Summary- The end of the two dates. Will Rei follow Minako or go back to Usagi? And will Yoshi reveal his evil streak?
Pairings-Shoujo ai, Rei/Usagi, Rei/Minako.
Disclaimer- Erm Yeah, Read the disclaimer in the last few chapters. Get the picture? If not, for the record…Don't own, never will.
WARNING- FEMSLASH! Turn back if you don't like it.Though why you waited to reach this chapter before pressing the back button I'm not quite sure.
Previously:
Yoshi pulled back, his hands still pinning her arms down by her sides and cold purple eyes looked at her. There was no warmth present in them at all. A cold chill ran up her spine as they met her own.
"I do NOT get good vibes from that guy" Rei's voice echoed in her head.
"No…" Minako whispered. "No…"
"Come on baby, you know you want this…"
Minako shook her head, but the hand still descended, Yoshi's grip on her with the other tightening still further.
"No…"
The sound of the phone ringing suddenly tore through the apartment, at last startling Minako out of her stunned inactivity. Summoning up all her energy, she pushed her whole body forwards. Yoshi, who had also been startled by the phone ringing, was taken off guard and, at the blonde girl's unanticipated move, stumbled back a few feet.
Her heart was still beating fast, fear ever prevalent, but not for one moment did Minako allow her eyes to leave the boy in front of her. Quickly she stood up and moved still further away from him..
The phone had stopped ringing and Minako inwardly thanked the gods that someone had decided to phone when they had. Otherwise…she shuddered inwardly at what might have happened.
Yoshi straightened up from where he had been standing slightly crouched and Minako instinctively grabbed for something, anything close at hand. Her hand groped at an extremely heavy paperweight on the desk behind her. Brandishing it threateningly at the raven haired boy, she finally spoke.
"Get out Yoshi!"
Her voice surprised even her. While she had been expecting it to shake, in reality, it came out steady and low, completely at odds with the fear that she felt, the queasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Yoshi, however, did not move from where he was standing. Minako repeated herself once more, the pitch of her voice increasing.
"I SAID GET OUT!"
Rei and Usagi finally arrived in front of the latter girl's house. The miko's hand was interlaced with that of her princess as Usagi opened the front door. Once they were inside, Rei was hit by the smell of baking. About ten minutes ago, her unease over Minako had finally faded slightly.
Once inside they were greeted with exuberance by Usagi's mother.
"Hello Rei-chan! Will you be eating with us?"
"Yes Rei , stay! We're having Thai food." Usagi looked up at Rei with puppy dog eyes.
Rei chuckled.
"How could I possibly refuse? Thank you very much Tsukino-san, I would love to stay."
Rei really enjoyed the meal, chatting with Usagi's dad about politics and business over her Pad Thai and Green curry, laughing along with the rest of the family as they discovered that the Panang had not been unpacked at the end of the meal and watching Shingo and Usagi as they bickered.
Watching as Usagi's mother moved around the room, she would wonder if her mum would do things the same way, whether she would put the leftovers away before doing the washing. She wondered if her father would sit in his armchair and relax after dinner like Usagi's father did instead of becoming the cold workaholic he was now, if her little brother whom her mother died giving birth to would have been anything like Shingo.
After dinner, she sat and chatted with Usagi's parents in the sitting room for a while, before being dragged upstairs by Usagi.
"Honestly Rei! I thought you were going to stay down there all night! Don't you want to see the new manga I got the other day?"
Rei shook her head and sighed a little. Usagi had very little idea of the concept of being alone in the way Rei had been for a lot of her life, more so after her grandfather had died half a year ago and thus couldn't understand why her girlfriend would want to hang out with 'boring old people'. Rei had accepted this as just another of the differences between them.
When she felt it particularly strongly, she would talk to Minako about it. The other blonde had always been able to empathise more with her on the subject. Rei wasn't quite sure why, after all, Minako had lived with her parents until they moved to England. Perhaps it was merely the fact that she had been Sailor V, a huge sensation, an icon really. That must have been isolating.
Rei thought back to their earlier argument. Maybe she had been too harsh. Minako spoke before she thought sometimes but…they had been there for each other no matter what.
Rei stopped reflecting on what had happened, and moved towards the bed. Usagi grinned, moving the manga towards her.
"Look Rei, he's about to ask her out! Isn't it just so cute?"
Rei nodded and smiled.
"Yes Usagi, it is."
She was only half listening to what the other girl was saying. Instead, she was looking at Usagi. Her hair was shining as the light reflected off of it, her blue eyes sparkling as she looked at Rei. Her body was totally animated, completely in the moment.
The raven haired girl smiled. Slowly, she moved over until she was right next to Usagi, wanting to be able to live in the moment like the other girl did, leaving her thoughts and worries behind.
"So, does she say yes?"
Her thoughts drifted back to Minako and the last time she saw the other girl for a moment, but Rei shoved them away, and allowed herself to become absorbed in the reality of the present.
Yoshi sneered, his face twisting unattractively. Minako held firm, her body poised as if to run into battle.
"Don't worry, I'm going. You're such a tease, leading guys on like that. Bet you're not even really interested. I mean, you hang out with a bunch of dykes, you're probably just like them. I bet you're secretly in love with one of them. Just go out with guys so that you can go running to her when they're tired of your shit and want what they're owed, to get some attention from her. After all, you're too ugly to get her attention otherwise, right?"
"Just get out" Minako stated, her eyes never moving from him, though inside she barely stopping herself from falling apart.
The front door slammed behind him as he left, and Minako ran and locked it, before turning and sliding down it until her head was resting in her hands as she began to shiver.
A.N- At first I put off writing this chapter because it was hard. I'm still not happy with how I wrote it. Then, real life took a really weird turn and I was too busy to write for a long time. A big apology to everyone I left hanging on this story though, if anyone is still reading. Anyway, everything has more or less calmed down now, and I've planned the rest of this story out. The next chapter will hopefully be up tomorrow or the next day. Thank you to anyone still hanging in there (if there is anyone) but I promised I'd finish and I will!
