Minako didn't know why she'd told Kureno her secret. But she felt like she could trust him. He was her first love.
She didn't see him again until after it all fell apart. After her princess left to become Cosmos.
Minako was headed to the Karaoke Crown when she ran into him.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Kureno bowed, then stopped. "Minako?"
"Kureno." Minako said softly.
"No sailor suit?" Kureno asked.
"Kicked the habit." Minako admitted.
Kureno touched her cheek softly. "You shouldn't stop helping people. Saving them. The world needs Sailor Venus."
Minako kissed him. "And you are seriously in need of the Goddess of Love."
Kureno held her hands in his and kissed them. A moment, a precious moment.
And then he was gone again.
Minako's first love, telling her to pick duty over heart, just as Adonis had in her Sailor V days.
Something told her Kureno knew from experience.
"Kureno..." Tears fell.
But then she saw someone in trouble and swallowed her tears. Duty over heart.
But someday...