he saved Serena. He owed
it all to her. Heero had made two sandwiches consisting of 99% fat-free turkey
breast, four narrow slices of turkey pastrami, a piece of deli fresh mild
cheddar cheese and some Hellmann's mayonnaise to top it off. To drink, he chose
two bottles of well-chilled Almond Creme soda. While going back Serena's room,
Heero bumped into Wufei, who was pissed at him for being so clumsy. Heero
immediately apologized and asked," Wufei, are you all right?".
Knowing Wufei would be very arrogant about this, Heero offered him a hand to
get up from the floor. Wufei was stunned and asked ,"What's wrong with
you? You should be more careful.". Heero was expecting this from Wufei and
countered with ,"I'm sorry. It was my fault for not looking where I was
going.". Wufei was still pissed, but not as much. He knew that something
was different about Heero. Wufei kept going on his way, thinking ,"He was never like this before. Could it
be...that girl???".
Heero was lucky that Serena's
and his lunch wasn't spilled on the floor. The sandwiches landed on the floor just
right while the bottles of Almond Creme soda planted themselves in Heero's lap.
To make up for the time during his accident, Heero ran up the stairs, tripping
on the last one, throwing the lunch in the air. He did a front handspring to
land on his feet, caught a bottle in each hand, and set them down just in time
to catch the miraculously intact sandwiches in his left hand. "That was
TOO close. That mayonnaise must have some serious adhesive properties."
Heero said to himself, chuckling at his little acrobatic feat. Heero noticed that he was bleeding from his
from knees, but didn't care too much to do anything. He ended up sprinting to
Serena's room. Before entering, he took a minute to catch his breath and collect
himself. He tried to open the door, only to find out that it was locked. Heero
thought that she was probably changing, so he knocked on the door. "Who is
it?" she said when she heard the knock. "It's Heero. May I come
in?" he asked. "Come in." she said happily.
Serena was playing the Sailor V game that she described last night at dinner. "Wow. You're pretty good." Heero said. "But I've found where your error is. You are attacking too far away.". Serena blushed and responded ,"I wasn't aware of that.". "I have a technique for you. Try attacking as close as possible. The enemies will go down much faster." Heero said with some thought. Serena thanked him. She tried this and her game ended at about the same time. With this, Heero lifted her into the bed. He said ,"I thought you might be getting hungry, so I made lunch for us.". He then brought the Sandwiches and chilled Almond Creme soda from the table across the room to the bed. He sat beside her, sharing a breakfast tray with her. Serena noticed that Heero's knees were scraped and bleeding.