He didn't even give her another glance as he kept walking,"Yeah, Our room." He continued walking and she followed behind him abit dumfounded and flabbergasted. He could not think that she would just move into a room with him and sleep in the same bed with him without even knowing him! He must be mad.

They stopped at the last room in the hallway and he opened the door. It was large and quite spacious, with a massive king bed that seemed to dominate the whole room. There were two wardrobes and two vanity tables. Consequently there were also two closets, and from the doorway Hilde could see her clothes hanging in the second one.

She stopped in the doorway and did not move over the threshold. He turned and looked at her quizzically. Then he grinned as if it suddenly dawned on him."OH, you want me to carry you over the threshold is that it? Its customary isn't it, like good luck?" He asked as he walked over to her and tried to pick her up.

Hilde began fighting him as he lifted her up and hoisted her over his shoulder unceremoniously like a sack of potatoes. He took a step over the threshold then set her down.

"That's not what I was there for. I want to make several things straight okay. First I don't know you. Second, I am not sharing a room with you , and third I am not sleeping with you." She crossed her arms and stared at him defiantly.

He shrugged but his grin disappeared," Okay now that we have that out of the way, let me clarify somethings for you. This is OUR room, and you will be sharing it and the bed with me, if you like it or not. It so states in the legal binding contract that one Hilde Schrienbiker signed, and that is you. So you can huff and get your anger aroused but thats just the way its going to be. Case closed."

Hilde stared at him with bewilderment. He had tricked her! Why hadn't she read that stupid contract? Damn was she losing her mind, always read the fine print. Some thing she had lived by, in every situation there was always something lingering out of sight from the naked eye. Being in the federation had helped her hone her skills until she could read between the lines of anything, and something simple as a biding contract she just let it go through!

Hilde ran one hand through her hair,"Fine then." she ground out. And walked out.

Duo stood and watched her depart. And they said he was dumb. Could some one that was a dummy come up with something like that, and now she was obliged to sleep in the same bed as him. His mind began to conjure up some hentai thoughts and he grinned to himself.

Hilde began to throw the small items on her vanity into a bag," Why is he being such an asshole? Does he really expect me to lie down beside him and give myself to him in a fit of lust!" Hilde mumbled to herself taking her time. She went to the closet and stared at the clothes in it. Should she take those with her? She hadn't packed that many to begin with. She grabbed a few and then shut the door behind her as she walked to their room.

The door was left open, but it was empty. He had gone. "Figures," Hilde mumbled as she began to unpack her things. Upon the vanity table he had placed a note. She picked it up and read it.

"Babe,

I've got something important that I have to take care of, nothing major. So don't worry about me. Looks like you will remain innocent for another night. If all goes well I will return in the morning. Sleep tight.

Duo Maxwell.

A.K.A Shinigami "

Hilde couldn't help the small blush that dusted her cheeks. He was actually going to try something. He would have gotten a swift kick to a very sensitive place. Could he have gone off on another mission? If so what was he doing? Was it so dangerous that he could only hope that it went well?

Hilde folded the small note and placed it in the top drawer of the vanity. Soon she was done unpacking what she had and she decided to go to sleep. The bed was nice actually. Very soft and so wide it was a wonder how he had slept in it by himself. But it smelled of him. A warm scent that filled her nostrils and Hilde turned away from the empty side to face the wall. It was so warm and so comforting and something in her was thinking about him. Thinking about how it would be to sleep in the bed with him, would he really try to take her? Or was he just joking? With him she suspected nothing was beyond the gray.

Hilde closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep. It was awhile before she finally dozed off. Her mind was wondering in her dream and she saw herself reliving her days with OZ. It had been the insanity that had finally driven her to run away and resign from the federation. Only then had she realized what evils she had been accomplice, too. So much murder and gore all in the name of peace. She watched herself now trying to wake as her sleep had turned fitful.

She gasped as she finally beat it and her eyes flew open. It was still dark, the clock on her bedside table told her it was 2:30. Had she really only been asleep that long? She finally took a deep breath and was surprised to find herself constricted. Then it hit her. There was warmth around her. He was there beside her, his arm draped around her. Why hadn't she felt it before. When had he returned. She eased a bit away from him and closed her eyes once again. Strangely she felt calm, and relaxed. She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

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