| Pizza Hut... Chapter 11...After another small break to finish another commision piece...We return for yet another chapter! Warnings: 2 guys kissing. Oh yeah...I don't own, so you can't sue..oh well, poor you. Pairings: 2+1 Chapter Eleven. Thursday Afternoon. Heero's View. I walk in the back door to the chaotic mess known as Pizza Hut. There's a half melted trash can sitting next to the back door. Sally runs past me into the back cooler in an urgent search for something. WuFei was busily creating pizza's alongside Catherine. Zechs just walked in the front door, pulling his work shirt over his head. Lady Une and Ira are sitting in the dinning room ignoring the chaos the rest of the store seems to be in. 'I just love our managers, leaving us to deal with this. I bet they don't even know what happened to that trash can in the back.' I think to myself. Sally walked up behind me. "I wish they would just go home, or help at least. We're getting our butts kicked back here, and they get to sit down." She whispers to me. "I know. Why don't you let Septem know? He can get Lady Une out of here and the store could finally function." "I'd be out of a job too. Remember I'm the management staff too. So's Quatre." "Ah." I say as she hands me my driver bank. I count through it, straighting the bills. "Duo here yet?" "Yeah, but I think he ran to the store for his usual paper and candy." "Oh." I said with a touch of disappointment in my voice. "What's left to do?" "Pretty much everything, why don't you get started." She hands me her keys. "Just don't steal my car, it's only got a quarter tank." I laughed at her statement. I head outside, passing the melted trash can again. I shake my head at it. I go out to the freezer, unlocking it. I let the heavy padlock drop to the ground. I gather the boxes of frozen dough I need to complete my task. I step out into the cool air. I watch Duo sprint across the parking lot. He's carrying his newspaper under one arm. His braid hitting the back of his thighs as he runs. I take my boxes towards the back door. I balance them in one arm, reaching for the door. "Let me help you!" Duo called, slowing as he reached the door. He opened the door for me, and held it as I manuvered the boxes into arms, and stepped inside. I set the boxes on the back table. Before I could turn around to thank him, he had made his way to the front of the store to lend a hand. I went to work putting oil and the frozen dough in the empty pans. 'Well, I got to see him again. He's the same Duo. I feel the same about him that I did five days ago. I tried thinking about women, but my thoughts kept going back to Duo. I need to do something about it. I need to tell him. But he's acting like we're just friends. I want to be more with him. What am I saying. A. I'm not gay. How many times have I said this. B. he's straight. I know he is, he can't have any feelings for me other than friend. C. He's having a son with Hilde! I can't do this.' "Zechs!" Sally screamed cutting off my thought. "Get these pans out of here!" "Heero," Catherine taps me on the shoulder "You're delivery's ready." "Okay." I tell her. I grab the boxes off the oven and shove them into a delivery bag. I run it out to my car and make my delivery. I return to the building. I make my way past various other employees to cash myself out. "Looks like Lady Une and Ira left you here to fend for yourself, huh?" I asked Sally. "Yeah, maybe you're right about calling Septem. Go ahead and cash yourself out." She tells me. I put the money in the drawer and return to the pans I was working on. I find them all done. So I begin the task of moving them into the walk in cooler. I take a stack to the back cooler, and put it on a shelf. I do the same for three more stacks, each time letting the door close on me. I go back for my fourth stack. I open the door, I find Duo standing inside holding a bottle of dressing for his salad bar. I place my stack of pans on the shelf. I turn to him. He's set the bottle down, and now is holding the end of that incredible braid. He's toying with the end of it in a nervous manner. I cover his hands with mine. "Duo..." I start. He's still looking down. "I need to tell you something..." I lift his head with one hand. His eyes meet mine. He raises himself onto his tiptoes, and kissed me. 'He's kissing me...' I think. 'Maybe he does like guys.' He backs away, and back to his smaller height. He quickly escapes the cooler, leaving me in a state of surprise at his actions. I exit the cooler, looking for him anxiously. He's doing a fine job of avoiding me. "Heero...delivery!" Sally screams at me. 'Back out I go, another delivery, another dollar. I kind of want another kiss though. That's my reward for actually coming in to work today. I debated calling off today. I wanted to see Duo, but I didn't.' "That'll be $21.23, sir." I dropped off my pizzas and collected the money. 'Back to my truck, I forgot my car topper. I'll grab it when I go back. Maybe Duo will stop avoiding me and we can talk. Somehow I don't think that's likely. Why did he do what he did, if he was just going to avoid me, and find out what he wants. Wait, did that make sense?' I return to the store. I put the money I collected in the drawer and grabbed a topper off the wall. I walk back to my truck. I throw it on the cab. Attatched to my windshield wiper blade is a note. I picked it up. 'Heero... Meet me tomarrow after work, at 3am, here at the store. Borrow Sally's keys, I have Quatre's. Signed Duo.' I fold the note back up and put it in my pocket. '3am? Here? Where is he?' I walk back in. "Duo! Duo!" I call out to him. "I sent him home. I didn't need a server tonight." Sally says to me. "Why?" "Oh, nothing, I just wanted to talk to him." To Be Continued... 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