A/N: Okay, so thank you guys for all the reviews on my first chapter. As you guys know this is my first attempt at a Minako/Rei fanfic. I hope it all turns out to your liking. If anyone has any ideas I will gladly be accepting them for later chapters. I started this story back in the summer before my senior year, and I am now almost done my first semester of College so I am kind of drawing a blank as to what I should add. Let me know what you, as the reader, would like to see happen. Maybe I will add some in. Thank you for the reviews! And remember; PharaohsCrystals does NOT OWN Sailor Moon or it's plot. She does, however, own this story and the poem that is coming about through out these chapters. It is called 'Kissing In The Snow: When Will You Love Me' Ha-ha how original? Lol. But it is not currently published anywhere because I am using it in this story. Please enjoy this chapter and please review! Thank You.

Kissing in the Snow: When Will You Love Me

Chapter 2: Secrets and Heartaches

"Soft windy whispers

Make pale cheeks pink; untamed."

The words were gracefully written under the line before, now having a full stanza to the poem of snow. The pen's ink stroked the page with ease as if it were its lifetime goal or career. The writer's delicate hand was cold from the wintery chill blowing in from the cracked open window before her, as Minako sat on the foot stool in the Miko's bedroom. Her note pad was propped against the open window as she stared beneath the second story of the shrine into the back of a raven haired beauty.

Minako loved the winter, yet it was already February and there still was no snow. How could it be that the only thing that made the blonde goddess happier was not going to make it's appearance this year? Then again, on the other hand…

"Rei- chan," The beauty's calmed sigh was so low only she could hear it. Still staring into the back of the young miko who gracefully swept the pathway to the shrine.

"What could I have done to upset her, she did not even come in to greet me this morning. Not even to tell me what happened last night. I remember falling, the shards of glass everywhere around me and even the one in my leg. I remember crying, how could I do that?! I have not cried in years, why did I break down like that?! I am so pitifully weak, how was I ever the leader of the inner scouts? So much for our sleepover, it seemed as though Rei-chan had other plans last night." Minako sighs as her breath becomes clear in the morning chill of February. "Valentine's Day is coming up soon, I was hoping to have this poem finished by then so I could… " Another short hesitant pause, "I couldn't possibly, she would never understand what it meant. I am nothing but a nuisance to Rei-chan and she couldn't possibly remember about us back at the Silver Millennium." Crumbling up the sheet of paper Minako throws it into Rei's small garbage can and tears begin to form in her ocean orbs. "Yuuichiro is better for her anyway, how foolish of me to ever think something might happen between us."

Tears cascade down Minako's rosy cheeks and slowly, her heart begins to break.

"Who does he think he is anyway? Barging into my house late at night, without an invitation bring a bottle of wine in hopes to get my smashed?" Rei's red hot temper was rising, making the cool chilly day feel hot and muggy underneath her robs. "He thinks he can just stroll right up and read me like an open book, how dare he! That ignorant bast-"

"Rei-chan!" Another voice could be heard slowing making it's way up the steps.

"Ami- chan! Good Morning, it is so nice to see you. What are you doing here this early?" Hugging the broom to her chest the young miko blushes, as a sudden gust of wintery chill made her note the condensation that was dripping down her back.

"I came to see if you wanted to go to breakfast with me." Ami looked to the ground staring at the small candle shrine lit up by the front entrance of the shrine.

Rei gently smiled, she had always liked Ami; kind and caring, intelligent and she was even cute! What more could a girl ask for? Mentally smacking herself Rei's cheeks turned a crimson red and she reminded herself that she was never letting anyone in, no matter how kind they were, no one would ever understand how bad she hurt inside.

"Of course, Ami-chan, but please, let me go get changed, I put a lot of effort into my chores this morning." Laughing nervously Rei excused herself and ran to the shower to quickly wash herself before leaving with Ami.

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"Thank you for the confirmation Rei Hino…" Minako closed the window in Rei's room tightly cutting off the cold air from coming in. She, then, pulled on her school skirt and buttoned up her white blouse. Then grabbing her vest and school books the beauty ran from the miko's room, down the steps which she had fallen down the night before and ran out the shrine doors into the brisk cold of winter.

"It is just like the world, cold and bitter. My favorite season has been turned into my worst nightmare." The tears continued to flow down Minako's cheeks, taking the shrine's steps two at a time the Goddess does not care to wait. Life was so cruel, her friends had left her, her parents were never around, and now her best friend left her alone as well. Was she destined to be alone forever?

"I must be. If only they knew…" Tears trickled down her wind blown cheeks. "What would they do if I told them I lived alone, my parents left me when I was eighteen. How would that make them feel?" Continuing to run down the crowded streets Minako dodges her way through couples holding hands, families laughing together, friends sharing cups of hot chocolate in the park. Moaning in agony, Minako pulls out a key from the breast pocket of her blouse and sticks it into the key hole of a small tiny house on the corner next to a busy coffee shop. Opening the door, Minako let herself in and quickly closed the door behind her to prevent the cold wind from following her in.

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"Ami-chan.. "

"Hai?"

"Did you just see Minako walk into that strange little house next to the coffee shop? Or was that just my imagination?" Rei took a sip of her hot chocolate while sitting in a booth of a cozy little café across the street from the small house Minako had just entered moments ago.

"Honesty, Rei-chan, I think you are just feeling guilty for forgetting about Minako at your house this morning while you came out to have fun with me." Ami kids while reaching across the table and grasps Rei's motionless hand over the table.

"No, it was definitely her." Rei's voice was harsh as she pulls her hand away from Ami's grasp causing Ami to jump back afraid.

"Would you like to go check?" Ami's voice sounded hurt as her cerulean orbs bore into Rei's large violet ones.

"I would, " Standing from the booth Rei places the bill money on the table and stares into Ami's eyes, "I had a nice time, but I would like to go to see Minako, " (Long dramatic pause) "alone."

"Hai, Rei-chan. I will see you soon." Ami's eyes began to shine with tears, it seemed as though every time she put herself on the line, something always came up. "God damn you, Minako- chan" She sobs into her napkin, sitting, once again, alone in the café.

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"Much better." Minako sighs pleasantly to herself while wrapping a towel around her freshly washed hair. Then, replacing her bandage around her thigh she smiles, recalling all of the times Rei had patched her up before. Those simple gestures were the ones that meant the most. "Then why does she always hurt me. I guess this is how it will always be, there will always be things, " Grabbing the pair of grey sweatpants from the edge of her bed, she ties the drawstrings tight around her waist and pulling a loose tee shirt over her head. "There will always be things that I can never share, with anyone."

Ding Dong….

"I wonder who that could be?" Minako questions herself as she wraps her arms around her waist and goes over to the door at the entrance of her house.

Twisting the lock, unlatching the chain Minako finally gets rid of all the difficult things keeping her hidden from the world. Pulling the door slowly open she gasps in horror staring into the eyes of none other than Rei Hino.

"Minako…?" Hurt eyes questioned her sadly.

A/N: If I did not end it here, this chapter could go on for years. And I still need some ideas for my future chapters so I HAD to stops. I promise that I will never have chapters this short ever again. But please review. I hope to get ten reviews before I put up another chapter. Thank you very much!

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