Disclaimer: I don't own Michiru or Haruka or any character related to Sailor Moon, but I do own the plot to this story.
Thanks again for your support, and I hope the twist had been good for all of you. Thanks once more for all the great comforting words you have no idea how much they mean to me.
Boston Marriage
By auraluna7
Chapter 26: Dark mood
Rei rode her horse at slow but steady speed next to her cousin's carriage; the way to Setsuna's Meioh's property had never appeared to her so long, could it be true? Michiru here? But the idea sounded so strange, what would a delicate girl like Michiru be doing here in this rural place?
"You are acting very mysterious Rei, why don't you tell me what's the deal with Marina? She ran away from home or what? Why does her family think she's dead?"
"Is a very long story and things aren't quite as simple as you think they are Suna, but maybe is nothing, maybe this girl is not who I'm looking for"
"Looking for? You were looking out for her?" Setsuna looked surprised and Rei tried to appeared cool, there was no need for anyone to find that she had looked for Michiru between sky and earth herself since the day she left, besides Haruka, she was probably who had looked for her the must.
"Er... Suna do you have to ask so many questions?"
Setsuna smiled and notice the blush on her cousin cheeks. "I guess not, but you better behave".
Rei lifted an eyebrow and looked back at her cousin who looked back at the road with a peaceful expression on her face. "Hey, what's that suppose to mean?"
Setsuna shook her head smiling, she was all aware about her cousin's tastes. "We'll discuss that later" The road led them to the entrance of the house, It was a modest but well built white house, on every window small pots showed with the very last flowers of the year, the summer had faded away long time ago and the howling wind announced a cold and hard winter to come, the house looked calmed and quiet. No one welcome them in the entrance.
"Where's your stable boy?"
"I don't have one, tie your horse there on that tree and enter the house I'll go take care my horses." Rei nodded a bit worried, her cousin living here all alone with obviously no money wasn't a good thing, she should have known about this before. Rei jumped off the horse and walked to the entrance door, she opened it slowly and walked in, the house was warm and had the smell of food in the stove, there was also sounds coming from the kitchen...
Michiru heard the horse steps and knew Setsuna was back home, she stayed inside watching the meal on the stove, the kitchen was awfully hot and busy so she had the sleeves of her dress rolled up and was wearing a white apron. She heard the front door opening and cleaned her hands on the apron walking out to greet her host. "Suna I hope you remind to bring what I..." The words froze on her lips as her deep blue eyes met the black ones. "Rei..." She whispered...
Rei saw the girl standing in front of her and had to look at her twice to be sure she wasn't dreaming. "Michiru" She stepped forward to reach the smaller girl, she was so close she could hear the heavy respiration of Michiru. Rei found her changed, her hair was tied on her back with a simple ribbon, not tight corset or a cascade of petticoats, her face looked blushed by the work and the sun , there were flour stains on her cheeks, her milky arms exposed by the rolled sleeves... she had never looked so alive ...so beautiful.
"Oh Marina! I see you've met my cousin Rei, she was anxious to see you" Michiru and Rei both turned to look at Setsuna; she had slipped into the hall without making any noise surprising both of them. Setsuna looked from Michiru to Rei and back, she felt out of place as is she had broken a spell and she wanted to know why. "So is she the girl you were looking for Rei?"
Michiru looked confused; she turned her eyes at Rei again as the raven haired girl nodded slightly. There was an awkward silence in the air; Setsuna was about to speak again when she felt a kick on her belly that made her bent. It was so painful the tall woman had to lean on a chair not to fall.
"Suna? Are you ok?" Michiru ran next to her friend and helped her stand and walk, Rei helped them to get to a velvet chair in the living room.
"I'm ok, it was just a kick" Setsuna tried to smiled, but the paleness of her face and the cold sweat on her forehead ran her out.
"We need to call the doctor, Suna you don't look good" This was not the first time Setsuna had a crisis, the first time was in the train station when Michiru saved her from falling to the rails, seemed that every time something was suppose to be interrupted the baby saved the situation.
"Mi... Marina is right, I'll go to town and get the doctor, you'll take care of her while I come back right?"
Michiru nodded. Rei walked to the door and looked back to the two women. Michiru stood up for a moment to face Rei. "Go Rei, she's not ok"
"Michiru" She whispered. "You won't run while I'm gone right? First of all she needs you, and second we need to talk"
Michiru looked at Rei and nodded, yes she knew it was time to face everything."I won't go anywhere, go!" The raven hair nodded and ran out of the house; she rode her horse as fast as she could and led it to the town.
"Marina..." Setsuna's voice got back Michiru from the cascade of thoughts that were running through her head. "Marina come near me"
"Yes dear, don't worry the doctor is on its way."
"You don't worry, this baby isn't arriving before Christmas, I'm fine. But I need to ask you something." She was gasping, the pain was grand.
"Anything Suna"
"I need you to promise me you'll take care of her when I'm gone"
Michiru felt confused. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm going to die Marina; you have to take care of my baby... promise me"
"You are not going to die Setsuna" She held Setsuna's hand looking worried. "You are scaring me"
"Just promise me"
Michiru nodded and held her friend's hand firmly. "But everything is going to be fine"
"It will... I feel better already" The pain was fading and Setsuna stopped breathing heavily. "Marina, tell me what I need to know now that your past has hunt you down."
"Oh Setsuna... you're going to get mad at me"
"No I won't, sit down and tell me everything..."
"Oh well..."
-o-o-
"Champagne sir?" Haruka looked at the girl talking to her; she was bored to dead in the club surrounded by wealthy business men... like her. Far away were the days where she had to worry about her future, right now she was rich enough for a lifetime... gods for five lifetimes!
"No thanks" The girl smiled back at her and left, Haruka turned her attention to the two men sitting in front of her working hardly filling a bunch of forms.
Tonight she was here for a reason; she had just bought her first Premium Estate...
"Mr. Tenoh? The paper works are done; all we need now is your signature."
Haruka nodded and half smiled, who would have said this moment would come? She leaned and signed the paper slowly. "Here you have"
"Congratulations Mr. Tenoh, I'm sure you're relieved to get this estate back, The Kaioh Manor is such a beautiful property."
"Everything about the Kaioh's is... ""Is that all?"
"Yes Sir. Congratulations again, I'm sure the Mrs. Would be pleased"
Haruka frowned. "I am sure she will"
"Don't forget to send her our regards"
Haruka nodded shaking both men hands and left feeling a sudden burden in her shoulders, she had planned to acquire the Kaioh Manor back when she found out Michiru had sold it to pay her debt to her, now it was done and Michiru was not here, this headed to be one of those dark days. She needed to get away from the city.
-o-o-
Rei arrived an hour later, cursing the fact that her cousin lived so far away and dragging an old man she consider too slow to be a doctor. She walked into the house hurrying only to find out her cousin sitting in the kitchen sipping a cup of tea and chatting with a calmed looking Michiru. "What on earth..."
"Oh Rei, you came back quickly, oh Doctor Honoku, good to see you...you look...ah tired? Care for a cup of tea?" Setsuna smiled to a very confused looking doctor, Rei's face was a poem.
"Mrs. Meioh are you feeling fine?"
"It was a false alarm doctor, everything is fine, Marina would you be so nice to pour the doctor a cup of tea?"
Michiru smiled and poured two cups. "Here you go Doctor"
"Marina, you look very good too, everyone does... "He mumbled giving Rei a dirty look."I think I should go back to town after examining Mrs. Meioh"
"That sounds great, Rei stop looking so shocked and take a seat." Setsuna stood up and so did the doctor. "We'll come back soon." And they left.
"What's going on here?"
Michiru giggled. "Sit down Rei, Setsuna had a small crisis but is over is not the first she has, the doctor says her pregnancy is going to be hard... tea?"
"Tea!" Rei snapped, what was happening here? "Michiru...Marina...what the ... you and her...and you're both... I do need tea"
Michiru placed a cup in front of the girl and sat down next to her; she touched Rei's hand with her own and squeezed it gently. "You can call me Michiru, I told Setsuna the truth, and T know we need to talk"
"Oh my sweetie... we need to talk so much"
-o-o-
Viella and Hayaki entered the house smiling, the girl's cheeks blushed by the sun, they just came back from a horse ride. They have been in Wind Heights for over 2 weeks now and Viella had never been so happy, a fresh clean start, here she had no past, just present and future. The couple walked into the living room and Viella's hair got caught in her hat. "Oww I'm stuck" She laughed.
"Let me help you My Lady" The Young man stood behind her surrounding her waist with one arm, the other trying to release the locks of hair from her hat, Viella blushed hard and turned her face to look into Haya's deep blue eyes.
"Thank you my lord."
He got lost in the gold paradise of her eyes and nodded slightly pushing himself closer to the girl, their breaths blending. And he kissed her quickly. Viella without getting her eyes off Hayaki turned her body around and Hayaki grabbing her jaw gently pushed her into a deeper kiss, they were out of control and Viella just let herself go into that endless kiss that tasted like no kiss she ever had, like feeling brand new and fresh. "Viella..."
He surrounded her with her arms gently pushing themselves into the couch together as one. Both wishing this moment never ended.
"Ehem..."
The husky voice of Haruka made both turn, she was sitting in the couch in front of them with an unreadable expression on her eyes. Viella found herself unable to speak, reality had just hit her in the face, she was getting in love with Haruka's brother, this simply couldn't go any further. Hayaki however smiled with that famous Tenoh grin. "Hi sis, I thought you were in Boston." He gently pulled himself from the top of Viella and helped the girl to sit down.
"So it seems" Haruka without explaining anything else walked off the couch and out of the living room slamming the door of the library, maybe Wind Heights wasn't going to help her mood after all.
"Hayaki I..."
Hayaki placed a finger on Viella's lips gently. "I'll talk to her, she'll bless our wedding"
"Wedding?" The word floated in front of Viella as a strange exotic butterfly. "Hayaki... you know who I am?" Her voice was broken, never before had she felt so ashamed of whom she had been to survive.
He held her hand and kissed her. "Of course I know who you are Viella, you're the most beautiful girl in this world and I'll be honored If you marry me" Clear tears started to fall down Viella's face, tears that somehow washed away the sins she ever commit, the past she shared with strange souls, the pains and the sorrows, tears that were cleaning her soul. "Is that a yes?"
He lifted her chin slowly to meet the golden eyes. "Yes Hayaki, yes"
-o-o-
Michiru and Rei had been sitting in the kitchen for almost an hour now, the black dark eyes staring at the blue ones, hearing step by step the version of the story she was missing. "You cannot tell Haruka"
Rei looked at the beauty with serious face. "You cannot ask me that, she's my best friend"
"I'm not asking you Rei, I'm begging you. I know it was wrong to just leave, but this is not the time to go back, I found a place now, Setsuna needs me"
"Well..." She hesitated. "Suna does need you..."
"Thanks Rei" For Michiru that was a yes, she placed her hand gently on top of Rei's. The raven haired girl took a long look at the hand and then touched it slightly with her own. The hand was as delicate and small as she remembered it but it was different her skin was dry and rough, the hand of a working woman.
"Your hands Michiru"
Michiru looked at her hands ashamed. "It's the cold"
"You do all the work here don't you?"
"Setsuna is too delicate at the moment"
"Michiru... are you sure this is what you want?"
Michiru blue deep sea eyes met with Rei's. "It is now, tomorrow who knows"
"When tomorrow comes Michiru, let me help you go back" The smaller girl nodded and touched gently Rei's hand again.
"Thank you"
"Don't thank me princess... I'm doing this for me too" Rei closed her eyes asking forgiveness for a second, God how in love she was of Michiru, what a huge mess she was in.
(So sorry for the long wait I've been so busy but I don't forget about writing. Cross my heart, I'll try to update faster, I'll be waiting for your reviews.)