Rei and Minako: Immovable/Unstoppable
A.N. Another slice of life from Rei and Minako's relationship.
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Story prompt: "Oh yeah! Setsuna is an amazing lawyer! Have you heard about the time she got Minako off of that public disturbance change? Long story short, she got the charges dropped, AND an apology from the mayor. She even got the Parks and Rec people to pay her 10000 yen as a performance fee!"
-Usagi to Ami, ch 2 "Walking Towards Light"
A Quiet Day in a Quiet Park
Rei and Minako strolled through the park hand in hand. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon. Rei was done her chores at the temple, and Minako had the day off from police academy. Minako wasn't sure who's idea it was at first, but here they were at the park, just like any other young couple.
It was almost too quiet here in Minako's opinion. There was nothing interesting here but couples and pigeons. She turned to Rei to complain, but then saw how Rei seemed to be enjoying the calm.
Minako took a deep breath. Rei's own peaceful aura was almost inspirational. Slow down and relax it seemed to say. Minako took the time to appreciate the moment. The sun was shining, she was young and healthy and had no pressing responsibility to worry about right now. Life was good.
Minako looked at Rei again. Now there was someone she had no trouble appreciating at any moment.
Gods, she loved Rei so much.
"Minako... You love me right?"
Whoa...that was strange. She didn't say that out loud did she? O wait...psychic girlfriend. Nevermind.
"Of course! I was just thinking that. Why do you ask? Reading my mind again?"
"Not really, but I didn't need to. You're staring at me kind of intensely."
Rei smiled at her slightly embarassed girlfriend.
"Idle curiosity. I know you love me, but those 3 little words never seem to come up. You go out of your way to avoid them."
Minako considered the question for a moment. She hadn't really noticed that to be honest.
"I don't know. It sounds one of those things people say in movies before something horrible happens. Like 'I'll be right back', 'I'm getting too old for this shit'..."...it's like a curse. Bad foreshadowing."
Rei sighed.
"Minako-no-baka...That's ridiculous. Love is not a curse. You know you are going to have to get over that eventually right?"
Rei pulled Minako over for a kiss.
"There. I love you Minako. That wasn't so hard. Now you try it."
"Wait! Wait! Not yet! I need a minute."
Minako brain was racing. Rei was right. Minako did love her, more than anything...therefore, she should be able to say those three little words. Still, this was Rei she was going to confess her love to, apparently for the first time. Nothing less than spectacular would do.
Minako now had a new mission: Tell Rei how much she loved her!
In her experience, good things came to those who's action spoke louder than words.
A bust of static caught her attention. She'd know that sound anywhere. It was the feedback of an amplifier.
"Testing...testing...one...two."
A technician's voice wafted over on the breeze. Minako grinned. There was a crew setting up for an event at the park's stage right now and they were preforming final sound checks on their equipment.
Minako kept looking around. There! Amazing! Haruka and Michiru were here too...and Michiru had her violin!
The pieces were all here. This was too perfect to be a coincidence. It was destiny.
She was going to tell Rei how much she loved her today no matter what...
and she knew just the way. This was going to be perfect.
"Rei-chan...wait right here. I'llberightback!"
Minako ran off before Rei could figure out just what the heck was going on.
Haruka sighed happily. She was taking a walk in the park with her Michiru...how perfect was that? So many other fun things they could be doing, but it was nice sometimes to just take advantage of the peace to relax in each other's company.
"Hello Haruka-san... Hiiiii Michiru."
GAH!
A voice sounded out right behind them, definitely deep inside their personal space bubble.
The couple whipped around to find Minako looking up at them with her big blue eyes.
"Ah! Kitten! Where did you come from? Looking for me?"
Minako ignored Haruka and turned all of her considerable charm on Michiru instead.
"Michiru-sama! I need a favour. In the name of love!"
Haruka and Michiru looked at each other with an expression that could only be described as cross between amused and confused. Confusedment. Minako chuckled internally and filed that new word away for later use.
"umm...what is it Minako-chan?"
"You have your violin I see...and you remember how my song 'Route Venus' goes?"
Michiru nodded. She didn't want to brag, but had generally perfect music memory. Plus Minako's song did have a rather lovely melody.
"Of course, but..."
"Wonderful! Come with me please!"
Michiru somehow put the two and two together.
"You'd like me to play 'Route Venus' for you right now?"
"Not here! Over there, on the stage! Just the first 3 verses...and can you play it at a slower tempo than normal please?"
"Adagio?"
"No...let's say andate. I'm not trying to make everyone cry here...just make it romantic. I want everyone to know how seriously I love Rei."
Ahh, that's what was going on. Young love.
Michiru figured out the scheme while Haruka was still looking back and forth between the two women trying to follow the conversation.
Michiru blew Haruka a kiss and patted her on the head as she left to follow Minako on her quest.
Everybody loves a lover afterall. Michiru was happy to help.
Minako took Michiru by the hand and dragged her up to the park's main stage.
"Hi! We are here to help you set up! Got to test out those speakers right?"
Minako grabbed a microphone as she ran by the bewildered sound crew.
Here goes the last phase of her plan. Minako took the centre of the staged and addressed the park at large.
"Good Afternoon Juuban! I have a special message and a surprise for you today! First, allow me to introduce to you the world famous violinist- Kaioh Michiru!"
A crowd started to gather to see what the performance was about. Minako smiled broadly. This was it.
"Today, we are on stage to celebrate love. Before we begin our performance of the hit song "Route Venus" by yours truly, Aino Minako – remember that name – I just wanted to say one thing. I LOVE YOU REI!"
Minako saw Rei standing in the back of the crowd and winked. Rei looked absolutely mortified.
The violin began playing a slow romantic melody. Minako poured her heart into her song. She was singing for Rei now.
"Sono doa akete...Nokori jikan ga...Suikomareteku..."
Oh no...someone from the sound crew was talking to a security guard...that was fast! Crap! Ah well...what's the worst thing that could possibly happen?
"...Hitomi wo agete... Massugu mitsume...Saigo no kisu wo shite..."
Uh oh..this was going to get out of hand. The security guard was on the phone now...who knows who he was talking to. Lucky she had Michiru up here with her. They were making beautiful music together. No one was going to be too upset by that.
"Arukidashite ne"
'Walk away'. Crap. She really didn't think her cunning plan all the way through. A man in a suit just turned up and...oh boy. He looked very official... and very angry. He was very officially angry.
Come to think of it, what the heck kind of event did she and Michiru take over? Why was there much security presence at a small park anyways?
Minako continued singing as several police officers appeared and blocked the stage exits. The only way out now was through the back stage. At least they weren't interrupting the performance.
Michiru cocked an eyebrow at her in question, but was otherwise entirely too cool and confident. Of course she would be. She was world-famous-violinist Kaioh Michiru. No way she would be going down for this. Minako was on her own.
Minako did a twirl as the music ended to see what awaited her backstage.
She saw two police officers clearly waiting to arrest her. There was another man in a suit watching over the proceedings.
Minako burst out laughing the instant she recognized him.
It was Rei's father. The famous politician Hino Takeshi.
That's why there was a sound system set up in the park. She totally just interrupted his press conference!
Fuck that guy! This was freaking hilarious.
Mianko bowed enthusiastically to the cheering crowd. Michiru did the same but with her usual grace and elegance instead.
Minako mouthed a silent thank you to Michiru for her help. Michiru mouthed back a quick and cheeky "I'll call you a lawyer".
Hm, Michiru was pretty damn awesome. Minako turned to address her newly adoring fans once more before she went offstage.
"Thank you! Thank you! You've all been a wonderful audience! Love to all, and especially to my own one true love! I love you Rei!"
Minako accomplished what she had set out to do. She could see Rei laughing so hard that she was crying. Minako waved at her happily. Rei now knew without a doubt how much she was loved. Today was an awesome day.
Well... time to face the reaper. Minako strode backstage with all the confidence of a mega idol.
She had a good lawyer and gave an excellent performance. Best of all, got over her fears in a suitably dramatic fashion. She told Rei that she loved her.
Nothing was going to bring her down tonight.
A.N.
I really dislike Rei's father. I had to bring him back just to get another "fuck that guy" into the story at his expense.
The prompt for this little fluff piece came from my other story "Walking Towards Light: Ami Redux" ch2. In that story, Usagi alludes to a ridiculous caper that Minako pulled in order to make Ami laugh. She doesn't actually tell the story on screen there - it was meant to be a Noodle Incident - but I found that I was curious about what happened myself, so I wrote the story. This is the result.
The perks of being the author.
