A story about the life surrounding a little girl and a guy that she thinks is her big brother. Only everything is not what it seems.
I regretfully do not own Sailor Moon or the characters from Sailor Moon, although i do use their names or names similar to those found in Sailor Moon
"I'm bored", cried Seri.
"Well what do you want me to do?" Replied Darien
"I don't know? Do the things that you always do to make me feel better." Replied Seri cheerfully
Darien just looked at her in disbelief.
"!!!!Those things were never intentional!!! Those were accidents!!"
"Yeah but they were pretty funny" replied Seri, cheerfully
"Just go to bed Seri"
"No!"
"No?"
"No!!"
"Serenity Maria De'Soto go to bed now!!" Commanded Darien
"Eek!!!" Replied Seri and ran up the stairs as fast as she could. He never yelled at her unless he was stressed, and knowing Darien he was never this stressed.
Knowing that he scared her, Darien sauntered up the stairs, and up to her room.
"Seri, open up"
…
"Seri please open up."
...
"Look I'm sorry that I yelled at you but I had a very bad day today and I know that I shouldn't have taken it out on you but I did. You know that I love you to death and would never hurt you."
Seri slowly cracked open the door and peered out at Darien, who looked up and smiled his crooked smile.
"Why did you have a bad day today, did something happen at the hospital?" She asked him, still through the crack.
Instantly Darien's face went dead, "I don't want to talk about it"
With this response, Seri flared up and slammed the door right in his face, yelling at him
"I HATE YOU"
"I WISH YOU WEREN'T MY BROTHER"
"I DON'T KNOW WHY DAD MADE YOU MY GUARDIAN"
"I HATE YOU"
"I HATE YOU"
"I HATE YOU"
"I HATE DAD EVEN MORE"
"WHY DID HE HAVE TO LEAVE"
"Why did he have to die?"
This last part made Seri slump down to the floor and start crying
Hearing her say these things and cry made Darien feel awful
'If only she knew the truth' he thought
'If she knew that everything that she is living is just a lie to keep her safe'
He stayed sitting in front of the door until he couldn't hear her cry anymore, and then waited a few more minutes to make sure she was asleep
He then crept into her room, and picked her up with ease, she was light as a feather considering she was seven years old, and carried her across the room to her bed and covered her up.
He walked down the stairs and towards the library in the corner.
He opened the door, went inside and closed it, and to make sure Seri didn't wake up and decide to come looking for him, he locked it. Walking across the room to the desk, anybody around could see that he was being torn apart but the many emotions that were running across his face, guilt, sadness, anger, rage, hope, determination, but what could be seen clearly across his face was hurt.
Once he reached the desk, he sat down and opened his laptop, a face of a man popped up
"What happened" the man asked sternly
"She didn't want to do as told sir" Darien replied
"But you didn't have to yell at her, you could have just given her a sleeping pill in her milk and when she would have woken up you could have told her that she fell asleep on the couch and you took her to her bed"
At this Darien internally shuttered, just having to think about giving Seri something that she didn't know about made his guts twist.
"Yes, sir. I will do that next time. Sorry for not having thought of that Sir."
"There will not be a next time Darien"
Darien when into a state of shock the instant he heard this.
"Sir???"
"I decided that it is time for the girl to change 'scenery'. She will be going to a boarding school in London."
"And what will be the story of why she will be going away, sir?"
"Tell her…
Tell her that you were awarded a grant to go to America and further your study of medicine. The deal still stands, and I will pay for your studies still, even if the contract was just while you took care of the girl."
"Yes Sir, I understand, Thank you Sir"
"That will be all"
"Sir?"
"Yes"
"May I request one thing?"
"Go ahead"
"I would like to go visit Seri once in a while… to keep up the pretense that I'm family."
…
"Very well then, you will be able to go see her once a year and no more!"
"Thank you sir" Darien relied without emotion
Click the screen dark. Darien just sat there in the dark, still staring at the blank screen.
~somewhere else~
A man also stared at the now blank screen
'Thank you for taking care of my daughter… but I can't risk you becoming soft on her and telling her my plan, not this early in the plan'
*Next day*
'how am I going to tell her that she's going away, away from everything that she knows' thought Darien.
Knock knock knock...
"Darien?
Are you alright?"
"Darien???"
Walking somberly, Darien went to the door and opened it, not thinking of how he looked to the little girl.
"Darien! What happened to you? Did you not sleep last night? I'm gonna tell nana"
"NANA!!! DARIEN DIDN'T SLEEP AGAIN!"
Nana stepped into the still dark library, and walked to the nearest lamp and turned it on. She was surprised by the scene in front of her. Darien behind the dark ebony desk, hair sticking up, tie undone, sleeves rolled up messily, and in his right hand a glass of whisky and a bottle that was almost empty.
"My goodness! Serenity, go upstairs and get dressed for school right now!"
"Aw, but nana…"
"Right now small lady, and don't give me those puppy eyes."
"Yes mam" and Seri started to run up to her room, but half way she looked back at her brother, shook her head and kept on running towards her room. Innocent to what was happening around her.
Nana checked to see if Seri had indeed gone to her room and locked the door to the library, barricading Darien and herself in.
"Ok now tell me what happened."
…
"NOW DARIEN!!" yelled Nana to Darien.
"he told me that he's going to send her away" replied Darien, meekly.
Nana was speechless for a while but regained her composure.
"Well, you knew this day was going to come, I don't know why you are acting the way you are"
He just looked at her, distantly. She continued, knowing that he was listening, even if not looking directly at her.
"I remember the first few days after you took this assignment, you were ready for it to be over. You just wanted to quit at that moment." Nana chucked at him.
"I told you to hold on, that this would only last a few months, not even I would have thought at that time that it would have lasted six years."
"I remember that you told me that you only took this assignment because he promised to pay for you school, and that was the only thing that mattered, that was where I came in. I would fully take care of her while you would pose as the brother that became her guardian at the young age of fifteen because you were the only thing that the poor girl had after her father died in a car crash."
"Yes, I remember" replied Darien, pouring more whisky into the glass.
"All you did the first few months was just go to school in the morning, come home change, leave again and not come home until four in the morning, drunk and sometimes with a girl. It was the same routine every day. And poor serenity, by that time she was walking and would wait for you to come home after class so you could play with her. But all you did was just pass her up, not even acknowledging her. She just stared at you while you went out on your nightly binge-drinking."
"You know that even when she was going suppose to be asleep, she would sneak out and sit at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for you to come home. She would try to stay awake the whole time but by the time I knew it, she was asleep and I would take her to her bed."
"I...I...I didn't know that" replied Darien, shamefully.
"Of course you didn't know; you were drunk every night!!!"
"You didn't care for that girl!!!"
"What happened Darien? Why did you suddenly change and start caring for the girl, like she was actually your family??"
…
"Of course you're not going to answer me. Just as stubborn as always"
"Anyways, I have a little girl upstairs, waiting for me to go help her. I don't know how you're going to tell her, but you're going to tell her TODAY that she is going to leave. Now get your butt up and get cleaned up"
With this, she left Darien and went to Seri's room.
Darien just stared at the now empty bottle, he didn't even dare look up at nana when she was talking to him; he didn't want her to see the tears that were threatening to come out.
He took her advice and went to his room through a secret door in the library.
K this is what I have so far. tell me if you like it or not and yes this is my first story. I my not the best writer in the world but at least i wanted to give writing a shot. so tell me if you like it or not or if you have any questions... which i know somebody does. Comments/ reviews are greatly appreciated.
thanks :)