Hilde recollected another memory, a more painful one.
Sobbing on top of her hands, Hilde remembered her solitary visit to the park, just months earlier. With a sudden pang of pain she picked up the phone, and dialled in the number of her long time friend, Noria.
Noria had been reluctant to go into war when it all started- so she didn't. Instead she stayed a civilian, even after months of army training. The two of them had been friends as long as they could remember, and they only lived about a five minute walk apart. When Hilde returned from the war alive, Noria was ecstatic. She had presumably expected the worse- not something Hilde wanted to think about. A familiar voice answered the ring of the phone.
"Hello, you've reached the Song residence."
"Hi Noria, it's Hilde." Hilde held back a sob and tried to keep her feelings under control, but it didn't work very well.
"Hilde... what's wrong?" Noria paused with obvious concern. "Are you all right?" Hilde sniffed slightly before answering.
"I'm... Okay... It's just..." Hilde trailed off.
"Tell you what, I'll come over and we can talk. Are you all right with that?"
"Y- yes..."
"I'll be there as soon as possible, okay Hilde?"
"Yes. Goodbye, Noria."
"Bye Hilde."
Noria arrived minutes later on Hilde's doorstep. She rang the doorbell purposely, and when Hilde had opened the door and let her in, Noria didn't wait for an opening. She just flat right-out said it.
"It's Duo, isn't it?" Hilde sighed. Of course it was Duo. Whenever was it not Duo? Noria sighed patiently.
"What happened this time?" So Hilde explained. She told Noria what had happened a year ago, what had happened months ago, and up to the very last detail.
"I haven't heard from him since," Hilde admitted. "But I want to talk to him. We..." She wiped away some tears before continuing. "I think we both said things we didn't mean... Or I hope so..." Noria nodded. It was several moments before either spoke up again.
"Noria... Perhaps you should go now... I- I want some time alone." Noria paused whistfully but complied.
"All right. I'll talk to you tomorrow?" Hilde nodded and waited by the door as her friend left. Noria turned to the left and started off.
'That's weird...' Hilde stared down after her friend, down the street. 'I could sweat she lived in the opposite direction. Well maybe she's going to the supermarket or something...'
Noria arrived outside Duo's apartment a short while later. She knocked twice. The pilot came to answer the door, and not recognizing Noria, had neglected to register the fact that he still wasn't dressed in proper clothing. Noria stifled a laugh and suggested to Duo he put a bathrobe over his pyjamas, and Duo of course concurred. He invited Noria in shortly afterward, and she tore up the carpeting when she stormed over to him, an angry look upon her face.
"Errr...." Duo began. "Can I help you?"
"YES." She frowned, grabbing Duo's collar with both hands, ready to kill. "You SIR, are a JERK.
You hurt Hilde's feelings!" Duo cringed when Noria said Hilde.
"She walked out on me. I did nothing."
"Au contraire, Duo. You kicked her out of your apartment. You didn't even hear her out. That isn't worth anything but deductions from your 'point list.'" This girl was ridiculous, Duo found himself thinking. 'What 'point list?' I have a point list?'
Hilde looked to her coat rack, and grabbed her jacket. This jacket was different from Duo's, by far. It had only two pockets, and one zipper. It didn't feel safe. 'It's odd,' Hilde contemplated. 'But without Duo... I feel so empty...' "But do I have the courage?" Hilde said aloud. "Do I have the courage to go over there?" 'Yes.' Her conscience spoke once more. 'Yes, you do. Go now." Hilde was satisfied with that answer and set off for Duo's apartment. Her spirits were still low, but not as.
Duo's door was open, and neither Noria nor Duo bothered to shut it. They were still in a heated argument, and both of them were getting fairly frustrated.
"This is YOUR fault!" Noria opened.
"She's the one who left me!" Duo pulled away, but not with enough strength so Noria just got pulled along with him. She still held onto his collar however.
"...How could you?" Both faces turned to the door. "How could you two be so selfish!?" Hilde's face was once more lined with tears. Noria had fallen on top of Duo, and had her hand attached to his collar. Hilde didn't know this however, and to her it looked much, much worse than it ought to have. "I can't believe you two could do such a thing. I'm ashamed for the both of you. I don't want to see either of you ever again! You could have just told me in the first place, Duo, instead of ripping my heart out and throwing it on the floor!" Hilde turned away as tears ran down her face, and began to run again. Duo and Noria scrambled up, and both ran to the door. Noria found her voice first.
"HILDE WAIT!! This isn't what it looks like!"
"Hilde! Hilde please..." Duo slumped to his knees and Noria looked down in surprise. Wet circles appeared on the carpet underneath Duo. Even with a deepening pang of guilt, it was still a while before Noria realized and was able to accept with the deepest of astonishment, that Duo, a soldier, was crying.
*****
Yay! I actually am able to write another chapter for this week. ^_~ I hope you all enjoy it.
First: Disclaimer. "Oh ye of little faith, doth thee knoweth I doth not owneth Gundam Wing? For if I of un-noble blood did own this masterpiece, my heart would be truly pleased. However, I doth not. So I quoth, please taketh thine lawsuit away from thee!!" ((Buuuut... I DO own Noria. =P So there!))
Second: * I think I've been seeing to many Shakespeare plays. What about you? *
Third: * Oh yes, dedications. Here they are: shi-shi, Airurando, Seiji Takayama, Little-shinigami, Shining Emerald, Symee-Sama, Lorimlowe2, selene947, and Seak5!! ^_^ Enjoy my humble attempts.! ^_^;
Fourth: * Little-shinigami, thanks for giving me a few ideas. I'll try and use 'by some genetic mix-up, but Umi... It's haaard!! Lol. I'll see what I can do anyway. ^_~ *
Fifth: * Enjoy this piece of randomness. *
Umi: "I WANT HEERO!"
Fuu: "You can't have him! ...You can watch Duo, though."
Umi: * Her eyes brighten. * "OK. Then can I help you write your story? I've always wanted to write!"
Fuu: "Um... Okay..."
Umi: * She leans over the keyboard eating a cookie. * "Ooh, what do these buttons do?"
Fuu: "AAAH! MY KEYBOARD! STOP EATING OVER MY KEYBOARD!! The keys will get stuck!!"
Umi: * Spills some chocolate milk on it. * "Whoops, sorry!"
Fuu: "NO YOU'RE NOT! YOU'RE SINCERELY NOT SORRY!! YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE, AND YOU ENJOYED IT!"
Umi: * Shrugs. * "Yeah, you're right."
*****
P.S. Okay, now I really can't update!! Hehe, but this chapter is longer than usual, even if it is still rather short. The point is that I can type up chapters in about an hour and a half before I go to school, plus naming and uploading time. ^_~ So I hope you enjoy this one.
~soulwithwings
Sobbing on top of her hands, Hilde remembered her solitary visit to the park, just months earlier. With a sudden pang of pain she picked up the phone, and dialled in the number of her long time friend, Noria.
Noria had been reluctant to go into war when it all started- so she didn't. Instead she stayed a civilian, even after months of army training. The two of them had been friends as long as they could remember, and they only lived about a five minute walk apart. When Hilde returned from the war alive, Noria was ecstatic. She had presumably expected the worse- not something Hilde wanted to think about. A familiar voice answered the ring of the phone.
"Hello, you've reached the Song residence."
"Hi Noria, it's Hilde." Hilde held back a sob and tried to keep her feelings under control, but it didn't work very well.
"Hilde... what's wrong?" Noria paused with obvious concern. "Are you all right?" Hilde sniffed slightly before answering.
"I'm... Okay... It's just..." Hilde trailed off.
"Tell you what, I'll come over and we can talk. Are you all right with that?"
"Y- yes..."
"I'll be there as soon as possible, okay Hilde?"
"Yes. Goodbye, Noria."
"Bye Hilde."
Noria arrived minutes later on Hilde's doorstep. She rang the doorbell purposely, and when Hilde had opened the door and let her in, Noria didn't wait for an opening. She just flat right-out said it.
"It's Duo, isn't it?" Hilde sighed. Of course it was Duo. Whenever was it not Duo? Noria sighed patiently.
"What happened this time?" So Hilde explained. She told Noria what had happened a year ago, what had happened months ago, and up to the very last detail.
"I haven't heard from him since," Hilde admitted. "But I want to talk to him. We..." She wiped away some tears before continuing. "I think we both said things we didn't mean... Or I hope so..." Noria nodded. It was several moments before either spoke up again.
"Noria... Perhaps you should go now... I- I want some time alone." Noria paused whistfully but complied.
"All right. I'll talk to you tomorrow?" Hilde nodded and waited by the door as her friend left. Noria turned to the left and started off.
'That's weird...' Hilde stared down after her friend, down the street. 'I could sweat she lived in the opposite direction. Well maybe she's going to the supermarket or something...'
Noria arrived outside Duo's apartment a short while later. She knocked twice. The pilot came to answer the door, and not recognizing Noria, had neglected to register the fact that he still wasn't dressed in proper clothing. Noria stifled a laugh and suggested to Duo he put a bathrobe over his pyjamas, and Duo of course concurred. He invited Noria in shortly afterward, and she tore up the carpeting when she stormed over to him, an angry look upon her face.
"Errr...." Duo began. "Can I help you?"
"YES." She frowned, grabbing Duo's collar with both hands, ready to kill. "You SIR, are a JERK.
You hurt Hilde's feelings!" Duo cringed when Noria said Hilde.
"She walked out on me. I did nothing."
"Au contraire, Duo. You kicked her out of your apartment. You didn't even hear her out. That isn't worth anything but deductions from your 'point list.'" This girl was ridiculous, Duo found himself thinking. 'What 'point list?' I have a point list?'
Hilde looked to her coat rack, and grabbed her jacket. This jacket was different from Duo's, by far. It had only two pockets, and one zipper. It didn't feel safe. 'It's odd,' Hilde contemplated. 'But without Duo... I feel so empty...' "But do I have the courage?" Hilde said aloud. "Do I have the courage to go over there?" 'Yes.' Her conscience spoke once more. 'Yes, you do. Go now." Hilde was satisfied with that answer and set off for Duo's apartment. Her spirits were still low, but not as.
Duo's door was open, and neither Noria nor Duo bothered to shut it. They were still in a heated argument, and both of them were getting fairly frustrated.
"This is YOUR fault!" Noria opened.
"She's the one who left me!" Duo pulled away, but not with enough strength so Noria just got pulled along with him. She still held onto his collar however.
"...How could you?" Both faces turned to the door. "How could you two be so selfish!?" Hilde's face was once more lined with tears. Noria had fallen on top of Duo, and had her hand attached to his collar. Hilde didn't know this however, and to her it looked much, much worse than it ought to have. "I can't believe you two could do such a thing. I'm ashamed for the both of you. I don't want to see either of you ever again! You could have just told me in the first place, Duo, instead of ripping my heart out and throwing it on the floor!" Hilde turned away as tears ran down her face, and began to run again. Duo and Noria scrambled up, and both ran to the door. Noria found her voice first.
"HILDE WAIT!! This isn't what it looks like!"
"Hilde! Hilde please..." Duo slumped to his knees and Noria looked down in surprise. Wet circles appeared on the carpet underneath Duo. Even with a deepening pang of guilt, it was still a while before Noria realized and was able to accept with the deepest of astonishment, that Duo, a soldier, was crying.
*****
Yay! I actually am able to write another chapter for this week. ^_~ I hope you all enjoy it.
First: Disclaimer. "Oh ye of little faith, doth thee knoweth I doth not owneth Gundam Wing? For if I of un-noble blood did own this masterpiece, my heart would be truly pleased. However, I doth not. So I quoth, please taketh thine lawsuit away from thee!!" ((Buuuut... I DO own Noria. =P So there!))
Second: * I think I've been seeing to many Shakespeare plays. What about you? *
Third: * Oh yes, dedications. Here they are: shi-shi, Airurando, Seiji Takayama, Little-shinigami, Shining Emerald, Symee-Sama, Lorimlowe2, selene947, and Seak5!! ^_^ Enjoy my humble attempts.! ^_^;
Fourth: * Little-shinigami, thanks for giving me a few ideas. I'll try and use 'by some genetic mix-up, but Umi... It's haaard!! Lol. I'll see what I can do anyway. ^_~ *
Fifth: * Enjoy this piece of randomness. *
Umi: "I WANT HEERO!"
Fuu: "You can't have him! ...You can watch Duo, though."
Umi: * Her eyes brighten. * "OK. Then can I help you write your story? I've always wanted to write!"
Fuu: "Um... Okay..."
Umi: * She leans over the keyboard eating a cookie. * "Ooh, what do these buttons do?"
Fuu: "AAAH! MY KEYBOARD! STOP EATING OVER MY KEYBOARD!! The keys will get stuck!!"
Umi: * Spills some chocolate milk on it. * "Whoops, sorry!"
Fuu: "NO YOU'RE NOT! YOU'RE SINCERELY NOT SORRY!! YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE, AND YOU ENJOYED IT!"
Umi: * Shrugs. * "Yeah, you're right."
*****
P.S. Okay, now I really can't update!! Hehe, but this chapter is longer than usual, even if it is still rather short. The point is that I can type up chapters in about an hour and a half before I go to school, plus naming and uploading time. ^_~ So I hope you enjoy this one.
~soulwithwings