Undying Love

Chapter 13 – Lie and Jealousy

Disclaimer:

Haruka, Michiru, Sailormoon, and other characters don't belong to me, but the plot is mine. Enjoy the story… R&R

Alex stopped her movement and just stared at Aria before she spoke "Asked you to marry me? Wha, what? You're kidding, right?" But just by looking at the serious expression on Aria's face, she already knew her answer and buried her hands on her hair "Marry you? Aria, remember when we started our relationship? I already said to you that my feelings for you are not more than friends!"

"Yes, I still remember. But Alex, after all this time, for almost five years, doesn't your feeling developed for me?" Aria walked to the bed and touched Alex's hand as she sat down "Alex, look at me. And say how you feel about me. Please? "

Alex turned to face Aria and just stared blankly at her before she shook her head and buried her face on her hands "I don't know, Aria, I really can't say anything right now…"

"Is it that Michiru? You love her, right?"

"I said I don't know! Okay? Please stop asking those kinds of question. I need to think about what I will say to your father. Now why do you tell that 'lie' to your father?"

Aria flinched a little when she heard the word 'lie', but she managed to regain her composure "Because I don't think that you will be able to fulfill the selling target that my father set for you. I don't want you to get fired. This way, you don't need to worry about losing your job. You even can get into higher position, maybe be a substitute to my father. And…"

Alex wasn't waiting for Aria to finish all her words; she stood up and gathered her clothes "Is that it? Because of that? Aria, don't you trust to my abilities? I can do things like that even without your or your father's help! Thank you for the 'help', but I don't need it"

When they finally received their clothes back, Alex dressed in a flash and stormed out from the room, leaving a very sad Aria with teary eyes in the room.

After several minutes of running, Alex finally arrived at the hall again where almost half of the people have gone. She looked around to find Michiru and stopped when someone patted her back.

"Alex? I see your clothes have been dry cleaned. I am really sorry for the incident."

"Yes, thank you so much for your help earlier, Nida. Ne, did you see Michiru? I am not seeing her here."

"Eh? I thought she went upstairs to your room earlier. She asked me where your suite was and went right away after her performance. Alex, she is really amazing. Some people asked if they can help in marketing her at other countries"

"Well, that's great of her. But I have to find her now and then we will go back home. Now, if you will excuse me…"

"Ow, sure. Good bye then. I hope we can meet again next time."

"Yeah, thank you so much for all of your help." Alex walked backwards and waved at him for several steps and then rushed again to find Michiru. She tried to look at the pool, the garden, but no signs of Michiru. "Argh, where the heck are you? Now I regret that I hadn't forced her to bring her cell phone with her. Calm down, Alex… Think, think…" When she looked up at the skies, she suddenly realized something "The roof!"

(Meanwhile, at the roof)

Michiru finally stopped sobbing and calmed down, but Sho's hand hadn't stopped caressing her hair. Suddenly she felt uneasy, so she pushed herself back and forced a smile at him. "Thank you so much, Toshizo-san. I felt much better now"

"Ah, that's good. You are much prettier when you smiled. Er, sorry, I guess I am not good at this." He scratched his head and blush a little when he said that.

Michiru giggled a bit at his expression and touched his hand to gain his attention "Thanks. I really appreciate that. I guess what you said earlier is right. I need to express my feelings …, maybe I should also tell he…, 'him' about my feelings."

"Him? You already found someone that you loved? Is he the person that made you cried earlier?"

"You know, Toshizo-san, I think that some personal questions to me."

"Ehm, sorry…, I think I just jealous. Because I think I already fell in love with you at the first sight, or maybe the first time when you bumped me." He laughed bitterly at that, but then his face turned serious again as he continued to speak "If you need someone to talked to, you can always call me. Here is my name card and…" He handed her his name card and took off his coat to drape it around Michiru's shoulders "There, you seem cold for some time. Please just call me Sho, you don't need to be too formal with me." Sho grabbed her shoulders lightly and pulled her toward him to kiss her forehead, which made her blush a little.

Suddenly, there were several loud coughing and when Sho and Michiru turned to look at the source of the sound, there was an upset looking Alex approached them.

"Alex! What are you doing here?" Michiru broke free from Sho's arms and tried to keep a distance between them.

"I am just looking for you. But it seems I was eventually ruined your moments here?"

"Maybe I should go now. Nice talking to you Michiru, I am looking forward for a call from you. Oh, and Alex, nice to meet you too."

"Yeah, sure." She received his offered hand and wanted to shake it just perfunctorily, but since he shook her hand as if he wanted to crush her hand, she accepted his challenge and shook it the way he did. When they finally released their grip, she glared at him as he walked away. "Hey, wait." Alex suddenly seized his jacket that draped on Michiru's shoulders and throw it at him "Take that! She doesn't need your jacket!" She ignored the angry glare that Sho shot at him and waited until he gone before turned back at Michiru.

"Alex, why did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"How you acted at Sho earlier. Why are you so angry at him?"

"Because I felt like to." She answered her simply and offered her hand at Michiru, who accepted it and walked back to the elevator with her. "Of course because I already saw several of your scenes with him…, geez, why am I acting like a school kid who got jealous when seeing her girlfriend flirting with other guys? Calm down, Alex. Calm down…" She took a deep breath when they reached the elevator and went inside it, which is noticed by Michiru.

"Alex? Is everything alright? Is there any problem between you and Aria?"

"Huh? No, not really. Its just…, never mind. By the way, you came to the suite which Nida provided for us earlier? I went to take a shower because the drink made my clothes drenched so… Was Aria talked about anything strange to you?"

"Uh, she just said that you had a…, you know and that you two will be getting married soon. Well, it is obvious since you two are…"

Before Michiru could finish her talking, Alex turned and placed her hands on the wall so Michiru was trapped between her and the elevator wall "No! It is totally wrong!" After several minutes of silence, Alex finally gathered her courage to lean in and kissed Michiru fully on the lips.

TBC

Author Notes:

Yup, finally I am updating this story. Sorry for the long time I took to update this. I think there are some mistakes too in this chapter, but hey, at least I update it. Thank you so much to all the reviewers xSojix, justsukiya, royal destiny, Sailor Star Rae Rae, aquaxeyes, Lyra14260, The Wretched One, noneloveme, Soleil-Lune, especially to Amnesia Nymph, papapuffy and Haru-chan. Without your supports, probably I won't write this (and morecoming) chapter (s).

Don't worry, more problems and dramas will come; things won't go too smooth for them, haha.

I hope you enjoy reading this story. Review please