Serena sat in the arcade after school the next day thinking about yesterday's "adventure."

All of a sudden she felt an arm around her shoulder and someone sliding onto the seat next to her. She looked up. 'MAMORU?!' she thought. 'EW! Why is HE sitting next to me all...cozy? EW!'

"Serena. I just wanted to check on you. You O.K.?" he asked.

'Is that genuine concern in his voice?' she wondered. "What do you mean?" she asked looking bewildered.

"I saw you yesterday running out of my apartment building in tears. I just wanted to check on you."

"I...I...That was you I ran into?"

"Yeah."

"Sorry about that. I-I couldn't see where I was going and-"

He cut her off. "Serena. Don't worry about it! I'm fine." he added with a smile.

'He's kinda cute..."

'WAIT A MINUTE! HAVE YOU FLIPPED?! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!'

'Actually no. I wasn't kidding.'

'MAMORU?! CUTE?! YUCK SERENA! I THOUGHT YOU HAD BETTER TASTE THAN THAT!!'

Her battle with herself continued. Serena hated to admit it...but she thought she was LOSING!! UH...

"Serena?" a voice brought her back to reality.

"Huh?!"

"I was just asking... why were you so upset?"

"Uh...I was...um...You see I was going to visit an old friend. But I couldn't find him. I had been having a really bad day... and just when I thought things were going to get better I..."

"I just simply got my hopes up." she concluded.

"Yeah...I know what you mean." he said.

"SERENA?!?!" a voice shreaked from the door.

She turned her head in the direction the voice came from. There stood four very confused looking girls.

"Uh...Serena? I thought you hated him." asked Mina.

"Hate? Him? Mamoru? NO!! I-I never said I hated him! I just said he got on my nerves." Serena said defensivly. She didn't know why, though.

"Serena. Yes 'Hate' was the word you used. Remember? I stayed at your house last night and you said you absolutely hated that no good, dirty, rotten, mean Mamoru." she reminded Serena.

She looked up at Mamoru. Was that hurt he was trying to cover up?

"I-I-I... I was just having a bad day! I said I hated Raye too. But I didn't mean that either!" She finished as Raye shot her a dirty look. Serena had no intention of getting on Raye's bad side. The only one she had.

Mamoru stood up. "I really have to go now." he said.

"Serena..." Lita said as he left. "I really think you hurt his feelings."

"I did not! Besides! Even if I did, he's hurt mine loads of times! And that's the only reason I did say I hated him. He still gets on my last nerve. I can't stand him. But I don't hate him. Thanks a lot Mina!"

"WHAT DID I DO?!?!"

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After the girls had left Serena walked in the opposite direction her home was in. She pushed the up arrow button for the elevator to come. She hopped on, pressed the button, and prayed that Darien was home.

As she walked up to apartment 1501 she took a deep breath. She rang the doorbell.

"I'm coming!" she heard a cheerful cry from inside. She suddenly felt the urge to tear the door down and just run in. As she was considering this, the door started to open.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" she asked looking strangely bewildered as Mamoru opened the door.

Then it hit her. Dark hair. Dark blue eyes. He even said himself his name was Mamoru IN JAPANESE! HELLO?! Why didn't she think of this before?! Her name was Usagi in Japanese and it sounds completely different. Why couldn't this be the case here?!

"D-D-Darien?" she stuttered.

"Yeah. That's what-"

He slapped his hand to his mouth. BUNNY! It wasn't just a coincidence that she had the same name as his pen-pal. SHE WAS HIS PEN-PAL!!! The buns and pigtails, sky blue eyes. He shouldv'e known!

"Serena? You? You're my..." he stopped. 'AHH! I'm being rude! "OH! I'm sorry! Come in! Come in!" he stepped back and gestured for her to enter. She did and was shocked at how neat and tidy the place was.

"Uh...Darien? You mean? It was you all along?!"

"Yeah I guess so! It was YOU all along?!" he asked Serena with a happy smile his face.

"Mmm-Hmm."

"I'm glad."

"HUH?! I thought you hated me!!"

"No! I...was good friends with Bunny and truthfully... I was falling for you... I know that sounds REALLY weird! Cause it did to me too! But...I couldn't help but feel something for you Sere. Hey Serena?"

"Yeah?" she asked feeling slightly shocked.

He got up and walked toward Serena. He put his arm around her. "Can I still call you my little Bunny?" he whispered.

She giggled. "Yeah! If you want."

He pulled her closer and to Serena's surprise. She didn't want him to loosen his grip on her either.

"Hey Buns?"

She felt like she was floating. She liked that 'Buns.' It was cute. She looked at him.

He finished. "Whould it be weird if...I mean if I...kissed you now?"

Serena didn't say a word. She just slowly shook her head from side-to-side.