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Hana sat in the living room, staring out of the huge picture window as she contemplated what Haruka was doing at the moment.
"nervous?" Michiru asked kindly as she walked into the room, causing Hana to almost fall off the couch arm where she was sitting.
"uh...yeah." she replied, blushing as she regained her composer. Though Michiru only chuckled walked over to her side.
"She mentioned you a lot you know." The aqua haired girl stated and Hana sighed and glanced down as she replied "Probably hated my guts for treating her like I did."
Michiru sighed and placed her hand gingerly on the young girl's shoulder, knowing the pain that haunted her.
"You're wrong, she hated your parents. She always said that they didn't give either of you a chance to be yourselves, they always made the both of you try to fill their shoes." she replied and Hana glanced up, not believing what the older girl had just said.
"They'll never let me come here to live...Papa will be furious and..." Hana began however around that time they heard the sound of a car door shut.
"I think we'll see." Michiru stated as they listened to the door open and heard Haruka almost trip on the umbrella basket beside the door.
"Darn it Michi why do you put this thing so close to the door!" she growled as she entered the room, a stack of papers in her hand.
"How did it go?" the senshi of the sea asked softly and Haruka smiled and sat down.
"Well besides the paperwork that I'll be up all night doing Dad basically gave me the custody rights." she replied then added "Though I wanted to kill that bastard for what he said about her!"
Hana felt mixed feelings as she listened to her sister talk, half of her was excited and happy while the other half was sad and frightened.
'I don't know why but I miss my parents...though I know I'll be happier here.' she thought then she felt a strong hand clasp her shoulder. Looking up she was met with the gentle gaze of her sister.
"it'll take time to adjust, I know that it's hard but I think it's for the best." Haruka stated kindly, though her voice gave away the unhappiness that she felt.
After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence Haruka sighed and glanced down at her sister
"Hana, I'm sorry for this...if it wasn't for me Mom and Dad wouldn't have been so hard on you." she whispered, tears filling her eyes.
"Mom and Dad were always hard on both of us. I remember before you told us about your...girlfriend. They always wanted you to do certain things that I know you hated to do." Hana replied, putting her hand over the one Haruka had placed on her shoulder.
Haruka forced the tears back as she smiled "That's why I rebelled against them any chance I got." she retorted, causing the younger girl to giggle.
"I think that's why I started to play baseball." the younger girl admitted, earning a shocked look from her sister.
"Wait...What? You play baseball? When did that happen?" Haruka asked, trying to recall if her sister ever had any attraction to sports.
"When mom and dad wouldn't shut up about you being a disgrace and saying I was going to turn out just like you." Hana retorted, a hint of malice in her voice. After a long pause she opened her mouth to speak again, causing Haruka to brace herself for a critical comment from her sister. However what her sister said next surprised her "you're really not so different than you were when you did like boys."
Michiru chuckled as Haruka glanced at the floor, her face turning crimson.
"I think you embarrassed her." Michiru teased, causing Haruka to glared over at her.
"You and you both shut up. Hana I swear if you tell her anymore about the one time I dated a guy I swear I will make your life a living..." Haruka began, however a stern look from Michiru cut her off.
Hana laughed at the interaction between the two teens, surprised that anyone could get Haruka to stop cussing.
"Gomen Michiru." Haruka whispered, giving her lover a sheepish look which caused Michiru's stern look to lighten a little.
"remember to control yourself love, don't want a repeat of what happened the last time you let your tongue slip." Michiru chided, smiling lightly at the taller girl before exiting the room.
Hana smirked as she stood up from her seat and walked across the room, and away from her sister.
"I thought you were the man of the house Ruka!" she teased, earning a glare from her sister.
"Shut up brat." Haruka growled back, though there was no venom in her voice.
"Make me!" Hana retorted, causing her sister to smirk as she replied "Fine I will, Squirt." before easily grabbing the smaller girl and pinning her to the floor, tickling her.
"Stop! I'm sorry!" the thirteen year old laughed and Haruka paused the onslaught long enough to allow the girl to catch her breath.
"I think you're just saying that." Haruka retorted, beginning her attack again.
"I"ll stop teasing you!" Hana gasped between giggles, causing Haruka to chuckle and stop.
"see to it that you do." she replied in a mock stern tone before she lay back onto the floor beside her younger sister.
Michiru, who was watching this transaction from the doorway couldn't help but smile at the two's playfulness.
"I didn't know you were capable of being so innocent, Ruka." the blue haired girl teased causing Haruka to sat up quickly, causing the tall blond to hit her head against the edge of the table.
"Thanks a lot Mich, Now I've got a headache." she grumbled, flopping back onto the floor dramaticly, causing both of the other girls to laugh.
"You two are cruel! Laughing at me while I'm hurt!" Haruka whined, rubbing at the red mark on her forehead.
"Oh poor baby." Michiru retorted in a playful tone as she walked over to where her lover was laying.
Causing Haruka to glance up at her, pouting slightly.
"are you just going to stand there and make fun of me Michi-San?" Haruka whimpered, giving the aqua haired teen a look similar to that of a stray puppy.
"You're a drama queen." the other teen stated, seating herself on the floor beside her lover before kissing her lightly on the lips.
"But I'm your drama queen." Haruka retorted, kissing the other girl again.
Hana rolled her eyes at the two and fake gagged "Get a room!" she complained, a mischievous smile decorating her face.
"Remind me to act freaked out when you bring home a boy." Haruka stated, though she got to her feet and helped Michiru up.
"as if you're meeting any boy I want to date! You'd probably beat him up anyway!" the thirteen year old retorted, earning a chuckle from her sister.
"Actually no, the only way I'll beat a boy up is if he does to you what Michiru's ex did to her." the tomboy growled as she wrapped her arm around Michiru's waist and pulled her close.
"What happened?" Hana asked, noticing how Michiru's expression darkened. However Haruka just shook her head.
"Michiru may tell you later Han-Chan, but I don't feel the need to explain these things to you." she answered gently. Hoping that the younger girl would just drop the subject before Michiru became upset.
"I'm sorry Michiru-San. I won't ask again." Hana replied softly though the sea goddess just smiled and nodded.
"It's alright, I'll explain to you later okay?" she stated in reply, glancing up at her Koi with an unreadable look.
"don't give me that look Michi, I didn't do anything wrong!" the short haired girl retorted, a look of alarm on her face.
"Ruka, think back at how you answered your sister. If one didn't know what you meant they would think you didn't want to speak with them." the shorter Seventeen year old pointed out gently.
Haruka glanced at the floor as relation dawned on her "Sorry Sis, I didn't mean to say it that way. I just feel that I shouldn't speak of private matters of someone else with anyone." She explained softly, hoping that she didn't hurt her little sister's feelings.
"Haruka, I'm not that easily offended." she stated, then added softly "I hope I didn't offend either of you."
Michiru closed the distance between the two and ruffled the girl's hair. "I already said it was alright, remember?" she replied, then she added jokingly "You're a bigger baby than your big sister." causing both of them to exclaim "Hey! Shut up!" at the same time.
"uh-oh did you insult the two grease monkey's?" Setsuna asked as she and Hotaru walked into the room.
"Nah, she's just teasing again...though I ought to put her on the couch for that comment." Haruka answered, glaring playfully at her partner.
"I would give that less than ten seconds before you started calling for her." the time guardian chuckled as Hotaru ran to Michiru.
"Michiru-Mama! Guess what Guess what!" the little girl exclaimed excitingly, causing her adoptive parents to chuckle.
"What?" Michiru replied kneeling to the child's eye-level.
"I made a new friend today! Her name is Lyra!" the young senshi of destruction stated happily.
"That's great Hotaru, is those kids at that new school nicer than the ones at the other one?" Haruka asked and the little girl nodded.
"Yes Haruka-Papa! They actually don't act like I'm weird." the little girl replied causing the older girls to exchange a look.
"We're really happy for you Hime-Chan. What those other kids did was wrong." Michiru stated warmly as she pulled the girl into a tight embrace.
"No child so face anything like Hotaru use to go through at her old school. All because of who her parents are." Setsuna whispered to Hana, wanting her to understand the situation that the child had been in.
Hana glanced up at the taller woman and whispered bitterly "just because of my sister and Michiru? I don't think it matters who your parents are as long as they treat you right."
Setsuna sighed and nodded "I know little one, but not everyone sees it that way." she replied understandingly as she wrapped her arm around the younger girl.
Haruka, who had overheard the conversation stood up and smiled at her sister.
"Han-chan, you don't know how much what you just said means to me. I know you don't agree with my lifestyle choices but just because you don't agree with it...you act no different toward me than any of my other friends." she stated and Hana sighed and turned her attention to her sister, a cold look in her eyes.
"Just because I don't agree with your choices doesn't mean that I can judge you for it either." the thirteen year old replied before she smiled slightly before adding "or let anyone put you and your family down."
Haruka cleared her throat and glared at her younger sibling "My family?" she stated, crossing her arms across her chest.
Blushing Hana met her sisters stern gaze and corrected "Our family." causing Haruka to lean down and kiss the top of her head.
"good girl." she teased, then added in an even more playful tone "lets go eat, I'm starving. I think I know a nice little Italian place downtown that I am just dying to go to!"
Michiru and Setsuna shared a look and groaned. "You're a bottomless pit Tenou." Michiru teased as she followed her lover out the door.
"hey you get into a shouting match with my father and see how hungry it makes you." the blond retorted as she pulled her shoes on and began helping Hotaru with her's.
"does she still have the table manners of a rat?" Hana asked Setsuna who chuckled and replied "what do you think little one?"
"Stop talking about me you two! I'm nice enough to take you out to eat!" the blond half whined as she picked her adoptive daughter up and placed her on her shoulders.
"what? No empty threats Tenou?" Setsuna challenged, which earned her a look that plainly said 'Hana doesn't need to know of that.'
