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Time makes the heart grow fonder

Drabble 396

Usagi POV

The spell finally wore off. It took nearly a full day, but it finally did. Now Mamoru and I were lying lazily on the couch, enjoying the afterglow. Chibi Usa was asleep in the bed and presumably back in her normal size. It felt so good to be in my own body size again. To have an orgasm...to be wrapped around my boyfriend's body and to have his wrapped around mine.

"I love you Usako," he tells me as I snuggle into his arms.

That's when he jokingly confesses something that gives me pause. "You wouldn't believe it but before the body thing went back, Chibi Usa came in here and…," he stopped, I twisted around to see the twisted, disgusted expression on his face and my own heckles were rising up. We had discussed her 'crush' on him before in the past. I had noticed her actions around him and how she was subtle about it but thinking about it now perhaps she tried something bolder.

Especially judging by the expression on his face. It made me wonder what had happened before I came in the living room earlier and why she was right now upset at me. She didn't like to confide in me at all and even tried to tell me 'I'm not her mother just yet so I can't tell her what to do'. Apparently saying 'I'm still your elder' didn't fly with her cause she was technically right, I'm not her mother just yet and it was pointless to debate it.

Mamoru tended to side with her on various things that usually ended up indulging her actions or 'schemes'. His constant excuse was 'she's a child, she doesn't know any better' or my favorite 'she's in the past, alone and away from her family, cut her some slack.'

"What?" I asked him, realizing that he was trying to bypass what he was REALLY going to say.

"I ah..."

I rounded on him as he tried, "Funny story..." I jumped at him, verbally speaking, "The truth."

He sighs. "She flirted with me...very obviously."

My eyes widened as I jumped up from the couch. My blood ran cold. He watched me jump up and defended, "I told her off and she accepted it. End of story."

Judging by his response to me it wasn't as cut and dry as he was making it out to be. Or as much as he wanted it to be. Then something hit me. It took her actually hitting on him for him to get it and NOT when I told him several times of her crush or how she felt.

I feel even more upset by this now. "So when I was telling you for months mind you...no since she's been here in all of her trips here that she has a thing for you, I'm overreacting. I'm just being 'jealous'. I'm taking the actions too seriously. Or my favorite response from you one time 'she's just a kid, it doesn't mean anything. Quite being ridiculous'."

He sighs. "Usa..." he tries. I go to grab my clothes but being that they are the young kid's clothes I go to his room and grab a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt from his drawers and get dressed.

"What are you doing?" he asks.

"Leaving." I walk past him. I can tell I'm shocking him with this as he asks, "Wait seriously?"

I turn on him as I say, "Yeah actually I am. You've just proven once more that you're either too ignorant to what a young girl wants, FYI, age or not, a child can still hold a crush on anyone at any age."

It was disturbing on Chibi Usa's end since we were talking about our future daughter. He had ignored this issue for far too long and only said something serious to her when she tried to act. No, that was too much.

"Or and this is the worst possibility, you know deep down that she does, and instead of dealing with it as a real man would you push it to the side and leave ME hanging ALL the time which only causes further disruptions in our relationship."

He looks stunned by my words.

"You think I knew about THAT?" he asks as his voice gets a little bit higher as we both try to keep it down from her waking up.

I look at him though and answer honestly, "Actually...sadly enough, I do. I think you do, but since you don't know how to handle it instead of coming to me like a loyal and respectful boyfriend would in this situation, you make it sound like it's MY fault."

My feelings begin to boil over. "Like I'm the crazy one in this scenario. That's not what a real boyfriend does. We should have been upfront in the beginning of this and handled it together as a couple would...but you didn't. You placed blame and turned it around on me." I look up to him waiting for his response as he tries to talk but nothing comes out. He's scrambling and it makes this situation worse. I look away as what I'm feeling is just so much right now.

He's not saying anything to defend himself and I'm not sure if that's good or bad, what I do know for sure is that I need some time away from him so I can think.

"This is ridiculous...we've discussed her before multiple times and yet we still wind up in a loop of you being in denial. I think we need a break from this."

He sighs. "You're right. Let's get something ordered so we can talk more later."

I shake my head. "No..." I look up to him, "A break from us."

His head shoots up at the words. "What?" he asks.

"A break for us, and to clarify I mean a break in the relationship, not a 'break up'. We're not 'Rachel and Rossing' this.''

He looks at me, upset at my words even though the reference seems lost on him. "Seriously? Don't you think you're overreacting to this?" he asks, almost condescendingly too. I only feel more firm in my resolve now and honestly, I feel more of a need to leave here right now as well.

"Yes I'm serious and no I'm not, 'cause this is actually a long time coming. It's your turn to get 'shafted' in this relationship."

I walked out before he could react and while I felt upset still there was a relief I felt. One that's born of getting my feelings off my chest and knowing that he needed to hear me, to listen to me as he hasn't on this matter before. It's incredibly sad though that this is what it's going to take and it may make or break us but we can't keep going around and around in this seemingly endless loop.

I walk out and feel resolve building with each step I take. I watch him come out of his place and sees me in the elevator.

"Usa..." he looks lost right now, yet agitated and upset. He's tempted to come to me but his gut wants to stay and ensure the pink-haired one's safety by NOT leaving her alone in the apartment...even though it's only down a hallway.

"Mamoru..." I said as the doors closed up letting it sink in to use his name and not his nickname.

I let this go on with little to no contact for nearly a week. It's hard at first but after I ignore the first dozen texts, the next dozen calls, the slightly condescending voicemails, the begging in his own way dwindles down. That's when he tries to facetime me. Since it's the first time he's done it I answer.

"Finally," he says.

"What do you want?" I ask, my voice steady.

"To talk, we never did talk about things from that night." I sigh as he begins to try to defend himself, "I know you think you're right but let me break this down, the only way I can see us working past this anytime soon is if she's back in her own time where she quite frankly belongs." He protests this through the phone as I see that the girls are coming. I really don't want to get into this with them here so I tell him, "Listen I think you need to think everything through cause you seem to be more upset at the idea of sending her back than in us being on a 'break' in this relationship." I ended the call.

Mamoru POV

I can't believe she hung up on me. She's wrong...right? I shake my head as I know that she's right in her words. I hate how Usagi is sticking to this low-contact thing. After a day or two, she'd be calling me or texting me back, and yet nothing. When it hit day four, I knew she meant serious business. Usagi doesn't go THAT long without talking to me. It's concerning, to say the least as she's always trying to resolve issues.

So when she did I knew I had messed up and needed to take a deeper look into things. The final straw came with that phone call. What's worse was that Usagi's point hit home about being more upset about Chibi Usa being gone than about us being on a 'break' from each other in this. Sure I was upset but was I more upset about that than this? No. no, I wasn't. I was upset the most at myself for this happening.

I sighed in front of the mirror as I looked at my reflection. Damn even looking in the mirror made me regret my choices and my words to her. I had to do something to showcase to her that she did come first, that while yes, I would miss our daughter that I wanted to make our relationship work. That while yes I love our daughter, she's right, I'm letting our future little one emotionally manipulate me and instead of putting my foot down, I'm giving in cause I hate seeing that crying expression crossing her face.

I don't want to deal with certain issues that are there because I don't want to believe they exist, yet they do. I make a choice at that moment and know that tomorrow afternoon when I see Usagi that I'll be able to show her once and for all that she does come before Chibi Usa…in our relationship. I need to show her that not only do I hear her but that I listened to her and will be improving things.

So after several phone calls, and several conversations my plan is done, and now is the time to unveil it so to speak to Usagi. I talk her into going out on a date with me, that I have a surprise. I'm persistent and even tell her that if she doesn't like it I'll take her home or do whatever she wants me to do. She finally accepts this as my pleading takes a toll on her. I thank the stars and take her out to the lake nearby.

As we enjoy the picnic I have provided she asks, "So what's the surprise?" I smile, "It's something to show you."

I grab the orb in my pocket that Setsuna gave me. A way to show proof to Usagi that I followed through with what I'm saying I did. After all, I am a man of my word. I show her the orb which shows Chibi Usa back in the future with her parents. While she's not completely thrilled she does look happy to be back at home.

Usagi looks at me with confusion in her features, "What…?"

I smile, "You were right about Chibi Usa. She needs to be back home with her parents and while we will one day be them it's not us now. She's clearly not ready to start treating us as her parents and frankly how she does treat us is not right on different levels so she's back with them and I even made sure the message of her treatments was passed along to 'us' in the future."

Usagi looks surprised and happy. "Don't get me wrong, I love and will miss her but at the same time…I'm so relieved she's gone…oh kami that makes me such a horrible person!"

She begins to cry a bit as I pull her in. "No, no, no, no it doesn't. It makes you human. It makes you understand the cause of reality here…" I hate to admit this. "Me too."

She hears my meek voice at this and turns towards me.

"Really?" she asks.

"Yeah…as much as I enjoy having her here, at the same time, I didn't get to spend as much time with you alone. I miss that. I miss date nights with just us. I miss being able to kiss you without her sticking her nose up at it in view of us. Hell, I miss having loud sex with you." I laugh at the end knowing that we've had to be careful of how loud we got on some of those times we were together.

She smiles. "I miss holding your hand and not getting separated. I miss feeling your arms wrapped around me and no one else. I miss…" she blushes a bit and leans in, "I miss screaming your name and having you roaring mine at the top of our lungs."

I feel the air shift between us. "Then let us not waste the time we have." She smiles.

"Let's not."

As we kiss. No, I didn't exactly apologize for things but being honest with her and doing what needed to be done…for now at least shows her that I am committed to us.

That at the end of the day while we both love our future child, we still need to grow and become one as ourselves and in our relationship with each other WITHOUT anyone getting in the middle of things. We don't waste much time as we find a tree hidden off the beaten path nearby and begin to strip each other down. Thankfully due to the time of day there was no one out and about which makes this even better.

I take Usagi over to a tree, hidden by many others and surrounded by bushes that lead us to appear disappeared by the average viewer…if they were close enough. Before we can even think of it, we begin to strip each other of the other's clothes. She rips my shirt open, I tear her blouse open from the front and feel the buttons rip off. She doesn't berate me for it but rather smiles and laughs in glee.

She's really been wanting this and frankly so have I. We kiss more intensely than before, deeper, my hands weaved in her hair as she pulls me in closer. Our sounds grow and frankly if she screams for more I'll only be happy to hear it. Pushing her up against the nearest tree she gasps before I pick her up and wrap her legs around my waist and have never been more thankful than now for her wearing a pleated skirt.

I shove it up revealing her cotton panties and push them to the side as I plunge a finger into her, though it's only been a week, it's been a long, long week filled with longing and angry hormones that were upset with me for letting this happen to begin with. I fiddle my thumb against her clit as she cries out louder. Unable to stop myself I pull my member out of my pants, shoving them none to gently down my legs just enough to free him.

He's nearly beat red from the pulsing pleasure pain of holding off. A week is too long. I myself am breathing in heavily and deeply as I push my pulsating madness into her. Shoving him deeply as she cries out louder this time. She holds on tightly as I start to gently at first, ram into her. I give her long, deep, strong yet slow thrusts so I can keep my own orgasm back and make this last more than a few minutes.

I'm determined to show her that I want this, I want her forever. Bracing myself against the tree I hook my arms around her, and thrust even harder against her. I give her a firm yet gentle pounding as she cries out from the intensity of each one. "I want you Usako." I told her. She looks at me. "Only you. It's only ever you."

She smiles and I see that my words are getting through to her. She not only believes them but knows them to be the truth. She wraps her legs more firmly around my waist as I grip on tighter, trying to hold off and keep her in pleasure at the same time. She's earned this, she deserves this. We both need it. I keep my thrusts going strong, pressing the head against her walls with enough force to make her cry out at the end of several poundings into her. Rubbing the base against her clit as she whimpers for more. I reach down, taking some control with me and begin to toy with her folds.

Her reaction is priceless as she begins to gyrate further against me. Pressing herself more insistently into me as I press my member more deeply into her. I can feel her walls caressing me so smoothly, so tightly that it's damn near an emotional pain to withdraw from her even for a few moments. I just want to stay embedded in her forever. "Mamo - chan..." The nickname I hadn't heard all week sprung from her lips and made me smile.

I needed to hear that again. I didn't even realize I did until I heard it. Abandoning her clit I tell her, "Hang on."

She does as I pull her legs from around me, then guide them up over our heads kissing the skin present there, making her smile at the small yet romantically intimate gesture and push them against the tree. My hands are cuffing her ankles as they are pressed back against parts of the bark. I'm using my muscles to keep her there as her ass curves away from the tree.

Using my hips I press her more insistently into the tree. I step forward just the slightest bit and grind my cock into her folds. We BOTH this time cry out as we feel the connection become even deeper than before. I slow my pace down just a bit as I change up the angle and use the new one to grind up against her. Pressing my base into her clit and grinding down hearing her mews become louder and more unabashed than before.

I bury my head in her exposed breasts, using my teeth to push away her bra where I can to gain access to more of her breasts, licking her nipples with my tongue and suck on them to my hearts content as she lets out a string of pleasure filled sounds that make me nearly whimper myself from sheer want. My pace grows faster, my cock getting wetter from her fluids. The slickness made our sounds get louder till birds begin to fly away.

Startled by our mating. I grow a bit rougher with her. Nearly smashing her backside and top of her rear into the tree as she humps me equally in return. I can feel her pulsating as my member grows larger, ready to explode at the first sign of her readiness. I can tell she's trying to bite her lip as she's prone to do to hold back her cries.

"Let it out," I demand, not in a plea but a literal demand that I want to hear her cry out for anyone to hear, I don't care. I can visibly see the last restraints melt off her face at NOT having to keep quiet as she lets out a long, loud pleasure-filled scream as her muscles clamp down with unmistakable intent. Her whole body is convulsing as mine goes into a near state of shock from the amount of pleasure I'm feeling. My engorged member wrapped up in her muscles as I cum without hesitation. I've pleasured my girlfriend thoroughly and can release all of everything from this week.

I let out a loud roar of her name. Uncaring as to who hears it just as she did with me. It takes us both several minutes to come back down from that high. I pull her gently away from the tree, turn around and fall against it with her still wrapped around me. She's purring contently as I'm feeling my own happiness do the same through me. I should have come to my senses on things a long time ago but I guess it's better late than never.

One thing I know for certain, I can't sweep issues under the rug or HOPE that things will work themselves out. I need to face my problems and not shift blame onto Usagi. She didn't deserve that and it was my own fault.

Our 'break' shouldn't have happened. Yet it may have been what I needed to get my head on straight and face the music that I was willfully ignoring to avoid dealing with it. No more, and not ever again would that happen.