Heero opened his eyes when he heard 'gashan, gashan' coming from the kitchen. He looked at Duo who was still asleep and got up from the bed and padded over to the kitchen in his slippers.
He looked to see every pot and pan in the house on the floor, some mixing bowls on the kitchen table as well as eggs, milk, juice and flour. Then he heard Fuyuka coughing, then her flour coated head popping up from underneath the table. "You're supposed to be asleep," she said.
"Fuyuka, what are you doing?"
"I'm making breakfast. It's Fathers' Day."
Heero sighed, then said, "Let me help you."
"No, I want to make breakfast for you and daddy!"
"Well, how about we work together to surprise him then?" Heero quickly put away most of the pots and pans and cleaned up some of the mess. "What were you going to make?"
"Chocolate cake."
"Chocolate cake's not for breakfast. How about pancakes?"
"Un."
"Ok, put 3 eggs into the bowl."
Fuyuka put the eggs whole in the bowl and looked up at him.
This was going to be a long morning, thought Heero.
Half an hour later
Heero put the pancakes and the syrup bottle on the tray with the butter dish and cutlery.
"I want to carry the tray," Fuyuka pouted, hands on her hips.
"It's too heavy. How about you carry the plastic juice glasses?"
"OK."
They walked in to see Duo still sleeping and curling the sheets and blankets around him into a massive cocoon in the middle of the bed.
"HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!" yelled Fuyuka at the top of her voice.
Duo woke up and said, "That's for me?"
Fuyuka stepped forward, then tripped and fell face first, spilling the juice on the carpet. Seeing all the orange juice on the floor, she started to cry. "Waaaaahhhhh!"
Heero put the tray on the dresser, then picked Fuyuka up. "Don't cry."
Duo got up and threw a big towel over the juice to sop up the mess. He patted Fuyuka on the head and said, "C'mon, it's nothing. Don't you want to eat some of the pancakes?"
"Noooo," she wailed.
Duo sighed and said, "Come here you." He picked her up and put her on the bed. Then he took the tray and put it on the bed, then cut a small piece of pancake with his fork and ate it. "Mmmm, it's good."
"Really?" Fuyuka stopped sniffling.
"Uh, huh and if you just dry your eyes, I'll tell you the story about a soldier named Trowa and his three magic lions that lived in his tinderbox the size of my hand."
"Were they dinky lions?"
"No, they were bigger than you, me and Heero combined... "
While Duo was talking, Heero sprayed some cleanser on the stain and threw the towel into the hamper. After he washed his hands, he got some glasses of juice for everyone and sat down on the bed, eating pancakes while listening to how the magic lions saved the circus and charmed a magnificent prince named Quatre.
The End
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