The Love Of My Life [Rei]

By: Sailor_Heart

The moment I saw him, he annoyed me, bugged me, and made me so mad I thought I could hit him over the head with my broom. I thought I heard a noise so I went outside, there in the middle of the night was a guy, about my age. He looked at me then got to his knees and begged for me to keep him and give him work. I agreed so he would stop begging. I made Usagi cry even more since he came, Yūichirō. That's because Usagi wouldn't keep her big mouth shut about the thank-you kiss I give him. Hey! He tried to save me!

Usagi is always giving me hints that I should go out with him. Why should I? I would make a horrible girlfriend, always having to go to fight evil and never have the time to go on dates. I know that Yūichirō has a silly crush on me, like I care. I can't like him back, I just can't. I am too busy for a boyfriend. Just having him as a friend is enough. Besides, he deserves better than me.

Haruka came over today, gosh she looked very good. I tried to pretend she was still the guy I had a crush on, before I found her true gender. I guess I was giving her goo-goo eyes. I also notice that Yūichirō wasn't there- or was that shadow behind the wall watching me him?

I didn't care because I felt no evil so it can't be someone from the negaverse. It could have been a jealous girl watching Haruka and me. The thought of that made me be even more flirtatious towards her.

Later that day, I was walking and I passed Yūichirō which was weird. Why wasn't he at the temple? And why was he carrying a backpack?

I didn't say anything, not hello or good-bye. Yūichirō did look pretty sad.

When I got home, Yūichirō's room was empty, I mean completely empty. His clothes wasn't there and neither was the rest of his stuff. I noticed a paper lying on the floor. I picked it up and read it.

Some company offered Yūichirō a record deal in America! America! I looked at the date and it was about a year ago! Why didn't he go? He always wanted to be a singer.

I looked at another paper by the phone. Yūichirō had scrabbled something. It was the address to the train station. Than- everything made sense.

Yūichirō with a backpack, room empty, company in America, train station.

Yūichirō was leaving. A big fear came over me. The fear of losing Yūichirō. Why do I care? I thought. I shouldn't care...

Flash backs came storming into my mind. All the dinners we had. The way he mad me laugh when I was most depress. How I yelled at him when he does something wrong and still he surprise me with a little gift and apologize. All that would happen no more. Why am I crying?

Than it hit me. I care. A lot.

I never felt it before because this whole Sailor business made me think of nothing but how to destroy our enemy. I didn't once thought about Yūichirō and now, I just know I want to lose him.

I ran to the train station. My chest burned but I ignored it. On the way I bumped into Minako, without stopping and saying 'sorry' I ran on.

"Rei wait!" Minako cried. I must have worried her. Minako ran behind me telling me to stop and continued to ask what was going on.

I got to the train station and stopped. In front of me 30 yards away there was a train just leaving, in the train was Yūichirō. He was reading something.

'Look at me' I begged.

As if he heard me, he turned towards the window and saw me. Our eyes were locked together.

"STOP! PLEASE!" I cried as loud as I could. 'I love you'...

He looked at me blankly. He did not love me back. His face said it all. He doesn't love me.

The train was moving faster and faster. Tears came into my eyes. I lost the only guy I ever loved. My chest began to hurt. Was it my heart?

Minako put her arms around me and I sobbed.

"You'll find each other again" she told me.

My burly eyes looked at the train once more. "We'll be together again someday" I promised.

The End

-Or is it?