Well, when I'm determined, I can get a story done. This is certainly a result of it. I wrote this in only and hour and a half. (maybe it was a little more) I kept meaning to get around to writing a Gundam fic. Particularly, one about Hilde and Duo. And here it is! Finally! :O) I really hope you like it. The setting is Hilde's house after Duo asks to stay somewhere for a little while. So, read and, hopefully, you'll like it! ^^ Thanks! Cause if it weren't for you people, I wouldn't write. ^_~





Steak and Ice Cream.....



"Duo!!" Hilde yelled as she picked up yet another one of his shirts off the bathroom floor. "I TOLD you to pick up your stuff when you were done with your shower!"

Hilde bent over to pick up a sock, only to get back up and see a blur pass by the bathroom door. She poked her head out to see what had just happened. Blowing a piece of hair out of her eye, she chuckled. "AND," she added, "I told you to wipe your feet before you came out so you wouldn't slip..."

Duo carefully stepped back to the bathroom holding his towel around his waist. He laughed and scratched his head. "Sorry...hehe...guess I just forgot."

"Yeah, well next time you forget, you won't be so lucky. You know this floor isn't covered by anything. You can slip really easily on linoleum, Duo, and I don't want you getting hurt." She blew her hair out of her eyes again and place her hands on her hips. "Tell ya what. I'll place a mat outside of the bathroom too, so that you'll be sure not to slip."

Duo nodded and carefully started to walk off.

"Duo...." Hilde smiled...

He turned around and almost fell over when Hilde threw his clothes at him. He struggled with one hand to keep his towel on and carry his clothes with his other hand.

"You forgot these." Hilde laughed and carried the rest of the pile of clothes to the washroom.

Duo mumbled something and carefully made his way to his changing area. He walked into the living room and looked up at the room divider. "Geez, I wish I had somewhere more decent to change. This little divider isn't enough...you can see right through it." He looked at it up and down and laughed. "Don't you dare peek when I'm changing, Hilde!"


"Huh?" Hilde walked out into the living room and looked in the corner where she had placed his divider. "Oh, Duo, you CAN'T see through it. I've been telling you that for the past week since you've been here." She walked into the kitchen sighing.

"Oh yeah? But how do I know that for sure, eh?" He yelled to her. "You MAY just be getting a free show, and not even telling me just cause you don't wanna have to start payin money for it."

Hilde rolled her eyes as she rummaged through the refrigerator for an onion. "Duo, shut up so I can make your dinner. We're having steak with mushrooms and onions. Is that okay?" She started rummaging for the mushrooms after she'd tossed the onion onto the kitchen counter.

"Yeah!" Duo entered the kitchen as he finished braiding his hair. "Sounds great! What are we having for dessert?"

"What do we usually end up having for dessert, Duo? The same thing we've been having for the past week..." she sighed as she closed the refrigerator, placed the mushrooms on the counter, and then took out a pan from the cuboard, "apples or pears."

"Aww, but I don't want something good for me." Duo said leaning up against the counter. "I want something delicious, yet fattening....some good ole cholesterol."

"Well, there IS an ice cream shop on the corner. We could go there after dinner." She started up the stove and put the pan on. She looked back up at Duo. "Hm?" She started to wash the mushrooms.

Duo looked like he was in deep thought for a moment. "Hmm....Ice cream..." He paused for a while, leaving Hilde waiting. "......YEAH, Sounds GREAT!" he yelled all of a sudden.

Hilde almost fell over in surprise. She caught her balance and sighed. "Geez, Duo, you think you could scare a girl more?"

Duo opened his mouth to say something...

"No no, don't answer that. Forget I even asked." She said laughing. She started chopping up the onions and mushrooms. There was a long period of silence as Hilde finished chopping them up and placed them in the pan. Hilde wiped her eyes and laughed. "Stupid onions..."

Duo watched the onions and mushrooms sizzle and pop as Hilde moved them around the pan with her spatula.

Hilde giggled as she realized Duo was looking too interested in the food. "Duo? Those mushrooms look like they might jump out at you in a second. You makin sure they don't?"

Duo looked up at her smugly. "Well, there isn't anything else to do. And besides, it looked like they were going to jump out at YOU...I was just makin sure that if they did, I was close enough to eat'em before they could try anything."

"Duo, you know you can go watch TV if you want. It'll be a little while before the steaks are done, so go relax for a little while, hm?" Hilde smiled sweetly as she placed the steaks into the pan with the mushrooms and onions. "Don't worry, these steaks will keep the mushrooms under control." Hilde winked.

Duo smiled, "Well, I watch TV too much anyway..." He laughed as he thought aloud. "In fact, I'd love it if you'd teach me how to cook instead, so that when I leave, I'll be able to cook some good meals for myself."

Hilde stopped smiling when she thought of the fact that Duo had to leave. He was her best friend, she hadn't ever had time to make one of those...and now that she did have the time and she had made one, she knew it'd be hard to let him go. She smiled as she realized she would spend as much time with him before he did have to leave. "Okay...I'll teach ya."

Duo jumped behind the counter with her and waited.

"Well, you saw me heat up the stove first right? And I put in the oil....and then.."

10 minutes later after explaining all the basics....

"Now it'll take about 10 more minutes before the steaks are totally ready" she said as she set a timer. "...so you come here and flip this one with me so we can get both sides evenly." Hilde motioned for him to get in front of the pan. She handed him the spatula and smiled. "Go ahead."

Duo looked down at the pan and then at the spatula. He looked helplessly at Hilde and then back at the pan. "What if I mess it up?"

Hilde giggled, "You can't mess it up. All you do is flip it and then move it around a bit."

Duo gave her another helpless look.

"Oh commere." She stood behind Duo, looking over his shoulder. She took his hand in hers and helped him carefully flip the steak. The problem was, Duo had forgotten about the steak when Hilde had placed her head on his shoulder to get a better look at the pan.

Hilde caught him looking at her and blushed, "and then...you wait for it to cook...But next time, don't make me do all the work in the flipping part." She laughed hoping to break the tension in the room.

Duo nodded and smiled. "Could you show me again...with the other steak?"

Hilde looked down and blushed. ".......Of course.." She looked up and smiled as she walked over to him again. This time Hilde was hesitant to place her hand on his.

"Now...watch carefully." Hilde said as she tried to look over Duo's shoulder again.

Duo watched the pan this time and helped Hilde flip the steak.

Hilde gave him a half smile before letting go of his hand... "See, that wasn't so hard now was it?"

Duo looked down at her and smiled when he saw her blush slightly. She let go of his hand and was about to draw it back, but Duo grabbed it and held it tightly. Hilde blushed an even darker shade of red.

Duo brought her hand up to his mouth and kissed it softly. "Thank you..."

Hilde smiled and tried to laugh off her nervousness. "It's no problem! Teaching you to cook is no problem at all." She laughed some more.

"No, I mean, thanks for everything..." Duo let her hand go and turned around to face her.

"Duo, you don't have t--" Hilde started...

"Yes, I do. You took me in and are taking care of me. Not to mention, you're letting me keep my gundam right outside your back door. Just accept my thanks, eh?" Duo smiled.

Hilde smiled back. "Sure. Your welcome, Duo." She laughed, "What did you think I was gonna do, let you live in your gundam?" She hugged him. "I'm all to glad to help a good friend."

Duo kept his eyes on her as she pulled away from the hug. Hilde looked up at him, noticing that he was staring. She looked over at the pan quickly, half-way pretending to be interested in watching the steaks. Duo turned her face back to him gently and bent down slowly to kiss her....

*DING* Hilde jumped when the timer went off. Duo laughed as Hilde went to get the steaks off of the stove.

"You shoulda seen the look on your face..." Duo stepped between Hilde and the pan and smiled. "when that timer went off."

"Oh yeah? Well, I can't wait to see your face when you taste those burned steaks. At least, that's what they are GOING to be if you don't get out of my way." Hilde smirked and tried to push him out of the way.

Duo wouldn't move. "Not until you let me thank you..."

"I already did... now, you'll be sorry if you don't let me get those steaks off..." Hilde began to get irritated.

Duo shook his head.

Hilde couldn't help but smile...he was just so cute when he wouldn't let up on something. "I'm serious...move it Duo."

Duo smiled... "I get what I want, and then you'll get what you want, babe."
"Oh? And what is tha--?!" Duo grabbed her in mid-sentence and gently placed his lips on hers.

Hilde kept her eyes open in surprise. "?!?!" She finally leaned into his kiss and kissed him back softly. She wrapped his arms around his neck and sighed.

They both backed away from each other smiling and blushing. Until....Hilde let out a squeak when she realized the steaks were burning.

"Duo! I told you!" Hilde frantically took the pan off the stove and placed them on the pot holders.

Duo tried to hold back his laughs as Hilde fanned the steaks. She turned to him and shook her head. "Now what're we gonna do, eh? Both the steaks are burned!"

Duo smiled as he thought of a solution. "Ya know...I think that place on the corner that serves ice cream, serves burgers too..."

Hilde smirked. "And WHO exactly is paying for these burgers?"

Duo gasped and gave her a fake look of hurt. "Why, Hilde...I thought you would know better than to ask such a question. You know that I'm a gentlemen! Of course, I would be paying.." He said as he held his chest in sarcastic agony.

Duo grabbed his jacket as he opened the front door to Hilde's house. "But, since you asked...LAST ONE THERE PAYS!!!" He quickly ran out the front door laughing.

Hilde ran out of the kitchen and quickly grabbed her jacket. She stopped for a moment to think aloud... "Wait a second....Duo is broke anyway...." She quickly ran out the door and locked it behind her. "HEY! Get back here you CHEATER!!!" She laughed as she tried to catch up...



Well, there it is. ^^ I hope you liked it. It's my first Gundam fanfiction, so go easy, eh?. :O) I'm a hopeless Duo/Hilde 'shiper. So, whenever I write about Duo it'll have Hilde in it...and visa versa. ^_~
I was sitting around today and thought, "Gee, I haven't written a Gundam fiction, and I keep meaning to get around to it....why not right now?" ;O) So, please review and tell me watcha think. I'd love to know if you thought it was as cute as I meant for it to be. Thanks a lot!