Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ If Love was Real ❯ Meeting ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4: First Meeting

"Hey Ami could you tell Haruka I'm going to be late today?" Hotaru asked the blue hair girl.

Pushing up her glasses she nodded. "But where are you going?"

"Just finding a job." Hotaru shouted and ran as a mad Ami was shouting at her. That was smooth… ok…let's see… She pulled out a newspaper clip from her dark purple backpack.

Hair and Beauty. Nope. Secretary. Nope. Part Time model. NOOOOO…although the pay was good. She wasn't model type anyway. Shuffling through the job section she noticed one ad the caught her attention. GW Mechanics: Help Wanted, Skilled w/ comp. ... Hmm…She was skilled. She was good with mechanical stuff. Maybe…She looked up the address and walked away.

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GW MECHANICS was written in gold paint. The large window showed some of metal parts here and there. The store looks dark, was anyone there? Upon entering the large shop a little bell jingled, signaling her presence. Ok…odd... the store was empty. No one was there all she saw was computers, car parts, and metal here and there. "Hello?" She called out. "Is anyone there?"

"Oh!!!! Hello!" A voice shouted at the end of the shop. "Could I help you with anything?"

"I guess you could." Hotaru said as she strained her eyes to see the figure.

A loud crash was heard and dust appeared to her right. " Err…are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine. A little bump won't hurt Duo Maxwell!" the figure was now visible. He was about 6'5; short chestnut bangs covered his forehead. His red lips were curved perfectly as though they were made for a wide grin. His eyes were violet they were light and mischievous…innocent, yet at the same time they looked as thought they held a deep dark secret. "So how can I help you?" He looked at her and blinked.

"Oh…sorry. Um I'm here to see about the job." Hotaru answered.

The man blinked again. And looked at her as if she was joking. What in the hell…there is this petite girl in front of him and she's asking for a job…in a MECHANICAL place???!?!!? "Are you sure? I mean…this is kinda not the job I would recommend for you…"

"It's alright. I can fix stuff. I'm pretty good with computers and all." Hotaru answered quickly not wanting him to think that she wasn't right for the job.

The man scratched his head. They do need someone to look after the shop… "Well I hafta ask my buds…"

"Oh I see. Well I'll drop by tomorrow." She said and turned for the door.

"Wait could I see your resume?" Duo asked.

"Yeah sure." Hotaru pulled out a piece of paper and handed to Duo.

"Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow then…" Duo looked at the paper. "HOT…r..u?

"It's Hotaru." Hotaru said. "Don't worry your not the first to get it wrong." She smiled and waved.

Duo looked at the paper in front of him. His eyes scanning over it faster than any normal person could. "Hm…She just might be good enough for the guys to except."

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As soon as she stepped in the mansion she knew there would be trouble.

"Hotaru." Haruka said as she looked up from the couch.

Hotaru visibly gulped. "Yes Haruka papa?"

"I heard that you were going out to get a job…"

"Yes."

"And when did you plan on telling me about it?"

"Err…today?" Hotaru fidgeted with her sweater.

"Hotaru you know that you don't need to pay off anything." Haruka said and ran her fingers over her short blond hair.

"I'm sorry. But I can't stay here without doing anything. I need to repay you back for sheltering me…for feeding me…for l-" Hotaru stopped. "I'm sorry for what I done. But please let me pay you back for you kindness."

Haruka sighed. "You don't trust us do you?"

Hotaru tensed.

"I was right. Everyone knows Hotaru and its ok. We all will earn your trust. But couldn't you just open a bit?"

"I'm sorry…"Hotaru said shaking her head again. "May I go to my room now?"

Haruka nodded.

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"Stupid…" Hotaru muttered to herself as she sat in the large tub. The stem that rose from the water fogged the room and the lights were turned off, the only sources of light were the candles she has set upon the floors. "To trust is to fail…"

***Flashback***

"Never trust anyone BUT your self Hotaru." Her `father' told her. A smaller version of Hotaru titled her head and asked. "Why?"

"Because if you trust then someday the person you trust will turn around and stab you. Do you understand that Hotaru?"

"N-No…I don't get it." Hotaru wrinkled her forehead.

"Hotaru…you will understand someday."

***End***

"I can trust... But it's too dangerous to do that now. If they find me…then all of them will be endangering." Hotaru thought. No one is your friend except yourself.

"HOTARU!!!!" Mina's voice rang through the closed door.

"Yes?"

"You got a phone call!!!!!!!!" the blonde's voice rang again throughout the house.

"Err…. ok…" Hotaru got out and wrapped a light purple towel around her body and opened the door to see a very giddy blonde.

"Here you go!" Mina said and shoved the phone through the crack.

"Thank you."

"Hello this is Hotaru speaking." Hotaru said as she walked towards the mirror in the bathroom.

"Hey Hotaru. It's me Duo!"

"Duo? Oh hi." Hotaru said as she placed the phone on a PPH (1) that was wired in the table. "Is it about the job?"

"Yeah it kind of is. Well I talked to my buds and they said it was ok." Loud clanging noise is heard for the background and something that sounded a lot like `baka'.

"Duo? You ok?"

"Uh…yeah." Duo's voice sounded slightly higher then usual.

"Ya sure?" Hotaru asked as she brushed out her shoulder length hair.

"Y-Yeah I'm sure." Duo said again.

"…So when do I begin?"

"Tomorrow if it's ok with you. The guys are going to be there and you'll get to meet them. We'll explain the schedule to you and so on."

"Ok. See you then." Hotaru said and hung up.

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NEXT DAY

"Hey morning." Hotaru said as she walked by Mina who turned into the restroom and shouted "Water on at 89 degrees!!!! (2)" Mina looked back at her and smiled "MORNING!"

"Cheery today are we?" Hotaru asked and scooted away from the obviously hyper Mina.

"Where are you going today? I mean its Saturday…Are you going out with anyone?" Mina quickly scooted towards Hotaru and whispered. "One advice to you: Never bring him home I had to break up so many times because of that mistake-"

"Um…Mina…hehe" Hotaru said nervously. "I-I ya…I got to go now! See ya!!!"

Once again Hotaru found herself walking down the old wear down street. She opened the door and instead of seeing only Duo she saw three other guys with him.

"Hey Hotaru! Right on time!" Duo said with one of his huge grins. "These are my friends."

"Hi…" Hotaru meekly said.

"Oy! I forgot to introduced you to them." Duo said and hit himself with his hand. "That's Quatre R. Winner." Duo said and Hotaru looked at the blonde now known as Quatre. His blonde hair was kind of framing his face, giving him a kiddy boyish look, clear baby blue eyes shone of intelligence and wisdom. An air of innocence surrounded him and as he smiled at her she knew instantly that he has a kind soul

"And that is Wufei Chang. Don't mind him he just has something against women." A man with a black ponytail tied tightly to the black of his head. He glared at her with black eyes, which glint with pride, then turned away muttering.

"Erm...And that's Trowa Barton." Duo said quickly.

Hotaru nodded and looked at each. Trowa was TALL his gravity defying hair somehow kept in place and covered one of his emerald eyes. They shone like gems that shined with intelligence; by looking at him she knew for certain that he was a silent type…An image of a certain bookworm pop into her head. "Maybe…Nah." She thought. Wufei on the other hand is giving off a VERY confident aura. He looked her over as if hopping to find a flaw. For some odd reason it felt that all of them held a dark secret…

"Sooo…" Duo said and looked at the clock. "Wh-"

Just then the doorbell tinkled. Hotaru turned around. This aura was different…this aura was dark, pained, cold…Next thing she saw were indescribable Prussian blue.

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PPH- when one puts a phone into this, the whole room sort of becomes a surround sound thing. One could answer the other person on the other line without being near the phone at all.

(2)Erm…Well the bathrooms are sort of voice controlled. That's why when Mina shouted in the bathroom the showers will immediately turn on at desired temperature.