Love Me or Forget Me
By Kukaburry -Disclaimer of Sailor Moon-
Usagi/Mamoru or Darien/Serena
Chapter 1- When Hell Comes
"Oh Tuxedo" Serena sighed, wrapping herself in his arms and leaning her head against his chest. "I love you", she whispered into his ear as she nipped his lobe lightly, making him shiver. He smiled down on her through his white mask, his mysterious eyes penetrating her thoughts. His breath was warm on her cheek as he leaned towards her lips.
BRRRRRING
Serena's alarm clock went off like a siren, and she slammed it against the desk and heard the ringer groan into silence. She rolled over in her warm, pink comforter and slipped back into a Tuxedo-filled dreamland. Her conscience made her open her weary eyes and watch the minute hand tick slowly to the twelve, and the hour hand shift to the 7. "Shit!" She cried as she flew out of bed, sending her cat yowling into the wall. "Sorry Luna", she yelled to the cat as she slammed the bathroom door, several sets of clothes in her hands.
She slipped into a pink halter-top, and a wrinkled & white, half-sleeve, collared button-up shirt over the top. A light blue, denim mini skirt and pink flip-flops topped it all off. She pulled her hair up into a tight bun and decided to skip make-up, having only 10 minutes to get to school.
Serena Tsukino is a warmhearted, beautiful girl with long, thick, blonde hair and crystal blue eyes, always filled with warmth and love. She doesn't do well in school, but has many friends and enjoys being at school all the same, being a senior about to graduate and all. But it just happens that this is her fifth year being the leader of the legendary sailor scouts, Sailor Moon. She is deeply in love with Tuxedo mask, her savior when in danger, and still lives a perfectly normal life. When in uniform as Sailor Moon, she wears her hair in odangos (pigtails). Once, while in human form, someone almost recognized her as Sailor Moon, so she chose to wear her hair other ways to keep it secret.
Serena walked out of the white-pearl bathroom and into her pink, wonderland of a room. If you were to walk into her room, all you would think about is pink, fluffy animals. She placed her locket around her neck and smiled at herself brightly in the mirror, then ran/fell down the stairs and into the oncoming daylight. Her parents yelled a "good bye" but she was out of sight before 'good' even escaped their lips.
As she hurried along the sidewalk, a raven-haired man with a thick, broad chest stepped out in front of her. Serena couldn't put on the brakes quick enough and went flying, headfirst into the man. She whimpered a little as a cut on her knee began to bleed, and her forehead throbbed from the impact of the man's chest. "I'm so sorry sir." She began, but gorgeous, midnight blue eyes stared into hers. Her cheeks became red with embarrassment as her eyes repelled his stares.
"Meatball-head, what a surprise running into you. I'm guessing you're late for school, but would you mind warning me next time you're thinking of pedestrian trampling?" He sneered, his lips curling and flashing pearly-white teeth.
"Shut it Darien Chiba", she snapped, shoving him out of her way curtly and running full-out the rest of the way to school. She puffed her last breath as she wearily opened the glass-plate door into a dimly-lit hallway.
'Maybe the bell isn't going to ring for a few minutes' she thought promptly to herself as she coasted along the hallway and looked up at a clock. 7:30 She was late once again to her class and regretted shutting her alarm clock off. She sighed and opened the door quietly, or at least until it rusty hinges gave a loud squeak and the teacher stared icily into Serena's eyes.
"Late again I see, Ms. Tsukino. I guess a month's worth of before and after-school detention will ensure your arrival to class on time." Mrs. Haruna barked. She pointed a shaking finger at an empty desk and spat, "Sit!" Serena slumped glumly into her chair, her face burning with anger as she listened to Mrs. Haruna drone on about W..
Her day did not get any better: she forced tears back when she got her English and Chemistry test back, both marked with bright red F's. If at all possible, it got much worse when the scouts found out about her detentions and told her she wasn't allowed at the meetings until she showed some improvement in school. All Serena could manage was to look like a fool with her mouth hanging wide open, full shock taking hold of her.
After the final bell rang, she sluggishly walked to the front office to turn in her slip of tardies in which she received a punch card to give to the detention officer (The officer punches out a place every time she shows up for detention). She stopped by the officer's room and handed the punch card to him. He smiled carnivorously behind her back, as she stalked out of the room.
Serena threw her tote bag against the stand and sank huffily into a chair at the Crown Arcade. Andrew stood up behind the counter and leaned in towards her to let her know he was there. She gave a halfhearted smile and said plainly, "Bad day".
He chuckled empathetically and gave her a hot-fudge sundae. "This should cheer you up. It's on the house." He grinned and ran his fingers through his thick blonde locks as Serena gulped it down hungrily, leaving a chocolate mustache on her upper lip.
"I can't believe my friends would actually abandon me!" She blurted out finally. Andrew listened intently as she explained everything that happened that day frantically (She left out the part about not being allowed at meetings of course). "I'm sure they were just...um...disappointed in your grades. They know you're a hard-working girl, but you just don't seem to care about school as much as you used to."
"You think I'm hard-working?" She blushed slightly, having liked Andrew most of her life, and having him compliment her was a big deal for her.
"Of course I do." He ensured her with a playful wink. He disappeared into the kitchen again, leaving Serena with a girlish smile on her lips.
"Hey Meatball-head!" Came a gruff voice from behind her. Serena wanted to flare off at him this time but with everything Andrew just said, it didn't seem worth giving up the moment.
"Hi jerk." She greeted him with shallow eyes. "Why do you always show up everywhere I go?" She growled, as a menacing sneer replaced her smile.
"I don't know, it must be the work of the devil," he smirked as Serena rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Oh, so it's your own idea eh?" She teased, Darien catching on after a moment of contemplating what she just said.
"Haha!" He growled back at her, watching her eyes grow mysteriously foggy. 'She really needs to learn how to eat like a civilized human' he smiled inwardly. He took a napkin and smashed it against her choco mustache.
Serena glared daggers at him and wiped her mouth, while muttering "Brainless pig, scum of the earth, argh I can't stand him," under her breath.
Serena crumpled up and dropped the napkin into his lap and skipped off towards her house, feeling better about letting off some steam on the one person she 'hated' the most. "That Darien Chiba had better watch it, one of these days I'm just might murder him, and I know no one will come to his funeral." She nodded her head in agreement with herself and halted to a stop at her front porch. "If I could survive one more minute..." she cringed at the thought of telling her parents her grades, as she slipped inside the house.
An explosion of hollers and frustration came from the Tsukino house. Serena had told them what her test grades were and to top it off, she told them she had a month's worth of detention.
With her ears still ringing, she dragged her body upstairs to her room. When she opened the door, a furious hairball knocked her onto the floor. "Why did you get kicked out of the scout meetings for the rest of the month?" Her furious feline, Luna, screamed at her. "I got a month's worth of detention for being late from that damn teacher, Mrs. Haruna. She must have gotten dumped by that old, gruffy guy she was dating." Serena huffed, making up excuses why she wasn't the one to blame. "It's not her fault you don't know how to wake up!" Luna hissed, digging her claws into Serena's sensitive skin. "I get it, I'll get up on time OK?" Luna rolled her eyes in disgust, snorting at thought of Serena being on time.
Serena let a tear slip from her swollen eyelids and ended up bawling herself into a short depression. She slipped out of her soaked clothes and took a hot bath, trying to settle herself down. Lavender aroma therapy gave her a sense of delight as she settled into the steaming water. After soaking to the pruning point, she dragged herself out and dressed in silky, pink nighties and nestled under her warm covers.
That night, her dreams were filled with Tuxedo's smirking face, sometimes smooth and handsome. His perfect lips planting a kiss on her pouts, and her heart fluttered with a real flame. She mumbled Darien's name in her sleep, and she snored the rest of the night away.
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! ~Kukaburry
