Angel: I love you all!
Sage: What?????
Angel: I love all the review! So I love all the reviewers! Thank you all!
Duo: Oh that…..
Angel: Bishi! *glomps Sage and Duo*
Sage: Will it never end?
Duo: I don't think so.
Angel: Never!
Hotaru woke to the sound of soft breathing. She turned to see Duo lying next to her. "And here I thought there were other beds in this place." She smiled, and ran a hand through his hair. "I've been wanting to do that." She whispered. His hair was soft and silky.
"I know my hair is amazing." Hotaru glanced down and found Duo's violet eyes watching her. She blushed.
"I like it." Duo grinned up at her. "You should take it out of the braid sometime."
"Nah. It's better up." Duo sat up. "And yes there is another bed, but that's the guest room, and my friend Hilde will be staying there."
"Hilde?"
"Hai. Heero must have mentioned her, a least a bit."
"Yep he did. Is she your girl friend?"
"No. She's just a friend. So you and I can share this room while she's here, okay?"
"Um… Alright." Hotaru flushed, "But I need clothes today, and you said something about a dress for the ball?"
"Hai. Relena's ball, it's tonight. I'll get you to the mall as soon as I find something for you to wear… better things than pj's." Duo stretched and jumped out of bed. "And after I take a shower. Wanna join me?" He laughed.
Hotaru whipped around to face him, "Nope, just insane." He chuckled. She sighed as he walked out of the room. Pulling herself out of bed as well, she went into where she thought the kitchen was.
She went through all the cupboards, and found practically nothing. "Duo?" She called through the bathroom door.
"Hm?"
"You can't cook, can you? I mean since you have nothing here to cook with?"
"Nope. I usually go out for food or order out."
"Well we're going shopping after the mall. Cause I'll start cooking. That'll be the way I repay you for you kindness, by cooking."
"Hell ya!" He shouted, turning off the water. "I'd love you forever!"
Hotaru giggled. "It's the least I can do. I mean you and your friends said you would help me free Serena. And your letting me stay here." She said looking at her feet.
"Hey don't worry about it." Duo opened the door. "Death never kids around, and I don't expect you to repay me. I never will." He smiled down at her. She glanced up.
"I thought I told you I was Death."
"Maybe, but I'm Death too."
"We can't both be."
"And why not? Because death is supposed to be one? Or because as god of death I'd have to married to you?"
"The later of the two."
"So? Maybe that's the way it should be. Ne Shi?"
"I don't know, Shini."
"Come on. I'll get you some clothes and then we can go to breakfast, the mall, and grocery store. Okay?"
"Hai. But right after that, I need to find a way to free Serenity. She is one of the best friends I've ever had. I must fulfill my duty to her." Hotaru let a tear slide down her cheek. "I miss them."
"Hey now. No tears. We'll get your friend back. Maybe even the others too? Trust me okay?" Hotaru looked up into his eyes.
"Hai. Thank you Duo." He smiled and led her to his room.
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(At the mall)
"This." Duo pulled out a pair of black leather pants and a dark purple tank top. "It's perfect for you." Hotaru smiled slightly.
"This is the fourteenth outfit you've wanted me to buy. Duo I don't have a cent, and you can't buy all this stuff." She pointed to the clothes, make- up, shoes, and many other things. "Now where?"
"The jewelry store."
"Nani? Why?"
"I want to get you a few things."
"Um... Duo!" He laughed as she started to chase him across the mall. They ran around until Duo ducked into one store. The sign said, 'Jewels and Gems for the Jewels and Gems' Hotaru sighed. "Duo."
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(The grocery store)
"I can't believe you did this." Hotaru sighed. She looked down at the silver diamond cross, the small silver ring with a diamond, and the silver bangles on the wrist. "Duo. This cost a fortune."
"Hey, what's a friend for?" Duo grinned.
"You do realize this looks like an engagement ring." She raised her hand.
"It does?"
"Ha ha. Yes Shini it does." She said. Duo chuckled nervously. "Duo, is there something you're not telling me?"
"Ya. But it's not much."
"Spill." She said.
"Heero thought it best if we make up some story for you."
"And that is?"
"That you're my fiancé."
"Nani?" She squealed, making a lot of people turn to look at him.
"Ya. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea. But the guys thought it was the best, I mean how else would we explain you staying at my house. Ya know?"
"Ya I suppose. Um… So I'm your fiancé? This will be weird. But if it'll help. And I can get Serenity back, I'd do anything."
"Hey, I'm not that bad Shi!"
"I know Shini. And that's why this'll be hard."
Sage: What?????
Angel: I love all the review! So I love all the reviewers! Thank you all!
Duo: Oh that…..
Angel: Bishi! *glomps Sage and Duo*
Sage: Will it never end?
Duo: I don't think so.
Angel: Never!
Hotaru woke to the sound of soft breathing. She turned to see Duo lying next to her. "And here I thought there were other beds in this place." She smiled, and ran a hand through his hair. "I've been wanting to do that." She whispered. His hair was soft and silky.
"I know my hair is amazing." Hotaru glanced down and found Duo's violet eyes watching her. She blushed.
"I like it." Duo grinned up at her. "You should take it out of the braid sometime."
"Nah. It's better up." Duo sat up. "And yes there is another bed, but that's the guest room, and my friend Hilde will be staying there."
"Hilde?"
"Hai. Heero must have mentioned her, a least a bit."
"Yep he did. Is she your girl friend?"
"No. She's just a friend. So you and I can share this room while she's here, okay?"
"Um… Alright." Hotaru flushed, "But I need clothes today, and you said something about a dress for the ball?"
"Hai. Relena's ball, it's tonight. I'll get you to the mall as soon as I find something for you to wear… better things than pj's." Duo stretched and jumped out of bed. "And after I take a shower. Wanna join me?" He laughed.
Hotaru whipped around to face him, "Nope, just insane." He chuckled. She sighed as he walked out of the room. Pulling herself out of bed as well, she went into where she thought the kitchen was.
She went through all the cupboards, and found practically nothing. "Duo?" She called through the bathroom door.
"Hm?"
"You can't cook, can you? I mean since you have nothing here to cook with?"
"Nope. I usually go out for food or order out."
"Well we're going shopping after the mall. Cause I'll start cooking. That'll be the way I repay you for you kindness, by cooking."
"Hell ya!" He shouted, turning off the water. "I'd love you forever!"
Hotaru giggled. "It's the least I can do. I mean you and your friends said you would help me free Serena. And your letting me stay here." She said looking at her feet.
"Hey don't worry about it." Duo opened the door. "Death never kids around, and I don't expect you to repay me. I never will." He smiled down at her. She glanced up.
"I thought I told you I was Death."
"Maybe, but I'm Death too."
"We can't both be."
"And why not? Because death is supposed to be one? Or because as god of death I'd have to married to you?"
"The later of the two."
"So? Maybe that's the way it should be. Ne Shi?"
"I don't know, Shini."
"Come on. I'll get you some clothes and then we can go to breakfast, the mall, and grocery store. Okay?"
"Hai. But right after that, I need to find a way to free Serenity. She is one of the best friends I've ever had. I must fulfill my duty to her." Hotaru let a tear slide down her cheek. "I miss them."
"Hey now. No tears. We'll get your friend back. Maybe even the others too? Trust me okay?" Hotaru looked up into his eyes.
"Hai. Thank you Duo." He smiled and led her to his room.
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(At the mall)
"This." Duo pulled out a pair of black leather pants and a dark purple tank top. "It's perfect for you." Hotaru smiled slightly.
"This is the fourteenth outfit you've wanted me to buy. Duo I don't have a cent, and you can't buy all this stuff." She pointed to the clothes, make- up, shoes, and many other things. "Now where?"
"The jewelry store."
"Nani? Why?"
"I want to get you a few things."
"Um... Duo!" He laughed as she started to chase him across the mall. They ran around until Duo ducked into one store. The sign said, 'Jewels and Gems for the Jewels and Gems' Hotaru sighed. "Duo."
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(The grocery store)
"I can't believe you did this." Hotaru sighed. She looked down at the silver diamond cross, the small silver ring with a diamond, and the silver bangles on the wrist. "Duo. This cost a fortune."
"Hey, what's a friend for?" Duo grinned.
"You do realize this looks like an engagement ring." She raised her hand.
"It does?"
"Ha ha. Yes Shini it does." She said. Duo chuckled nervously. "Duo, is there something you're not telling me?"
"Ya. But it's not much."
"Spill." She said.
"Heero thought it best if we make up some story for you."
"And that is?"
"That you're my fiancé."
"Nani?" She squealed, making a lot of people turn to look at him.
"Ya. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea. But the guys thought it was the best, I mean how else would we explain you staying at my house. Ya know?"
"Ya I suppose. Um… So I'm your fiancé? This will be weird. But if it'll help. And I can get Serenity back, I'd do anything."
"Hey, I'm not that bad Shi!"
"I know Shini. And that's why this'll be hard."