Tic Tac?
Duo strolled along the walkway of the hanger, rolling an orange tic-tac around his mouth with his tongue. It was making a little clicking sound each time it rolled against his teeth and he was enjoying the sounds it made, and the tangy orangey taste. Until the sweet dissolved.
Leaning against the railing he reached deep into his pocket and pulled out the little transparent packet that housed his sweets.
-Rattle rattle-
He tested the package, and found that there were only two sweets left. Disappointed he shook one out and popped it into his mouth, instantly beginning to roll it around with his tongue.
Pushing himself away from the railing he found himself face to face with Trowa. Who was glaring at him, for some unknown reason. Duo frantically racked his brains trying to think what he'd done recently to annoy Trowa; the stoic pilot of Heavyarms was even harder to piss off than Heero. At least with Heero there was always the laptop…
-Rattle rattle-
While pondering his current position Duo shoved the remaining tic-tac back into his pocket; the solitary sweet flying to all ends of its plastic imprisonment as he struggled to fit it back in while shaking with fear from the death-glare.
Trowa's visible eye narrowed and he silently motioned for Duo to remove the packet from his pocket. Confused, Duo decided that an angry Trowa was not a fun Trowa and that doing as he said would probably avoid confrontation.
-Rattle rattle-
Trowa twitched at the noise as Duo shook the orange sweet in front of him, the tic-tac staring out mournfully; the last of its group. Trowa relaxed and a smile almost found its way onto his face. Duo brightened, and realised just what was wrong.
"Want a tic-tac, Trowa? It's my last one but I'm feeling generous." Trowa nodded and held out his hand as Duo tipped the sweet out.
The boys both leaned against the railing, enjoying the refreshing citrus taste and bonding over their shared love of sweets.
"I haven't had tic-tacs since I was about five." Duo nodded, almost amazed as the short-haired pilot had barely ever spoken more than three words to him.
"Yeah, but I think they're an acquired taste." Trowa raised an eyebrow. "It's true; Heero, Wufei and Quatre really don't seem to like them. It was like they were angry at me for some weird reason." Trowa's eyebrow remained raised as the last slither of orange graced his tongue.
"What kind of weird person has a grudge against tic-tacs?" Duo shrugged and pushed himself off the railings once again.
"No idea, maybe they all prefer mint?"
Owari
Please review.
Sorry it took so long to complete (that is if anyone is still reading). Hope you liked it, poor Duo never did realise just why everyone was getting so annoyed at him. If you've never experienced something like this, try getting someone to rattle tic-tacs while you're trying to work; it really is annoying.
Big thanks to everyone who did review this, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it!
Rin
-Completed: 26th March 2006