Hi again! Well, Every Thought Matters has (finally) been updated to its last chapter. Now there are only 32 more LtW drabbles to post. +g+ Hope you'll like them!

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15. FATE

Usagi knew five ways home from school, to be taken depending on the hour, the traffic and how hungry she was. But that day she'd chosen randomly, aware that her mother wouldn't let her inside for lunch. Who cared at what time she got home?

Mamoru hadn't gone before through that street; but he'd just gotten a part-time job in the area, close enough to the Crown to leave his bike there and avoid extra parking costs.

Finally, the wind had the exact strength and direction to land that test paper on his head.

Could it be anything but fate?

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16. BEAST

"May I have this dance?"

Kunzite lifted an eyebrow. "Wasn't asking a gentleman's duty?"

"Is it really?" She mimicked his expression. "This is the Moon Court, milord, and its women prefer a quick answer."

He nodded. "You're far too impatient, Lady," he commented even as he led her to the dance floor.

Venus laughed. "You sound like my tutor. Poor Artemis is afraid I'll sprout paws and fangs and start growling instead of becoming a proper lady."

"I see," he began. "Maybe you'll need constant vigilance. Just in case."

She glanced at him studiously. "Maybe," she agreed, smiling to herself.

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17. CHAMBERS

It's not only the air she breathes, full of strange aromas that tell of rock, forest and deep seas. It's not only the feeling of density, of heaviness like she never knew in the Moon.

It's also the dark colours furnishing the castle, such stark contrast to everything familiar. It's the utter absence of magic, and both the terror and awe at her powers.

So she hides, making her lover's chambers into her sanctuary.

"What's wrong, Serenity?" he worries.

"I'm drowning," she whispers, holding him tightly. "Teach me how to breathe, Endymion. Teach me how to breathe in your land."

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18. SECRET

She barely stopped an exasperated huff from escaping her. She was Lady Mercury, Senshi of Water. She was not a spoiled child whose favourite toy had just been stolen.

"Good morning, Lord General," she said as politely as possible. "I wasn't aware this place was known to you." This clearing of smooth rocks overseeing the Tranquility Sea. Her secret place. Hers!

"I just discovered it," Zoisite answered easily. "Such an excellent place to forget daily life."

"There are others," she hinted.

"But none draws me in as strongly as this."

Mercury looked around, confused. What could attract such a man?

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