It all falls down.
Title: The Quiet
Theme: Lullaby (#68) - theme taken from 101_kisses
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
"How long have you known?!"
"Just a bit. About a month."
"And you just saw the need to tell us now?"
"Endymion didn't even mean for me to know!" Kunzite exclaimed. "I found out by following him. I needed to see, to understand how serious it was. I didn't think it would go this far."
"So, why tell us now?" They were hurt. Endymion was keeping a secret from all of them. Kunzite keeping it from the rest. Intentionally. He'd kept his loyalty to Endymion and lost their trust in him.
Kunzite frowned. "Beryl. People are more upset, more aggressive. Endymion's relationship-"
"It's a relationship, is it!"
"It's quite serious, actually," Kunzite placated. "He's thinking about exposing it. Thinks it may do good for inter-planet relations and such."
"Is he insane?"
"That's why I'm speaking to you three about it now."
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Rock a bye baby on the tree top
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Jadeite was not sure what upset him more: the fact that Endymion was consorting with the moon princess or the fact that he felt the need to keep it secret from the rest of them.
Jadeite did know that he was furious with Kunzite for not telling as soon as he found out. Leader be damned, it was their right to know what sort of trouble Endymion was getting into.
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When the wind blows the cradle will rock
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Zoisite developed a way to trigger the transportation system, so they would be alerted to any arrivals or departures, particularly unapproved late-nights ones.
They detected the pattern easily enough. Meetings usually occurred around the full moons. Nephrite suggested it was something about her having more power at the time. No one liked the implications of that.
So, they found ways to plan meetings strategically, to occupy him and prevent his leavings. Forced him to place his duties before her.
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When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
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It was by complete accident that Endymion found one of Serenity's intercepted letters atop Kunzite's desk. The one Jadeite was supposed to have burned.
After listening to Endymion rage at him for interfering with his life, Kunzite would enter the room the other shitennou occupied. He would glare at Jadeite the entire time, and Jadeite would look back defiantly.
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And down will come baby, cradle and all.
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Kunzite and Jadeite would not speak for the entire month that followed, at which point Beryl would come after them both, offering each what they wanted the most.
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Prequel of sorts to Temptation (Ch. 12) & Claim (Ch. 16)