Hi everyone, sorry for this late update. (This will probably happen more
frequently over the next two months because of my classes.) Thanks again
for the reviews that have been coming in, I really appreciate it.
Disclaimers go as usual. Anyhow, hope you all like this. ^^
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A Dusting of Love
Relena peered into the darken room as she waited for her response. She walked in and looked around to see if everything was in order. She noticed that one of the windows near her office desk was open. She headed towards the window and looked out towards the night sky, admiring the stars. After recollecting her thoughts about today, she shut the window and turned around, a flash of Persian eyes pierced the darkness. "There you are. I thought you already went home for the night to escape from today's incident."
Heero began to approach closer to her, "I told you that I was heading back to my post for the night." He began to unbutton the first three buttons of his stained shirt and eventually he became faced to face with Relena. At that moment, both of their pulses quickened and neither of them knew on what to say to each other.
Relena looked into his eyes and saw the pain he stored in them. She wanted to kiss him right then and there, but something kept holding her back, the fear of denial. She then broke the silence, "I'm sorry for everything that I caused you today. I didn't mean to bet against you in Quatre's and Trowa's game. Everything was so blown out of proportion ever since Quatre was floured from the start. This is all of my fault. I should have never asked you to be involved in the first place."
Heero then placed his index finger on her pale pink lips to silence her before any more damage could be done. "It's getting late, we'd better leave now for the night. Everyone else including our chauffeur has left. I'm calling for a cab."
"All right Heero." She then walked over to her office closet and began to rummage through the various items to busy herself. "Where did I put that blasted bottle? I know I placed it on one of these shelves. For a person like me, I can never seem to setup an organizational system." As she reached for a second shelf, an avalanche of small boxes tumbled down on her. She felt her head to see if any of them caused bruises or cuts, "Yipe, that was close."
"You all right in there?" called Heero from the hallway.
She cleared her throat, "I'm fine, just give me a couple of more minutes." She then knelt down and picked up ones of the flower-printed boxes that revealed a pile of photos showing her working in her office. After sifting through the pile of photos, she noticed one of them had Heero standing in the background with an expressionless face. "Oh, Heero."
"Are you coming yet?" he called out.
"I'm coming, all right."
Heero peered into the room and noticed that Relena was carrying something in her hands along with a small box. "It's about time." He then looked on as Relena did her ritual of locking her office in case anyone tried to burglarize it during the night.
Within a matter of minutes, the two were outside waiting for a cab to come pick them up. They stood there silently until Relena broke the silence. "I think you might need this more than I do." She handed him a small brown bag and Heero looked inside and noticed that it was laundry detergent. He gave her a questionable look. "It should help get the pink stains off of your shirt within a matter moments because I don't suppose you want to have a pink shirt in your wardrobe. I've even used it myself whenever I spill something on my dresses and skirts."
Heero muttered, "Thanks."
She nodded in response and with that the taxicab finally pulled into the back driveway of the embassy. The driver glanced through his rear view mirror and noticed that it was the same passenger from the afternoon. He noticed that Heero was looking towards his direction. "Where to?"
*****
The bakery had finally closed for the night, both Duo and Wufei had tired looks on their faces. "If you ever drag me into another entrepreneur business deal for this bakery, I'm refusing Wufei."
"Why, you don't like the pay you're making here? You're always welcome to leave if you want." he scoffed. He began to reach over towards his small pile of flour that he had acquired during the day.
"It's not that. I think I'm going to crack my back at any moment after scrubbing the kitchen floor and counters." He paused for a while surveying the area around him and noticed that Wufei was being devious as usual in trying to gain back his revenge.
"How do you think I felt after your chocolate mess? I think I'm going to collapse any moment because of my knees are so bruised. The mop of yours didn't work at all."
"Oh well." Duo headed back towards the kitchen and pitched his dirty apron on one of the metal hooks of the coat rack. He then grabbed his deflated chef's hat and walked towards the kitchen door. At that moment, he called from the door, "And don't you dare throw that flour on me because I saw you reach for it. Besides don't you think that we should create new routines like this one."
"What the hell!" The door flew open towards the left side and smacked Wufei off his guard. Before he even knew it, he felt a sensation of wetness on his face and chest.
"It serves you right for trying to ambush me a second time during this day. I'm leaving now." In cowboy fashion, he swung his water pistol and placed it in his pocket. "I still have water left in that baby."
Wufei then wiped his wet face with his chocolate apron, which left a chocolate smudge on his face and with a feeling of agitation, he called out towards him, "It's your turn to close down the for the night."
"Whatever, I've covered your shifts so many times before. Good night. And you might want to look in mirror before you leave."
Wufei watched from the éclair counter as Duo sauntered out the door and into the night. "I wonder what he meant by that, but he's probably joking as usual." He then decided to check the mirror and noticed a small chocolate stain on his nose. "Duo is going to get it eventually from me. I'm always stuck here! The only reason that he's leaving is because of Hilde. This bites, I'll never get any sleep anymore." He began to count the money that the bakery raised today and after crunching numerous keys on the register, he could have swore that he heard someone entering through the back door, but decided to drop that thought from his mind. He muttered to himself, "I might as well marry this bakery for life and live here for all I care."
"That's an awful shame."
"Didn't I tell you to stay home?"
"Yeah, but I bought you a cup of coffee since it looks like you need one just right about now." She handed him one of the hot cups that she held in her hand.
He took a sip, "Ahh, that's much more like it."
"I knew you would like it. I bought over more of the supplies you needed such as the chocolate powder and baking powder. I was wondering why did you need one whole case of baking powder? I wouldn't think that you two would use it very often over a two week period."
"We seem to use too much of it all of a sudden."
"You sure because if I know you, your hiding something behind your back." She gave him a questioning look.
"Silence, WOMAN."
"All right I get the picture. Need any help?"
"No." he said bluntly. "Just stand over there, I'll be done in a matter of minutes."
Sally waited by the corner window as she heard Wufei ringing the receipts up for the night and when she heard the cash register finally stopped ringing, she knew that he was finished. "It's about time, I thought you would never finish for the night. Now where did we leave off last time?"
A grin was seen on his face, "I think I know."
"Really."
*****
Two blocks away from the bakery, Duo was making his way towards Hilde's apartment. "I wonder if she's still up. She probably already went to sleep since she has work tomorrow, unless she's a night owl?" He continued through his dilemma of seeing Hilde for the night, but after crossing a small intersection leading to Sugar Lane, he finally made up his mind.
Within two minutes, he scaled the steps leading to her apartment. A small ray of light seeped from a back window. "I think she's still up. Here it goes." A ring was heard from the inside of the apartment. Duo's heart began to race, thump-thump, thump-thump.
"Hey Duo." said Hilde in her sweet voice. "Why don't you come in?" She opened the door and Duo acknowledged.
"I just finished my shift just an hour ago. Am I interrupting you?" He was fidgeting with his chef's hat.
"Not really, I was just about to sleep in for the night. So, what brings you here? You look like you've been worked to death."
Duo let out a sigh and a disgruntled look on his face, "It was another fiasco at the bakery. Some Heero Yuy ordered a cake and throughout that time, Wufei was scheming a plot against me. In the process, the customer got strawberry jam on him along with chocolate chips and he murdered my hat. Here's the proof." He then showed her his deflated hat, which had a single bullet hole that was present in the front and the rear sides.
"Sorry to hear about that." She then pondered on her next response, "How about this, I can mend your hat for you, if you like. I'm pretty good in stitching things up."
"Thanks anyway, but no thanks. I'll probably buy a new chef's hat anyway, whenever I get the time."
"You still need some cheering up. How about this, I can go get some chocolate chip cookies from my kitchen as a little midnight snack for you?"
"You don't need to trouble yourself, honestly Hilde. The last time I was here you had a bat in your hands, remember?"
"How could I ever forget about that? I thought you were the "intruder" in my apartment. I nearly killed you with it."
"I know what you mean, I think I still have the bruises from that night."
The two then laughed for the first time together and their conversation became slow-paced again. The two were trying their best in keeping their conversation up. But within each of their hearts, both of them knew about something else that they both wanted.
"I best be heading back now. I don't want to keep you from your sleep because of your work."
"I guess I'll see you around." She walked him towards the exit and the two stood there reading each other's eyes, which held the emotion of desire. Within minutes, the two kissed in the doorway.
Duo finally managed to control himself, "I probably should go now." He then slipped in a couple of more kisses.
"I think you should because at this rate, we both would be dead tired tomorrow. Good night now."
"See ya around, sweetie." He headed out the door and pretended to walk down towards the street. After hiding behind a small bush besides Hilde's apartment, he headed towards her front door and pushed the doorbell again.
She opened the door, "You've been only gone for less than five minutes and your back for more."
"What's a guy supposed to do?" He slipped in again and passionately kissed her for the second time.
She then broke one of the kisses, "All right, only for this one time. You'd better not make this a habit of yours, even though it seems like we've been down this road before."
*****
The ride to the Peacecraft residence was uneventful as Heero and Relena sat in the back of the cab. During the ride, Relena began to doze off and she eventually fell asleep, while Heero looked on. He noticed that she had smile on her face and it made his heart skip a beat again. He couldn't control his love for Relena any longer, he felt that his mind was going to explode any minute. He pondered to himself, "Damn Heero, when are you ever going to show her your true feelings?" He wrestled that thought throughout the rest of the ride.
The cab made several left and right turns and afterwards, it was on a straight path towards the Peacecraft residence. Heero was about to fall asleep himself, but he then felt something on his right shoulder. Relena had managed to have her head slip onto his shoulder. "This is great. I can't even fall asleep right now." He gently caressed her hair that had fallen over her forehead. The smell of fresia filled the air.
The old man looked from his rearview mirror and saw the couple. "We're here now," he called out.
"Thanks." Heero gently awoke Relena from her slumber by gently calling her name.
She blinked a couple of times and noticed that her head was directly lying on his shoulder. "Did I fall asleep?" He nodded at her response. "I told you that if I ever fall asleep, you should wake me because."
He then cut her off, "I didn't mind. Let me walk you to your front door." He first got out of the cab and took Relena by her hand and led her out. He then called to the cab driver, "Wait right here." and the driver acknowledged.
"You don't have to keep doing this Heero. I feel bad for everything that I've caused you still."
"You don't have to keep apologizing."
"But I feel like I should."
A wave of silence washed across the couple for the first time. And for the first time, the two felt something surge through them, a spark of love, perhaps. The two looked through each other's eyes and made their move. "Relena." Before he could finish his sentence, he was cut off by a kiss.
"I wanted to do that for a long time now."
Heero's eyes were filled with shock, as he wanted to complete his move before she did. Relena noticed that to, "I guess I beat you to it."
He shrugged and said in his usual tone, "Good night."
"Good night." She unlocked her front door with a brass key and headed inside. Once inside, she said to herself in excitement, "I can't believe I just did that." and let out a soft sigh. She then walked towards her room.
Heero continued to walked down the cold concrete pavement, "I never would have expected that from her, not just yet." As he was walking towards the taxi, the driver witnessed the whole ordeal from his seat. Right then, Heero opened the back passenger door and headed inside.
"Where to?"
"The Maple Springs apartment complex on 71st."
"You got it." A moment of silence in their conversation became apparent until the old driver spoke up, "I noticed that you're in love with her."
"Pardon me? I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh quit playing games. It's written in your eyes and when the first time she kissed you, you felt something go through you. Didn't you?"
"What are you, cupid?"
"Maybe, but do you see my bag of arrows or wings? Or even my bow for crying out loud. But that's beside the point, even when I was driving you two tonight, you have love but you don't express it that much. I'm just saying don't blow your chance because you never know when you'll have a second chance to express your feelings."
Heero pondered that thought, and then muttered in his usual tone, "Whatever. Just get me home ASAP."
The two became silent for the rest of the ride until the cab finally pulled up to Heero's apartment complex. "Here's the cab fare and keep the tip."
"Thanks. I'll see you around and remember what I said. Good night."
"Good night." With that, Heero watched the yellow cab pull away into the night. He then entered through the glass looking building and scaled a small flight of stairs still carrying the laundry detergent in his hands. After existing at floor number four, Heero ventured out into the hallway and pulled out his keys to unlock his apartment door. He stumbled in, exhausted from the day's and night's excitement.
He headed towards his bathroom and started his shower stall with lukewarm water. At first, the shirt clung to him like glue but after a couple minutes of endless torture to his shirt, he finally managed to peel it off. Crusts of strawberry jam fell to the floor along with some of the chocolate chips. "That's not good." he muttered. He then stepped into the shower and took a twenty-minute shower in hopes of getting the sticky jam off of his back and shoulders. By the end of his shower, half of his soap bar was gone. After donning on his usual attire of pajamas that consisted his green tank top and black spandex shorts, he headed towards his bathroom with a small mop and mopped up the jammy mess on the floor. He then headed towards his kitchen sink and prepared a water bath for his "pink" shirt. After everything was ready, he tossed the shirt into the soapy water, bubbles began to form once he had added small dose of Relena's laundry detergent.
"This better work." With that a fizzing sound came from his sink. Believing that it was a good sign, Heero decided to sleep for the night and with that the conversation he had with the cab driver played over in his mind as he tossed and turned.
"Show your love." a voice whispered. An image of Relena kissing him flashed across his mind and he then awoke in a cold sweat, his Persian eyes looking towards the ceiling in a daze.
TBC
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How was that for chapter 9? Please review, your comments are always greatly appreciated and thank you. ^_^ Stay tune for chapter 10! Ciao for now!
*****
A Dusting of Love
Relena peered into the darken room as she waited for her response. She walked in and looked around to see if everything was in order. She noticed that one of the windows near her office desk was open. She headed towards the window and looked out towards the night sky, admiring the stars. After recollecting her thoughts about today, she shut the window and turned around, a flash of Persian eyes pierced the darkness. "There you are. I thought you already went home for the night to escape from today's incident."
Heero began to approach closer to her, "I told you that I was heading back to my post for the night." He began to unbutton the first three buttons of his stained shirt and eventually he became faced to face with Relena. At that moment, both of their pulses quickened and neither of them knew on what to say to each other.
Relena looked into his eyes and saw the pain he stored in them. She wanted to kiss him right then and there, but something kept holding her back, the fear of denial. She then broke the silence, "I'm sorry for everything that I caused you today. I didn't mean to bet against you in Quatre's and Trowa's game. Everything was so blown out of proportion ever since Quatre was floured from the start. This is all of my fault. I should have never asked you to be involved in the first place."
Heero then placed his index finger on her pale pink lips to silence her before any more damage could be done. "It's getting late, we'd better leave now for the night. Everyone else including our chauffeur has left. I'm calling for a cab."
"All right Heero." She then walked over to her office closet and began to rummage through the various items to busy herself. "Where did I put that blasted bottle? I know I placed it on one of these shelves. For a person like me, I can never seem to setup an organizational system." As she reached for a second shelf, an avalanche of small boxes tumbled down on her. She felt her head to see if any of them caused bruises or cuts, "Yipe, that was close."
"You all right in there?" called Heero from the hallway.
She cleared her throat, "I'm fine, just give me a couple of more minutes." She then knelt down and picked up ones of the flower-printed boxes that revealed a pile of photos showing her working in her office. After sifting through the pile of photos, she noticed one of them had Heero standing in the background with an expressionless face. "Oh, Heero."
"Are you coming yet?" he called out.
"I'm coming, all right."
Heero peered into the room and noticed that Relena was carrying something in her hands along with a small box. "It's about time." He then looked on as Relena did her ritual of locking her office in case anyone tried to burglarize it during the night.
Within a matter of minutes, the two were outside waiting for a cab to come pick them up. They stood there silently until Relena broke the silence. "I think you might need this more than I do." She handed him a small brown bag and Heero looked inside and noticed that it was laundry detergent. He gave her a questionable look. "It should help get the pink stains off of your shirt within a matter moments because I don't suppose you want to have a pink shirt in your wardrobe. I've even used it myself whenever I spill something on my dresses and skirts."
Heero muttered, "Thanks."
She nodded in response and with that the taxicab finally pulled into the back driveway of the embassy. The driver glanced through his rear view mirror and noticed that it was the same passenger from the afternoon. He noticed that Heero was looking towards his direction. "Where to?"
*****
The bakery had finally closed for the night, both Duo and Wufei had tired looks on their faces. "If you ever drag me into another entrepreneur business deal for this bakery, I'm refusing Wufei."
"Why, you don't like the pay you're making here? You're always welcome to leave if you want." he scoffed. He began to reach over towards his small pile of flour that he had acquired during the day.
"It's not that. I think I'm going to crack my back at any moment after scrubbing the kitchen floor and counters." He paused for a while surveying the area around him and noticed that Wufei was being devious as usual in trying to gain back his revenge.
"How do you think I felt after your chocolate mess? I think I'm going to collapse any moment because of my knees are so bruised. The mop of yours didn't work at all."
"Oh well." Duo headed back towards the kitchen and pitched his dirty apron on one of the metal hooks of the coat rack. He then grabbed his deflated chef's hat and walked towards the kitchen door. At that moment, he called from the door, "And don't you dare throw that flour on me because I saw you reach for it. Besides don't you think that we should create new routines like this one."
"What the hell!" The door flew open towards the left side and smacked Wufei off his guard. Before he even knew it, he felt a sensation of wetness on his face and chest.
"It serves you right for trying to ambush me a second time during this day. I'm leaving now." In cowboy fashion, he swung his water pistol and placed it in his pocket. "I still have water left in that baby."
Wufei then wiped his wet face with his chocolate apron, which left a chocolate smudge on his face and with a feeling of agitation, he called out towards him, "It's your turn to close down the for the night."
"Whatever, I've covered your shifts so many times before. Good night. And you might want to look in mirror before you leave."
Wufei watched from the éclair counter as Duo sauntered out the door and into the night. "I wonder what he meant by that, but he's probably joking as usual." He then decided to check the mirror and noticed a small chocolate stain on his nose. "Duo is going to get it eventually from me. I'm always stuck here! The only reason that he's leaving is because of Hilde. This bites, I'll never get any sleep anymore." He began to count the money that the bakery raised today and after crunching numerous keys on the register, he could have swore that he heard someone entering through the back door, but decided to drop that thought from his mind. He muttered to himself, "I might as well marry this bakery for life and live here for all I care."
"That's an awful shame."
"Didn't I tell you to stay home?"
"Yeah, but I bought you a cup of coffee since it looks like you need one just right about now." She handed him one of the hot cups that she held in her hand.
He took a sip, "Ahh, that's much more like it."
"I knew you would like it. I bought over more of the supplies you needed such as the chocolate powder and baking powder. I was wondering why did you need one whole case of baking powder? I wouldn't think that you two would use it very often over a two week period."
"We seem to use too much of it all of a sudden."
"You sure because if I know you, your hiding something behind your back." She gave him a questioning look.
"Silence, WOMAN."
"All right I get the picture. Need any help?"
"No." he said bluntly. "Just stand over there, I'll be done in a matter of minutes."
Sally waited by the corner window as she heard Wufei ringing the receipts up for the night and when she heard the cash register finally stopped ringing, she knew that he was finished. "It's about time, I thought you would never finish for the night. Now where did we leave off last time?"
A grin was seen on his face, "I think I know."
"Really."
*****
Two blocks away from the bakery, Duo was making his way towards Hilde's apartment. "I wonder if she's still up. She probably already went to sleep since she has work tomorrow, unless she's a night owl?" He continued through his dilemma of seeing Hilde for the night, but after crossing a small intersection leading to Sugar Lane, he finally made up his mind.
Within two minutes, he scaled the steps leading to her apartment. A small ray of light seeped from a back window. "I think she's still up. Here it goes." A ring was heard from the inside of the apartment. Duo's heart began to race, thump-thump, thump-thump.
"Hey Duo." said Hilde in her sweet voice. "Why don't you come in?" She opened the door and Duo acknowledged.
"I just finished my shift just an hour ago. Am I interrupting you?" He was fidgeting with his chef's hat.
"Not really, I was just about to sleep in for the night. So, what brings you here? You look like you've been worked to death."
Duo let out a sigh and a disgruntled look on his face, "It was another fiasco at the bakery. Some Heero Yuy ordered a cake and throughout that time, Wufei was scheming a plot against me. In the process, the customer got strawberry jam on him along with chocolate chips and he murdered my hat. Here's the proof." He then showed her his deflated hat, which had a single bullet hole that was present in the front and the rear sides.
"Sorry to hear about that." She then pondered on her next response, "How about this, I can mend your hat for you, if you like. I'm pretty good in stitching things up."
"Thanks anyway, but no thanks. I'll probably buy a new chef's hat anyway, whenever I get the time."
"You still need some cheering up. How about this, I can go get some chocolate chip cookies from my kitchen as a little midnight snack for you?"
"You don't need to trouble yourself, honestly Hilde. The last time I was here you had a bat in your hands, remember?"
"How could I ever forget about that? I thought you were the "intruder" in my apartment. I nearly killed you with it."
"I know what you mean, I think I still have the bruises from that night."
The two then laughed for the first time together and their conversation became slow-paced again. The two were trying their best in keeping their conversation up. But within each of their hearts, both of them knew about something else that they both wanted.
"I best be heading back now. I don't want to keep you from your sleep because of your work."
"I guess I'll see you around." She walked him towards the exit and the two stood there reading each other's eyes, which held the emotion of desire. Within minutes, the two kissed in the doorway.
Duo finally managed to control himself, "I probably should go now." He then slipped in a couple of more kisses.
"I think you should because at this rate, we both would be dead tired tomorrow. Good night now."
"See ya around, sweetie." He headed out the door and pretended to walk down towards the street. After hiding behind a small bush besides Hilde's apartment, he headed towards her front door and pushed the doorbell again.
She opened the door, "You've been only gone for less than five minutes and your back for more."
"What's a guy supposed to do?" He slipped in again and passionately kissed her for the second time.
She then broke one of the kisses, "All right, only for this one time. You'd better not make this a habit of yours, even though it seems like we've been down this road before."
*****
The ride to the Peacecraft residence was uneventful as Heero and Relena sat in the back of the cab. During the ride, Relena began to doze off and she eventually fell asleep, while Heero looked on. He noticed that she had smile on her face and it made his heart skip a beat again. He couldn't control his love for Relena any longer, he felt that his mind was going to explode any minute. He pondered to himself, "Damn Heero, when are you ever going to show her your true feelings?" He wrestled that thought throughout the rest of the ride.
The cab made several left and right turns and afterwards, it was on a straight path towards the Peacecraft residence. Heero was about to fall asleep himself, but he then felt something on his right shoulder. Relena had managed to have her head slip onto his shoulder. "This is great. I can't even fall asleep right now." He gently caressed her hair that had fallen over her forehead. The smell of fresia filled the air.
The old man looked from his rearview mirror and saw the couple. "We're here now," he called out.
"Thanks." Heero gently awoke Relena from her slumber by gently calling her name.
She blinked a couple of times and noticed that her head was directly lying on his shoulder. "Did I fall asleep?" He nodded at her response. "I told you that if I ever fall asleep, you should wake me because."
He then cut her off, "I didn't mind. Let me walk you to your front door." He first got out of the cab and took Relena by her hand and led her out. He then called to the cab driver, "Wait right here." and the driver acknowledged.
"You don't have to keep doing this Heero. I feel bad for everything that I've caused you still."
"You don't have to keep apologizing."
"But I feel like I should."
A wave of silence washed across the couple for the first time. And for the first time, the two felt something surge through them, a spark of love, perhaps. The two looked through each other's eyes and made their move. "Relena." Before he could finish his sentence, he was cut off by a kiss.
"I wanted to do that for a long time now."
Heero's eyes were filled with shock, as he wanted to complete his move before she did. Relena noticed that to, "I guess I beat you to it."
He shrugged and said in his usual tone, "Good night."
"Good night." She unlocked her front door with a brass key and headed inside. Once inside, she said to herself in excitement, "I can't believe I just did that." and let out a soft sigh. She then walked towards her room.
Heero continued to walked down the cold concrete pavement, "I never would have expected that from her, not just yet." As he was walking towards the taxi, the driver witnessed the whole ordeal from his seat. Right then, Heero opened the back passenger door and headed inside.
"Where to?"
"The Maple Springs apartment complex on 71st."
"You got it." A moment of silence in their conversation became apparent until the old driver spoke up, "I noticed that you're in love with her."
"Pardon me? I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh quit playing games. It's written in your eyes and when the first time she kissed you, you felt something go through you. Didn't you?"
"What are you, cupid?"
"Maybe, but do you see my bag of arrows or wings? Or even my bow for crying out loud. But that's beside the point, even when I was driving you two tonight, you have love but you don't express it that much. I'm just saying don't blow your chance because you never know when you'll have a second chance to express your feelings."
Heero pondered that thought, and then muttered in his usual tone, "Whatever. Just get me home ASAP."
The two became silent for the rest of the ride until the cab finally pulled up to Heero's apartment complex. "Here's the cab fare and keep the tip."
"Thanks. I'll see you around and remember what I said. Good night."
"Good night." With that, Heero watched the yellow cab pull away into the night. He then entered through the glass looking building and scaled a small flight of stairs still carrying the laundry detergent in his hands. After existing at floor number four, Heero ventured out into the hallway and pulled out his keys to unlock his apartment door. He stumbled in, exhausted from the day's and night's excitement.
He headed towards his bathroom and started his shower stall with lukewarm water. At first, the shirt clung to him like glue but after a couple minutes of endless torture to his shirt, he finally managed to peel it off. Crusts of strawberry jam fell to the floor along with some of the chocolate chips. "That's not good." he muttered. He then stepped into the shower and took a twenty-minute shower in hopes of getting the sticky jam off of his back and shoulders. By the end of his shower, half of his soap bar was gone. After donning on his usual attire of pajamas that consisted his green tank top and black spandex shorts, he headed towards his bathroom with a small mop and mopped up the jammy mess on the floor. He then headed towards his kitchen sink and prepared a water bath for his "pink" shirt. After everything was ready, he tossed the shirt into the soapy water, bubbles began to form once he had added small dose of Relena's laundry detergent.
"This better work." With that a fizzing sound came from his sink. Believing that it was a good sign, Heero decided to sleep for the night and with that the conversation he had with the cab driver played over in his mind as he tossed and turned.
"Show your love." a voice whispered. An image of Relena kissing him flashed across his mind and he then awoke in a cold sweat, his Persian eyes looking towards the ceiling in a daze.
TBC
*****
How was that for chapter 9? Please review, your comments are always greatly appreciated and thank you. ^_^ Stay tune for chapter 10! Ciao for now!