Hey everyone! Here's chapter 2. Disclaimers go as usual, I don't own
Gundam Wing.
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The Flour Dilemma
The man with long white hair suddenly cleared his throat and yelled, "Is anyone going to take my order anytime soon?"
Duo and Wufei paused in their brief argument. "Just one moment, sir. I'm trying to teach my partner here a lesson in manners."
The two continued to duke it out with pots and pans flying in the kitchen. Meanwhile the man was curiously looking at pictures of wedding cakes that were posted on the pale yellow walls of the bakery. He pondered for a while on which designs his cake should have, "I wonder if she would like a three tier cake or a cake with separate layers. This is going to drive me crazy."
After three minutes had passed by, Wufei emerged victoriously from the kitchen but with flour all over his crisp clean cooking uniform. He briefly dusted himself off, but gave a deadly stare towards the kitchen door.
"Sorry about that. How can I help you?"
"I was wondering how much do your wedding cakes cost here? My fiancé and I are having a wedding in a month or so, and somehow we both manage to get lost in the details that we forgot about the wedding cake, itself."
"They usually cost between $150-$250 depending upon what layout you two want and the filling and the decorations."
"The prices seem reasonable."
"We're the cheapest in town. If you want something more to your tastes, you can try another bakery that is just two blocks down from here."
"This will do. Is it all right if I bring my fiancé along with me when we pick out the cake itself."
Wufei looked a little disgruntled but replied, "That'll be fine. When do you think you'll come back?"
"How about this coming Thursday? She's picky about details. You know how women are."
"I know what you mean. Thursday will be fine."
With that the man had left, Wufei then let out a sigh of relief and headed straight back towards the kitchen. In there, Duo was already cleaning up the powdered room along with the pots and pans. For the rest of the day, the two were on each other's nerves, but soon they were baking again. Doing business as usual.
Later on in the evening, Quatre finally made it to Relena's staff party. When he knocked on the door, he was hoping that Relena herself wasn't answering the door, but as luck would have it, she did.
She tried holding in her laugh, "What happened to you? You look like a ghost."
"Laugh all you want. Some crazy baker threw flour at me, thinking I was his partner. Here are the cookies you wanted."
"Thank you, Quatre. If I had known you were getting yourself floured in the process, I would have sent Heero to do the job for me."
"Very funny."
Quatre then entered the embassy and he was still covered in a faint layer of flour. Everyone at the party wondered what had happened to him, even Heero.
"What happened to you?"
"Nothing, I'm leaving now. I think I had enough for today."
He walked over to Relena and thanked her for her hospitality. At the same time, Relena begged him to stay, "But you stayed here for an hour, why don't stay for another hour."
"Thanks anyway. But, I have to go now. I'll see you tomorrow."
"All right then, Quatre. Good night."
"Good night."
With that the floured blond hair boy went out the door, while Relena attended to the rest of her guests. She caught the eye of one of them standing in the far off corner.
"What's eating him?"
"He was floured by a baker at the local bakery near here."
"Floured by a baker. Now this is a story that I won't believe."
"I think Quatre will never go there again, even if I asked him since he is my personal secretary. Oh well, I might need to find a new runner for the job in going to this bakery. Who knows you might even have to."
Heero shrugged and then walked away, he continued to monitor the party to see if there were any breaches in security, while Relena went back to her guests as usual.
****
Three days had passed, and it was now Thursday. Duo and Wufei began their usual cleanup routine on their bakery, making sure that each oven was in proper working conditions, and that they had the necessary supplies on their flour, sugar, frosting, etc.
Just then their front door rang with the usual jingle of the bells, and when Wufei stepped out, he noticed that it was the same cornflower blue eyes girl that came a couple of days ago.
"Hi. Is Duo here?"
Wufei's face just dropped and yelled out Duo's name. Within a matter of less than a second, he popped out from the kitchen door and started talking to the customer.
"Hey babe. How have you been?"
"I've been all right. I couldn't resist the éclairs and the powdered donuts. I think I'll have a dozen powdered donuts for today. The place that I work for loved the donuts."
"I'm glad to hear it." Duo then ran off to the countered with the donuts and selected the best-powdered ones. He even managed to slip in an éclair for the girl.
"Here you go. It'll be $7."
"That's cheap. Aren't you undercharging me?"
"Don't worry, the rest is on the house."
"Thanks." She gave him the money and winked at him.
"Wait!! I didn't even get your name!!"
"It's Hilde." She then left the building. While, Duo just slumped in one of the nearby wooden stools and showed love in his eyes.
Wufei looked at Duo's expression, "This disgusts me. Duo you shouldn't be lazy on the job right now. We need to plan out a cake design for a customer that's coming in another two hours."
Duo just looked on and didn't pay any attention to what Wufei was telling him.
"Whatever you say, Woofi."
"Earth to Duo. We still have a job to attend to."
"All right, all right. Can't a guy around here fall in love in peace?"
****
Meanwhile back at the embassy, everything was in order and business was as usual with Relena handling some of the foreign policy issues between several countries while Heero was watching guard.
Right then, Quatre came in with the morning Daily Herald for Relena, while at the same time he was scheduling appointments for Relena on his hands free cell phone.
"Good morning everyone. Relena you'll have an appointment to meet with a head of a charity drive that you signed up about three months ago around one in the afternoon. Is that fine with you?"
"Yes, Quatre that's fine. But the meeting will have to be less than twenty minutes since some ambassadors from England are coming here to visit. By the way, would you mind if you went back to the bakery to buy some desserts for our guests?"
Quatre's face then went white with sweat beads forming on his forehead.
"Um.um.all right then. I wouldn't mind, but as long I don't get sacked by flour again by that crazy baker that has the long braid running down his back, well hopefully."
Quatre then left the embassy while Trowa drove him to Shinigami's and Chang's Bakery. Trowa could sense the fear in Quatre's eyes and that the sweat beads were still on his head.
"You know. It's not going to be the end of the world. Stop being nervous. It was just an honest mistake when that baker threw the flour over you."
"I know. I know. But, he was so rude and all. Maybe I should buy my own sack of flour and surprise him. Hehe. Let him get his own taste of his medicine. Could we make a quick stop at the grocery store, I need to run in there."
"All right, but I warned you."
Within the five minutes, Quatre came back with a small sack of low-grade flour.
"This will be sweet revenge."
"Don't you think you're acting a little childish?"
"Who me. Oh no, just a friendly wake up call for the baker. That's all."
"You're sure that your plan won't backfire."
"I'm sure."
Right then, Trowa had pulled up into the front part of the bakery. Everything was set and Quatre put his plan into action by concealing a handful of flour in a bag in his coat pocket. When he entered, the door jingled as usual, but no one seemed to be around when he entered. For two minutes, he stood in silence listening to anything that could be heard. As he was looking at the scrumptious chocolate éclairs, sounds of pans crashing in the kitchen could be heard.
"I'll get you, Duo. For messing everything again."
"Honestly, I'm sorry Wufei."
"Sorry won't do. Oh no." Wufei then looked at his cake, which was beginning to look more like the Leaning Tower of Piza. He then screamed, "The cake, it's going to fall over. I've been working on that cake for over three hours now and with its three layers. Why you!!"
"Now, now Wufei. Is this a way to treat your workaholic partner?"
Wufei then gave a deadly war cry.
Duo's eyes then bulged from his sockets, "I guess not."
The two then ran out of the kitchen and into the front of the bakery where Quatre just stood in shock and horror as he saw two people in chefs hat run out madly after one another.
Back in the kitchen, Wufei and Duo grabbed a handful of flour in each of their hands and ran out their kitchen door again. As fate would have, Quatre stood innocently off to the side and as he saw the two again, he knew that it wasn't his day with this bakery again.
Quatre then thought in his mind, "Here I go again!"
In matter of minutes, he was in the crossfire of two crazy bakers. With Duo and Wufei running in circles around Quatre, the two eventually threw their flour pile at each other, not realizing that Quatre was there in the middle of their friendly fire.
Once the room was in engulfed in flour dust, Quatre managed to get his bag of flour out and dumped it on the two fighting bakers.
Duo then angrily yelled out, "Hey why did you do that for mister?"
But once he opened his eyes again, he realized whom he was talking to and knew that he was in for it for sure, while at the same time, Wufei tried to regain his composure. And right then, a couple had entered the bakery with shock in their eyes.
*****
How was that for chapter 2? It seems like Quatre is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hopefully his luck will change eventually :) who knows? Until next time!!
*****
The Flour Dilemma
The man with long white hair suddenly cleared his throat and yelled, "Is anyone going to take my order anytime soon?"
Duo and Wufei paused in their brief argument. "Just one moment, sir. I'm trying to teach my partner here a lesson in manners."
The two continued to duke it out with pots and pans flying in the kitchen. Meanwhile the man was curiously looking at pictures of wedding cakes that were posted on the pale yellow walls of the bakery. He pondered for a while on which designs his cake should have, "I wonder if she would like a three tier cake or a cake with separate layers. This is going to drive me crazy."
After three minutes had passed by, Wufei emerged victoriously from the kitchen but with flour all over his crisp clean cooking uniform. He briefly dusted himself off, but gave a deadly stare towards the kitchen door.
"Sorry about that. How can I help you?"
"I was wondering how much do your wedding cakes cost here? My fiancé and I are having a wedding in a month or so, and somehow we both manage to get lost in the details that we forgot about the wedding cake, itself."
"They usually cost between $150-$250 depending upon what layout you two want and the filling and the decorations."
"The prices seem reasonable."
"We're the cheapest in town. If you want something more to your tastes, you can try another bakery that is just two blocks down from here."
"This will do. Is it all right if I bring my fiancé along with me when we pick out the cake itself."
Wufei looked a little disgruntled but replied, "That'll be fine. When do you think you'll come back?"
"How about this coming Thursday? She's picky about details. You know how women are."
"I know what you mean. Thursday will be fine."
With that the man had left, Wufei then let out a sigh of relief and headed straight back towards the kitchen. In there, Duo was already cleaning up the powdered room along with the pots and pans. For the rest of the day, the two were on each other's nerves, but soon they were baking again. Doing business as usual.
Later on in the evening, Quatre finally made it to Relena's staff party. When he knocked on the door, he was hoping that Relena herself wasn't answering the door, but as luck would have it, she did.
She tried holding in her laugh, "What happened to you? You look like a ghost."
"Laugh all you want. Some crazy baker threw flour at me, thinking I was his partner. Here are the cookies you wanted."
"Thank you, Quatre. If I had known you were getting yourself floured in the process, I would have sent Heero to do the job for me."
"Very funny."
Quatre then entered the embassy and he was still covered in a faint layer of flour. Everyone at the party wondered what had happened to him, even Heero.
"What happened to you?"
"Nothing, I'm leaving now. I think I had enough for today."
He walked over to Relena and thanked her for her hospitality. At the same time, Relena begged him to stay, "But you stayed here for an hour, why don't stay for another hour."
"Thanks anyway. But, I have to go now. I'll see you tomorrow."
"All right then, Quatre. Good night."
"Good night."
With that the floured blond hair boy went out the door, while Relena attended to the rest of her guests. She caught the eye of one of them standing in the far off corner.
"What's eating him?"
"He was floured by a baker at the local bakery near here."
"Floured by a baker. Now this is a story that I won't believe."
"I think Quatre will never go there again, even if I asked him since he is my personal secretary. Oh well, I might need to find a new runner for the job in going to this bakery. Who knows you might even have to."
Heero shrugged and then walked away, he continued to monitor the party to see if there were any breaches in security, while Relena went back to her guests as usual.
****
Three days had passed, and it was now Thursday. Duo and Wufei began their usual cleanup routine on their bakery, making sure that each oven was in proper working conditions, and that they had the necessary supplies on their flour, sugar, frosting, etc.
Just then their front door rang with the usual jingle of the bells, and when Wufei stepped out, he noticed that it was the same cornflower blue eyes girl that came a couple of days ago.
"Hi. Is Duo here?"
Wufei's face just dropped and yelled out Duo's name. Within a matter of less than a second, he popped out from the kitchen door and started talking to the customer.
"Hey babe. How have you been?"
"I've been all right. I couldn't resist the éclairs and the powdered donuts. I think I'll have a dozen powdered donuts for today. The place that I work for loved the donuts."
"I'm glad to hear it." Duo then ran off to the countered with the donuts and selected the best-powdered ones. He even managed to slip in an éclair for the girl.
"Here you go. It'll be $7."
"That's cheap. Aren't you undercharging me?"
"Don't worry, the rest is on the house."
"Thanks." She gave him the money and winked at him.
"Wait!! I didn't even get your name!!"
"It's Hilde." She then left the building. While, Duo just slumped in one of the nearby wooden stools and showed love in his eyes.
Wufei looked at Duo's expression, "This disgusts me. Duo you shouldn't be lazy on the job right now. We need to plan out a cake design for a customer that's coming in another two hours."
Duo just looked on and didn't pay any attention to what Wufei was telling him.
"Whatever you say, Woofi."
"Earth to Duo. We still have a job to attend to."
"All right, all right. Can't a guy around here fall in love in peace?"
****
Meanwhile back at the embassy, everything was in order and business was as usual with Relena handling some of the foreign policy issues between several countries while Heero was watching guard.
Right then, Quatre came in with the morning Daily Herald for Relena, while at the same time he was scheduling appointments for Relena on his hands free cell phone.
"Good morning everyone. Relena you'll have an appointment to meet with a head of a charity drive that you signed up about three months ago around one in the afternoon. Is that fine with you?"
"Yes, Quatre that's fine. But the meeting will have to be less than twenty minutes since some ambassadors from England are coming here to visit. By the way, would you mind if you went back to the bakery to buy some desserts for our guests?"
Quatre's face then went white with sweat beads forming on his forehead.
"Um.um.all right then. I wouldn't mind, but as long I don't get sacked by flour again by that crazy baker that has the long braid running down his back, well hopefully."
Quatre then left the embassy while Trowa drove him to Shinigami's and Chang's Bakery. Trowa could sense the fear in Quatre's eyes and that the sweat beads were still on his head.
"You know. It's not going to be the end of the world. Stop being nervous. It was just an honest mistake when that baker threw the flour over you."
"I know. I know. But, he was so rude and all. Maybe I should buy my own sack of flour and surprise him. Hehe. Let him get his own taste of his medicine. Could we make a quick stop at the grocery store, I need to run in there."
"All right, but I warned you."
Within the five minutes, Quatre came back with a small sack of low-grade flour.
"This will be sweet revenge."
"Don't you think you're acting a little childish?"
"Who me. Oh no, just a friendly wake up call for the baker. That's all."
"You're sure that your plan won't backfire."
"I'm sure."
Right then, Trowa had pulled up into the front part of the bakery. Everything was set and Quatre put his plan into action by concealing a handful of flour in a bag in his coat pocket. When he entered, the door jingled as usual, but no one seemed to be around when he entered. For two minutes, he stood in silence listening to anything that could be heard. As he was looking at the scrumptious chocolate éclairs, sounds of pans crashing in the kitchen could be heard.
"I'll get you, Duo. For messing everything again."
"Honestly, I'm sorry Wufei."
"Sorry won't do. Oh no." Wufei then looked at his cake, which was beginning to look more like the Leaning Tower of Piza. He then screamed, "The cake, it's going to fall over. I've been working on that cake for over three hours now and with its three layers. Why you!!"
"Now, now Wufei. Is this a way to treat your workaholic partner?"
Wufei then gave a deadly war cry.
Duo's eyes then bulged from his sockets, "I guess not."
The two then ran out of the kitchen and into the front of the bakery where Quatre just stood in shock and horror as he saw two people in chefs hat run out madly after one another.
Back in the kitchen, Wufei and Duo grabbed a handful of flour in each of their hands and ran out their kitchen door again. As fate would have, Quatre stood innocently off to the side and as he saw the two again, he knew that it wasn't his day with this bakery again.
Quatre then thought in his mind, "Here I go again!"
In matter of minutes, he was in the crossfire of two crazy bakers. With Duo and Wufei running in circles around Quatre, the two eventually threw their flour pile at each other, not realizing that Quatre was there in the middle of their friendly fire.
Once the room was in engulfed in flour dust, Quatre managed to get his bag of flour out and dumped it on the two fighting bakers.
Duo then angrily yelled out, "Hey why did you do that for mister?"
But once he opened his eyes again, he realized whom he was talking to and knew that he was in for it for sure, while at the same time, Wufei tried to regain his composure. And right then, a couple had entered the bakery with shock in their eyes.
*****
How was that for chapter 2? It seems like Quatre is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hopefully his luck will change eventually :) who knows? Until next time!!