The first few days weren't as enjoyable as she thought they would be. Mamoru had kept insisting that she call Seiya and let him know she was here. She had felt stupid for even thinking that she could cheat on Seiya with Mamoru. After all, you could only cheat if the person you want to cheat with is interested in you. From the way Mamoru encouraged her to call Seiya, she figured he had brought her here to get her away while he waited for Setsuna's return. But her thoughts couldn't have been farther from the truth.

Mamoru was having a constant inward battle with himself. He couldn't understand why his lips kept telling her to call Seiya, when his heart was telling him to pick her up, fly halfway across Europe, hide and never return. It wasn't cheating if you were missing, right? 'Stupid mouth. Why can't you keep shut when I want you to?' He knew his encouragement to call Seiya sent the message that he wanted her with Seiya and he could see it in her eyes. She had wanted to be there with him, so why wouldn't the rest of his body operate with his heart??

"Hello may I speak to Seiya please?" She had called him, and not a part of him was happy, but he continued to listen in on her conversation anyways. "No don't worry, I'll call back later." He watched her sigh and cut the power to the cordless phone.

"Well he's not there. He's probably out enjoying his vacation." She turned and said to him. She looked a bit happy and he knew why. "How about we just go sightseeing then? I always heard there were amazing places here. I still can't believe I'm in the land of Zeus and Hera." He laughed but agreed with her. "Ok and we'll just have dinner out somewhere. With lots of cheese!" At this they both laughed. "Let's go change and meet back here in half hour." Agreeing they both went to their separate rooms in the small hotel to prepare for their day out.

Usagi didn't know what to wear though. Sure it was only sightseeing, but she wanted to impress Mamoru. She'd have her work cut out for her though, if Setsuna was the standard he wanted, she was nowhere near it. Feeling down but not out, she decided on a pair of black capris and an electric blue halter top. It was a bit hot outside so she figured she'd forego any make up since she wasn't a big fan of it anyway. But something was missing. Giving herself a look – over, she wondered what it could be. Clothes, check. Underwear, check. Crucifix, check. She saw her black flip flops by the door, check. Then she looked at her hair. If it was one thing Mamoru had constantly teased her about, even now, was her hair. Her Odangos, as he'd call them. They made her look like a child compared to the woman that Setsuna was. Her mind made up, she quickly let down her hair out of the buns. She looked strange, but she was on a mission. With a bit a water and hair grease she slicked back her hair into a bun, wrapping her hair around so she didn't have to deal with it in the heat. When she looked over herself again, she realised that the bun gave her a more regal look. Some studs completed the outfit and with one final glance in the mirror she approved of her new regal look. "This ought to give Setsuna a run for her money." She said out loud. Slipping on her shoes she exited the room to go meet Mamoru. 'Hopefully he likes the new look.' she thought with a smile.

Mamoru, being a man in love, had paid just as much attention to his dress as Usagi. He wore a pair of dark blue jeans with a plain white, fitted short sleeved shirt. 'Well I never claimed to be a fashion expert.' He thought, as he looked himself over while waiting on Usagi. As he saw her coming towards him, a few more thoughts crossed his mind. None had to do with fashion, and every thing to do with his bed. Remembering he was in love and not lust with her, he tried as hard as he could to push the thoughts to the back of his mind: it wasn't working. 'Come on Mamoru stop being a hentai and focus.' Try as he might though it just wasn't happening. Her outfit while simple, had shown just enough cleavage to make him want to see more, and her pants while loose, were fitted enough that her behind was making a cute appearance.

"Earth to Mamoru!" She continued waving her hand in front of him. She grabbed his hand and started pulling him towards the exit, all the while smiling to herself. 'It worked!' she thought, with a bit of self satisfaction. 'Now all I have to do is make him fall in love with me.' That, she didn't feel as confident about. It was easy to make a man drool, but it was quite another thing to make him love you, especially when he was in love with an amazing woman already. Sighing she rethought her strategy. Did she want to steal Mamoru from his girlfriend? What would he think of her if she tried? Suddenly this didn't seem like such a good idea anymore. She knew it wasn't within her to be the cheating girlfriend type. A funny thought crossed her mind however and she acted upon it. She prayed to Aphrodite. 'When in Greece.' She thought with a laugh, and set out on her journey.

"Kawaii!" she exclaimed. All around this place was beautiful. They hadn't visited one location that had disappointed them. "Thank you Mamoru. If you hadn't suggested it I would have never gotten to see this beautiful country." She blushed a bit as he smiled back at her. "That's what friends are for."

'There his mouth went again.' he though. That's NOT what he wanted to say and AGAIN it gave Usagi the impression that he felt absolutely nothing but friendly love for her. "How about we go to dinner now? I'm a bit hungry." At least that was the truth on his part. She half smiled and agreed. They went to a small restaurant. Simple enough that would suit their pockets AND their clothes. It was too far a trip to go back to the hotel to come back out again, so they settled for something quaint and cosy.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but you look really nice today Usagi." He watched her blush and look down. He was trying to make small talk over their meal and finally his mouth and heart were unanimous in what they were saying. He heard her murmur a small thank you before he looked up and his eyes caught something, or someone, and he was livid. It was Seiya.

Does this count as a cliff hanger??? I hope so lol I got that rush again leaving it right there so it better count!

For anyone in doubt, yes hair grease and water DOES work if you have the right type of hair lol well not all types of hair grease...I guess I'll have to give lessons on how Usagi did it :)

Hope you all are still enjoying it...I put out two chapters today!! yay...Will try to work on the others after volleyball tonight. Ja ne and as always R&R..ideas always welcome