THE UNWANTED BECOMES THE WANTED: PETALS PLUCKED
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Serenity walked down the empty halls of the Mercury Palace, with the sweet scent of morning over coming her. The warm, yet cold air tickled her arms and face as the melody of the birds sang openly into the crisp air. A small breeze ran its fingers through the strands of her delicate bangs.
Her golden blonde hair was French braided into one single braid with a red ribbon down her back, matching her red flowing dress. Red heart-shaped earrings dangled neatly from her ears, as red lipstick adored her captivating lips.
Serenity knew where she wanted to go; she was heading for the Mercurian royal garden behind the palace. It seems to her that gardens are the only place she can really calm down in, especially to ignore the touch of Trowa.
Stepping down the light blue marble stairs and into the blue garden, she began to 'hum' a tune... the Lunarian lullaby. Sung to all the youth on the moon and for them to never forget. (The lullaby is the music from the locket.)
She slowly surveyed her surrounding area when her eyes landed on Trowa who looked right back at her. Her muscles tensed up by the thought that he was examining her with delicacy.
Trowa stared at her as if she was an angel that came form heaven just to bless him. He had never noticed that the second princess of the moon was so beautiful, he just heard that she was ugly so he kept away from her, but now he knew that something in his soul was not letting him "keep away" from her.
"Hello," Serenity whispered carefully.
Her voice strung his heart in her grasp forever. Immediately he forgot about all his worries and placed his undivided attention towards the beauty before him. He slowly muttered, "Hello."
Serenity suddenly felt uneasy. He wasn't going to do anything, and she obviously wasn't going to do a thing either. Her eyes then landed on his emerald ones, they froze on the spot, not daring to even breath too hard.
"Do you like the garden?" Trowa asked monotonously.
"Yes, it's wonderful..." trailed Serenity; unsure as to why he's talking to her.
"I'm glad you feel that way," he said.
"Why are you talking to me?" Serenity suddenly asked with a frown.
Trowa stared at her and questioned, "Why not?"
"Because no one, and certainly not a male, would ever talk to me," Serenity replied with her eyebrows furrowed up together.
"So?" Trowa said, "Don't you want people to talk to you?"
"I guess..." Serenity whispered while looking far away. Her eyes clouded over from a memory when Trowa and her were younger. He would talk to her sometimes, but ever since she's been rated as "The Ugly Princess" he never did say another word to her after wards.
"Then why so confused if you want to socialize?" Trowa asked, snapping Serenity out of her little memory.
"Because you never talked to me before," Serenity told him, irritated, "So why start now?"
Trowa was almost taken aback by what she had said, but quickly said, "Cause I want to."
"Oh," was all Serenity could manage to say.
"What's your favourite flower?" Trowa asked when he was sure that the beauty in front of him was done with her questions.
"Red roses," she replied, "Yours?"
"Don't have one," he said.
Serenity turned her head to him and asked, "Why?"
"They're all too beautiful," Trowa said; 'including you' he added in his head.
"I understand," she said while nodding her head.
"Why a red rose?" Trowa asked.
"Because of..." Serenity wanted to say 'love' but decided not to. She couldn't just trust him so easily like she did with Yamato.
"Love?" he finished off for her.
"...yes..." she whispered as a faint brush of blush covered her face.
If she didn't answer, Trowa wouldn't have thought that Serenity could be so... emotionally attached to the subject of love. Sure, he knew that every girl was really into romance, but Serenity? He was now so much more determined to earn her trust, especially of a beautiful flower such as her.
"I see. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," he promised solemnly.
"Thanks..." Serenity whispered once more while looking at him with gratitude.
"Welcome..." Trowa's voice trailed off, once again engulfed by her crystalline blue eyes.
"Serenity!" Ami shouted, breaking their eye contact.
Serenity turned around and greeted her friend, "Ami..."
"Setsuna's here to lead you to Venus," Ami said sadly.
"Oh," Serenity mumbled.
Trowa felt like he was sucked into a black hole, his blood leaving him and his heart stopped. The beautiful flower was being taken away from his protective grasped. While looking at the princess of the moon, he could visualize the petals of a red rose being plucked.
"I'll visit Ami, don't worry," assured Serenity to the sad Mercurian princess.
"You'll have to visit often," Ami told her.
"I promise," stated Serenity and then turned to Trowa, "Thanks for healing my scar."
"You welcome. Seeya," it took every will in his body to get those words out.
Serenity then made her way to the airport once more. Feeling depressed that she once again needed to go, and she was just getting to know Trowa too...
The image of Serenity's back made him feel empty. The rose's petal was being plucked from his very hands.
~*~
TENSHI CAT
~*~
Serenity walked down the empty halls of the Mercury Palace, with the sweet scent of morning over coming her. The warm, yet cold air tickled her arms and face as the melody of the birds sang openly into the crisp air. A small breeze ran its fingers through the strands of her delicate bangs.
Her golden blonde hair was French braided into one single braid with a red ribbon down her back, matching her red flowing dress. Red heart-shaped earrings dangled neatly from her ears, as red lipstick adored her captivating lips.
Serenity knew where she wanted to go; she was heading for the Mercurian royal garden behind the palace. It seems to her that gardens are the only place she can really calm down in, especially to ignore the touch of Trowa.
Stepping down the light blue marble stairs and into the blue garden, she began to 'hum' a tune... the Lunarian lullaby. Sung to all the youth on the moon and for them to never forget. (The lullaby is the music from the locket.)
She slowly surveyed her surrounding area when her eyes landed on Trowa who looked right back at her. Her muscles tensed up by the thought that he was examining her with delicacy.
Trowa stared at her as if she was an angel that came form heaven just to bless him. He had never noticed that the second princess of the moon was so beautiful, he just heard that she was ugly so he kept away from her, but now he knew that something in his soul was not letting him "keep away" from her.
"Hello," Serenity whispered carefully.
Her voice strung his heart in her grasp forever. Immediately he forgot about all his worries and placed his undivided attention towards the beauty before him. He slowly muttered, "Hello."
Serenity suddenly felt uneasy. He wasn't going to do anything, and she obviously wasn't going to do a thing either. Her eyes then landed on his emerald ones, they froze on the spot, not daring to even breath too hard.
"Do you like the garden?" Trowa asked monotonously.
"Yes, it's wonderful..." trailed Serenity; unsure as to why he's talking to her.
"I'm glad you feel that way," he said.
"Why are you talking to me?" Serenity suddenly asked with a frown.
Trowa stared at her and questioned, "Why not?"
"Because no one, and certainly not a male, would ever talk to me," Serenity replied with her eyebrows furrowed up together.
"So?" Trowa said, "Don't you want people to talk to you?"
"I guess..." Serenity whispered while looking far away. Her eyes clouded over from a memory when Trowa and her were younger. He would talk to her sometimes, but ever since she's been rated as "The Ugly Princess" he never did say another word to her after wards.
"Then why so confused if you want to socialize?" Trowa asked, snapping Serenity out of her little memory.
"Because you never talked to me before," Serenity told him, irritated, "So why start now?"
Trowa was almost taken aback by what she had said, but quickly said, "Cause I want to."
"Oh," was all Serenity could manage to say.
"What's your favourite flower?" Trowa asked when he was sure that the beauty in front of him was done with her questions.
"Red roses," she replied, "Yours?"
"Don't have one," he said.
Serenity turned her head to him and asked, "Why?"
"They're all too beautiful," Trowa said; 'including you' he added in his head.
"I understand," she said while nodding her head.
"Why a red rose?" Trowa asked.
"Because of..." Serenity wanted to say 'love' but decided not to. She couldn't just trust him so easily like she did with Yamato.
"Love?" he finished off for her.
"...yes..." she whispered as a faint brush of blush covered her face.
If she didn't answer, Trowa wouldn't have thought that Serenity could be so... emotionally attached to the subject of love. Sure, he knew that every girl was really into romance, but Serenity? He was now so much more determined to earn her trust, especially of a beautiful flower such as her.
"I see. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," he promised solemnly.
"Thanks..." Serenity whispered once more while looking at him with gratitude.
"Welcome..." Trowa's voice trailed off, once again engulfed by her crystalline blue eyes.
"Serenity!" Ami shouted, breaking their eye contact.
Serenity turned around and greeted her friend, "Ami..."
"Setsuna's here to lead you to Venus," Ami said sadly.
"Oh," Serenity mumbled.
Trowa felt like he was sucked into a black hole, his blood leaving him and his heart stopped. The beautiful flower was being taken away from his protective grasped. While looking at the princess of the moon, he could visualize the petals of a red rose being plucked.
"I'll visit Ami, don't worry," assured Serenity to the sad Mercurian princess.
"You'll have to visit often," Ami told her.
"I promise," stated Serenity and then turned to Trowa, "Thanks for healing my scar."
"You welcome. Seeya," it took every will in his body to get those words out.
Serenity then made her way to the airport once more. Feeling depressed that she once again needed to go, and she was just getting to know Trowa too...
The image of Serenity's back made him feel empty. The rose's petal was being plucked from his very hands.
~*~
TENSHI CAT
