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.

"Oddities"

By: Inazuma Akai

Scenario Five

"A Kitten for Sally, Part 1"

The scent of coffee wafted through the living room. Wufei could smell its potency as he approached the kitchen. His wife, Sally, brewed a pot every morning. Even though it was their day off, she still seemed to need her cup of coffee. She'd stumble around like a zombie without it.

He entered the kitchen and was greeted with a chipper, "Morning!" It was ironic, because he had already greeted her 20 minutes earlier when she sluggishly brushed her teeth and washed her face in their shared bathroom.

He thought back to their encounter with a smirk. He had risen before her, as usual, and was brushing his teeth over the sink. A mumbled "G'mornin'" sounded behind him. He raised an eyebrow as Sally shuffled into the bathroom. Thankfully, they had two sinks so he wouldn't have to rush. Wufei would have been reluctant to leave anyway because the sight of Sally in the morning was morbidly fascinating to him. He couldn't understand why she was so… disoriented. She slept a full eight hours. Wasn't that enough?

Married life had been an adjustment. It wasn't as if it was new to him. It was that the women he married and the circumstances surrounding both marriages were completely different.

His marriage to his first wife, Meiran, had been challenging, to say the least. One memory, in particular, stood out for him. The elders had tried persuading him and Meiran to share a bedroom. The arrangement resulted in a shouting match and property damage.

The incident effectively dissuaded the elders from ever broaching the subject again. Wufei and Meiran were then able to live in separate rooms on opposites ends of the hallway.

Marriage to Sally was calmer and quieter, of course. But it was the first time he had, had to share close quarters with a woman. She was one of the most logical women he knew, but she still had her moments. Some days he chalked her mood swings up to hormones and went about his merry way.

Recently, hormones were the main culprit for her shifts in mood. For the last four months to be exact. Duo had gotten a kick out of the news that Wufei would be a father. He also felt the need to rub in the fact that Wufei would be suffering the backlash of Sally's pregnancy for nine whole months.

As the first of the pilots to become a father, with a brood of three boys and counting, Duo felt the need to 'induct' the others into fatherhood. He called it 'friendly advice' and 'training.' His fellow pilots called it hazing.

After finishing breakfast, Wufei disappeared into the living room to read. He had so little time to do so in between missions and he was relishing the opportunity. Sally seemed reluctant to interrupt as she was quite aware of the fact that her husband wanted to catch up on his reading. She tried to busy herself with tidying their already immaculate home (Wufei harbored slightly OC tendencies).

After only an hour, Sally became antsy. "I want to go out." she announced.

Without looking up from his book, Wufei asked, "Where to?"

"To the mall!" she told him.

Wufei promptly shut his book. "Of all places, she had to choose the mall." he thought.

Husband and wife faced each other in a stand-off.

Wufei argued that she was four months pregnant and that walking would just tire her out.

Sally pointed out she still worked for the Preventers full-time and that he was making excuses.

The latter won the argument and the couple set off for the mall.

Wufei was abundantly grateful when the excursion only lasted for an hour. (He assumed it had something to do with swollen ankles, but he doubted Sally would admit to it if it did).

While walking back to their car, Sally spotted a pet shop. There was a small litter of kittens in the store's window. Scottish Folds to be exact.

"Ohh, look! Aren't they adorable?" she called to her husband, going up to the window and gushing over the kittens.

Slapping his forehead, Wufei walked over to the window and looked down at the kittens. "They're kittens." he stated matter-of-factly.

"Your point?" she asked, starting to coo at them as they jumped over each other to get to her.

He shook his head, choosing to ignore her comment and headed back towards the car. "Are you coming?"

Putting her hand on her hip, she spun around pinning him with a look. "No... and if it's all right with you, I'd like to buy one..."

"WHAT? NO! I do NOT want one of those filthy little creatures in my home."

Sally raised an eyebrow. "You mean OUR home, right?"

"Yes, our home. But I don't want that," he pointed to a kitten, "In OUR home."

His wife began to sniffle, calling on the most pathetic puppy dog face she could muster. "Please, Wu-chan. I've never had a pet before...please?"

Gathering what strength he could to avoid looking into her face, he turned away, "No. Those things get into whatever they can find, claw away at everything, and I, for one, am NOT going to clean the litter box everyday or put up with the stench that comes from it."

"B-but I'll take care of it. You won't have to lift a finger. Please, please, pleeease?"

He turned to look at her sternly, "Do I have your word that you will feed, bathe and clean up after this cat? And that whatever trouble the cat causes you will take full responsibility for it?"

"Yes, 'father' you have my word." she promised with a slight roll of her eyes.

He took a deep sigh and hung his head. "Fine then… but if our house is destroyed because of it, remember it's your fault."

"Yes, yes." Sally mumbled, grabbing his hand and pulling him inside so she could buy a kitten.

Author's Note: I decided to pick up the "Oddities" drabble series again. This entry started out as a one-shot. I divided it into three parts.

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!