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Chapter Two: Another ending and a…library?
'The people of Tokyo are oddly chipper this morning,' Usagi noted to herself as she dodged through the streets. Like usual, she had woken up late. Go figure.
BRIIIINGGG!!! The college bell sang as Usagi sank into her seat, right on time.
"Usagi!" Molly exclaimed, "You made it! How amazing!!"
"I know, I know!," Usagi beamed back. "Looks like the making of a good day, huh?" Molly agreed with a cheesy grin. "And you know what makes it even cooler?"
"Oh yeah? What?"
"Mamoru asked me over his house tonight!!! I can't WAIT!" The two girls giggled. "We haven't done anything together in such a long time…" Usagi ended with a bit of unusual thoughtfulness.
"Wow Usagi! That's great! I'm so happy for you. You're sooo lucky to have an older boyfriend and all. I mean like, look at me." The two girls glanced over at Melvin, who was busy cleaning his calculator. He looked up at them and waved. They shuddered. "But I love him," Molly quickly added. "I really do."
Usagi leaned forward and put her head in her hands, hearts in her eyes. "I just know that this date is going to be good. I can feel it in my bones!!" She glanced over at her friend. "Don't you think that Mamoru and I are like, the cutest couple EVER?"
"Oh Usagi!" Molly laughed, "Not only are you guys the CUTEST couple ever, you guys are going to LAST forever!"
Usagi smiled. "Yeah Molly…you're right…we are going to last... forever." And for the rest of school, that was all Usagi could think about.
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"But Mamoru! W-w-what…what are you talking about?" Tears filled Usagi's lovelorn eyes. This was crazy! He was crazy! "B-b-break..…u-up?" The words spilled out of Usagi's mouth like poison. She had never even dreamed this day would occur! Sure, she got jealous often…maybe.. to often… but she always had thought that he loved her, and could never love some one else. Like, they were written in destiny, ne? So how could something like THIS happen? It was impossible! Unthinkable! UnDOable! But strangely…here was Mamoru.. doing it…
"Listen, Usagi." Mamoru's voice was stern and cold. Where did her warm, affectionate, happy Mamoru go? Did some one take him away? Had some evil villain infested his body to try and destroy their eternal love? NO! Mamoru! Come back! "I really think that this is a good idea." His gaze wasn't on her…it was on the horizon."I really don't believe that we are meant for each other. I mean, really, Usagi think about it. Me and you? Together? We're so…different. Almost everything about us is contradictory. I can't remember the last time we had a serious conversation about anything…serious. It seems like we're always on separate levels, and we never meet anywhere in the middle. I mean, like, look at you? Always having your head in some Sailor V manga or better yet, the clouds, while I'm over there studying the theory of relativity and why clouds exist. We just don't…click.
"So Usagi, what I'm trying to say is that maybe I was in love with you in the past, and who knows..maybe I'm in love with you in the future." He was finally focusing on her with his eyes. What pretty eyes he had.."It's just that… I'm not in love with you now."
The whole world faded. It was just Usagi, sitting on a couch in Mamoru's apartment clutching her chest. It….hurt. There was… unmistakable pain, throbbing, beating…Was her heart…broken?
The world suddenly came into focus again, and he was still talking.
"Do you understand, Usagi? Does it make sense?"
"Mamoru," She whispered through her tears, through her pain, "are you trying to say I'm not smart enough for you?"
Oh my. Did she really have to say it so bluntly? And he had tried so hard to be NICE about it…if he only he could say the other reasons…
"Usagi, it's not like that---"
"YES IT IS!" Usagi was standing now, in front of him, waving an accusative finger in his face. "You're saying that I'm not intelligent enough for you! Just because I can't understand all that scientific…crap!" Her face was burning with tears now, "So now it's just..it's just..g-g-get RID of U-usagi!" She crumpled to the floor, a heap of sobs and salty wetness. Mamoru rose from his place on the couch to help her, maybe try and say something to make her feel better, but she spang up before he could do anything.
"STAY AWAY from me!" She hollered, now standing. She turned her head frantically around the room, looking for a means of escape. Her eyes focused on the door. Ah. Refuge!
Mamoru stood there, next to her. "Usagi, please, be understan—"
"URUSAI!" She screamed, her pig tails standing on ends, "Just shut up!! Understanding? You want me to be understanding about this? Mamoru, please. You are the love of my life. Damn you, you are the heartbeat of my very existence! And you're telling me to try and understand that you don't want me anymore? Oh, GOD!" And then , something strange happened. Her face suddenly softened. She tilted her head, and a small, wavering smile spread uncertainly across her lips. "Mamoru? We …we..were su-su-pposed… to last….f-f-forever."
She then quietly exited the room, leaving Mamoru alone.
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The walk home was depressing. People kept turning to look at her, and with the sobbing heap that she was who could blame them? The expressions on their faces ranged from kind concern to extreme annoyance, but it was to hard for Usagi to notice through all her bitter tears. How could Mamoru do this to her? Had he no heart? Usagi wiped a tear from her eye, and looked up into the sky. It was still a beautiful day. After all, the day was still young, it was only roughly three o'clock. She hadn't wasted to much time at that horrible x-boyfriend Mamoru's. He had only been able to detain her for 15 minutes. Now, she had to manage to kill the rest of the day on her own.
"Hey Usagi!" What's this? Has some one come to commiserate with her and her utter misery?
Usagi turned around, only to be face to face with Rei. "Konnichiwa, Rei," Usagi mumbled.
"Oh my stars Usagi! You look horrid! What happened?" Rei said, then added with a smirk, "Fail your math test again?"
"No," Usagi growled. Why did Rei always have to pick on her? Just because Rei was better at…everything…than she was didn't give her the right to consistently put her down! But now that she came to think of it, she didn't do to well on that math test…
"Oh," Now Rei looked her with - what was that? Concern? "Well then, what?"
"Me and Mamoru kinda..well…" Usagi didn't know how to say it. When actually, she knew that she didn't really want to say it. For some reason, the thought that if she said it out loud, proclaimed it to the world that then it really would be true. She and Mamoru really would finished, over, forever. That they would never kiss again, never hold each other, tell each other little secrets, make promises or flirt. Everything that ever was or was to be was now…eliminated.
"Ooooh! I know! You guys got into a fight, ne? What was it this time? See him talking to another girl? You know Usagi, just because Mamoru says something to another girl doesn't mean that he doesn't love you anymore! Hey, remember that time you got mad at him for talking to that waitress? I mean like whoa, you were sooo out of line there! All he was doing was ordering his food! I mean like, how do you expect to get your food delivered if you don't talk-"
"Rei, URUSAI!"
"Nani? What did I say? Oh my stars! Usagi! You're crying! Sweetie, what happened? Tell me, please!" Rei wrapped her arms around Usagi, attempting to comfort her. But it was a meager attempt. Something that Rei said just…made her break down.
"You know Usagi, just because Mamoru says something to another girl doesn't mean that he doesn't love you anymore!" Yes it does! Or at least…now it does. Oh, man, will any body be able to understand this pain she was feeling?
"Usagi," Rei said softly, "Now can you tell me what happened? Doozo? Usagi?" Rei was staring at Usagi, trying to at least figure out what was going on, but it was useless. She was just sitting there on the bench Rei had brought her over to, crying endless fountains of salty tears, not saying a word. So Rei just sat there with her, rubbing her arm, trying to bring her miserable best friend some sort of solace. 'I wonder why she's like this?' Rei thought silently, 'She's usually so cheerful. It just rips me to pieces to see her like this. I can't even imagine what happened! I hope it's nothing freaky involving Mamoru…Wait a minute!? Mamoru? Oh…crap…' Rei finally realized what was going on. Or at least, she was somewhere close. But actually, she had already figured it out, somewhat, but had just forgotten. It had to be something with Mamoru! There was nothing else that could make Usagi so incredibly upset! Oh - Usagi was stirring; maybe she was ready to talk?
"Rei?"
"Hai?"
"Mamoru.? Well...he..um..he--he dumped me." Usagi looked at her friend, pain almost bleeding from her eyes.
Rei sat there, in shock. "NANI? He did WHAT? Usagi, oh my goodness! Dooshite?!
"That's the thing!" Usagi cried, "It's the most…retarded reason ever! It was like, almost a cover up of deeper, more untouchable issues, it seemed."
"Usagi, what did he say?"
Usagi took a breath. "He said I wasn't intelligent enough for him."
Rei gave Usagi a blank look, then blinked a few times. "Excuse me? Sailor Moon isn't smart enough for him? Oh my, what a loser…"
"Yeah, " Usagi agreed quietly, "He really is a loser." The two girls then looked at each other and smiled. And they sat there together until the sun went down, then walked home, all in a comforting silence.
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"Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Bee-" Heero slammed his fist down hard on the clock radio, then sat up in his bed. He looked around the room, and saw that his clock had aroused everyone else too. Woops.
"Kuso Heero! Why did you set your friggin clock at, " Wufei glanced his night stand, "FOUR AM?!"
Heero stared back at his grumpy Chinese friend. "Maybe because I wanted to get up at four am?"
Duo laughed. "Wohoo! Strike one for Captain Obvious!"
"Urusai Baka!" A pillow hit Duo with impeccable force, sending him flying into the wall. [Quite the powerful Chinese boy, ne?]*
Heero ran a hand through his hair and got up, heading for the shower. "Get some more sleep, Wufei." Heero called as he left the bed room, "You're PMSing again."
A pillow hit the door of the bathroom.
As the warm water poured over Heero, he thought of what Relena looked like while she slept. She was probably tucked neatly away in her pink bedroom, surrounded by all her furry stuffed animals and her annoying boy band posters, getting a good nights sleep he so conveniently didn't receive. Why had he let this happen? Why did he fall in love with that girl? 'Baka onna,' Heero thought. He had to forget her. She wasn't a part of his life any more…she was his past. 'I wonder what lies for me in the future?' Heero ran a loofa full of liquid soap over his body. 'I need to stop thinking about her. She'll destroy me if I don't.' As Heero massaged his scalp with the shampoo, the scene from last night played over in his head like a movie. She had breezed into his apartment, wearing that beautiful yellow sundress that really showed off her legs. He remembered the saddened look she had given him as he told her to sit down, that he had something important he wanted to tell her. And he remembered all to vividly her response. Heero shuddered in the shower, even though the water was so turned on so hot his skin was turning an unhealthy red. Had he unconsciously kept turning the hot knob on higher and higher? Because it wouldn't turn up any more. And the cold knob wouldn't turn off any more, either.
Heero stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He looked up at the mirror above the sink and his wet, disheveled self glared back at him. He looked like crap. His eyes were blood shot, and underneath them were huge puffy purple bags, all reminding him to well of the twisting and turning he had endured through out the night. It took all his might to refrain himself from punching his reflection. Heero cursed under his breath.
BANG BANG!! "Are you done in there?" Duo's muffled voice sounded perky. Was that kid EVER depressed?
"Yeah, almost," Heero called back. Heero opened the cabinet and pulled out his toothbrush and hair gel. He quickly ran the toothbrush over the teeth in his mouth, then smoothed some gel through his wet, soppy hair. As Heero went to open the door, it burst open.
"Heero!" Duo said urgently, "Guess what!"
Heero glared at him. "What."
"YOU'RE STUCK WITH IT!! Hehehehehe!!!" Heero rolled his eyes and pushed Duo off to the side. [Anyone remember that joke from child hood?]*
"Do you EVER cheer up?" Duo called after him.
"No."
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The air felt good against Heero's face as he bolted down the street. The reason he had set his alarm for so early was so that instead of running for an hour like he usually did, he could run for three. This newly set depression gave him some sort of drive - a drive to…well….run.
Heero set his focus down on a building down the street. It was the only one with the lights on. The rest of the houses were still asleep. Besides, why should they be awake? It was only 4:45 am, any normal person would still be in bed. After all, it was dark outside. It would be pitch black if it wasn't for the street lights, which dimly lighted his war path.
As he approached the lighted building, Heero's pace slowed. When he was in front of it, he came to a complete stop. There was a sign in front of it? It read: Peacecraft Free Library. Heero shuddered. Her name followed him everywhere, even when he was trying so hard to run away.
"Hey! Heero!" WHAT WAS DUO DOING OUT HERE?
Heero turned sharply around, and saw a panting Duo running up to meet him. "Duo, nande kuso are you doing here?!?"
"Well," Duo said, "I thought you might need a friend. You know, to help you out."
"Didn't you do enough friendly helping out last night?"
Duo giggled. Then his face got serious. "Look Heero,I'm sorry if I uhh..said something last night that weren't appropriate! It's just that I uhhh…I don't know. I wasn't expecting that."
"Yeah well, that makes two of us."
"Hn." Duo looked at the sign. "A library, eh? I never knew that was here. Gonna go in?"
"Duo, it's friggin 5 am. It's probably NOT open."
"Never know!" Duo walked up the library's steps and turned the knob. The Door opened. 'Well then,' Heero thought, 'maybe library's are open at 5 am. 'Well, the light was on…but I thought that it was an early bird employee, doing something she couldn't do during daylight hours? Oh well.'
"C'mon Heero! Let's go EXPLORE!" Duo started to get excited. What? Had he never been inside a library before?
"Whatever, " muttered Heero as he walked inside.
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authors notes
*Um, gomen for the two personal/authors notes! I know those things are kinda annoying in these kinds of stories O.o;; I just couldn't help myself.
Well, what do you guys think of it now, eh? It was really hard for me to think of reason for Mamoru to dump Usagi. I mean like, their togetherness is etched in destiny! It's a much harder relationship to wreck convincingly than Heero and Relena's. Like, half of Gundam fandom HATES Relena's guts so, you know how it is. Any reason is a good reason for Relena and Heero to not be together!
Curious about what's gonna happen in the library? WHAT? Did someone just say a yoai scene? I THINK NOT! Nobody's gay in this fic, sorry ::yoai fans moan and through pickles at kotori:: STOP IT! Look, I'm sorry, ok? I don't mind yoai, I actually like it at times and find it humorous, but I just don't get pleasure out of writing it. Whoa! I just ranted!! ::apologizes:: I'm sorry o.o; ANYWAY, anyone curious about what's gonna happen in the library? ::didn't I just say that?:: Well, um, I am! BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT! ::eep::
See you guys next chapter! ::runs away::
