Hilde's Fashion
by Oyuki
Chapter 10
Standard disclaimers apply!
Warnings: You've read them more than enough times.
AN: Ugh, finals week... I guess you can tell my mind wasn't really in this chapter. I wrote this during my physics final. That's bad.
(the next day, Sunday)
Relena opened the door and heaved her suitcases inside. She sighed and closed the door behind her. "Hilde? I'm home, are you home? I have stuff to tell you! Are you home?" she asked while walking around the condo. She finally found her in her room.
"Why are you in bed? Have you been in bed all day?"
"Yeah," Hilde sighed.
"Oh my god, I have to tell you something! It's the best thing that could have happened!"
Hilde wasn't really interested but she didn't want to hurt her friends feelings. So she asked, "What happened?"
"Well, I was at Quatre's house, because my brother and sister wanted us to hook up, but anyway, Heero shows up!"
"Heero Yuy?" Hilde asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but that's not the best part. Yesterday morning I was waiting for Quatre to get dressed and meet me in the gardens. He's got the most beautiful gardens! So, I'm walking and then Heero jumps up from the bushes and then I ask him what he's doing there. And he says that he knows I still want him! Can you believe that?"
"Yeah, because you do want him," said Hilde rubbing her eyes. She hadn't been crying, but she might as well have. She was feeling crappy.
"I do not! But then I start screaming bloody murder and the guards come and they kick his dumb ass out on the street. It was hilarious! You should have been there!" Relena finally noticed that her friend wasn't being very responsive. In fact, she hadn't say too much, like she should have. She looked at her for a long time before asking, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Hilde sighed and covered her face with her hands. The movement of her arms revealed the hickeys on her neck. Relena's eyes widened and she said, "You didn't... did you?" Relena closed her eyes and hoped her friend's heart wasn't too broken.
Hilde didn't answer. Her silence answered Relena's question. Relena, who had been sitting at the edge of the bed, moved so she was in a reclining position next to her friend. She put her arms around her and said, "What did he say?"
"Nothing, and that's the problem. He didn't say anything. He left in the middle of the night, and I called him yesterday when I woke up and he totally cut me off. Then he called me five minutes later and apologized to me for hanging up like that and told me that he was going to Texas. I knew he was lying, but at least he didn't say he didn't want to talk to me."
"No, but you know he doesn't want to talk to you. I don't mean to be the bad guy here, but you know what kind of guy he is. I don't him personally, but if he is anything like Heero, than you have to--"
"Relena, I'm totally ready to admit that we made a mistake. I know we did. We rushed into it, and I know he wanted to take things slow. I--"
"You're not taking the blame for this. He's just as responsible; it's not like you pressured him into it. I bet he started it," said Relena sternly. She had tried to warn her friend about Duo, it wasn't her fault if she went and did something stupid, but she would never let Hilde say it was her fault. She had gone through a hard break up once, she was not going to let Hilde do it again. If Duo was going to end their 'relationship' then Relena would make sure Hilde knew it wasn't her fault. "Tell you what, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm really tired from my trip, and I'm annoyed at Heero. Let's go to the spa and let ourselves be pampered."
"I really don't feel up to it, Relena. You go ahead if you want."
"I'm not taking no for an answer. Come on! We're going and then we'll go shopping for a new wardrobe. I can give you some tips. Let's make the most of today. We'll get our hair done and everything. Please?" she said and gave her friend a little pout.
Hilde smiled and closed her eyes. She really didn't want to go, but Relena really wanted to. So she gave in. "Fine, I'll go with you. But it better be a good massage and stuff because I feel crappy today."
"Okay, I'll make the necessary calls and then we'll go!" Relena all but bounced out of the room. Hilde sighed and got up to dress.
*~*~*~*
Heero walked into his apartment and dumped his luggage. He didn't bother to pick it up, he just left it at the entrance and went to his room. He collapsed on the bed and called Duo. He wanted to know how his 'date' went with Hilde. He needed something to laugh at.
The phone rang once, twice before Duo answered. "Hello?"
"It's me," said Heero.
"Where have you been all weekend? I've been trying to call you since Friday night!" yelled Duo at his best friend.
"I went to London! Geez, what's your problem? I told you I was going to catch up with Relena in London!"
"Shit! I forgot. So, how did it go with her?"
"It didn't go anywhere. It turned out she wasn't even going to visit her brother, she was staying with Blondie! First I go through all the trouble of finding where she's staying, then I wait for her for hours in a friggin' bush. When I finally see her she's waiting for Blondie. I tried to talk to her, but she starts screaming her head off about me trying to paw her. To make a long story short, she had me kicked out of the house! And she had to nerve to laugh at me! Oh well, I don't want to talk about that. How did it go with Hilde?" said Heero laughingly.
"..."
"Hey, at least you got some this weekend! Did you get me my tape?"
"No I didn't get you the fucking tape!"
"Why? Didn't you--"
"Yes, but I didn't make you a tape!"
"Someone sure is bitchy today!"
"I could say the same thing about you! You can't even talk to Relena..."
"Don't change the subject. You're the one who backed out of the deal. You didn't make me a tape!"
"And you can't even get Relena to talk to you! This isn't getting us anywhere, I'll talk to you later," he said and hung up.
"Yeah, well whatever!" Heero said and hung up the phone.
*~*~*~*
"Mmm... this is great. It really relieves the tension."
"Yeah," sighed Reline. They were getting massages at a local spa. After they were done they would go shopping for clothes, then they would get their hair done. It was going to be great. And it would be a great chance to give Hilde a make-over without her noticing. Relena had been dying to get Hilde to get a make-over but she always refused. Now that she was feeling vulnerable, it had been easy to convince her.
"All done," said the nice young man who'd been working wonders with Hilde's back. She sighed and got up warping her towel around her.
"Where to next?" she asked Relena.
"We're going shoppin'," she replied also wrapping her towel around her body.
*~*~*~*
Two hours later they were ready to drop. They had gone to almost all the stores and boutiques in the story. They had gotten suits for work, shoes for work, outfits for just hanging out with friends, more shoes, and new lingerie from a new shop called 'Kinky Kitty'.
"I don't know about you, Hilde, but I still want to get my hair done," said Relena, hoping that Hilde wasn't too tired.
"Well, okay. Since we're already out, we might as well do it. Oh, and I forgot to tell you that I get my braces off on Monday. So I'm going to be late for work." Hilde
"That's good. How long have you had them now?"
"Two years. It's great to know that I'm finally getting these things off! Let's go, I don't want to take too long."
"Okay, let's go." Relena and Hilde went off to get their hair done.
tbc...
AN: R&R please! I get a kick out of reading your reviews and it makes me want to write the next chapter!
by Oyuki
Chapter 10
Standard disclaimers apply!
Warnings: You've read them more than enough times.
AN: Ugh, finals week... I guess you can tell my mind wasn't really in this chapter. I wrote this during my physics final. That's bad.
(the next day, Sunday)
Relena opened the door and heaved her suitcases inside. She sighed and closed the door behind her. "Hilde? I'm home, are you home? I have stuff to tell you! Are you home?" she asked while walking around the condo. She finally found her in her room.
"Why are you in bed? Have you been in bed all day?"
"Yeah," Hilde sighed.
"Oh my god, I have to tell you something! It's the best thing that could have happened!"
Hilde wasn't really interested but she didn't want to hurt her friends feelings. So she asked, "What happened?"
"Well, I was at Quatre's house, because my brother and sister wanted us to hook up, but anyway, Heero shows up!"
"Heero Yuy?" Hilde asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but that's not the best part. Yesterday morning I was waiting for Quatre to get dressed and meet me in the gardens. He's got the most beautiful gardens! So, I'm walking and then Heero jumps up from the bushes and then I ask him what he's doing there. And he says that he knows I still want him! Can you believe that?"
"Yeah, because you do want him," said Hilde rubbing her eyes. She hadn't been crying, but she might as well have. She was feeling crappy.
"I do not! But then I start screaming bloody murder and the guards come and they kick his dumb ass out on the street. It was hilarious! You should have been there!" Relena finally noticed that her friend wasn't being very responsive. In fact, she hadn't say too much, like she should have. She looked at her for a long time before asking, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Hilde sighed and covered her face with her hands. The movement of her arms revealed the hickeys on her neck. Relena's eyes widened and she said, "You didn't... did you?" Relena closed her eyes and hoped her friend's heart wasn't too broken.
Hilde didn't answer. Her silence answered Relena's question. Relena, who had been sitting at the edge of the bed, moved so she was in a reclining position next to her friend. She put her arms around her and said, "What did he say?"
"Nothing, and that's the problem. He didn't say anything. He left in the middle of the night, and I called him yesterday when I woke up and he totally cut me off. Then he called me five minutes later and apologized to me for hanging up like that and told me that he was going to Texas. I knew he was lying, but at least he didn't say he didn't want to talk to me."
"No, but you know he doesn't want to talk to you. I don't mean to be the bad guy here, but you know what kind of guy he is. I don't him personally, but if he is anything like Heero, than you have to--"
"Relena, I'm totally ready to admit that we made a mistake. I know we did. We rushed into it, and I know he wanted to take things slow. I--"
"You're not taking the blame for this. He's just as responsible; it's not like you pressured him into it. I bet he started it," said Relena sternly. She had tried to warn her friend about Duo, it wasn't her fault if she went and did something stupid, but she would never let Hilde say it was her fault. She had gone through a hard break up once, she was not going to let Hilde do it again. If Duo was going to end their 'relationship' then Relena would make sure Hilde knew it wasn't her fault. "Tell you what, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm really tired from my trip, and I'm annoyed at Heero. Let's go to the spa and let ourselves be pampered."
"I really don't feel up to it, Relena. You go ahead if you want."
"I'm not taking no for an answer. Come on! We're going and then we'll go shopping for a new wardrobe. I can give you some tips. Let's make the most of today. We'll get our hair done and everything. Please?" she said and gave her friend a little pout.
Hilde smiled and closed her eyes. She really didn't want to go, but Relena really wanted to. So she gave in. "Fine, I'll go with you. But it better be a good massage and stuff because I feel crappy today."
"Okay, I'll make the necessary calls and then we'll go!" Relena all but bounced out of the room. Hilde sighed and got up to dress.
*~*~*~*
Heero walked into his apartment and dumped his luggage. He didn't bother to pick it up, he just left it at the entrance and went to his room. He collapsed on the bed and called Duo. He wanted to know how his 'date' went with Hilde. He needed something to laugh at.
The phone rang once, twice before Duo answered. "Hello?"
"It's me," said Heero.
"Where have you been all weekend? I've been trying to call you since Friday night!" yelled Duo at his best friend.
"I went to London! Geez, what's your problem? I told you I was going to catch up with Relena in London!"
"Shit! I forgot. So, how did it go with her?"
"It didn't go anywhere. It turned out she wasn't even going to visit her brother, she was staying with Blondie! First I go through all the trouble of finding where she's staying, then I wait for her for hours in a friggin' bush. When I finally see her she's waiting for Blondie. I tried to talk to her, but she starts screaming her head off about me trying to paw her. To make a long story short, she had me kicked out of the house! And she had to nerve to laugh at me! Oh well, I don't want to talk about that. How did it go with Hilde?" said Heero laughingly.
"..."
"Hey, at least you got some this weekend! Did you get me my tape?"
"No I didn't get you the fucking tape!"
"Why? Didn't you--"
"Yes, but I didn't make you a tape!"
"Someone sure is bitchy today!"
"I could say the same thing about you! You can't even talk to Relena..."
"Don't change the subject. You're the one who backed out of the deal. You didn't make me a tape!"
"And you can't even get Relena to talk to you! This isn't getting us anywhere, I'll talk to you later," he said and hung up.
"Yeah, well whatever!" Heero said and hung up the phone.
*~*~*~*
"Mmm... this is great. It really relieves the tension."
"Yeah," sighed Reline. They were getting massages at a local spa. After they were done they would go shopping for clothes, then they would get their hair done. It was going to be great. And it would be a great chance to give Hilde a make-over without her noticing. Relena had been dying to get Hilde to get a make-over but she always refused. Now that she was feeling vulnerable, it had been easy to convince her.
"All done," said the nice young man who'd been working wonders with Hilde's back. She sighed and got up warping her towel around her.
"Where to next?" she asked Relena.
"We're going shoppin'," she replied also wrapping her towel around her body.
*~*~*~*
Two hours later they were ready to drop. They had gone to almost all the stores and boutiques in the story. They had gotten suits for work, shoes for work, outfits for just hanging out with friends, more shoes, and new lingerie from a new shop called 'Kinky Kitty'.
"I don't know about you, Hilde, but I still want to get my hair done," said Relena, hoping that Hilde wasn't too tired.
"Well, okay. Since we're already out, we might as well do it. Oh, and I forgot to tell you that I get my braces off on Monday. So I'm going to be late for work." Hilde
"That's good. How long have you had them now?"
"Two years. It's great to know that I'm finally getting these things off! Let's go, I don't want to take too long."
"Okay, let's go." Relena and Hilde went off to get their hair done.
tbc...
AN: R&R please! I get a kick out of reading your reviews and it makes me want to write the next chapter!