Rei opened her violet eyes slowly and shaded her brow from the harsh sunlight of the new morning. She sat up, rubbed her eyes with her creamy white hands, and looked over at the sleeping boy next to her. "Jaedite," she said in a whisper and reached over to kiss his cheek. He only smiled and twitched a bit, so Rei slowly got out of bed, reached around for her slippers, and left the bedroom.
She walked gently down the hallway of the apartment and made her way to the bathroom; her raven colored hair blew in back of her like a cape. "I wonder what time it is..." she said in a mumble when she reached the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She didn't need to turn on the light, for the sunlight from the window was just enough to light the room and turn the air into a hazy cream color. Rei dropped her night gown and stepped into the shower.
"It seems like forever...since I've last seen the girls," she said louder than the first. The water from the shower pounded on her, so she turned it down. "I don't even remember the last time I fought." She leaned up in the shower and didn't pay attention to door as it creeked open. "That dream, was so weird."
She let out a sigh and remembered exactly what happened five years ago...
Flashback..."Yes! I love him! What's the big deal?!" Rei yelled as she stomped out of the temple shrine, away from the group of bickering girls and also, Yuuichirou.
"The 'big deal' is that Jaedite is no good! He isn't the man you love! You only love him because he treats you like royality!" Yuuichirou screamed back at her and cut her off. Rei stopped and stared at him as tears ran down her cheeks, onto her kimono.
"You don't know what I feel about him. None of you do! Did you all decide on this or something?! Are you all just trying to turn me against Jed?! Well too bad, because I love him and will stay by his side when he needs me!"
"You don't know what love is, Rei!" Usagi said back, clinging onto Mamoru's arm.
Rei turned around swiftly, the tears seemed to spin around also. "Mamoru, what do you think? Do you think that Jaedite will betray me?" He didn't answer, just bowed his head, so Rei screamed louder. "MAMORU!"
"Rei, maybe you should wait and see..." Ami said loudly, but it seemed almost gentle compared to the way the rest of them yelled.
"Even Ami is against me and Jed!" Rei replied as she put her hands on her head. "I don't want to have anything to do with any of you anymore! You're supposed to be my friends! Rei stomped off, her face red with anger, as she ran down the temple stairs. The girls yelled her name and Yuuichirou ran after her, screaming, but the horizon only echoed...
End Flashback...
At this point, Rei covered her face in her hands as the tears ran down her rosy cheeks. "The temple... I just left everything behind. Grandpa must have been worried about me..." she managed to say between the gulps of air she took as she continued to cry. "And I left my transformation pen behind.."
Now, Rei could feel someone grab her arms gently from behind and remove them from her face. Then wrapped their arms around her waist and rested their chin on her shoulder. "Good morning, Rei," the person said with a gently voice. Rei noticed it to be Jed's.
"Jed? What are you doing?" she asked, looking over on her shoulder as the water still pounded on her naked body.
"I should be asking you that. Why are you crying?"
Feeling Jed's gently squeeze, Rei's heart raced. This is the first time he actually snuck into the shower with her. Too bad it was because she was upset and not out of romance. "I was thinking of the day... I left the temple."
"Because the girls didn't like me, right?" Rei nodded. "Well," he began in a sigh, "you are here with me now. We are adults and living on our own, running our own lives. Yes, you did love your friends and being a sailor scout drove you, but sometimes you have to let go. Follow what your heart tells you. It was a shame to hear all your friends oppose a person you care about deeply and call your emotions nothing more than a crush. Maybe just because they never experienced this type of love. There are many types, and if someone doesn't experience one, they don't know how it feels."
"That's what I told them," Rei said starting to cry, "but they only judged you and picked the bad parts of you, turning you inside out. That isn't right..."
"I know Rei, I know," he said, closing his eyes and giving her waist a squeeze. They stayed silent for a while, you can only hear the pounding of the water. Rei bent over and flipped the switch to the drain and the water began to fill the tub. She was forced down gently by Jaedite who closed the blinds, leaving the room dark. She only remembered the last time she saw the girls, Jadeite's words, and closed her eyes as Jed rushed down next to her. The water swayed a few times until she finally felt Jed kiss her neck, then rested her head on his shoulder.
"The worst thing in the world," Rei thought as she put her hands on Jed's chest, "is to have the two people you care about most hate each other..."