Love Potion Part 3
Hilde grabbed the keys to her car, ready to walk out of the front door when Duo's unusually cheerful voice stopped her. Suspicious, she turned to look at the maniacally grinning, starry-eyed American.
She snorted. "Let me guess. Heero confessed his ever-lasting love to you?"
Duo giggled almost giddily. Hilde blinked. Duo was...Duo was acting like a girl...! She was sure the gender-switching must have somehow altered the brain-cells too. Unless there was more to Duo than what she'd seen.......
"Nope. He said that he doesn't hate me!"
Hilde facefaulted.
"Say, where're you going, anyway?" Duo sounded genuinely curious. "Don't tell me you're leaving! Please, Hilde, can't you stay a few more days?"
"No, Duo," she interrupted before the other created may-hem, "I was about to go get you something I know you need."
A violet-eyed blink. "What's that? Can I come?"
"Yyyyeah, I guess you can. You might not like it though..." Not that Hilde didn't WANT Duo to go...afterall, she would LOVE to see her reaction.
A quirky grin. "That's fine. I can handle whatever you throw at me. Besides, how bad can it be?"
~*~
//VERY BAD!!!// Duo clung onto the car door for dear life as her so-called 'friend' tried to pull her into THAT PLACE. Dear dignity, actually, she thought as she stared at the sign with more fear than she ever did with an enemy.
"VICTORIA'S SECRET" loomed threateningly over her. Duo shuddered violently, and quite consequently loosened her grip on the car. Hilde recognized an advantage when she saw one, and gave Duo's elbow an extra sharp tug. The poor American yelped and stumbled towards the big pink doors that reminded her of Relena's wing of the Peacecraft manor. Hilde must have been encouraged by her success so far, because she renewed her pulling and dragging with more strength than before.
"C'mon, Duo!" she ground, "You gotta get some undergarments. So cooperate a little, willya?"
And Duo wasn't cooperating. She was struggling for all she was worth--there was no way a woman with a man's mind can walk into Victoria's Secret and come out with more than a few pathetic shreds of dignity.
"But Hilde!" she hissed, "I don't NEED them!!!"
That gave the dark-haired girl a stop. Duo had no chance to enjoy her brief victory however, as Hilde placed a prissy hand on her hip then waved dramatically at Duo.
"Oh yes, you do. For heaven's sakes, Duo! You have cantaloupes hanging from your chest!"
THAT, of course, was NOT the right thing to say loudly in the middle of a crowded mall...or say at all. Startled passers-by paused to give the American strange glances...as well as stare at her--well.
Hilde blinked wide, Bambi-like eyes at the beet-red ex-pilot, who glared venomously at her. ...and changed her tactics.
"Don't you want to show Heero?"
Duo opened her mouth to retort, but stopped mid-syllable and looked at the other girl. She then firmed her lips, squared her shoulders, and walked in the lingerie store with her head held high.
~*~
//Bingo!// Hilde thought triumphantly as she stopped at a red light and looked over at the flushed Duo beside her, a Victoria's Secret shopping bag resting on her lap. //I knew that would work.//
~*~
Duo picked up the small envelope peeking out from under the front door. Her name was on it, and setting down the shopping bag, she pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper.
[Dear Duo,It was a love potion I gave you the other day, but not the normal kind. I gave you something similar...on purpose, and I hope you will come to forgive me. You should have figured out its affect now. But worry not, for it will wear off...when you're joined with the one you love.
Helena]
Duo breathed a sigh of ultimate relief, reading and rereading the letter. There was something familiar about the signature, triggering her mind. Realization TRIED to hit her, but never quite did.
~*~
"...When you are joined with the one you love," Heero finished in his usual stoic manner. "So you won't stay like this forever."
Duo nodded, a bit unsure. "But what does she mean by 'joined with the one you love'?" Her eyes widened. "You don't think...!!!"
Heero glared at her. "Must your thoughts always center around sex?"
Duo snipped back defensively, "Well what else could it mean?"
For that, Heero had no answer. So instead, he reached onto the desk behind him and pulled out a golden cross, eyebrow raised.
Her face was seven different shades of red, and she tried to snatch it back. "You have no right to go through my things, Heero!"
The Wing pilot would've raised an eyebrow, but it was already up. "Go through your things? Hn. You left it on the bathroom counter." He tossed the trinket back to its rightful owner.
Duo held it in a white-knuckled grip, head bowed and jagged bangs shadowing her face.
'01+02' was carved neatly on the back.
She felt Heero shift and move closer, anticipating a biting "Pervert".
...But was completely unprepared for the gentle fingers lifting up her chin.
"Who do you love, Duo?" The cobalt-blue eyes that had haunted her dreams for two years stared straight at her, it's intensity now combined with something new.
"I..." For the first time Duo could remember, words were lost to her.
"Is it me?"
She was keenly aware of how close Heero's face was, and how he was moving closer still. "Yes." Her voice was dejected, and she slumped, subconsciously leaning toward him.
"Good." And his lips were upon hers.
When Duo felt herself being eased onto the bed, she panicked. Pulling her mouth away, she managed to gasp, "Wait! What if I get pregnant?"
Heero blinked, then smirked. "You can't get pregnant if you're going to be a boy tomorrow."
"Oh yeah...but Heero! What if I don't--mphm!"
TBC...
*bounces around and passes Pocky* YATTO!!! My first finished multi-chapter!
Nuriko: *pokes A-chan in the ribs, nearly cracking one* Weren't you gonna write an epilogue?
A-chan: *blinks* Oh yeah. *stops dancing* But it's finished.
^_^_^_^_^_^ Anyone figure out what's up with this Helena yet?
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