Disclaimer: All Sailor Moon characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi, etc. you've heard it all before…

Osamu was a little late; the race had already started by the time he reached the track. He scanned the gathered crowd and caught sight of a flash of blue-green hair. "Michiru-san!"

She turned and smiled, waving him over. He stood beside her and looked down at the cars racing around the track. "Which car is Haruka-san driving?" She pointed it out to him and he nodded. As the race went on, he found himself watching the girl beside him more often than the cars, captivated by her.

It couldn't just be that she was beautiful, he mused, but if not, then what was it? He hadn't known her long, and already he was bordering on what he would call obsession. And one more thing, he mused, what was her relationship with Haruka that they seemed so close? Osamu wasn't sure, but he vowed to get to know Michiru better.

Michiru nudged his arm and he realized she had said something. "Gomen nasai…what did you say?"

She pointed down at the track. "I said Haruka won…again. I always knew she'd be a top race car driver someday…" She seemed to drift off for a moment but then smiled at him and grabbed his arm. "Come on, let's go congratulate her."

Michiru led him down to where Haruka was standing, released him arm and walked over to hug her. Osamu stood where he was for a minute, not sure where to go, then made his way over to them, feeling strangely awkward.

"Um, congratulations, Haruka-san." he said, smiling absently. "Let's all go out and celebrate, hm?"

"Ahh, iie, we're busy." Haruka said quickly. Michiru looked up at her.

"It's true we're busy for most of the afternoon, Haruka, but why can't we go and celebrate in the evening?"

"That would be fine with me," Osamu interjected before Haruka could respond, and she found herself watching Michiru make plans for them to meet Osamu at a restaurant at 7:00. She waited until Osamu turned away before raising an eyebrow at Michiru.

"Haruka, don't you want to go out and eat?" Michiru asked her, sounding confused. "I thought you'd like to spend more time with your friend since he won't be in the city much longer. If you don't feel up to it, we can call him and—"

"Iie, we'll go. I just wasn't expecting to have plans tonight..."

"You should have said something, then."

"But you want to go, ne? Then we will."