part 1
---- 3 days before X-Mas an apartment on Earth ---
'Duo...wakey wakey. Breakfast is ready.'
'Grr...Not now Hee-chan. 'm tir'd.' He snuggled deeper into the blankets. He started laughing hysterically as Heero started tickling him.
'OK!....OK....I'm up!' Laugh.... 'I'm up!' He rolled them over so he was over Heero, 'Hmm.. I have breakfast right here,' and started nibbling his ear to his neck.
'Duo... breakfast...come-on.' He pushed him off and took his hand, leading him to the kitchen. Half way there Duo's cell phone rang. 'I'd better take this... Hello? Hey Hilde.... WHAT!?! You've GOT to be kidding me!... Yeah alright... I'll meet you in an hour at the airport.' He hung up and turned to Heero, '...Hee-chan, Hilde called to tell me that the head of our leading competitor wants to talk about a possible merge... I have to go to L1...'
Heero had an unreadable expression on his face. 'What about Christmas? We still have to pick out our tree!'
'I'll try to be back as soon as I can. But this deal is important to the company.' Duo was out the door before Heero could protest.
Ever since Duo had introduced the other pilots Christmas, they've celebrated it together ever since. Sometimes before hand and others during. They made it a tradition of picking out a tree together and decorating it, then snuggling by the fire with hot coco, and a book. They'd read it together well into the night, until the fire died down and they retired to bed.
Heero wasn't happy about Duo having to leave. They'd had the entire day planned, Christmas shopping, tree hunting, and dinner reservations with Quatre and Trowa.
'I'd better go call Quatre..... Hey Tro... We're fine, but I have to cancel for dinner again.... Yeah business... No you guys go ahead. I'll be fine... I'm sorry. Bye.' He sighed as he hung up.
He quietly cleaned up the dishes and got ready to go shopping. Just because Duo had to go on another business trip, didn't mean Heero could sit at home missing him....
--- Duo's Hotel Room that night---
'Can you believe it Hilde! This merge will be great for the company!' Duo was in the bathroom getting ready for bed and Hilde was sitting on the bed waiting for him.
The vid-phone rang, 'Hilde, could you answer that for me?'
'Hello?'
'Hey Duo.... Hilde? I'm sorry they must've given me the wrong room number.'
'No this is Duo's room.' She was smirking. Heero had called to say good night to Duo. He wasn't expecting Hilde to be there..... especially in what she was wearing....
She had on a silk see-through robe, short pajama shorts pulled up to the point that left nothing to the imagination, and a spaghetti strap top, with nothing underneath.
'He's getting ready for bed-' Anything else she was gonna say was cut off because Heero cut the connection.
'Who was that?'
'Oh... Just a wrong number.'
In the bathroom Duo found the picture of him and Heero together that he kept in his suit case. It was the first picture Heero had let anyone take of him, let alone with Duo. Duo was wrapped around Heero from behind, his chin on his shoulder, eyes twinkling and a real smile on his face. Heero had his arms crossed across his chest, a small smile on his lips, and his eyes where softer, not their customary glare.
--- Heero and Duo's apartment ---
Heero brought the tree to the door, when they're neighbor's dog wiggled it's way around his feet and the tree. He picked up the small taco bell dog adn brought it back to his owner, 'Here you go Mrs. B. Yeah he is a cute dog. Have a good Holiday, ' he sighed and went to decorate the tree.
The tree itself was slightly taller than him and kinda scrawny when it came to branches. Heero didn't feel that a big tree was necessary when it came to Christmas, as long as you had family and/or friends to share it with you where good. When he saw that tree, it looked alone and knew that nobody would want it. So he bypassed all the big trees, full of pines, rich in color, standing tall, and got the small tree.
After dinner and the tree was nicely decorated, he sat be the fire with a book. /Hmm../ He called Duo's hotel to say good night, and what he got was definitely not what he was expecting. When Hilde answered the phone he was confused and slightly hurt. Duo would be able to explain when he got back right? He could wait a few das right?
Unfortunately for Heero, he had an extremely active imagination, and the 'Perfect Soldier' was coming up with all kinds of things Duo and Hilde could/would be doing at the hotel room.
-End part 1-
AN: the parts will get longer… really… I promise…. ^^