Chapter 8: They're so in Love
Hilde and Hotaru spent most of the ball talking about all the funny quirks about Duo. Duo stood close by, too, and listened with a scowl as Hilde whispered all of most embarrassing things to Hotaru. "You'd think I wasn't even here." He muttered to himself.
"Poor Duo." Hotaru murmured, patting his knee, "Are you feeling left out?"
"Ha ha." He muttered and glared at Hilde as she laughed. "I do believe you two are too good of friends!"
"I know." Hilde smiled, "I'm so glad too!" The two girls smiled at one another and Duo just rolled his eyes. "I do believe that Duo's jealous that his wife isn't paying attention to him."
"Oh, poor Shini!" Hotaru stood up from the chair she'd occupied for an hour or so. "Come on koi." Duo glanced sharply at her, and stood. He took her hand and led her out into the ring of dancers.
Hilde smiled to herself as she watched them leave, "they are so much in love."
Duo watched Hotaru as the twirled around the floor, "Do you realize what you called me?"
"Hm. I called you Shini."
"No. After that."
"I don't recall."
"You called me koi." Her violet eyes jumped to his and a look of pure shock slid over her features.
"Did I really?"
Duo nodded and Hotaru sighed, "The things that jump out of a person's mouth are the most true things in the world." Duo murmured. Once again Hotaru's eyes flew to his, but she didn't say a thing.
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"Goodnight!" Hilde said as she closed the guest bedroom door. The trio had arrived at Duo's late that night and had headed straight to bed.
"Night." Duo called as he walked into his own, Hotaru in his arms. She hadn't lasted the car ride home, so Duo had carried her inside and then through the halls and into their room.
Duo hit the door with his foot and it closed softly behind him. He walked over to the bed and lay the woman down.
"Now what?" He asked himself. After a moment, he walked to the dresser and took one of his own big shirts out. Then he walked back to the bed and placed it besides Hotaru. "Sorry Nigh, but I gotta do this." A small smile crept up his lisp, "Though I don't mind one bit." Duo undressed her and set each piece aside. He stopped when he reached her underwear and took his shirt and slid it onto her.
After finishing he lifted her up and put her under the covers, "Night love." He bent down and kissed her forehead. Taking her clothes, he left the room and headed for the kitchen.
The door clicked shut and Hotaru's eyes fluttered open, "Why is it that I love you?" she asked the night. "I've only know you for a few days, and yet.. I fallen so hard it seems I'll never be able to love again after you. What spell have you placed over me, Duo?" Her eyes closed again and she drifted off into dreamland.
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"Where am I?" Hotaru murmured, "I know I'm dreaming, but.."
"But you're sort of not?" Hotaru spun around and came face to face with Neo Queen Serenity."
"Serena!" Hotaru threw herself at her friend, but ended up going right through her. She picked herself off the floor and started at the woman before her.
"I should have warned you." Serena smiled. "Though, it's a little late now."
"I know." Hotaru sighed. "Where are we?"
"In a dream world. It was the only way I could talk to you." Serena smiled slightly, "I'm still trapped inside that crystal you know. And I need some help getting out."
"I know! And I'm sorry I have been quicker but."
"But you've fallen in love with a man and you're still trying to figure a way to get me out." Serena smiled. "I know. And that's why I called you here. I'm going to use some of the crystals power to get some help for you."
"How? Who?"
"You'll see." Serena smiled. "And I know I seem impatient to be out of here, but it's only because......."
"Because of the child you're carrying that needs to be out of the crystal to be born." Hotaru finished for her. "I'll save you and the child." She said. "Don't worry."
"I won't. But please hurry!"
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Hotaru shot out of bed and looked around the room frantically. "I wish we could have talked more."
"With who?" Duo said from besides her. He lay under the covers looking like he'd just woken up as well.
"Serenity."
"Nani?"
"It's the only way to communicate, though dreams." Hotaru explain. "She said she was calling for help."
"From who?"
"I really don't know." Hotaru climbed out of bed. "But there's no time to waste. Let's have breakfast and head over to this headquarters of yours so we can get Ser out the stupid crystal." Her hand found it's way to the talisman around her neck. "Soon."
Hilde and Hotaru spent most of the ball talking about all the funny quirks about Duo. Duo stood close by, too, and listened with a scowl as Hilde whispered all of most embarrassing things to Hotaru. "You'd think I wasn't even here." He muttered to himself.
"Poor Duo." Hotaru murmured, patting his knee, "Are you feeling left out?"
"Ha ha." He muttered and glared at Hilde as she laughed. "I do believe you two are too good of friends!"
"I know." Hilde smiled, "I'm so glad too!" The two girls smiled at one another and Duo just rolled his eyes. "I do believe that Duo's jealous that his wife isn't paying attention to him."
"Oh, poor Shini!" Hotaru stood up from the chair she'd occupied for an hour or so. "Come on koi." Duo glanced sharply at her, and stood. He took her hand and led her out into the ring of dancers.
Hilde smiled to herself as she watched them leave, "they are so much in love."
Duo watched Hotaru as the twirled around the floor, "Do you realize what you called me?"
"Hm. I called you Shini."
"No. After that."
"I don't recall."
"You called me koi." Her violet eyes jumped to his and a look of pure shock slid over her features.
"Did I really?"
Duo nodded and Hotaru sighed, "The things that jump out of a person's mouth are the most true things in the world." Duo murmured. Once again Hotaru's eyes flew to his, but she didn't say a thing.
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"Goodnight!" Hilde said as she closed the guest bedroom door. The trio had arrived at Duo's late that night and had headed straight to bed.
"Night." Duo called as he walked into his own, Hotaru in his arms. She hadn't lasted the car ride home, so Duo had carried her inside and then through the halls and into their room.
Duo hit the door with his foot and it closed softly behind him. He walked over to the bed and lay the woman down.
"Now what?" He asked himself. After a moment, he walked to the dresser and took one of his own big shirts out. Then he walked back to the bed and placed it besides Hotaru. "Sorry Nigh, but I gotta do this." A small smile crept up his lisp, "Though I don't mind one bit." Duo undressed her and set each piece aside. He stopped when he reached her underwear and took his shirt and slid it onto her.
After finishing he lifted her up and put her under the covers, "Night love." He bent down and kissed her forehead. Taking her clothes, he left the room and headed for the kitchen.
The door clicked shut and Hotaru's eyes fluttered open, "Why is it that I love you?" she asked the night. "I've only know you for a few days, and yet.. I fallen so hard it seems I'll never be able to love again after you. What spell have you placed over me, Duo?" Her eyes closed again and she drifted off into dreamland.
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"Where am I?" Hotaru murmured, "I know I'm dreaming, but.."
"But you're sort of not?" Hotaru spun around and came face to face with Neo Queen Serenity."
"Serena!" Hotaru threw herself at her friend, but ended up going right through her. She picked herself off the floor and started at the woman before her.
"I should have warned you." Serena smiled. "Though, it's a little late now."
"I know." Hotaru sighed. "Where are we?"
"In a dream world. It was the only way I could talk to you." Serena smiled slightly, "I'm still trapped inside that crystal you know. And I need some help getting out."
"I know! And I'm sorry I have been quicker but."
"But you've fallen in love with a man and you're still trying to figure a way to get me out." Serena smiled. "I know. And that's why I called you here. I'm going to use some of the crystals power to get some help for you."
"How? Who?"
"You'll see." Serena smiled. "And I know I seem impatient to be out of here, but it's only because......."
"Because of the child you're carrying that needs to be out of the crystal to be born." Hotaru finished for her. "I'll save you and the child." She said. "Don't worry."
"I won't. But please hurry!"
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Hotaru shot out of bed and looked around the room frantically. "I wish we could have talked more."
"With who?" Duo said from besides her. He lay under the covers looking like he'd just woken up as well.
"Serenity."
"Nani?"
"It's the only way to communicate, though dreams." Hotaru explain. "She said she was calling for help."
"From who?"
"I really don't know." Hotaru climbed out of bed. "But there's no time to waste. Let's have breakfast and head over to this headquarters of yours so we can get Ser out the stupid crystal." Her hand found it's way to the talisman around her neck. "Soon."