Disclaimer: I owns nothin'
Pairings: 1+2
Warnings: Fluff,
sap, silliness, shonen ai, look both ways before crossing the
road
Marmite - an off-the-cuff ficlet
Heero wandered in the direction of the kitchen. Life felt
particularly good this morning - the sun was shining, times were quiet,
and somewhere in the house was his beautiful lover. He smiled to himself,
knowing how shocked the others would be if they knew Heero's secret soppy
thoughts. But right now, it was too nice a day to care. As he approached
the kitchen door he could hear Duo scraping toast into the sink - now he
thought about it there was a smell of burning around - and he smiled again
as he saw Duo energetically spreading something from a jar onto the
freshly-scraped toast. He watched quietly, appreciating Duo's enthusiasm
in everything, even breakfast. He loved the way Duo really MEANT
everything he did - whether slicing mobile suits in half or hoovering the
carpet or covering himself in chocola... Heero got a sudden urge to do
more than just watch Duo, and swiftly crossed the kitchen and gathered Duo
into his arms.
Duo grinned. "Morning." Hearing Heero's silence he
continued. "Well, this is a nice squeeze for so early... Got something
planned?"
"Maybe."
Duo continued to smile. "And what would
that be?" He put the uneaten half of the slice of toast on the counter as
Heero turned him round and kissed him passionately on the mouth.
Until...
"Eugh!" Heero abruptly pulled away from the kiss,
wiping frantically at his mouth. "What in God's name did you spread on
that toast?!"
Duo frowned. "What?" He picked up the jar. "This?
It's Marmite. A European thing, I understand... from those little islands
in the West of the old United Nations of Europe... I once found some when
I was at Quatre's, you know how he has lots of foreign cuisine, and I
liked it, so I kept getting him to get me some..." His voice trailed away.
"Don't you like it Heero?"
But Heero was already heading towards
the bathroom, where there was a tube of extra-strong mint toothpaste with
his name on it.
Soooo... a little note by
way of explanation! Marmite is ... a very hard thing to explain! It is
made from yeast extract, is dark brown, has a strong taste and you spread
it very thinly on toast. It's a love-it-or-hate-it thing - I, like Duo,
love it! (My other half, he's like Heero though - and it's great fun to
tease!) They actually market it with that slogan though - "You either love
it or hate it" - and the adverts are very amusing, like where the guy
drinks sour milk because it's the first thing he comes to when he wants to
get rid of the taste... If there are any antipodeans around, I'm told
Vegemite is much the same thing…
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