HELLO THERE PEOPLES!! ^^ How are you today? Doing good? I hope so. Well, here ya go, it's the next chapter of my story. You go an have fun okay? Ja ne! PS: I don't own Sailor Moon!
Usagi woke up the next morning, sleep deprived and angry that she didn't get to see Seiya today. She got out of bed and dressed, then walked downstairs and out the door without a single thought for breakfast.
She walked to the school with a slowed pace. Her eyes were glued to the ground as she was in deep thought about the attack, and the strange scar, but mostly Seiya. She wondered if his cell phone went off, would he have kissed her? It seemed almost like a distant fantasy… and yet…
"Usagi!" a voice called from behind her. She turned around and Seiya jogged up to her. "How's my favorite student doing?" He asked, breathing hard. Usagi blushed.
"I'm fine, what about you?" She asked.
"Oh, I thought I'd change my jogging route. I didn't know I would go by you," Seiya smiled.
"Thanks, Seiya, for coming to see me yesterday," She said slowly. Seiya smiled.
"I'm always worried about the well being of my students. I'll walk you to school," He said. Usagi smiled and thanked him. "Don't mention it. How's the scar doing?" He asked.
Usagi touched it tentatively, "It's very gross. The doctor thinks it's infected…"
"Ooo, that's not good. Did he give you something for it?"
"Yeah, this nasty smelling cream. It smells like decomposing grass," Usagi chortled. Seiya laughed.
"Sounds invigorating. I've been looking for some sheet music for us to work on together."
"Oh, did you find anything?"
"Nope. Not a blasted thing. I'm looking for something… something that reflects your essence."
Usagi blushed a deep red. "Oh…"
"If all else fails I may just have to write a piece myself, as long as you don't mind."
Usagi shook her head, "No… not at all."
"Good, is this your school?" Seiya asked, looking toward the building. Usagi nodded.
"Hai… domo-arigato." Usagi said. Seiya smiled.
"Don't mention it. You have a good day now okay?" He tossed a wink in her direction, then jogged off. Usagi was blushing very deeply by now.
"Usagi! Who was that!?" Makoto and Minako asked, coming up behind Usagi. She just smiled.
"That… was Seiya."
"He was hot," Makoto giggled.
"I told you," Usagi smiled. "He ran into me while he was jogging and decided to walk me to school."
"What a nice guy!" Minako giggled, "He walked you to school… and he's totally hot…" She sighed.
Usagi blushed, "Is Ami back?" Usagi questioned, quickly changing the subject.
"Hai. She's talking to her teachers right now," Makoto said, "She's worried about all the notes she missed" She rolled her eyes. "Sometimes… Usagi?"
"Hm?" Usagi asked.
"What is that on your neck?"
Minako looked at Usagi, "Yeah, it looks like a scar."
Usagi blushed, "I found it yesterday. The doctor really doesn't know what it is, but he thinks it's infected from the green ooze."
"Ooo, that doesn't sound good."
"No… not really," Usagi shrugged.
"Hey! You're that girl that got attacked yesterday! COOL! What was it LIKE!?" Some freshmen ran up to her and she raised an eyebrow.
"It was the most thrilling, exotic, and erotic adventure of my life. Now go away," Usagi turned and headed for the school, leaving some very weirded-out people.
Usagi's day went by lowly, somewhere in the back of her mind she kept anticipating another monster to burst through the door and attack her. But nothing really did.
Ami was feeling all right, she didn't have an unsightly scar on her neck… She said it was so bizarre to be saved by something that didn't exist. Usagi agreed with her on that one. So the day went by slowly, and Usagi did her homework with a little more care then usual.
It wasn't long before she fell asleep… but soon to be wakened by unpleasant dreams…
Usagi's dreams never really made sense to her before… but this dream was so real… All she could feel was immense pain. And not only that, but no the scar was throbbing with a dull kind of pain. She sighed and looked out the window.
She wanted to go out… maybe right now… maybe later sometime… but she wanted to go. She was sick of being cooped up here all the time… at least with Seiya she got to stare at his good looks for an hour. Usagi smirked.
Lately the episode that had happened in her room had been playing over and over in her mind. She had started day dreaming about his kisses… she could imagine them soft. Or starting soft… and passion growing within them… Usagi giggled suddenly. She wanted to feel his lips on hers. Just once… just to see what it was like…
Maybe… maybe tomorrow she could kiss him… just softly. She sighed sweetly. It would never happen. No matter how hard she tried, he wouldn't kiss her…
Usagi threw the covers over her and tried to sleep. It didn't come easily… but it came…
"Usagi! Usagi, Kou-san is going to be here any minute!" Her mother called. Usagi quickly freshened up and went down to wait for Seiya in the study. She didn't have to wait long.
"Konnichiwa, Usagi," He came in and closed the door, "How've you been lately?"
"Alright I suppose," Usagi said, giving a slight sigh.
"Why so down?" Seiya asked as he pulled several sheets of music from his briefcase and sat down at the piano.
Usagi shrugged, "I'm not down… My scar… it's really been bothering me lately," She gave it a slight touch, but only succeeded in sending the 'pins and needles' feeling through her body. She gave a slight jump.
Seiya looked very concerned. He rose from the bench and went to her. "Pull back your hair and let me look at it."
Usagi blushed and took her hair into her hand and pulled it away from her neck. Seiya's eyebrows knitted together in concentration, and Usagi couldn't help but gaze at his handsome face and soft features…
"Usagi… this really doesn't look good… maybe it's just me." The way he said it made him sound like he was going to cancel a few more lessons so she could go to the doctor.
There was no way in hell Usagi was going to let that happen to her, "Oh, I'm sure it's just a side effect from healing, I'll give it another day or so…"
"Alright, but promise me you'll go see a doctor if the condition doesn't improve by Monday," Seiya said, brushing his fingertips across her neck and bring his face close to hers. He looked deeply into her baby blue eyes. "Promise?" He asked, his sweet breath tickling her senses.
Usagi could feel herself loosing control… she nodded and swallowed hard. "Hai… Hai, I promise…" she whispered.
Seiya smiled that smile that was unique only to him, and that simply stated: 'I care for you, so be careful.' Usagi let a faint blush across her cheeks, then she leaned forward, letting her eyes flutter shut-
"Hey! I just in came to grab some files!" Usagi's father burst into the room. Usagi had never felt so embarrassed. She watched as her father grabbed some papers. He turned to Seiya as he was heading out. "Now why aren't you singing?"
"Oh! Her scar, I was just making sure she was alright," Seiya smiled very brightly at Usagi's father. He shrugged and nodded.
"Well, alright! You have fun now!" He walked out and closed the door.
Seiya turned to Usagi, "Well…"
Usagi turned away and blushed. She was going to kiss him. She was going to do it! It had to be a miracle… and now all she wanted was that she could have kissed him.
Seiya smiled at her. Usagi could see in his eyes that he knew what she was going to do, and he didn't seem to have a problem with it. He just smiled very pleasantly at her and resumed his seat at the piano.
"Do you remember your posture?" He asked. Usagi nodded slowly. "Good! Now… sing a c-scale for me." He tapped the notes on the keyboard as she sang along. He did this with thirds, and then pulled a chromatic scale on her. Usagi was thoroughly confused by the end of the last scale.
"You did good, Usagi," he said, pulling out some music. "I can't find anything I really liked yet, so I thought we'd work on something a little fun and reasonably easy. Here you go, 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend'." He gave her a grin.
"I think I heard my mother singing this once…" Usagi said, looking over his shoulder at the music. Seiya chuckled.
"You'll like it," he fingered a couple notes. "Now, Just the first line, and slowly."
Usagi followed his notes on the keyboard, "The French are glad to, die for love…" She paused as her voice wavered, Seiya smiled.
"It's okay, try it again…"
So Usagi worked on it carefully, by the end of the hour, she had gone through the whole thing twice. She smiled happily at Seiya as he packed up to go.
"You did great, Usagi, You even kept your posture," He smiled at her, and handed her a photocopy of the music. "Here, I want you to practice, alright?"
"Mm-hm," She took the copy from him and nodded. Seiya smiled and took one last look at her scar.
"And promise me you'll get that checked out if it's not better by Monday, okay?" His fingers were splayed on her neck and Usagi blushed, then nodded. Seiya played with her hair for a moment, before he bent down and gave her a very quick, and soft kiss on her cheek. Usagi gave a gasp… she didn't think…
"I'll see you Monday, Usagi," Seiya smiled and walked from the room, leaving Usagi very stunned.
She sat down on the couch and stared blankly at the wall. She touched her cheek softly and smiled. He kissed her cheek… was it possible that he liked her too? Maybe he saw that a year wasn't a big difference too… She sighed.
Next Monday… she wouldn't see him for two whole days! It just wasn't fair at all! Usagi pouted for a moment, then a knock came at the door.
"Usagi, Makoto wants you to spend the night at her house," Usagi's mother spoke.
"Alright, I'll be right there," Usagi ran up to her room and quickly packed, and went over to Makoto's apartment.
"So, Usagi-chan," Minako said, eating a handful of popcorn, "How was practice today?"
Usagi grabbed a piece of pizza and blushed, "I almost kissed him… I was so close… then my dad walked in!"
"You were going to kiss your instructor?" Ami looked very appalled at the idea.
Usagi blushed, "Yeah… Ami, you don't understand… he's only eighteen, hot-"
"Very hot!" Minako busted in.
"Extremely HOT!" Makoto giggled.
"And nice, and flirty… I can't help it…" Usagi twisted some hair around her finger and sighed.
"But that doesn't make any difference!" Ami said, "He's still your superior."
"Not in my book," Said Minako, butting in, "If he's less then five years older then you, then he's fair game."
"That's a lovely way of putting it, treat him like he's raw meat…" Makoto said and shook her head.
"I really like him you guys…" Usagi blushed, she fingered her hair for a moment. Minako giggled.
"We can totally tell."
Ami was totally against the idea of having any kind of crush on any one of your instructors. Minako was all for it, and Makoto just thought it was cute. Usagi was confused by the whole situation. It had only been a few days and already she was confessing her feelings for him. Usagi sighed, maybe she was just going insane… she really liked him though…
"Usagi? Come on! We're gonna play truth or dare!" Minako giggled, Usagi shrugged and joined in the fun. She was chosen last to go, after some gruesome details about Ami's first kiss, and Minako having to flash a guy on the street from Makoto's balcony, and then Makoto having to tell weather or not she was a virgin (Which she wasn't).
"Okay, Usagi. Truth or dare?" Makoto asked.
"Dare…" Usagi said hesitantly.
Makoto thought for a moment, "I dare you to do cartwheels down the hall… in your underwear," She grinned.
Usagi gave a start. "NANI!?"
"Go on, Usagi!" Minako giggled. Usagi slowly unrobed herself and went to the door. She turned around to look at her three friends.
"If I get caught…" She growled.
"Don't worry… you won't!" Makoto giggled. Usagi sighed and opened the door and stepped outside, she glanced around to make sure no one was there and did several cartwheels to the end of the hall. Then a familiar voice made her stop.
"Now I would have expected better of you," Said a laughing voice. Two gasps and a 'Wha?' sounded from Makoto's doorway. Usagi didn't turn around. She wanted to die right about now.
"Usagi… Usagi… now what am I going to do with you?" The voice said again.
"MAKOTO!" Usagi screeched, turning around. There stood a familiar figure with laughing indigo eyes.
"Aren't you a little cold in that?" He questioned. Usagi blushed, then with as much dignity as she could, walked to Makoto's doorway.
"Oh my gosh, Usagi!" Makoto said when the door was closed, "I didn't know he lived here! Oh, Usagi… I'm so sorry…"
Usagi was so embarrassed she felt like she was going to cry. She quickly dressed and sat on the couch as her friends tried to cheer her up. Usagi suddenly thought that her relationship with Seiya was now over… she felt like she was going to cry again, when there came a rapping at the door. Makoto looked strangely at the others, then went to the door.
"Can I talk to Usagi?" It was that same voice. Usagi blushed, as she listened to Makoto speak. Usagi got up and went behind Makoto.
"I'll be right back Makoto," She followed Seiya out into the hall. There was a deep silence between the two of them. Usagi looked up at him.
"So?"
"Uh… I'm sorry Usagi. That was awfully rude of me," Seiya said, leaning against the wall.
"What was?" Usagi asked.
"Making fun of you just now… the kiss before…"
"The kiss?" Usagi questioned, she wanted him to go into detail about it.
"I just figured that maybe you liked me… but if you don't, I totally understand," Seiya blushed and looked at the ground.
"Are you trying to say you like me?" Usagi questioned. Seiya blushed even redder and looked away.
"Yeah… I do like you… I mean, you always seem so nice in lessons… I just hope that we could grow out of the lesson etiquette we have… and maybe hang out some time," He rubbed the back of his neck, then looked up at Usagi, "What do you think?"
Usagi smiled, "I think I'd like that a lot…"
"I'm sorry… you're the only student I've ever really wanted to be friends with… all my other students were brats," He smiled.
"Ahhh, like my little brother? Man, is he a pain," Usagi giggled. Seiya laughed.
"I don't think I've met him yet."
"Lucky you," She replied sardonically. Seiya laughed, then smiled at her again.
"Maybe next weekend we could do something," Seiya shrugged, "Like go see a movie?"
"That'd be nice," Usagi blushed.
"Well, I guess I'll let you go back to your party or whatever…" He smiled, then his eyes darted to her neck, "And get that checked out please… I'd hate to loose my best student to carelessness."
Usagi smiled a little, "Alright. If it doesn't get better by Monday."
Seiya laughed, "Same deal we made before, eh?"
Usagi laughed along with him, "Guess so."
Seiya reached out and gently touched her neck, "Be careful alright?"
"Alright…" Usagi said softly as he looking into her eyes.
Seiya smiled, then bent down and kissed her cheek again. "Good night, Usagi…"
Usagi looked up into his eyes softly… it was almost as though she were pleading for more then the gentle kiss on the cheek. Seiya's fingertips moved slowly upward and traced her jaw line. Usagi's eyes never left his, slowly he bent down… and his eyes closed as her breath touched his lips. Just a few more millimeters and the daydreams that had been torturing them both would finally come true…
"Usagi! Hurry up!" Came a voice through Makoto's door. Usagi gave a jump and looked up at Seiya. She blushed.
"I… I guess I better go, ne?" Usagi asked. Seiya nodded.
"Yeah… I guess so…" He smiled weakly, "'Night, Usagi."
"'Night, Seiya…" She turned into Makoto's apartment, her mind still on Seiya and his alarmingly tempting kisses, which she hadn't even tasted yet.