Disclaimer: Not mine! Is that clear?

AN: Okay, I based this on a soap opera that I watched (only like a fourth of it though) a while ago. Some of you may (or may not) recognize it!

Warnings: AU, fluffiness, sappiness, and (in some parts) a really mean Duo! (2xH pairing)

Hilde’s Fashion

by Oyuki

Prologue

Hilde walked into Maxwell Fashion. It was her first day of work as the secretary of Duo Maxwell, the heir to the Maxwell fashion empire. It was founded by his grandmother, and when she died it passed on to his father, an only child, just like Duo Maxwell. It was common knowledge that his father’s health was failing, and that any day Duo would become the president of Maxwell Fashion.

She was so excited, it was her first real job at a real office! Hilde Scheker was just getting her life together after her disastrous relationship with Trowa Barton. He’d never loved her and only wanted to play with her. Hilde, being young and naive at the age of 21, had fallen for the sensitive guy act. And what had that gotten her? A broken heart and unemployment. She couldn’t stand working there, in the same place with Trowa. So, now six months later here she was! In Maxwell Fashion building.

She stepped into the elevator and pressed the button to the eighth floor. When the elevator stopped on her floor she stepped out and headed for the receptionist. “I’m Hilde Schebeker, Mr. Maxwell’s new secretary,” she said with a smile.

The receptionist stared a her, “Oh yes!” she squeaked. She pretended to cough and turned back to her saying, “Down that hall to your left. young Mr. Maxwell requested for you to go to his office when you arrived.”

“Thank you.” Hilde walked to where the receptionist had directed her and looked at the doors that lined the doors. She knocked on the one that had Duo Maxwell on a plaque. “Come in,” she heard a masculine voice say.

She came in and introduced herself, “Hi, Mr. Maxwell, I’m Hilde Schebeker your new secretary.”

Duo just stared at the girl. He looked her up and down, from head to toes. He noted the sensible shoes she wore, the white tights, plaid skirt she wore, the purple jacket, the cream colored shirt with a silly collar, and finally the silly face with the big smile. She had big lips, braces straightening her teeth, a large nose, thick glasses with large brown frames, unappealing blue eyes, and finally her long hair . Duo turned his head sideways to look at her hair. She had the long black mass pulled back into a braid, and keeping the stray hair out of her face was, what he hoped, a big amount of gel.

Hilde shifted uncomfortably under his stare. He’d been staring at her for the last five minutes, and she could feel perspiration on her upper lip begin to form. “Mr. Maxwell?” she said.

Duo shook his head and focused on something on his desk. For the next ten minutes he tried hard not to look her in the face and tried even harder not to laugh.

“Yes, well, that concludes the first part of your first day here, Hilde. You can go to your lunch now and... and... eat lunch,” said Duo.

“Okay, thank you Mr. Maxwell.”

“Um... yeah.”

Hilde walked out of the door, a dreamy look on her face. She sighed. Men should not be allowed to look that good. He had cobalt blue eyes, the most luscious lips she’d ever seen... oh and his hair! He had long chestnut brown hair that reached... well, she didn’t know how long it was since she hadn’t seen him standing up, but she was sure it reached his butt. She sighed again as she walked to where she had seen the cafeteria. She was sure he was built too if his arms were anything to go by. Underneath the business suit she could tell the man worked out.

Hilde didn’t know it yet, but she’d fallen in love.

*~*~*~*

Inside his office, Duo sat in his chair laughing his ass off. He picked up his phone and dialed a number. He waited for the voice of his friend to pick up before he started laughing again.

“Duo, is that you?” asked Heero Yuy, Duo’s best friend.

“Yes, Heero! Ha, ha, ha! You will not believe what I just saw!” he said still laughing.

“What did you see?” asked Heero in a bored tone.

“This one chick, man! Oh you gotta see her! She looks like... like.... like a friggin’ dinosaur! Yeah, yeah! She’s so damn funny looking, she’s my new secretary and you will not believe how ugly she is!”

“Duo... what’s your problem? Haven’t you learned not to judge a book by its cover? I mean, I know you go out with model material, but come on!--”

“Man, meet me in your office and we’ll go down to the cafeteria and then you can see her. Oh... you are going to laugh your ass off!”

“Fine, fine,” grumbled Heero.

Both men walked down to the cafeteria where they searched Hilde. Duo spotted her but did not point her out to Heero. They found a table near her, but well hidden and Duo pointed her out.

Heero didn’t know what to say. He’d seen some ugly chicks in his life, but this was ridiculous. She looked even worse than Dorothy Catalonia, his own secretary! It wasn’t long before he too started laughing.

tbc...

AN: tune in next time for Hilde’s adventures one year later....