Imperfect
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is not mine but the plot is.
A new idea spinning around in my head that I wanted to test drive please review if you reach the end of this chapter. Enjoy.
This was it. My whole life depended on what is contained within this plain white A4 sized envelope. Deciding that this envelope was special compared to the usual junk mail I had received over the years I went into the depths of my flat and retrieved a letter opener. Sliding the cool reflective metal under the sealed flap at the top of the paper I caught a glimpse of the fear etched into my dark eyes as I sliced apart the fresh paper to reveal a set of important documents that would stay with me for the rest of my life. Pulling out the officially labelled certificates my eyes scanned down the contents and a sigh of relief escaped my lips as I had done it.
I had passed my exams. I had passed my exams in such a way that my dreams in all shapes would be possible. The only question I had to answer now is which path do I choose?
On the dark oak coffee table lay my phone which started to vibrate violently effectively gaining my attention as I pressed the small green phone symbol and placed the plastic object against my ear and spoke clearly,
"Hello?"
"Hi Mako-chan have you gotten your results?" It was Rei's smooth voice that washed over me as I closed my eyes relishing the huge smile that had spread across my face,
"Yeah I have and I've passed everything, what about you Rei?"
"Yes! Same here Makoto I can't believe this!" Laughing now at Rei's obvious relief I couldn't help but agree with my raven-haired friend,
"Yeah I know but I think we all owe Ami-chan a massive thank you for helping us through this year I mean she put in a great deal of time for each of us,"
"You're right Mako-chan I think we should all come over to mine and celebrate our success and Ami's brilliant tutoring skills,"
"So have Minako and Usagi faired well too I guess?"
"Yeah they both passed everything reasonably so they're ecstatic and are probably eating some sort of dessert for breakfast no doubt!" Rei laughed and I sniggered as an image of our blonde friends stuffing all kinds of ice creams, puddings, cakes, pies and chocolates flashed across my brain.
"Have you heard from Ami?" Rei paused in her laughter,
"No not yet but no doubt she'll have aced everything, I mean it's only fair that she does with the amount of work she has put in this year and everything,"
"Yeah you're right Rei, listen I'll bake us some stuff for the party later on so I'll catch you then yeah?" Something inside me started churning uncomfortably as my thoughts strayed to the final member of our group,
"Yeah sure but don't work yourself too much I mean we can afford to splurge on some junk food this one time,"
"Haha yeah I suppose,"
"And Mako-chan?"
"Yes Rei-chan?"
"Congratulations on passing, I'll see you soon bye,"
"Same to you pyro bye," I heard the small 'click' of Rei hanging up and I mimicked her actions and replaced the phone down on the table. Which was silly of me as I immediately picked it up again and started dialling the well-known number of Mizuno Ami. The sounds of ringing played over and over and each second that passed I felt my stomach knot itself tighter and tighter until I heard the click of someone answering,
"Hello,"
"Hi Ami-chan!"
"You have reached Mizuno Ami sorry I can't come the phone right now please leave your name and message after the beep…"
"Beep."
"Hi Ami it's Makoto here um I was just wondering if you've gotten your results and stuff so I'll talk to you soon yeah? Bye."
I hung up feeling slightly stupid about the message I left but I shook it off and stared out of the window, from my position on the sofa, seeing the cloudy skies looking solemn back at me on what was supposed to be a great day for everyone. I sighed slouching back into the sofa as much as I could trying to shake off the oddity of Ami not picking up her phone. Did something happen? Or is she away celebrating with her mother?
I sighed again, so much for being on a high from my results I groaned as I heaved myself off of the sofa and into the kitchen throwing on my favourite apron whilst scouring my cupboards for flour, eggs, and sugar so I could start making an assortments of snacks. Flicking on the oven to pre heat, I started cracking eggs into a bowl; pour the flour in…I went into autopilot as I manoeuvred around the kitchen. However the niggling feeling in the back of my head would not leave me alone as I prepared three batches of buns and all of them failing to rise in the oven due to my distracted state.
"Aah!" I roared in frustration as threw my apron off and stormed out of my messy kitchen, what was happening to me? I've never failed at baking something before but I guess I must be overly concerned for Ami for no apparent reason I thought as I tried to calm myself down as I picked up my phone again and called Rei. The phone started to ring and my stomach started pulsating as it began to ring out and my nerves were wearing thin but luckily Rei picked up sounding flustered,
"H..hi Mako-chan what's up?"
"Hey sorry…" Minako's voice shouted "Hi!" down Rei's phone and enthusiastically congratulated me on my grades cut me off, but I pressed on in my urgency,
"Thanks Minako but guys I need to know if you've heard from Ami at all?
"No we haven't why don't you call her Makoto?" It was Rei again she must have pushed Minako away from the device in an attempt to keep conversing with me,
"I have but she didn't pick up…" I trailed off biting my lip as my stomach felt as though it was a bag of snakes all slithering around erratically.
"Oh," Rei was now confused at this new development, but this was too much for me to bear,
"I'm just going to head over just to make sure everything is ok I'll see you later bye," I hung up before Rei had a chance to reply and hurried to the door slipping on my trainers. I jogged down the steps of my flat onto the main street and sped up my pace when noticing the street was relatively quiet. My nerves getting the better of me as I broke into a full sprint in the direction of Ami's penthouse.
Why couldn't I believe the voice in my head telling me that Ami was in fact fine and this is just some stupid paranoia as a Senshi that I had developed over the years. Arguing with myself whilst in full sprint is never a good idea and it was not a good idea now as I stumbled over my own feet. The ground soared towards me as I curled into a ball easily pulling off a front roll and continued running. My feet hammered the cold concrete, my lungs burned as oxygen and carbon dioxide was inhaled and exhaled rapidly. Sweat accumulated on my brow, which was furrowed in deep concentration as I wrenched open the main door to the complex of penthouses that contained Ami's and tackled the stairs three at a time. Since I was too worried now to wait for the lift to the 5th floor. My legs screamed at me for this abusive behaviour but I ignored them and forced them to plough through the stairs until I had reached the plain white door with silver numbers reading '28'.
Gasping I raised a shaking hand and knocked heavily on the wooden barrier three times. The wood sounded hollow under my rasping knuckles as though it might break any second if I hit any harder. I strained my ears for any sounds of movement inside I couldn't hear anything apart from the distant pulsing of blood in my ears from my energetic travelling. Reaching up to knock again the door creaked open and inch and a blood shot cerulean eye gazed up into my panicked electric green ones.
"Ami-chan," I whispered as the door was opened further to reveal her sterile home as my blue haired friend hid behind the door as I entered stiffly, my legs seemed to protest my presence here but I had no time to think about myself as I turned round to take in my friends' features: red puff eyes, dried nose and hunched shoulders; perfect indicators that something was seriously wrong.
"Ami-chan what happened?" I whispered as fear of knowing the true nature of the problem kept my voice low, her normally sparkling eyes now looked hollow as they stared back up at me lifelessly.
She parted her delicate pink lips but the only sound that emerged was a tortured sob as my beautiful friend lunged at me, her arms clasping behind my neck as she clung onto me for dear life. My arms automatically encircled her waist pulling her as close to me as possible trying to protect her from the damage that had already been inflicted on the trembling woman in my arms.
I felt her shifting in my arms as her lips were now against my right ear and she whispered something that made my blood freeze instantly…
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