Author's Notes: Yeah! New installment! (I told ya, Princess Mint!) ^_^ Ah, my faithful reviewers!
*blows kisses* Enjoyilee Woyilee! hehe


Tell Her 'I'm Sorry...'

Chapter 3

Rated R


Usagi hesitantly stepped behind Mamoru who was sitting at his computer desk, headphones
over his ears. She felt horrible. They both had been so cruel to eachother, even though Mamoru
was just trying to help. But, despite Usagi's guilt, she couldn't help but be angry.
The blonde girl lightly tapped Mamoru on the shoulder, causing him to jump. Mamoru spun
around in his chair and tore the headphones off his ears. His face fell at the sight of Usagi's
solemn features.
She hadn't come out to apologize. She came to tell him it was time to go. If anyone should
apologize, it was Mamoru, and he knew it damn well. Yet, being stubborn as usual, he swore to
himself she would be first to say sorry.
"It's 1:45..." Usagi averted her gaze to the floor, fiddling with the much-too-large
teeshirt she was wearing. Had both of them been in different circumstances, they would have laughed
at Usagi's state. The teeshirt hung limply over her petite figure, Mamoru's shorts brushing against
her calf. "We should get going.."
"Usagi... I..." Mamoru stood and walked around the chair to stand infront of her. "I...
um..."
Usagi quickly spun on her heel and fumbled to the door. Before Mamoru could get out another
word she was punching the elevator button. The doors slowly slid open and Usagi stepped in, Mamoru
following suit.
"You could have let me finish," Mamoru muttered.
"I don't need another lecture..." Usagi turned her head to the side so she wouldn't have
to look at Mamoru, but then realized the elevator was lined with mirrors.
"I wasn't going to lecture you... I was going to say I was-"
"I don't care," Usagi bit out. "Just take me to the stupid doctor and let's get this over
with..."
"I'll cancel the appointment... Get a female..." Mamoru's eyes skittered nervously over
to Usagi's face. "I was an idiot... And I'm... Look... I..."
Usagi stormed out of the elevator the second the doors "binged" open, not even letting
Mamoru finish. The raven haired man hung his head in shame, clenching and unclenching his fists.
"Dammit Usagi!!" Mamoru seethed, but it was unheard by her ears. He quickly dashed out of
the elevator as the doors began to close on him and caught up with Usagi. "Why won't you let me
finish?!"
"I already know what you're going to say..." Usagi faltered, her legs becoming numb with
pain.
Mamoru slung his arms around Usagi's waist to help her keep her balance. The blonde girl's
body went stiff under the sudden touch. She slowed herself to a dead stop in the middle of the
street, tears making their way down her flushed cheeks.
"We're almost to the car..." Mamoru murmered into her ear. "Do you want me to carry you?"
Usagi hissed and pulled away from Mamoru's hold. She took one stumbling step after another,
Mamoru trudging weakly behind. Usagi stepped up to the car and jiggled the handle of the door. She
weakly slumped into the passenger seat, sighing with relief.
Nearly a minute later Mamoru made his way into the seat next to her. He rubbed the back of
his neck and sighed dejectedly. Mamoru fished through his pocket and pulled out his keys and cell
phone.
"My offer remains..." Mamoru held out the cellphone to Usagi. "I can call and cancel."
"An hour ago you were reprimanding me," Usagi replied back emotionlessly. She kept her
gaze fixiated out the window. "Why the sudden change of heart, hmmm? You seemed perfectly happy
to remind me of how childish I was being before..."
"I'm sorry, dammit!!" Mamoru slammed his fist into the steering wheel causing the horn
to screech. Usagi gasped audibly at the sudden ourburst. "I'm sorry... so SO sorry..." Mamoru
overlapped his arms on the top of the wheel and buried his face within them.
"Mamoru..." Usagi let out a heavy breath and leaned towards him. She snaked her hands
around his waist and nuzzled her head on his back. "I... I'm sorry, too..."
Mamoru moaned mentally. I said it first...
"I don't blame you, Mamoru..." Usagi whispered gently in his ear. "We both have the right
to be scared. Neither of us have ever dealt with something like this... and it's just hard to
handle..."
"Our emotions are getting out of control..." Mamoru agreed, voice hardly audible over his
arms.
"Yeah... I shouldn't have hit you..."
"I shouldn't have provoked you..."
Usagi giggled lightly into Mamoru's back. It felt so good for her to be able to have
laughter bubbling out of her at a time like this. She wasn't exactly too sure why she had begun
her chuckles, but soon, Mamoru's shoulders began shaking with mirth also. Usagi pulled away from
the young man next to her and flung her head back against the car's headrest, trying to control
her giggles. Mamoru slowly sat up, a smile creeping out at the edges of his lips.
"C'mon," Usagi pulled on her seatbelt, "let's go."
"Are you sure?" Mamoru picked up the cellphone by the antena, swinging it back and forth
from his thumb and index finger.
Usagi swallowed shakily and nodded. Mamoru shrugged and rammed the keys into the ignition.
He slowly pulled out of the apartment's parking lot and sped down the streets of Tokyo.
"Mamoru...?" Usagi stared out the window, eyes slightly glazed over.
"Yeah?"
"Did you... I mean..." The blonde bit her lip and turned her head to him. "About your
parents...?"
Mamoru cast Usagi a sideways glance. He eyed her a few seconds, chewing on the inside of
his cheek. He quickly snapped his attention back to the cars in front of him and shrugged.
"They died when I was five, in a car accident." Mamoru's voice seemed plain, stripped from
all emotion. "No big deal, I don't remember them anyway..."
"I'm sorry..." Usagi gently brushed her fingertips against Mamoru's sleeve. He very lightly
shivered and drove faster.
"It's not your fault... It doesn't matter, anyway..." Mamoru gulped and chomped down on his
tongue to keep himself from tearing up. Of course, all that did was make the adrenile rushing through
his body pound more. He rammed the heel of his hand against one of his throbbing eyes and sighed
deeply.
"I shouldn't have brought it up..." Usagi shifted her gaze back to the window, embarassed
to look at Mamoru's harassed state.
The girl's blue eyes scanned along the streets of Tokyo, watching children playing in their
frontyards, couples holding hands as they walked down the streets, families laughing. Usagi screamed,
nearly juping out of her bruised skin at the sight of her brother running down the street, chasing
after one of his friends. She ducked her head under her arms and turned wild eyes to Mamoru.
"What?!" Mamoru gripped the steering wheel tighter, eyes flipping from the road to the
goddess next him. "What happened?!"
"My brother!" Usagi exclaimed, hands flying to her mouth. "Oh God, my family doesn't know
where I am!!"
"Huh? Oh, that..." Mamoru shrugged nonchalantly. "I called Rei, told her to tell your-"
"YOU WHAT?!" Usagi grabbed the collar of Mamoru's shirt and shook him wildly. Mamoru
choked, cleared his throat, and desperately tried to drive and pry Usagi away from him at the same
time. "You told REI?!"
Usagi gagged, and wrapped her arms around her wrenching stomach. She clamped her eyes shut,
her world blotching and spinning around her. Usagi clutched at her throat, trying to weigh down the rising bile.
"No! Geez, calm down!" Mamoru pulled at his shirt collar and scratched the back of his neck.
"If you'd ever let me finish a sentence, ugh... I told Rei that you got a bit of a fever, and that
I had you at my place. She called your parents and told them the same story, except that you were
with her. No one knows so far besides me and the doctor."
Tears began to sting and fill in Usagi's fearfull eyes. Her emotions were raging out of
control for no good reason. Her stomach twisted and threatened to choke her. Usagi covered her face in her hands and turned her
back to Mamoru.
Visions of Mamoru and Rei holding eachother and kissing swarmed behind Usagi's eyes. Bile
filled her mouth, searing into every salivary gland and taste bud. Why was she so jealous of Rei?
Why did it matter? Usagi shook her head. No, it didn't matter, her family did...
She couldn't even fathom the terrified looks to overcome her parents faces when they were
told their little girl was raped. Usagi slowly opened her eyes, but immediately shut them again
as vomit pumped itself up her raw throat.
"Usagi?"
"Pull over..." she croaked, hands pressed against her lips to keep bile from seeping out.
"What...?" Mamoru's eyes slid over to the trembling girl in the passenger's seat next to
him. "Are you OK?"
Usagi hunched over, clawing at her stomach. That was a good enough signal for Mamoru to
stop the car. He quickly double parked and flicked Usagi's seatbelt off. She immediately swung
open the door and tumbled behind a tree. Mamoru flinched as he heard Usagi choking behind the tree.
He fumbled with trembling hands for a good ten seconds to get his seatbelt off and rushed behind
the vomiting girl.
Mamoru pressed his cool palm against Usagi's perspiring forehead. He gently rubbed his hands
up and down her quivering arms. Once she was done, Mamoru pulled the sleeve of his teeshirt to her
lips and dabbed her face clean.
Usagi spun around and threw herself into Mamoru's arms, tears streaming down her flushed
cheeks. Mamoru stroked her hair that was still cascading down her back, free from her odango. He
brushed his lips against her forehead which caused her shoulders to stiffen, but the second time
he did it Usagi sobbed louder and hugged him tighter.
"Shhh..." Mamoru breathed into her ear. "It's OK... Let's go home, all right? Reschedule
the appointment... It can wait..."
"Is she OK?"
Mamoru swung his eyes to his right to see a man standing next to him. He had a cellphone
to his ear, hand over the mouth piece as he talked to Mamoru.
"I'm calling a janitor over."
Mamoru nodded slowly and turned his attention back to the girl in his arms.
"She gonna be all right?"
"Yeah... I hope so..."


Author's Notes: *scratches the back of her head* Not the best I could have done, but I tried...
Oh well... It pays to be home sick for three days, otherwise I probably would have never started
this story, ^_^;; Well, see ya later! Peace!