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Hilde awoke late the next day, it was about midday, but the curtains had been drawn to keep the sun from filtering in. She rubbed a hand through her mussed hair and sat up. She glanced around the room before climbing out and heading over to the bathroom.

She walked out biting her lip softly as she remembered that she wasn't in her old room. Se rummaged through her stuff before she found her toothbrush and tooth paste. For some reason she still felt drowsy she grabbed a change of clothes for a shower.

Duo jumped from the cockpit of Deathscythe landing perfectly in front of it, he wondered when she was gonna wake up, she had been a sleep for quite a while. The mission of course had gone successfully, they were now one step closer to their main objective, which was shutting down OZ headquarters.

He wondered if it was too soon to ask her about her time with OZ. She was a valuable aspect at least he hoped she would cooperate with him, since they were now husband and wife. The fact that she resigned from Oz said something, but he wasn't sure if her resignation was forced.

They had had little contact with their source and now were beginning to wonder if something had happened to them. Who ever it was kept their identity from them but was irreplaceable. They had been the ones to tip them off about the plutonium that OZ was manufacturing and using for their gundams to increase the defenses. They had also suggested that they find some one who recently escaped The Federation. The source went even further to suggest that they come up with this elaborate scheme, which he had had trouble dealing with in the first place. How he became the only available gundam pilot to get married he didn't know. Well actually he did, Catherine was too over protective of Trowa and immediately she had said no point blank, Heero had other duties with protecting Relena, which seem to go way beyond the simple task. Quatre wouldn't be able to pry, plus he had almost got killed by some crazy, war obsessed vigilante and he was currently not trusting anyone he just met. Wufei was out of the question. So it just left him. It had hurt a little to bring up Father Maxwell and he had taken it deep to heart that his mission was not over, and would not be over. His only condolence in it was that maybe she would help them enough that finally peace would settle between earth and the colonies, and Father Maxwell would not have died in vain.

Duo wondered into the house and rummaged through the fridge to find something to eat. Today was an off day, they were just gonna lie down and wait to see what move Oz was gonna come up with. They could only hope that the destruction of this subbase would cause a panic in the main circle of OZ confederates.

He finally pulled out some leftovers from last night and began eating. He wondered if he should check on her, or maybe if she was a little scared of him now. It had just been a devilish thought that swam in his head to include that little bit about her virginity, but he wouldn't actually have tried to take it. Well at least not right then.

Duo sat at the table going over DeathSythes system updates, while he enjoyed his leftovers. Quatres family had been big in the plutonium business and he knew its strengths and weaknesses. It was he who finally realized why Oz would need it for their gundams. Duo chuckled to himself as he remembered the battle in which Quatre had gone insane, he had nearly over powered them all, instead he had sent himself adrift in space after having partially destroyed Death Scythe and Heavy Arms.

Hilde walked downstairs, and paused as she heard chuckling coming from the kitchen. She thought of just turning around and walking back upstairs and waiting for him to leave. But she decided against it. Like it or not, they were married now and they would be seeing a lot of each other.

"Hey, babe, you're finally up. I was beginning to wonder if I'd have to wake you with a kiss." He was sitting at the table, with a grin on his lips as he was finishing up some old Chinese food,

"That won't be necessary, I am able to wake myself. I trust that whatever you had to deal with went ok?" she walked over to the kitchen, conscious that his eyes were on the way she was moving and her quick stride.

"Oh,yeah, it went ok. I'm sorry I couldn't spend our first night as husband and wife together, but it was really pressing matters." He had gotten up and now was also in the kitchen.

"Sure." She mumbled and took out an apple, pear, oranges, and some grapes. She'd make herself a small fruit salad.

He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist." Sure? Is that all I get? You don't even want to know where I went? I could have gone to some girls house or something."

Hilde quickly removed his arms from around her and side stepped him. " I don't think so, like Wufei said they are all in your dreams."

"Theres only one girl in my dreams and that's you babe." He said and Hilde couldn't fight the small blush that crept to her cheeks, she turned away from him and quickly started on peeling the apple.

"Whatever, That's the only place you are gonna have me." She mumbled and he laughed behind her.

"That's what you think, Hilde." He said and began to laugh and walked out.

Hilde sighed and dropped the knife she was using. How was she gonna do this? Already he was getting to her. She couldn't help but be suckered in and fall for each trap that she walked into.

The phone rang and she paused at the sound. Should she answer it. Or maybe it was for Duo. It had to be for Duo, only a handful of people knew that she was there. "Aren't you gonna get that?" she called to him, but he didn't answer and the phone continued to ring.

Hilde gave up and washed her hands and briefly dried them before picking up the phone. "Hello?" she asked hesitantly into the receiver.

"Hello Hilde? This is Catherine Bloom, remember from your wedding?"

" Oh yeah, Hi Catherine. How are you?" Hilde cradled the phone against her shoulder and walked back into the kitchen to finish up her breakfast.

"Great, would you like to come see one of my performances? It's kind of an off day and Trowa has been helping me practice some of my moves. Maybe Duo would like to join you?"

Hilde bit her lip and glanced over her shoulder out the window where a greasy Duo was scratching his head in thought. " I don't know, maybe. I'll ask him. Where exactly are you performing?"

"Colony 003 that's where the main ring is, we almost never branch out and travel to different colonies anymore, not with the war and all…" she trailed off as if in thought." Anyways think about it the show starts at 7 tonight."

"Thank you for inviting us."

"No problem. See ya later."

"Bye." Hilde hung up the phone and sat at the table and began eating her lunch. She glanced out the window to see what Duo was doing but he wasn't there. She pursed her lips and wondered where he had gone off to.

After eating she washed up the dishes and walked outside. He didn't seem to be in the gundam, maybe he had gone inside. This gave her a chance to check out his gundam. It was really quite rare. Actually the five pilots' gundams were very rare, and not a lot were known about their operating systems and their hidden power.

Hilde climbed up to the cockpit and sat down in the seat, running her hands over the controls. It brought back memories, sorrowful ones and ones of her academy days. The controls were advanced nothing like she would ever know how to operate. The ones she had been trained to pilot were stereotyped after each other with basic command functions and artillery. Maybe if they hadn't created their gundams to be generic they wouldn't get destroyed that easily.

She rose out of the cockpit and ran her hands along the outside. It was very warm from being in the sun, but even with out that, its texture felt different. She wondered if maybe they also had used plutonium for the construction of these rare gundams.

Hilde shook her head slightly and jumped from the cockpit to the ground. Duo made her wonder. He made her wander about his past. He seemed so capricious, but yet he had things in his past that must haunt him. Other wise why would he call himself the 'God of Death'? Certainly he hasn't killed so many as to think that he brought it? Even her hands were stained with blood from the war; it seems that that's they way it worked. No matter what they talk of peace, it's just a fight to survive.

"Hilde? Babe…Hilde?" Duo called from somewhere in the house and she walked inside to find him once again in the fridge. "Oh there you are, did you eat all of that fruit mix you made? It looked good."

Hilde ground her teeth together and frowned at him," For the last time, do not call me babe! I have no association with you like that."

Duo shrugged and completely ignored what she had just said, "So babe, did you eat it all?"

Hilde let out a frustrated grunt and threw her hands up in surrender. She might as well forget about it. "Yes I ate it all, it was my lunch. You've already eaten not even an hour ago."

"I'm a growing boy, I need my nutrients." He said grinning then grabbing an apple from the fridge. "Do you want to go somewhere babe? I don't have anything to do today, I've finished my work on Death Scythe so I'm free. You probably don't have anything to do either."

Hilde was thinking, he was right without the junkyard she was free. The junkyard. Damn all her stuff was still there, she would need to go back and pack some more clothes. She didn't feel comfortable wearing some one else's clothes no matter how comfortable they were "No, I've got something to do."

He turned to her and took a bite of his apple," Like what? You don't want to spend some time with me? I don't bite, well I won't unless you ask me too."

Hilde grunted her displeasure and shook her head," I would never want you to put anything of you on me, and I certainly wouldn't ask you to bite me."

Duo stood there and he looked thoughtful, but Hilde could see right through him, he was planning something. He glanced up at her then grinned almost devilishly. "Sure babe, I believe you."

He finished his apple and threw the core in the trash, "So you wanna go see a show or something. I really want to get to know you better, after all we'll be living together for a long while, and you never know you might not want to leave me in the end."

Hilde rolled her eyes, he was so conceited to think that, she couldn't wait till this was over and she had pocketed the cash. Then she could start over brand new and get on with her life," Whatever, I'm already counting the seconds before I get to sign the annulment papers and I'll be off on my way."

"So you think were getting an annulment? Not if I can help it. If we do separate, and that's a big IF we'll be getting a divorce." He was smiling, again it was disturbing how serious he looked even with that smile.

He was truly serious. Hilde felt a slight chill run down her spine, what was with him? Why was he being like this? This was supposed of been a marriage of convience they both would benefit from the union but he was making it into more.

Duo didn't know why but he had gotten angry when she started talking about leaving. He shouldn't care, this was only supposed to be to learn about OZ, but why was he making more of it. He would if nothing, make it so that they would have to divorce. He wasn't prone to anger, but she had already gotten him angry several times and she hadn't even been there a week.

Hilde decided to just drop it and change subjects," Well, I have to go back to the junkyard today, and pack up a few things. Then I'm going somewhere tonight."

Duo also dropped the subject and nodded, "I'll come with you. Help you pack and stuff. I'd like to see if I can salvage some parts from that junk yard of yours."

Hilde couldn't say no so she just nodded, "I'm leaving in a few minutes." She said and walked away. When she got upstairs she began to wonder how she was gonna get to the junkyard she didn't have a car, and it would be impossible to go back and worth that day.

When she came downstairs he was already waiting for her in his car, with the engine running, she climbed in and they drove off.

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