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Usagi hid Duo's present in the closet and walked up to her room. She looked out the window and sighed. She couldn't wait till Duo's birthday. She wondered if he would use as time went on. Maybe they could sing together on it. Usagi loved to sing and dance but her favorite thing to do was write stories. She had told Duo she had wanted to become a famous writer. He said he hoped she got a medal or something. Usagi had let him read her stories. Duo said he had liked them a lot. She had always liked his support. She had always given him support about singing. He was always into making up songs. Usagi continued into her thoughts when her mom yelled for her. "Usagi! Duo's here!" she yelled from downstairs. "Coming!" Usagi yelled back jumping off her bed.
She looked down at the door and saw Duo. He didn't look too happy. Usagi looked confused but went up to him. She wondered why he looked so sad and confused himself. Usagi stood in front of him. "Hi" she greeted him. "Hey" he answered back softly. "Would you like to come in or stand there?" Usagi asked hoping her sense of humor would cheer him up. Duo gave a faint smile and stepped through the door- way. "What's wrong?" she finally asked. "Um I have some bad news" he mumbled. "What about she said bringing him to her room where they could talk. She could see Duo looking at his feet. He trudged into her room and sat in a chair across from her bed. "Well?" Usagi asked. Duo looked up at her. Why was this so hard? Why couldn't he just tell her? "Um I'm going to be leaving" he softly said. "What's so bad about that? You will be coming back. Right?" Usagi asked not knowing what he meant. What if he didn't come back? "That's the point I don't think I will be coming back" Duo mumbled staring at his feet. Usagi gasped and stepped back. "You're, You're kidding........ r..r...right?" She asked with a whimper in her voice. Her voice quivered. He was joking right? Duo had always joked her, but this time it really did seem real. "No" Duo whispered. Usagi's eyes teared up. Her best friend was leaving and not coming back. "Where are you going?" Usagi asked. "Florida" Duo answered. Usagi nodded. She stared at the floor. "We will still be friends forever, right?" Usagi asked. Duo nodded. "I will be attending school here till I am grown up" he said. Usagi nodded and bit her lip to keep her tears from coming out of her eyes. "I really have no choice" Duo said. Usagi understood she just didn't want to lose her best friend. All the fun times they had had were going to go down the drain. Duo was the best friend she had ever had. Who would be there to encourage her to write? Who would be there for him to encourage him on his dreams of singing and being a doctor?
Usagi looked up at the ceiling and looked at the fan as it spun around. Her tears were going to come out. She knew that if she faced the ceiling they wouldn't come out. She tried to keep her sobs and cries inside of herself. But this was too hard. Duo and her were supposed to stick with each other. They had promised to always be friends.
Duo looked at Usagi. He knew she was trying not to cry. He would miss her so much. He wanted her there at his side when he became a singer or a doctor. He wanted to be there for her when she would write her first book. He wanted to be by her side if she was having a tough time. He knew that their friendship was very strong and now it seemed it was getting torn apart. He could still call and write her right? But would they start to hide secrets from each other and break their friendship? He shook the thought. They would always be best friends no matter what. Even if he never saw her again. He looked at Usagi and saw she was about to cry. He didn't want her to cry. He wanted to comfort her and tell her that they were always going to be friends. He knew that was what she was thinking.
Usagi continued to stare at the ceiling. She didn't want to cry in front of Duo. He saw her and knew she was hurt. He walked up to her and tipped her chin down. He held his hand to her cheek. Usagi sadly stared at him. Her eyes could not hold the tears anymore. They freely trailed down her face. Her stream of tears were continuing non -stop. "I don't want you to leave" she whispered. Duo nodded. He came up to her and hugged her holding her in his embrace. She continued to cry softly. "I don't want to leave either" he whispered in her ear trying to soothe her. Why was he getting all soft? Was it because he really didn't want to leave either? Or was it because of something else? He could feel his shirt getting wet from her tears. He let go of her and stared straight at her. He knew if that she acted like this she was going to be a miserable wreck.
"You have to promise me something" he said. She nodded still crying. "You must not be sad and you will have fun the rest of the summer" he said. Usagi was struck by this question. This was going to be hard for her. She was never going to see her best friend again probably and here he was asking her to be happy. She knew though that she had to promise him. She nodded wiping her tear streaked face. "Promise me one thing" she said to him. "What?" he asked. "We will see each other again and we will always look for each other" she said. Duo couldn't say for sure that he would see her again but he knew if he promised then he would try with all of his might to see her again. He nodded. "A promise" he said extending his arm. She took it and shook it lightly. He looked up at her. "Please don't cry. You don't look good with tears" he said. He hoped he could cheer her up. She nodded and smiled faintly. "I'll see you tomorrow" he said leaving her room waving. She nodded and watched him as he left.
Usagi wrapped the karaoke machine on the one side she was doing. Her mom was doing the wrapping on the other side. Usagi was glad she was getting him a big present this year since he was leaving. She had promised him she wouldn't be sad so she had not cried after that incident. She wondered if she would cry at the airport though when she saw him off to Florida. He left in a week. Usagi wish there was more time with him. She valued him as good friend. Just a friend. Everyone thought that they were boyfriend girlfriend but Usagi and Duo had shaken that thought. They were just friends; nothing more. Usagi still valued him a lot as a friend though. She wished that he wouldn't leave her side. He was always fun to be with. When Usagi's mind came upon the boyfriend situation she wondered whom she would fall in love with. She wanted a handsome and fun boy who would care for her and watch her wherever she went. She didn't want love till she was older though. Usagi shook the thought and placed a bow on the present. "There. All done" her mom said cheerfully. Usagi smiled. She couldn't wait till Duo got this. She also had another something for him that she would give him personally. It was a necklas charm with a moon on it. It said friends forever. She knew Duo might not want to wear it but he could keep it.
Usagi took a shower and got dressed in a tank top and a pair of jean shorts. She didn't care what she wore. As long as she attended then she was fine. She blow dried her hair and looked in the mirror at herself. She hadn't changed much since Duo and her had met. She wondered what she would look like when he saw her again. That is if he ever did see her again. Usagi shook her head. They would find each other some day. She knew it. She could feel it. She put her hair up in odangos and walked downstairs. "Ready?" her mom asked. "Yep" she answered. Usagi grabbed her card on the table and went over to the karaoke machine. "I'll get it" her mom said coming behind her and carefully picking it up. Usagi nodded and got the door for her. Usagi knew her father would be coming later to greet Duo at his party. Her father knew that Duo was a good friend to her. Usagi closed the door behind them and they walked to Duo's house. Usagi checked her watch. They were a little early but that didn't matter. Duo said they could come early. Usagi didn't want to come late and get an audience over the huge present.
Usagi knocked on the door and waited for an answer. The door slowly opened and there stood an excited Duo. He smiled and had them come in. Duo's mom came up to them and smiled. "You can put the present right over there" she said pointing to a place in the dinning room. Mrs.Tsukino went over and gently placed the present in the dining room. Duo's eyes fell upon the present and they widened. He had no clue what it was but whatever it was sure was big. He looked back at Usagi and then looked at his mom. "Can we go in the fort for a while?" he asked his mom. "Sure" she answered sweetly. Both moms watched as their children went outside to play. Mrs.Tsukino sighed. Usagi would have a hard time adjusting without Duo here.
Usagi sat next to Duo and looked at the clouds above them. This was going to be one of their last times in the fort. She looked over at Duo and saw he was thinking too. "What are you thinking about?" she asked him. "What it will be like in my new school" he said sighing. "What about you?" he asked her. "Well this is probably one of our last times together in the fort she said continuing to watch the clouds in the sky. They were like cotton balls that had been stretched. She wanted to touch one and bring it to her. Usagi held her hand out and traced the figure of the cloud. Duo watched as she ran her hand through thin air. Usagi's hand fell to her side and she rested her head on his shoulder. Duo didn't mind that much. She always did this. Duo rested his head on hers and they both looked at the sky. Usagi wish he would be here every day so they could do this. The silence was broken when Duo's mom came out. "Duo! More guests have arrived!" she yelled. Duo took his head off Usagi's and waited for her to remove hers from his shoulder. They both climbed down the fort and went inside for the party.
The party was very noisy inside but very fun. First everyone played around waiting for the last guests to arrive. Usagi didn't mind being around boys. After Duo's mom got them to settle down they started to play games. Duo's mom continued to take pictures. Duo was smiling for the camera so many times he knew at the end of the day his mouth would be sore. In one of the pictures Usagi had her arm wrapped over Duo's shoulder and Duo the same. They both smiled and said cheese. Duo's mom said that would be a great picture when they got it developed.
Later after the games were done they had pizza and cake. Duo's cake had a space shuttle on it and it was flying toward the moon. The cake had 10 candles. Duo was only a couple months older than Usagi. Duo blew the candles and made a wish. He told no one his wish although Usagi could guess what it was.
After cake they all sat around a chair in the living room where they waited for Duo to open the presents. Everyone wanted theirs opened first. Usagi just watched and smiled. She wanted hers last. She watched as Duo opened all kinds of different things such as squirt guns and models of things to build.
One large present remained after a while and it sat alone. Duo's mom carefully carried it to Duo. It was obviously heavy. Duo looked at it with a curious face. This one he had no clue of what it was. His mom took a picture of him and then he grabbed the card. He slowly and carefully opened it. It said, 'Hope all of your birthday wishes come true' 'From, Usagi'. After that it had a little ps. 'I hope you have fun with this in your new school'. Duo smiled and looked at Usagi. She blushed and waited for him to open it. He tore the wrapping paper off and threw it aside. His eyes widened and his mouth was wide opened. Everyone looked at it. Duo didn't know what to say. He looked at Usagi dumbfounded. She just giggled and waited for him to say something. "This is sooo awesome!" he exclaimed. Everyone gathered around it and looked at its features. Usagi stayed behind but just smiled. She knew right now she was happy. She had forgotten Duo had gone anywhere. She was happy that Duo was happy.
For the rest of the night everyone played with the Karaoke machine. Duo and Usagi sung a song of Duos that he had made up. They all laughed and watched them sing and dance around. After about an hour some of the guests started to leave. Soon Usagi was the last one there. She helped clean up the mess for Duo's mom as they threw away wrapping paper.
Finally Usagi's mom came to pick her up. "It's time to go" she said ushering Usagi to come. Usagi nodded and looked back at Duo. "See you tomorrow" Usagi said waving. "Bye Usa! Thanks for the karaoke machine!" Duo yelled after her waving. Usagi could not get her smile to come off her face. She knew she was sad that Duo was leaving but she was also glad she had made him happy. She looked up at her mom and they walked back home.
Hey I hope you liked this chapter and I am right now working on my next one so it should be out soon. I hope you like it so far! Ja ne! Usako
Usagi hid Duo's present in the closet and walked up to her room. She looked out the window and sighed. She couldn't wait till Duo's birthday. She wondered if he would use as time went on. Maybe they could sing together on it. Usagi loved to sing and dance but her favorite thing to do was write stories. She had told Duo she had wanted to become a famous writer. He said he hoped she got a medal or something. Usagi had let him read her stories. Duo said he had liked them a lot. She had always liked his support. She had always given him support about singing. He was always into making up songs. Usagi continued into her thoughts when her mom yelled for her. "Usagi! Duo's here!" she yelled from downstairs. "Coming!" Usagi yelled back jumping off her bed.
She looked down at the door and saw Duo. He didn't look too happy. Usagi looked confused but went up to him. She wondered why he looked so sad and confused himself. Usagi stood in front of him. "Hi" she greeted him. "Hey" he answered back softly. "Would you like to come in or stand there?" Usagi asked hoping her sense of humor would cheer him up. Duo gave a faint smile and stepped through the door- way. "What's wrong?" she finally asked. "Um I have some bad news" he mumbled. "What about she said bringing him to her room where they could talk. She could see Duo looking at his feet. He trudged into her room and sat in a chair across from her bed. "Well?" Usagi asked. Duo looked up at her. Why was this so hard? Why couldn't he just tell her? "Um I'm going to be leaving" he softly said. "What's so bad about that? You will be coming back. Right?" Usagi asked not knowing what he meant. What if he didn't come back? "That's the point I don't think I will be coming back" Duo mumbled staring at his feet. Usagi gasped and stepped back. "You're, You're kidding........ r..r...right?" She asked with a whimper in her voice. Her voice quivered. He was joking right? Duo had always joked her, but this time it really did seem real. "No" Duo whispered. Usagi's eyes teared up. Her best friend was leaving and not coming back. "Where are you going?" Usagi asked. "Florida" Duo answered. Usagi nodded. She stared at the floor. "We will still be friends forever, right?" Usagi asked. Duo nodded. "I will be attending school here till I am grown up" he said. Usagi nodded and bit her lip to keep her tears from coming out of her eyes. "I really have no choice" Duo said. Usagi understood she just didn't want to lose her best friend. All the fun times they had had were going to go down the drain. Duo was the best friend she had ever had. Who would be there to encourage her to write? Who would be there for him to encourage him on his dreams of singing and being a doctor?
Usagi looked up at the ceiling and looked at the fan as it spun around. Her tears were going to come out. She knew that if she faced the ceiling they wouldn't come out. She tried to keep her sobs and cries inside of herself. But this was too hard. Duo and her were supposed to stick with each other. They had promised to always be friends.
Duo looked at Usagi. He knew she was trying not to cry. He would miss her so much. He wanted her there at his side when he became a singer or a doctor. He wanted to be there for her when she would write her first book. He wanted to be by her side if she was having a tough time. He knew that their friendship was very strong and now it seemed it was getting torn apart. He could still call and write her right? But would they start to hide secrets from each other and break their friendship? He shook the thought. They would always be best friends no matter what. Even if he never saw her again. He looked at Usagi and saw she was about to cry. He didn't want her to cry. He wanted to comfort her and tell her that they were always going to be friends. He knew that was what she was thinking.
Usagi continued to stare at the ceiling. She didn't want to cry in front of Duo. He saw her and knew she was hurt. He walked up to her and tipped her chin down. He held his hand to her cheek. Usagi sadly stared at him. Her eyes could not hold the tears anymore. They freely trailed down her face. Her stream of tears were continuing non -stop. "I don't want you to leave" she whispered. Duo nodded. He came up to her and hugged her holding her in his embrace. She continued to cry softly. "I don't want to leave either" he whispered in her ear trying to soothe her. Why was he getting all soft? Was it because he really didn't want to leave either? Or was it because of something else? He could feel his shirt getting wet from her tears. He let go of her and stared straight at her. He knew if that she acted like this she was going to be a miserable wreck.
"You have to promise me something" he said. She nodded still crying. "You must not be sad and you will have fun the rest of the summer" he said. Usagi was struck by this question. This was going to be hard for her. She was never going to see her best friend again probably and here he was asking her to be happy. She knew though that she had to promise him. She nodded wiping her tear streaked face. "Promise me one thing" she said to him. "What?" he asked. "We will see each other again and we will always look for each other" she said. Duo couldn't say for sure that he would see her again but he knew if he promised then he would try with all of his might to see her again. He nodded. "A promise" he said extending his arm. She took it and shook it lightly. He looked up at her. "Please don't cry. You don't look good with tears" he said. He hoped he could cheer her up. She nodded and smiled faintly. "I'll see you tomorrow" he said leaving her room waving. She nodded and watched him as he left.
Usagi wrapped the karaoke machine on the one side she was doing. Her mom was doing the wrapping on the other side. Usagi was glad she was getting him a big present this year since he was leaving. She had promised him she wouldn't be sad so she had not cried after that incident. She wondered if she would cry at the airport though when she saw him off to Florida. He left in a week. Usagi wish there was more time with him. She valued him as good friend. Just a friend. Everyone thought that they were boyfriend girlfriend but Usagi and Duo had shaken that thought. They were just friends; nothing more. Usagi still valued him a lot as a friend though. She wished that he wouldn't leave her side. He was always fun to be with. When Usagi's mind came upon the boyfriend situation she wondered whom she would fall in love with. She wanted a handsome and fun boy who would care for her and watch her wherever she went. She didn't want love till she was older though. Usagi shook the thought and placed a bow on the present. "There. All done" her mom said cheerfully. Usagi smiled. She couldn't wait till Duo got this. She also had another something for him that she would give him personally. It was a necklas charm with a moon on it. It said friends forever. She knew Duo might not want to wear it but he could keep it.
Usagi took a shower and got dressed in a tank top and a pair of jean shorts. She didn't care what she wore. As long as she attended then she was fine. She blow dried her hair and looked in the mirror at herself. She hadn't changed much since Duo and her had met. She wondered what she would look like when he saw her again. That is if he ever did see her again. Usagi shook her head. They would find each other some day. She knew it. She could feel it. She put her hair up in odangos and walked downstairs. "Ready?" her mom asked. "Yep" she answered. Usagi grabbed her card on the table and went over to the karaoke machine. "I'll get it" her mom said coming behind her and carefully picking it up. Usagi nodded and got the door for her. Usagi knew her father would be coming later to greet Duo at his party. Her father knew that Duo was a good friend to her. Usagi closed the door behind them and they walked to Duo's house. Usagi checked her watch. They were a little early but that didn't matter. Duo said they could come early. Usagi didn't want to come late and get an audience over the huge present.
Usagi knocked on the door and waited for an answer. The door slowly opened and there stood an excited Duo. He smiled and had them come in. Duo's mom came up to them and smiled. "You can put the present right over there" she said pointing to a place in the dinning room. Mrs.Tsukino went over and gently placed the present in the dining room. Duo's eyes fell upon the present and they widened. He had no clue what it was but whatever it was sure was big. He looked back at Usagi and then looked at his mom. "Can we go in the fort for a while?" he asked his mom. "Sure" she answered sweetly. Both moms watched as their children went outside to play. Mrs.Tsukino sighed. Usagi would have a hard time adjusting without Duo here.
Usagi sat next to Duo and looked at the clouds above them. This was going to be one of their last times in the fort. She looked over at Duo and saw he was thinking too. "What are you thinking about?" she asked him. "What it will be like in my new school" he said sighing. "What about you?" he asked her. "Well this is probably one of our last times together in the fort she said continuing to watch the clouds in the sky. They were like cotton balls that had been stretched. She wanted to touch one and bring it to her. Usagi held her hand out and traced the figure of the cloud. Duo watched as she ran her hand through thin air. Usagi's hand fell to her side and she rested her head on his shoulder. Duo didn't mind that much. She always did this. Duo rested his head on hers and they both looked at the sky. Usagi wish he would be here every day so they could do this. The silence was broken when Duo's mom came out. "Duo! More guests have arrived!" she yelled. Duo took his head off Usagi's and waited for her to remove hers from his shoulder. They both climbed down the fort and went inside for the party.
The party was very noisy inside but very fun. First everyone played around waiting for the last guests to arrive. Usagi didn't mind being around boys. After Duo's mom got them to settle down they started to play games. Duo's mom continued to take pictures. Duo was smiling for the camera so many times he knew at the end of the day his mouth would be sore. In one of the pictures Usagi had her arm wrapped over Duo's shoulder and Duo the same. They both smiled and said cheese. Duo's mom said that would be a great picture when they got it developed.
Later after the games were done they had pizza and cake. Duo's cake had a space shuttle on it and it was flying toward the moon. The cake had 10 candles. Duo was only a couple months older than Usagi. Duo blew the candles and made a wish. He told no one his wish although Usagi could guess what it was.
After cake they all sat around a chair in the living room where they waited for Duo to open the presents. Everyone wanted theirs opened first. Usagi just watched and smiled. She wanted hers last. She watched as Duo opened all kinds of different things such as squirt guns and models of things to build.
One large present remained after a while and it sat alone. Duo's mom carefully carried it to Duo. It was obviously heavy. Duo looked at it with a curious face. This one he had no clue of what it was. His mom took a picture of him and then he grabbed the card. He slowly and carefully opened it. It said, 'Hope all of your birthday wishes come true' 'From, Usagi'. After that it had a little ps. 'I hope you have fun with this in your new school'. Duo smiled and looked at Usagi. She blushed and waited for him to open it. He tore the wrapping paper off and threw it aside. His eyes widened and his mouth was wide opened. Everyone looked at it. Duo didn't know what to say. He looked at Usagi dumbfounded. She just giggled and waited for him to say something. "This is sooo awesome!" he exclaimed. Everyone gathered around it and looked at its features. Usagi stayed behind but just smiled. She knew right now she was happy. She had forgotten Duo had gone anywhere. She was happy that Duo was happy.
For the rest of the night everyone played with the Karaoke machine. Duo and Usagi sung a song of Duos that he had made up. They all laughed and watched them sing and dance around. After about an hour some of the guests started to leave. Soon Usagi was the last one there. She helped clean up the mess for Duo's mom as they threw away wrapping paper.
Finally Usagi's mom came to pick her up. "It's time to go" she said ushering Usagi to come. Usagi nodded and looked back at Duo. "See you tomorrow" Usagi said waving. "Bye Usa! Thanks for the karaoke machine!" Duo yelled after her waving. Usagi could not get her smile to come off her face. She knew she was sad that Duo was leaving but she was also glad she had made him happy. She looked up at her mom and they walked back home.
Hey I hope you liked this chapter and I am right now working on my next one so it should be out soon. I hope you like it so far! Ja ne! Usako