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Surprise
A red stained shirt and a silk blouse dotted the carpet floor of Relena's bedroom. Heero awoke next to a sleeping Relena, who lay beside him. He gently stroked her long hair that covered her bare shoulders and stared at her for minutes, just watching her breath. He wanted to tell her something, but every time he had the chance, he would just botch it up. All he could do was watch her every move and protect her at any costs even from a mad crazy baker.
Relena slowly opened her eyes, "And what are you up to on this fine morning?" She had caught Heero off his guard.
"Nothing." His Persian eyes kept searching for something in her eyes that would give him a spark of inspiration. "I need to tell you something." Relena then shifted herself closer to him. "I..."
"Morning sleepyhead," as Relena greeted Heero from her kitchen. She was already dressed in her usual blouse and skirt attire.
Heero had decided to sleep on the couch for the night as a makeshift bed. He didn't want to become too personal with Relena, even though she was driving him crazy in his dreams. During the night, he would spy on her to see if she was okay and seeing her sleep, just drove him to the brink of insanity. Heero fished around for his red-stained shirt, but he couldn't find it anywhere. He was wearing his green tank top and spandex shorts.
"Where's my shirt and pants?"
Relena pointed to a couch nearby him and to his amazement, the red stains on the back were gone. He figured that Relena took the liberty of washing his clothes. He nodded thanks to her. With that, he quickly dressed himself and walked over to where Relena was standing in the kitchen, sipping a cup of coffee. "Where's the morning paper?"
"It's on the counter, where the toaster is. I didn't even have a chance to look at it."
Heero sluggishly walked over to the counter and to his amazement, he saw a photo of Relena and him at Shinigami's and Chang's Bakery.
Relena noticed a change in Heero's mood, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know if I should show this to you, but..." He lifted the front page to her eyes and right then, Relena was shocked and she then fainted.
After nearly catching her and carrying her over to a couch, Relena slowly opened her eyes, "How in the world did they get that photo? I thought you said that you got every reporter/photographer that was there."
"I guess not."
Relena began to become frantic and paced around the family room to collect her thoughts. "I guess it's time to face the music. But, how are we going to get to the embassy in the first place and dodge all of the reporters that want to get their story?"
Heero contemplated to himself about the situation, and with him staying at Relena's for the night wasn't going to help at all. It would just add more gossip to the story that was already showcased in the morning's papers.
Relena then proposed a possible option, "Maybe I should leave first for the embassy and you'll leave 30 minutes after me, just in case any reporters are trying to get their stories."
"Agreed."
With that, the two put their plan into action and in matter of an hour, the two arrived at their destination.
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Chaos erupted as the couple emerged in the embassy, with Aidan leading the pack into a frenzy about their picture on the bakery floor. "It looks like you two had an interesting night." He eyed her suspiciously in hopes of getting some answers.
"Drop it, Aidan, we didn't do anything okay. He was just protecting me from a crazy baker."
"You sure. You two seemed to be missing from this morning's activities. If I could tell, he spent the night with you. Didn't he?"
Relena's face then flashed red, "We didn't do anything together and we didn't sleep together. And besides, this is none of your business." She decided to turn the tables on Aidan instead, "And what were you and Riley doing then? I noticed the two of you seemed to be smitten now." Aidan immediately left. "I guess I was right about those two." She smiled to herself and went on through the day with nagging reporters that kept calling endlessly.
While in the meantime, Heero busied himself by scaring reporters on the embassy's premises with his death glare. He even carried the pastry bag from the previous night to ward off the same reporters that tried to cover the story from Treize's group. With the pastry bag in his hand, he snuck up on one of the reporters and before the reporter could get away from Heero's firing range, the reporter ended up being covered in the red gooey substance again. In a matter of minutes, the reporter stumbled out of the bushes and ran for his life again.
By mid-afternoon, the news of Relena's and Heero's love life died down to some degree, even though Quatre sensed the feeling of rings in his ears for hours. But in everyone's minds, they all knew something was forming between Relena and Heero, it was just a matter of time.
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"Are we all set for the surprise?" asked Quatre, who was standing about two feet away from Heero's post.
"I guess so."
"We need a diversion of some sort. Hmm...oh Heero..."
"Don't you dare look at me like that," he then gave Quatre a death glare.
"Oh common, it's the only the way to get Relena from her office for just a couple of minutes."
"Fine."
"Okay...I need you to go to the ballroom and lay on the floor, so Relena thinks you're injured for the time being. The room would be dark, but everyone else will be there." With that, he ushered Heero into the ballroom, where everyone took their hiding places with confetti in their hands. Quatre then returned back to Relena's office and shouted, Relena...I need your help quickly...its Heero."
"What's wrong?"
Quatre was trying to catch his breath, "He was shot by someone on the premise. I need you to come with me now, he's calling for you."
"But where's the attacker? Is everyone else fine?"
"Trowa reprimanded the man in the parking lot. As for your second question, everyone else is fine. Now come quickly."
Quatre then ushered Relena out of her room and they both entered the darken ballroom. Relena found Heero on the floor pretending to be unconscious, "Heero, can you hear me?" She patted him gently on the face, but he didn't respond. She then examined him to see if there were any gunshots, but the only thing that perplexed her was that no blood was present anywhere. "Heero..."
She felt a hand grab behind her and she looked down onto Heero's face, "Surprise."
"What did you say?" Right then, the whole room burst with light and everyone wished her a happy birthday. "I told you guys not to throw a birthday party for me."
"We knew that you wanted one," replied Quatre. "Thanks for your help, Heero, it worked like a charm."
"You were in on this," cried out Relena.
He nodded in response and walked over to a corner, where no one would notice him during the duration of the party. All he did was watch Relena's every move and see her happiness.
For the next few hours, everyone partied and eventually the cake that Heero had ordered was brought out. The triple roses near the bottom top of the cake were layered to perfection along with the blue calligraphy with Relena's name. Relena then realized why Heero was in the bakery in the first place. "I can't believe that I overlooked a simple detail to my birthday."
"That's why you were going crazy," replied Quatre.
She then blew out the twenty-two candles and made her wishes that she kept to herself.
Eventually, the staff members left along with guests that Quatre sent invitations to. The ballroom was completely empty except the fact that the birthday girl was still there taking in a few moments of solace for herself. She went back to her office to close for the night and she found something that she didn't expect at all. On her desk, there was a brown teddy bear that had a red ribbon wrapped around its neck. On the ribbon, a small diamond ring was attached to it. She gingerly picked up the teddy bear and released the ring from its hold.
"What's your answer?"
Tears welled up in her eyes and she walked up to Heero. She placed the ring into his hands, and with that, she smiled into his Persian eyes. She whispered, "Yes." He gently slided the ring onto her ring finger and for that night, one of Relena's wishes was finally answered.
The two held each other closely in each other's arms, and she softly whispered, "Maybe, we should thank those two crazy bakers at Shinigami's and Chang's Bakery."
*****
Epilogue:
On a quiet afternoon, Duo and Wufei stood underneath the hole that was created by Heero.
"What should we do about that hole in the ceiling?" asked Duo, who was rubbing his chin.
"Beats me. We could fill it up with plaster and have a lighting fixture cover the blemish. The electrical line isn't too far off."
"What lighting fixture do you have in mind?"
"A small chandelier."
"Oh...well how about this one." He held up a cupcake shaped fixture that had a cherry on the top. "I think this brings out the best of the bakery a lot."
"You're no home decorator, you know."
"And neither are you." Wufei became agitated about their "hole situation" and decided to take things into his own hands. He then went into the kitchen and pulled out a ladder from a storage closet. Within minutes, he reappeared with a ladder and white paint.
"What are you up to now?"
"Nothing." He went out the front the door and started to paint over Duo's beautiful bakery sign.
Duo then realized what Wufei was up to and quickly followed him outside, "My beautiful sign. Why you?"
"If your having your lighting fixture up, this sign is mine then."
Duo became agitated at Wufei's compromise and he ran back indoors to find his secret stash of chocolate sauce. By the time he went out again, Wufei was nearly done painting the sign back to a white color. "This is for my sign!!" A spray of chocolate sauce hit Wufei on his back.
"I guess our truce is over." He threw some of the white paint at Duo.
And so the two crazy bakers began another saga of the bakery wars, while bystanders looked on from the surrounding streets.
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It's finally finished!! I would like to say thanks for the all the reviews that I've received so far and to the readers who have read this story. I didn't think this story was a hit at first, since it's my first humor fic, but you all have changed my mind. ^_^ Well, take care and thanks again.
*****
Surprise
A red stained shirt and a silk blouse dotted the carpet floor of Relena's bedroom. Heero awoke next to a sleeping Relena, who lay beside him. He gently stroked her long hair that covered her bare shoulders and stared at her for minutes, just watching her breath. He wanted to tell her something, but every time he had the chance, he would just botch it up. All he could do was watch her every move and protect her at any costs even from a mad crazy baker.
Relena slowly opened her eyes, "And what are you up to on this fine morning?" She had caught Heero off his guard.
"Nothing." His Persian eyes kept searching for something in her eyes that would give him a spark of inspiration. "I need to tell you something." Relena then shifted herself closer to him. "I..."
"Morning sleepyhead," as Relena greeted Heero from her kitchen. She was already dressed in her usual blouse and skirt attire.
Heero had decided to sleep on the couch for the night as a makeshift bed. He didn't want to become too personal with Relena, even though she was driving him crazy in his dreams. During the night, he would spy on her to see if she was okay and seeing her sleep, just drove him to the brink of insanity. Heero fished around for his red-stained shirt, but he couldn't find it anywhere. He was wearing his green tank top and spandex shorts.
"Where's my shirt and pants?"
Relena pointed to a couch nearby him and to his amazement, the red stains on the back were gone. He figured that Relena took the liberty of washing his clothes. He nodded thanks to her. With that, he quickly dressed himself and walked over to where Relena was standing in the kitchen, sipping a cup of coffee. "Where's the morning paper?"
"It's on the counter, where the toaster is. I didn't even have a chance to look at it."
Heero sluggishly walked over to the counter and to his amazement, he saw a photo of Relena and him at Shinigami's and Chang's Bakery.
Relena noticed a change in Heero's mood, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know if I should show this to you, but..." He lifted the front page to her eyes and right then, Relena was shocked and she then fainted.
After nearly catching her and carrying her over to a couch, Relena slowly opened her eyes, "How in the world did they get that photo? I thought you said that you got every reporter/photographer that was there."
"I guess not."
Relena began to become frantic and paced around the family room to collect her thoughts. "I guess it's time to face the music. But, how are we going to get to the embassy in the first place and dodge all of the reporters that want to get their story?"
Heero contemplated to himself about the situation, and with him staying at Relena's for the night wasn't going to help at all. It would just add more gossip to the story that was already showcased in the morning's papers.
Relena then proposed a possible option, "Maybe I should leave first for the embassy and you'll leave 30 minutes after me, just in case any reporters are trying to get their stories."
"Agreed."
With that, the two put their plan into action and in matter of an hour, the two arrived at their destination.
*****
Chaos erupted as the couple emerged in the embassy, with Aidan leading the pack into a frenzy about their picture on the bakery floor. "It looks like you two had an interesting night." He eyed her suspiciously in hopes of getting some answers.
"Drop it, Aidan, we didn't do anything okay. He was just protecting me from a crazy baker."
"You sure. You two seemed to be missing from this morning's activities. If I could tell, he spent the night with you. Didn't he?"
Relena's face then flashed red, "We didn't do anything together and we didn't sleep together. And besides, this is none of your business." She decided to turn the tables on Aidan instead, "And what were you and Riley doing then? I noticed the two of you seemed to be smitten now." Aidan immediately left. "I guess I was right about those two." She smiled to herself and went on through the day with nagging reporters that kept calling endlessly.
While in the meantime, Heero busied himself by scaring reporters on the embassy's premises with his death glare. He even carried the pastry bag from the previous night to ward off the same reporters that tried to cover the story from Treize's group. With the pastry bag in his hand, he snuck up on one of the reporters and before the reporter could get away from Heero's firing range, the reporter ended up being covered in the red gooey substance again. In a matter of minutes, the reporter stumbled out of the bushes and ran for his life again.
By mid-afternoon, the news of Relena's and Heero's love life died down to some degree, even though Quatre sensed the feeling of rings in his ears for hours. But in everyone's minds, they all knew something was forming between Relena and Heero, it was just a matter of time.
*****
"Are we all set for the surprise?" asked Quatre, who was standing about two feet away from Heero's post.
"I guess so."
"We need a diversion of some sort. Hmm...oh Heero..."
"Don't you dare look at me like that," he then gave Quatre a death glare.
"Oh common, it's the only the way to get Relena from her office for just a couple of minutes."
"Fine."
"Okay...I need you to go to the ballroom and lay on the floor, so Relena thinks you're injured for the time being. The room would be dark, but everyone else will be there." With that, he ushered Heero into the ballroom, where everyone took their hiding places with confetti in their hands. Quatre then returned back to Relena's office and shouted, Relena...I need your help quickly...its Heero."
"What's wrong?"
Quatre was trying to catch his breath, "He was shot by someone on the premise. I need you to come with me now, he's calling for you."
"But where's the attacker? Is everyone else fine?"
"Trowa reprimanded the man in the parking lot. As for your second question, everyone else is fine. Now come quickly."
Quatre then ushered Relena out of her room and they both entered the darken ballroom. Relena found Heero on the floor pretending to be unconscious, "Heero, can you hear me?" She patted him gently on the face, but he didn't respond. She then examined him to see if there were any gunshots, but the only thing that perplexed her was that no blood was present anywhere. "Heero..."
She felt a hand grab behind her and she looked down onto Heero's face, "Surprise."
"What did you say?" Right then, the whole room burst with light and everyone wished her a happy birthday. "I told you guys not to throw a birthday party for me."
"We knew that you wanted one," replied Quatre. "Thanks for your help, Heero, it worked like a charm."
"You were in on this," cried out Relena.
He nodded in response and walked over to a corner, where no one would notice him during the duration of the party. All he did was watch Relena's every move and see her happiness.
For the next few hours, everyone partied and eventually the cake that Heero had ordered was brought out. The triple roses near the bottom top of the cake were layered to perfection along with the blue calligraphy with Relena's name. Relena then realized why Heero was in the bakery in the first place. "I can't believe that I overlooked a simple detail to my birthday."
"That's why you were going crazy," replied Quatre.
She then blew out the twenty-two candles and made her wishes that she kept to herself.
Eventually, the staff members left along with guests that Quatre sent invitations to. The ballroom was completely empty except the fact that the birthday girl was still there taking in a few moments of solace for herself. She went back to her office to close for the night and she found something that she didn't expect at all. On her desk, there was a brown teddy bear that had a red ribbon wrapped around its neck. On the ribbon, a small diamond ring was attached to it. She gingerly picked up the teddy bear and released the ring from its hold.
"What's your answer?"
Tears welled up in her eyes and she walked up to Heero. She placed the ring into his hands, and with that, she smiled into his Persian eyes. She whispered, "Yes." He gently slided the ring onto her ring finger and for that night, one of Relena's wishes was finally answered.
The two held each other closely in each other's arms, and she softly whispered, "Maybe, we should thank those two crazy bakers at Shinigami's and Chang's Bakery."
*****
Epilogue:
On a quiet afternoon, Duo and Wufei stood underneath the hole that was created by Heero.
"What should we do about that hole in the ceiling?" asked Duo, who was rubbing his chin.
"Beats me. We could fill it up with plaster and have a lighting fixture cover the blemish. The electrical line isn't too far off."
"What lighting fixture do you have in mind?"
"A small chandelier."
"Oh...well how about this one." He held up a cupcake shaped fixture that had a cherry on the top. "I think this brings out the best of the bakery a lot."
"You're no home decorator, you know."
"And neither are you." Wufei became agitated about their "hole situation" and decided to take things into his own hands. He then went into the kitchen and pulled out a ladder from a storage closet. Within minutes, he reappeared with a ladder and white paint.
"What are you up to now?"
"Nothing." He went out the front the door and started to paint over Duo's beautiful bakery sign.
Duo then realized what Wufei was up to and quickly followed him outside, "My beautiful sign. Why you?"
"If your having your lighting fixture up, this sign is mine then."
Duo became agitated at Wufei's compromise and he ran back indoors to find his secret stash of chocolate sauce. By the time he went out again, Wufei was nearly done painting the sign back to a white color. "This is for my sign!!" A spray of chocolate sauce hit Wufei on his back.
"I guess our truce is over." He threw some of the white paint at Duo.
And so the two crazy bakers began another saga of the bakery wars, while bystanders looked on from the surrounding streets.
*****
It's finally finished!! I would like to say thanks for the all the reviews that I've received so far and to the readers who have read this story. I didn't think this story was a hit at first, since it's my first humor fic, but you all have changed my mind. ^_^ Well, take care and thanks again.