Precious pt.7

Disclaimer: I don't own GW.

Author Notes: I'm a bit late on my update, but I'm glad you've been keeping a lookout for it.

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Duo woke up and groaned.

~Nngh….What time is it?~

When he rolled over his eyes met a bright, red 7:20.

"OH SHIT!"

He hopped out of the bed and quickly turned on his lights. Hopping into his boots, Duo grunted as he caught sight of his disheveled state in the mirror. After successfully getting into his boots, he took out his braid and then rebraided it. Grabbing his wallet he walked out of his room and rushed out of the apartment and into the cold.

~Damn, I should have gotten my coat! This sucks so much! Is this just NOT my day or something? Mari's probably pissed at me too. "Ouch! Watch it!"~

"Huh?"

Duo looked up to see that he had run into an angry passerby.

"Sorry dude."

He sped his pace up to a run. Against the cold, you could see his breath trying to dominate as it came out in huge puffs. People looked at him as if he were crazy as he ran past them, leaving them with the Slap Slap Slap of his feet as the only answer. Finally, he made it to the looming gates of Une's mansion.

Duo pressed the intercom button. After a minute, someone answered.

"Whom is speaking?"

"Mari it's me."

"…"

"Please Mari? I'm sorry I'm late. I can explain." Duo waited.

Suddenly, the gate creakily opened to let him through. As soon as he was in they closed quietly, as if afraid of the impending wrath of the two females inside. Duo walked swiftly to the door where Mari stood to greet him. Actually, it was more like blocking his way in.

Her arms were crossed and her face was twisted into a scowl.

"Where were you Duo Maxwell?"

He winced. The full name huh? She must be pissed

"I was sleeping. Don't give me that look. It's true. I had this crappy migraine, so I decided to sleep it off. I had only wanted about 3 hours of sleep, but instead, I got about 5. Funny huh? I'm really, really sorry. Is it too late to eat?"

His look was a sheepish one, and his shoulders were slumped. Mari's look was that of exasperation.

"Actually, dinner just started a minute ago. I had wanted you to come early so that you'd be able to talk with Mum for a while, you know, before dinner. I didn't think you'd be staying much later than that. Now all you CAN do is eat and go. You suck so much, you know that?"

He smiled.

"Come on. You idiot, you must be freezing. Why didn't you wear a coat?"

As he stepped inside, he answered.

"As soon as I woke up, I pretty much ran over here. I didn't really think about the weather."

She closed the door and led him to the dining room.

" Oh, I see. Let's sit down. Mum is in the kitchen getting the drinks. I'll tell her you're here."

Duo did as he was told and sat. He was glad he did, because Marimeia's outburst nearly blew him away.

"MUM! DUO IS HERE!!!"

"OKAY, AND DON"T YELL!"

Une sounds as if she's used to this. He sniffed. Mmm, that's smells great! With his mouth watering, he looked at the covered platters before him.

"Yo Mari, can I take these tops off?"

"Yeh, sure Duo.

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"URCK!"

"Duo!"

"S'cuse me."

Marimeia shook her head. "You have problems Duo." She smiled. " I'm going upstairs to play with my gifts. Oh, thanks for the PS2 Mum!!!"

"You earned it Mari."

The fifteen year old ran up the stairs to get to her room. That left two occupants in the room.

"Sooooo…."

"So what?"

"You're not helping here."

"Mari said you were late because you were sleeping?"

"Yeh, I'm sorry."

"Mari called at like one or something. You weren't up?"

"Nope, I was dead asleep."

There was a kind of tension in the air. Duo was anxious ,and Une was…curious.

"What about your show?"

"What?" Duo's voice was a bit too forced for his liking.

" I thought you said you had a show to catch early in the morning."

"Oh, I-I completely forgot about that."

"What was the name of it?"

"Why, you want to watch it too?"

Une's voice turned cold.

"If you didn't want to stay, you could have just said so. You didn't have to lie."

"No, no! It's not like that!"

~ I gotta think of something. She's getting pissed quick. ~

"I wasn't feeling good, and I sure wasn't gonna tell you that. Remember Mari told you I told her I was sleeping off a migraine?"

She huffed.

"So you're telling me a former Gundam pilot slept about twelve hours because of a migraine!?!"

~ Who does she think she is talking to me like that?~

"Shut up, you don't know me! Why are you being so damn nosy!?! I wasn't trying to offend you last night. That's the truth. I may run and hide, but I never lie."

"Duo-…"

"NO! I'm not taking this! I'm out of here! Tell Mari I said goodbye. Merry Christmas Une."

His tone was hurt. Une watched helplessly as he stormed out of her house and once again into the cold. Quietly, she turned and went up the stairs, leaving the table as it was. Once she was upstairs, she walked until she was right infront of Marimeia's door. She rapped lightly and waited for it to open. When it did she spoke stoically.

"Goodnight Mari. Duo said goodnight and Merry Christmas as well." Une gave her a light kiss upon Mari's forehead before stiffly making her way to her own room. Only one thought ran through her mind.

~ What made him snap like that?~

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Tsuzuki

I hope you liked that! Nothing really to say down here. I only want to say that I made Marimeia 15 in this fic.

I'd suggest a couple of fics right now, but I'm too lazy. I'll just name a couple of good authors off the top of my head.

Violet Nyte

Emily Hato

emeraldwolf

Jinakel Wohess

KentraShintaku02

Ravensthief

And

Akutenshi