fic - two chances : 5
Two Chances : 5
They left the amusement park before the evening fireworks show, neither of them particularly inclined toward explosive ordnance going off overhead as entertainment, so they were able to exit in relative peace.
"So..." Heero started. He paused only a moment, wondering if there was a certain tentativeness in his voice. The moment passed. "Overall, good?"
Duo grinned at him. "Of course! I'm glad we came. You?"
A few nitpicks rose quickly to mind, but Heero suppressed them and nodded. "Crowded," he mentioned, needing to add something. He tried to keep his tone more observational than critical.
"Yeah, about what I was expecting, I guess. Can you imagine coming here at peak season?"
"That's why we didn't."
"Yeah, why we also..." Duo shifted the large bag of plushies on his back. "I have this weird feeling that we didn't do this the way we were supposed to."
"Is there a way we were supposed to?"
"Well... we barely went on any of the rides."
"If the lines hadn't been so atrocious, maybe we would have."
"Not that I didn't have a ton of fun winning all of these toys." Half the fun had just been the recon, scoping out all of the games and evaluating strategies and odds and cost-benefit until they mission-planned their way to success.
Heero gave the large sack on his own back a tug, gauging the mass of the plush therein. "For the children," he intoned solemnly.
"For the children," Duo repeated piously. They'd even gone out of their way not to trade in the smaller wins for the larger toys, so there would be more to donate to the holiday toy drives.
"Maybe..." Heero detected that note that may have been tentativeness again. "We can do this again some time. Get another chance at those rides."
"Heero, my dear." Duo snuck his hand into Heero's. He, too, may have evinced a bit of shyness with the action. "I had a wonderful time, but I can have a wonderful time with you doing practically anything. We are not spending that much money again, just to spend that many hours standing in lines."
Heero snorted. "Honestly, I agree. With the money part, and the line part. ... And the you part." He squeezed Duo's hand.
Duo bumped their shoulders together as they strolled toward the parking lot. "It was a special occasion, though, so once was fine."
"Go for a hike next time, maybe?"
"I am one hundred percent down with that."
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