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Author note: The little squiggle lines across the screen mean that it's a flashback… I am attempting to skip some time, yet make sure you understand exactly what has happened… please bare with me and let me know what you think of the ways I filled in the gaps. I really appreciate the feedback I have been getting; it is the only thing that keeps me writing. 

It's been a few months since we found out that Mako-chan and Ami-chan are going out. I still don't think that it's quite sunk into my brain. I never would have thought that Makoto would begin to like girls, without being with me first. Lately I've been sitting in the back seat of my car trying to possibly figure out how it happened while Michi yells at me from the front door to come in and eat something. I don't really think that she has quite figured out exactly what is wrong with me and, personally, I don't think that I can bring myself to tell her about it. I know that it would hurt her deeply.

"Haruka-papa! Come on! It's your turn!"  Hotaru said as she glared at me slightly, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry about that, hun." I proceeded to look down at the game board, rolled the dice, and made my move.

"Oh, forget it." She sighed. "You moved in the opposite direction that you were supposed to, and you didn't even notice I landed on the Board Walk and you have a hotel on it... What's wrong?"

"I'm so sorry Hota-chan. I've got a lot on my mind right now. If you would like, we can play again later."

"That's alright Haruka-papa. Is it alright if I go get online?"

"Sure. Just don't crash the computer."

"Arigatoo Gozaimasu!" She kissed me on the cheek then bounded off for the library. As she disappeared around the corner, my mind wandered off to the place it has gone many times recently… The day they told us.

All of the senshi, including the outers and the starlights gathered in Café Blankè and no one really knew why except for two people. They were sitting in the middle of the large group, grins plastered across their faces.  Setsuna, who was standing by the two grinning fools, had her ever present "I See all, I know all" look on her face. Usagi was sitting there, arguing with Rei in between each lick of her ice cream cone... Setsuna sent an all-knowing look in their direction, too, but that would wait for another day. Haruka was arguing with the Lights as usual, with Michiru trying to make idle conversation with Setsuna while keeping Hotaru in her seat instead of letting her run to the video game.

"Should have never let her get as bad as Usagi," she complained to the time guardian.

Mako's grin decided to disappear and her voice rose above the commotion. "Ami and I are going out."  Everyone suddenly got quiet and the only sound to be heard was Haruka spitting her tea across the table.

"WHAT?!"

I was yet again snapped out of my seemingly senseless mind wanderings. This time it was Michiru who was trying to get me to clean up the Monopoly set. When I looked up at her from my seat on the floor, I could see a slight hint of worry in her eyes, but decided not to say anything to her at the moment.

"Haruka, darling, you seem to have been out of it for awhile now. What's wrong?"

I can't tell her now. It would hurt her so much and that is the last thing I would want to do. "I don't really want to talk about it right now. I need to figure this out for myself."

"Well, if you ever decide that you want help, you know that I'll always be here for you."

"Thanks babe." I stood up and kissed her softly, then hugged her. "I really appreciate it." She pulled back slightly and looked up into my eyes before turning and walking straight into her studio. I still swear that I can see more worry and sadness in her eyes then normal.

After cleaning up the Monopoly set, I wandered into the garage and looked at my motorcycle. It didn't take me long to decide to go for a ride. I yelled over my shoulder to let Michiru know that I was going out… then quickly hopped on my bike and rode out of the garage.  It didn't take long before I rode past the history museum.

Ami was in the process of pulling Makoto into the door.

"Come on Mako-chan…  let's go in!"

"No offense Ami-chan… but it's getting boring."

"But it's history!"

"It's dead people."

"But this is what has formed our present society."

"Ami-chan… it's boring."

"Fine. If you don't like it, then you can just leave."

"Okay. I will. I'll meet you at the café in 10 minutes."

//She's got you wrapped up in her satin and lace

Tied around her little finger

She's got you thinking you never can escape

Don't you know your heart's in danger

There's a devil in that angel face

If you could only see the love that you're wasting.//

I stopped my bike at the red light and watched as Makoto walked off in the direction of the café and Ami went into the museum. I continued watching Makoto and when the light turned green, the guy in the car behind me honked his horn and yelled at me.

"Oi! Baka! Green!" This effectively pulled my eyes away from Makoto. After yelling back at the guy, I hit the gas.

"So, Haruka what do you think of Makoto-chan and Ami-chan going out?"

Haruka sat there quietly.

"Ruka?"

"Hum?"

"What do you think about it?"

"It's their lives Michi. It's none of our business."

"But you are allowed to have an opinion."

"My opinion is that it's their business and we shouldn't be nosey."

"I'm not being nosey, I'm just being concerned for friends."

"Uh huh, yeah… whatever." Haruka stood up and walked out.

Michiru started sputtering. "But… wa… eh…. Haruka!"

I got to the café about twenty minutes after Makoto and Ami split up. When I walked in I looked around and saw Makoto sitting at a booth, idly staring at a cup of tea, and Ami nowhere to be seen.  I walked over to her.

"Mind if I sit down?"

"Sure, go ahead." She sounded quite saddened.

//I can love you better than that I know how to make you forget her All I'm asking is for one little chance 'Cause baby, I can love you Baby, I can love you better//

~Well, if Michi wants me to be involved in their lives, I'll be involved in their lives.~

I sat down across her and looked into her eyes. "How are you?"

"I'm okay."

"How is Ami-chan?"

She winced slightly, almost unnoticeable.

"Is something the matter?"

"Nothing"

"Your eyes tell me the exact opposite."

She closed her eyes. "It's nothing." She opened them again. "It's just that Ami-chan seems to enjoy museums just a little to much."

"And of course people like us just can't seem to get into museums can we?"

She seemed a little shocked, then blinked a few times and chuckled slightly. "Of course we can't."

I leaned back in the seat and mused to myself. "Makes me wonder why we deal with them."

She grinned slightly. "Serious"

I leaned forward and put my elbows against the table and put my head in my hands, looking across at her. "You know if you're having major problems, there are a lot of people who would like to go out with you." I let my voice drop to a husky whisper. "Like me."

She blushed a bright red, and looked at me through her lashes. I took this as my chance and leaned across the table and kissed her softly.

//I'm gonna break the spell she's got on you You're gonna wake up to find I'm your desire My intentions are true Hey babe, I know in time You're gonna see what you mean to me So open up your eyes cause seeing is believing//

~*~

Just before I went into the café, I looked down at the potted plant in my arms. I had realized that I was late for meeting Mako-chan and stopped in at a small plant store and got it for her to try to apologize for it.

I took a deep breath and walked into the café, after looking around I saw Mako sitting at a table with Haruka leaning across it… Kissing her?!? My blood immediately began to boil but as calmly as I could, I walked over to their table.  The next thing anyone knew, there was an overturned and smashed potted plant on Makoto's head. I didn't say a single word but just turned around and walked right back out.

~*~

Makoto sat there in slight shock.

"Mako-chan… you alright?"

"I-itai… ow… ouch… owie…" She put her hand up to her head, shaking pieces of black potting soil out of her chestnut hair. "Wh-what happened?"

"I think we upset your koi…"

"What do you mean 'we'?"

I sighed. "Fine. I upset your koi." My voice droped in volume until it was almost inaudible. "Just like I upset Michi."

###Haruka's house###

After parking my bike, I plopped down onto the couch. After letting out a long sigh, Michi appeared in the door of her studio.

"Ruka, you okay?"

"No. I'm not."

She walked over and sat next to me on the couch. "What's wrong darling?"

"I've screwed up."

"How? Do you want to talk about it?"

"I have to talk about it… especially with you."

"Okay. Well, how did you screw up?"

"I'm going to be quite honest and pray that you don't get to hurt."

She nodded and turned to look at me more closely.

"I've had… a crush… On Makoto-chan for awhile now."

Her brows rose slightly.

"And today, she and Ami-chan got into an argument, and I tried to make Makoto cheer up. I ended up kissing her."

Her mouth dropped slightly.

"Now I'm feeling really bad because Ami walked in while I was kissing her. She got mad and broke a potted plant on Makoto's head and walked out."

"So, let me get this straight. You basically took a bad situation… and made it worse?"

"That's about it."

"And this worse situation now means that Makoto and Ami are broken up now?"

"As far as I can tell, yes."

She sighed and shook her head. "Haruka… how could you? They were such a cute couple."

"This is why I didn't want to get into their business."

//I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
Baby, I can love you better
Oh-n-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh
Yeah-ee-yeah-eah-eah-eah
Ooh-ooh, yeah
I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
I can love you better than that//

"I'm really sorry Michi."

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to."