Hilde's Fashion
by Oyuki
Standard disclaimers apply.
AN: A little longer for your reading pleasure! I didn't read over it. Forgive all mistakes.
Duo took Hilde's hand and led her to his car. Relena was on her way to the airport with Quatre, so Duo would give her a ride tonight.
"Duo, where are we going?" she asked.
"You'll see," he said and flashed her a smile. "It's a surprise."
"Come on! Tell me, please?"
"You are just going to have to wait and see. After he got her into his car he strapped her in and they drove in silence. Duo finally stopped the car in front of the Grand Madrigal Hotel(1) and opened her door.
Hilde looked at her tan shirt and black skirt. "I don't think I'm dressed for this," she said quietly.
"Doesn't matter." Duo just grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"Duo! Wait up! Are you going to tell me what we are doing here?" she cried.
"Oh, can't you just follow me? I promise it'll be very pleasant," he said to her with a warm look in his cobalt eyes.
She smiled at his antics to get her to be quiet and go along with him. "Fine, I'll just follow you."
When they entered the hotel, they were not led to the main lobby. Instead they were led to a private elevator that took them to the 18th floor. When the elevator stopped and the doors opened they were met with a young man, a waiter, Hilde supposed. He then asked them to follow him down a long corridor and through a set of double oak doors.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" she cried as she walked inside the ballroom. The only thing in the large room was a table set for two. It only had a bottle of wine and a candle.
Duo smiled a secret smile and hugged her. He said, "Anything for you, Hilde." Inside he was laughing, but there was also something that he didn't quite register. Something he didn't quite understand. He shrugged it off and snapped back to reality. He pulled her chair out for her and said, "I thought that we should have a special night, tonight."
"Thank you, Duo. You're so sweet! I can't believe you went to all this trouble just for me. I can't thank you enough," Hilde said and hugged him.
"Don't worry, babe. Thank me later," he said with a malicious smile that Hilde didn't see.
After the 'wonderful' dinner consisting of pheasant in rose petals(2) there was dancing. Duo had an orchestra small orchestra playing in the background. They danced to waltzes and he spun her and twirled her over and over. He found it odd that she was so light and graceful on her feet while dancing when she was so clumsy and awkward in everything else. She didn't step in his toes at all.
When their dance as over she said, "Thank you, DU. You've been wonderful tonight."
"It was nothing. You're a wonderful person, HIlde. Getting to know you has been a pleasure." Duo was enjoying this little charade. He hadn't played this little game with a woman in a while. And yet a little voice inside him whispered, 'But what about her? What did she do?' He didn't want to answer that. So instead he thought, 'Oh well, shit happens.'
"Duo," he heard her say.
"Yes?" he answered with a smile.
She turned her head sideways and hesitated a little. She took a deep breath and asked, "Did you know about Relena and Heero? What happened between them?"
"No," he lied. "I didn't even know they were involved."
"Well... he treated her pretty badly and... and he hurt her. She was far from being okay for a long time. Even by the time I met her she was still refusing to date, afraid another man would do the same."
Duo looked down at her with a frown on his beautiful features. "Heero and I are different," he said indignantly.
"I didn't mean--"
"Hilde, I would never play with someone's emotions that way. I know my reputation leaves a lot of be desired, but I would never mess with anyone who didn't know what she was doing. How can you--" Guilt trip, it always worked. But he knew that deep inside that was true, and that this time he was doing that total opposite.
"I didn't mean to insinuate that you were doing he same thing, or that you've ever done it. It' just that I know what it feels like, and I don't want it to happen again. I know, from personal experience, what it can do a person. I don't' want to feel like that again." Somewhere in the back of her mind something told her to be aware. That something wasn't right. She ignored it. She was so happy. Happy to have found someone. Someone who could be with her. Who would not leave her, like her parents had done; like her sister had done when Hilde was 11. When she had become a weight on her shoulders much too heavy to carry.
"I see a frown. Why?" asked Duo.
"I was just thinking, about... things in the past."
"What things?" he asked and kissed her soft lips. If he closed his eyes, and ignore her hair, her clothes, and her glasses, he could almost get to like kissing her. She wasn't too bad, aside from all the stuff he wanted to ignore and all the things she could afford to fix about herself. Oh well, it would only be for a little while.
"Oh, about my parents, my sister... and Trowa," she said.
"What about them?"
" I was just thinking about how lonely I felt after they left..."
Duo wasn't paying attention. He looked at her and pretended to listen while he went over what he was going to do to her into her apartment. And get her to agree to spending the night with him.
"... and that I'm glad you've been so great. You eased some of my loneliness."
He deliberately ignored her comment and said, "We should be leaving."
She smiled. There was something strange about him, but he was nice to her. Not everybody was nice...
*~*~*~*
Heero stepped off the plane and hurried to catch up to Relena and her blonde companions. He was determined to find out if she was really involved with 'Blondie'. he spotted said 'Blondie' and made sure he could keep them in sight without being seen by them.
He followed outside and saw them step into a waiting limo. 'So, little Relena has found herself a rich one.' He hailed a cab and told the driver to follow the limmo. So off they went through the streets of London(3).
He followed them to a large mansion. 'Great, big house and lots of gardens. Can it get any worse?' He was assured they would stay in the house when the driver pulled all their luggage out of the trunk. He watched the for a little while longer and then asked the waiting driver to take him to a very nearby, very fine, hotel.
Relena would fall again even if it was the last thing he did.
*~*~*~*
Duo kissed Hilde's hand. "Goodnight," she said, adjusting her glasses.
"Wait," he said. He fought the urge to giggle. He closed his eyes briefly and asked, "Can I come up? Just for a little while."
Unsure of what to say, Hilde only smiled. "Okay," she heard herself saying as if from very far away.
'This is better than I thought. Hmm... now I really have to put my acting skills to the test. See if I can fake it in bed!'
Hilde let him in the front door of the complex and he followed her to the elevator. They waited in silence for the elevator to take them to her floor. When they reached it she took his hand and lead him the hall way.
She opened the door and said shyly, "Come in." He was surprised at the neatness of the place. It was immaculate. 'Probably because of Relena,' he thought.
"I'm gonna go change, do you want something to drink?" asked Hilde from the hall.
"Umm, no. Where's the bathroom?'
"You can use the one in Relena's room. It's this door," she said pointing to the one next to the one she was standing in front of.
"Thanks," he said and headed to the bathroom. When he walked in he was surprised to find it a mess. Clothes and trinkets all over the floor. 'Okay, maybe Hilde is the neat one.' He saw she had many pictures. One particularly intrigued him. Relena, with her honey blonde hair, standing with a man with platinum, almost white, blonde hair. "Brother and sister look nothing alike," he muttered. He picked up another picture. It was Relena and a blond man with aqua eyes. It took him a second to recognize him as Heero's 'Blondie'. He read the dedication on the corner of the picture.
"To Relena, my best friend and almost sister,
You know we all love you.
Love, Quatre R. W."
Duo laughed as he headed to the bathroom. "Oh Heero! You're in for a surprise!"
tbc...
(1) Is there such place?
(2) From 'Like Water For Chocolate'
(3) I know nothing about London.
AN: Gotta hurry, I have to go to work in about 30 minutes. R&R!
by Oyuki
Standard disclaimers apply.
AN: A little longer for your reading pleasure! I didn't read over it. Forgive all mistakes.
Duo took Hilde's hand and led her to his car. Relena was on her way to the airport with Quatre, so Duo would give her a ride tonight.
"Duo, where are we going?" she asked.
"You'll see," he said and flashed her a smile. "It's a surprise."
"Come on! Tell me, please?"
"You are just going to have to wait and see. After he got her into his car he strapped her in and they drove in silence. Duo finally stopped the car in front of the Grand Madrigal Hotel(1) and opened her door.
Hilde looked at her tan shirt and black skirt. "I don't think I'm dressed for this," she said quietly.
"Doesn't matter." Duo just grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"Duo! Wait up! Are you going to tell me what we are doing here?" she cried.
"Oh, can't you just follow me? I promise it'll be very pleasant," he said to her with a warm look in his cobalt eyes.
She smiled at his antics to get her to be quiet and go along with him. "Fine, I'll just follow you."
When they entered the hotel, they were not led to the main lobby. Instead they were led to a private elevator that took them to the 18th floor. When the elevator stopped and the doors opened they were met with a young man, a waiter, Hilde supposed. He then asked them to follow him down a long corridor and through a set of double oak doors.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" she cried as she walked inside the ballroom. The only thing in the large room was a table set for two. It only had a bottle of wine and a candle.
Duo smiled a secret smile and hugged her. He said, "Anything for you, Hilde." Inside he was laughing, but there was also something that he didn't quite register. Something he didn't quite understand. He shrugged it off and snapped back to reality. He pulled her chair out for her and said, "I thought that we should have a special night, tonight."
"Thank you, Duo. You're so sweet! I can't believe you went to all this trouble just for me. I can't thank you enough," Hilde said and hugged him.
"Don't worry, babe. Thank me later," he said with a malicious smile that Hilde didn't see.
After the 'wonderful' dinner consisting of pheasant in rose petals(2) there was dancing. Duo had an orchestra small orchestra playing in the background. They danced to waltzes and he spun her and twirled her over and over. He found it odd that she was so light and graceful on her feet while dancing when she was so clumsy and awkward in everything else. She didn't step in his toes at all.
When their dance as over she said, "Thank you, DU. You've been wonderful tonight."
"It was nothing. You're a wonderful person, HIlde. Getting to know you has been a pleasure." Duo was enjoying this little charade. He hadn't played this little game with a woman in a while. And yet a little voice inside him whispered, 'But what about her? What did she do?' He didn't want to answer that. So instead he thought, 'Oh well, shit happens.'
"Duo," he heard her say.
"Yes?" he answered with a smile.
She turned her head sideways and hesitated a little. She took a deep breath and asked, "Did you know about Relena and Heero? What happened between them?"
"No," he lied. "I didn't even know they were involved."
"Well... he treated her pretty badly and... and he hurt her. She was far from being okay for a long time. Even by the time I met her she was still refusing to date, afraid another man would do the same."
Duo looked down at her with a frown on his beautiful features. "Heero and I are different," he said indignantly.
"I didn't mean--"
"Hilde, I would never play with someone's emotions that way. I know my reputation leaves a lot of be desired, but I would never mess with anyone who didn't know what she was doing. How can you--" Guilt trip, it always worked. But he knew that deep inside that was true, and that this time he was doing that total opposite.
"I didn't mean to insinuate that you were doing he same thing, or that you've ever done it. It' just that I know what it feels like, and I don't want it to happen again. I know, from personal experience, what it can do a person. I don't' want to feel like that again." Somewhere in the back of her mind something told her to be aware. That something wasn't right. She ignored it. She was so happy. Happy to have found someone. Someone who could be with her. Who would not leave her, like her parents had done; like her sister had done when Hilde was 11. When she had become a weight on her shoulders much too heavy to carry.
"I see a frown. Why?" asked Duo.
"I was just thinking, about... things in the past."
"What things?" he asked and kissed her soft lips. If he closed his eyes, and ignore her hair, her clothes, and her glasses, he could almost get to like kissing her. She wasn't too bad, aside from all the stuff he wanted to ignore and all the things she could afford to fix about herself. Oh well, it would only be for a little while.
"Oh, about my parents, my sister... and Trowa," she said.
"What about them?"
" I was just thinking about how lonely I felt after they left..."
Duo wasn't paying attention. He looked at her and pretended to listen while he went over what he was going to do to her into her apartment. And get her to agree to spending the night with him.
"... and that I'm glad you've been so great. You eased some of my loneliness."
He deliberately ignored her comment and said, "We should be leaving."
She smiled. There was something strange about him, but he was nice to her. Not everybody was nice...
*~*~*~*
Heero stepped off the plane and hurried to catch up to Relena and her blonde companions. He was determined to find out if she was really involved with 'Blondie'. he spotted said 'Blondie' and made sure he could keep them in sight without being seen by them.
He followed outside and saw them step into a waiting limo. 'So, little Relena has found herself a rich one.' He hailed a cab and told the driver to follow the limmo. So off they went through the streets of London(3).
He followed them to a large mansion. 'Great, big house and lots of gardens. Can it get any worse?' He was assured they would stay in the house when the driver pulled all their luggage out of the trunk. He watched the for a little while longer and then asked the waiting driver to take him to a very nearby, very fine, hotel.
Relena would fall again even if it was the last thing he did.
*~*~*~*
Duo kissed Hilde's hand. "Goodnight," she said, adjusting her glasses.
"Wait," he said. He fought the urge to giggle. He closed his eyes briefly and asked, "Can I come up? Just for a little while."
Unsure of what to say, Hilde only smiled. "Okay," she heard herself saying as if from very far away.
'This is better than I thought. Hmm... now I really have to put my acting skills to the test. See if I can fake it in bed!'
Hilde let him in the front door of the complex and he followed her to the elevator. They waited in silence for the elevator to take them to her floor. When they reached it she took his hand and lead him the hall way.
She opened the door and said shyly, "Come in." He was surprised at the neatness of the place. It was immaculate. 'Probably because of Relena,' he thought.
"I'm gonna go change, do you want something to drink?" asked Hilde from the hall.
"Umm, no. Where's the bathroom?'
"You can use the one in Relena's room. It's this door," she said pointing to the one next to the one she was standing in front of.
"Thanks," he said and headed to the bathroom. When he walked in he was surprised to find it a mess. Clothes and trinkets all over the floor. 'Okay, maybe Hilde is the neat one.' He saw she had many pictures. One particularly intrigued him. Relena, with her honey blonde hair, standing with a man with platinum, almost white, blonde hair. "Brother and sister look nothing alike," he muttered. He picked up another picture. It was Relena and a blond man with aqua eyes. It took him a second to recognize him as Heero's 'Blondie'. He read the dedication on the corner of the picture.
"To Relena, my best friend and almost sister,
You know we all love you.
Love, Quatre R. W."
Duo laughed as he headed to the bathroom. "Oh Heero! You're in for a surprise!"
tbc...
(1) Is there such place?
(2) From 'Like Water For Chocolate'
(3) I know nothing about London.
AN: Gotta hurry, I have to go to work in about 30 minutes. R&R!