Desperate to Be Yours
Chapter Five
The One With Lots of Blushing
Disclaimer: You big, bad lawyers! Don't you have anything better to do than to
pick on a poor lil teenager? *poutz* I mean, *come on*! Does it *LOOK* like
I own Sailor Moon? *Looks around, watches everyone sleepily shake their head*
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! *screams and wakes everyone up* mmmkay, now get reading!
"It's about time you got here, guys!" Serena hissed, glaring at her friends.
Ami was kneeling on the floor, making sure that Mina and Raye were okay. Lita
was standing next to her, staring at Serena in shock.
Mina sat up, coughing from the smelling salts that Ami had found in her purse.
"You guys, I just had the *craziest* dream! We all went to the arcade to meet
Serena, and she was sitting with that jerk she's always talking about-you know,
the one who I think is really cute and I think that she has a crush on him,
but she won't admit it? Oh yeah, Darien, that's his name-augh!" At that point,
Mina had looked up and seen the dark-haired man smiling at her. Promptly, she
fainted again.
"Mina!" Ami shouted in exasperation from where she was tending to Raye.
Darien looked up at Serena, smiled, and raised an eyebrow. "So, you're always
talking about me, huh?"
*Don't blush, don't blush. Whatever you do, Sere, just don't blush.* Serena
blushed. *Damn it!*
"Complaining is more like it," she bit out, smirking as Darien's smug smile
fell from his face.
"I see," he said stiffly. He stood up and attempted a grin. "I'll, uh, leave
you with your friends, then." he walked off, his head drooping, and went up
to sit by the counter and talk to his best friend, Andrew.
Immediately, Raye and Mina woke up, flew to their feet, whapped Serena's head,
and screamed, "*IDIOT!*"
* * *
"Idiot!" shrieked Serena, banging her head on her desk repeatedly. Her blonde
meatballs bobbed and the strands that streamed from them flew around her.
"Idiot, idiot, *id-io-t*!" Serena's mother stopped outside the door, listening
in concern. She heard her daughter screaming and loud thumps coming from her
room. If Kenji had been there, he would have been screaming for blood. Ikuko
tested the door-it was open. Cautiously, she turned the knob and saw Serena
slamming her head on her pink desk.
"Rena!" Ikuko gasped, flying towards her daughter and throwing a pillow beneath
her head. No longer receiving the satisfying thump that resulted from the
head-slamming, Serena stopped and looked up.
"Hi, Mom," she said, smiling weakly up at Ikuko.
"Rena!" shrieked her mother, still shocked and concerned about her only
daughter. "What are you doing?" Abruptly, Serena burst into tears, shocking
her mother even more. The startled mother hugged her daughter to her, wisely
waiting for her to stop crying before she asked what was wrong. Once the sobs
ceased, Ikuko *did* ask, and Serena spilled out the whole story-ending with
how much she truly did care for Darien. *(Bet you weren't expecting that onez,
hmm?)*
Ikuko listened quietly, then found herself out of ideas. "Why don't you take
a walk?" she finally suggested. "Clear your head, think about it..."
Serena agreed and put on her favorite coat-pale pink with a white bunny on
the back, then a smaller one on the left side, chest level.
* * *
Darien stood abruptly. He had been sitting in his lonely, cold apartment for
the last 2 hours, trying to concentrate on his favorite movie, Saving Private
Ryan. *{Ewwwwwwww! SPR! Ew!}* He grabbed his coat and ran out the balcony doors,
then jumped off it.
*{No, he's not killing himself, idiots! *LOL* He's doing his Tuxedo Mask jump
thing so that he doesn't have to walk down any stairs.}*
* * *
Serena walked down the sidewalk, her long pigtails dragging on the gray cement
and her head bowed. *So cold,* she shivered. No matter how warm it was,
Serena was always cold. Suddenly, a vision of Darien popped into her head, and
she blushed, suddenly hot.
*Thud!* Speak of the devil and there he was, knocking her onto the cold and--
ugh! A *puddle!*
"Darien!" she screamed, jumping up. He'd knocked her into a puddle!
* * *
Darien stared in shock. Think of the deviless and there she was, getting
knocked into a puddle by yours truly.
"Wow, I'm so sorry!" he blurted out. She jumped up and with the help of a
streetlight, he noticed a faint pink glow on her cheeks, as though she'd been
blushing hotly before he'd slammed into her.
"It's okay," Serena replied grudgingly. *Wow, she looks cute,* he noted. She
was wearing this adorable little white skirt, a pink shirt with a bunny on it,
and a matching pink jacket. Her socks were white, of course, and her shoes
were pale pink with white laces.
"No, I feel really bad," Darien insisted. "And now you're all wet and it's
getting kinda cold." He looked at her. "Doyouwannacometomyapartmentandchange?"
he blurted out, regretting it immediately. *Don't be stupid, Darien, you were
just being nice. Her house is really far away, and yours is right there, so...*
Serena glanced down at her cute outfit, covered in cold dirty water, and shivered.
He took off his (hideous) green jacket and placed it around her shoulders.
*(Okay, I take that back. That jacket is just *so* ugly. Let's say it's...
black.)*
"Thanks," she said. The night had been so warm until she'd fallen into that
gross puddle, but now her teeth were starting to chatter. Darien noticed,
using it as an excuse to quickly threw an arm around her and drew her close
while she pretended not to notice. "Uh, yeah, I guess so...My house is so far
away."
"I know," he replied simply. Serena looked up at him questioningly, but didn't
say anything.
"So?" Darien asked, gesturing towards his apartment with one arm and offering
her his other. "Shall we?"
"We shall," Serena giggled in spite of herself.
Without another word, the two walked towards Devon's apartment.
*{And yes, he still had his arm around her!}*
Chapter Five
The One With Lots of Blushing
Disclaimer: You big, bad lawyers! Don't you have anything better to do than to
pick on a poor lil teenager? *poutz* I mean, *come on*! Does it *LOOK* like
I own Sailor Moon? *Looks around, watches everyone sleepily shake their head*
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! *screams and wakes everyone up* mmmkay, now get reading!
"It's about time you got here, guys!" Serena hissed, glaring at her friends.
Ami was kneeling on the floor, making sure that Mina and Raye were okay. Lita
was standing next to her, staring at Serena in shock.
Mina sat up, coughing from the smelling salts that Ami had found in her purse.
"You guys, I just had the *craziest* dream! We all went to the arcade to meet
Serena, and she was sitting with that jerk she's always talking about-you know,
the one who I think is really cute and I think that she has a crush on him,
but she won't admit it? Oh yeah, Darien, that's his name-augh!" At that point,
Mina had looked up and seen the dark-haired man smiling at her. Promptly, she
fainted again.
"Mina!" Ami shouted in exasperation from where she was tending to Raye.
Darien looked up at Serena, smiled, and raised an eyebrow. "So, you're always
talking about me, huh?"
*Don't blush, don't blush. Whatever you do, Sere, just don't blush.* Serena
blushed. *Damn it!*
"Complaining is more like it," she bit out, smirking as Darien's smug smile
fell from his face.
"I see," he said stiffly. He stood up and attempted a grin. "I'll, uh, leave
you with your friends, then." he walked off, his head drooping, and went up
to sit by the counter and talk to his best friend, Andrew.
Immediately, Raye and Mina woke up, flew to their feet, whapped Serena's head,
and screamed, "*IDIOT!*"
* * *
"Idiot!" shrieked Serena, banging her head on her desk repeatedly. Her blonde
meatballs bobbed and the strands that streamed from them flew around her.
"Idiot, idiot, *id-io-t*!" Serena's mother stopped outside the door, listening
in concern. She heard her daughter screaming and loud thumps coming from her
room. If Kenji had been there, he would have been screaming for blood. Ikuko
tested the door-it was open. Cautiously, she turned the knob and saw Serena
slamming her head on her pink desk.
"Rena!" Ikuko gasped, flying towards her daughter and throwing a pillow beneath
her head. No longer receiving the satisfying thump that resulted from the
head-slamming, Serena stopped and looked up.
"Hi, Mom," she said, smiling weakly up at Ikuko.
"Rena!" shrieked her mother, still shocked and concerned about her only
daughter. "What are you doing?" Abruptly, Serena burst into tears, shocking
her mother even more. The startled mother hugged her daughter to her, wisely
waiting for her to stop crying before she asked what was wrong. Once the sobs
ceased, Ikuko *did* ask, and Serena spilled out the whole story-ending with
how much she truly did care for Darien. *(Bet you weren't expecting that onez,
hmm?)*
Ikuko listened quietly, then found herself out of ideas. "Why don't you take
a walk?" she finally suggested. "Clear your head, think about it..."
Serena agreed and put on her favorite coat-pale pink with a white bunny on
the back, then a smaller one on the left side, chest level.
* * *
Darien stood abruptly. He had been sitting in his lonely, cold apartment for
the last 2 hours, trying to concentrate on his favorite movie, Saving Private
Ryan. *{Ewwwwwwww! SPR! Ew!}* He grabbed his coat and ran out the balcony doors,
then jumped off it.
*{No, he's not killing himself, idiots! *LOL* He's doing his Tuxedo Mask jump
thing so that he doesn't have to walk down any stairs.}*
* * *
Serena walked down the sidewalk, her long pigtails dragging on the gray cement
and her head bowed. *So cold,* she shivered. No matter how warm it was,
Serena was always cold. Suddenly, a vision of Darien popped into her head, and
she blushed, suddenly hot.
*Thud!* Speak of the devil and there he was, knocking her onto the cold and--
ugh! A *puddle!*
"Darien!" she screamed, jumping up. He'd knocked her into a puddle!
* * *
Darien stared in shock. Think of the deviless and there she was, getting
knocked into a puddle by yours truly.
"Wow, I'm so sorry!" he blurted out. She jumped up and with the help of a
streetlight, he noticed a faint pink glow on her cheeks, as though she'd been
blushing hotly before he'd slammed into her.
"It's okay," Serena replied grudgingly. *Wow, she looks cute,* he noted. She
was wearing this adorable little white skirt, a pink shirt with a bunny on it,
and a matching pink jacket. Her socks were white, of course, and her shoes
were pale pink with white laces.
"No, I feel really bad," Darien insisted. "And now you're all wet and it's
getting kinda cold." He looked at her. "Doyouwannacometomyapartmentandchange?"
he blurted out, regretting it immediately. *Don't be stupid, Darien, you were
just being nice. Her house is really far away, and yours is right there, so...*
Serena glanced down at her cute outfit, covered in cold dirty water, and shivered.
He took off his (hideous) green jacket and placed it around her shoulders.
*(Okay, I take that back. That jacket is just *so* ugly. Let's say it's...
black.)*
"Thanks," she said. The night had been so warm until she'd fallen into that
gross puddle, but now her teeth were starting to chatter. Darien noticed,
using it as an excuse to quickly threw an arm around her and drew her close
while she pretended not to notice. "Uh, yeah, I guess so...My house is so far
away."
"I know," he replied simply. Serena looked up at him questioningly, but didn't
say anything.
"So?" Darien asked, gesturing towards his apartment with one arm and offering
her his other. "Shall we?"
"We shall," Serena giggled in spite of herself.
Without another word, the two walked towards Devon's apartment.
*{And yes, he still had his arm around her!}*