I Miss You
Part 2
Disclaimers in Part 1
by: Usa and Hoho
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Rei looked at Ami once, then slowly pushed the door open. She checked to make sure there was no one in the room, then held the door open for the other two, putting a finger to her lips for them to be quiet.
Usagi stepped into the room. The only sound was the steady beat of the heart monitor. She let out a slight gasp when she saw her boyfriend lying peacefully on the hospital bed. He looked like he was asleep. Usagi slowly inched towards the bed as tears formed in her eyes again. There were so many tubes in him. Finally reaching the bed, Usagi took Mamoru's hand in hers. "Mamo-chan..."
There was obviously no response. "Ne, Mamo-chan, it's time to wake up now. Onegai?"
Rei put a gentle hand on Usagi's shoulder and shook her head. "Usagi..."
"Rei-chan, Ami-chan, could you leave me alone with him for a few minutes?"
Ami looked at Rei and nodded. "We'll be right outside, Usagi-chan." Rei followed Ami outside, looking over her shoulder at her friend before quietly closing the door behind her.
Usagi sat on the chair next to the bed and looked at Mamoru's face. She wanted him to open his eyes ever so much. She wanted to hear his voice and feel his lips on hers.
Usagi couldn't take it anymore. She began screaming for Mamoru to wake up. Tears coursed down her cheeks but she didn't care. All she wanted was for Mamoru to be better.
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Rei followed Ami back to the area where Minako and Makoto were waiting. The other two stood when Ami and Rei arrived, a worried look on Makoto's face.
"So... how did she take it?" she asked, biting her lip nervously.
Rei shook her head. "She asked to be... alone with him for a while."
"Are you sure that was wise?" Minako asked. "What if..."
Suddenly, the four heard a faint cry. Rei looked in the direction of Mamoru's room and her eyes widened. "Minna, it's Usagi! We should go see what's up before she causes any trouble!" she cried, motioning for them to follow her.
They made their way to Mamoru's room in less than a minute, and opened the door on a half-crazed Usagi.
"Mamo-chan! Onegai, I need you!" Usagi cried, shaking him. "Mamo-chan!!!"
Makoto leapt forward to stop Usagi from shaking him, but was thrown back. "Usagi-chan!" Ami screamed. "Stop, you're going to hurt him!"
Usagi turned to her friends. "Leave me alone! I want to stay with him! Get out of here!"
Minako was crying. She had never seen her friend so unglued and she had no idea what she could do to help her.
Rei looked at Usagi in near-disbelief. She could understand her friend's need for Mamoru, but even in such a situation, she never expected her smaller friend to take out her anger on her friends. She had no idea whether to go along with Usagi's orders or confront her about the situation.
She decided that now was the right time to talk to Usagi seriously about this and turned to the other three girls. "Minna, would you mind very much leaving Usagi and I alone for a while? I'd like to talk to her privately." Rei had her back turned to Usagi - only Ami, Makoto and Minako saw the fire in her eyes when she asked them to leave. The girls nodded and left the two alone.
Usagi ignored Rei, and produced the Ginzuishou ultimately changing into Princess Serenity. She was going to heal Mamoru's body. It just had to work!
Rei looked at Usagi hopelessly. What was she going to do with her? She knew that Usagi loved Mamoru and would do anything for him, but she didn't think that forcing him to be healed was a good idea. She knew that Mamoru would never die on Usagi, especially without saying goodbye, and that the coma wouldn't last forever. Rei stepped up to Usagi - now Princess Serenity - and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Listen, Usagi..."
Usagi looked at Rei with sad eyes, but didn't reply.
Rei closed her dusty violet eyes. "Usagi, I know Mamoru-san won't leave you without a fair fight." She opened her eyes again and looked the Princess in the eyes. "Listen, baka Usagi. This may sound out of character for me, but I know he would never leave you alone without saying goodbye. You're too good to leave, Usagi. He loves you and would never do anything to hurt you, especially not die on you." Rei looked at the sleeping form. "He'd never do a thing like that."
Usagi nodded slowly. She powered down and looked into Rei's eyes. She saw truth there, and love. "Rei-chan... what have I been doing?" Usagi sank to her knees. "Gomen ne, I- I didn't mean to do that..."
Rei bent down and put her arms around the smaller girl in a motion of friendship. "Don't worry, Usagi. I understand."
Usagi jerked away, remembering some of the things she did not too long ago. "Kami, Mako-chan! Is she all right?"
Rei nodded. "I'm sure she's all right. We both know how she can take care of herself." With that she smiled slightly.
Usagi stood up and walked over to Mamoru. She kissed him on the lips. "I'll be back later, Mamo-chan. Aishiteru."
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A week later, Usagi, Rei, Ami and Minako were hanging out at Crown's. Makoto said she was busy with something, so didn't come, but said she might join them later. Usagi sat quietly in a booth. She wasn't in the mood to play anything or eat.
Rei noticed her friend looking rather down, so came to sit beside her and find out what was wrong. She had noticed Usagi behaving this way lately. "Usagi, it's not... you know, Mamoru-san again, is it?"
"Nani?" Usagi asked.
"Well... you've been acting this way recently, but I thought maybe you'd like to be left alone about it. But today, you seem more sad than you usually are and I wondered if you want to... you know, talk about it again or something." She looked at a spot on the table, wondering why she sounded like a psychiatrist. "Don't take this badly, okay? I sometimes feel better when I unload problems on other people and I thought maybe you'd like to use me as a shoulder to cry on, so to speak."
"No, I'm fine. Really. I'm just tired... I haven't been sleeping well," she told her.
Rei looked at her friend again, and stood up to join Minako in a game. "Well... if you ever feel like you do need someone, I'm always here. Remember that." She put a hand on Usagi's shoulder and left.
"The one person I need can't be with me..." Usagi whispered to herself.
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Motoki walked over to the three girls. "Minna, how's Usagi-chan handling things?"
Rei looked at him hopelessly. "I'm afraid she's not doing well. I know she's had to handle things involving Mamoru before, but I'm scared that this will become too much for her too fast. She's riding an emotional rollercoaster that's not planning on stopping anytime soon."
"I've tried talking to her myself. So has my sister, but we can't get through to her. She hasn't had a milkshake or played video games since then."
"There's got to be something we can do," Minako whispered.
The door opened, and Makoto walked into the arcade. She greeted her friends and ran up to them, her face happy. As if she was a good omen, Makoto said quietly, so that Usagi wouldn't hear, "Hey, minna! I had a great idea to cheer Usagi-chan up!"
"Finally!" Ami said. "I have been wracking my brain all day long. What have you come up with, Mako-chan?"
Makoto grinned importantly. "I was thinking..." with that, she started whispering quickly to the huddled group. When they broke out of the huddle, everyone had a huge grin on their face.
"So, we meet the day after tomorrow at my place, okay?" Makoto asked, confirming.
"Hai!"
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Usagi didn't even realize that she had started crying again. Looking up at her friends, she saw how they began laughing and carrying on as if Mamoru never existed. *How can you all be so cruel?* Usagi got up and left Crown's, not certain where she was going.
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Rei was the only one who noticed Usagi leave, in tears. She wished the other girl would stop refusing her help, but decided to leave her alone and that perhaps it was necessary for her to be by herself sometimes. When Makoto tapped her shoulder and broke her out of her thought bubble, she shook her head. "Oh, yeah... right. I'll be there, promise."