A/N: Story Form. *ahem*
Hotaru walked herself to school, after persuading Haruka that she capable to herself. Smiling brightly then she had ever in her life, she took each strides and steps with bold confident. The sun gleamed on her pale, but bright face, saying 'This is going to be one of the Happiest day of my life.' In her younger years, she had no friends exception to Rini, or let alone someone having a, as Mina and Lita put it, a 'thing' for her. They said that it was a good thing. She was still naive about this stuff.
That Duo Maxwell. She never knew he was interested in her, maybe she just didn't know how to read the sign.
She walked the rest of the way in utter silence, concetrating only on her footsteps. She arrived at school 5 minutes before the bell rang, and made a final decision to accept Duo Maxwell's invitation, since she was free that night. Then she started thinking, 'What made him interested in me?' Nobody liked her when she was young for her healing abilities mostly. As long as Duo doesn't think her healing ability was disgusting.
She saw Duo's long brown braid from the corners of her eyes. She suddenly turned his way and walked cheerfully up to him, her heart pounding loudly. Her body was shaking slightly from nervousness and excitment and started feeling numb. But then but she halted suddenly. There was another girl with him, holding his arm and all over him as she owned him. There were 3 other boys by him. Hotaru recognized them as Heero Yuy in her P.E and Metal, Quatre R.Winner from her Home Ed. and and Chemistry, and Chang Wufei from Biology.
Heero Yuy and Chang Wufei were looking at him now with powerful death stares. If looks could kill, Duo would be dead. Then there was an always polite and very rich Quatre R. Winner, he was smiling as usual.
"Hi, Duo..." Hotaru greeted in a small, quivering voice, "Nice day isn't it?" It wasn't going to be the happiest day of her life.
"Oh hey Hotaru," Duo waved his free hand at her, "Yeah, sure is a nice day. Meet Melinda." He pointed at the perky, looking blond who was holding his hands.
"Hello," greeted Hotaru, biting her lower lips after.
"I'm going out with him now," Melinda declared smugly, her nose high up in the air.
"Oh," Hotaru managed to say, her voice started breaking, "Thats very nice..."
"Thanks," Melinda asnwered. Duo beamed happily at Hotaru and then at Melinda. He was ever so oblivious at how much he had hurt poor Hotaru. Tears were now swelling in her large, sad purple eyes and she bit her lips harder to keep herself from crying.
'Rrrrrriiiiiinnnnng' She was saved by the bell.
"I-I have to go now..." she whispered and sprinted away from them. Duo didn't notice her tears or the sadness in her eyes. But the others, including Melinda did. But she didn't care. She was popular and well liked among her peers.Why should she care about a quiet, shy strange girl?
Wufei just told himself onnas are weak. Heero didn't even fathom about it, he had more important things to worry about. Like the mission. And then again, there was Quatre. He had frowned sadly when Melinda announced Duo and she was going out as Hotaru's eyes shone with tears. Quatre realized from the moment Hotaru had arrived that she will leave in depression. Duo need to be a little bit knowing.
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"Whats wrong Hotaru?" asked Michiru softly, seeing Hotaru's, more then usual sad eyes. Haruka, who was reading a newspaper, turned her attnetion to Michiru and Hotaru.
"Nothing," Hotaru lied, scribbling on her homework paper.
"Hotaru?" asked Haruka in a more stricter voice, "Don't lie."
How is it that she knows I'm lying? Hotaru thought gravely. She sighed and answered, "There was this boy-"
"You mean that idiotic boy with the braided hair?" Haruka barked suddenly, "What'd he do?" Hotaru stared at Haruka. Does she know?
"Yeah," Hotaru answered slowly, "He asked me out the other day and I said I couldn't and-"
"You're damn right you couldn't!" Haruka interrupted again madly, "Especially with him!"
"Haruka, please," Michiru said softly, "Let Hotaru continue."
"I thought," Hotaru continued softly, "I would accpet his invitation tonight, since we weren't doing any scrying-"
"And what made you think you can do this without MY permission?" Haruka boomed again.
"Haruka please!" Michiru raised her voice, "Let her finish!" Haruka nodded and growled dispprovingly.
"But," Hotaru continued again, "He already asked someone else...I thought he...liked me but he asked Melinda instead." To some people, it wasn't a big deal, but for her it was. For once, she had thought someone cared for her and liked her, but she was wrong. That Duo was just a player. Haruka didn't take this too well either.
"Boys like him," she growled, "Never trust them. Thats why I'm protecting you Hotaru. Don't worry, he'll learn his lessons. Don't worry about him anymore." Hotaru gasped in her mind and looked quickly up at Haruka. What does she mean? Was she going to do something to Duo?
"Don't hurt him though," she pleaded, "Please."
"I won't hurt him," Haruka assured her, "I promise."
"Yes, I will make sure too," Michiru said jokingly, but softly, trying to lift Hotaru's spirit.
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A/N: Hm...
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"Duo, don't you think you hurt Hotaru a bit?" asked Quatre uncertainly as Duo wrote in his Dairy.
"No, she said she was happy with me and Melinda's relationship." asnwered Duo, "Why?"
"You didn't see?" asked Quatre, raising his eyebrows.
"See what?"
"Nevermind," Quatre groaned, "Duo, I think you should think a bit more, I don't think that diary is helping."
Duo shrugged. "The person at that center told me it'll help to get in touch with my feelings. Maybe I should go see him again."
"Yeah," said Quatre, "Do that. It'll really help." He walked to the door and before walking out, he said, "Duo, its Melinda and I, not me and Melinda." Then he walked out, ruffling his blond hair with his hands.
Duo rolled his eyes and wrote some more.
Hotaru walked herself to school, after persuading Haruka that she capable to herself. Smiling brightly then she had ever in her life, she took each strides and steps with bold confident. The sun gleamed on her pale, but bright face, saying 'This is going to be one of the Happiest day of my life.' In her younger years, she had no friends exception to Rini, or let alone someone having a, as Mina and Lita put it, a 'thing' for her. They said that it was a good thing. She was still naive about this stuff.
That Duo Maxwell. She never knew he was interested in her, maybe she just didn't know how to read the sign.
She walked the rest of the way in utter silence, concetrating only on her footsteps. She arrived at school 5 minutes before the bell rang, and made a final decision to accept Duo Maxwell's invitation, since she was free that night. Then she started thinking, 'What made him interested in me?' Nobody liked her when she was young for her healing abilities mostly. As long as Duo doesn't think her healing ability was disgusting.
She saw Duo's long brown braid from the corners of her eyes. She suddenly turned his way and walked cheerfully up to him, her heart pounding loudly. Her body was shaking slightly from nervousness and excitment and started feeling numb. But then but she halted suddenly. There was another girl with him, holding his arm and all over him as she owned him. There were 3 other boys by him. Hotaru recognized them as Heero Yuy in her P.E and Metal, Quatre R.Winner from her Home Ed. and and Chemistry, and Chang Wufei from Biology.
Heero Yuy and Chang Wufei were looking at him now with powerful death stares. If looks could kill, Duo would be dead. Then there was an always polite and very rich Quatre R. Winner, he was smiling as usual.
"Hi, Duo..." Hotaru greeted in a small, quivering voice, "Nice day isn't it?" It wasn't going to be the happiest day of her life.
"Oh hey Hotaru," Duo waved his free hand at her, "Yeah, sure is a nice day. Meet Melinda." He pointed at the perky, looking blond who was holding his hands.
"Hello," greeted Hotaru, biting her lower lips after.
"I'm going out with him now," Melinda declared smugly, her nose high up in the air.
"Oh," Hotaru managed to say, her voice started breaking, "Thats very nice..."
"Thanks," Melinda asnwered. Duo beamed happily at Hotaru and then at Melinda. He was ever so oblivious at how much he had hurt poor Hotaru. Tears were now swelling in her large, sad purple eyes and she bit her lips harder to keep herself from crying.
'Rrrrrriiiiiinnnnng' She was saved by the bell.
"I-I have to go now..." she whispered and sprinted away from them. Duo didn't notice her tears or the sadness in her eyes. But the others, including Melinda did. But she didn't care. She was popular and well liked among her peers.Why should she care about a quiet, shy strange girl?
Wufei just told himself onnas are weak. Heero didn't even fathom about it, he had more important things to worry about. Like the mission. And then again, there was Quatre. He had frowned sadly when Melinda announced Duo and she was going out as Hotaru's eyes shone with tears. Quatre realized from the moment Hotaru had arrived that she will leave in depression. Duo need to be a little bit knowing.
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"Whats wrong Hotaru?" asked Michiru softly, seeing Hotaru's, more then usual sad eyes. Haruka, who was reading a newspaper, turned her attnetion to Michiru and Hotaru.
"Nothing," Hotaru lied, scribbling on her homework paper.
"Hotaru?" asked Haruka in a more stricter voice, "Don't lie."
How is it that she knows I'm lying? Hotaru thought gravely. She sighed and answered, "There was this boy-"
"You mean that idiotic boy with the braided hair?" Haruka barked suddenly, "What'd he do?" Hotaru stared at Haruka. Does she know?
"Yeah," Hotaru answered slowly, "He asked me out the other day and I said I couldn't and-"
"You're damn right you couldn't!" Haruka interrupted again madly, "Especially with him!"
"Haruka, please," Michiru said softly, "Let Hotaru continue."
"I thought," Hotaru continued softly, "I would accpet his invitation tonight, since we weren't doing any scrying-"
"And what made you think you can do this without MY permission?" Haruka boomed again.
"Haruka please!" Michiru raised her voice, "Let her finish!" Haruka nodded and growled dispprovingly.
"But," Hotaru continued again, "He already asked someone else...I thought he...liked me but he asked Melinda instead." To some people, it wasn't a big deal, but for her it was. For once, she had thought someone cared for her and liked her, but she was wrong. That Duo was just a player. Haruka didn't take this too well either.
"Boys like him," she growled, "Never trust them. Thats why I'm protecting you Hotaru. Don't worry, he'll learn his lessons. Don't worry about him anymore." Hotaru gasped in her mind and looked quickly up at Haruka. What does she mean? Was she going to do something to Duo?
"Don't hurt him though," she pleaded, "Please."
"I won't hurt him," Haruka assured her, "I promise."
"Yes, I will make sure too," Michiru said jokingly, but softly, trying to lift Hotaru's spirit.
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A/N: Hm...
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"Duo, don't you think you hurt Hotaru a bit?" asked Quatre uncertainly as Duo wrote in his Dairy.
"No, she said she was happy with me and Melinda's relationship." asnwered Duo, "Why?"
"You didn't see?" asked Quatre, raising his eyebrows.
"See what?"
"Nevermind," Quatre groaned, "Duo, I think you should think a bit more, I don't think that diary is helping."
Duo shrugged. "The person at that center told me it'll help to get in touch with my feelings. Maybe I should go see him again."
"Yeah," said Quatre, "Do that. It'll really help." He walked to the door and before walking out, he said, "Duo, its Melinda and I, not me and Melinda." Then he walked out, ruffling his blond hair with his hands.
Duo rolled his eyes and wrote some more.