Playing Housekeeper

by reminiscent-afterthought

Kaolinite was annoyed with having to babysit Hotaru and the house while Professor Tomoe buried himself in his laboratory.

A/N: Written for the Sailor Moon Flash Bingo on the Sailor Moon Fanfiction Challenges forum (link in profile), #009 – obsession.

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Playing Housekeeper

Kaolinite could not feel any sympathy for Hotaru when the girl struggled to get out of bed and lay, sick and pale, under the dark purple sheets. The ill Hotaru was just a hindrance to all of them: to Professor Tomoe who struggled to revive Mistress 9 and restore his daughter's perfect body, and to her in trying to win the professor's affections.

Perhaps part of her did feel a little stab as she played the housekeeper role, ruffling her pillows and rearranging her stuffed toys and dolls and bringing cool drinks and snacks for her to eat. Maybe she did feel a little bit like a mother when she dressed Hotaru and brushed her hair when Hotaru couldn't manage it herself.

But most of her just felt annoyed, because the true reason for her doing it all was holed up in his laboratory without a care for her affections, obsessed with his work.