Guardian Angel 2

By: Hotaru

"Hey Hilde, do me a favor and hand me that pile of books." A male employee in the book shop Hilde works said. Hilde smiled and grabbed the books. "No problem Sion. Here ya go." She replied happily. When she turned around, this 'Sion' guy turned and checked her out from behind with a grin. He's been looking at her like that for quite some time now. I opened the door of the book store and walked behind a shelf.

Books on history, art and love lined the walls. Hilde loves those romance novels. I don't know why. I felt a poke in my side. "Hey Heero what are you doing here?" Hilde said from behind me. I turned around and smiled…sort of. "Nothing really. Just needed something to do." I replied. She smiled and took my arm. "Then you can help Sion unload some books in the back." She said, pushing me to a door.

"Hey Sion, this is my friend Heero. He's gonna help you unload the truck." Hilde said, introducing me to her friend. He had ice blue eyes and spiky brown hair. He must remind her of Duo in a way. "Nice to meet ya." Sion said, sticking out his hand. I nodded and shook. "The books are back here." He said, pushing open a door. I followed him through an office and out side to a truck.

A rather large man in pants that were in desperate need of cleaning and a belt was standing near the truck. It seemed like he was having trouble just standing there. "It's about damn time you boys got here..I've been..waiting for nearly twenty..minutes." he spoke slow, taking a breath every few words. After Sion and I had un-loaded the boxes, he drove away. "More like five ya fat bastard." I heard Sion snort. I lifted a couple of boxes and tilted my head to the now driving away truck.

"Deal with him often?" I asked as we headed inside. "Yeah, unfortunatly. He's the main delivery guy and is supposed to help us with the books but he's too lazy." He replied, dropping the boxes on the floor. I smirked and walked back outside. "I can tell." I replied. He seemed like an okay guy. We talked some more and then headed to lunch with Hilde. "So Heero, we could always get you a job at the book store if you wanted. Then you'd actually get paid." Hilde said as we waited for our food in a diner.

/If I worked with her, I could watch over her…and not seem like I'm stalking her./ I shrugged and took a sip of water.

"If you could, I guess I'd do it." I replied. Hilde beamed. "That's great! I'll talk it over with my boss today. She likes guys with muscle." She said with a wink, half to me, half to Sion. /There goes the blood rushing to more places than one…stop it you bastard! Hilde belongs to Duo./ Our food arrived shortly after. Hilde took the wrapper off her straw, folded it up and dropped some soda on it so it expanded like a snake.

"Jeez Hil, do you ever get bored of doing that?" Sion asked as Hilde reached for another straw. /Hil? She's a hill now?/ She giggled and put the straw back. "No—it provides hours of entertainment." She replied sarcastically. I smirked and pulled out a pen and wrote on a napkin and handed it to Hilde. "How to keep a moron busy, see other side." She read. She flipped it over. "How to keep a moro—Heero you baka!" She crumpled the napkin and threw it at me. Sion managed to get soda up his nose from laughing so hard.

Hilde laughed some more as he held a napkin to his nose. "Damn that burns." He said. "I have to get you back now Heero. Sion, you can help me." Hilde said, crossing her arms. Sion knit his eyebrows together. "Why? It's not his fault you fell for it." He said, wincing as Hilde attacked him with a fork. /Uh oh…can't have too much fun or they'll start flirting. Wait…focus on the mission Heero./ After lunch we returned to the book store. "Hey, I'm gonna go talk to the boss so…Sion look like you're actually doing work and Heero, just look at those books over there." Hilde said, shoving me away.

I picked up a book and flipped through it. Books really didn't interest me that much—especially adventure books. Why read about something you can do yourself? But then again…I am 'Heero Yuy, the indestructible.' Ah, the nick name Hilde gave me when I acidentally drove down a cliff. Eh, the roads were slippery. I did break some bones but I didn't want to stay in the hospital with all those nurses peeking under my gown when they *thought* I was asleep. I looked up and saw Hilde talking to a woman in her mid-thirties.

TBC

Hotaru