WARNINGS: Not much, except that the store, stickers, and scenario are all too true. No time line to speak of, and no plot. Just a fun little read.
"Why are we here?" Heero asked, adjusting his jacket over his shoulders and glaring at the posters of too happy people smiling with pets in their arms.
Wufei just shrugged, dodging around a woman with a shopping cart over filled with large bags of dog food. She had a harried expression as she leaned back, fighting the downhill slope of the parking lot just outside of the glass sliding doors. "Apparently, Duo's convinced himself to buy a cat toy for Trowa's new circus lion."
Heero eyed the young man already in the store, braid swinging as he looked around. Then he took off like a shot.
Heero looked at Wufei again, "And who let him near the energy drinks?"
Wufei winced. "Knowing Duo he produced them out of thin air. We should catch up to him."
They tracked Duo down just as he turned down an aisle. All three's attention was pulled to a woman who was heading up the aisle towards them. She had a low cut shirt, and her perfume nearly swamped them as she walked past and out of the aisle.
Duo's eyes were wide in amazement. "Did you see the size of her-"
"Yes Duo." Heero interrupted, not wanting to linger on the subject.
"They were huge!" Duo hissed, swinging around the stare at the woman's back. He swung back to Heero and Wufei. "They had to be fake."
Wufei stepped in, turning Duo to the stuffed toys that lay on the shelf beside them. "Pick out one so we can go."
Duo picked one up half-heartedly, staring at it. Its body was covered in fluff and ropes poked out of it in a parody of a monkey. On the toy's belly was a sticker that read 'Squeeze me, I squeak!' He picked up a matching toy in his other hand, squeezing them, drawing out the classic toy squeak.
Duo grinned and quickly peeled off the stickers. One in each hand, he took off again out of the aisle. Heero and Wufei could only follow cautiously.
Duo caught up to the women at a checkout lane. "Free hug day!" he exclaimed, giving the woman a quick hug, then running off. The cashier had difficulty hiding his mirth at the two new decorations on the woman's blouse.
Wufei quirked an eyebrow at the woman then followed Duo's retreating figure. "Should I feel responsible?" he asked Heero.
Heero shook his head. "Just don't tell Quatre."