A/N: Guess I'm on to another fic again. Man, when inspiration bites, you totally have to write. That's why I wrote this fic. I dedicate this to all those who are fans of Mina and Makoto. This chapter has no GW character, however, they will probably show up in the next chapter or so. Don't worry Gundam Wing will be part of this fic.Thank you very much and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or Sailormoon



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"Makoto, I'm really nervous!!" Mina said anxiously.

"Relax, it's not like you haven't done this before. Just go to the stage and show them what you've got. After all, this is your ultimate dream, to become a professional model." Makoto said trying to soothe her.

"You're right, Mako-chan, that's why you're my best friend. You never cease to flatter me," with that, Mina was off to her modeling tryouts.

'I hope she gets picked. I truly believe it. She's got the beauty and body for it. I just pray that she doesn't get too tense,' Makoto thought worriedly for her friend.

Out of nowhere, Eric, Mina's latest boyfriend came into the studio. "Hey Mako-chan, is Mina inside already?"

"Yes, Eric. She'll be out in a minute or two," Makoto told him annoyed. She thinks that Eric was truly a nuisance and a hindrance to Mina. He had no job or even a plan to get one. Rumors say he was even an ex-con and a drug addict/dealer.

After a few minutes of waiting, Mina was finally finished with her tryouts. As she was coming out of the office, her forehead was down. 'Oh no,' Makoto thought and came up to try to console her.

"Mina, are you ok?" Makoto questioned her.

Mina just looked at her with a smile that probably reached her ear. After that, Mina let out a high-pitched shriek that could break your eardrums and started jumping around yelling, "I got in! I got in!"

Once she had recovered from her excitement, she said, "Thank you, Mako-chan for always believing in me." Mina turned to Eric, "As for you, thank you for spending the time to come here."

'Oh, spare me. He's probably here because his 'posse' was out getting more dope,' Makoto thought bitterly.

"No problem, would you like to celebrate?" Eric offered.

"I would love to," Mina replied. "Mako-chan, care to join us?"

'As if!! Mina will probably end up paying the bill. Like the last time she went out on a date with him or that time when he invited to go to a fancy restaurant with Mina and me. The nerve, he made an excuse to go to the bathroom and left, leaving Mina and me to pay with the bill,' Makoto thought horribly.

"No thanks, I'll let you two lovebirds alone. Besides, I have to clean the house. With all the preparations and modeling you did at the house this morning, I'd say I have tons of work to do," Makoto explained, hoping it would be a good excuse.

"Sure?" Makoto nodded. "Okay, Mako-chan, bye!"

Not wanting to waste any more time for cleaning, Makoto headed home. It was only a few blocks away from the modeling studio. She and Mina had been living there for over a year after leaving Juuban and getting on with their lives. It was easy to cope up with the things in their new town. They both had jobs. Makoto worked to as a chef in a high-class restaurant whilst Mina had just received a job as a model.

"Well, I'm here in our humble abode," Makoto said to herself as she flickered the light switch on.

Both she and Mina were proud to live in a fancy house that they were in. Their house or rather, apartment, was penthouse style, neatly decorated with antique furnishings and brightly colored paint. But the part of the house that she loved to be in the most was either in her room or the kitchen.

"Ah, home sweet home. Wonder what I should do first, clean, make dinner, or relax," suddenly noticing the mess Mina had made this morning, "Definitely clean."

Hours passed, Mina was not yet back from her date and Makoto had done all the chores that needed to be done. From cleaning to doing the laundry to fixing all that needed fixing to making dinner, all this she did for many hours. Noticing that it was already eleven in the evening, exhaustion finally overcame her and decided it was time for bed.

The next day, Makoto woke up early to make breakfast. She was hoping Mina didn't spend the night at Eric's. It's not that she didn't want Mina to be happy, she just didn't trust the guy. He's an ex-con for crying out loud. How would you feel when you know that your best friend is dating some bum who doesn't even know what's her girlfriend's last name? At that moment, Makoto noticed from the kitchen window, a car had parked in front of the building.

"Bye Eric!" Mina cried and Eric sped off in his so-called "car."

'Calm down, I'm not her mother so I won't scold her,' Makoto controlled herself. "Hey Mina, breakfast will be ready in a few!"

"No thanks, Mako-chan. I need to get some sleep. Eric and I were-" before she could continue Makoto cut her off.

"I'm sure you two had a great time. Now run along and I'll get the water ready for you to bathe in," Makoto instructed her as if she was her child, 'Man I feel more like a mother than a best friend to her.'

After breakfast, Makoto had gone to work. The restaurant that she worked in was great. Every day people would come in and succumb into her luscious food. People would often compliment her good cooking and would always leave a tip that would add up to about a hundred more or less per day. It was probably her cooking that lured more people into coming into the restaurant. For that, she received a really good pay, more than enough for them to last in a year.

The clock had reached six o'clock in the evening, which meant that it was time to go home. Once she got home, she heard gagging sounds coming from the bathroom. Immediately, Makoto came to the bathroom worried for her friend.

"Mina, what happened?" Makoto asked.

"I don't know. I was sleeping and suddenly, I felt lightheaded and started to head for the bathroom. Next thing I know, I was puking all over the place," Mina reasoned, "I don't remember eating anything weird or spoiled when I was at Eric's place."

Makoto froze and knew what was going on with Mina, 'Dear God, please not.'

"Mina, just what did you and Eric do last night? Did you happen sleep with him and not use protection?"

"Yes, and I don't know. I wasn't thinking straight. All I thought about was how happy I was to be with him," tears started to well up in her eyes.

Just then, Makoto stood up and took something from her room. She took out a self pregnancy test. "Here, go to the bathroom and follow the instructions."

While Mina was in the bathroom, Makoto had readied her car keys to go to Eric's house just in case Mina is actually pregnant. After a few minutes, Mina came out of the bathroom to bring the bad news. The pregnancy test showed that she was really pregnant. Without saying a word, Makoto practically dragged her out of the house and drove her to Eric's place. Once they got there, moaning sounds and voices crying "harder, harder" can be heard. Mina was crushed and ran out crying. Makoto, on the other hand, was enraged and slammed the door open, finding Eric having sex with some slut. He looked at her surprised.

"Makoto, it's not what you're thinking," he said as an excuse.

"Shove it, Eric. I'm not naïve. If you ever come close to Mina or her child that you caused her, I will not hesitate to rip your throat out with my bear hands, got it?" Makoto warned. Eric was speechless and did nothing but nod. Makoto came closer to Eric and gave him a punch that would really leave a mark and then left to comfort Mina.

"Mina, come on, he's not worth crying over," Makoto tried to soothe her.

"It's not that, Mako-chan. I'm crying because one, I'm not ready to have a child. And two, this will totally ruin my future career as model. Now, I'll have to give up modeling even before starting it," Mina cried harder as she said those words.

"Hey, who said you have to give up modeling. We'll find a way. We always do. Remember that time when we decided to move out of Juuban. When we came here, all we had was a couple of bucks only enough for us to last in less than a week, but look at us now. We have a nice home, great jobs, and living like we never did in Juuban. So don't worry, Mina-chan, you won't have to end your modeling career. We'll find a way," Makoto gave a motherly hug to help stop her crying.

TBC.