Chapter 4:
Mamoru stepped out of the plane and into the American airport where the grey clouds greeted him, giving a feeling of depression and loneliness. He sighed, looked at his phone to check the time, only to see his girlfriend's face pop up onto his screen. He swallowed the lump in his throat as he walked and told himself not to cry. Carefully, he took his bag from the pile moving around the airport and walked out into the parking lot before it rained.
"Mamoru…Welcome back" Michiru says, flicking her dark blue hair behind her. Her green eyes focused on him before looking to the clouds.
"Thanks" Mamoru says in a low, mono-tone voice, his eyes looking down at his phone once again.
"Are you coming over for dinner tonight?" Michiru asks him and he nods. "How was usagi?" she asks him, and he nods respectfully, knowing it would be hard to continue.
"She's good. She's doing really good in Tokyo with her career and that…You should've seen her album piece she was designing for Minako" Mamoru says. "It was amazing" he concludes, his heart breaking instantly.
"Wedding still on?" Michiru asks and he nods.
"Do you think that we'd cancel? We haven't seen each other in two years, we don't even have enough time to plan a whole wedding" Mamoru snaps. "We literally don't even let go of each other it's that hard for both of us"
"I'm sorry, but I thought that maybe she would have called it off…you looked really upset earlier." She assumes, "I just kind of jumped to my own conclusions" she whispers.
"I'm sorry for snapping, but It's just really hard on the both of us" Mamoru whispers.
*An Hour Later*
"Thank you for coming over Mamoru-san" Michiru says and Mamoru nods, finishing off his burger to save him for talking to her. He swallowed and turned to look at her.
"No problem, nothing like a good burger" he sighs, before standing up and pushing his chair in. "But I should go now… The boys are probably wondering where I am" Mamoru says as he walks towards the door and pulls his shoes on. When he stands up, to greet her, she walks up to him and kisses him. Immediately, he panics, and pushes her away, her eyes diverted downwards in emotional pain. "I have a girlfriend Michiru! You even knew that! You're friends with her too!" Mamoru bursts out.
"I thought that maybe you might have feelings for me too" Michiru whispers down to the ground, avoiding the tears to slip from the green eyes. Her hair makes a blanket over her face and she shakes her head. "You can leave if you want. I won't do it again, I just thought that if I did it once, it'd show you that you have more options" she whispers, not knowing she was alone and didn't hear the door shut close behind him.
Slowly, she walked to her computer in her study, seeing her roommate on it, with the footage of her kissing mamoru. "Akira…" She whispers.
"Michiru-San! I'm so sorry but I saw that he was dating Usagi Tsukino, and I might have sent a screenshot on snapchat to her" Akira. "I thought he was cheating on her and deserved to know. I'm so Sorry!" she says. Michiru hurries to the computer in attempt to save the photo from sending but then, on the screen one word she was horrified to see pops up.
This Person has taken a Screenshot.
*Mamoru*
Mamoru drove home in an annoyed state. Michiru had kissed him, and it was now a secret he had to keep from Usagi in order to retain their relationship in a neutral state. He never has had to do this before because Usagi was his first girlfriend, he had only ever kissed or touched usagi in a loving way but now, another woman had kissed him; and he wasn't sure if he should tell her or not.
"Mamoru-san" Kunzite says as he walks through the door of their on-campus apartment. "You alright?" he asks him, and he shakes his head gently, before sitting on the couch. "What happened?" he asks again.
"Michiru kissed me" he says with a shrug of his shoulders, burying his face in his hands.
"And?" Zoisite asks gently and carefully as to not make him aggressive.
"What do you think?" he snaps. "I don't know If I should tell Usagi and If I do, what do I say and how do I tell her without her getting upset with me? Or what do I do if she somehow found out?" he rants and the boys flinch, not knowing what he should do or they all should do in general.
"You do what your heart desires man" Kunzite says.
"I don't want it to put a wedge between us" Mamoru claims someone pats his shoulder. "So, she doesn't need to know about it" he mutters, not liking the feeling of keeping a secret.
"How was she before you left?" Nephrite asks him.
"She was really good, today she wasn't though. She was really quiet, but she was just sad" he sighs. "I should get some sleep though".