Squirrely: Alrighty then, chapter three. Sorry its been so delayed but Dr. Wilhemy hates me with a passion wrought deep in his soul…
Kieanoe: Or…you suck at Chemistry
Squirrely: I hate Academic Chem….
Chapter 4
Dealing With Stress in the Workplace
Heero woke up the next morning and dressed, putting on a new pair of blue-jeans Relena hag gotten him at the mall, they were tight and didn't seem to be made to sit at the waits, but farther down on his hips. Heero pulled on a blank black T-shirt and his Preventers jacket and made his way down stairs. He made the least amount of noise possible so that he would let the still sleeping Duo rest and not have to deal with him for at least a few hours. When Yuy got downstairs he noticed no one moving except for a few maids and the chef preparing breakfast in the kitchen. Heero put some coffee in the maker and sipped down the highly caffeinated beverage. When his mug was empty he walked back upstairs towards the bathroom, passing Relena's door, he stared at the door as he passed, noting the pink teddy bear bearing (no pun intended) her name on it hanging on a nail in the oak. It was rather childish but it was also rather like the former Vice Foreign Minister. Heero shook himself out of his thoughts and headed towards the bathroom.
Relena woke up with a yawn, she stretched and threw the covers off her, and stood up, stretching again. She walked over to the door, opened it and headed downstairs yawning again as she reached the bottom step, no one seemed to be up, which was surprising to her as she thought Heero as a morning person. She found the coffee maker on and still dripping coffee down into the pitcher, she poured herself a mug and leaned against the counter drinking it, it was stronger than her usual blend, it must be Heero's. It was then that she realized that someone was watching her; she looked up and noticed the man in question standing in the kitchen door blushing the approximate color of a beet. Relena looked at him for a few moments before looking following his sightline. She looked down and blushed the exact color to match him, she had forgot, in all her time with living with Duo and not with Heero that she could not walk around the house at six O'clock in the morning in nothing but a nightgown, and a very thin and slightly see-through one at that. She squeaked and covered herself up and turned slightly away from him so that he could not see anything else. Heero looked at her, as if snapped out of it by her sudden movement, "…Sorry." And he turned away.
Relena hurried past him and up into her room, she shut the door and leaned against it, clutching her heart, trying to get her blush under control, she managed that daring feat and got dressed in a knee length black skirt a nice white blouse and black ballet style shoes. When she was finally dressed she walked downstairs and back into the kitchen where she found Heero sitting down calmly reading the news. She sat down across from him at the table and folded her hands neatly at her lap, "Heero, I uh…I'm sorry…I'm not used to you being here. I'm used to being the only one up until around seven when the morning sun usually wakes Duo up."
Heero's scowl increased slightly, "You shouldn't be the one to apologize, I am a guest here and should have respected your privacy and…ahem…right to wear your underwear around the house as you please."
Relena blushed a bit, she wouldn't really mind walking around naked if Heero enjoyed it, she inwardly suppressed the thought. Heero looked at her questioningly. She shook her head and smiled at her folded hands. Heero sighed and folded his newspaper, "Well…I'm going to count today as my first official day on the job, as yesterday seemed rather purposeless. Is there anything you'd like me to do today?"
Relena looked up at the question, "Uh, no, not especially most of the work that has to be done today will be done by the servants, when Duo wakes up you could ask him, he knows more about the security procedures around here than I do."
As if on queue the braided baka walked into the room with an overly exuberant 'good morning' to its two occupants. Heero groaned inwardly while Relena offered an equally joyous salutation. Duo, after tasting Heero's coffee and deciding it was halfway decent poured himself a mug and sat down beside Heero. Heero scooted noticeably farther away from Maxwell.
Duo looked at him, "'morning Heero, how are you this morning?"
Heero grunted unhappily
Relena looked between them, "Uh, Duo, Heero was wondering if you had anything for him today."
Duo sighed and looked at Heero, "Look, Yuy, I know you might want to run this place like a tight ass Nazi camp but that's not how I run it because I think it would be unfair to Relena to have her treated like a mission to be pro-uhhg!"
Duo got no farther than that because Heero had grabbed him by the throat as soon as the word mission had come out of his mouth, Duo choked as he was lifted from his seat and held in mid air by Heero's left arm. Duo reached up and clutched at Heero's wrist to try and get the irate pilot off him. Heero leaned in close to Duo and scowled, "I would never treat Relena as a mission…" He then dropped Duo on his ass and sat back down.
Relena had been so stunned by what had happened to do anything about it, she just sat there, still just staring at the place where Heero had been dangling Duo, her mouth slightly agape.
End.
Squirrely: I KNOW I KNOW IT'S REALLY SHORT! LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON'T HAVE TO PLEASE YOU PEOPLE!
