AN: Just a short little one shot. It's been over ten years since I've written a story for Serena and Darien so bare with me on this. Warning: I don't own sailor moon but I do own the plot... so enjoy it please.
"No really we are best as friends," she would say any time it was brought up. Like she could usher all the signs under the rug. Serena would smile and wave her hand at the idea and then not just two seconds later laugh at a message she got on her phone. "Oh I have this obsession with bunnies, weird I know but he sends me the silliest memes with bunnies! See look," and then show you her phone. After five minutes she needs to leave telling you she has plans and when you ask...
"Oh I'm meeting up with Darien, he wants to go see this weird documentary about some chef. It's about food so I am of course interested!" She would giggle at the idea and wave goodbye her smile getting a little brighter as she walked off to meet him.
You would go out with them dancing or just drinking and you could see her whisper in his ear. Showing him some girl he could hit on all the while he was slowly cutting her off from drinking too much. They would dance to a song, Serena only knowing how to be silly on the dance floor but stay when the next track would be slow. Serena's eyes would close as she rested her head on his shoulder.
It would be hard to come over to her house without noticing things Darien had left behind, "oh yeah he was here last night and left a book he wants me to read. It's about lunar rocks, isn't that interesting?" Her eyes would light up and she would go on a tangent forgetting whatever she was doing before.
"Oh my yes just friends," she would say when you brought up their friendship your eyebrow raised at how close they had gotten in such a small amount of time. Then in the same breath show you their shared Instagram account, how they plan on going to a petting zoo next week to find some bunnies to take selfies with.
"I swear all we do is talk," he constantly announced like he felt like it had to be said. Every time his phone would chime to another text and he would smile down at it. If you asked he would brush it of saying "Serena got tickets to a play I've been wanting to see." This meant any plans you were going to suggest no matter how life changing were no longer an option. He would drop all plans for her, without a second thought, when someone gave him a hard time he would glare.
They would go out to brunch the next morning talking about their weekend shenanigans how they go to go back stage and meet all the actors Serena tried to get Darien to go out with one of the actresses. They shared everything Darien would eat her toast and Serena would grab up his fruit bowl. The two had their own words, their own jokes, their own looks. Like they were speaking a totally separate language that would take years to decode but only months to create.
You would stop by Darien's house and notice half of the stuff there was Serena's. His bathroom was already taken over by her makeup and beauty supplies and when you complained he would defend her. "Don't force harsh beauty standards on women and then complain about it getting in your way, be realistic." Then go on to tell you she really didn't take longer in the bathroom getting ready then some men he knew. Tell you Serena got scouted for modeling again but turned them down on the spot, she said they have been getting more frequent.
Then almost as if it seems like this was the new normal they walked into the party holding hands. Serena acting like it was no big deal but Darien was quite. You know better to congratulate them, they would deny it, deny it till the end because after all they were just best friends...