Length: Ficlet
Pairing: 1xR
Prompt: Innuendo
Teaser: "So I like to keep myself entertained in between meetings...what's it to
you?" Heero and Relena discuss solitaire of a different sort.
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5141105/6/N ... al_Nuances
Disclaimer: GW = not mine
Author's Note: Prompt 6 is "innuendo." Hope everyone understands the meaning behind their conversation.
If not, ask and I'm willing to explain.Nonsensical Nuances
by mistress amethyst une
Solitaire
"Vice Foreign Minister Darlian will see you now," announced the new male secretary, his voice missing the distinct stutter Heero usually inspired in Relena's staff.
"You're new, aren't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"You'll learn."
"Learn wha-"
The office door slammed shut before the bewildered young man could finish his query.
"Are you going to educate my new secretary, Heero?"
She didn't even bother to look up from her computer monitor.
"Just the basics," he replied, walking over to her desk.
"I don't need an assassin for a personal assistant. I certainly don't need to lose another employee thanks to your impromptu training sessions."
He promptly plopped down on the plush seat facing her. There was rarely a point to his daily afternoon visits. He simply felt the need to look in on her whenever the opportunity presented itself. She usually didn't mind. Usually. She had been irritable the past few days.
"What are you doing?" he asked, hoping to change the topic and avoid the inevitable argument about his overzealous observance of safety protocol.
"Playing solitaire," she replied, still refusing to look at him.
He attempted to peer at her screen but she quickly closed the file she was viewing. Judging by the content of the wall of text he'd glimpsed, she wasn't playing with virtual cards.
"What is it, Heero?" she asked, looking utterly flustered as she finally met his eyes.
"That wasn't solitaire. Not the kind I was expecting, anyway..."
"So I like to keep myself entertained in between meetings...what's it to you?"
"All this time?"
"Poker isn't always an option. I hope you understand. Don't worry. You're the only one I play with."
The office was bugged, and they both knew the need for discreet conversation. She had to hand it to him for not immediately freaking out about her reading choices.
He sighed. "As long as you're happy. You're sure you haven't been playing poker with your new secretary?"
She raised an eyebrow. "I don't play poker at work, Heero. Especially not now. Period."
He caught the meaning of her emphasis on that punctuation mark. "I guess we aren't playing when you get home either."
"Not this week," she sighed. "Solitaire's the one thing that's keeping me sane."
"I understand. You wouldn't mind if I found someone else to play poker with then?"
"Heero Yuy, don't you dare!" she glared, hitting him with a folder.
"I was joking."
"You don't joke."
"I'm learning."
"Well, that was cruel. You know I want to play. I just can't..."
"I know."
"I haven't won all day. Also, my head hurts like hell and heels are murder."
He understood her frustration. She wasn't the only one who liked to play solitaire. Being unable to win did not make for a happy player.
Throwing caution to the wind, he kissed her ear. "I'll help you win tonight. How's that sound?"
"How could you possibly-"
"I'll show you how I play."
He could already see the effect his words had on her, how her entire body seemed to tingle, how her face turned bright red...
"Promise?"
"Promise. I'll see you in a few hours. I need to be back on duty in a bit."
"All right," she replied, her voice strangely breathy.
"Hope you can win before then," he smirked before he walked out the door.
"That's a sure bet," she thought to herself, turning to her computer screen to begin another round of solitaire.
Elyn Yuy