Forgive me, I know it's been awhile. So much college work! x_x
But yes, this is it. I know some people think I'm crazy for ending the story here, but this is everything that I've wanted to express and I feel I've exhausted my creativity for this story.
If new ideas come to mind for continuing this, then I will make a sequel (probably won't happen)
Remember, this is rated M for a reason...
There will be more of an author's note at the end! YAY!
~*~Chapter Nine~*~
~*~Seven Years Later. Usagi~*~
It's Friday morning and Usagi is driving to work with a scowl on her face. It was 7:00 am and already her day was crap. So far, she already managed to walk in a puddle and spill coffee all over her skirt. With the air conditioning blasting in the car and raindrops flowing against the windshield, Usagi was already not looking forward to her day. She could feel it. It was one of those horrible Mondays that everyone just wishes would end so everyone could go home, snuggle in a blanket, eat some junk food and sleep for eternity.
Yes. Usagi thought as she smiled. Snuggling with Mamo-chan while eating chocolate...
Suddenly, she if forced to slam on the breaks and her day dream is torn.
Usagi honked her horn angrily and rubbed her neck from the momentary whip-lash.
"Damned rain!" Usagi shouts angrily at traffic as she increases the speed of her wind-shield wipers.
Usagi glanced down at her watch. I'm already late and these idiot drivers were moving like slugs!
Usagi sighed. It was no use.
Even after all this time, she still found it difficult to arrive on time. But even with her multiple bad habits, Usagi was extremely proud of her current position at Vogue magazine, which is one of the top magazines in the industry. But really, what else was she supposed to do as a career? She doesn't really have any artistic talents, her grades were always a tad below par and she completely fails at cooking. Honestly, it's a miracle she managed to make something of herself.
However, even in highschool when so many of her peers and teachers doubted her abilities in accomplishing anything in the future, there was one person who was always by her side. One person who would support her no matter what. One man who managed to capture her heart all those years ago...
Usagi smiled at the thought of Mamoru. Her devotion for him never faltered and she loved him like nothing else. In fact, they started living together last year and she hoped that possibly...soon...maybe he would...
Usagi brushed away the thought. No need to rush things... She told herself. I mean you haven't even slept together yet...
Not that I don't have extreme urges to sleep with the incredibly sexy Mamoru Chiba that lays by her side every night. Usagi reminded herself. It just...never felt like the right time. Sure they've done...things...arlready, but they always stopped before they completely gave in.
Usagi sighed again. Who knows when that would happen.
Lately, Mamoru had been working very hard. He had earned his degree and was working at a local hospital in Tokyo as a doctor. He had finally accomplished his long-term goal and she couldn't be more proud of him. But lately his job has been running him too hard in Usagi's opinion. He always comes home exhausted and practically runs to sleep. Lately, Usagi couldn't help but feel...lonely.
Besides, Mamoru was the only one around for Usagi to talk to as of now. Her friends were currently so busy with their own lives and careers that they barely had anytime to talk. Ami was finishing up grad school in the United States and was very close to achieving her own medical degree. Minako and Seiya were now a couple and were currently on tour with the Three Lights. Rei was a vocal teacher and Makoto was a chef.
They were finally in the "real world". The small group of girls from the small town of Juuban. It seems like just yesterday when her and Mamoru went on their first date together...how long ago that memory seems now.
Usagi cleared her thoughts as she pulled into the parking lot. Fumbling with her bags and umbrella, she stumbled into her office.
"Oh God, Usagi. You're a mess." Dhara said as she tried to muffle her laughter.
Dhara was Usagi's co-worker and they shared an office together. She has the potential of being nice, but often decides to stick to the "snobby bitch" way of life.
"I'm late." Usagi hurredly said as she threw her bags next to her desk and attempted to control her messy odango's.
"You're always late." Dhara said as she sorted through papers.
Usagi didn't say anything.
"So what's the matter with you today? You're boyfriend break up with you or something?" Dhara asked.
"No..." Usagi said, already annoyed, as she sat at her desk. "I'm a bit stressed today, that's all. So if you don't mind."
"Eh, pity." Dhara said smacking a wad of gum. "Oh, by the way, the boss wants to see you."
Usagi sighed and started rising from her desk, preparing herself before confronting the monster that is her boss. She had been hoping he didn't notice her lateness, but apparently, "nothing ever goes unnoticed at Vogue", Usagi mumbled angrily to herself.
Usagi rolled her eyes in front of his office door before politely knocking. She wanted this conversation to go as quickly as possible.
"Come in." She heard his voice say.
Usagi opened the door to see Mr. Milda sitting at his desk, avidly reviewing a new application. Usagi loved her job, but her boss was a total dick. Mr. Milda and Usagi were opposites and completely clashed whenever together. Again, she really wonders how she got this job...
"You wanted to see me, sir?" Usagi asked, trying to sound polite.
"Oh yes, Ms. Tsukino. Please, have a seat." Mr. Milda said without making eye contact.
She sat.
Mr. Milda continued to read over the review, forgetting that Usagi was there.
With his lack of recognition, Usagi's notorious temper started to flare and she couldn't hold back.
"Not to be rude, sir, but I do have work to do. Could we just get this meeting over with?"
Mr. Milda looked up at her with a curious expression on his face.
"Of course." He replied before ripping up the application and throwing it in the trash.
Mr. Milda folded his hands on his desk before continuing.
"Ms. Tsukino, this is the third day in a row that you have failed at arriving to work on time. But, of course, this has also been going on for weeks. As I was able to display from my exampled application, its no fun to be kept waiting." He said with his plastered smile.
Usagi remained silent, feeling like a child being scolded by her teacher.
"Yet, even with all of my previous warnings, you still continue coming late. Why is this?" Mr. Milda asked as he interlaced his fingers once again and stared expectantly at Usagi.
Usagi thought his face looked like a depressed walrus.
"Sir, not to make an excuse, but I spilled coffee on myself this morning and the rain was atrocious. Traffic was unbearable and I don't really live around the corner from here... I sometimes have a very hard time getting here, especially today." Usagi said.
"Ms. Tsukino, this is the last time I am going to speak with you about this. I don't care if your cat dies, cut your finger or spilled your coffee! I have heard your excuses a million times and I've grown tired of hearing them. Get here on time every day or the next time you arrive, you will no longer have a job here."
Usagi said nothing but bit her lip. How much she would just love to slap him across the face...just once.
"Is this understood?" Mr. Milda said.
"Yes." Usagi said.
"Yes, what?"
"Yes, SIR."
"Good. Now get out of my office."
Usagi stormed out of the office and refused to let the tears fall.
~*~Mamoru~*~
Every weekday, Mamoru wakes up at 5:00 am and is forced to leave his sleeping Usagi behind. How often he gazes at her face while she sleeps and wishes to curl up next to her for the remaining hours of the morning. However, today, Mamoru knows that his day ahead is important, especially when he comes home.
Over the past few weeks, Mamoru has seen Usagi's loneliness grow and realizes her limit. With his new job, he has been so loaded with patients and has worked later than scheduled on numerous nights. The hospital keeps promising for more help and reminding him that these jobs are only temporary. Yet, already, his hectic schedule was starting to take a tole on him.
Mamoru always drove himself to work hard to he could come home to Usagi. Every night, he looked forward to seeing her bright face and it pained him that he was sometimes too tired to talk or hold her. But tonight was going to be different. Tonight, Mamoru had something planned and wanted it to be perfect. He just had to get through this work day...
When he arrived inside his office, he already had a stack of charts and listed to see six patients right away. He barely had any time to rest. Throughout the day, he kept reminding himself of the night ahead. Tonight was their night; the night that would change their lives forever.
~*~Usagi~*~
Usagi's day did not get better. As she groggily walked through their department door, she found that she could barely keep her eyes open. It had been a long week and Usagi was exhausted.
Upon walking into her bedroom, Usagi immediately threw off her work attire and pulled her nightgown over her head. Usagi then progressed to her bed where she immediately collapsed and cuddled with her covers.
Usagi sighed into her sheets and smiled at the familiar warmth and comfort that currently surrounded her. She thought she could stay bundled forever.
Usagi yawned and murmured to herself, "No, Usagi...don't sleep...you need to make dinner for Mamo..."
With another yawn and the temptation of sleep too overwhelming, Usagi closed her eyes and let slumber take her away.
~*~Mamoru~*~
When Mamoru arrived home, he groaned at the last hour. He, too, felt tired and sore as he walked through the door.
Mamoru was surprised when he saw no dishes in the sink and no sign that Usagi had eaten since she had been home.
Mamoru started to worry that perhaps Usagi was mad at him for arriving home late. He promised her this morning that he would be on time today...
When he entered their bedroom and turned on their lamp, he smiled at the beautiful sleeping figure before him.
Usagi was sleeping in a fetal position with the thin blankets wrapped loosely around her body. Mamoru loved how she looked when she slept. He thought she was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen yet always carried her adorable innocence.
Mamoru slowly tip-toed towards her, trying not to make a sound. When he reached her, he carefully sat next to her on the bed.
Mamoru leaned in and whispered warmly in her ear, "Usako."
By the warmth of his breath and voice, Usagi unconsciously turned in her sleep so she faced him.
Mamoru smiled and decided to have some fun with the sleeping beauty before him. He started making light kisses on her cheek, forehead and nose while continuing his soft whispers of her name.
It wasn't until Mamoru moved to kissing and light suckling to her neck did Usagi regain consciousness.
Groggily coming out of her dream world, Usagi groaned, "Mmmm, Mamo?"
Upon hearing her voice, Mamoru stopped his teasing and came up to look at her face. He stared into her light blue orbs and her soft pink lips.
"Usako." He said as he nuzzled into her nose.
Usagi yawned and stretched. "What time is it?" Usagi asked.
"It's about 8:30. I'm sorry I'm late Usako. I...had to run a very important errand." Mamoru said with a smirk on his face.
Catching onto his smirk, Usagi giggled and closed her eyes again. "Oh really? An errand of some sort?" Usagi asked playfully.
"Indeed." Mamoru said as he tenderly touched her side.
"Am I going to find out what this special errand is?" Usagi asked flirtatiously.
Mamoru didn't answer and merely took her hand in his. "Usako." He said again. Slowly, Usagi felt something cool grazing the skin of her finger.
Usagi opened her sleepy eyes and said, "Mamoru what are you-" But she stopped.
On Usagi's right hand rested a beautiful diamond ring. The diamond shone brightly while not being too large to look gaudy. The band was made of silver and fit her finger perfectly.
She was awake now.
Usagi felt as though she couldn't breathe for a few moments.
"M-mamo-chan...this is-" But stopped again when she looked up to see his face.
Mamoru bore the smile of a man deeply in love. She could see the happiness in his eyes that was only available for her to see. She couldn't love him anymore than she did in that moment.
"Usako." Mamoru said softly again while looking into her eyes. "I love you more than words could ever express. You have such a wonderful light and a beautiful heart that could love a man as difficult as me."
Usagi felt her heart flutter in her chest by ever loving word he spoke.
"Usako, my love, will you marry me?"
The words took a few moments to sink into Usagi's mind as tears of joy welled in her eyes. Within a moment's time, Usagi leaned into Mamoru and started giving him hundreds of kisses while whispering, "yes" after each kiss.
Slowly, Usagi's kisses started to become deeper and lingered longer after each one. Eventually, both began kissing in a frenzy. They tightly clawed at each other's bodies and held onto one another as if their lives depended on touching the other.
Something inside of them snapped and they needed eachother more than anything in the world. They needed the other to breathe.
Struggling, Mamoru broke his kiss and looked into Usagi's eyes as he panted and tried to remain in control. "Usako...we can still wait...if you're not ready." He said tenderly.
Usagi brought her hands around his face lovingly and kissed him before whispering, "Make love to me, Mamoru."
Allowing his lust and love for the woman beneath him, Mamoru let his instincts take his full control as he climbed on top of her.
The couple's hands roamed each other's bodies, Mamoru's hands rising up Usagi's thigh as Usagi unbuttoned Mamoru's shirt. They slowly continued this process in between heated kisses until there was nothing left but bare flesh. Fresh on Flesh, pale against pale, their fingers grazed their most intimate areas as they moaned and sighed in sync with one another. Finally binded together, like puzzle pieces, in a moment of passion. They rode in rhythm together, desperately clinging onto each other until they reached their natural high; beautiful, blissful and lost in each other's love. They were connected in mind, body and spirit. They were finally one.
They panted heavily as they lay together, feeling the cool air rush against their warm naked flesh. Usagi laid her head against Mamoru and walked her fingers along his bare chest. She finds his heartbeat and listens closer, feeling his love pulsing against hers. She never felt more happy and more alive. She could only be this happy with him. No one else could ever make her feel this complete.
Mamoru subconsciously wraps his arm protectively around her and cuddles beside her, never wanting to leave his lover's embrace.
"I love you, Mamo-chan." Usagi softly said.
"And I love you, my Usako." Mamoru replied.
With the weight of her eye lids and the soothing night surrounding her, Usagi drifted to sleep in her lover's arms. Yet, for once, she wished she could stay awake. For reality was far better than her dreams when she was with Mamoru.
Mamoru, however, stayed awake to watch Usagi sleep. He loved glancing at the ring she would now proudly wear on her finger. The ring representing their years of love and the days together that are to come. It would only be a matter of time before they could announce their love to the world and be bond together for everyone to see.
With a promise of love and forever wrapped in a silver band, the lovers lay under the stars, knowing that their fate entwines with eachother.
As Mamoru's own eyes start to drift closed, Mamoru's last thought and whisper was, "I will love you forever."
END
If its possible...I have something to ask. I sort of have a dream goal to reach over a hundred reviews in one of my stories...so if we could accomplish that, I would be ecstatic!
But, I sure hope you all liked it and it was worth the wait.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed and added this to alerts and favorites. You all really inspired me to keep going and to write more.
To any Harry Potter fans and those who like my writing style, my new story, The Wandering Stray, is pretty good. Also, Death Note fans? I'm writing a fic about L and an OC(:
Also, I found this wonderful video on youtube. It's sort of where I got some inspiration to write this story.
If you are a fan of Usagi and Mamoru videos on youtube, check it out. It's really adorable and sweet. It even made me tear a little bit haha.
(It won't let me show the damn URL. But just at youtube before the .com and it will come up) .com/watch?v=FaoWvRl340A
But, I guess I need to say farewell to all of you and to this story. :( It's been fun and wonderful.
I'm going to begin editing this so it becomes even better. So I will update the edited chapters as well.
Take care everyone!
Until we meet again,
xoxo
Ashley
