Rei trudged through the powdery soft snow as it stacked another inch higher, cursing as she felt her knee-length socks became icily damp, despite the plastic bags Grandpa had suggested she wear on her feet.
It was supposed to be the biggest snow storm to hit Tokyo in fifteen years, and here she was bundled up under layers of clothing from the waist up, gritting her teeth against the chilling winds and plodding as fast she could in her short grey skirt. Above all else she was making the trek to school alone. The other Senshi sympathized, but secretly rejoiced for the fact that they attended public school. Rei cursed again, this time for the fact that she went to a school run by the most anal-retentive bitches on the planet, nuns, who ordered all TA girl to class on the day of the biggest blizzard in years.
Yet again the temperamental miko cursed (silently, this time) when she entered the Catholic school, seeing that she was one of the few idiots to actually heed the nuns and go to school. She was pleased, however, entering the classroom of usually twenty that today had dwindled down to eight, realizing she would get some much needed time for reflection.
Resting her chin in her hand, she ignored the arbitrary reading assignment the present nun had tasked her with and let her thoughts wander. She watched the snowflakes fall effortlessly from the grey sky, appreciating them now that she was inside a warm classroom. Her eyes lost focus and her mind drifted back to the previous afternoon, sitting idly in front of the sacred fire, its flames holding no comparison to the warmth generated by the person holding her.
The blonde's breath had tickled her ear, she had smiled softly. Then she said, in a clear whisper, three words that Rei both cherished and fled from. There was a pause, both noticeably tenser, but Rei finally found her voice and returned the words. The sheer joy in her blue eyes was enough for Rei to abandon her fears and apprehensions, at least for the moment.
Rei snapped back to the present moment, looking to the clock above the door, willing the hands to move faster so she could get out of there and see the blonde. Her eyes moved to the door, sliding open. She squinted; the girl standing in the doorway looked incredibly familiar.
"Minako!" She choked, drawing eyes to her.
The blonde winked at her, grinning as she posed in a TA uniform, long blonde hair plaited into two pigtails bound by small red ribbons. In her best impression of what she assumed Catholic school girls sounded like, she bowed to the nun in the front of the room and said, "Excuse me, Hino Rei is needed in another classroom."
The nun gave Minako a dry look, but shrugged, signaling with a wave of her hand that Rei could go.
Dumbstruck, Rei followed Minako out of the classroom, down the hall and into the bathroom, before the blonde finally faced her, bursting into a roaring belly laugh.
This shook the miko out of her stupor. "What? Why—What?"
Catching sight of a mirror, Minako paid her incoherence no mind. "Don't I look good in this thing?"
Rei nodded. "Yeah, actually. Oh God—who did you beat up to get that?"
Minako laughed again, twirling in front of the mirror. "No one, it's yours silly. You never took it back from his last time I came."
"The last time…" Rei repeated, suddenly recalling the episode, "And that went so well you wanted to do it again?" She asked dryly.
Minako smoothed the pleats of the grey skirt that she was beginning to like more and more. "No, I was just bored at home and thought it would be fun." Suddenly she pulled Rei to her, pressing their bodies together. "And I figured if you tried to kiss me this time, I wouldn't run away."
The miko returned her mischievous smile. "Well, I would have to be possessed to want to kiss you."
Minako gasped, but soon forgave her as she laid light kissed to her neck. She pulled Rei into a stall, groaning as the girl's hands found their way beneath her skirt.
But it seemed as soon as the action started it had stopped. Voices and footsteps were heard entering the bathroom.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Rei began to panic, before Minako clamped a hand over her mouth to silence her. The blonde stepped onto the toilet seat and instructed Rei, by pointing, to leave the stall. Rei shook her head vigorously, until finally Minako pushed her out.
"Rei-sama!" The two girls were shocked, not because they caught Rei, but because apparently, Rei had caught them smoking. Her embarrassment turned into indignation, pinning them with her patented withering glare.
Petrified, they extinguished the cigarettes, bowed and simultaneously recited, "Forgive us Rei-sama! Please don't tell on us!"
"You're lucky this time, since it's not a regular day," She told them, then flipped her hair, signifying that she was done with them. "Now get out of here."
"Right away Rei-sama!" One of the girls piped, but went towards the stall. "But I really do have to use the bathroom now." Before Rei could protest, the girl opened the stall where Minako was still standing on the toilet.
Mortified, Rei could do little but watch as Minako stepped down, adjusted her skirt which had ridden up, and attempted an innocent smile.
Before anyone could say anything, Rei grabbed Minako's hand and dragged her out of the bathroom as quickly as she could. Upon hearing the snorts and giggles of the underclassmen she took off in a sprint, out of the school building and into the courtyard.
Still clinging to her hand, Minako struggled to keep up as she and Rei dashed through the snow-covered courtyard until the miko finally lead them into a building on the other side.
"Oh gross!" Minako whined, noticing first her soggy cold socks. Stepping out of her shoes, she finally observed the rows of empty pews, hundreds of lit candles, altar, and enormous crucifix at the apex of it all. "Eh…"
Rei smiled, realizing it may have very well been the blonde's first time inside a church. "I didn't even realize where I was going until I got here. Sorry, I just had to get away from them."
Minako slipped her hand into Rei's. "I get it. And don't worry, you've got dirt on them too, so their blackmail probably won't get very far."
Rei put a hand to her face, groaning. "I didn't even think of that. Making out with another girl trumps smoking anyway." She sighed, moving to the nearest pew to sit. "They own me now."
Worried, Minako sat next to her, wrapping Rei in her arms. "It's okay. I don't even go to this school! You can deny it, or make something up."
Rei removed her hands from her face to look at the blonde. "That doesn't bother you?"
Minako shrugged a shoulder, "Not really. As long as nothing happens to you."
Rei moved her intense focus from Minako to the crucifix at the far end of the chapel. A warm smile crossed her lips.
Minako was startled when Rei locked her into a passionate kiss. She hesitated, aware of their surroundings, but wouldn't let herself stop it either. "This is so wrong," She giggled between kisses.
"I don't care," Rei whispered into her ear, squeezing her tightly.
I so need to write some angst right now. Back to work on In the Sun... Review!