Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing and I am not earning a profit from this fan fiction. However, any other original characters are my own creation. This is my first drabble series. I just started thinking of awkward situations to unleash on the Gundam pilots and other GW characters. The theme of each drabble will vary. There is no specified genre for the series so expect anything.

Warning(s): WAFF and/or sappiness.

"Oddities"

By: Inazuma Akai

Scenario Three

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"The Late Shift"

Hilde groggily opened her eyes. The vid. phone was alerting them of an incoming call. She turned over and buried her head under her pillow. The phone continued to blare. She lifted her head and frowned down at her sleeping husband.

"Get the phone!" She shouted into his ear.

Duo jolted awake, almost falling out of the bed. He glared at her as best he could considering he was seeing double. He'd only had three hours of sleep at the most.

"You get the phone!" He growled and turned over, facing away from her.

Hilde scowled. "You get it!"

Duo flipped onto his side and stared her down. She stared back. The vid. phone continued to ring in the background.

"I was up until 5:00 a.m. in the morning filling out that freakin' damage report from our mission to L4! I refuse to answer the phone right now!" Duo proclaimed.

"In case you've forgotten, I was the one helping you file those reports!"

"Grrrr..."

"Hello?"

The two feuding adults looked up to see that their 15 year old son, Collin, had already answered the dreaded phone call. They had the decency to look ashamed.

"This is ridiculous! Even your son has better manners than you do!" Hilde scolded.

"You mean he has better manners than you!"

"Um, mom… dad?" Collin asked nervously.

"What?" They bellowed.

The teenager shrunk under their gaze.

"Aiden just called. He says Uncle Heero wants all the Preventers, part time and full, to report to HQ at 1300 hours."

Duo glanced at the clock. It read 8:30 a.m. He sighed in relief.

"Good. That's enough time for us to catch up on some of the sleep we missed."

Collin nodded, "I'll be in the garage for a while. I should be back by the time you two wake up." He walked to the door and closed it behind him, gently.

Hilde watched her son leave and turned to her husband, who was slowly drifting back off to sleep. She smirked evilly. Grabbing a fist full of cover, she yanked it roughly off of him and quickly wrapped it around herself. She then pretended to be asleep.

Duo felt unusually cold. He reached for some more cover but found none. He peered out of one eye, muttering. He saw that his wife was conveniently bundled up in the sheets. A frown creased his brow. Hilde could see he was fuming and couldn't help but giggle.

"Hand over the cover, Hil…"

"No!" she said, holding on to it protectively.

"Give it!" he shouted, pulling at it.

"Never!" She jumped out of bed and raced for the door. He growled. In one fluid motion, he leaped over the side of the bed and was blocking her way.

Hilde stepped back cautiously. Before she could escape, Duo tackled her. They fell to the floor in a jumbled heap. She laughed at his indignant expression as he tugged the covers away from her, grumbling something about conspiracies.

"It was just a joke, love. I didn't mean any harm by it."

He raised an eyebrow.

"Hn." Was her only reply. He settled himself down on the floor and was about to go to sleep again.

Hilde eyed him strangely. He was starting to pick up his fellow pilots' habit of monosyllabic responses. She continued to watch him as he started to get comfortable on their bedroom floor.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"I'm tryin' to sleep…"

"On the floor?"

"Yes. Is that a problem?"

"No..."

"Good." He closed his eyes.

Hilde just shrugged. She cuddled next to him and closed her eyes as well. To her surprise, she felt Duo wrap his arms around her and pull her closer.

She smiled, "Well, at least he makes up for his bad attributes…" she thought, chuckling softly.

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Author's Note: And that's three down and one to go! I apologize for the WAFF! : )

As always, I'd love feedback...and constructive criticism...hence 'constructive' criticism...not flames, lol. Since this was my first attempt at drabble writing, I'd like some input to see what I can improve upon.

And here's the 5-star system for your convenience.

Inazuma Akai's 5 Star Rating System for Fanfiction:

1 star – This fic is unreadable! Get a beta-reader stat!

2 stars – This story needs a face lift in the worst possible way…

3 stars – Not bad, but with a little more effort you can make it a really good fic.

4 stars – There are some minor errors here and there but otherwise it's a very nice fic!

5 stars – It's an exceptional work of art! More, please?

Thank you all for reading!