Here's Chapter 19, but first of all…I'm so sorry! I really am! First I got
writer's block, then I went on the German exchange, then I got writer's
block a gain and then I got distracted with other story ideas, but I'm
back! Even though I've got coursework and end of year exams to revise for
I'm back. Plus I've got helpers this time…
*Drags in beans, Reef and Random*
You guys already know beans, Reef and Random are some of my other friends from school.
Beans: Hi again!
Reef: Don't worry we'll keep her in line…and writing.
Random: Well, we'll try any way.
*M_chan glomps friends*
I love you guys!
All: Get Off!
Disclaimer: If I owned it…all would be right with the world…
Reef: Huh?
Beans: *aside to R&R* That means she doesn't own it…
R&R: Ohhhhh…
Chapter 19-Love…?
Makoto and Nephlite reached his apartment, a penthouse in the building very near the CC building. Makoto was still weak and by now her head was swimming. She collapsed onto the couch as soon as she got in.
"Sorry…" Her voice came out much quieter than normal, exposing her weakness to Nephlite.
"Are you OK?" His tone was concern itself.
"Yeah, just a little tired."
"Try to get some rest, your room is the one next to mine, second on the right."
"Thanks."
She got up shakily, picked up her stuff and walked to the room he had indicated. She gasped as she entered. The whole room was decorated in green and silver and one wall depicted a forest scene. The room radiated serenity (I punned!) and peace. She lay down on the huge bed and put her head down on the soft, down pillows. After a few moments of settling down she was oblivious to the world
**********
She woke up much later. At first she didn't know where she was, the clean scent of Pine and Hickory invaded her senses. 'It smells like him.' She then realised where she was. She looked at her watch and saw that she had slept for 4 hours, it was already 10pm. She got up and tried to get the sleep from her eyes, while walking around the apartment. She yawned as she entered the room opposite hers. She tiptoed in after she saw Nephlite working. Well, working was too broad a term, more like he was banging his head against the keyboard of his computer. She tried not to laugh, but the temptation was too great and a giggle escaped her lips. Nephlite looked up at the sudden noise. His eyes were slightly red from staring at the computer screen for hours.
"What's so funny?"
"Well, it might be your unique approach to typing. I mean, I've heard of people who can type with their feet, but their head? That's a new one."
"Very funny, don't forget, you're coming to work with me tomorrow. I guarantee by the end of the day you'll have a headache the size of…Rose's ego."
"Did you know her? Before she was evil?"
"She was really sweet as a child and grew up to be a beautiful and kind woman. But just like Beryl, the dark powers consumed her because of her weakness. Her love for Uranus turned to obsession. She also tried in many ways to harm Neptune. I mean…they both had a hard enough time as it was."
"Why?"
"Can't you guess? Even the Silver Millennium wasn't that open-minded."
"Oh."
"You'd better get back to sleep, you've got a big day tomorrow."
"Yes daddy." Muttered Mako as she walked back to her room.
"You'd better show me some respect young lady!" Was the last thing she heard before slipping into her dreams.
*****The Next Morning*****
Makoto was sleeping peacefully, that is until…
*BRING*
"AAAAARRRRGGGHH!"
She jumped right out of bed, then tried to calm down. A second later a very disconcerted Nephlite ran in.
"What?"
"Heh, heh…alarm clock?"
Nephlite sweatdropped, Makoto looked at him and noticed something very interesting…the fact that he must have just got out of the shower, because of all the water and all he was wearing was a towel…a very small towel. She blushed so hard, blood vessels must have started popping! Suddenly Nephlite noticed her…shall we say distracted state of mind.
"What's the matter?"
"You…uh…um…whoo…yeah."
He looked at himself and finally got it. An evil grin appeared on his face, he started to leave the room, but just before he left…
"See something you like?"
Makoto slammed the door after him, hearing his laughter as he walked into his room.
*****Capsule Corp.*****
The two of them walked into the building and up to Nephlite's office
"OK, today you'll be working in Advertising with Pan and Jenny (Hee hee, I mentioned you Jenny! ^_^) until 2pm and then you'll be in a meeting with me and some customers, at 5pm can you get yourself used to the computer system and then at 7pm I've got another meeting and I'll need you to take notes. Got it?"
"Uh…yeah?"
"Good, I'm see you at…1.45pm."
He went into his office and closed the door after him, leaving Makoto standing there. After a couple of minutes she went over to reception and…
"Excuse me…where's the advertising dept?"
***At 1.20pm***
Makoto was going through a report and from the number of sheets scattered around her…well, it didn't seem to be going too well…
"Uh…I'm never going to get this!" She sighed, dumping the report on a spare desk, scattering the papers everywhere.
"You'll get the hang of it soon enough." Muttered a distracted Pan as she typed. "Hey Jennny, when are you taking lunch?"
"Duo's picking me up at half past." Came from the Brunette across from Makoto. (you owe me for this Jens ^_~)
"Who's Duo?" Asked Makoto.
"Her fiancee." Put in Pan, adding a grimace to the comment.
"Just because you're happy being single…"
"Who said I'm happy?" Pan shot back.
"OK, maybe just too busy lusting after a certain purple haired presi…"
"So what about you Mako, are you single?" interrupted Pan, before the conversation took an unpleasant turn.
"Yeah…"
"That sounds like more of a no to me…" Hinted Jenny.
"Um, I've got to get to a meeting…" Said Makoto, before running off.
Both girls looked at each other before voicing their joint thoughts.
"Denial."
"Denial."
***10pm-That Evening In Nephlite's Apartment***
As the night before, Makoto flopped onto the sofa as soon as she got in and kicked off her shoes.
"How do you deal with that…everyday!?"
He smiled before answering her, "That was quite a busy day, I'll be surprised if they're all that bad."
"Eurgh, wake me up in couple of days will ya…?" She said, while yawning.
She woke up suddenly, aware that she was being carried by a pair of strong arms. Still dozing, she instinctively leaned into the warmth of the body next to her, nuzzling her head against a warm…chest!? As she realised this, she was immediately shocked out of her sleepy state. She slowly opened her eyes…and found herself looking into two beautiful forest green eyes. She tried to look away, but found her eyes locked with his…and she could still feel the warmth radiating from his body…
"Tired?" She hardly noticed the enquiry, still lost in those two pools of limpid green.
"Hmm?"
"I said, are you tired?" His mouth quirked into a smile.
"Um, a little…" She replied, now getting uneasy in his arms. "But, you know you can put me down now, right?"
"What if I don't want to?"
There was a uncertain tone in his voice, he was leaving the decision up to her, her choice, her heart…
"I don't want you to either…" Her voice was a whisper, but being so close to her…he heard…
She gasped slightly as he drew her closer to him and continued to walk towards her room. He gently set her down on her bed and placed a chaste kiss on her forehead.
"Sweet dreams."
He started to leave, but before he could, he felt a gentle tug on his arm. As he turned around he was pulled down and ended up nose to nose with Makoto.
"I think I deserve a proper goodnight kiss, ne?"
Unfortunately, he wasn't able to reply for quite some time…
Whoo! My writer's block is over…YAY!
Beans: Not bad…
Random: I didn't get it.
What was there to get?!
Reef: We should just ignore the story and concentrate on the authors notes, right?
Right. Please R&R! ^_^
Random: (aside to Reef) What did we do now!?
Reef: -_-;
*Drags in beans, Reef and Random*
You guys already know beans, Reef and Random are some of my other friends from school.
Beans: Hi again!
Reef: Don't worry we'll keep her in line…and writing.
Random: Well, we'll try any way.
*M_chan glomps friends*
I love you guys!
All: Get Off!
Disclaimer: If I owned it…all would be right with the world…
Reef: Huh?
Beans: *aside to R&R* That means she doesn't own it…
R&R: Ohhhhh…
Chapter 19-Love…?
Makoto and Nephlite reached his apartment, a penthouse in the building very near the CC building. Makoto was still weak and by now her head was swimming. She collapsed onto the couch as soon as she got in.
"Sorry…" Her voice came out much quieter than normal, exposing her weakness to Nephlite.
"Are you OK?" His tone was concern itself.
"Yeah, just a little tired."
"Try to get some rest, your room is the one next to mine, second on the right."
"Thanks."
She got up shakily, picked up her stuff and walked to the room he had indicated. She gasped as she entered. The whole room was decorated in green and silver and one wall depicted a forest scene. The room radiated serenity (I punned!) and peace. She lay down on the huge bed and put her head down on the soft, down pillows. After a few moments of settling down she was oblivious to the world
**********
She woke up much later. At first she didn't know where she was, the clean scent of Pine and Hickory invaded her senses. 'It smells like him.' She then realised where she was. She looked at her watch and saw that she had slept for 4 hours, it was already 10pm. She got up and tried to get the sleep from her eyes, while walking around the apartment. She yawned as she entered the room opposite hers. She tiptoed in after she saw Nephlite working. Well, working was too broad a term, more like he was banging his head against the keyboard of his computer. She tried not to laugh, but the temptation was too great and a giggle escaped her lips. Nephlite looked up at the sudden noise. His eyes were slightly red from staring at the computer screen for hours.
"What's so funny?"
"Well, it might be your unique approach to typing. I mean, I've heard of people who can type with their feet, but their head? That's a new one."
"Very funny, don't forget, you're coming to work with me tomorrow. I guarantee by the end of the day you'll have a headache the size of…Rose's ego."
"Did you know her? Before she was evil?"
"She was really sweet as a child and grew up to be a beautiful and kind woman. But just like Beryl, the dark powers consumed her because of her weakness. Her love for Uranus turned to obsession. She also tried in many ways to harm Neptune. I mean…they both had a hard enough time as it was."
"Why?"
"Can't you guess? Even the Silver Millennium wasn't that open-minded."
"Oh."
"You'd better get back to sleep, you've got a big day tomorrow."
"Yes daddy." Muttered Mako as she walked back to her room.
"You'd better show me some respect young lady!" Was the last thing she heard before slipping into her dreams.
*****The Next Morning*****
Makoto was sleeping peacefully, that is until…
*BRING*
"AAAAARRRRGGGHH!"
She jumped right out of bed, then tried to calm down. A second later a very disconcerted Nephlite ran in.
"What?"
"Heh, heh…alarm clock?"
Nephlite sweatdropped, Makoto looked at him and noticed something very interesting…the fact that he must have just got out of the shower, because of all the water and all he was wearing was a towel…a very small towel. She blushed so hard, blood vessels must have started popping! Suddenly Nephlite noticed her…shall we say distracted state of mind.
"What's the matter?"
"You…uh…um…whoo…yeah."
He looked at himself and finally got it. An evil grin appeared on his face, he started to leave the room, but just before he left…
"See something you like?"
Makoto slammed the door after him, hearing his laughter as he walked into his room.
*****Capsule Corp.*****
The two of them walked into the building and up to Nephlite's office
"OK, today you'll be working in Advertising with Pan and Jenny (Hee hee, I mentioned you Jenny! ^_^) until 2pm and then you'll be in a meeting with me and some customers, at 5pm can you get yourself used to the computer system and then at 7pm I've got another meeting and I'll need you to take notes. Got it?"
"Uh…yeah?"
"Good, I'm see you at…1.45pm."
He went into his office and closed the door after him, leaving Makoto standing there. After a couple of minutes she went over to reception and…
"Excuse me…where's the advertising dept?"
***At 1.20pm***
Makoto was going through a report and from the number of sheets scattered around her…well, it didn't seem to be going too well…
"Uh…I'm never going to get this!" She sighed, dumping the report on a spare desk, scattering the papers everywhere.
"You'll get the hang of it soon enough." Muttered a distracted Pan as she typed. "Hey Jennny, when are you taking lunch?"
"Duo's picking me up at half past." Came from the Brunette across from Makoto. (you owe me for this Jens ^_~)
"Who's Duo?" Asked Makoto.
"Her fiancee." Put in Pan, adding a grimace to the comment.
"Just because you're happy being single…"
"Who said I'm happy?" Pan shot back.
"OK, maybe just too busy lusting after a certain purple haired presi…"
"So what about you Mako, are you single?" interrupted Pan, before the conversation took an unpleasant turn.
"Yeah…"
"That sounds like more of a no to me…" Hinted Jenny.
"Um, I've got to get to a meeting…" Said Makoto, before running off.
Both girls looked at each other before voicing their joint thoughts.
"Denial."
"Denial."
***10pm-That Evening In Nephlite's Apartment***
As the night before, Makoto flopped onto the sofa as soon as she got in and kicked off her shoes.
"How do you deal with that…everyday!?"
He smiled before answering her, "That was quite a busy day, I'll be surprised if they're all that bad."
"Eurgh, wake me up in couple of days will ya…?" She said, while yawning.
She woke up suddenly, aware that she was being carried by a pair of strong arms. Still dozing, she instinctively leaned into the warmth of the body next to her, nuzzling her head against a warm…chest!? As she realised this, she was immediately shocked out of her sleepy state. She slowly opened her eyes…and found herself looking into two beautiful forest green eyes. She tried to look away, but found her eyes locked with his…and she could still feel the warmth radiating from his body…
"Tired?" She hardly noticed the enquiry, still lost in those two pools of limpid green.
"Hmm?"
"I said, are you tired?" His mouth quirked into a smile.
"Um, a little…" She replied, now getting uneasy in his arms. "But, you know you can put me down now, right?"
"What if I don't want to?"
There was a uncertain tone in his voice, he was leaving the decision up to her, her choice, her heart…
"I don't want you to either…" Her voice was a whisper, but being so close to her…he heard…
She gasped slightly as he drew her closer to him and continued to walk towards her room. He gently set her down on her bed and placed a chaste kiss on her forehead.
"Sweet dreams."
He started to leave, but before he could, he felt a gentle tug on his arm. As he turned around he was pulled down and ended up nose to nose with Makoto.
"I think I deserve a proper goodnight kiss, ne?"
Unfortunately, he wasn't able to reply for quite some time…
Whoo! My writer's block is over…YAY!
Beans: Not bad…
Random: I didn't get it.
What was there to get?!
Reef: We should just ignore the story and concentrate on the authors notes, right?
Right. Please R&R! ^_^
Random: (aside to Reef) What did we do now!?
Reef: -_-;