Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and it's characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko
Author's Note: First update of today's double update! Enjoy!
Day 7 – Makoto
Kino Makoto sat alone in her apartment with her dinner in front of her. It was Christmas Eve and while her friends had pleaded with her to go out and have fun with them, the busty brunette had declined. She was not feeling especially festive, a feeling not unusual to her during Christmas time. Although it had been many years, Makoto still felt the absence of her parents strongly. She couldn't help but be reminded of all the fun times she had had with them growing up. Her parents had always made winter and Christmas spectacular.
Picking up her chopsticks, Makoto let out a soft sigh. She knew sitting alone in her apartment wouldn't help her feel better, being around Usagi and the others made her feel better. The other Senshi were her family now. 'Still,' she thought, 'sometimes they're just not enough.' There was no replacing her parents and the things they did during the holidays. All Makoto wanted to do that night was bake with her mother and watch old American Christmas movies with her father.
A knock at her door startled Makoto enough to make her almost drop her chopsticks on the floor. Regaining her composure, she set her utensils down and went to answer the door.
"Mako-chan! Look, look! Ami-chan found some old Christmas movies!" Usagi exclaimed when Makoto had opened the door.
"Usagi-chan?" Makoto said, blinking at her blonde haired friend.
"Ami-chan said you used to watch old movies and bake for Christmas," Usagi said.
"And since we're all horrible at baking, we thought we'd just come and watch movies with you!" chimed in Minako as she popped out from behind Usagi.
"Just because you and Usagi are horrible at baking doesn't mean the rest of us are!" Rei said, annoyed.
"We didn't want you to be sad and alone on Christmas," Ami spoke up from the back of the group.
"I guess it's a good thing I made plenty of extra food for dinner, huh?" was all Makoto could think to say in response to her friends' comments. She stood back and watched the other four Inner Senshi pile into her apartment, feeling grateful that she had such wonderful friends. Even if they weren't her parents, the fact that the cared enough to make sure Makoto wasn't alone almost brought tears to her eyes.
