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The Importance of Chocolate

2. Post-Coital Chocolate

A fanfiction by Pudadingding

Using characters and situations from

Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi

"So, what are we ordering?" Rei Hino asked, tossing her long black hair behind her so that she could read the menu a bit better.

"Aren't we waiting for Lita?" Her friend Mina Aino-Stone replied, combing her fingers through her equally long hair. "After all, she chose this particular restaurant."

"I would have been happy enough at the arcade." Moaned another one of their friends, Serena Tsukino. The three of them, along with another friend, Ami Mizuno, were sitting outside a quaint little restaurant in the area of Juuban, Tokyo. They were having their monthly get-together, and were awaiting their other friend, Lita Kino to join them.

As they waited, Serena mused on how much all of them had grown since they were younger. The five of them were all friends from their schooldays, and although their careers had led them in different directions, their relationships with each other, and their duty to Serena, their future princess, kept them in close contact. Serena knew that if she needed them they would be there for her in an instant, and vice versa.

Serena had got engaged as she had planned, and had moved in with Darien. What was not planned was her career of hairdressing, but suprisingly she was very good at it, and had recently opened her own salon. Moon Designs was a huge success, and there was a long waiting list for an appointment.

Her relationship with Darien was still going strong, and the wedding was due right in the middle of the cherry blossom festival. All the scouts were involved, and it looked as if it would be the wedding of a lifetime. Darien himself was a leading paediatrician at Tokyo General hospital.

Rei had remained at the temple after her grandfather's death, maintaining it, and furthering her training as a Shinto priestess. At first, she'd had Chad's assistance, but after the break up he had moved to a different city, so she was left to manage on her own. The girls had helped, and it was through them, and Serena in particular, that she'd met her new beau.

Jason Stone was a friend of Darien's and from the moment he'd met Rei, was determined to have her heart. He had eventually won it, requiring Rei to hire another miko to attend to the temple, so that Rei could accompany Jason on his many business trips. Their wedding was set for six months after Serena's and Rei couldn't be happier.

Jason brother, Kevin seemed to possess the same determination as his brother for he had also captured the heart of one of the scouts. Another friend of Darien's, Mina and Kevin (a leading Fashion desginer) had met at a fashion shoot in Hawaii, and hit it off immediately. Three months later, they were married and now Mina was expecting her first child. It had put a hold on her modeling career, but she was so estatic to be a mum that she didn't care.

Ami had followed her dreams and was currently a trainee doctor at the same hospital as Darien worked. She hoped to join Darien in the Pediatrics ward before setting up a surgery of her own. Her partner was an outgoing man by the name of Zachary Cite. A friend of Mina's husband, he ran a bar, which the girls visited once, and became enamoured with Ami.

After a few months of nervous dating due to past experience - her high school sweetheart, Greg, had left her for his younger blonde secretary that went by the name of Candy leaving Ami heart-broken - she finally accepted that he wasn't out to break her heart. A month later they moved in with each other, and were now very happy.

Lita had met her boyfriend, Nathan Watts, when he moved into the apartment opposite her. She was still dating Ken at the time, but after a ten hour wait, when one of the elevators broke down, Lita realised that she would prefer to be with Nathan. The tall brunnete had finally met her match in a magazine editor, as not only could he win against her on the karate mats, he could beat Serena in an eating contest.

Mina, announcing Lita's arrival to practically the whole restaurant cut her musings short. And sure enough, as Serena raised her head, there was the tall brunette striding up in her typical brisk walk. Her hair was in it's customary ponytail, although it looked slightly mussed up, her cheeks were slightly more rosy than usual and her clothes looked a bit skewed. But other than that, Lita looked exactly the same as at any other of their group lunches.

Oh, except for the cigarette hanging lazily out of her mouth.

"Lita!" exclaimed Serena loudly, "When did you start smoking?!!!"

"What? I don't smoke. It's a dirty habit." Lita declared, sitting down and picking up the menu, all the while taking a long drag on her cigarette. Ami choked on her drink, and Serena sat there with her mouth wide open.

"Umm, Lita. I hate to tell you this, but … well you are smoking." Mina stated bluntly. Lita finished the cigarette and put it out. Rei raised one neatly plucked dark eyebrow at her, and smirked causing Lita to turn a deep red. Ami caught the exchange and gasped in understanding.

"Oh, it was that sort of cigarette, was it?" she asked knowingly. "I didn't know that Nathan was the type for a quick nibble before lunch." The girls all looked at their usually demure friend in shock, astounded that she could make such an obvious innuendo as that. Zachary Cite really had brought out a new side to her.

"Yeah, well…" Lita replied, non-commitedly.

"I don't get it." Serena shook her head. "What does Lita smoking have to do with her and Nathan's bed habits?"

Her friends all shared a look, wondering how to approach the subject to their innocent friend. Surely, she had to have some experience in the matter. After all, her and Darien had been together for almost ten years now.

"Well, some couple like to relieve themselves with a cigarette after…" Ami drifted off, unsure how to complete the sentence.

"…Relieving themselves!" Finished Mina with a smile on her face. However, Serena was still unclear as to what her friends were on about, as was evident on her face.

"Oh, for Kami's sake Meatball Head. It's a post-coital cigarette. As in a cigarette you smoke after sex!" Rei declared, making Lita blush even more than before and everyone else nearby turn and look at them. It had suddenly turned very silent.

"Rei, we really have to work on your volume control." Drawled Mina with a smirk on her face. The tension was broken and the five girls could return to their conversation.

"So, is it a common thing to smoke a cigarette after sex? Do you guys all do it?" Serena asked nervously.

"Well, Malcolm and I don't, because he says it ruins his complexion, and makes his hair greasy. Arrogant prat." Mina said lovingly, "But I used to share in the occasional one with Andrew." Ami nodded in agreement.

"Greg didn't. Always into his health, and stuff. But Zach and I often do. We've experimented with… ahem… alternative types before as well, although those are the sort that often lead up to more sex." She smirked, devilishly, which looked rather odd to her friends.

"Well, well, well." Rei smirked. "To think that I thought I was the only one who smoked. Jason got me started and now I'm hooked. But you lot!! Ami! You're a dark horse. And Lita! You and Mina have certainly been keeping quiet about this. Looks like Serena is the only innocent one here. Or is she?"

The four girls all gathered round their princess menacingly.

"I've never touched a cigarette in my life." Stated the blonde indignantly.

"So what do you have after sex then?" Mina asked, curiously.

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A few hours later, Serena and Darien were in the throes of passion. After the conversation that afternoon, Serena had jumped her fiancé as soon as he entered the apartment. Needless to say, Darien did not object.

After the third climax that night, Darien rolled off Serena, completely spent. They lay there, still in each other's arms, catching their breath before he twisted away and began searching in his bedside cabinet.

As he searched, Serena was wondering.

"Darien? Have you ever had a post-coital cigarette?"

"The only person I've ever been coital with is you." Came the reply. "So no, I haven't. What brought this up?"

"Just a conversation with the girls this afternoon. All the others seem to smoke afterwards. Do you think we're weird because we don't?"

"Of course not. We're perfectly fine the way we are. Ah, here they are!" Darien said as he handed his fiancée something then joined her again in bed. He leaned over and gave her a loving kiss before taking a bite.

And that is where we shall leave them, the young couple taking turns between nibbling on each other's lips, and nibbling on their chocolate bars…

Ahhhhhhh…. It feels so good to finally finish this. I started it, the instant that I finished the last chapter, but other things such as Gang show, Stagecoach, Hellhole (commonly known as school) and other fics have delayed me.

As well as the fact that I am still searching for a Sailor Moon Beta… Any Offers?

Next chapter should be up when it's finished…