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Chapter 53 - Planning
"Next time, we should try it in our superhero forms." Serena said.
Darien shook his head, "If we break the bed here, I don't know how to get one delivered to the moon."
She laughed, "Good point!" She looked around. Now that she wasn't blinded by passion, she noticed the room. "This room is incredible. It is just like it was in my memories. Well, Serenity's."
"Now that I can think of anything beside having sex with you...gosh, you drive me wild...I am wondering how we get back to Earth."
She smirked, and said, "Pull out a rose, and touch me with it."
He nodded. He wanted to explore the moon with her, but not tonight. For one, his legs weren't ready for that yet. She wasn't the only one left feeling like jello after that orgasm. Also, he was a little worried about what would happen if it didn't work. He pulled out a rose and drug it over her naked breasts.
He was so busy listening to her moan and watching her nipples pebble that he missed when they arrived back in their bedroom. He did notice her smirk. "What?"
"You were worried, but I told you it would work."
He nodded, and said, "The only problem being that we left our clothes on the moon."
She laughed and said, "That isn't ever a sentence I thought I would hear in my life. We'll just have to go back and get them soon. In the meantime, I like the feel of that rose on my skin. You can go back to that."
He caressed her skin with the rose and watched her squirm under it. Once enough time had passed for him, he was buried inside of her again. He couldn't get enough of her. Luckily for him, she felt the same way about him.
Later, as they lay completely spent, Serena smiled at him, and said, "It's strange, but nice having Serenity's memories. I believed you before, when you said I was a better version of her for you now. It's just nice to be able to understand fully what you meant. As fabulous as they were together, I like the way we are better. You protect me, and care for me, but I am still able to be stronger. Endymion wouldn't have liked that about me."
He chuckled, "I am glad you see it now. I'm also relieved to hear you truly believed me before."
She kissed his bare shoulder, "I do have to say, it's nice to know all of that princessy stuff now. She spent a lot of time studying it. Now, I don't have to."
He laughed loudly, "Of course, you would be glad you get to skip that studying."
"I would argue that was the only thing Endymion didn't like. He thought she was too poised and wasn't able to be herself."
Darien agreed, "Yes, I would say that the fact that he brought out her more natural self made him happy."
She laid in his arms as she sorted through Serenity's memories. She got to one, and she started chucking.
"What?" he pressed.
She turned her head to smile at him and said, "She had the same reaction to Endymion when he wore a mask at the masquerade that they both attended. She wanted him to wear it for her when they were kissing and touching later."
Darien looked puzzled, "I don't remember him doing that. He would have done anything for her."
"Just like you would for me." She sighed, "They died less than a week later."
He pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. "I am so glad we can experience all of these things together. It reminds me to never take this for granted. You are incredible."
She settled her head in the crook of his shoulder. "We'll win. Beryl and everyone else will be destroyed. I won't have our lives together cut short, again."
"I completely agree. We will fight side by side, and we will prevail."
"Now, if only I was as confident about my math test tomorrow."
He shifted them both so he could look her in the eye, "No cheating."
"Only a little bit."
"No, I won't help you." He knew that was an empty threat, and he would be helping her on her test the next day. As wrong as he knew it was, he couldn't say 'no' to her when she needed help.
She snuggled back in his arms and said, "Okay, Stud Muffin. Whatever you say." She didn't believe he would refuse to help her. Especially if she threatened him with distractions. She knew if she sent him images of her touching her naked body, he would give in quickly. He wouldn't be able to handle that distraction in class.
They both drifted off to sleep, content in each other's arms.
The next day during Serena's math test, she was disappointed when she heard him sigh and help her with her test. She didn't get to torture him. She would have to use it some other time.
A couple days later, Darien was the only one in the penthouse. Serena had gone to hang out with her friends, and Sapphire was out of town with Rui. She had a tennis match out of town and he wouldn't let her go alone, with Rubeus out there looking for him. He couldn't stomach the idea of her being used against him.
The delivery company arrived, he showed them where the bed frame was going to be, and they said they would set it up. He let them know he would be in his office, and he went to go study while they bolted it together. He chuckled over that.
While he was in his office, he didn't realize that one of the movers stepped out of their room and into the living room. He walked over to a lamp and planted a bug on it. Rubeus smiled, went back to the guys, and finished helping them put everything together. He was thrilled that everything was still going perfectly to plan. Now, onto stage two.
Rui smiled after she won her first match. Sapphire was looking at her like she was the most incredible thing he had ever seen. He said, "Wow, you are so good at Tennis. I can't believe you made some of those shots!"
She blushed and smiled, "I'm so glad you came."
Andrew sat there holding Molly while they both studied. He loved holding onto her while he read through his text books and studied for his class. He paused his reading and looked at her, "Are you sure you didn't want to go and hang out with the girls today?"
She shook her head, and replied, "I really just want to be here with you right now." She paused, "Truthfully, I am struggling a bit. With this new enemy here, I just really need to be held by you. After you killed Bazzite to save me, I feel so much safer when I am around you."
He held her tighter, and kissed her neck. "You know how to make me feel like a man."
"I don't have to make you feel like one. You already are." she countered.
He ghosted his hand over her body, "I beg to differ. You definitely make me feel all man."
She moaned and leaned up to kiss him. "Why don't we take a study break? I would like you to show me how much of a man you are."
He moaned and tackled her, kissing her body. "Oh, it's on."
Serena was sitting at the Arcade with the other girls, laughing. She was glad that, with all of the stress of the new enemy, they could still take it easy.
"We really needed the break. I can't believe there is someone new from the Black Moon Clan. Ugh!" Mina said. "And, what I want to know is why every guy we meet is hot?! Right? Don't get me wrong, Rubeus is a bad guy, but sometimes that helps."
Raye snorted, "Kunzite would die if he heard that!"
Mina rolled her eyes, "I leave Kunzite plenty satisfied. He knows he is the only one for me."
Lita shook her head, "Hey, Serena is the only one here that has actually broken her bed."
Everyone's eyes shifted to look at Serena. She rolled her eyes, "Seriously, you didn't know about that before?"
Mina's eyes were huge, "No, I didn't. Wow, how did you do that?"
Serena blushed, "We were both in our superhero forms. It was pretty spectacular. We are getting the new bed right about now. Darien is studying at home while they set it up."
Amy paled, "The physics involved in that are⦠Wow." she paused. "Wait, superhero form. That is a great idea." She realized what she said out loud and blushed.
They all burst out laughing, again.
The four generals were all meeting at Kunzite's place. They were determined not to fail Darien and Serena like they had in the past. They knew they needed a plan before the next strategy meeting at the penthouse the next day.
Zoisite sighed, "I was working with Amy and we had an idea. We worked out which skills we have that would best match up with different types of youma. We have a whole spreadsheet, and we will present it tomorrow."
Kunzite said, "Good. Any other ideas?"
They spent three hours running through ideas and strategies that they fleshed out. By the end of their planning session, they were ready for the meeting. Kunzite desperately wanted to show Darien that they would keep them safe.
