Hey lo' everyone! I finally updated. And I have some thanks to give.
Firstly to all the reviewers for chapters 1-3. And to the four readers from
chapter four: Sakura Mona, Teri, Vegetas Girl, and Silent Wing. Thanks all!
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~Angel
"Next stop, the dress makers." Duo said putting his arm around Hotaru. She sighed and rolled her eyes.
"This is going to be to weird. How am I supposed to pretend to be your fiancé? And when do we tell people the 'wedding' is? How did we meet? Fall in love? How Duo?" Hotaru questioned him.
"Make stuff up?" He chuckled. "Now come on babe, we're there." He pointed up at the building in front of them. "Let's get you a dress."
He stopped a second and ran a hand through his hair. "Um. Hotaru?"
"Ya Duo?"
"I was wrong."
"Wrong? How so?"
"We're not engaged, we're married."
"Nani????"
"Hai."
Hotaru felt herself flush. "Duo, what in the hell?"
He took something out of his pocket, "Here." Inside was a golden band. "I'm sorry Taru. But this is even better, we can say we eloped, or something." He headed inside.
Hotaru followed him. Her stomach was already filled with butterflies so she was just a bit jumpy. "Duo? What about a marriage license?" Duo looked at her for a second with a smile.
"Heero's working on it. Once he's done, we'll actually be married, legally! Don't worry. Everything will work out." He smirked and started pushing her towards the front desk. "Excuse me miss" He drew the attention of the woman at the counter. She looked up and smiled.
"Hello, how may I help?" She looked at Duo who seemed to be the one who'd be paying.
"Yes you can. My wife would like a dress." He grinned down at Hotaru who rolled her eyes back at him.
"Then follow me missy! We'll get you into the perfect outfit." The lady led Hotaru away from Duo. 'I hate you.' She mouthed to him with a small smile.
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"You look so wonderful Mrs. Maxwell." The lady had Hotaru twirl around once again. She was now suited up in a long black dress that reached her ankles. Her back was open with crisscrossing diamond-studded straps. It had a rounded neck revealing quite a bit of her bosom. She wore black high heel shoes with a diamond stud on the tips. Her nails were painted black and her make up was light. Light violet eye shadow, mascara, black eye liner, pick lip stick, and a light pink blush.
The lady had insisted on diamond earrings that matched the dress and her other jewelry. The golden wedding band sparkled even more then the rest of her and made Hotaru feel a strange thing wined the pit of her stomach.
Hotaru sighed as the lady led her back to the main room. It was now six fifteen and the Galla started at seven. Duo glanced up from the magazine he was reading. The sight of the women before him was such a shock, he fell out of the chair and hit the floor with a soft thud.
"Wow." He muttered.
Hotaru smiled slightly. "You like?" She asked and came to stand before him.
"Hai Nigh, I like." He muttered and stood back up. "Um. I'm all ready."
While Hotaru had been fitted, Duo had gotten a tux. He was dress in all black, except the shirt underneath.
"I need my hair done." He nodded dumbly and followed Hotaru over to the parlor part of the shop. The keeper hurried over with a brush, gel, and various other things she'd need. In a matter of minutes Hotaru's hair was done.
It wasn't very complicated, just twisted up into a couple of clips. Duo smiled as she turned to look back at him. "What do you think?"
"Um."
"See honey, your husband has gone and lost his breath. I just love to see young couples." The clerk hurried Duo to the counter where he paid for their 'do-overs'.
"Ready?" Hotaru hurried to his side and they were on their way. Duo linked her arm in his and they walked together. To everyone else, they looked exactly like a married couple.
"How adorable." A woman commented as they passed. She looked about eighty, sitting there on the bench. "You have the look of a woman in love." Hotaru blushed.
"Thank you ma'am."
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Hotaru gasped as Duo opened the car door for her. The building they were in front of was incredible! It looked like a storybook castle. "Oh Duo." Hotaru sighed. She smiled as he led her towards the door.
~Oh wow, this is so wonderful, Serena would love it! Serena.. My gods, I can't believe I forgot my mission. I'm here to safe my princess, not go out to fancy parties, and get married. ~ She felt tears slide into the corners of her eyes.
Duo wiped the tears as they trickled down her cheek, "Hey, shin what's up?"
"I miss my friends.. And I have to help Serena." She let Duo take her into his arms, wrapped in that safety, she at least felt warm and loved. ~Loved. He doesn't love me. I just. want him too. ~
"I think I'm ready." Hotaru said, wiping the final tears empty. "I just need to deal with it. I know I'll find a way to help Serena."
"You don't have to do it alone."
"Thank you Duo, I know." He smiled and led her towards the grand mansion.
"So Maxwell and the week onna finally decided to come." Wufei joined them at the entrance.
"Aren't you just arriving Wu-man?" Duo mocked. Wufei growled and was about to lunge at him but a hand on his shoulder stopped him.
"Let's go in shall we." Quatra and Trowa had snuck up on them.
"Yes, I think we shall." Hotaru added hoping to keep peace.
"Baka." Wufei muttered at Duo. Hotaru smiled and led Duo into the mansion following Wufei, Quatra, and Trowa.
Inside music, smells, and laughter blended together made the atmosphere to die for. Hotaru let a wistful pass over her lips.
"I so glad you all could make it!" A girl came rushing up to them dragging Relena behind her.
"Oye, Relena. Lay off the huge welcomes." Duo grinned.
Relena smiled, then she caught sight of Hotaru and raised a brow. "Hello, I don't believe we've met."
Hotaru was about to answer but Duo stepped in for her. "Relena, this is my wife, Hotaru." Relena gasped.
"Oh my. I'm so glad to meet you Mrs.. Maxwell." She let a light laugh escape her lips.
"It's nice to meet you Relena." Hotaru smiled and shook her hands.
"Come with me, Hotaru. I must introduce you to my other friends." Relena then proceeded to lead Hotaru off; all the while Taru stared back at Duo looking like she was on death row.
"Next stop, the dress makers." Duo said putting his arm around Hotaru. She sighed and rolled her eyes.
"This is going to be to weird. How am I supposed to pretend to be your fiancé? And when do we tell people the 'wedding' is? How did we meet? Fall in love? How Duo?" Hotaru questioned him.
"Make stuff up?" He chuckled. "Now come on babe, we're there." He pointed up at the building in front of them. "Let's get you a dress."
He stopped a second and ran a hand through his hair. "Um. Hotaru?"
"Ya Duo?"
"I was wrong."
"Wrong? How so?"
"We're not engaged, we're married."
"Nani????"
"Hai."
Hotaru felt herself flush. "Duo, what in the hell?"
He took something out of his pocket, "Here." Inside was a golden band. "I'm sorry Taru. But this is even better, we can say we eloped, or something." He headed inside.
Hotaru followed him. Her stomach was already filled with butterflies so she was just a bit jumpy. "Duo? What about a marriage license?" Duo looked at her for a second with a smile.
"Heero's working on it. Once he's done, we'll actually be married, legally! Don't worry. Everything will work out." He smirked and started pushing her towards the front desk. "Excuse me miss" He drew the attention of the woman at the counter. She looked up and smiled.
"Hello, how may I help?" She looked at Duo who seemed to be the one who'd be paying.
"Yes you can. My wife would like a dress." He grinned down at Hotaru who rolled her eyes back at him.
"Then follow me missy! We'll get you into the perfect outfit." The lady led Hotaru away from Duo. 'I hate you.' She mouthed to him with a small smile.
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"You look so wonderful Mrs. Maxwell." The lady had Hotaru twirl around once again. She was now suited up in a long black dress that reached her ankles. Her back was open with crisscrossing diamond-studded straps. It had a rounded neck revealing quite a bit of her bosom. She wore black high heel shoes with a diamond stud on the tips. Her nails were painted black and her make up was light. Light violet eye shadow, mascara, black eye liner, pick lip stick, and a light pink blush.
The lady had insisted on diamond earrings that matched the dress and her other jewelry. The golden wedding band sparkled even more then the rest of her and made Hotaru feel a strange thing wined the pit of her stomach.
Hotaru sighed as the lady led her back to the main room. It was now six fifteen and the Galla started at seven. Duo glanced up from the magazine he was reading. The sight of the women before him was such a shock, he fell out of the chair and hit the floor with a soft thud.
"Wow." He muttered.
Hotaru smiled slightly. "You like?" She asked and came to stand before him.
"Hai Nigh, I like." He muttered and stood back up. "Um. I'm all ready."
While Hotaru had been fitted, Duo had gotten a tux. He was dress in all black, except the shirt underneath.
"I need my hair done." He nodded dumbly and followed Hotaru over to the parlor part of the shop. The keeper hurried over with a brush, gel, and various other things she'd need. In a matter of minutes Hotaru's hair was done.
It wasn't very complicated, just twisted up into a couple of clips. Duo smiled as she turned to look back at him. "What do you think?"
"Um."
"See honey, your husband has gone and lost his breath. I just love to see young couples." The clerk hurried Duo to the counter where he paid for their 'do-overs'.
"Ready?" Hotaru hurried to his side and they were on their way. Duo linked her arm in his and they walked together. To everyone else, they looked exactly like a married couple.
"How adorable." A woman commented as they passed. She looked about eighty, sitting there on the bench. "You have the look of a woman in love." Hotaru blushed.
"Thank you ma'am."
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Hotaru gasped as Duo opened the car door for her. The building they were in front of was incredible! It looked like a storybook castle. "Oh Duo." Hotaru sighed. She smiled as he led her towards the door.
~Oh wow, this is so wonderful, Serena would love it! Serena.. My gods, I can't believe I forgot my mission. I'm here to safe my princess, not go out to fancy parties, and get married. ~ She felt tears slide into the corners of her eyes.
Duo wiped the tears as they trickled down her cheek, "Hey, shin what's up?"
"I miss my friends.. And I have to help Serena." She let Duo take her into his arms, wrapped in that safety, she at least felt warm and loved. ~Loved. He doesn't love me. I just. want him too. ~
"I think I'm ready." Hotaru said, wiping the final tears empty. "I just need to deal with it. I know I'll find a way to help Serena."
"You don't have to do it alone."
"Thank you Duo, I know." He smiled and led her towards the grand mansion.
"So Maxwell and the week onna finally decided to come." Wufei joined them at the entrance.
"Aren't you just arriving Wu-man?" Duo mocked. Wufei growled and was about to lunge at him but a hand on his shoulder stopped him.
"Let's go in shall we." Quatra and Trowa had snuck up on them.
"Yes, I think we shall." Hotaru added hoping to keep peace.
"Baka." Wufei muttered at Duo. Hotaru smiled and led Duo into the mansion following Wufei, Quatra, and Trowa.
Inside music, smells, and laughter blended together made the atmosphere to die for. Hotaru let a wistful pass over her lips.
"I so glad you all could make it!" A girl came rushing up to them dragging Relena behind her.
"Oye, Relena. Lay off the huge welcomes." Duo grinned.
Relena smiled, then she caught sight of Hotaru and raised a brow. "Hello, I don't believe we've met."
Hotaru was about to answer but Duo stepped in for her. "Relena, this is my wife, Hotaru." Relena gasped.
"Oh my. I'm so glad to meet you Mrs.. Maxwell." She let a light laugh escape her lips.
"It's nice to meet you Relena." Hotaru smiled and shook her hands.
"Come with me, Hotaru. I must introduce you to my other friends." Relena then proceeded to lead Hotaru off; all the while Taru stared back at Duo looking like she was on death row.