Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ By The Light... ❯ a charming little bistro... o.O ( Chapter 12 )

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By The Light…

A Fanfic by Lady Lye

Chapter Twelve: a charming little bistro...o.O

Copyright 2001

Idea suggested and consulting/editing by Mako-chan

Disclaimer: Don't own GW *sob* Don't own SM *sob again* but I do own- KATAKU! My keyboard!! BWAHAHA! *laughs in Wufei's face* Take THAT annoying Justice Boy!!

Note: I scramble names a tad… Japanese- English- what's the dif? Some of each all mixed together to create MY Universe…

Other Note: SM time; after Super S but before Stars since the manga's not all out. ^__^ GW time; um, we're gonna mess with this A LOT. They're comrades living together w/ the Winner's I dunno if they have gundam but it remains to be seen… Just go with the flow, k? All will be revealed eventually…



XII

"Oh, good one, Mina," she muttered irritably, looking around her again. All that met her view were trees and bushes and the occasional chipmunk. "Go ahead and make plans with a werewolf at midnight and don't even bother to get more specific than 'the park'. I mean, it could be any park, right?" she peered down the gravel path again. Maybe she should get closer to- to where-

She stared uneasily at the path she had taken last night. The one that had lead her deeper into the trees and danger. It seemed like a logical place to go but…

"Mina?" He stood several feet away in jeans and t-shirt. It seemed he had had the same easy thoughts she had.

"Heero," she replied in kind; the same aloof, casual tone. She felt anything but casual. 'Why is my heart pounding? Fear?' Somehow she knew that wasn't it.

"There're cops swarming all over there," he said, indicating the clearing where they had… met.

"What?" Mina blinked.

"I walked by there. Someone must have found the… evidence. They've blocked it off and anything."

Mina felt like swearing and nearly did. "Just great. Let's not hang around then, huh?"

"Right behind you." They took yet another path, one that lead in the opposite direction to where they had been last night. "So- where do you want to go?"

"Um, anywhere's ok," she shot him a sideways glance. He was tall. What!? Why did THAT matter!? "I really just wanted the chance to talk to you."

"Hn," was what it sounded like. They continued to walk in silence.

"Um, I know this little café my friends and I go to a lot. They have good food there and it's really not too expensive," she suggested, afraid to look at him again, but also afraid to not look and show she was scared. Finally she looked, and sucked in a quick breath. He was looking directly at her. Those blue eyes really were amazing.

"Sounds good."

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Raye stared at Chad in utter amazement. For once, she was speechless. "You want me to what?"

"Come with me? Please?" he begged, already on his knees.

"No way."

"PLEASE!??!" he pleaded, eyes visible and saucer-wide under the mat of hair. "It's my first day and I still don't know my way around the city very well- you've lived here almost all your life, haven't you? I need someone who knows the roads!"

"Chad, you shouldn't have taken the job if you couldn't handle it!" she scolded, arms folded across her chest. Summer vacation was giving them WAY too much free time.

"PLEASE!? I'll do anything!"

She eyed the polyester uniform in repulsion. Finally she sighed and dropped her head and arms in defeat. "I suppose so…"

"YES! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" he leapt to his feet and hugged her.

"Gah! Let me go, you big dummy or I won't do it! And I'm not getting out of the car. And I am NOT wearing the uniform, ok? Cha-ad!" And so Raye Hino embarked on the journey of the common delivery boy.

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AN: Aw, come ON! I was feeling bad that she had barely been in the story at all… Now I'm happy again. We can work on Lita later, gomen.

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Mina sipped delicately at her drink, careful not to slurp. Her stomach was jumping every which way, the traitor. She surreptitiously took another glance at Heero as he studied the menu. She had to admit it- was cute. Ok, more than cute. Very, very, good looking might be more like it. She quickly looked away and out the window, feeling his eyes on her, almost making her shiver again, though not in a bad way. Somehow the reminder that he wasn't human wasn't working.

Heero took the chance to study her carefully, trying very hard not to be obvious about it. He fumbled as he turned the menu over. 'Stupid.' He thought, growing more and more impatient with himself. He felt like a complete klutz. He'd been more clumsy in the last half hour than he'd ever been in his life before. Why?

He had to admit that there was something appealing about her. 'Grace' seemed to be the word he was looking for. It was gracefully that her golden hair cascaded around her shoulders, gracefully that she cupped the chilled glass between her slim fingers, gracefully that she turned her head ever so slightly to look out the window. But their was sadness in her deep blue eyes, as though she didn't know that she possessed such poise. As though she were just waiting to make an inevitable mistake.

"Have you decided?"

Heero jumped, knocking over his glass and sending it's contents splashing across the table top. The waitress and Mina stared for a moment before the waitress immediately went to get something to wipe it up with.

"I'm sorry," he muttered futilely, dabbing at the water with his flimsy napkin. "It was my mistake-" his cheeks burned with embarrassment. Something inside him cringed. Despite himself, he'd kind of wanted to impress her.

Another hand mopping up the pool of water made him look up. Mina smiled then. "Here, let me, I'm a real klutz and so are my friends- we know a lot about this," something in her eyes twinkled merrily.

He stared back at her, not knowing what to say. His jaw worked a little but no sounds came out. The moment was broken abruptly as the waitress moved in with a large towel to soak up the water.

"I'll get you another table, how's that?"

"Oh, thank you," Mina smiled at her amicably.

Numbly, Heero followed her lead to a drier table. The waitress took their orders and left, still apologizing, though Heero knew it had been his fault. 'Stupid. I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have come here. No- I should have come here ages ago. I don't know anything about this world and now I'm making a complete fool of myself.'

Mina was staring at him. He blinked, more than a little startled. She tilted her head to the side. "Do you… get out often?"

"No, not really," he could feel himself flushing. His only hope was that his tan would hide it enough that she wouldn't notice.

That seemed to satisfy her and she didn't ask anymore questions. "So. How long have you lived around here?"

"Not long. We move around a lot. It's only been a few months here."

"We?"

"My- friends and I."

She nodded and they both didn't speak until the waitress had placed their plates down and left. She began again awkwardly. "I feel like I'm giving you the Spanish Inquisition…"

"No, no I agreed to this," he said, resolving himself to it firmly as he spoke. "Go ahead. Ask me anything. I can't guarantee that I'll answer, but I'll try."

"Thank you… I just," she bit her lip. Damn, did he realize that he was this good looking? He seemed to have a natural confidence, if only he'd use it. The Love Goddess in her pitied him and wanted to reach out to him, to show him that he didn't need to be so self conscious. 'Wait a minute. Self conscious? Around ME? Get over yourself, Mina…' "I would really like to know about you. I'm really curious. I've never met anyone like you and I don't know anyone who has. Or even heard of anyone meeting someone like you."

"Like me? You mean a Shapechanger?"

"Is that what you call yourself?"

He shrugged and leaned back, seeming to finally be relaxing a little. Perhaps having the food there to distract them from each other was working. "It's one name. Shapeshifter is another. Humans give names to things, even when they don't totally understand them."

"Are you not human then?" she asked quietly.

He gave that pause. "I don't really know."

"Is everything ok, kids?" the waitress came by again.

"Yes, we're fine, thanks," Mina smiled to her and waited for her to go again. "What do you do all day?"

He flushed, a little embarrassed. "And all night, you mean?"

She flushed in return, the rosy color adding to her features. "Well- not in so many words maybe," she mumbled.

"I- live with my friends," he said honestly, studying his plate instead of her. "There's not really much I can do. I guess I COULD move among normal humans but… It's not just at night that I'm affected. If the full moon hangs in the sky and it's light touches me, then I change whether I like it or not."

"Can you change at any other time?" she asked, really interested now. It sounded as though there was truth to some of the urban legends.

"I CAN," he admitted. Then he turned his intense blue eyes on her. "But why would I want to?"

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