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Teddy Bears and Puppies
A short by Marie
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Notes: I don't know if you'd get this unless you've watched the
Gundam Wing series and Endless Waltz. *shrugs*
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She had a strange husband. He had a habit of bugging the phone
line and was never around to talk much. He was most impolite and
unsociable to her guests (especially if they had blond hair and
forked eyebrows) and always put the toilet seat down. He also
took the garbage out regularly, cleaned the kitchen spotless
after using it, and didn't lounge in front of the Vid Screen all
day with a six pack of beer and potato chips... even on a Sunday.
Ever. Which were all admirable characteristics indeed, but
admittedly very strange for the modern day husband.
He also had a habit of buying Enise, their 2 year old daughter,
gifts. Which was all fine and good, after all buying gifts was
one of the signs of an attentive father, but their two year old
daughter had an awful lot of this particular gift. There were so
many of them that the vast majority had to be moved from their
daughters room into other rooms in the house... like the guest
room. And the sitting room. And their room. Her husband didn't
seem to mind, but it was beginning to bother her a slight bit.
Anyway, on this particular sunny day, as Relena sat sipping tea
in the kitchen of the expansive house she shared with her strange
husband, he showed up suddenly at the doorway of the kitchen...
with yet another gift in hand.
"I got Enise a present." He announced unnecessarily,
holding it out.
Relena looked at him from over the top of her tea cup and sighed,
trying not put down the china she held with considerable force.
"Heero, dearest," she explained. "It's a teddy
bear."
Heero looked down at the soft fuzzy object cocooned in his arms.
"It is." He agreed neutrally.
Relena sighed again, folding her hands patiently in front of
herself. "Dear, you've already gotten our daughter 86 of
them already, she doesn't *need* any more."
"85." Heero corrected. "The panda came from
Wufei."
Relena gave up looking diplomatic and threw her hands in the air
in frustration. "Whatever." A sudden idea occurred to
her. Perhaps she just needed to suggest other things for her
husband to acquire their daughter. Perhaps the obsession with
teddy bears stemmed from a lack of other good gift ideas suitable
for a bouncy, growing little girl. Well, she decided, it was
worth a try...
"You know I was talking to Hilde the other day..." she
began in a round about fashion. She picked up her tea cup again
and looked at her husband pointedly.
Heero was silent for a moment before he realized that it was his
turn to speak and that he was supposed to respond and that all of
this had relevance to something. "Yeah? And how are
they?" In saying "they", he assumed Hilde, in
speaking to Relena, informed the girl on the state of her own
hyperactive husband, Duo.
Relena took a sip of her tea. "Fine. Little Helen is growing
up to be just like her father. Speaking of Hilde and Duo
though..." she shifted slightly in her chair. "They got
something for Helen the other day that you may like to consider
for our daughter..." she stopped and looked up at Heero.
Ah. He was getting the hang of this... it was now his turn to
speak... whether he wanted to or not. He sighed. "Which
was?"
Relena replaced her tea cup and smiled brightly. "A
puppy."
Heero's eyes went wide. He dropped the teddy bear, staring at his
wife in mute horror.
Now *that* wasn't a reaction she was expecting. Relena stood
suddenly, concerned. "Heero what is it?" She asked.
The look was gone in an instant. "Nothing," Heero bent
to pick up the teddy bear again. He turned to go.
Relena's brow wrinkled. "Okay... no puppy then?"
"No." Heero nodded once swiftly before beating a hasty
retreat. "No puppy."
Sighing Relena sat again, resisting the urge to beat her forehead
against the table top in slight frustration. 'So that's what you
get for marrying a soldier,' she thought ruefully. She had to put
up with his habit of bugging the phone line and never being
around to talk much. And his habit of being most impolite and
unsociable to her guests (especially if they had blond hair and
forked eyebrows)... and love of teddy bears. And dislike of
puppies apparently...
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That's all!! Let's just say for argument's sake that Relena now
runs after Heero going... "HHEEERRRROOO..."
:D
Isn't Married Heero(TM) just perfect??? Don't you all just want
one too??? *lol* Okay, maybe not... ^^;;;
Notes 2: (man, lotsa notes at the bottom, eh??) It was supposed
to be a humor fic!! *lol* Except, I'm not sure if it quite
worked. >_<
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