A Time Of Mistrust- Ch.8

[Dark Mistress]

Standard disclaimers, yadda yadda, moving on to the interesting part of the story?

[Heero is at work, such that it is, in Tokyo]
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Another monotonous day of checking out books to prepubescent teenagers. During a lull in the already quiet room, Heero paused to reflect on the past weeks? events. A new person had moved into the apartment next to his, although he did not know whom, seeing as he was not exactly the involved-with-others type of guy. But the thin walls of his apartment revealed the fact that his new neighbor cried herself to sleep every night. The thought reminded him of Relena, but he pushed the thought aside quickly. He was starting a new life and couldn?t stand the reminders of his old one.
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The doorbell rang at Relena?s apartment. She threw on her robe and padded silently to the door. Upon opening the said door, a grief-stricken Duo was revealed. The scene reminded her of the scene a few nights ago, the roles reversed. He lifted his tear-stained face and let out a broken sob. ?She?s gone. Hilde?s gone.?
Relena gasped. ?Gone? Duo, what happened? What do you mean, gone?? She moved aside so that he could enter and quickly shut the door behind him. He began to pace the room and it dawned on Relena what had happened.
?She came over?asked to talk to me?<sob!>?I got nervous?she knows. I didn?t mean to tell her! It just kind of?.slipped out, you know??
Relena?s jaw dropped. ?You TOLD her what happened?! Oh Duo, how could you! Although I guess it?s not all your fault?it takes two to tango.?
Relena gave him a hug; not an inviting one, but a comforting one. He returned the embrace and quietly sobbed into the young minister?s shoulder. ?We?ll find her Duo?and we?ll find Heero too. Things will work out and be ok in the end. Just remember?.if it?s not ok, it?s not the end.?
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[A/N: I hate fast forwards but here goes?.skip ahead in time about 8 months]
After carefully checking the label to a box of the renowned Breakfast of Champions, known to the rest of the world as Wheaties?, Heero tossed the box into his cart. He suddenly found himself faced with a strangely familiar young man. After a moment?s thought, Heero realized that he was the man who had been having an affair with his Relena. Heero?s eyes narrowed as he thought of the best way to confront this man. Although his usual style would be to pull his gun on the kid (A/N: Where does he keep that thing anyway??), that didn?t seem appropriate in the middle of the cereal isle. He asked the man what in the hell he thought he was doing. The guy looked up, startled, and said, ?Hey man, I just wanted some frosted Wheaties?.?
Heero, after spending so much time in a junior high library, replied, ?Sugar is bad for your teeth. Get the plain ones.?
Chase obediently put the frosted ones back and grabbed a box of regular Wheaties?. He turned to leave but Heero grabbed his arm. ?Why did you sleep with my fianc?e??
Chase was confused. He hadn?t slept with anyone recently. ?Who are you talking about??
Heero gave the guy his patented Death Glare. The guy began to shake. ?Relena Peacecraft. You?re the tabloid journalist who splashed pictures of you guys all over the papers right before our wedding.?
Realization dawned on the young moron?s face. ?Ohhh, yeah! Sorry about that?I needed a huge story to save my job. It was all a sham, we didn?t really sleep together.?
Heero?s grip on Chase?s arm slackened. ?Nothing happened??
Chase shook his head. ?Only in my dreams, pal.?
?Then what are you doing here if your job is not??
Chase shrugged. ?I quit.?
Heero?s blood began to boil. ?After destroying Relena?s reputation and our relationship, you just?quit?!?
Chase shrugged again. ?That?s life for ya buddy.?
Heero released Chase?s arm and stalked silently from the supermarket.

His bags were packed, his tickets accounted for, and he had readied himself for the return to his love. As he was flying out of the elevator and on his way across the lobby, he ran into (literally) a very pregnant Hilde.


A/N: Dun dun dun!!! Cliffhanger! Mwahahahahhaha now you HAVE to read the next chapter ::winks::
*Jess pops out of nowhere- actually the seat next to Liz seeing as Liz is over at Jess?s house*
Hello everyone!! I?m here with Liz; actually, she?s spending the night at my house. We?re a couple of crazed teenagers on a sugar rush from all the Pepsi and peanut M&M?s. We?re having far too much fun with this story. Like Heero?s occupation- we speculated on all the stupid possibilities for almost ten minutes. We have an idea for a joint story coming up, but we both need to finish our current respective stories first.