She blinked as the light flooded her vision. 'Damn motorists.' Ten'ou Haruka thought to herself. She slowed her yellow convertible down long enough for the truck to pass her on the other lane. Sighing, her vision was restored. Glancing at the clock, the green light revealed that it was four in the morning. A yawn escaped her lips as the off ramp caught her attention. She turned the turning signal light on as a head slumped against her shoulder. Smiling, Haruka looked down at her best friend, Kaioh Michiru.
"Guess what, Michiru?" Haruka said, smiling. "I found an all-night bar. Going to go in and have some fun. You stay out here and sleep."
"Don't even think about it." Michiru said without opening her eyes. Haruka chuckled and drove into a hotel parking lot. "Another hotel?
"Yes." Haruka said, turning off the car. "We still have a ways till the resort. Why you picked such a far off place, I don't know."
"You're the one who wanted to drive." Michiru said, getting out of the car. She stretched before following Haruka into the building. After they received their room, Haruka slumped their two bags on the floor and plopped onto the bed. Michiru sat next to her and smiled widely. "This is nice."
"The hotel?" Haruka asked, sleep beginning to invade her mind.
"No!" Michiru said. "We've always been together. But now we are together forever. We are married. And I love you so much."
"Dido." Haruka said, her eyes closed and breath getting heavy. Michiru leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
~~~~ One Week Before~~~~~
~The Mansion (aka, Setsuna's place.)
"Oh, wow." Meiou Setsuna said softly. Michiru took a deep breath and stepped out of the dressing room, Setsuna following her. Tsukino Usagi, Kino Makoto, and Mizuno Ami sat in the waiting room. They stood when Michiru entered. Makoto's mouth dropped and Usagi bounced up and down.
"Oh my god!" Usagi squealed. She ran over and looked Michiru up and down. "It's perfect. When you described it I thought it was nice, but it's not nice! It's gorgeous."
"Thanks, Usagi." Michiru blushed. She turned and walked towards the mirror to get a good look at the dress. The wedding gown was miraculous. The white was just the perfect shade so it didn't make Michiru look too pale. A soft aqua belt wrapped around her waist, matching the aqua Neptune symbols embroiders along the collar and sleeves. The veil was aqua, too, matching the baby's breath in her hair. The shoes were more like boots, almost to the heel, and aqua. Michiru turned to Setsuna, who had made the dress.
"No need to thank me." Setsuna said, shaking her head. "As long as I get to see a happy look on both of your faces when you see each other."
"Did you ask her?" Michiru asked.
"Yes and her answer was 'Hell no!'" Setsuna said, smiling.
"Figured." Michiru said, giggling.
"Ask Haruka what?" Makoto asked.
"I had a thought of her wearing her the dress and me wearing the tux." Michiru said, grinning. "Thought it would be interesting. Should of known she'd say no."
"The only girly thing I've ever seen her in is the Senshi fuku." Usagi muttered. The others laughed. "So where is the Prince Charming?"
"She's trying on the tux." Setsuna said. "She took it over to Mamoru's so they could try out the tuxes together or something."
"Men." Michiru said. "They just didn't want to have us ohh and aww all over them."
"So true." Usagi agreed.
"Don't you mean man and woman?" Ami said. They all looked at her. "Just trying to be correct."
~Mamoru's Apartment
"Just come out." Chiba Mamoru said, crossing his arms. His bedroom door opened slowly. A tall, blond-haired tomboy stepped out. Mamoru smiled. "How do you expect to stand at the altar if you can't come out of a room?"
"Shush." Haruka said. She walked over to a mirror they had earlier placed up. She looked herself up and down. "I never thought that a wedding tux would feel different than a regular one."
"Is it?" Mamoru asked. He grabbed a large black bag and walked into his room. Haruka watched him moment, before glancing back at the mirror. Her tux was white, with a deep blue cover bun. She adjusted her blue bow tie. Like Michiru's dress, the tux had small Uranus symbols on certain areas. They were a golden yellow, so not as noticeable, but Haruka felt comforted that they were there. Haruka took a deep breath.
"I do." She whispered. "I do. I do. It doesn't sound right."
"Why do it that way?" Mamoru asked. He walked in with a black tux, with deep blue accents. "No one says you have to say it that way."
"Except the minister." Haruka said.
"Not really." Mamoru said, standing next to her. "They just expect you to."
"Hmm." Haruka smiled. Mamoru grinned and tapped the gold hoop in Haruka's left ear.
"Going to wear that?" Mamoru asked.
"You think I shouldn't? Haruka asked. She reached up and pulled the earring out. It felt odd not having it in.
"Up to you, I suppose." Mamoru looked Haruka up and down and nodded. "You look good. That tux is very… flattering."
"Thanks." Haruka said absentmindedly. She turned to Mamoru. "What do you think it's going to be like? Getting married."
"I don't know." Mamoru said. "How about you tell me in a month?"
"This is one big day." Haruka said softly.
"You sound unsure." Mamoru commented. Haruka looked back at him. "Well, you do."
"I guess I am." Haruka said. "I know that me and Michiru belong together. It's not that. I just wonder if I'm ready to be the person she needs. I don't know if I can really take care of her for ever."
"I understand that." Mamoru said. "And it's even harder when you know that you have no choice. That your love was meant to happen. I understand. I've always wondered if I really was the best person for Usagi."
"Yeah." Haruka looked at the floor. "I guess me and you are in the same predicament. I just got there faster."
"Don't worry." Mamoru said. "What's important is that you love her and you want to be with her forever. You do, don't you?"
"With all my soul." Haruka said. She looked into the mirror one more time before turning to go change. She stopped right before shutting the door and turned to Mamoru. "Thanks."
~The Church
"Guess what, Michiru?" Haruka said, smiling. "I found an all-night bar. Going to go in and have some fun. You stay out here and sleep."
"Don't even think about it." Michiru said without opening her eyes. Haruka chuckled and drove into a hotel parking lot. "Another hotel?
"Yes." Haruka said, turning off the car. "We still have a ways till the resort. Why you picked such a far off place, I don't know."
"You're the one who wanted to drive." Michiru said, getting out of the car. She stretched before following Haruka into the building. After they received their room, Haruka slumped their two bags on the floor and plopped onto the bed. Michiru sat next to her and smiled widely. "This is nice."
"The hotel?" Haruka asked, sleep beginning to invade her mind.
"No!" Michiru said. "We've always been together. But now we are together forever. We are married. And I love you so much."
"Dido." Haruka said, her eyes closed and breath getting heavy. Michiru leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
~~~~ One Week Before~~~~~
~The Mansion (aka, Setsuna's place.)
"Oh, wow." Meiou Setsuna said softly. Michiru took a deep breath and stepped out of the dressing room, Setsuna following her. Tsukino Usagi, Kino Makoto, and Mizuno Ami sat in the waiting room. They stood when Michiru entered. Makoto's mouth dropped and Usagi bounced up and down.
"Oh my god!" Usagi squealed. She ran over and looked Michiru up and down. "It's perfect. When you described it I thought it was nice, but it's not nice! It's gorgeous."
"Thanks, Usagi." Michiru blushed. She turned and walked towards the mirror to get a good look at the dress. The wedding gown was miraculous. The white was just the perfect shade so it didn't make Michiru look too pale. A soft aqua belt wrapped around her waist, matching the aqua Neptune symbols embroiders along the collar and sleeves. The veil was aqua, too, matching the baby's breath in her hair. The shoes were more like boots, almost to the heel, and aqua. Michiru turned to Setsuna, who had made the dress.
"No need to thank me." Setsuna said, shaking her head. "As long as I get to see a happy look on both of your faces when you see each other."
"Did you ask her?" Michiru asked.
"Yes and her answer was 'Hell no!'" Setsuna said, smiling.
"Figured." Michiru said, giggling.
"Ask Haruka what?" Makoto asked.
"I had a thought of her wearing her the dress and me wearing the tux." Michiru said, grinning. "Thought it would be interesting. Should of known she'd say no."
"The only girly thing I've ever seen her in is the Senshi fuku." Usagi muttered. The others laughed. "So where is the Prince Charming?"
"She's trying on the tux." Setsuna said. "She took it over to Mamoru's so they could try out the tuxes together or something."
"Men." Michiru said. "They just didn't want to have us ohh and aww all over them."
"So true." Usagi agreed.
"Don't you mean man and woman?" Ami said. They all looked at her. "Just trying to be correct."
~Mamoru's Apartment
"Just come out." Chiba Mamoru said, crossing his arms. His bedroom door opened slowly. A tall, blond-haired tomboy stepped out. Mamoru smiled. "How do you expect to stand at the altar if you can't come out of a room?"
"Shush." Haruka said. She walked over to a mirror they had earlier placed up. She looked herself up and down. "I never thought that a wedding tux would feel different than a regular one."
"Is it?" Mamoru asked. He grabbed a large black bag and walked into his room. Haruka watched him moment, before glancing back at the mirror. Her tux was white, with a deep blue cover bun. She adjusted her blue bow tie. Like Michiru's dress, the tux had small Uranus symbols on certain areas. They were a golden yellow, so not as noticeable, but Haruka felt comforted that they were there. Haruka took a deep breath.
"I do." She whispered. "I do. I do. It doesn't sound right."
"Why do it that way?" Mamoru asked. He walked in with a black tux, with deep blue accents. "No one says you have to say it that way."
"Except the minister." Haruka said.
"Not really." Mamoru said, standing next to her. "They just expect you to."
"Hmm." Haruka smiled. Mamoru grinned and tapped the gold hoop in Haruka's left ear.
"Going to wear that?" Mamoru asked.
"You think I shouldn't? Haruka asked. She reached up and pulled the earring out. It felt odd not having it in.
"Up to you, I suppose." Mamoru looked Haruka up and down and nodded. "You look good. That tux is very… flattering."
"Thanks." Haruka said absentmindedly. She turned to Mamoru. "What do you think it's going to be like? Getting married."
"I don't know." Mamoru said. "How about you tell me in a month?"
"This is one big day." Haruka said softly.
"You sound unsure." Mamoru commented. Haruka looked back at him. "Well, you do."
"I guess I am." Haruka said. "I know that me and Michiru belong together. It's not that. I just wonder if I'm ready to be the person she needs. I don't know if I can really take care of her for ever."
"I understand that." Mamoru said. "And it's even harder when you know that you have no choice. That your love was meant to happen. I understand. I've always wondered if I really was the best person for Usagi."
"Yeah." Haruka looked at the floor. "I guess me and you are in the same predicament. I just got there faster."
"Don't worry." Mamoru said. "What's important is that you love her and you want to be with her forever. You do, don't you?"
"With all my soul." Haruka said. She looked into the mirror one more time before turning to go change. She stopped right before shutting the door and turned to Mamoru. "Thanks."
~The Church