( injuries )
( injury - Injury is damage to the body caused by external force. This may be caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and other causes. Major trauma is injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. )
summary : clean up duty is something Rei takes quite seriously.
Minako stumbled through the cold night. The wind wasn't so kind to her tonight, it made her hair swirl around and sometimes even hit her in the face. The roads and streets were pretty nice though, empty, but the streetlights were still intact and guiding the blonde to her destination.
A sharp searing of pain shot through her, causing her to groan loudly in discomfort.
"Fuck." Minako breathed, clutching her side to stop her wound from gushing more blood. She had to lean against a lampost to control her uneven heavy breathing.
She was trying to protect Sailor Moon, pushing her Princess to the ground as the youma tore through her Sailor Venus fuku and cut deep into her skin. Minako could remember the look of horror on Sailor Moon's face as her beloved senshi hovered over her, fresh droplets of blood seeping out from her side on falling onto Sailor Moon's fuku. Minako knew Usagi felt guilty that she had put her life on the line for her, but it was either Venus or the Princess.
Minako continued walking (or limping, in this case), groaning in pain as she hiked up those stairs that she always hated to climb. Once she reached the top, Minako listened to the calm rustle of the cherry blossom trees. She whimpered at the feeling of blood trailing down her arm and her side. It was still dark red, black almost, and if she didn't get it patched up she would most certainly die from blood loss. Minako was still baffled as to how she walked that long distance without passing out.
She slouched against the wall, scratching at the door with barely any force. She wouldn't be surprised if no one heard her. She kept on trying and trying until her hand gave out.
"R..Rei.." She croaked, jiggling the doorknob. For a second Minako thought no one was going to open to the door, and she was getting ready to burst out into tears.
Eventually it opened, revealing a quite pissed off Rei Hino.
"What?!" She yelled, but immediately regretted it as she saw Minako leaning against the wall, bleeding profusely.
The blonde's lips tilted up into a pained smile. "Y-you know, I-I thought you were just gonna leave m-me out here…" She mumbled, her wound bubbling every time she tried to take a breath.
Rei sighed, rubbing her temples as she signaled Minako to come in. She carefully helped lay the blonde down on her bed, while she went to get a first aid kit.
Minako placed a hand to her forehead, unsticking her blonde bangs that stuck because of sweat. Her head was spinning and her eyes drooped slightly, as her face went pale from the blood loss. Rei came back with some bandages, rubbing alcohol and gauze pads.
"Take off your shirt." She said, sitting on the end of the bed.
Minako groaned as pain shot through her body again. "I-I can't."
Rei gritted her teeth in irritation and pushed Minako's shirt up over her head. Her wound started from just below her breast and ended above her hip, and Minako still wasn't sure how she managed this long without anything to stop it from bleeding.
The blonde watched Rei as she dipped a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and wiped away the dried blood that surrounded the wound. Her dark eyebrows were knotted together and her face showed slight anger.
"W-Why are you so mad at me?" She asked, whimpering as the raven dabbed alcohol onto her wound.
Amethyst eyes snapped to cerulean.
"Because you always end up hurting yourself!" She scolded, picking up the bandages next to her and unwrapping them.
Minako exhaled. "I was trying to protect Usagi."
Rei looked up at the blonde in a panic, stopping what she was doing immediately. "What? Is she okay?"
The other girl turned her head away to hide the obvious pain in her eyes. "The only reason she got off without a scratch is because I-I took the blow for her. But of course, you don't care about that."
Rei clenched her jaw tightly. "How do you even have the audacity to say that?" She grumbled.
Minako grunted as the raven started to put on the bandages, taking a breath of air. "Cause if it was Mercury or Jupiter, or even Usagi who got hurt, you'd be going mental at this point. But because it's me, you can't even look me in the eye."
Rei looked down painfully, ignoring her as she continued wrapping the bandage around Minako's side. She was right, Rei was just pushing her away. But it wasn't like she was actually going to say anything about it. Rei sighed, lifting her head up to look at the blonde. Instead of bright eyes staring back at her, they were shut in pain.
"Am I hurting you?" She asked bluntly, wrapping the bandage around one last time. Minako slowly opened her eyes and shook her head.
"Just mentally." She replied as her voice cracked. The blonde steadily sat up on the bed, pushing the raven away from her. "I wish this had killed me." She whimpered quietly to herself, placing a hand on her injured side.
"Minako!" Rei snapped, her eyes wide as she looked at her leader in shock. "Seriously, what's wrong with you today?"
Minako knotted her eyebrows together. "I could ask you the same thing."
The other girl stared at her for a while before getting off the bed, not facing the blonde. "I'm just worried about you. That's all." Rei turned around to look at her. "If I don't, you'll end up killing yourself." She crossed her arms.
Minako painfully arose from the bed, frowning a little. "I'm your leader, I know what I'm doing."
Rei narrowed her eyes at her. "Really? Do you?" She asked, every word dripping with venom.
Fresh tears fell from pained cerulean eyes, sliding down cheeks red with anger. "Shut up!" Minako screamed, trembling. The sudden outburst of rage caused pain to slice through her wound, and she groaned in agony.
Rei's eyes softened, her heart aching a little bit at the sight.
I went too hard on her. She thought, sighing slightly. Fuck.
"Minako…" She said in a low voice. "Minako, I-I didn't mean that...I-I'm sorry." She stuttered, approaching the other girl.
The blonde sat back down on the bed, wiping away her tears as she tried not to look at Rei. "I don't care if you are."
Rei sat down next to Minako, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Please, look at me." She said. Once cerulean eyes reluctantly made their way to amethyst ones, Rei smiled softly, pulling Minako up to tenderly touch her lips against her cheek.
"Rei.." Minako said quietly, her hands gently resting on Rei's shoulders.
"You know, just because it's my duty to protect Usagi," She mumbled in between kisses, "doesn't mean I'll lose interest in you."
Minako let out a small smile as she hugged Rei closer to her.
"I know."
holy shit that sucked lmaooo but more to come