Title: A Kiss In The Dark
Author: Princess Destiny
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Couple: Usagi And
Mamoru
Rating: M 15+
Summary: 'One Hour Challenge' #657:
Response Fanfic. Eleven years ago, Mamoru's father married Usagi's
mother. It's now almost Usagi's sixteenth birthday and she has to
juggle her secret life as Sailor Moon, on top of school and a job at
Motoki's shop. Her life is turned even more upside down when she
begins to suspect the masked hero she is falling in love with is
actually her awful step-brother!
Couple: Usagi And
Mamoru
Chapters: 9/?
Status: Unfinished
Year Completed: N/A
Comments: Hi everyone! Ugh, I've been trying to post this all day, but was getting errors on FF DOT net. Well, some of you asked for fluffy moments and I guess you could call the below Chapter a little fluffy. It's really sweet actually. Hehehe. Oh, and my editor hasn't gotten back to me on either of these Chapters, so they might be revised in a few days. Please excuse any glaring errors.
This is my Weekly Challenge Response for the 'One Hour Challenges' Mailing List! I've tried to write a Fanfic before where Usagi and Mamoru were step-siblings, but it wasn't well received. But umm, this idea grabbed a hold of me and wouldn't let go, so despite the bad feedback I might get, I'm writing this plot! So there! My idea was to have the two in a world where everything is exactly the same as it is in the Anime, but that their parents married when they were kids. They were brought up together and still have that acute dislike between them, but it's from long familiarity. Oh, and before anyone asks, it's perfectly okay to have a relationship with a step-brother, since they are not technically related. I don't want to hear any negative comments on this, okay? LOL.
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A KISS IN THE DARK
By Princess Destiny
Chapter Nine
When the blonde heroine woke up the next morning, she was immediately worried that she had missed school. After bolting upright in a panic, several things hit her.
It was Saturday.
She had to go to Motoki's today to do her shift.
The pain in her arm was killing her!
Her face felt weird...
Usagi gingerly raised her fingers and felt her face, eyes going wide as she felt plastic or something stuck there. The shape felt weird, but when she pried at the edges, they gave way. It was also sticky! "Oh, he didn't!" She gasped, quickly throwing off her covers and rushing to the mirror. "That creep!" She yelled, hands going to her face.
Her collectable Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen stickers were stuck all over her forehead and cheeks!
How terribly ironic for the man who was Tuxedo Kamen to have stuck his stickers and Sailor Moon's all over her face, when he really had no idea of her secret identity!
"Mamoru, you jerk!" She growled out loud, looking around for the pack. It was laying on her bedside table, mocking her. He hadn't even tried to hide it. Eyes narrowed, darkening to a stormy colour. Well, Mamoru had managed to get back at her, and while she slept no less. She vaguely remembered getting very tired and woozy from the blood-loss as Mamoru had bandaged up her arm. He had helped her to lay down, face unusually gentle and then...nothing.
"So you tend to my wound, but put stickers all over me?!" The blonde could have jumped up and down with anger. Collectables! "Do you have any idea how much these are going for on ebay, you jerk?" Usagi fumed. She grabbed the pack and carefully began to peel the stickers off of her face and put them back where they belonged. Okay, so they had some skin with them, and they were no longer so sticky, but he hadn't bent them or anything.
Once this task was done, the Senshi of the Moon put them protectively back into her beside draw.
"Usagi, what on earth are you doing this early in the morning?" Luna moaned at her, finally raising her head. She blinked at her charge, then the night before came flooding back.
Usagi had never seen her cat wake up so fast! The black feline came rushing to her side, red eyes full of concern. "How is your arm?" She demanded, eyes going to the bandage. "I see Mamoru did a very good job. I have more reason to approve of your brother now." She sighed deeply. "But honestly, putting stickers on your face as you slept?"
The Senshi of the Moon spun towards her, eyes blazing. "You watched him do it and didn't do anything?" She said incredulously.
Luna held up a furry paw, eyes rolling skyward. "What did you want me to do? Scratch him?"
"At the very least!" Usagi retorted, fingers going to her sticky cheeks again. "I wonder if this comes off with soap?" She muttered, knowing that there were large patches of glue all over her skin. Her hair was sticking to her forehead now. "I need a shower." She decided, looking around aimlessly. Her arm was really throbbing with pain.
"You can't get your arm wet," Her guardian said quietly, as if reading her mind. "But you did go to sleep in your clothes."
"Luckily for Mamoru," The girl said darkly. "If he had undressed me, he would be sporting black eyes right about now." Usagi's lips pursed and she shook a fist at the cat threateningly. "Oh sure, you jerk! You want to be a doctor, but your bedside manner really sucks!"
"I have to agree with you there, Usagi," Luna said, sounding surprised at the fact. Her, agreeing with the blonde about something? Had the world ended? "He was very solicitous while you were conscious, but when you went to sleep he was quite...gleeful?" But not only that, his eyes had been so tender as they rested on his step-sister's face. His hands had been very gentle as he dressed her wound, then pulled the covers up to her face. He had also kissed her cheek.
However, this was not something Usagi should know.
And besides, the moment Usagi had been taken care of, a devil had taken over the boy! The look on his face could only have been considered wicked and devious as he looked around the room for some way to get back at his step-sister. Staring at his hair had helped the cat not make a move towards him. Really, Usagi had gotten what she deserved!
"You're on his side?" Usagi growled at her, taking a few steps towards the cat. She knew that expression! "You really did watch him do it." She whispered, glaring.
Luna sniffed haughtily. "I could have talked him out of it of course, or attacked him with claws bared," She said drolly, staring at the blonde. "But having known just what you did to him yesterday helped my conscience a lot."
"Huh!" The Senshi of the Moon snorted in disbelief. "Do you know what he did to me yesterday? Brought a packet of tampons into the class and announced that I had my periods! And that's not all..." The blonde went on to tell exactly what had happened the day before.
Queen Serenity's Adviser eyed her with some horror, then she slapped a paw over her face. "Oh, you two!"
"I'm having a shower now," Usagi smiled brightly, happy to have informed her cat of yesterday's fight. Luna was looking as if she could have swallowed her tongue, thinking Mamoru was the better of the two. That would teach Luna to let Usagi's step-brother do things to her in her sleep.
The blonde girl went to the closet and got out a pretty pink dress. She then recalled her wound and reluctantly added a white t-shirt to put under the dress. It would cover her bandage.
"Have a shower. I'm going to sit here and have a mid-life crisis, thank you." The harried cat snapped, turning on the covers so that her back was firmly to her charge. It was a mistake! This twit wasn't the Leader of the Sailor Senshi. Oh, good god, Sailor Moon was still acting like she was in grade school or something! "Mars would make a nice Leader, so sensible and-no wait, that temper would be a bad thing. Jupiter? No, same thing. Mercury! Yes, Ami is a good girl. She would never dye her brother's hair blonde in revenge."
Usagi stared at her cat with brows raised, just able to hear the muttered words. Luna could really rave on when she was irritated! "Sorry, Luna," She said gently, arms full of clothing. "You're stuck with me until the Princess comes along."
"Seline preserve us all!" The cat yowled back, tempted to bash her head on the sideboard. Coffee, she needed a strong bowl of coffee! Ikuko was strange in that respect. None of the others knew how the two would get together and have snacks during the day. Usagi's mother spoke of her worries and stresses and Luna sat there and agreed with her.
Come to think of it...was Ikuko entirely an ordinary mother? Giving coffee to the cat and talking to her as if she were a human. It was suspicious. Very much so. However, Luna was not sharing this little gem with her annoying ward.
Mamoru's head popped around the doorway, almost scaring the cat silly. "She's not here?"
He looked at the small black cat, who was eyeing him malevolently from the bed and his brows almost hit his hairline. "You know Luna, I could almost think you were human with those expressions. I'm no expert, but are cats supposed to have mood swings?"
Not expecting an answer, the handsome man continued down the hall towards the shower. He hesitated outside the door, listening for a moment to see if his step-sister was in any distress. She was also bound to be homicidal after waking up with her face covered in stickers. Boy, had that been funny! And the fact that she had the Sailor Moon stickers in her draw. It had been heresy to put his beloved Tuxedo Kamen ones on her also, but it was a sacrifice he had been willing to make.
Mamoru grinned evilly at the door, then turned and walked downstairs for breakfast.
Ikuko looked up from the frying pan with a welcoming smile, which almost immediately faded into incredulity. "Mamoru...your hair!" She gasped, a mitted hand going to her throat.
"Oh crap, I forgot." Came the intelligent answer. The upperclassman struggled with his chagrin and embarrassment, then decided to give the same answer her had to Sailor Moon. "I wanted a change."
"Language, Mamoru!" Ikuko scolded him.
"Sorry, mom," Mamoru tried to sound sheepish, when in reality, he was suddenly feeling the need to tan his sister's backside. There were things he had to to today, and she would be of to her job till midday. So perhaps he could tackle her into the bathroom when she came home and then make her remove the rest of the dye from his hair.
"It's an...interesting change," His mother said doubtfully. But being a mom meant you went with your children's weird quirks as they were growing up, so she just sighed in resignation and went back to cooking breakfast.
Leaving Mamoru feeling faintly embarrassed, and very much homicidal towards Usagi.
He had just poured a coffee and was leaning against the bench, when his step-sister walked into the room. Her blue eyes went directly to him, eyeing him balefully. Mamoru smiled at her cheerfully, knowing she would love to get her hands about his neck and strangle him to death. "Morning, sis." He drawled.
"Good morning, darling," Ikuko smiled brightly, but then it faded slightly as she got a good look at her daughter. "You look a little pale." She commented, hurrying over. She lay her hands on Usagi's cheeks and studied her eyes intently. "You didn't get much sleep? A headache again?" She asked worriedly.
"Yes," The Senshi of the Moon said simply, not willing to go into her injury. Even though her story to Mamoru about falling was a plausible one, she wasn't willing to make her mother worry. And so she said nothing about it. "I had a headache again last night." Her eyes went to her step-brother again. "And so did Mamoru."
"Oh dear, the both of you?" Their mother exclaimed. "I'll just get some pain-killers from my bedside." Ikuko hurriedly left the room, still wearing her favourite apron.
Mamoru and Usagi both stared after her retreating for with a surprised expression on their faces.
"Hmm, so that's where the pain-killers went. I wonder if she or dad get headaches too?" The dark-haired man murmured, taking a sip of his coffee.
Usagi shook her head, trying to remember if anything was mentioned. "Oh...I think dad had a tooth-ache or something. I heard raised voices the other night and mom said he was in a lot of pain and shouting because of it." It had been a strange explanation, but she had no reason to doubt it.
Mamoru did. His eyes narrowed in thought. Damn, they were fighting again and they let Usagi hear it? For a while now, their parents had been having quiet arguments, usually inside of their bedroom. Of course, they never showed this fact in front of Usagi or Shingo and for that he was grateful. His younger siblings had no reason to know that their parents were not getting along as well as they seemed.
"She'll be back in a minute-" Usagi said hurriedly, throwing a look at the doorway. She inched closed to her step-brother, then reached up for his cup of coffee. She left it in his hand and merely tilted the side towards her, taking a quick mouthful, then letting it go.
"Thank you for asking, Odango," Her step-brother rolled his eyes skywards, then took a sip himself. Usagi sometimes drank his coffee when their parents weren't around, which really didn't bother him that much. It was sort of cute that they had that little secret, and she seemed to like caffeine. "But that had better be the only caffeine you have today, including an iced-coffee. Remember our agreement?" Mamoru reminded her teasingly.
"Yeah, yeah," She said, reaching up for another sip before her mother came back. It occurred to her that neither of them minded her sharing his cup. Weren't brothers supposed to say 'Yuck! Germs!' or something like that?
"How is your injury?" Mamoru asked her on a low tone, touching her arm lightly with his free hand. His eyes were very warm and concerned as they rested on her face.
Usagi flushed for some unknown reason, her eyes skittering away from the almost-tender look in her step-brother's eyes. Did he have to look like that at her? It was sort of embarrassing...and nice. "I didn't take the bandage off when I had a shower. I just covered the lot in cling-wrap to keep the water out. You know, that stuff you wrap food with to keep it fresh?"
"Wow, Odango Atama," The dark-haired man said mockingly. "You had an intelligent thought?"
Oh yeah, there went the mushy moment! One minute he was all solicitous and caring and the next he was back to jerk-mode.
The small blonde glared at him and pointedly moved away a few steps to put distance between them. "I'm not stupid, you know!" She hissed at him angrily.
"Oh, you two," Ikuko scolded, entering the room with a packet of Tylenol in her hands. "Are you fighting again?"
"Having a mild dispute is all." Usagi said loftily, throwing her step-brother a scornful look. She sat down at the table and helped herself to some toast and butter already set up there.
Mamoru slid into a seat beside her and put his coffee on the place-mat. He then scooped up the morning paper his father had left there when he went out, and began to read.
"Here you are." Their mother said, placing a glass with water in front of them both. She then handed them each two tablets from the pack. "Usagi, you take these now, you have work to get to. Mamoru, I assume your head still hurts also?" Ikuko asked softly, touching a lock of his light brown hair. She really preferred his dark hair, but teenagers were known to do strange things.
The pain in his head was mostly gone, but perhaps the Tylenol would get rid of the remainder. Mamoru nodded to her, then swallowed down the tablets obediently.
Usagi prodded at the tablets with one slender finger, wondering if she should take them. She had had two tablets last night... To her astonishment, Mamoru pushed her hand out of the way and picked the tablets up with one hand, his glass of water in the other.
"You're taking them." He said firmly, eyes going to her wounded arm. Not only did his step-sister have a headache, she had a deep cut on her arm. She had to have the pain-killers. Especially when she was going to be at work, lifting heavy trays. Mamoru scowled unknowingly, wondering if he could let Motoki know not to make her lift anything.
"Mamoru..." The Senshi of the Moon said uncertainly, then she nodded and opened her mouth. The two tablets were dropped in, and his half-empty glass of water was passed over for her to drink.
"Aren't you two sweet, caring for each other like that?" Ikuko sighed happily, seeing how affectionate those two were to each other. Why, he had even given her his own glass even though she had one already!
Mamoru and Usagi's eyed met and they shared a grimace. They were not caring to each other! Absolutely not.
"Eat your toast, Odango, or you're going to be late for work." The upperclassman ordered, going back to his newspaper. He had not meant it as being kind to her, nope. He was just worried about her picking up her glass in her injured arm while taking the tablets. Yes, that had been it exactly. Face darkening, he glared a hole through his paper.
Usagi made a face at him, then went back to her toast. She would never understand her step-brother in a million years. And maybe that was a good thing!
To Be Continued...
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