"Are you trying to catch flies?" Yaten laughed and sat down next to Usagi, she was blushing wildly.

"No wonder you guys like spending time out here, it's so . . .peaceful, don't you think?" Yaten grinned.

"I'm going to kill you, Yaten!" Seiya grabbed Yaten's collar. "If you udder a word of this to anyone, I swear on my honor as a prince, I'll rip you to pieces with my bare hands."

"You don't have to be so mean about it, Seiya." Yaten had a scared expression on his face. Seiya dropped Yaten's collar and Yaten sat back against the tree. "Who said I was going to tell anyone?"

"This isn't what it looks like, you know." Usagi looked at the ground.

"Oh really?" Yaten laughed.

"Yaten-san," Usagi looked up at Yaten, tears were in her eyes. "This was the first time that he ever touched me like that, I swear. He never kissed me before. You must be as shocked about it as I was."

"Seiya," Yaten sighed. "What are you getting yourself into?"

"I don't know, Yaten. I just don't fell this way about Kakyuu; I've never wanted to marry her anyway. I just wish I could make this all go away." Seiya hung his head in his hands.

"I'll do whatever I can do to help." Yaten stepped out of character. "You're my brother, you know, and I need to make sure things will be okay."

"You'd do that for me, Yaten?" Seiya looked up.

Yaten burst out laughing. "You're on your own with this one, bud! I can't wait until I have to see the look on the Queen's face when you tell her you don't want to marry Kakyuu!"

"Yaten!" Seiya fumed.

Yaten continued to laugh, but was suddenly stopped with a punch to the face. He had a look of shock and then he fell over, unconscious. Seiya looked up at Usagi, who had her hand up and Seiya was astonished.

"Gomenasai," Usagi looked at her hand. "I didn't actually think that I'd do it."

Now it was Seiya's turn to burst out laughing. "It was about time you set that rotten little shrimp in his place!" Seiya rolled on the ground laughing.

Usagi tried to stifle a giggle as she watched Seiya laugh. She looked down at Yaten though, and saw that his nose was bleeding.

"Seiya-san, do you think Yaten-kun will be mad at me for this?" Usagi knew she was already treading on thin ice.

"He'll probably have a fit, but I know he won't tell anyone for fear of being embarrassed by being punched by a girl." Seiya sat up and wiped away a tear. "The look on his face was priceless, though."

Usagi sighed, feeling very bad about what she had done.

Seiya smiled and gently squeezed her hand. "Don't worry about this, everything will work out. We can talk tonight, in my room, all right? We'll discuss everything, but for right now, we need to wake up Yaten." Seiya smiled and placed a small kiss on Usagi's cheek. Usagi just blushed and nodded.

"Yo, Yaten . . ." Seiya shook Yaten awake.

"Yes, fifty-two!" Yaten sat bolt up right. He shook his head in disbelief and then felt the blood trickling from his nose and looked accusingly at Usagi. "Don't you know that for punching me there is a penalty worse then death?"

Usagi looked very frightened.

"Yeah, the punishment is actually helping him clean his room." Seiya laughed. "Or maybe do all of his laundry, or even spending a day with him!" Seiya laughed harder.

"Gomenasai, Ojisama Yaten." Usagi let a tear fall down her face. "I really didn't mean to, it was just all of the anxiety and stuff at the moment made me do it." She looked up at Yaten with pleading eyes. "Please forgive me?"

As Seiya had melted underneath Usagi's eyes, Yaten felt a real sincerity in them.

"I guess," Yaten mumbled and looked away. "But only this time, next time I won't be held responsible, I don't care if you're a girl or not."

"Arigato!" Usagi threw her arms around Yaten and squeezed him tightly. Yaten blushed a little and Usagi pulled back and smiled at him.

"I can see what you see in her, Seiya." Yaten let a small smile creep onto his face. "Even if she is an alien."

"Well, it was *almost * a complement." Seiya raised his eyebrow at Yaten.

"Whatever," Yaten stuffed his hands into his pockets. "What are going to do about this, anyway?" Yaten raised his eyebrow, "Lover boy."

"Yaten . . ." Seiya lunged for Yaten but Usagi stopped him.

"Seiya-san, Yaten has already had more then he's been due, today." She smiled sweetly at him.

Seiya melted. "All right, Kirro Maiden." Seiya smiled. "I'll let him off this time, but only because you popped him a good one."

"I'm still here, you know!" Yaten scowled.

Usagi stood up and looked at the two boys. "I think I'm going to go to my room, okay? I need to rest."

"I'll walk you to your room?" Seiya started to stand up.

"Iie, I shudder to think of the two of you in the palace!" Yaten stood up in protest.

"Fine, will *you * walk me to my room, Yaten-kun?" Usagi blinked at him.

"Whatever," Yaten started walking back to the palace.

"I'll see you later, ne?" Usagi smiled as she walked away from the tree and the blanket.

"Hai, Ja ne!" Seiya flashed a smile at her. He watched as Usagi and Yaten walked back to the palace. He let out a small sigh and sat back down with the book of Fairy Tales.

"And they lived happily ever after." Seiya sighed. "If only it could come true."

***

Yaten walked with Usagi towards her room. There was a long silence between them, because Usagi didn't know what to say to him, but finally she spoke.

"Yaten-kun?"

"Hai?"

"What do you really think about me?" Usagi looked at Yaten.

"What do you mean?" Yaten scowled a bit.

"I mean, what is your true and honest opinion about me? Am I some weird freak that crash-landed on your planet, seducing your brother? Just tell me what you think about me, so I know how to act around you."

Yaten had a look of confusion on his face. "Well, I don't really know you all that well. I tend not to like strangers anyway, but I do think you're a little bit of a freak because of your hair, I mean . . .it's *yellow*!" Yaten brushed a few strands of hair away from his face. "But, on the other hand, my hair is *silver*, and I guess that it's kind of weird for you to be seeing something like that." Yaten sighed. "Well, I suppose my honest opinion of you is, well, I don't really have an opinion of you yet, I barely know you."

"Okay then," Usagi nodded as they neared her room. "I can understand that." Usagi put her hand on her doorknob. "I just have to thank you again, for walking me to my room and for . . .well, you know." Usagi blushed.

"Whatever," Yaten looked away. "Just don't count on me doing it again any time soon. I'd rather not get in trouble with my Queen, thank you very much."

"Arigato, Yaten-kun." Usagi opened her door and stepped inside.

"Ja," Yaten turned on his heel and walked down the hallway to his own room. Usagi watched him walk away. 'Arigato . . .'

Usagi closed her door and walked over to her mirror. She took the blue flower out of her hair and set it on her dresser. She looked in the mirror and suddenly got a vision of herself with her hair up, in circles? Usagi shrugged and laid down on her bed. She replayed the events of the past hour over and over again in her mind. Every time she thought about Seiya kissing her, she blushed.

"I only have to wait until tonight." She sighed and relaxed against her pillows, letting sleep come to her.





[A/N: I'm SOOOOO Sorry that this has been delayed for so long, but I get a really good idea for one story, and then I have a writer's block for my other story! . The cycle is insane. But, I would like to know if you liked it or not. ^^ The characters of Sailor Moon do NOT belong to me!]