Serena walked into the Crown and looked around hastily, spotting a messy bunch of dark black hair, she glared at it and proceeded with determination. She walked straight to the stool next to Darien's and sat down. She didn't even glance at him, nor did he, they just sat there, not even thinking of what to say.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Hey, Serena, good morning! How are you?" Andrew greeted a tired looking dumpling head.

"Huh? Oh, Andrew, um.I'm ok, I guess..hey.can I get some coffee? Black, with two spoons of sugar, and a little milk?" Andrew raised an eyebrow in curiosity and nodded. He walked back into the kitchen mumbling something about kids growing up too fast.

Serena giggled a bit and took a glance at a smirking Darien.

"What?" questioned Usagi with a little frown.

"It's just..coffee? What happened to the little bunny that swore off coffee for as longed as she lived?"

"Well, she went to college, had deadlines that she actually felt she had to make, and has a job that starts early mornings, that she can actually get to ON time, thanks to the hot, dark liquid, we call coffee."

"Ok, Serena, let's stop this, come with me." Darien stood up and pulled Serena gently by the wrist and led her to an empty booth. They sat across from each other and Serena looked straight into those dreamy blue orbs (AN: **sigh** hehe) and remembered what she came there for.

"I heard you yesterday."

"I'm sorry."

"You know I was going to.I was with Julius, were you spying on me or something?" Usagi said without fear.

"W-What?! That's absurd, why would I do a thing like that?"

"Because, you care." Darien looked down a bit and blushed, but quickly regained his composure.

"Look, Meatball head, I probably wasn't even within five hundred feet near you, I had a dream.obviously you were there, and you were about to do something.I forget what it was, but it was definitely dangerous.and.my thoughts must've gotten through to you.and.and."

"It's still there isn't it?" Serena asked a silent Darien who looked down, ashamed. She could feel emotions bursting in her as she screamed it this time, "Isn't it?! After all this time, we see each other just one day, and it comes back! See, this is why I-" Serena stopped and bit her lower lip and looked down. She noticed her hands had an incredible death grip on the booth's table. She slowly loosened her grip.

"Why you left? Is that what you were going to say? It is, right? Usa.Serena, that's it, right? You couldn't stand it anymore.you couldn't stand our connection and you couldn't stand me! That's why you left! You just couldn't stand me and what we shared," Darien said in a harsh, almost accusing voice, but Serena could sense a little hurt. She didn't want him to be hurt but he was being so accusing and mean.

"Why, Serena? You hated me that much? Do.do you really want me to answer your already answered question? Hm?! Well, of course the connection's still there! You're the Moon Princess Serenity and I'm Prince Endymion of Earth! We're Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen! Odango Atama and Mamoru baka who coincidentally ran into each other literally like two magnets everyday! Of course it's still there!" Darien sighed, "Of course it's still there." During all his harsh whispers Darien kept his head down. He didn't know what to think. He felt lost.

"No wonder you left.it WAS because of me.of course it was too much.all the responsibility, all the pressure, you couldn't handle it all, you didn't want to be a part of it, I'm sorry, I guess it makes sense that you ran away from all you worries."

"What?!" screamed Serena in outrage. She accusingly pointed a finger at Darien while glaring.

"How dare YOU accuse ME of running away! I handled all the responsibility just fine! Sure, I was a total klutz, crybaby and had completely no fighting tactics or experiences, but I handled everything as the leader, Serenity, whatever!" By now Serena was standing and practically fuming in rage. Darien saw her fists clench together at her sides while her head was bowed down in shadows. His throat was dry and he did not know what to say. He didn't know his words would affect her that much and he wished he didn't say anything as he saw her tremble slightly. Then she looked up and again pointed a finger at Darien angrily and shakily.

"But, yes, the reason I left was because I was scared of you! OK?! SCARED! S-C-A-R-E-D! That must not be a surprise though, I mean what with me being afraid of youmas, ghosts and thunder storms! I was certainly afraid of the big, mean, Chiba Mamoru! And I was definitely afraid of our connection! I was always sensing when you were hurt, sad or in danger. it always hurt me, too, made me sad, made me find you to protect you.and sometimes I could never help you Mamoru.I let you down, but I also felt your smile, your rare happiness and your healing. I heard your voice through the wind, felt your presence when I was alone, and felt your heartbeat on the tip of my fingers and in my own heart.and still we fought. The verbal abuse I took from everyone was strong, but when I took it from you, I tried not to care, I mean, we had the connection, right? You felt my pain, right? Right?! You.I just couldn't take it." Serena took a deep breath, it was long after tears spilled down her face, and Darien stood up and stroked the wet trails on her cheek with his thumb. He fully opened his hand and caressed her cheek with it, and Serena closed her eyes and took a deep breath. 'I need to get away from him.' Opening his mouth, Darien was prepared to say the apology of his life.

"Please, don't cry.I'm-"

"I'm sorry for pointing at you Darien!" Shouted Serena hurriedly as she ran out of the Crown.

Andrew watched as Serena ran out of the building, he didn't even bother to pour her coffee. Once he saw them go to the booth he decided to sneak a little peek from the kitchen and try to listen. It was still pretty early in the morning, so there were only a few costumers here and there and the ones that were there tried to ignore all the little outbursts of the couple. He looked over at his friend who was still standing where the bunny had left him and called him over. As Darien approached, he sat in a stool and buried his head in his arms and muffled a scream.

"What in the hell was that?!" a confused Darien let out. He looked around at the very few people that were looking at him. 'Just like at Japan's Crown.they're just gonna have to get use to these fights.but they're not like the old fights.' Darien stood up quickly and ran out the building, after saying a quick goodbye to Andrew. He had to finish talking to Serena. He had to find her.





This chapter was pretty short.I'm sorry my story isn't that good. I'm trying to measure up to the great authors that I've read so far. It's hard! Hehe, tell me how I'm doing, and review! Or, e-mail me at flipsaiyajin@hotmail.com. Any suggestions?

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