02-Jun-2004
Title: Shopping List.
Author: Natea
Rating: G
Pairings: 1+2x1
Warnings: Shounen ai.
Disclaimer: I own not the characters
Author's note: Sigh... this is what you get when you have a hentai mind and are stuck in a supermarket checkout queue. All the products are real I have to add... and I'm making no money from endorsing (read poking fun at) them. Enjoy.
Duo parked the car as close to the entrance as he could get it, which wasn't really very close considering it was time for the schools to let out and the resourceful mothers were doing their shopping on the way home from picking up their darling little angels.
Getting out and locking the door he cast his eye about for a free shopping trolley, knowing full well that the only ones left at the official trolley park would be the duds and wonky donkeys.
He snagged one that was sitting innocuously in the middle of the road and, after a quick wheel back and forth to check resistance, set off for the entrance... following the horde of people who were doing the same thing.
Not that he could complain really, he thought. Heero was the one who usually did the shopping after all, in fact this was Duo's first time at this particular market. He looked up at the huge sign above the sliding doors as he entered.
TESCO.
Fingers crossed it was better than some of the others. He had seen Heero come back in horrific moods from the trolley raging geriatrics who inhabited their local shopping centre. Hair sticking up wildly from where he had run his fingers through it, clutching it in despair as old dears meandered up the aisles in front of him, zig-zagging with ease as he attempted to get past.
On his last attempt he had come home limping and bruised from being run into the shelves by a motorised shopping scooter. Duo had taken one look and offered, with lots of sympathy, to do the next major shop in.
And here he was.
He tightened his grip round the handle of his trolley, steeled his gaze, and took another look at the shopping list that Heero had written out for him that morning.
Fruits and vegetables were the first things he came across so he grabbed a bag of carrots, another of bananas, and a courgette, battled his way through the trolley wall ,which three old dears had built like a real life game of Tetris, across his path and pushed on.
Nothing to it, he thought triumphantly.
The aisle now stretched before him, opening out at regular intervals into themed goods... the wines and spirits aisle, the foreign foods aisle... hair care was first and he swung the trolley round on a sixpence and surged in.
The list read shampoo and he grabbed the brand that it requested and threw it into the trolley. Also in the aisle was the soap and body wash so he grabbed those and returned.
Next aisle along, shower gel and dental care. Heero had specified one type of toothpaste in particular, and it took a bit of locating before he finally found it on the bottom shelf. It seemed popular, most of the boxes were gone.
Another glance at the list and he picked two toothbrushes from the display rack and threw them into the cart. Some disposable razors, shower gel and more body wash followed.
Household products. Duo rubbed the space between his eyebrows in vague puzzlement, Heero hadn't mentioned anything about being on a cleaning spree, he thought as he grabbed two bottles of bleach and a toilet freshener. Some marigold gloves and an air-freshener were next on the list.
Then finally they were into the soft drinks aisle. The coca cola was calling to him from the far end and he stood there, in seething silence, while an oblivious old dear hemmed him in against the Red Bull.
If only it really did give you wings.
Finally getting free, he muttered an apology, stopped halfway through it incredulously as it wasn't even his fault, and continued down towards the cola. The list read for two, one litre bottles... he bit his lip for a while... wouldn't it be better to have one, two litre bottle... it would certainly be cheaper.
Unless... Heero had wanted one bottle to be Vanilla Coke and another to be Regular, he mused, nodding slightly... that made more sense.
He grabbed the flavours concerned and glanced again at Heero's list.
Nearly finished! He wandered down the fats and oils aisle to grab the olive oil, continued to the spirits and grabbed a bottle of creamed liquor... even though he'd never seen that in the apartment before... and... one last look at the list.
Two minutes, and one tub of ice cream deposited in the trolley later, he made his way slowly towards the packed checkouts.
He had the horrible feeling something was a bit off.
Where was the food for a start?
Parking the trolley at the end of a reasonably sized queue, he studied the contents of the wire framed jalopy once more. It was mainly body washes and housecleaning products... although he did know that it was all needed, and they had enough frozen foods in the refrigerator to last them until the end of the week.
Even so though... it still seemed as though something wasn't quite right.
The queue moved forwards and he reached in to grab the bottle of olive oil to place it on the small conveyor belt that led to the checkout operator... and froze.
" ...Son of a bitch... "
He put the oil down on the belt and continued to empty the trolley... his grin widening as each product was scanned and tallied up.
Before the cashier had finished with his purchases he had darted out into the shop for one last item... one not on the list.
Heero was waiting for him when he got home.
"How did it go?"
Duo dumped the bags unceremoniously on the table, "How do you think it went?" His eyes were bright and the colour was high in his cheeks.
Heero smirked at Duo's reaction, "I mean it, you know."
"Seriously?"
"Got tired of dropping hints all the time, you didn't seem to be picking up on them." He strode forwards purposefully, causing Duo to back away until he was against the wall and could go no further.
Leaning forward until they were touching from chest to hip, Heero raised one hand and buried the fingers deep into the weave of hair at Duo's crown. "Did you get the oil?" He murmured, lips so close they were kissing the air that Duo breathed.
"Extra Virgin." Duo smirked and reached out with his tongue, flicking the tip of it over those so close lips. "Never figured you for one of those Heero... I got something a little more normal." He reached round with both arms, encircling Heero's waist and threading his fingers together before pulling back forcefully.
Heero laughed.
They made use of Duo's single addition very soon.
The End
Shopping List
Duo's addition
KY Jelly 82g tube.
(:./natea/shopping)
