~Infinite_Tenshi
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em...sadly, never will.
Dedications: I'd like to once again dedicate this to my dear friend Mddling_Maiden who seems to be not writing anything lately, hint hint, but you will post that new poem you wrote the other day, ne? I'd also like to thank all the reviewers, and how they have surprised me to no end with no flames.
Omake
The war continued, Treize was killed at the hands
of Chang Wufei, and peace was finally achieved, at least for the time being.
There were rumors of the peace being soon broken, but nothing had happened…yet.
Hiiro was still on his mission to protect Ririna, which he dreaded.
About six months had passed. Ririna had changed
her last name to Dorlain again. All the pilots were still on the continuing
mission of protecting her whenever possible. They all had to listen to
her speeches on peace and total pacifism, etc. It was now June of AC 196,
just before Ririna and the Gundam pilots were to walk down the graduation
aisle. Ririna decided to make a trip to the mall to buy another hideous
set of clothes that she was going to wear to the after graduation party.
Considering that the Gundam guys were still on a mission to protect her,
they had to go along.
"This will be so much fun!" Ririna yelled once they had reached their destination: the Sanq Kingdom mall/shopping center.
Duo stood behind her and mocked her. He folded his hands, put them up to his cheeks and mouthed as she yelled. Quatre had to disguise a laugh with a cough, the others looked unfazed, but Duo was used to it.
"Hey, guys! I'm going to get something to eat! You want anything?" asked Duo.
Since no one answered, Duo just shrugged.
"I take that as a 'no'. I'll be back." Duo headed toward the mall food court.
The rest of the boys scattered, so that they could watch her from a distance and not be completely humiliated by her antics. Trowa watched her from the west side of her, Wufei from the east, Quatre from the southeast, and Hiiro from the south. Duo would have to take the southwest when he came back.
Hiiro was walking around the mall, looking for the gun shop for another silencer and maybe some ammunition, while keeping the corner of his eye on that hideous Ririna. While doing so, he ran into someone that had obviously no seen where they were going, after all, they had their face buried in the mall map.
The person made impact with Hiiro, who had to take a step back for balance, but the person wasn't so lucky. They fell on the ground trying to keep their balance and waving the map around. Surprisingly, the person wasn't screaming. The person fell on their butt with a grunt of slight pain. Hiiro politely extended his hand.
The person was obviously a woman, after all, she did have a big belly. She kindly took Hiiro's extended hand, to reveal an engagement ring and a wedding band.
"Thank you," the woman said sincerely. "I don't think I could've gotten up by myself because of this." She finished by pointing to her belly.
Hiiro nodded in response. He took a good look at the woman. She looked around twenty-four, at least the makeup said she was. She was pregnant, at least five months. The rings on her fingers said she was married. Her hair was blond, but it didn't look natural. There were traces of silver in her hair. Her eyes were blue, but she was wearing contacts. She looked vaguely familiar.
"I'm very sorry for troubling you. May I ask you a question?"
Hiiro looked at her again, and nodded 'yes'.
"Umm…I'm really lost. I haven't been to the mall before because my guardian made all my clothes for me. Do you know where I can get some maternity clothes?"
"Sorry. I have no idea. I don't come here often either." Hiiro responded in monotone.
"Oh, gomen, I mean, I'm very sorry. I'll just have to look at this map here…" the girl trailed off. Hiiro studied her quietly. She seemed so familiar, but he just couldn't put his finger on it. Just then, Quatre came walking over to Hiiro.
"Hey, Hiiro, I needed to ask you something. Have you seen Ririna-san? I lost her when I saw the perfect present for my sister Julia in a store window and went to buy it for her. Oh, how rude of me. My name is Quatre Raberba Winner. It's nice to meet you," Quatre said as he saw the pregnant woman.
"Selenity Moon. The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Winner,"
the pregnant woman said as she took his outstretched hand.
Quatre thought for a minute. His eyes bugged almost bugged out of his
head when he realized where he had heard that name before.
"Really?" he quietly asked.
Selenity nodded.
"Hai."
Quatre took her other hand in his other hand as well.
"What happened? And you're married?" Quatre asked as he eyed the two rings.
"Well…" Selenity started. She looked around nervously.
"That's not important. I thought I'd never see you again!"
"It didn't seem like I'd see you again either. Listen, I need to ask you a question. Do you know where I can find some maternity clothes?" Selenity asked.
"Oh, go down this corridor, down the left at the Limited, right at the Express, up the escalator, and at your right should be the Baby Gap."
"How do you know all this?" Selenity asked.
"You have to remember that I had twenty-nine sisters, all who decided to come along with me to the mall when all I needed was one shirt. Mall maps get to be very interesting while you're waiting for your sisters to finish shopping. How about I help you there?"
"That would be great, but what about your friend here and that lady Ririna?"
"Oh, Hiiro! I forgot you were there," Quatre replied sheepishly.
"Hn." Hiiro responded, not really caring.
"Why don't you join us, Hiiro?" Quatre asked. "By the way, I'd like you to meet my friend Selenity, or better known as Tsukino Usagi. Usagi-san, I'd like you to meet Yui Hiiro."
Hiiro's left eye twitched in surprise. 'Usagi? I thought she was dead. Whoa. What happened to her?> Go away. She's married? Wow. I guess a lot can happen in six months. Well, it seems she's happy.> Leave. Oh, come on! You know you're jealous!> Do you ever listen? No.> Leave. Fine.>'
Usagi turned perfect soldier in the blink of an eye.
"Hn."
The two glared at each other for what seemed like hours. Quatre couldn't take it anymore.
"I'm sure you didn't recognize each other, after
all, Usagi-san, you are wearing a lot of makeup and you are pregnant. You
probably didn't recognize Hiiro because he is wearing a cap. By the way,
where did you get that?"
Hiiro glared at Quatre.
"Well, shall we, Miss Usagi? I think you should get some of those clothes you wanted." Quatre offered his arm like a gentleman. Usagi took it, after all she needed something to hold part of her weight.
"Hiiro, why don't you come along? It'll be fun. You get to see what shopping is like," Usagi replied sarcastically.
Hiiro glared in response. He looked over Usagi again. She was completely different from what she looked like six or seven months ago. He just stared forward, thinking.
"Hiiro. Hiiro. HIIRO!" Quatre yelled. Hiiro glared at Quatre. Quatre just coughed, clearing his throat. "Excuse me for raising my voice, but I needed to get your attention. Now will you be joining us or not?"
Hiiro was about to decline, but he heard Ririna's voice echoing through the malls. He nodded 'yes', and they were off to the Baby Gap. On the way, Quatre and Usagi made small talk.
"So, Usagi-san, how have you been doing?"
"Pretty good."
"I see you're married now, and obviously pregnant."
"Yeah. My husband is wonderful. We met, were attracted to each other, it was the cliché of 'love at first sight.' I fell in love with his looks, and vice versa. We got married soon after, and this happened," Usagi finished, pointing to her stomach.
"That is so romantic," Quatre replied.
Usagi smiled at the innocent Quatre. Hiiro was on the other side of Usagi just glaring. He was really into this conversation, although he wasn't exactly included.
'Hi!> Go away. Wow, that was one interesting conversation. I wonder who the guy is?> Leave. Listen, you know you really like her, and she's obviously accepted her humanity. Why don't you accept me? Don't you love me?> No. I feel resentment in this area.> *The humanity version of Hiiro made a circle with his finger in front of him.* Good. Stop with the one-word answers. That's all I get from you! Can't you start a decent conversation?> No. Now leave. Three words. That's some kind of improvement here.> Leave. Fine.>'
While Hiiro was tuned out and talking to himself in his mind, Usagi and Quatre were still chatting.
"So, Usagi-san, if you don't mind me asking, what's your husband's name?" Quatre asked as politely as possible.
"Oh, not at all. His name is Onosaka Keigo. He can't be here with me right now because he has some business on a few of the colonies. I actually don't live here, but since he's on business, Keigo-chan decided that it would be better if I was in the Sanq Kingdom while he was away. He figured Earth would be the safest place, as well as this kingdom."
"I understand completely. So you're staying by yourself? If you don't mind me asking, where?"
"Oh, I'm staying at the Grand Colonial Hotel for the next few months. Why?"
"Well, I was thinking that maybe you could stay with me. I have a fairly large mansion that I don't completely use, and you can have some of the maids there to help you out in case you need any help. There's also the fact that you will be staying here for a few months in a very expensive hotel, and if you stayed with me, you could save money," Quatre suggested.
"I don't want to be a bother…"
"Oh! No, you would never be a bother. What are friends for, ne? You're also like a sister to me, and I have to treat all family members with all the courtesy I can offer."
"You're too sweet for your own good, Quatre. I'll take your offer since I doubt you'll get off my case until I do," Usagi said with a smile. Quatre smiled back and blushed sheepishly.
"We're here," Quatre announced. For the next few minutes, Quatre helped Usagi pick out some clothes for her to wear, after all, he had been forced through this with his other sisters who had been pregnant. Every one of is twenty-nine older sisters had dragged him into helping them pick out maternity clothes that didn't make them look "too fat." Hiiro just waited outside the store for the two. He didn't really feel like shopping. The pair finally came out with a pair of big shopping bags.
"Quatre-san, I'm kind of tired, so I think I'll go home now. I guess I'll meet you tomorrow to pick up my stuff. Bye," Usagi said as she turned away.
"Wait. Why don't Hiiro and I escort you to your house?" Quatre asked.
"No, that's okay. I'll be fine. Really. You don't have to worry. I'll just get my stuff from you guys…" Usagi bent down to pick up the three big bags. "…And I'll be going. Bye."
Usagi turned to leave once again, but a little girl ran past her. Usagi quickly dodged her, but wasn't able to miss the little boy that was chasing the girl in time. Usagi dropped the bags and started falling. Seeing this, Hiiro quickly went to her side and caught her while Quatre went over to pick up the clothes that fell out of the bags.
Usagi grumbled and got out of Hiiro's arms, saying something about her "stupid stomach that won't let me see anything or move anywhere." Hiiro almost laughed at the sight. Here was a former fellow perfect soldier who was now married and pregnant. Something inside Hiiro was a little jealous of this Onosaka Keigo guy. Hiiro quickly shook it off and helped Usagi stand straight. Quatre had just returned with the clothes.
"Now you can't object. Hiiro and I are going to help you Usagi, whether you like it or not. Hold on." Quatre pulled out a cell phone and dialed a number. "Hello? Duo? Yeah, I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm going to help a friend get home, and I'm taking Hiiro with me. Yeah. Uh-huh. Okay, thanks. Bye." Quatre turned back to the two. "Okay, everything is set. Duo knows that I'll be gone for a while, as well as you, Hiiro. Now, shall we?"
Usagi and Hiiro just glared straight. The two followed Quatre to the limousine that the pilots had taken to the mall. Quatre told the chauffer where to go, ad they were off. During the ride to the hotel, no one really spoke.
After a silence of about thirty minutes, the limousine parked in front of the exquisite hotel. The chauffer came to the side of the limousine and opened the door for Usagi. She accepted his offered hand while Quatre and Hiiro saw themselves out. The chauffer opened the trunk and helped Hiiro and Quatre take out the bags while Usagi stood on the sidewalk with one hand behind her back supporting her weight. Quatre and Hiiro came back with the bags.
"Let's go, Usagi. What's your room number?" Quatre asked as politely as possible.
"No, you don't have to help me up. I can manage," Usagi replied, reaching for the bags. Quatre pulled them away.
"Usagi-san, do you honestly think I'll leave you
here all by your pregnant self after that incident in the mall where that
little boy knocked you over and you were helpless on the ground?" Quatre
asked, trying to prove his point.
Usagi glared at him.
"Must you bring that up? It was just a fluke. Now if you please, I would like to retreat to my room so that I may get dressed for an appointment I have to get to. Wait…never mind. I can't go today, so I guess I'll just have to settle for the gym…." Usagi said, mumbling the last sentence to herself. She reached for the bags in Quatre's hands, but Quatre pulled them away.
"How about Hiiro and I help you up to your room for now, and then you can got to your appointment or the gym," Quatre suggested.
Usagi sighed.
"Fine. It seems you won't give me my bags anyway, so, not to be rude or anything, but follow me."
The three went up to the front desk and Usagi got her keys. They then went inside the elevator and then to her room. Usagi unlocked the door. (A.N.: I know, not detailed and a little rushed. I just really didn't feel like describing what they did the whole way to Usagi's hotel room.)
"Okay, we're here. You guys have helped enough. You helped me at the mall and offered me a place to stay, and for that, thank you." Usagi then gave each of the two a kiss on the cheek. "But I really have to go now. I realized that I can't get to my other appointment because of something I just realized, so now I have to change all my plans. I'll see you tomorrow, okay Quatre-san? And I'll see you when I see you Hiiro."
"Not to impose, but what was your appointment? Maybe
one of us could help," Quatre offered.
"Oh, it's not really anything," Usagi nervously
replied.
"Come on, Usagi! I know one of us can help you," begged Quatre with puppy dog eyes.
"Uh…"
"Usagi."
"Fine. I was going to go to Lamaze class, but I
forgot that my husband wasn't here to take me, so I guess I can't go. I
think I'll just go sign up at the local gym or something."
Quatre sat there thinking for a moment.
"I can't go because I have a business dinner tonight,
but I'm sure Hiiro would love to accompany you, right Hiiro?" Quatre asked
while nudging Hiiro in the side. Hiiro turned and glared at him.
"No, that's okay, Hiiro. I'll just go to the gym," Usagi replied.
Hiiro looked at Usagi. She was so different from the last time he saw her. She looked sadder. Then again, she showed emotions, and that was different. Then there was the whole married and pregnant thing. He let out a very small sigh, and nodded 'yes'.
"That's great Hiiro! Usagi, you now have a Lamaze
class partner," Quatre said with a big smile. She smiled a smile that read
'sorry' to Hiiro.
"Thanks Hiiro. I'm sorry for taking your time,"
Usagi said gratefully.
Hiiro just nodded.
"I'll go get cleaned up. You can wait in the living room. Oh! I'm so sorry. Why don't you two come in? You can set the bags over there."
The two followed Usagi into the hotel room. They set the bags where she indicated, then Hiiro placed himself on the leather couch in the living room while Quatre said 'goodbye' to Usagi and Hiiro and saw himself out.
Hiiro sat on the couch waiting for Usagi. He was thinking to himself. 'How did I get myself into this? Lamaze class? And with Usagi, the other 'perfect soldier' mind you, nonetheless. *mental sigh* Well, at least I know she's alive. Yeah, but with a husband and a child growing inside of her. *another mental sigh*'
Usagi was in the bathroom cleaning herself up for class. 'I can't believe I'm going to go to Lamaze class, and above all, with Yui Hiiro, Mr. Perfect Soldier. This is not good. What are people going to think? Since when did I start thinking about what people thought about me? Oh, I can't believe what I'm doing. Stupid Keigo. When am I going to tell him? When? I can't believe nobody has figured it out. Oh well, there are way too many stupid people in the world.' Usagi finished washing her face and ridding herself of all the makeup. She wiped her face with a towel and went out the door to meet Hiiro in the living room.
Author's Notes: Well, I'd like to get a reponse. One word will
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~Infinite_Tenshi