Hi everyone! (Sorry about chapter 4's formatting, I just changed the
format to accommodate "Complicated." I didn't notice the problem until my
sister pointed that out to me. Thanks sis! Again, I'm truly sorry about
that.) Anyhow, you know the routine about the disclaimers. So here's
chapter 5 and ENJOY!
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Chocolate Kisses
Right then the door opened, but Duo didn't recognize the person at all. A tall lanky girl in her teens answered the door. Her eyes were similar to Hilde's but her hair was about shoulder length and she asked, "Can I help you?"
"Hi, is Hilde here?" While in his mind, Duo was contemplating, "She didn't mention that she had any siblings." He then gave a fake smile to the girl at the door.
The girl looked questioningly at the guy with a long braid, who was also holding a pink colored box, "I think you got the wrong apartment, mister." She then shut the door in his face.
"But wait!" He then rang the doorbell again.
"What do you want now?"
"You sure a girl named Hilde does not live here, in this very apartment?"
"What does she look like?"
"Well, she has beautiful blue cornflower eyes and short hair. She's a little taller than you."
"The last time I checked in this room, no one fits your description of your mystery girl."
"You sure about that?"
"I'm very sure. Now if you please excuse me, I need to go back babysitting my brothers and sisters." The girl then slammed the door in his face again, before Duo had any chance of asking more questions.
He then waited a couple of minutes outside, just analyzing to what had just occurred. "How could I be at the wrong apartment?" He then rang the doorbell for the third time and again, the girl answered.
"What do you want again? I'm warning you, if you're trying to harass me, I'm calling the cops in the matter of thirty seconds, if you don't get off my front door step. One, two, three, four, five." She even began to tap her foot to let Duo get the point of her impatience.
"All right, I get the point, but you sure that a girl named Hilde does not live here?"
"For the LAST TIME, I'm sure. You now have ten seconds left." The girl then called to one of her younger siblings to get the phone and in the matter of few minutes, the girl had a black cordless phone in her hand. With that sign, Duo immediately ran down the steps and into the darkness.
"What?!? I could have sworn that Hilde lived here." He then looked towards the apartment number, it read #10. "How could that have happen? Duo calm yourself down, you're going to make a complete fool about yourself." He then hurriedly ran down the steps and headed straight towards apartment #12. After straightening himself out and calming his pulse down, he made sure to check the apartment number to see that it was Hilde's apartment. The brass numbers clearly read #12. "All right, here it goes." His right hand slowly pushed the yellow- lighted button on the front door and he then waited in the long silence.
Two minutes later, a light in the living room went on and Hilde appeared at the front door. "Hey Duo. What brings you here this evening? Shouldn't you be working at the bakery still?"
"Who me?"
Hilde gave Duo a teasing smile.
"Today I only work 'til 4:30. I brought you these, I even made them myself." He then handed her the pink colored box.
She gingerly peaked inside and to her amazement; there were six chocolate éclairs all of them were shaped as hearts. "Duo you shouldn't have. They're so cute. You want to come in. I was just making a fresh pot of hot coffee." With an offer like that, Duo couldn't refuse.
Once inside her apartment, Duo was curiously looking around, fumbling with pictures that Hilde took on her past vacations to the Hawaiian Islands and to the Caribbean. Most of the pictures consisted of sunsets and beaches, since she was an avid photographer.
"Wow, I didn't know you like photography that much, Hilde. These pictures are great. Where did you take this one?" He was holding a photograph that showed the beauty of Hawaiian Islands that were enclosed in a deep orange sunset. Within the picture, shadows were forming behind palm trees and the ocean reflected the rosy sky.
"That one was taken in Honolulu. I was in the capital for a few days and I couldn't resist myself from taking that one. The sky was so perfect that day." She then walked over to him and gave him his cup of hot java. "So have you done any traveling before?"
"Nope, not really. I would just take a couple of weeks off and travel around the states such as New York, California, and Florida. It's one of those places every year."
"That sounds like fun for awhile. You get to meet new people at least."
"Yeah, that's a good point. But, going to a place that you've been before for the hundredth time can sometimes get a little boring."
The two continued to chat throughout the night over a cup of coffee. It was their second date.
"I guess I better get going now. I have a hard day's work coming up. You know how Wufei is."
"All right then. I'll see ya at the bakery."
"I guess this is good night then." Hilde then stepped towards him and kissed him. The two stood there kissing each other for ten minutes with Duo caressing Hilde's back.
"I better get going now. I'll see you some time soon." With that Hilde walked Duo over to her front door and they kissed for the umpteenth time. Duo walked out into the chilly night air, and he began to fumble with something in his pocket as he was walking down a street. "Ooops. I took her coffee mug. How did I ever do that in the first place? I better get this back to her."
Meanwhile back at Hilde's apartment, she was cleaning up her kitchen. "I'm missing something, but what could it be?" Right then her doorbell rang off, "I wonder who could that be in the middle of the night?" She then walked over there and looked through the security window and noticed that Duo was standing out there.
"What on earth are you back here for?"
Duo then sheepishly gave her the coffee mug, "I thought you might be wondering that you're missing a coffee mug. That's all."
"So that's what I forgot. I knew I was missing something, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Thanks for bringing it back. You didn't have to come all the way back here, just to drop this mug off."
"I know, but I was on 71st street and I noticed that I had something heavy in my pocket. I must have placed it in my pocket or something of the sort."
"Thanks anyway for bringing it back to me. You want to come in again. It's late and all. Probably by the time you get back to your place, it will be about twelve in the morning. Why don't you stay here for the night? I can make a makeshift bed on the couch for you."
"I don't want to trouble you just for one night."
"It's all right. Honestly."
"All right then." Duo then stepped into her apartment for the second time during that night.
Hilde then went to her linen closet and pulled out a spare pillow and blanket.
"So what time do you have to be at the bakery tomorrow?"
"Seven."
As she was conversing with Duo, Hilde kept going back and forth between the couch and the linen closet to see if the blanket was long enough for the couch.
"Why seven?"
"You know how Wufei is. Punctuality is the key here."
"Right."
"I think this should do. You don't have to trouble yourself than you already have to."
"You sure. Okay then, the bathroom is just down this hall and my room is just right around the corner. I'll leave you some spare towels just in case you need them and here's some old t-shirts and pants that used to belong to my boyfriend. I think these should fit you. Good night then."
"Good night, Hilde."
He decided to head for the shower, while Hilde was in her room. It was about eleven at night and it would soon be midnight. As he walking to the bathroom, he could hear Hilde's radio on. "I guess she's a night owl too," and right then, "Complicated" was playing again for the second time that day.
Within the shower, Duo was trying to croon "Complicated," while he was doing that, Hilde overheard him from her room, "What is he trying to do? Does he know that he's so terrible? But on the other hand, he's so cute. What is a girl supposed to do?" She sighed to herself and looked at her alarm clock; its red digits were showing 11:30. "I might as well have a midnight snack before I go to sleep since I have nothing to do tomorrow."
She decided to head towards her kitchen and she noticed that Duo was still in the bathroom. She quietly sneaked towards the kitchen and grabbed some chocolate chip cookies from one of her cabinets. As she was doing so, Duo ventured out of the bathroom once he was finished with his shower and he walked into the darken hallway. He noticed that Hilde's door leading to her room was closed, "I guess she fell asleep already. Oh well." He then decided to head back towards the couch.
Meanwhile back in the kitchen, Hilde was making her way back to her room when she heard soft footsteps coming down her hallway. She looked over towards the couch where Duo was staying and noticed that it was empty. "He must be still in the bathroom." With that said, she glanced towards the bathroom and noticed that the door was closed and the lights were still on in there. "Great, if there's an intruder in my apartment and the only source of my protection is still in the bathroom. Well, it looks like I have to deal with this situation myself." She decided to head back towards the kitchen and grab the closet object within her reach, which was a broom. Once she had the broom in her hand, she stealthily waited around the corner and she braced herself.
The creaky footsteps came closer to her and with that she whacked the intruder across the back. The intruder went down onto the floor and after regaining his surroundings; he started to get up again. Not realizing who it was, Hilde decided to strike at the person again, but this time her broom was caught in midair, which made her lose her stance and she fell to the floor.
"What the.?" Once Duo realized that it was Hilde, he changed his tone, "Hey, there you are. I thought you were already sleeping. Why did you whack me with that broom of yours." He then rubbed his back and his head.
"I thought you were an intruder because I thought you were still in the bathroom."
Duo then looked towards the bathroom, "Oops. I forgot to turn off the light. Sorry about that." Duo then helped Hilde off from her floor.
"You scared me to death, Duo." She was straightening her blue silky nightgown. "What were you doing sneaking around in the hall?"
"Just trying to make it back to the couch, that's all."
"And what were you doing in the middle of the night?"
"I was just in the kitchen getting a little midnight snack."
Duo noticed that a smudge of chocolate was still around her lips. "Um.You still have chocolate around your lips."
"Where? This is embarrassing."
"Let me get that for you." Right then, Duo held out his right index finger and wiped the smudge of chocolate. "There."
"Thanks."
"You know for a girl like you, you know how to whack someone."
Hilde laughed at his remark and blushed slightly. "Sorry about that. Did I hit you too hard?"
"No, I'm fine."
The two stood in the dark hallway for a while even though some light was seeping through a window nearby. And with that, the two started to kiss and things led to one and another. They both walked over to her room and with that, he then lifted her to her bed. In a matter of moments, they were kissing again and in matter of moments, Duo took his shirt off and tossed it to the floor. The two continued to kiss, while Duo was gently caressing Hilde as he was also taking her nightgown off.
In between their kisses, Hilde whispered, "So much for the makeshift bed in the living room."
"Yeah, I know. You know what?"
"What?"
"Ever since I first meet you at the bakery, I just felt something in me change."
"I know what you mean. I had the same feeling, that's why I kept coming back to the bakery.to see you, even though I was buying doughnuts for my co- workers. All my co-workers thought I was crazy falling in love with a baker, but they're all wrong."
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The dawn soon came and the two were still cuddled right next to each other. Duo was the first one to awake, but he didn't want to disturb Hilde since she was just lying next to him. He noticed that she had a beautiful smile upon her face and he then placed his hand through her short hair. With that, Hilde then awoke and he whispered, "Morning, sleepy head."
"Good morning. What time is it?"
"It's about five."
The two then looked out towards the window and saw their first sunrise together.
"Wouldn't that be neat, if we could go on vacation together and look at sunrises and sunsets?"
Duo whispered, "I bet it would. Where did you think we should go to?"
Hilde then pondered that question for a couple of seconds, "How about Scotland or New Zealand? I've always dreamt of going there someday soon."
"That would be nice."
"We might as well, get a move on it. You have work in a matter of less than two hours from now."
"You're right."
The two then got out of bed and found their respective clothing on the floor and scurried about the room. Duo collected his things and headed straight towards the living room and picked up his other clothes, while Hilde headed straight towards her kitchen to make a quick breakfast of pancakes and coffee. After everything was set, the two had breakfast together and Duo headed back towards his own apartment.
"I'll see ya some time soon. I promise you."
"Have fun at work and don't let Wufei over work you now. If he does, I'll come there in person and scold him myself," she said sarcastically.
The two then kissed and went about on their routines for the day.
*****
After walking through endless obstacles of intersections, Duo looked at his watch with panicked eyes, "All right, I have five minutes to get there. Wufei will have a fit if I'm late again." He started to turn around the corner, where the bakery was. Right then, he collided straight into Wufei, himself, who was carrying groceries.
An outraged Wufei then announced, "What the hell? What are you trying to do, Duo? Are you trying to kill me so you can collect the insurance money from the bakery?"
Duo then responded nonchalantly, "Hey, Wufei, I'm glad to see you too. I was just heading towards the bakery. I thought you'd be there by now, since you're always Mr. Punctual. Here let me help you with those bags of groceries."
Wufei then responded in a harsh tone, "I can manage, thank you." He immediately grabbed the bags of flour that tumbled out of the brown paper bag, and made sure no one was seeing him.
"I'm still on time, right?"
"Whatever."
The two entered in their bakery and began another saga in their baking business.
*****
How was that for chapter 5? I think it's about time that Heero makes his appearance in this bakery saga. (hehehe) ^-^
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Chocolate Kisses
Right then the door opened, but Duo didn't recognize the person at all. A tall lanky girl in her teens answered the door. Her eyes were similar to Hilde's but her hair was about shoulder length and she asked, "Can I help you?"
"Hi, is Hilde here?" While in his mind, Duo was contemplating, "She didn't mention that she had any siblings." He then gave a fake smile to the girl at the door.
The girl looked questioningly at the guy with a long braid, who was also holding a pink colored box, "I think you got the wrong apartment, mister." She then shut the door in his face.
"But wait!" He then rang the doorbell again.
"What do you want now?"
"You sure a girl named Hilde does not live here, in this very apartment?"
"What does she look like?"
"Well, she has beautiful blue cornflower eyes and short hair. She's a little taller than you."
"The last time I checked in this room, no one fits your description of your mystery girl."
"You sure about that?"
"I'm very sure. Now if you please excuse me, I need to go back babysitting my brothers and sisters." The girl then slammed the door in his face again, before Duo had any chance of asking more questions.
He then waited a couple of minutes outside, just analyzing to what had just occurred. "How could I be at the wrong apartment?" He then rang the doorbell for the third time and again, the girl answered.
"What do you want again? I'm warning you, if you're trying to harass me, I'm calling the cops in the matter of thirty seconds, if you don't get off my front door step. One, two, three, four, five." She even began to tap her foot to let Duo get the point of her impatience.
"All right, I get the point, but you sure that a girl named Hilde does not live here?"
"For the LAST TIME, I'm sure. You now have ten seconds left." The girl then called to one of her younger siblings to get the phone and in the matter of few minutes, the girl had a black cordless phone in her hand. With that sign, Duo immediately ran down the steps and into the darkness.
"What?!? I could have sworn that Hilde lived here." He then looked towards the apartment number, it read #10. "How could that have happen? Duo calm yourself down, you're going to make a complete fool about yourself." He then hurriedly ran down the steps and headed straight towards apartment #12. After straightening himself out and calming his pulse down, he made sure to check the apartment number to see that it was Hilde's apartment. The brass numbers clearly read #12. "All right, here it goes." His right hand slowly pushed the yellow- lighted button on the front door and he then waited in the long silence.
Two minutes later, a light in the living room went on and Hilde appeared at the front door. "Hey Duo. What brings you here this evening? Shouldn't you be working at the bakery still?"
"Who me?"
Hilde gave Duo a teasing smile.
"Today I only work 'til 4:30. I brought you these, I even made them myself." He then handed her the pink colored box.
She gingerly peaked inside and to her amazement; there were six chocolate éclairs all of them were shaped as hearts. "Duo you shouldn't have. They're so cute. You want to come in. I was just making a fresh pot of hot coffee." With an offer like that, Duo couldn't refuse.
Once inside her apartment, Duo was curiously looking around, fumbling with pictures that Hilde took on her past vacations to the Hawaiian Islands and to the Caribbean. Most of the pictures consisted of sunsets and beaches, since she was an avid photographer.
"Wow, I didn't know you like photography that much, Hilde. These pictures are great. Where did you take this one?" He was holding a photograph that showed the beauty of Hawaiian Islands that were enclosed in a deep orange sunset. Within the picture, shadows were forming behind palm trees and the ocean reflected the rosy sky.
"That one was taken in Honolulu. I was in the capital for a few days and I couldn't resist myself from taking that one. The sky was so perfect that day." She then walked over to him and gave him his cup of hot java. "So have you done any traveling before?"
"Nope, not really. I would just take a couple of weeks off and travel around the states such as New York, California, and Florida. It's one of those places every year."
"That sounds like fun for awhile. You get to meet new people at least."
"Yeah, that's a good point. But, going to a place that you've been before for the hundredth time can sometimes get a little boring."
The two continued to chat throughout the night over a cup of coffee. It was their second date.
"I guess I better get going now. I have a hard day's work coming up. You know how Wufei is."
"All right then. I'll see ya at the bakery."
"I guess this is good night then." Hilde then stepped towards him and kissed him. The two stood there kissing each other for ten minutes with Duo caressing Hilde's back.
"I better get going now. I'll see you some time soon." With that Hilde walked Duo over to her front door and they kissed for the umpteenth time. Duo walked out into the chilly night air, and he began to fumble with something in his pocket as he was walking down a street. "Ooops. I took her coffee mug. How did I ever do that in the first place? I better get this back to her."
Meanwhile back at Hilde's apartment, she was cleaning up her kitchen. "I'm missing something, but what could it be?" Right then her doorbell rang off, "I wonder who could that be in the middle of the night?" She then walked over there and looked through the security window and noticed that Duo was standing out there.
"What on earth are you back here for?"
Duo then sheepishly gave her the coffee mug, "I thought you might be wondering that you're missing a coffee mug. That's all."
"So that's what I forgot. I knew I was missing something, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Thanks for bringing it back. You didn't have to come all the way back here, just to drop this mug off."
"I know, but I was on 71st street and I noticed that I had something heavy in my pocket. I must have placed it in my pocket or something of the sort."
"Thanks anyway for bringing it back to me. You want to come in again. It's late and all. Probably by the time you get back to your place, it will be about twelve in the morning. Why don't you stay here for the night? I can make a makeshift bed on the couch for you."
"I don't want to trouble you just for one night."
"It's all right. Honestly."
"All right then." Duo then stepped into her apartment for the second time during that night.
Hilde then went to her linen closet and pulled out a spare pillow and blanket.
"So what time do you have to be at the bakery tomorrow?"
"Seven."
As she was conversing with Duo, Hilde kept going back and forth between the couch and the linen closet to see if the blanket was long enough for the couch.
"Why seven?"
"You know how Wufei is. Punctuality is the key here."
"Right."
"I think this should do. You don't have to trouble yourself than you already have to."
"You sure. Okay then, the bathroom is just down this hall and my room is just right around the corner. I'll leave you some spare towels just in case you need them and here's some old t-shirts and pants that used to belong to my boyfriend. I think these should fit you. Good night then."
"Good night, Hilde."
He decided to head for the shower, while Hilde was in her room. It was about eleven at night and it would soon be midnight. As he walking to the bathroom, he could hear Hilde's radio on. "I guess she's a night owl too," and right then, "Complicated" was playing again for the second time that day.
Within the shower, Duo was trying to croon "Complicated," while he was doing that, Hilde overheard him from her room, "What is he trying to do? Does he know that he's so terrible? But on the other hand, he's so cute. What is a girl supposed to do?" She sighed to herself and looked at her alarm clock; its red digits were showing 11:30. "I might as well have a midnight snack before I go to sleep since I have nothing to do tomorrow."
She decided to head towards her kitchen and she noticed that Duo was still in the bathroom. She quietly sneaked towards the kitchen and grabbed some chocolate chip cookies from one of her cabinets. As she was doing so, Duo ventured out of the bathroom once he was finished with his shower and he walked into the darken hallway. He noticed that Hilde's door leading to her room was closed, "I guess she fell asleep already. Oh well." He then decided to head back towards the couch.
Meanwhile back in the kitchen, Hilde was making her way back to her room when she heard soft footsteps coming down her hallway. She looked over towards the couch where Duo was staying and noticed that it was empty. "He must be still in the bathroom." With that said, she glanced towards the bathroom and noticed that the door was closed and the lights were still on in there. "Great, if there's an intruder in my apartment and the only source of my protection is still in the bathroom. Well, it looks like I have to deal with this situation myself." She decided to head back towards the kitchen and grab the closet object within her reach, which was a broom. Once she had the broom in her hand, she stealthily waited around the corner and she braced herself.
The creaky footsteps came closer to her and with that she whacked the intruder across the back. The intruder went down onto the floor and after regaining his surroundings; he started to get up again. Not realizing who it was, Hilde decided to strike at the person again, but this time her broom was caught in midair, which made her lose her stance and she fell to the floor.
"What the.?" Once Duo realized that it was Hilde, he changed his tone, "Hey, there you are. I thought you were already sleeping. Why did you whack me with that broom of yours." He then rubbed his back and his head.
"I thought you were an intruder because I thought you were still in the bathroom."
Duo then looked towards the bathroom, "Oops. I forgot to turn off the light. Sorry about that." Duo then helped Hilde off from her floor.
"You scared me to death, Duo." She was straightening her blue silky nightgown. "What were you doing sneaking around in the hall?"
"Just trying to make it back to the couch, that's all."
"And what were you doing in the middle of the night?"
"I was just in the kitchen getting a little midnight snack."
Duo noticed that a smudge of chocolate was still around her lips. "Um.You still have chocolate around your lips."
"Where? This is embarrassing."
"Let me get that for you." Right then, Duo held out his right index finger and wiped the smudge of chocolate. "There."
"Thanks."
"You know for a girl like you, you know how to whack someone."
Hilde laughed at his remark and blushed slightly. "Sorry about that. Did I hit you too hard?"
"No, I'm fine."
The two stood in the dark hallway for a while even though some light was seeping through a window nearby. And with that, the two started to kiss and things led to one and another. They both walked over to her room and with that, he then lifted her to her bed. In a matter of moments, they were kissing again and in matter of moments, Duo took his shirt off and tossed it to the floor. The two continued to kiss, while Duo was gently caressing Hilde as he was also taking her nightgown off.
In between their kisses, Hilde whispered, "So much for the makeshift bed in the living room."
"Yeah, I know. You know what?"
"What?"
"Ever since I first meet you at the bakery, I just felt something in me change."
"I know what you mean. I had the same feeling, that's why I kept coming back to the bakery.to see you, even though I was buying doughnuts for my co- workers. All my co-workers thought I was crazy falling in love with a baker, but they're all wrong."
*****
The dawn soon came and the two were still cuddled right next to each other. Duo was the first one to awake, but he didn't want to disturb Hilde since she was just lying next to him. He noticed that she had a beautiful smile upon her face and he then placed his hand through her short hair. With that, Hilde then awoke and he whispered, "Morning, sleepy head."
"Good morning. What time is it?"
"It's about five."
The two then looked out towards the window and saw their first sunrise together.
"Wouldn't that be neat, if we could go on vacation together and look at sunrises and sunsets?"
Duo whispered, "I bet it would. Where did you think we should go to?"
Hilde then pondered that question for a couple of seconds, "How about Scotland or New Zealand? I've always dreamt of going there someday soon."
"That would be nice."
"We might as well, get a move on it. You have work in a matter of less than two hours from now."
"You're right."
The two then got out of bed and found their respective clothing on the floor and scurried about the room. Duo collected his things and headed straight towards the living room and picked up his other clothes, while Hilde headed straight towards her kitchen to make a quick breakfast of pancakes and coffee. After everything was set, the two had breakfast together and Duo headed back towards his own apartment.
"I'll see ya some time soon. I promise you."
"Have fun at work and don't let Wufei over work you now. If he does, I'll come there in person and scold him myself," she said sarcastically.
The two then kissed and went about on their routines for the day.
*****
After walking through endless obstacles of intersections, Duo looked at his watch with panicked eyes, "All right, I have five minutes to get there. Wufei will have a fit if I'm late again." He started to turn around the corner, where the bakery was. Right then, he collided straight into Wufei, himself, who was carrying groceries.
An outraged Wufei then announced, "What the hell? What are you trying to do, Duo? Are you trying to kill me so you can collect the insurance money from the bakery?"
Duo then responded nonchalantly, "Hey, Wufei, I'm glad to see you too. I was just heading towards the bakery. I thought you'd be there by now, since you're always Mr. Punctual. Here let me help you with those bags of groceries."
Wufei then responded in a harsh tone, "I can manage, thank you." He immediately grabbed the bags of flour that tumbled out of the brown paper bag, and made sure no one was seeing him.
"I'm still on time, right?"
"Whatever."
The two entered in their bakery and began another saga in their baking business.
*****
How was that for chapter 5? I think it's about time that Heero makes his appearance in this bakery saga. (hehehe) ^-^