"You offered yourself to him?"asked Makoto.
Ami pretended to be absorbed in a book she was reading, which she was holding almost in front of her face.
"Yes I did. And he accepted."
"He never struck me as your type."said Makoto.
"Why not?"
"He seems so…aloof."
"His title is the Knight of Affection, and it is not a misnomer. I could see that when I met him."
"I wish there was a Jovian fashion to offer."
"I am grateful we don't have any particular thing."said Ami.
"Did he think you were forward?"
"Yes, he did. But at my court, we were never taught to be too subtle. Maybe only as a game, or for amusement, but never too subtle about our feelings. Coquetry was one of the lessons I was given in the schoolroom, actually. Just in case it doesn't come to one naturally."
"That's why gossip travels so incredibly fast at the Venusian court."said Rei. "That type of gossip, anyway."
"I don't wish this to become gossip. Or at least only gossip."said Minako.
There wouldn't be any way to stop the gossip, she knew. At least among her ladies. It wasn't that she minded it. It was more that one had to be mindful of the customs of other planets.
"Do you think maybe he thought was too forward?"she asked, her fan stopping in midair.
On Venus, it was extremely rare for anyone to come to their marriage bed a virgin. Even when the bride was presented to her groom. On most worlds, people expected the opposite. Everyone at court knew who offered oneself and to who. No one bothered to hide their affairs. That only among unmarried, however. Married people did not seek, or have, affairs, given that they wanted no one but the life partner they chose. Marriage was something Venusians did not view lightly. Pre marriage affairs, perhaps, but not marriage itself. They were a monogamous people.
When she had decided to offer herself to Kunzite, it was not a light decision. Just like in Aphrodite's poem, there was a difference between love and lust. Most people would think the two were the same. All Venusians knew the difference.
When he had accepted her offer, how did he take it? Maybe she had been too forward to him, and he viewed it lightly.