“Hnn.”
“Hiiro,
don’t grunt.” Serena ordered him.
“Hnn.”
“Good
lord Hiiro, where are your manners?”
“Never
learned any.” He rumbled. Serena rolled her eyes.
“And
here we go again. Didn’t you promise to behave in front of my
friend?”
“No.
I clearly remember grunting in response to your request.” He smirked.
“You’re
impossible!” Serena stood.
“Hnn.”
Her jaw dropped. Hiiro was just having fun. He liked getting her angry for some
reason. It took fairly little effort to do, but once she got started… she
was a menace. It took most of his energy to keep up with her when she was angry.
Still, he had no problems expanding the energy. All he had to do was make sure
to eat more to make up for the lost fuel.
“Come
on Ami, let’s leave.” And she stormed out of the apartment.
“Bye
Hiiro, it was nice meeting you!” Ami called as she ran after Serena, slightly
laughing. This Hiiro fellow, though he wasn’t one to talk, certainly had
Serena in a huff. It was nice to see her friend thrown so off kilter. As long
as Ami could remember, Serena had always been the cool, calm and collected
girl. And now, this Hiiro, was bringing out the side of Serena she had always
wanted to see! It was too good!
Hiiro just shut the door behind them. Pulling off
his shirt and quickly unbuttoning his pants, he let them drop to the floor in
the middle of his apartment and smirked. Then he made his way to his room and
flopped down on the bed. Good riddance, he was tired.
>>>)(<<<
“I
know I shouldn’t have left Ami with Mina for the day, I just know it. But
I have to screen Hiiro’s friends before I can do anything with them all
together. God knows what might happen if I didn’t!” Serena mumbled
as she stepped under the overhang in front of Quatre’s home. Ringing the
doorbell, she prepared herself to be greeted by the worst men imaginable.
They
were Hiiro’s friends for crying out loud! They had to be stoic and
freakish, just as he was! But Quatre wasn’t. And if Duo was supposed to
be like Mina… well, that still left the other two, Trowa and Wufei. She
had heard nothing on Trowa, but Wufei… from her conversation with Sally
the other day… she was not going to have a fun afternoon. The door opened
and a large man greeted her.
“Hello
Miss Serena. Master Quatre and the others are in the parlor awaiting
you.” She smiled delicately. Rashid was always such a friendly, sweet
man.
“Thank
you Rashid.” He nodded and walked off. Serena found her way to the same
room she had been in the last time she had… visited… Quatre’s
home. The moment she stepped into the door, she was greeted with a loud wolf
whistle and a large arm was wrapped around her shoulders.
“Hey
honey! Looking good! Hey Quatre! Why didn’t you tell us you were hiding
angels in your house?” The man above her grinned wolfishly. She
shuddered. But it was kind of nice in a way…to be complimented felt good.
“Duo!”
Quatre ran up to them looking stressed. “That’s Hiiro’s
fiancé!” The room’s entire ambiance went from relaxed to
tense. The arm dropped from around her shoulder and she heaved a sigh of
relief.
“Hiiro’s?
Well then. I suppose no angel for Duo today.” The man above her pouted.
Serena looked up to see who he was, and knew instantly it must be Duo. His
violet eyes had the mischievous gleam as Mina’s usually did. His long
chestnut hair was pulled back into a braid that reached his waist, and for some
odd reason he wore a preacher’s outfit.
“Serena,
let me introduce you to them.” Quatre suggested politely. She nodded, and
he began. “That’s Duo Maxwell behind you. To your right in the arm
chair is Trowa Barton, the one sitting at the chess table is Wufei
Chang.” Serena looked first at Trowa. He was tall and thin, with a tinge
if red in his brown hair. She blushed as she saw his green eyes look her over
and nod in approval. Then came Wufei. He was just as Sally had described- black
hair in a tiny ponytail at the base of his neck, large onyx eyes that scorned,
and a proud a regal stance about him.
“It’s
nice to meet you all.” Serena managed to gulp out. She was in a room with
killers… murderers… this was like her worst nightmare come true.
Not to mention they were some of the world’s most feared men. She was
sick and scared.
“Nice
to meet you Miss Serena.” Trowa nodded at her. Another Hiiro.
“Woman.
Sally has spoken highly of you.” Wufei nodded as her as well.
“Hey
guys, lighten up! This is Hiiro getting married! Not one of us!” Serena
looked at Duo and raised her eyebrows.
“What
does that mean?”
“Come
on babe! It’s like this: Hiiro is the world’s most perfect soldier
that ever lived. Or he was. He was Perfect.”
“What
Duo means is that Hiiro was trained well.” Trowa supplied.
“Yes?
Continue.” Serena implored them.
“Hiiro
is Hiiro! He’s uptight,
doesn’t know how to have fun, never speaks and always grunts, and
constantly pulls his gun out for no reason.” Duo laughed. Serena could
see the others shaking their heads, but their eyes all confirmed what Duo had
said was true.
“I
have noticed he is incredibly stubborn, boorish, and likes to grunt.”
Serena confirmed sadly. “Well.” She sighed, sneaking a peak at her
watch.
“I’m
supposed to meet a few people soon.” She tried to worm her way out early.
“Of
course.” Quatre nodded in understanding.
“But
wait! We didn’t, well, you know!” Duo shot up, smiling widely. Yes,
he and Mina were two peas in a pod.
“He’s
right. Quatre, let’s do it now.” Trowa, stood, and Serena was
surprised. He was much taller than she had thought. She felt so small compared
to them all.
“Well,
alright.” Quatre smiled. “I’m sorry Serena, but we wanted to
do something in honor of your engagement to Hiiro- even if it is forced.”
“You
really don’t have to…”
“We
already did!” Trowa nodded, and held out two boxes. Serena’s heart
melted. These were Hiiro’s
friends? These were the hardened
killers she’d been so scared of? But they were so sweet…
“Thank
you.” She breathed.
“Open
the woman!” Wufei barked. She glared slightly, but couldn’t keep it
up.
“Alright.”
She took one of the boxes and quickly opened it. And she gasped. Inside was one
of the most beautiful lockets she had ever seen. Gingerly she pulled it out of
the box and gasped. It was an antique, she could tell. It was in the shape of a
star, and the golden edges had been toned to a deep copper color. As she opened
the locket, she gasped again. The inside was lined with tiny gems- rubies,
sapphires, and emeralds, and in the center a circle of diamonds surrounded a
picture of both her and Hiiro… and both of them were smiling!
“Oh
my… it’s gorgeous!” She breathed.
“I
took the picture of Hiiro a few years back. It’s the only time he’s
ever smiled, not smirked. Then your father gave us a current photo of you, and
with a little bit of Trowa and Quatre’s computer skills, we made
ourselves a picture perfect photo of the Perfect Soldier and his
fiancé.” Duo told her, gentler than he had been before.
“Thank
you…” Serena didn’t know what to say…
“Open
the next one!” Quatre urged her. She nodded, unable to speak. Slowly she
unwrapped it, and once again she gasped.
“Earrings?
They’re beautiful.” She smiled.
“We
got the locket, and then thought, we should follow through with the old
rhyme.” Quatre smiled.
“Something
old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.” Trowa
repeated for her.
“But
we thought we should let Hiiro do the last two things- get him in the wedding
mood!” Duo laughed. Serena laughed with them.
“Well
Serena, you said you had to meet a few…”
“They can wait. No matter how much damage they’re capable of doing; they can wait. I never thought Hiiro the slob could have such wonderful friends. Come, sit, let’s talk.” She smiled brightly. And the other laughed and did the same. *
~~~Well! That was a long ch! (For me!) Ok. I’m aiming to finish this in three to four chs- think I can do it? I already know it won’t be under one hundred pages, which is what I wanted. Oh well! More for you all! PLEASE REVIEW! Much love- Vixen~~~