The first person to wake up was Mamoru. He shuddered and awoke from where he was sprawled on the ground, which was next to Rei. He wondered why he was in a strange appartment and why all the girls were in a heap. Where was Usako? His hand felt around as his eyes unblured a bit more and then he felt the familiar buns of hair on someone's head. He looked down and saw that it was not Usagi's odango but Luna's. Mamoru tried to stand up and his hand went down to push him off the floor. He grunted in agony as he remembered his dislocated shoulder. Scrawling in poor hand writeing (as he had to use his left hand), Mamoru wrote a short note to the girls telling them he had gone to the hospital to get his arm checked out. He'd have to think of a good excuse... like falling against a spreading elm tree. Mamoru silently left the apartment and tried to figure out where the hospital was.
Several hours later Luna awoke. "Was it just a bad dream?" she thought. She felt refreshed since she last remembered, in that horrid goo watching Jadeite torture Artemis. Aretemis! Where was he? Luna looked wildly around for him and saw him lying next to her on his side with an arm under his head and his long silvery locks spread around him on the floor. She sighed with relife. And then rose. She knew Makoto wouldn't mind if she took some food, the girl would probably be pleased. Luna looked through the little refrigerator. There was some milk far past the experation date, some beans that had sprouted hair and purple/green/blue fur, and several mysterious plastic containers. Luna moved to the cabinets and found a can of soup. Chicken noodle. It wasn't exactly her sort of thing but she had been days without food and was too hungry to care.
Luna went back to the little liveing room and watered the plants while she drank her cupful of soup. A window had been left open so they were a little better off than if the window had been shut, but they needed attention. My that heap of girls looked funny! Minako had rolled over and her left arm was ontop of Rei's head and Ami's head was on Makoto's tummy. Makoto had one leg ontop of Rei's legs and the auburn haired girl's other leg was under Ami's back. Minako had a death grip on a pillow and Artemis obviously had slid from ontop of an ottoman at some point. Luna chuckled silently and finished her soup. She had left some for the others as well. They could go out for hamburgers later too.
Artemis was stireing so Luna pulled him into an threadbare arm chair so he wouldn't wake the girls. This woke the man up and he looked up at Luna. It took him a moment to adjust to his surroundings but he realized it was Luna and smiled. "Sleepy?" Luna whispered gently. Aretmis nodded. "I have some soup in the kitchen. Come on, it has chicken." Artemis got up and put his arm around Luna's waist. Luna watched as he ate a cupfull of soup. He was very handsome.
"Do you still think that when things get less hecktick that 'us' won't be a problem?" asked Luna suddenly.
"Why would it be?" replied a puzzled Artemis as he slurped up a noodle.
"The girls might think less of us, it would get in the way of work, any number of things." Luna slid her fingers together and proped her head on them, her elbows on the table.
"Does it really matter? I love you, you love me. It's nice." Artemis was getting a bit worried.
"But with Jadeite...when he was tortureing you...I would have gotten upset if I didn't know about your feelings but it would have been better. Not so benificial to that monster."
"My feelings?! You said you love me too! Are you trying to tell me that we are over?" Artemis dropped his spoon and stood up with his hands on the table. Luna shrunk back a little.
"I do love you. I'm just worried it will do more harm than-" Luna's eyes were pleading.
"Say you love me." said Artemis angrily. "Say you love me and that means that nothing can ever break that."
"I'm not so sure." said Luna doubtfully, turning her face away.
"If your going to loose your faith now of all times I don't need to take it." Artemis slammed a hand into the table and stalked out of the kitchen. Luna sat perfectly straight, tears welling up in her sapphire eyes. Her trembling hands clutched a napkin to her breast before she ran to the bedroom to sob her heart out.
Several hours later Luna awoke. "Was it just a bad dream?" she thought. She felt refreshed since she last remembered, in that horrid goo watching Jadeite torture Artemis. Aretemis! Where was he? Luna looked wildly around for him and saw him lying next to her on his side with an arm under his head and his long silvery locks spread around him on the floor. She sighed with relife. And then rose. She knew Makoto wouldn't mind if she took some food, the girl would probably be pleased. Luna looked through the little refrigerator. There was some milk far past the experation date, some beans that had sprouted hair and purple/green/blue fur, and several mysterious plastic containers. Luna moved to the cabinets and found a can of soup. Chicken noodle. It wasn't exactly her sort of thing but she had been days without food and was too hungry to care.
Luna went back to the little liveing room and watered the plants while she drank her cupful of soup. A window had been left open so they were a little better off than if the window had been shut, but they needed attention. My that heap of girls looked funny! Minako had rolled over and her left arm was ontop of Rei's head and Ami's head was on Makoto's tummy. Makoto had one leg ontop of Rei's legs and the auburn haired girl's other leg was under Ami's back. Minako had a death grip on a pillow and Artemis obviously had slid from ontop of an ottoman at some point. Luna chuckled silently and finished her soup. She had left some for the others as well. They could go out for hamburgers later too.
Artemis was stireing so Luna pulled him into an threadbare arm chair so he wouldn't wake the girls. This woke the man up and he looked up at Luna. It took him a moment to adjust to his surroundings but he realized it was Luna and smiled. "Sleepy?" Luna whispered gently. Aretmis nodded. "I have some soup in the kitchen. Come on, it has chicken." Artemis got up and put his arm around Luna's waist. Luna watched as he ate a cupfull of soup. He was very handsome.
"Do you still think that when things get less hecktick that 'us' won't be a problem?" asked Luna suddenly.
"Why would it be?" replied a puzzled Artemis as he slurped up a noodle.
"The girls might think less of us, it would get in the way of work, any number of things." Luna slid her fingers together and proped her head on them, her elbows on the table.
"Does it really matter? I love you, you love me. It's nice." Artemis was getting a bit worried.
"But with Jadeite...when he was tortureing you...I would have gotten upset if I didn't know about your feelings but it would have been better. Not so benificial to that monster."
"My feelings?! You said you love me too! Are you trying to tell me that we are over?" Artemis dropped his spoon and stood up with his hands on the table. Luna shrunk back a little.
"I do love you. I'm just worried it will do more harm than-" Luna's eyes were pleading.
"Say you love me." said Artemis angrily. "Say you love me and that means that nothing can ever break that."
"I'm not so sure." said Luna doubtfully, turning her face away.
"If your going to loose your faith now of all times I don't need to take it." Artemis slammed a hand into the table and stalked out of the kitchen. Luna sat perfectly straight, tears welling up in her sapphire eyes. Her trembling hands clutched a napkin to her breast before she ran to the bedroom to sob her heart out.