[:::third:::]
Morning come yet again. The sunlight washes over a rested body and exhausted mind. Before he can even open his eyes he makes a silent wish. 'Please don't let me be Mamoru.'
Seiya opens his eyes to find the familiar surroundings of his room. As he looks around he sees Kakyuu sitting at the foot of his bed. He breaths a sigh of relief. "So, how was it?" She asks with a smile.
"I wouldn't pay anything to be Mamoru right now." Seiya mumbled as he sat up.
"So the grass wasn't greener on the other side?" Kakyuu questioned. "Come breakfast is ready. Taiki has cooked us a huge meal." She exits his room to allow him to get dressed.
Seiya gets some more clothes on and heads for the kitchen. "So how was your nap?" Taiki asks while flipping some pancakes.
"Yeah, it must be nice to be able to sleep for a whole day." Yaten mumbled as he sipped his tea.
"You shouldn't talk, you just sat on your butt all day yesterday!" Taiki pointed a spatula at Yaten who sunk down behind his paper. The four ate breakfast together and then Taiki and Yaten excused themselves. Taiki was going to enroll them back into school and Yaten was going music shopping. This left Seiya and Kakyuu still sitting at the table.
"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" She questioned after a long period of silence.
"I don't know if I should be happy or sad." Seiya started. "The day that I got to live as Mamoru was the day before we came."
"Was it everything you thought it would be? Were you happier as Mamoru?" Kakyuu had a smile on her lips.
"No, it was nothing like what I thought it would be. It was horrible. I feel so bad for him." He put his head down to rest propped up by his arm.
"So I take it that he knows." A bigger smile spread on he lips as she tried to conseal it with her tea cup. She hadn't been looking at him, but instead down at the news paper on the table.
"He knows what?" Seiya picked his head up. "What do you know?"
"Nothing." She waved her hand. "Keep telling me about your day."
"Alright, as soon as I woke up I invited Odango over to watch a movie with me." He raised his eyebrows up and down. "So we could be alone just the two of us, if you know what I mean! Anyway, she seemed reluctant to come over but when she finally did she fell asleep on me." He remembered the previous day's events.
"So you weren't exciting enough for her?" Kakyuu asked.
"Hey, watch it." He jokingly pointed his finger at her. "While she was sleeping she began to talk in her sleep."
"Oh." Kakyuu put her cup down. "Did she say anything interesting?"
"She said." He paused. "She said my name."
"She said Mamoru?" Kakyuu questioned.
"No, she said Seiya. As she said it she cuddled up next to me and made herself comfortable and then said I love you Seiya." He smiled as he said this last part.
"How did that feel?"
"Are you kidding that felt great. I could hear it a million more times and still not be sick of hearing it." He exclaimed.
"Isn't it odd though?" Kakyuu picked her cup back up and looked down at her paper again. "That when you were yourself you wanted to be Mamoru because you thought that was who she loved and then when you became him you wanted to be yourself again." A chuckle escaped her small frame.
"Yeah, go figure." He told her about the rest of the day's events and then sat quietly.
"I thought you would be happy about hearing this news." Kakyuu asked.
"I am, but I feel horrible. I feel like I'm the one who is causing Mamoru all of this pain. I didn't mean to." Seiya had a grim look on his face.
"I'll let you in on a little secret." She touched his hand. "Usagi has loved you the whole time."
"What are you talking about? How do you know?" Seiya was confused.
"I over heard her when she was talking to herself. I lived with her for a while in my incense burner, remember. She has loved you since she met you, but she knew that she had to stay true to Mamoru for her destiny and the sake of some one named Chibi-Usa." Kakyuu got up and walked behind him.
"You knew this the entire time, even when my heart was breaking when we got back home, you still didn't tell me? Why?" He was crushed.
"What would that have done for you? You would still be without her." Kakyuu rubbed his shoulders.
"I know, I'm sorry for accusing and blaming you." Seiya turned around and gave her a hug. Then he noticed what she was wearing for the first time. "Where did you get these clothes?" He looked up at her.
"I went shopping with Usagi and Minako yesterday. You were sleeping remember?" She started to walk away. "Oh yeah that reminds me, get dressed we are supposed to meet the Earth senshi for a picnic in the park. By the way, you shouldn't tell anyone about what you did yesterday, just tell them that you were here sleeping all day. And especially don't tell Usagi what you know!" She warned.
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"You're going to America again?" She said calmly. Not whining in her usual tone.
"Yes, I received a call from the Dean there the day before yesterday. I'll be leaving today." Mamoru walked up to her.
"How long have you known that you were going?" She said curiously.
"That's not important." He replied touching her shoulder.
"You've known for a long time. You didn't even tell me, and now you're just going to leave today?" Tears started to form in her eyes.
"I'll never forget you Usako." He hugged her. He knew exactly what he was doing by choosing those words.
Usagi pushed him away. "What? What do you mean by that, you sound as if you're never going to come back." There was an angry look on her face. Mamoru didn't answer. "You're not are you. You're not coming back. How can you do this? What about me? What about the future? What about Chibi-Usa?"
Mamoru held her again. "Don't worry." He stroked her hair. "I've known for quite a while now that I wasn't the one in your heart. I went to Pluto with this problem. She told me not to worry about it that everything would be fine, that things would work out."
Usagi again broke herself free from his hold and began yelling at him. "How can everything be fine? Huh, Mamoru? How can everything be fine when we're not together?"
"Usako, Pluto loves Chibi-Usa almost as much as we do. Do you honestly think that she would misguide us when it comes to something like this? Believe in her, and trust what she says."
Usagi didn't say anything for a while and sat down on his couch. "I'm not going to see you for a while am I?" She said staring blankly at the wall.
"No, I'll be gone for over a year. You'll be alright, you have all of your friends here." He put an arm around her.
"I'm not as upset as I thought I'd be. I'm happy for you that you are going to accomplish your dream. Maybe we can still be friends in the future?" She looked over at him.
He had a smile on his face. "Yes, you can always count on me." She hugged him and asked if she could go to the airport with him.
Usagi called the others to let them know that her and Mamoru weren't coming to the picnic and that she would talk to them tomorrow.
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"No, she said she wasn't coming. She had to go and do something with Mamoru and that she would give me a call tomorrow." Rei explained to Kakyuu who had just arrived with the Lights.
"Well I guess that means we can actually eat slow for once without having to worry about Usagi eating everything before us." Yaten commented and looked at Minako. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Minako asked calmly.
"I don't know, you just don't seem like yourself." He commented looking at her from the corner of his eyes.
"Sorry." She said then started talking to Makoto. Seiya noticed this and giggled to himself. He was not too upset that Usagi wasn't there, now that he knew that she felt the same way about him he wasn't so worried and bothered by her spending time with Mamoru.
"So Rei." Makoto started out in a sneaky voice. "Where's Yuuchiro today?"
Rei gave her a quick pinch to the leg and did her fake laugh as she looked at Yaten. "What are you talking about?"
"Ow! That hurt. I'm not Usagi you know, I'll hurt back!" Makoto warned as she saw that Rei was trying to avoid the question so that Yaten wouldn't hear that she had a boyfriend. "I was talking about your BOYFRIEND" She said that word carefully. "You know your BOYFRIEND Yuuchiro!"
Ami laughed at Rei's face. She was steamed. "I don't know Makoto why don't you go find him." She mumbled as her fist shook.
Makoto laughed as she saw everyone staring, including Yaten. "So are you guys going to resume your career as idols for a while now that you are back?" Ami asked openly.
"Yes, and we are going to be going to school with you guys again too." Taiki answered being particularly excited about the school part.
"Good I'll have some one to compete with again." Ami threw that at him.
Morning come yet again. The sunlight washes over a rested body and exhausted mind. Before he can even open his eyes he makes a silent wish. 'Please don't let me be Mamoru.'
Seiya opens his eyes to find the familiar surroundings of his room. As he looks around he sees Kakyuu sitting at the foot of his bed. He breaths a sigh of relief. "So, how was it?" She asks with a smile.
"I wouldn't pay anything to be Mamoru right now." Seiya mumbled as he sat up.
"So the grass wasn't greener on the other side?" Kakyuu questioned. "Come breakfast is ready. Taiki has cooked us a huge meal." She exits his room to allow him to get dressed.
Seiya gets some more clothes on and heads for the kitchen. "So how was your nap?" Taiki asks while flipping some pancakes.
"Yeah, it must be nice to be able to sleep for a whole day." Yaten mumbled as he sipped his tea.
"You shouldn't talk, you just sat on your butt all day yesterday!" Taiki pointed a spatula at Yaten who sunk down behind his paper. The four ate breakfast together and then Taiki and Yaten excused themselves. Taiki was going to enroll them back into school and Yaten was going music shopping. This left Seiya and Kakyuu still sitting at the table.
"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" She questioned after a long period of silence.
"I don't know if I should be happy or sad." Seiya started. "The day that I got to live as Mamoru was the day before we came."
"Was it everything you thought it would be? Were you happier as Mamoru?" Kakyuu had a smile on her lips.
"No, it was nothing like what I thought it would be. It was horrible. I feel so bad for him." He put his head down to rest propped up by his arm.
"So I take it that he knows." A bigger smile spread on he lips as she tried to conseal it with her tea cup. She hadn't been looking at him, but instead down at the news paper on the table.
"He knows what?" Seiya picked his head up. "What do you know?"
"Nothing." She waved her hand. "Keep telling me about your day."
"Alright, as soon as I woke up I invited Odango over to watch a movie with me." He raised his eyebrows up and down. "So we could be alone just the two of us, if you know what I mean! Anyway, she seemed reluctant to come over but when she finally did she fell asleep on me." He remembered the previous day's events.
"So you weren't exciting enough for her?" Kakyuu asked.
"Hey, watch it." He jokingly pointed his finger at her. "While she was sleeping she began to talk in her sleep."
"Oh." Kakyuu put her cup down. "Did she say anything interesting?"
"She said." He paused. "She said my name."
"She said Mamoru?" Kakyuu questioned.
"No, she said Seiya. As she said it she cuddled up next to me and made herself comfortable and then said I love you Seiya." He smiled as he said this last part.
"How did that feel?"
"Are you kidding that felt great. I could hear it a million more times and still not be sick of hearing it." He exclaimed.
"Isn't it odd though?" Kakyuu picked her cup back up and looked down at her paper again. "That when you were yourself you wanted to be Mamoru because you thought that was who she loved and then when you became him you wanted to be yourself again." A chuckle escaped her small frame.
"Yeah, go figure." He told her about the rest of the day's events and then sat quietly.
"I thought you would be happy about hearing this news." Kakyuu asked.
"I am, but I feel horrible. I feel like I'm the one who is causing Mamoru all of this pain. I didn't mean to." Seiya had a grim look on his face.
"I'll let you in on a little secret." She touched his hand. "Usagi has loved you the whole time."
"What are you talking about? How do you know?" Seiya was confused.
"I over heard her when she was talking to herself. I lived with her for a while in my incense burner, remember. She has loved you since she met you, but she knew that she had to stay true to Mamoru for her destiny and the sake of some one named Chibi-Usa." Kakyuu got up and walked behind him.
"You knew this the entire time, even when my heart was breaking when we got back home, you still didn't tell me? Why?" He was crushed.
"What would that have done for you? You would still be without her." Kakyuu rubbed his shoulders.
"I know, I'm sorry for accusing and blaming you." Seiya turned around and gave her a hug. Then he noticed what she was wearing for the first time. "Where did you get these clothes?" He looked up at her.
"I went shopping with Usagi and Minako yesterday. You were sleeping remember?" She started to walk away. "Oh yeah that reminds me, get dressed we are supposed to meet the Earth senshi for a picnic in the park. By the way, you shouldn't tell anyone about what you did yesterday, just tell them that you were here sleeping all day. And especially don't tell Usagi what you know!" She warned.
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"You're going to America again?" She said calmly. Not whining in her usual tone.
"Yes, I received a call from the Dean there the day before yesterday. I'll be leaving today." Mamoru walked up to her.
"How long have you known that you were going?" She said curiously.
"That's not important." He replied touching her shoulder.
"You've known for a long time. You didn't even tell me, and now you're just going to leave today?" Tears started to form in her eyes.
"I'll never forget you Usako." He hugged her. He knew exactly what he was doing by choosing those words.
Usagi pushed him away. "What? What do you mean by that, you sound as if you're never going to come back." There was an angry look on her face. Mamoru didn't answer. "You're not are you. You're not coming back. How can you do this? What about me? What about the future? What about Chibi-Usa?"
Mamoru held her again. "Don't worry." He stroked her hair. "I've known for quite a while now that I wasn't the one in your heart. I went to Pluto with this problem. She told me not to worry about it that everything would be fine, that things would work out."
Usagi again broke herself free from his hold and began yelling at him. "How can everything be fine? Huh, Mamoru? How can everything be fine when we're not together?"
"Usako, Pluto loves Chibi-Usa almost as much as we do. Do you honestly think that she would misguide us when it comes to something like this? Believe in her, and trust what she says."
Usagi didn't say anything for a while and sat down on his couch. "I'm not going to see you for a while am I?" She said staring blankly at the wall.
"No, I'll be gone for over a year. You'll be alright, you have all of your friends here." He put an arm around her.
"I'm not as upset as I thought I'd be. I'm happy for you that you are going to accomplish your dream. Maybe we can still be friends in the future?" She looked over at him.
He had a smile on his face. "Yes, you can always count on me." She hugged him and asked if she could go to the airport with him.
Usagi called the others to let them know that her and Mamoru weren't coming to the picnic and that she would talk to them tomorrow.
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"No, she said she wasn't coming. She had to go and do something with Mamoru and that she would give me a call tomorrow." Rei explained to Kakyuu who had just arrived with the Lights.
"Well I guess that means we can actually eat slow for once without having to worry about Usagi eating everything before us." Yaten commented and looked at Minako. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Minako asked calmly.
"I don't know, you just don't seem like yourself." He commented looking at her from the corner of his eyes.
"Sorry." She said then started talking to Makoto. Seiya noticed this and giggled to himself. He was not too upset that Usagi wasn't there, now that he knew that she felt the same way about him he wasn't so worried and bothered by her spending time with Mamoru.
"So Rei." Makoto started out in a sneaky voice. "Where's Yuuchiro today?"
Rei gave her a quick pinch to the leg and did her fake laugh as she looked at Yaten. "What are you talking about?"
"Ow! That hurt. I'm not Usagi you know, I'll hurt back!" Makoto warned as she saw that Rei was trying to avoid the question so that Yaten wouldn't hear that she had a boyfriend. "I was talking about your BOYFRIEND" She said that word carefully. "You know your BOYFRIEND Yuuchiro!"
Ami laughed at Rei's face. She was steamed. "I don't know Makoto why don't you go find him." She mumbled as her fist shook.
Makoto laughed as she saw everyone staring, including Yaten. "So are you guys going to resume your career as idols for a while now that you are back?" Ami asked openly.
"Yes, and we are going to be going to school with you guys again too." Taiki answered being particularly excited about the school part.
"Good I'll have some one to compete with again." Ami threw that at him.
