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Surprise
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As Lady Une woke, Milliardo walked into Preventers HQ bright and early.
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Milliardo walked into Preventers HQ. It was mainly deserted, most of the people didn't come in till much later, like Duo Maxwell. Quatre and Heero were the only ones around and he greeted them with his usual vagueness. He went directly to his office and directly to work, monitoring… peace.
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Everyone in Preventers HQ worked steadily, Duo and Trowa out on 'missions', Wufei and Quatre working with the Vice-Minister. Heero kept an eye on Relena himself. Milliardo wondered where Lady Une was, she was usually the one he saw first, last, and any time in between. She was the hardest working person here.. and he knew why.
Exiting his office he approached Quatre who had been talking to Relena, "Have you seen Lady Une or Noin today, Mr. Winner?"
"I haven't seen Noin around, sorry. I think she may be out on a mission. Lady Une called in sick.. odd isn't it?" Quatre replied.
"Oh, you think you guys can manage if I take the rest of the day off?" Milliardo spoke slowly as he thought of Lady Une. He knew some of the reasons she should stay home. He knew she wasn't sick, she would've came in anyway.
"No, go ahead, we'll manage." Quatre muttered as he tried to keep his attentions on Relena's on-going conversation.
Milliardo swiftly turned and began to walk towards the exit.. Noin walked in as he was leaving, and walked to him to talk. He just ignored her; he could see nothing in his way. He drove to his house.. leaving Noin to wonder what had just happened. She did ask if Milliardo seemed upset to anyone. Everyone answered that he hadn't.
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At home Milliardo hurried and dressed himself in something more appropriate for walking around in the streets. He wore khaki pants and a blue collared shirt, tucked in. He finished dressing and combed out his waterfall of hair. Without even looking in the mirror he left and walked to Lady Une's apartment. She didn't live too far away from him, and he sometimes watched her as she walked and sulked at the same time.
He walked along the sidewalk, thinking the whole time about Une.. He hoped she hadn't taken the day off to do something stupid, like try to kill herself. He hoped that she wasn't really sick, since that would just worry him, and he would look stupid for going to confront her about not being sick. He thought about Noin.. what would she think of him? A lying cheat? If so, it was well worth it. And what of Une? Did she think of him the way he thought of her? He had seen her look at him sometimes.. one of those wary looks that always makes one wonder what's on the other person's mind.
He walked down the hall to Une's apartment, and lifted his hand, knocking lightly on the door.
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