Broken Rose:
The first thing she noticed was the abundant smell of roses. It was strong but not strong enough to swallow ones senses. Something else could, though. He was standing in the center near the fountain. In fact he was leaning against the fountain gazing into its depths as if it held a secret that it would not, and could not, reveal. The odd color of his eyes and the golden horn (don't get me started…) atop his head (you DO know who he is right?) gave him away at once. Her eyes sparkled as she quietly snuck upon him, intending to cover his eyes with her small hands.
Within the blink of an eye he was gone. Two could play this game. The fact that he was now approaching her, an evil glint in his eye, with the intent of covering her eyes with his hands was not of importance to anyone but the two under the moonlit sky. Instead of placing his hands over her eyes, though, they slipped lightly around her waist and lifted her up. She squealed in surprise but quickly shut up as she was spun around to face her captor. His golden eyes (I've given you enough hints that you should know who he is by now…) lit up as he looked upon his beautiful captive. "My beautiful Princess…what shall we do no that you are here?" he whispered not wanting to break the atmosphere.
"Whatever you please, my prince," she whispered, wondering what he was thinking.
"Am I your prince?"
"You are mine…but I am not your princess."
"Are you positive we can do whatever I please?" he asked sweetly, looking into her eyes.
"Um…"
"You can be sure I'd never hurt you," he said and, giving her no time to respond, kissed her. One of those over the moon over the stars kind of kisses (I've stooped so low as to add kissing scenes in my fics…what next? Lemon?) that leaves you breathless and numb. (I'd be, like, wheeeeeeeeeee…) She didn't kiss back, but she didn't pull back either. (Ok, call me Ms. Never been kissed but I've never been kissed! Geez!) "Dance with me, Princess," he breathed into her ear after they broke apart. A beautiful bittersweet melody began to softly play. "Beautiful, yes?" she could only nod in her stupor.
"You were always one for words, Princess, what's stopping you now?" he asked as they skimmed across the open space.
"Nothing," she mumbled, her lips still numb from where he had touched them with his own.
"That's good," he said, picking her up as the final chords of the song played out. She giggled, breaking the mood that had set upon them during their dance.
"That tickles," she said giggling harder.
"Really?" he asked a plan forming in his head.
"Oh, no… Eek!" she squealed as he began to tickle her sides. She TRIED to retaliate. She made quiet a valiant effort to break away, even. The effect of this was that they ended up in a rather awkward position with her lying on top of him and their lips inches apart once again. "Uh…hehe…" she began to get up, but his arms around her waist made her stop.
"Don't get up," he mumbled into her hair.
"Why shouldn't I?" she asked, although she REALLY did not want to lose the warmth of his embrace.
"Because I'll have to tickle you again," he said with a smile.
"Now we don't want that," she said mocking fright. Their lips then met for the second time that night. "Why ARE we on the ground anyway?" she asked quietly.
"I don't know," he said. He then sat up, causing her to fall off of him. He stood up and held his hand out to her.
"Thank you," she said and took off her shoes making her considerably shorter. (Her feet hurt! No lemon in this fic.)
"No problem, Rini," he said. Rini walked over to the fountain and looked in. Floating on the surface were dozen or so roses.
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"She hasn't laughed so much since she came back, guys," the senshi of Jupiter said in delight.
"She hasn't, she must really be happy, or ticklish," the senshi of Venus said.
"Mina…" they all groaned except the senshi of Earth, who was currently guarding the entrance.
"I wonder when and how he's going to ask her," said the senshi of the Moon, who had wanted to transform just once more.
"What do you mean by, 'I wonder when and how he's going to ask her'? What's that supposed to mean?" a masculine voice asked from behind them.
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Author's note: Hi peeps! I just got back from camp! Marron & Videl went w/ me. We had a blast. Mg2…your stories are great. Vid…PLEASE post the bloopers, I beg of you. MarronGirl_2=Mg2. Videl= Vid. My horse' name was Fletcher. He was a sweet Appaloosa gelding w/ a star on his forehead. Yes, Vid…I WILL send u the pictures. Now…why did Aggie rub Reo's butt again? Mg2's stories are fantabulous; you have to read My Crazy Love Life…she only has, like two chapters posted…post more Mar! Read Vid's stories too! Smell ya later allimagators!