((A/N: I like A/Ns))
"Duo, it's me! Hilde! Are you awake yet? Duo!" yelled the image of a purple-haired girl on the laptop resting on Duo's desk.
"Duet...?" Duo mumbled and lifted his head from his pillow. "Wah! Hilde!" Duo gasped and pulled his blanket to cover his bare chest. "Long time, no see!"
"I take it you're on a vacation? Or do you normally sleep until noon?" Hilde asked and smiled at him across the link.
"The Shinigami needs to be well-rested to carry out his grim duties," Duo replied and sat down in the desk chair.
"Well, looks like I'm going to be in the area, so I'll stop by to check on you! You better not be slacking off!" Hilde chimed and cut the link.
"Why does this keep happening to me…?" Duo groaned and held his forehead.
"You up yet?" Quatre asked and knocked on Duo's door.
"Yeah. Come in…" Duo sighed and stood up.
"I brought you some tea. Who were you talking to?" Quatre asked and set the cups and teapot on the desk.
"Hilde was on the line. She's the one who helped me back at the Lunar Base," he replied and poured himself some tea.
"And what'd she say?" Quatre pressed and sat down.
"That's she's stopping by!" Duo cried and slouched down in his chair.
"Ah, one of the "babes" you attracted, ne? You told her how to get here?" he laughed.
"Yeah, I wasn't thinking," Duo gagged.
"You think I can make it into the pool if I jump from here?" someone outside yelled. Duo and Quatre ran to the window and looked up. Duet was standing on the balcony railing, a good three stories above Quatre's pool.
"No! Are you crazy!?" Wufei yelled from the ground.
"Yes!" Duet replied and jumped off.
"I can't watch," Duo grimaced and turned away. There was a loud splash and flecks of cold water came through the window and hit his bare back even though the pool was twenty feet below him.
"Whooo!" Duet yelled once she surfaced.
"You're insane!" Quatre yelled out the window, trying not to laugh.
"I know!" she replied.
"Death by stupidity…" Heero grumbled and toweled himself off, even though he hadn't even gotten in the pool yet.
"That was wild! Let's do it again!" Duet cheered and climbed out of the pool. Trowa threw her a towel and she dried off.
"And we made fun of Heero for being suicidal," Duo teased as he and Quatre leaned out the window.
"Jump! I dare you!" she yelled back. Duo climbed onto the window sill still only wearing his baggy pajama pants.
"Get back in here!" Quatre yelled and tried to pull him inside.
"Duo Maxwell, if the fall doesn't kill you, I will!" Hilde yelled and burst through the pool gate.
"Hilde, what are you doing here!?"
"I told you I was coming!" she replied.
"So soon?" Duo practically whined and fell back inside the window.
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"I thought you'd be happy to see me?" Hilde cried once everyone was downstairs. Duet and anyone who was anywhere near the pool when she took her crazy dive was preoccupied with drying off and didn't spare the new girl anything more than a glance.
"I-I am! I just wasn't expecting you so soon!" Duo replied.
"Tea?" Quatre asked and offered her a cup.
"No, thank you," Hilde smiled. "And what kind of bone-headed stunt were you just about to pull, huh? You could have gotten hurt, or worse!" she continued.
"Uhhh…" Duo blinked and tried to ignore the snickers from the other pilots. "Listen, Hilde. Now is not a good time," he warned and tried to walk away, but Hilde grabbed his arm. Duet fixed her with an angry stare.
"And who is this, Duo? Hmmm? Your side dish? She cute. Where'd you find her? The pound?" Hilde asked angrily. Duet, used to cat-calls and trash-talk on the battlefield, ignored her. Duo, however, wouldn't stand for it.
"How DARE you?" he hissed and spun on her. Hilde looked frightened. "Baka," Duo spat and stalked out of the room. If Hilde expected help from the other pilots, she would receive none. She no longer had any friends in the room. Even the kind Quatre was angered by her remarks.
"Avdol, please escort this woman off the estate," he said coldly and turned his back on her. "Are you all right?" Quatre asked and put a hand on Duet's shoulder.
"I'm fine. My ego's sustained some damage, but I'm fine," Duet sighed half-heartedly and got up to leave.
"Oh, Duet? For the record, that was a pretty cool jump," Heero said in his sincerest voice.
"What was that? Chicken Soup for the Terrorist's Ego?" Duo asked, back to his bright, bouncy self.
"Ha ha," Duet mumbled and shoved him outside into the hall. "Exactly who was that?" she asked once she had him cornered.
"Hilde? She helped me on a mission a while back. I boarded with her for a while on Colony L2," Duo explained.
"As in 'boarded, boarded' with her?" Duet pressed.
"No! Not like that. I stayed with her because I had nowhere else to go. I didn't even let her cook for me!" he stammered.
"Alright. I believe you, Shinigami," Duet smirked and kissed him.
"Now that you two have kissed and made up… The day is hot and the pool is cold," Trowa said and crossed his arms.
"Well, someone had the brilliant idea to build a mansion in the desert," Duo joked and glanced at Quatre.
"It's an oasis!" Quatre retorted and left to change into his suit. Duo rolled up his baggy pajama pants that he was still wearing and started after the group heading towards the pool.
"Nice try, Duo. Go put a bathing suit on, you lazy baka," Wufei berated and Duo sulked back inside.
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A/N: I hope it doesn't bother anyone that I've left a few words untranslated… I think it helps keep that authentic feel by staying as close to the manga as possible without having to post on the Japanese mirror. And, yes, Duet really was supposed to dive off the balcony and all that. What follows is, you guessed it, more fan service! But the conflict with Hilde here is why Duo is so angry when he sees her in space during the Libra battle…
"Duo, it's me! Hilde! Are you awake yet? Duo!" yelled the image of a purple-haired girl on the laptop resting on Duo's desk.
"Duet...?" Duo mumbled and lifted his head from his pillow. "Wah! Hilde!" Duo gasped and pulled his blanket to cover his bare chest. "Long time, no see!"
"I take it you're on a vacation? Or do you normally sleep until noon?" Hilde asked and smiled at him across the link.
"The Shinigami needs to be well-rested to carry out his grim duties," Duo replied and sat down in the desk chair.
"Well, looks like I'm going to be in the area, so I'll stop by to check on you! You better not be slacking off!" Hilde chimed and cut the link.
"Why does this keep happening to me…?" Duo groaned and held his forehead.
"You up yet?" Quatre asked and knocked on Duo's door.
"Yeah. Come in…" Duo sighed and stood up.
"I brought you some tea. Who were you talking to?" Quatre asked and set the cups and teapot on the desk.
"Hilde was on the line. She's the one who helped me back at the Lunar Base," he replied and poured himself some tea.
"And what'd she say?" Quatre pressed and sat down.
"That's she's stopping by!" Duo cried and slouched down in his chair.
"Ah, one of the "babes" you attracted, ne? You told her how to get here?" he laughed.
"Yeah, I wasn't thinking," Duo gagged.
"You think I can make it into the pool if I jump from here?" someone outside yelled. Duo and Quatre ran to the window and looked up. Duet was standing on the balcony railing, a good three stories above Quatre's pool.
"No! Are you crazy!?" Wufei yelled from the ground.
"Yes!" Duet replied and jumped off.
"I can't watch," Duo grimaced and turned away. There was a loud splash and flecks of cold water came through the window and hit his bare back even though the pool was twenty feet below him.
"Whooo!" Duet yelled once she surfaced.
"You're insane!" Quatre yelled out the window, trying not to laugh.
"I know!" she replied.
"Death by stupidity…" Heero grumbled and toweled himself off, even though he hadn't even gotten in the pool yet.
"That was wild! Let's do it again!" Duet cheered and climbed out of the pool. Trowa threw her a towel and she dried off.
"And we made fun of Heero for being suicidal," Duo teased as he and Quatre leaned out the window.
"Jump! I dare you!" she yelled back. Duo climbed onto the window sill still only wearing his baggy pajama pants.
"Get back in here!" Quatre yelled and tried to pull him inside.
"Duo Maxwell, if the fall doesn't kill you, I will!" Hilde yelled and burst through the pool gate.
"Hilde, what are you doing here!?"
"I told you I was coming!" she replied.
"So soon?" Duo practically whined and fell back inside the window.
~~~
"I thought you'd be happy to see me?" Hilde cried once everyone was downstairs. Duet and anyone who was anywhere near the pool when she took her crazy dive was preoccupied with drying off and didn't spare the new girl anything more than a glance.
"I-I am! I just wasn't expecting you so soon!" Duo replied.
"Tea?" Quatre asked and offered her a cup.
"No, thank you," Hilde smiled. "And what kind of bone-headed stunt were you just about to pull, huh? You could have gotten hurt, or worse!" she continued.
"Uhhh…" Duo blinked and tried to ignore the snickers from the other pilots. "Listen, Hilde. Now is not a good time," he warned and tried to walk away, but Hilde grabbed his arm. Duet fixed her with an angry stare.
"And who is this, Duo? Hmmm? Your side dish? She cute. Where'd you find her? The pound?" Hilde asked angrily. Duet, used to cat-calls and trash-talk on the battlefield, ignored her. Duo, however, wouldn't stand for it.
"How DARE you?" he hissed and spun on her. Hilde looked frightened. "Baka," Duo spat and stalked out of the room. If Hilde expected help from the other pilots, she would receive none. She no longer had any friends in the room. Even the kind Quatre was angered by her remarks.
"Avdol, please escort this woman off the estate," he said coldly and turned his back on her. "Are you all right?" Quatre asked and put a hand on Duet's shoulder.
"I'm fine. My ego's sustained some damage, but I'm fine," Duet sighed half-heartedly and got up to leave.
"Oh, Duet? For the record, that was a pretty cool jump," Heero said in his sincerest voice.
"What was that? Chicken Soup for the Terrorist's Ego?" Duo asked, back to his bright, bouncy self.
"Ha ha," Duet mumbled and shoved him outside into the hall. "Exactly who was that?" she asked once she had him cornered.
"Hilde? She helped me on a mission a while back. I boarded with her for a while on Colony L2," Duo explained.
"As in 'boarded, boarded' with her?" Duet pressed.
"No! Not like that. I stayed with her because I had nowhere else to go. I didn't even let her cook for me!" he stammered.
"Alright. I believe you, Shinigami," Duet smirked and kissed him.
"Now that you two have kissed and made up… The day is hot and the pool is cold," Trowa said and crossed his arms.
"Well, someone had the brilliant idea to build a mansion in the desert," Duo joked and glanced at Quatre.
"It's an oasis!" Quatre retorted and left to change into his suit. Duo rolled up his baggy pajama pants that he was still wearing and started after the group heading towards the pool.
"Nice try, Duo. Go put a bathing suit on, you lazy baka," Wufei berated and Duo sulked back inside.
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A/N: I hope it doesn't bother anyone that I've left a few words untranslated… I think it helps keep that authentic feel by staying as close to the manga as possible without having to post on the Japanese mirror. And, yes, Duet really was supposed to dive off the balcony and all that. What follows is, you guessed it, more fan service! But the conflict with Hilde here is why Duo is so angry when he sees her in space during the Libra battle…
