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Chp 9
"Duo, I have to go to work." Heero said going into the garage to start his car. He went back in the house and frowned. "Duo, where are you?" Heero asked to the seemingly empty room. He sighed and grabbed his lap top off the table near the door and went back into the garage. He get into his car and pulled it out onto the drive way then stopped and smiled.
"Duo get back in the house." He said. Duo popped up from behind Heero's seat.
"How come I can't go with you.?" Duo asked with a pout.
"Because you can't Duo. Please just go back in the house. I'll be back around twelve with lunch, okay." Duo got out of the car and slammed it shut. Heero winced slightly and watched Duo go back into the house before he shut the garage door and drove off.
Duo sat on the floor in the middle of the room and looked around. There was nothing to do. All of his toys involved someone else to play with. He wished Quatre was here or…anyone actually. He huffed out a sigh and looked at the clock. 7:45. He fell onto his back with another sigh.
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"Are you sure it's safe to just leave him at home by himself?" Eric asked. Heero eyed him.
"Yes." He said simple.
"I don't know Heero. I bought Heildi a cat a few months back and they seem to just love mischief. And as little as I knew of Duo before, he was a mischievous guy. I would hate to see him get into trouble." Eric said.
"He's still a human, Eric. He's not an idiot." Heero said. He paused and smiled slightly remembering times when he would have said differently. He looked at his clock he wanted to get back to Duo. 10:50 am. He sighed and went back to his work.
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Duo turned on the TV and was flipping threw the channels, when he came across the food network.
"Today we will be showing you how to prepare a fine Kielbasa and Cabbage. " Duo smiled and looked at the clock. 11:00.
"I can make Heero lunch." Duo thought and went into the kitchen, opening the shutters that lead to the living room so that he could see the TV. He turned up the volume and waited for the commercials to end.
"To make this fine dish you will need onion, margarine or butter, red cabbage, apple juice, brown sugar, red wine vinegar or cider vinegar, cooking apples, and kielbasa." Duo made the list on the paper, and paused the TV, as Heero had shown him how to do.
He had everything but the kielbasa. "What the hell is kielbasa?" Duo asked himself. He went into Heero's den and pulled out the dictionary. It took him a few minutes but finally found it and went into the kitchen and looked for polish sausage, but only finding turkey sausage. Duo thought for a moment. It would have to do.
He un-paused the TV and waited for the next set of instructions.
40 minutes later found Duo with the table set with the yummy food. He had actually managed to cook it. He was proud of himself and closed the kitchen shutters, it wouldn't help to have Heero see the kitchen, though. Duo winched as he shut the kitchen door too. He would clean it up after Heero and him ate. He looked at the clock, it was almost time for Heero to be home for lunch.
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Heero pulled into the drive way at 12:10. He planned to take Duo out to eat, to get Duo a little fresh air, but when he walked into his home and smelt the delicious meal Duo had made he changed his mind.
"You cooked this by yourself?" He asked. Duo nodded.
"It was fun, I've never cooked before." Duo said sitting down at the table across from Heero. Heero laughed at that and almost chocked on his food. "What?" Duo asked.
"Oh you cooked before alright." Heero said.
"Oh was I a chief or something?" Duo asked. Heero laughed a little harder.
"Not quiet." He said.
"Oh I sucked, didn't I?" Duo said with a smile, Heero nodded. Duo laughed and remembered the mess in the kitchen.
A few minutes later Heero picked up the plates and headed towards the kitchen. Duo jumped up.
"I can do it." Duo said.
"It's okay Duo, you made it I can at least do the dishes." Heero said.
"No really it's okay." Duo said. "Don't you have to get back to work." Duo said, he really didn't want Heero to see the kitchen.
"Don't worry about it." Heero said and walked passed Duo. Duo jumped in front of him again and put on his sad face.
"Please." Duo said holding out his hands. Heero sighed in defeat and handed Duo the dishes. "Okay now go to work." Duo said pushing Heero with his bare foot. Heero shook his head.
"Okay okay, I'll be home around 5, depending on Lady Une." Heero said.
"Okay I'll see you then." Duo said still standing between Heero and the kitchen. Heero starred for a moment, but decided that he would leave it alone. He left again for work, and Duo sighed in relief and went into the kitchen and made a face. Every inch of the kitchen was a disaster. It looked as though a tornado or a hurricane had fun while no one was looking. Duo took in a deep breath, let it out and set to work cleaning the kitchen.
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"Heero in my office, immediately." Une said, Heero sighed, he was just getting ready to go home, what could Une want now. He went into her office and sat down.
"You have a week vacation time, actually you have four, but I can't afford to let you b gone that long, so I am granting you a week." Une said.
"Wait, I don't want my-."
"I heard you have a kitten at home who needs some dire attention." Une said with a wink. Heero smiled and nodded. "Good a week it is, have fun Yuy." Une said in a dismissive tone. Heero shook his head and left her office, glad of the fact that he was off for a week, all the better to spend it with Duo.
The drive home was uneventful to say the most. Heero pulled into his garage and went into the house. He went into the den put his stuff of the desk and went in search of Duo. Who was no where to be found. Heero went into Duo's bedroom and found him curled up on his bed with his panda in his arms. Heero smiled and went over to him, leaning down to kiss him but was engulfed in a smell of old food and cleaning chemicals.
"Duo." Heero said softly, not wanting to scare Duo. Duo opened his eyes and looked at Heero with a smile. Then sat up and looked around.
"Is it five already?" He asked. Heero nodded.
"But you need a bath, kitten." Heero said. Duo sniffed himself. And made a face.
"Yeah." Duo said.
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Hmm, more in the next chapter…lol.