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"We will be fine." Usagi told Hina as she all but shoved Mr. and Mrs. Chiba out the door.
"Have fun at the wedding. Take a lot of pictures and enjoy your time without Shingo." She added on with a wink.
"HEY!" Shingo nudged Usagi. She put her hand on his face and shoved him back into the foyer.
"Oh we will." Hina laughed and Tomomi pushed her out the door.
"Bye, Usagi. Bye, Shingo!" Totomi yelled as he closed the door.
"So what do you want to do, brat?" She asked him. A smug smile was on her face. Shingo defiantly thought he was more than old enough to stay at home by himself. In some ways he was but Usagi would never risk Shingo's safety no matter how smart he is.
"I am sure anything I want to do you are too dumb to understand." He said taking a jab at Usagi's intelligence.
"Perfect, because everything you like to do is downright boring." She retorted.
"Take that back, baka!" He yelled at her as he started running toward her. She shrieked and turned running away through the dining room. She laughed as he became frustrated that he could not catch her.
"One day your legs will get longer and maybe you will have a chance but I seriously doubt it." Usagi told a breathless Shingo after a few minutes of child's play.
"And what are you… all of five foot nothing." He snapped at her on a huge intake of air.
"And still faster than you are. Come on your mom made dinner." She said heading to the kitchen.
"Thank god. I would hate to die from eating anything you made."
She stuck her tongue out at him and proceeded to warm up the food.
They ate in peace and he went to watch TV while she cleaned up. She headed in to the living room to find Shingo curled up on the floor in pain. There was a large pile of regurgitated dinner on the carpet next to him.
"Shingo!" She yelled heading to him quickly. "What's wrong?"
She knelt down next to him, putting a hand on his forehead. He was burning up.
"My stomach. It hurts so bad." He barely got out. His face was red. He wailed and he clutched his stomach tighter.
She honestly didn't know what to do. She could not transform to take him quickly to the hospital. She didn't know what to do and she was going to start panicking. A youma was better than this. If this were her friends bloodie, burned or scratched bodies she would now exactly what to do. But this wasn't any of those things. She and her friends never got sick. Call it a blessing.
She quickly grabbed her phone out of her sub space pocket and hit Mamoru's number.
"What odango brain." He answered on the second ring sounding annoyed.
"Mamoru." She said panicked. "I don't know what to do. Shingo is keeled over in pain and he has thrown up a few times. I don't… I don't know what to do."
Shingo moaning in the background.
"Calm down, Usagi." He said quickly, the annoyance in his tone gone.
She took in a deep breath. "Now tell me everything." He went on.
"Your parents left a few hours ago. He chased me around for a while then I warmed up the food Auntie left for dinner. We ate and when I came to check on him after cleaning up he was like this."
"Are you sick?" He asked her.
"No." She told him.
"Okay not food poisoning. Maybe it's his appendix. Call an ambulance and leave him on his side so he doesn't choke on any vomit." He instructed.
"Okay." She said the worry clear in her voice. She briefly wondered how Mamoru could be so calm.
"Usagi… please take care of my little brother." He told her before he hung up.
"You know I will." And she hung up and dialed the ambulance.
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Mamoru ran in to the hospital. His new speed allowing him to get there faster than he ever could have before but he still had to take a train. He went to the information desk where a kind faced woman sat.
"My brother, Chiba Shingo was admitted. Can you please tell me where he is?" Mamoru asked as politely as he could.
The nurse typed something in to her computer. She looked up at him. "He is in surgery on the 3rd floor. You can wait up there. Check in with the desk so the doctor knows that you are his family."
He nodded heading to the elevator.
Once on the second floor he went to the desk.
"I was told my brother is in surgery. His name is Chiba Shingo."
She nodded. "You are his first relative to come in. Please fill out these forms. He just came out of surgery and a doctor should be with you shortly." She told him.
He sat down, the worry still wreaking havoc on his body when all of a sudden he felt calm and the feeling that everything was okay assaulted him. He could feel the link he was missing so much and even more grateful for whatever he was feeling right now. He gave 'tug' on the link and looked at the papers, beginning to fill them out.
The paperwork took quite a while but it kept Mamoru busy while waited for the doctor. Ten minutes later a tall man, brown hair in green scrubs walked toward him. Mamoru stood quickly to hear what ailed his brother.
"Chiba san. I am Dr. Surimoto."
Mamoru bowed.
"Your brother had an intestinal blockage. We fixed the block but we had to remove part of his intestine. He is looking to recover perfectly but we do not know exactly when he will be leaving." The doctor explained.
"Thank you so much." He bowed again. "Doctor, the blond that came in with him?"
He smiled. Mamoru knew that look. "She is in his room with him. I can show you the way there." He suggested.
Mamoru wanted to be petty and tell him that he could find it himself but this was not the time nor the place.
He followed the man down the hallway behind the check in desk. They stopped at room doctor knocked first then opened the door allowing Mamoru in first.
He saw Shingo in the bed hooked up to an IV. He was sleeping. The sight of him here in the hospital made Mamoru feel awful. He should have been there with him. He shouldn't have put Usagi in that position.
Then he saw Usagi in the chair next to him holding his hand even trying to comfort him while he slept.
"Tsukino san." The doctor greeted her. Her eyes turned to him and a small smile formed on her lips. Then she saw Mamoru and she slowly stood up patting Shingo's hand as she left his side.
"Thank you for everything Dr. Surimoto." She bowed. The doctor's face had a tinge of red in his cheeks.
"You helped a lot by keeping him calm in the ambulance. It makes a huge difference sometimes." He smiled at her and she blushed at his compliment.
"The sedative we gave him will not wear off for quite a while. He needs to sleep to recover. Let me know if you need anything."
"Thank you." Mamoru and Usagi both said bowing.
And he left the room but not before giving Usagi anther look of appreciation.
"Mamoru…" She said her head down. "I didn't know what to do…"
He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his chest. "Thank you, Usako." He said in to her ear.
She just nodded in to his shirt unable to stop the tears.
"It was very annoying not knowing something for once…" He said to her in a voice he never used before. A voice full of confusion and amusement.
She laughed in to his shirt. "You don't understand emotions, baka. How in the heck did you think you were a perfect know it all?"
He paused and then he chuckled with her.
"Thank you for the comfort earlier." He told her trying to catch her off guard.
She pulled away from his arms and tipped her head up to look him in the eye. "So you got my text message? I am glad my words helped."
His eyes narrowed.
He pulled out his phone and looked at his messages. Usagi had sent one that said, everything was okay and to relax and that she would stay here as long as he needed.
Well played he thought.
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Shingo woke up in a daze. He was not in his house and he was sure he was not dead. The last thing he remembered was Usagi's comfort in the ambulance. He looked around the room. It was bright as the sun was reflecting off the white walls. He could tell he was in a hospital bed but when he sat up he almost doubled over in pain. Turning to his left he saw Usagi sleeping in the chair next to him. Her head on his bed, rivers of golden blond hair flowing off the bed.
He was still young but he could not disagree that Usagi was beautiful. He flushed as he couldn't believe he just thought that of someone he considered a sister.
He closed his eyes and looked up again to see Mamoru over his bed but he wasn't looking at him his eyes were transfixed on Usagi. He bowed down and kissed her on the lips as she slept.
"Mamo…" Shingo whispered.
Mamoru looked up and smirked. He put a finger over his lips to silence the boy. He winked at him.
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Usagi was sitting in the Shitennou's penthouse apartment having a beer. Yes, she needed a drink and since the boys came back in their lives everything became way more fun.
"Whoa, odango." Jade started to say reacting to Usagi throwing a pillow at him for his previous comment. She shot him a glare. "It wasn't for you; it was for Endymion. Inviting that girl to come visit his brother in the hospital." He scoffed annoyed.
"I am sure she invited herself." Usagi spat. She closed the link again when she saw Mamoru and Saori talking in the hallway privately. Cozy. Like they were lovers. She was smiling up and him. "And he's a bastard." She added taking a huge swig of beer.
Nephrite laughed. "At least it seemed that all of us had a made Shingo very happy."
She had to smile at that. It was true. Shingo was so excited to have all of Usagi's friend's come entertain him for a few hours.
"He seemed so surprised that Endy had friends." Zoi said sitting down with them.
"That's because Mamoru only had Toki oni before and he wasn't even that close to him. Mamoru is basically emotionally inept." She explained.
"Yeah, except he almost flooded the city the other day, Serenity." Zoi scolded her.
She crossed her arms over her chest and huffed. "You sound like Kunzite."
And even though they all left the hospital for the Youma attack that Kunzite had orchestrated they smiled thinking about it. It helped to talk about him in a positive way. It sucked for Shingo that a huge group of people leaving all at one time because their cell phones all went off at about the same time. How they were going to explain that later was going to be a disaster. Maybe she could say it was a giant one hour sale at their favorite shop and it was a mass text. She would have to remind everyone later.
"Well, Serenity, if it makes you feel any better Matsuyama san was not pleased to see all of us there. She said it looked like a modeling agency sent everyone to see Shingo. Chiba Hina overheard it and told her that you were the prettiest. Making her even more irritated." Zoi told her trying to comfort her.
"Yeah well he is not admitting anything to me, so Saori and I are in the same boat." She frowned taking another sip.
Just then the girls walked in with a ton of take out.
"Hey baby." Jade said to Rei checking her out. Rei gave him a glare but Usagi knew she liked it.
Usagi got up to help get plates and silverware as the girls set the food on the large table. Everyone came over and sat down. The table was full with the exception of two seats… and Usagi knew that Kunzite would sit there before Endymion ever did. She was brought out of her reverie as they started joking around and Usagi could not help but to laugh.
"I hated leaving that way." Ami said at the end of the meal. "How awkward."
"Oh! I had the best idea." Usagi started. "We could just say that we were all on the same text messaging system for Avery's store for a big sale. I know she will go along with it."
Everyone sighed. "Well you guys come up with something better!"
Everyone sat silent for a while.
"Okay, Avery's store it is!" Makoto said laughing.
Usagi beamed.
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Minako and Usagi had become two peas in a pod like they were in England. They were the only 'uncoupled' ones but they seemed to be enjoying life together. Minako was always entertaining boys come on's. She said it made her feel better and Usagi would sit and watch amused and Minako flirted, flipped her hair, pouted and whatever else she had to do to keep the attention on her. Minako tried to get Usagi to be her wingman for dates she knew Minako would never take so it was pointless.
Mamoru came and sat next to her at a bench in one of the schools many courtyards, as she sat at a table watching Minako flirt with a small group of boys that had approached her.
"Entertained Odango." He asked her sitting down next to her, making her heart race.
"Always." She said trying to be cool. He approached her. He approached her!
Mamoru frowned watching as Minako flipped her long hair and laughed at something that one of the boys said.
"What is she doing anyway?" He questioned.
Usagi opened a bag of chips offering Mamoru one which he gladly took.
"Being Aphrodite." She said dramatically. Minako being Venusian in the past always drove Kunzite nuts. He was so stoic and she was so vibrant. He was possessive and Minako always just laughed it off. Usagi blushed remembering once Venus told her that it made their sex so much better.
Usagi was looked over at Mamoru and she could tell he was judging her best friend.
"She is trying to mend right now. Her boyfriend left and in a way I am jealous of her ability to bounce back. I wish I could be as open and free as she is." She sighed.
"Yeah… don't do that." He told her seriously and she laughed her bell tone radiating inside of his body.
"When her hus… boyfriend comes back you will be even more amused. Because he will come back… he always does." Usagi said trying to add some positivity in to the Kunzite situation. She couldn't get Kunzite off of her mind. She feared him as he hid so many emotions. He even could hide his love for Minako in front of people… Usagi looked at Mamoru… maybe he did too.
"Anyway nice to see you in public. I was worried I would have to hang out in alleyways." She teased him.
He gave her a look that only Endymion used to. Her mouth went dry.
"Are you done with classes for today?" He asked her.
"Yeah. I was going to head to the Crown to see Toki. I wished he could take day classes too." She said sadly.
Minako saw that Mamoru was talking to Usagi so she came on over leaving her small fan club behind, a grin on her face.
"How many boy's hearts are you going to break this time?" Usagi asked looking at the boys she left behind. She could see the hearts in their eyes.
Minako fanned a few pieces of paper in front of her. "Many." She answered.
Usagi and Mamoru both shook their heads at her.
"Well I had a few numbers for Usagi and then, YOU, Chiba had to come sit by her. I don't understand why people are so scared of you." She sat down in a huff.
He narrowed his eyes.
"It's because he is so cold to everyone… emotionless. Maybe they are worried he is going to snap on them." Usagi said giving Mamoru's hand a quick squeeze and then let go so he knew she was joking.
But it was pretty true. He was cold and emotionless toward everyone but Usagi… and now his new guy friends… thanks to Usagi.
"Why change now." He asked Minako with a shrug.
"An enigma as always." Minako said under her breath.
"Anyway, why did you want to know if I was done with classes." Usagi asked him.
"Walk to my parents with me."
She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Oooooo Mamoru… Saori is going to be so jealous." Minako said looking over at the brown haired girl who was looking on.
"So what? She is not my girlfriend." Mamoru answered in his cold tone.
"Either is Usagi." and she handed Usagi a few pieces of paper. "I lied, these are for you."
Usagi took the papers giving Minako a wink.
"Let's go, Usagi." Mamoru snapped at her, grabbing her hand so the slips of papers containing the boys numbers on them floated to the ground. She was pulled up and out of her seat and Mamoru was dragging her off campus.
They walked toward his house keeping quiet as they walked.
"Mamo chan, you know at the hospital how you said that it was different that you didn't know something." She started breaking the silence.
"Yeah and you laughed at me." Mamoru said not amused.
"You can't always be so arrogant." She whispered. "But I was thinking about how helpful you were. How, like me, you like a challenge and I think." She paused. "Well I think you should be a doctor. You are super smart and I think you should do something worthwhile with your brains." She thought of Endymion and how much he loved to heal people when he could. "You didn't even want to go to college and you don't want your father's company and I can't see you doing anything else."
Except ruling the Moon and Earth. She kept that one to herself.
He pondered this.
"You always surprise me, odango." He affirmed.
"That's because you are boring and you are easily surprised." She conveyed.
He glared at her. "So why is it that you love me?"
"I see beyond your boredom. I know that you are so much more than you want to be… and I think Rei was right. Something has awakened in you."
He was about to tell her that is was her… one hundred percent it was her.
"Your mother is going to be so excited to see you." Usagi said looking at the large Chiba household. Going through the gate the front door was thrown open and Hina ran out super excited.
"USAGI! Did he tell you?" Usagi looked confused. "HE MOVED BACK IN!" Hina said jumping up and down. Usagi laughed.
Mamoru rolled his eyes at them.
Artemis, Tomomi and Shingo gathered at the doorway cheering.
Mamoru rolled his eyes at them and ducked his head.
So amny things had changed in the two years they had lived together. Mamoru was different. Shingo was different as well. And everyone could tell. Artemis was proud of his daughter. Her kindness and high spirt had brought the Chiba boys emotions. Hina was so happy she could burst.
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Time went by and Christmas rolled around. A lot of things changed and nothing changed at the same time.
Kunzite had finally shown up in full force. He was being… difficult… and Minako kept getting hurt trying to find a way to get around his tough exterior. He shown no hints that he was close to breaking. Stern and solid he even took some time to battle them. It was too much.
Usagi was glad classes were out because she needed a break from at least one part of her life. Fighting was becoming a strain and she knew that Kunzite was trying to wear them down. They had even started breaking in to two groups regularly when he did simultaneous battles. Yes, simultaneous battles in different spots. They were holding strong though.
Mamoru had even relaxed enough to hang out with them at times and it was not awkward. Usagi knew that he was training with the shinenaou… she knew he was progressing. She knew that he was opening up and he was actually hanging out with her. He had not admitted to liking her nor had he kissed her again but he would sit by her when they ate on when they were on the couch.
Shingo, Mamoru and Usagi were constantly joking around. Their friends came around and the once hostile Chiba home had become so welcoming.
Mamoru was still cold to other people outside his circle but Saori kept coming around like a fly. Usagi was still unsure of so many things with Mamoru and one of those things was Saori. He talked to her a lot but Usagi kept her mouth shut about it. She was taking what she could get.
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Artemis did not celebrate Christmas and he usually left for the moon during this time. He called himself a pagan in which Usagi always laughed. Usagi had made plans with Minako and she regretted it the day Tomomi asked Usagi if she wanted to be Mamoru's date to a Christmas eve party.
"I can't." She said dejected. "I made plans with Minako. I can't ditch her."
"Usagi! Go with Mamoru, I am sure Minako would understand." Hina pressured her.
"Gomen, Auntie but Minako is going through some things right now and I promised."
"Going out and picking up guys with Minako chan, Usagi?" He asked her… a hint on menace in his voice.
"Yeah, Baka. Christmas eve is the best day to go trolling." She rolled her eyes at him and his lip twitched amused.
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Usagi was dressed to impress wearing a fitted emerald green dress, the neck like lower than normal but modest. She changed her hair so it was flowing down her back. She was working on her 'regal look.' It was easy and yet so hard. The wealth she had at her fingertips was never spent extravagantly. Sure she wanted a cook but would settle for the housekeeper for now. She also still had a ton of plans to have an 'Alfred.'
She placed a simple gold chain around her neck with a single moon stone at the end. Diamonds in her ears that her father gave her and some simple black pumps.
She came downstairs to say goodbye to everyone as they were departing for the Christmas party.
She noticed that Mamoru was looking at her… really looking at her. And he looked devastatingly handsome in his tux. So handsome she wanted to faint.
"Usagi, you looking so pretty and not coming with us is not a very good Christmas gift." Hina scolded her.
"Sorry! Minako wants to do fancy dinner. I just wanted to wear jeans."
Shingo even blushed looking at her, a compliment if she ever saw one from her brat semi little brother.
"Last chance, Usagi chan?" Tomomi told her with a smile.
"You are too sweet but I made a promise." She smiled weakly.
Hina was looking at Usagi and Mamoru. "Like… Light and Darkness." She said under her breath.
"Later odango." Mamoru told her as they waked out of the house.
Ten minutes after they left Minako called and canceled on her. Minako was so depressed that she took up a guy on his offer of a date.
Usagi could have killed her. She could have had her first date! Been Mamoru's date! Usagi was going to go hard with her at practice tomorrow.
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Mamoru was so glad that whatever block was on his link with Usagi was blocked because lust would have emanated through it and he knew he would figure out a way to push that feeling toward her.
Walking around the party, his father introduced him to many of his associates and other owners of small successful businesses. He stayed cold as his father bragged that he would be his successor. It was during the first set up that he was ready to walk out of the door by the fifth man pushing his daughter at him, he was gone, not caring if his parents would be pissed.
Plus, he wanted to try something. Heading to the rooftop he looked around. He had wanted to do this for a while now and at this moment he finally had the guts. Taking a running head start he jumped to the next roof. He laughed as his feet made contact with the roof. He kept going trying to be as stealth as possible. He made it to the shopping area of Azubu hoping he would see Usagi.
What he did see was Minako with a date walking down the street. He even waited to see if Usagi would catch up with her. No such luck. He was actually angry with Minako for dumping Usagi. She also could have been his date keeping the desperate fathers at bay.
He rolled his eyes and stopped to get some traditional KFC chicken and a cake.
He walked in to the house looking around for Usagi. He heard some noises coming from the kitchen. Heading toward the noise he was surprised at what awaited him. Usagi was wearing her earphones and dancing… very gracefully in the large kitchen. Just like a ballerina she twirled and damn was she flexible. She danced getting a bowl from the cupboard and the pulled open a drawer reaching to get a spoon. Her out stretched leg closed both the cabinet and the drawer as she poured the hot soup in to the bowl.
Mamoru was thinking things that he only thought when he was around his Usako. On tip toes she turned and saw him leaning against the door frame to the kitchen. She dropped the bowl on the floor as he had scared the shit out of her. Ramen went everywhere and Usagi jumped back in time to not burn herself.
She ripped the head phones out of her ears. "BAKA!" She yelled at him.
"I didn't know you could dance." He told her. The sultry look he had on his face reminded her of Endymion. She would not and could not jump him here.
She looked at the floor. "Ugh, that was my dinner." She said dejected heading to get a broom and mop.
Mamoru took off his tuxedo jacket; un did the bow tie and rolled up his sleeves to help her.
Usagi bit her lip looking at him as he scooped up noodles.
"Minako ditch you?" He asked her.
She nodded. "She took a date. I understand." She lied. She was seriously going to break her leg tomorrow.
"How was the party?" She asked him as she finished up.
"Boring. Just a lot of men trying to marry me off to their daughters."
Usagi frowned. Even in this lifetime these things happened.
"Are you competing with Minako now?" She asked him letting it roll off her back. He was here with her.
"Too easy. I had my own fan club." He flashed her a smile.
She turned around to look in the fridge.
"Ugh, well this has been fun baka, but I am heading out to get food. Starving to death on Christmas eve is not my thing."
"Chill out, Usa. I brought food." He told her.
Her eyes went big then narrowed. "For both of us or just you?"
She knew him too well. He gave in. "Both of us."
She jumped up excited.
He walked in to the foyer and brought back his bag of chicken.
"No drooling, odango." He told her. She scrunched her face up at him. She was just too cute sometimes he thought.
"Let's eat up stairs. We can watch TV." He told her.
"Would you like a beer?" She asked.
"Turning in to an alcoholic, Usagi?" He asked her amused.
"It's on my bucket list." She said grabbing a large bottle and two small glasses.
She followed him up the stairs he set out the spread of food on the coffee table in front of them. She handed poured him some beer.
"We need a cake!" She told him. "I should go get one."
He rolled his eyes at her and pulled one out of the bag.
"Who knows who now?" He asked her.
She beamed and then they dug in.
They were watching some stupid Christmas special. Sitting together on the couch. Alone.
"Cake time!" She said with a smile after they finished eating.
"You really like your sugar." He said to her.
"You could call it a food group for me. One of the bottom ones I am sure… Maybe half of the pyramid." She mused.
He rolled his eyes pulling out the cake.
He cut in to it and he handed her a piece.
"You know I normally spend this holiday alone. My dad says he is a pagan and Luna…" She stopped. "Well this is actually my first Christmas spending it with someone since I was… nine." She told him.
Usagi never really spoke of her childhood or of Luna. She bit her lip thinking.
"Thank you, Mamoru." She told him in all sincerity meeting his eyes.
"What happened to Mamo chan?" He asked as he gazed back in to her perfect blue eyes.
Her eyes went soft and her lip quirked up. "Thank you Mamo chan."
"You are welcome, odango. I am going to take my Christmas gift now." He told her and he pulled her on top of him, grabbing her face and kissed her.
She was straddling him and it was all kinds of inappropriate but he didn't care. He was honestly addicted to her and he was surprised that he had made it this long. She tasted like vanilla cake. Almost three months without a fix. His hands went to her hip bones placing his thumbs in to her yoga pants his fingers spread wide on her behind. He moved his mouth to her neck and her purr of pleasure was going to drive him nuts. She ran her hands through his hair giving it a pull in her fists. How did she know exactly what to do? He wondered as his mouth went lower.
He knew she could feel how aroused he was. She was right on it he pulled her closer to him so she could feel that he wanted her. She gasped at the connection slightly rubbing against him Then he stood up, picking her up. She wrapped her legs around him and his lips grabbed her mouth again. He moved her in to his room shutting the door behind him with his foot.
He laid her on the bed and her fingers began to make quick work of his shirt. She pulled it off of him and he assaulted her once more. Her hands roamed his body and he was glad that he had been working out. His hands snaked under her shirt and he could feel her perfectly tone body.
"God Usako." He hissed in to her ear kissing behind it then biting her earlobe. He wanted her. He never wanted anyone and yet he wanted… no needed her. He went to take off her shirt and then her phone rang. She stiffened under him.
"Don't get it. Please don't get it." He breathed panting, his head going slack at her ear as he hovered over her body.
And then he heard the front door slam shut.
"MAMORU!" He heard his father yell. He groaned. Her phone went off again.
"Fuck." He growled rolling off of her. He had never done anything like this ever in his life, throwing all caution to the wind to have her and now they were being interrupted at such a moment. He was furious, so aroused and he knew that they would not be continuing this anytime soon.
She went and grabbed her phone. If he wasn't so concerned with his father he would have seen her go white.
"I'll be there." She said quickly.
"MAMORU YOU BETTER BE IN THIS HOUSE!" His father roared again. Usagi grabbed his face kissing him one more time. He wrapped his arms around her and she slipped out of his arms and out the window in to the thundering night.
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"Usa…Minako…" Hina said trying to wake the girls who she had found passed out in Usagi's bed. Hina knew that they went to dinner last night for Christmas but she had never seen anything as unnatural as how deeply they were sleeping.
They didn't even stir, their breathing deep and even.
Whatever they did last night they were not waking up anytime soon.
Mamoru popped his head in to Usagi's room where his mother stood looking over the girls.
She looked worried.
"Ma?" Mamoru asked her. She turned to him.
"Oh, it's nothing. Let's let them sleep and go have Christmas brunch." Hina said giving her son a weak smile. "They must have had some fun last night."
Mamoru frowned deeply he had also went in her room this morning to find it odd that Minako was there. He checked Usagi over to make sure that she had no bruises on her face, he even looked over Minako. They both looked perfect, but the way they were sleeping made 'dead asleep' a literal statement.
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Usagi groaned and turned over and accidentally smacked Minako in the face with her hand.
"Uhhhh, Usaaaaaaa." Minako whined.
Usagi opened her eyes and turned to see Minako scowling pushing Usagi's hand off her face.
She giggled. Minako looked at Usagi and she giggled too.
"Nothing like my husband trying to kill us for you and I to have a slumber party." Minako said with an eye roll.
"Seriously, I think this is totally domestic abuse. We should report him to the brained washed magical domestic abuse hotline." Usagi said fighting nausea as tried to sit up and failed.
Minako groaned again. "He really is a prick."
Usagi was thinking about last night's fight. Only Kunzite would think it would be ideal to attack the biggest Christmas celebration in town. If Minako did not lend her energy to give back everyone's then… she would either not be here or it would be weeks before she awoke. Almost like Nephrite but the wounds were way less.
Minako sighed. "I just don't know if we are getting through to him. I can usually read him but he is so…." She trailed off.
Usagi thought. "You think he is like two people battling inside himself?"
Minako threw her blond hair behind her shoulder. "That's exactly what I think."
They sat in silence.
"V Chan… do you think that Kunzite saw you on a date?" Usagi wondered this because Minako was exactly where he attacked.
Minako laughed nervously. "Kunzite was always vengeful when an another man talked to me. I can only think that his internal struggle is bringing about some memories… he may have recognized me or he may have thought I looked like someone in the memory… or it's purely coincidence."
"Your flirty nature on purpose or not may not have helped the situation. Here or in the past" Usagi mumbled.
"I would rather him take it out on me in the bedroom rather than kill me." She said with longing in her voice.
Usagi would normally make a disgusted noise but she flushed thinking about how far Mamoru and her almost went last night. She could feel her face getting hot.
"Usa….." Minako said giving her the look.
"What!" Usagi said defensively.
Minako put her arms across her chest and gave her the stare down. "Spill, Moon."
Usagi went red again and she twiddled her fingers nervously. "Mamo chan and I… well came pretty close last night…."
"USAGI!" Minako yelled with a high pitch surprised voice.
Usagi put her hands over her mouth. "Minaaaaaaa" She whined.
"Usagi you can't. If you do, then it will be like before. He will not only be able to feel your emotions; you two will become telepathic. If you want him to stay out of this and awaken on his own, you can't."
Usagi put her head in her hands. "Uhhhhhhh I forgot." She moaned. She wanted him so bad and she knew he wanted her. He hasn't even admitted to liking her let alone loving her and she was so willing to give him her body.
"Damn Endymion!" She stated. "It's his art of seduction that landed us in this mess in the first place. If he wasn't such a whore in the past Beryl would never have released Metilla."
Minako didn't look so sure. "I am sure the bitch would have been obsessed with him regardless."
"He was still a whore."
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Usagi said.
Hina poked her head in. "Goodness Usagi! You two are awake, I thought you had both gone in to a coma and I was about to call that nice Dr. Mizuno to come look at you two." She said as she walked in to the room.
"Gomen, Auntie. I guess Minako and I just had way too much fun last night." Usagi lied.
"Well I thought Mamoru said you were sleeping when we got home but I guess he was just covering for you?" Hina raised an eyebrow interested and amused.
Minako giggled but she was laughing because he was also covering for himself. Usagi was ready to nudge her.
"Did you two meet any boys!" Hina went on to ask.
Usagi and Mina's eyes met. Just evil ones and a few youma.
"Mina did… and he turned out to have a multiple personality disorder." Usagi said with a grin. Minako narrowed her eyes at her.
"Sounds like Mamoru." Minako stated.
Hina just laughed at them. "Oh to be young again, but Usagi chan, you cannot go out meeting boys. Mamoru is the only one for you" She winked. "Now get out of bed. It's almost time for Christmas dinner. Minako please join us."
"Dinner!" Usagi said grabbing her phone and looking at the time.
"Kami sama. We slept through all of Christmas!" She slapped her hand on her forehead.
Minako fell back on the pillow with a groan.
Hina laughed. "Get up and get ready, ladies." And she left the room.
Usagi fell back next to Minako and took her hand.
"I love you, Minako. If anything ever happened to you I couldn't live so, please stop putting your life at risk because you feel like Kunzite is your responsibility."
Minako gave her hand a squeeze. "Serenity, I understand if you have to kill him." She said choked.
"I won't let it come to that… but I think it will come close. He will want to duel and neither of us could beat him in the past."
"Well, we will this time." Minako nodded.
Usagi nodded back in agreement.
Author's Notes:
I am back! I tried to post while I was away but my laptop charger broke! For anyone who thinks I have posted all of part one I am sorry for the confusion. This story has 7-8 more chapters left. This story does follow "It started with a kiss" story line so there is a lot to go.
Let me know what you think! I love the reviews!
ZS