Part One of Violet Eyes Crying

[Desert Bloom]

Authoresses Note: Okay, I know I'm a glutton for punishment, starting two long series at once, but I've also had this haunting my mind day and night and just had to get it out. It's pretty short at the moment, but I'm just starting things out. It's from Hilde's POV. It looks like a one-shot, but it should have a few more parts to it.


Title: Of Vows And Promises



It had been a very sudden thing. But then again, Duo was the master of suddenness and did not cope well with long things that required patience. "Ah, Hilde," He had remarked to me once, on the subject of one of Relena's new campaigns for world peace, "She's got all the right ideas in mind, you see, but takes it too slow. People want it NOW, not laborious weeks from the NOW."

I questioned his knowledge about these affairs. After all, nothing that complicated can be achieved in the NOW.

He shook his head, a small grin playing at his lips. "Perhaps not. But, I think we would be all better off if they would just order the damned peace, and make us all believe in it."

He's like that. Whatever his opinion of the moment is works. He can totally disagree with something five minutes later, and say that he had never said such a thing, for he has that suddenness.

Upon my reply that we wouldn't be free, he responded, "Yes, true. It'd be nice if they could, though," and there was no more arguing with him.




To the point, it had been a very sudden thing.

I was working with a customer out in the garage, a grumpy old man who wouldn't believe that women could have some vast knowledge of mechanics and periodically demanded that the man in the business would come out to work on it. His car's engine had suddenly blown, and I was to take care of it.

"He's away getting some parts, sir." I said, looking up from the hood of the car and rubbing some of the dirt and grime off my face with a used rag.

"Well, then, stop dawdling and fix it!" He barked, all five of his chins wiggling in succession.

I fought the urge to tell him off. To tell him off would mean to give him his money back, and I knew we couldn't afford that. Getting customers was hard enough these days, never mind keeping them. Sighing, I nodded, and returned to work.

He simply stared at me for the next ten minutes, no doubt watching my every movement until he could find some flaw to go on about. Finally, I lifted my head again, and tentatively suggested, "Perhaps you would like to go wait outside, sir?"

He would have none of that, as illustrated by his next words, said with a rage that I couldn't understand. "None of that, none of that!" He walked up to me, peering over my shoulder, and then, to my complete horror, burst into a long elaborate speech about all the fine details I had messed up, and how he was positive that it was worse off than before, and that I could be sure that before the week was up we would be hearing from his lawyer.

"To be sure! I have never had service this bad before in my life! Why, look at that, look at that!" Stopping his roar for a moment, he pointed at the engine, and I looked.

"That is the most - "

"Wonderful job you've ever seen?"

Both the man and I turned in utter and complete surprise to see Duo, grinning, hands on his hips.

"Because," Continued Duo, "This fine lady here is a miracle worker of a repairman, and I'm glad to work for her. So surely you couldn't have been thinking of saying anything else?"

The man fairly glowered with rich hot anger. "YOU work for HER?"


Duo took a couple steps forward, nodding, his eyes suddenly changing meaning with a sudden flash. No longer did he seem to be joking with the fellow, but rather he was very threatening, pointing an accusing finger at him.

"Look sir, I don't appreciate your coming in here and wasting our time! SO GET OUT!"

The man opened his mouth to say something, thought better of it, and, with cheeks that were burning a tomato red, ordered us to return his car to him in the morning, and then, nodded a quick goodbye and promptly left.

"That guy was weird." I said, sighing as I wiped my face again with the rag.

Duo grinned, still moving close to me.

"Duo, what in God's name are you doing?"

He stopped abruptly, still wearing that devious grin. "Hmmm. Hilde, get dressed up real pretty, okay?"

I blinked. "Eh? What? Why?"

He crossed his arms, seemingly very satisfied with himself. "I'm treating you tonight. It's not the greatest place, but hey?"

"Duo, what are you talking about?"

If I thought he had been grinning before, I was not ready for the ear-to-ear smile he split next. "Oh, say, St. Richard's?"

I let out a squeal of delight, fairly jumping into his arms. St. Richards was only the most expensive and extravagant restaurant on the colony.




I did my best to get dressed up 'real pretty', enjoying my feminine, non-tomboyish-side as I took a bath, found the perfect lavender dress, one which hugged my hips smugly, and went to new extremes in makeup, so that it wasn't tacky, but certainly decorated enough. I was just about to leave my room when I was suddenly aware of a soft beep as the vid-phone clicked on at my bedside table, telling me that there was a call coming through.

Sighing, I rolled my eyes heavenward, and took a seat on the bed while simultaneously accepting the call with the slap of a button. Fixating a last pearl earring on my one ear, I smiled as Catherine's cheery face came on the screen.

She immediately took note of my dressed up looks. "Wow, you look pretty."

I nodded. "Yeah, Duo's taking me out."

"Oh, really? The proposal?!" She stopped, suddenly realizing what she'd blurted out.

I stared, my hand dropping weakly from my ear to my lap. "What?"

[blackrose]

WHAT? Geez Cathy, you can so NOT keep a secret!!!!

And what a place to end it! Sheesh!

Oh well, at least the God of Death knows to take the lady out to a nice place to propose...and chased the mean guy out of the shop. Poor Hilde.

Great fic! **pokes Desert Bloom** How about the next part????

~Rose

[Tsukiyo]

CATHERINE!!! YOU'VE SPOILED EVERYTHING!! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE!!

This is going to be good Desert Bloom so keep writing cause i wanna read another chapter! tee hee...

~Tsukiyo

[PeRiDoTs13]

*GAPE* I REPEAT *<I><B>GAPE* <U>CATHERINE, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT????????????????????????? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU????????????????? KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</B></I></U>