Shadow: well well well, I just added up the votes again and it's soooooo
close. I mean two are tied and the third is like one ahead. Strange ne? I
don't want to disappoint anyone! It's so tough trying to work with my muses
being as they are.
Sage: Nani?
Duo: what he said!
Yaten: Injustice! Hey, why did I say that?
Shadow: I had to put it somewhere since Wufei didn't say it.
Yaten: Cruel person! Injustice! Ack!
Shadow: Well anywase, stay tuned and I'll let you know the pairing. That is.. if you can read between the lines. Mwhahaha..
Hotaru sighed as she dug through the cabinets and trashed most of the stuff inside, "Stupid bakas don't know how to keep house." She muttered to herself. A door slammed behind her making her whip around to face the person walking.
No wait; he was stalking in. "Maxwell." Heero grumbled under his breath. As he stalked into the room, and looked around, two other men came in, opening the door.
Heero came back out of the room and walked into the next one and came out with Wufei seconds on his heels. The two met the other two in the center of the room. "He's gone?" One of the new guys asked. His blue eyes searched the room.
Hotaru slid onto the counter and watched the guys talk amongst themselves. "Where is that fool, he needs to learn of our new mission." Wufei growled. The others nodded and the blue-eyed boy once again searched the room with his eyes. He looked concerned about something.
"What's wrong Quatra?" The tall one asked. His hand moving to the blonde's shoulder.
"It feels as if we're being watched." Quatra said softly. "Like the shadows have come out of their abyss to peer at us and listen."
Heero raised a brow, and then narrowed his eyes as if picking up on a thought. Soon his eyes too, were searching the room. "Where are you, shadow?" He said.
Hotaru cocked her head to the side and smiled, 'me? Is that who they're looking for now. How strange. I'm just sitting here. I'm not invisible.' (An: Anyone ever heard of foreshadowing?)
Wufei glanced at Heero curiously, why was he talking to a shadow? Strange.. His eyes caught on Hotaru sitting on the counter and watching them. He sighed and figured that while his fellow pilots were searching for shadows, he'd strike up a discussion with the new girl.
He made his way over to her and smirked when she caught his movement. "Hello, Chang-san." Hotaru said with a polite smile. "What's going on?"
"We're searching for Duo."
"He left about five minutes before Yuy-san and the rest of you. friends came in."
Wufei raised a brow, "I'm surprised Yuy didn't ask you already. Though, he seems to be acting odd today." His black eyes spanned the room to analyze the brown hair man still looking for shadows.
"Is he not always so calculated?"
Wufei chuckled at this; the girl was so stunningly fresh, "where did you come from onna, the moon?"
Hotaru flushed slightly, and started to fiddle with the hem of her shirt "No. I'm from earth."
"Hm.." Wufei sighed and went to digging in cupboards. "Where's my tea?" He asked after a moment.
"Two down." Hotaru said, "I've be reorganizing. Since I'm going to be cooking, I thought I ought to see what I had to work with."
"Cooking for whom?"
"I promised Maxwell-san I'd at least cook for him. I can cook for you and Yuy-san if you like."
Wufei studied her for a moment then smiled slightly, "That depends if you're any good, onna. And would you stop calling me Chang-san. Either Wufei or Chang. But forget the san part." He resumed digging in the cupboards.
Hotaru grinned; feeling like she'd just won a small battle. 'But I still have to get him to stop calling me onna.' She mentally sighed and glanced back to the other guys in the room.
Her eyes caught Heero's and locked. He watched her, and she watched him right back. A slight shiver passed down her spine as his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Heero?" Trowa asked seeing the other man's concentration wane. When he got no reply, Trowa turned his green orbs in the direction of Heero's gaze.
Quatra soon looked too and both men blinked in surprise. There on the counter was a petite girl looking strait back at Heero. They seemed locked in a battle of whit and mind. "Who's she?" Quatra asked after a moment.
"I haven't seen her." Trowa murmured.
Wufie, feeling as if something was passing right over his head, glanced back at the other pilots. Heero was staring at Hotaru, well so were the other two. What was wrong with the three of them, drooling like idiots over the onna?
His ebony eyes moved to Hotaru and he watched her for a moment. 'She isn't bad looking. A bit fragile, but lithe and soft.' Pulling his mind back to the search for tea, he turned away.
"Tadaima" Duo called as he entered the room. With a silly grin and his braid swinging, he walked past the group of three men staring and into the kitchen, not noticing anything wrong.
"Okaeri." Hotaru said smiling at him as he set the bag he was carrying on the counter. Duo grinned and walked over and kissed her on the cheek making Hotaru's cheeks cover with a blush.
"Miss me?" Duo grinned cockily and started to spread the groceries he'd bought out onto the counter.
Heero glared at Duo and bit back a curse as he stalked into the kitchen to ring the braided man's neck. "Maxwell." He bit out.
"Oh, hey He-man." Duo said with a whistle, "You look mad."
"I am." Heero growled. "You were supposed to be here so we could find out about." Heero stopped and glanced at Hotaru. "You know."
"Well ya, I know. But I ran to the grocery store for Taru so we could have good food tonight."
"I'm sorry, Yuy-san. I could have told you where he was." Hotaru said.
Heero glanced up with his face still set in stone. When he caught her flinch back, he softened his face and tone. "Wakarimash'ta. It's okay."
Hotaru smiled again, "Gomen."
"Hai, well.." Heero turned back to the other men in the room. "Tomoe, this is Quatra Winner and Trowa Barton. This is Hotaru Tomeo."
Quatra smiled, "It is a pleasure to meet you miss Tomoe." He approached and took Hotaru's hand in his. As he shook it, he felt an odd sense of understanding and likeness. 'Her, she was the one watching us. I bet she was sitting here the whole time.'
Sage: Nani?
Duo: what he said!
Yaten: Injustice! Hey, why did I say that?
Shadow: I had to put it somewhere since Wufei didn't say it.
Yaten: Cruel person! Injustice! Ack!
Shadow: Well anywase, stay tuned and I'll let you know the pairing. That is.. if you can read between the lines. Mwhahaha..
Hotaru sighed as she dug through the cabinets and trashed most of the stuff inside, "Stupid bakas don't know how to keep house." She muttered to herself. A door slammed behind her making her whip around to face the person walking.
No wait; he was stalking in. "Maxwell." Heero grumbled under his breath. As he stalked into the room, and looked around, two other men came in, opening the door.
Heero came back out of the room and walked into the next one and came out with Wufei seconds on his heels. The two met the other two in the center of the room. "He's gone?" One of the new guys asked. His blue eyes searched the room.
Hotaru slid onto the counter and watched the guys talk amongst themselves. "Where is that fool, he needs to learn of our new mission." Wufei growled. The others nodded and the blue-eyed boy once again searched the room with his eyes. He looked concerned about something.
"What's wrong Quatra?" The tall one asked. His hand moving to the blonde's shoulder.
"It feels as if we're being watched." Quatra said softly. "Like the shadows have come out of their abyss to peer at us and listen."
Heero raised a brow, and then narrowed his eyes as if picking up on a thought. Soon his eyes too, were searching the room. "Where are you, shadow?" He said.
Hotaru cocked her head to the side and smiled, 'me? Is that who they're looking for now. How strange. I'm just sitting here. I'm not invisible.' (An: Anyone ever heard of foreshadowing?)
Wufei glanced at Heero curiously, why was he talking to a shadow? Strange.. His eyes caught on Hotaru sitting on the counter and watching them. He sighed and figured that while his fellow pilots were searching for shadows, he'd strike up a discussion with the new girl.
He made his way over to her and smirked when she caught his movement. "Hello, Chang-san." Hotaru said with a polite smile. "What's going on?"
"We're searching for Duo."
"He left about five minutes before Yuy-san and the rest of you. friends came in."
Wufei raised a brow, "I'm surprised Yuy didn't ask you already. Though, he seems to be acting odd today." His black eyes spanned the room to analyze the brown hair man still looking for shadows.
"Is he not always so calculated?"
Wufei chuckled at this; the girl was so stunningly fresh, "where did you come from onna, the moon?"
Hotaru flushed slightly, and started to fiddle with the hem of her shirt "No. I'm from earth."
"Hm.." Wufei sighed and went to digging in cupboards. "Where's my tea?" He asked after a moment.
"Two down." Hotaru said, "I've be reorganizing. Since I'm going to be cooking, I thought I ought to see what I had to work with."
"Cooking for whom?"
"I promised Maxwell-san I'd at least cook for him. I can cook for you and Yuy-san if you like."
Wufei studied her for a moment then smiled slightly, "That depends if you're any good, onna. And would you stop calling me Chang-san. Either Wufei or Chang. But forget the san part." He resumed digging in the cupboards.
Hotaru grinned; feeling like she'd just won a small battle. 'But I still have to get him to stop calling me onna.' She mentally sighed and glanced back to the other guys in the room.
Her eyes caught Heero's and locked. He watched her, and she watched him right back. A slight shiver passed down her spine as his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Heero?" Trowa asked seeing the other man's concentration wane. When he got no reply, Trowa turned his green orbs in the direction of Heero's gaze.
Quatra soon looked too and both men blinked in surprise. There on the counter was a petite girl looking strait back at Heero. They seemed locked in a battle of whit and mind. "Who's she?" Quatra asked after a moment.
"I haven't seen her." Trowa murmured.
Wufie, feeling as if something was passing right over his head, glanced back at the other pilots. Heero was staring at Hotaru, well so were the other two. What was wrong with the three of them, drooling like idiots over the onna?
His ebony eyes moved to Hotaru and he watched her for a moment. 'She isn't bad looking. A bit fragile, but lithe and soft.' Pulling his mind back to the search for tea, he turned away.
"Tadaima" Duo called as he entered the room. With a silly grin and his braid swinging, he walked past the group of three men staring and into the kitchen, not noticing anything wrong.
"Okaeri." Hotaru said smiling at him as he set the bag he was carrying on the counter. Duo grinned and walked over and kissed her on the cheek making Hotaru's cheeks cover with a blush.
"Miss me?" Duo grinned cockily and started to spread the groceries he'd bought out onto the counter.
Heero glared at Duo and bit back a curse as he stalked into the kitchen to ring the braided man's neck. "Maxwell." He bit out.
"Oh, hey He-man." Duo said with a whistle, "You look mad."
"I am." Heero growled. "You were supposed to be here so we could find out about." Heero stopped and glanced at Hotaru. "You know."
"Well ya, I know. But I ran to the grocery store for Taru so we could have good food tonight."
"I'm sorry, Yuy-san. I could have told you where he was." Hotaru said.
Heero glanced up with his face still set in stone. When he caught her flinch back, he softened his face and tone. "Wakarimash'ta. It's okay."
Hotaru smiled again, "Gomen."
"Hai, well.." Heero turned back to the other men in the room. "Tomoe, this is Quatra Winner and Trowa Barton. This is Hotaru Tomeo."
Quatra smiled, "It is a pleasure to meet you miss Tomoe." He approached and took Hotaru's hand in his. As he shook it, he felt an odd sense of understanding and likeness. 'Her, she was the one watching us. I bet she was sitting here the whole time.'