Chapter 11: What it is..
Hotaru opened her eyes sighed, she really did know what she had to do. She wasn't happy about it, but she did have to do it. "Duo." She called. He came running.
The dark of night had settled all around the small house and after tucking Hotaru in for a rest, he went over and started emailing his friends. He wanted to have a party for Hotaru's friend. Since now he knew Taru wouldn't be leaving him, he wanted to make things perfect for her friend. Ser would have a wonderful coming out party, literally.
When he heard Hotaru's call he ran to see if something was wrong. "Hey." She said when he appeared in the doorway.
"You rang?" He shot back with a grin. When her sad eyes stared up at him, his smile faded. "What?"
"I need you to call your doctor and have him cancel his plans to get Ser out."
"What?" Duo asked in shock. Something had happened.
Hotaru looked down at her hands. "You see, I finally figured out what Ser meant when she came to see me in my dreams. She knew she wouldn't make it. And she didn't really want to tell me cause she knew I wasn't strong enough at the time. I know tomorrow's plans won't work. But there's something that I need to do. You see, I think Ser's crystal guided me here, to you.
When I first got here, to your world, I didn't know what to do. So I just started walking, not knowing where I was going. At the time I just wanted to die, I didn't realize that I was being pulled. Somehow, Ser knew I need someone, and she led me to you."
Duo watched her, quietly. For once, he knew to shut up and just listen. Hotaru smiled softly.
"I should have known from the start I wouldn't be able to save Serena, but I wanted to have her here. To have someone. But she knew she wouldn't make it. And so she let me alone. Time alone.with you.
I need to get a reality check and realize that I wasn't alone, ever. I need to be brought to my senses and know that I could make friends even in the worst of times. As I build this up, Ser finally came and told me to hurry. I didn't understand what she meant other then the fact that her life was fading.
It's not her, Duo, which she wants to save. It's her child.
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"Wait, so you're telling me this. Serena led you here to me, to build yourself up so you could be strong enough to save her child?" Duo raised his brow.
"Not exactly." Hotaru sighed, "Ser wanted me to find happiness, so I could take her child an raise it. Do you understand?"
"She wants you to take her baby? And." He motioned with his hands, "actually have it?"
"Yes." Hotaru nodded sadly. "That's what she wants."
"Are you going to do it?"
"Yes."
"How do you plan to raise it?"
Hotaru sighed and stared up with him, "I'll get a job. Maybe someday find a husband..." She stared at him wistfully.
Duo blinked in surprise, "I thought it was my job to provide for the baby while the mom takes care of it at first?"
"What?" Hotaru asked, puzzled. But then it dawned on her, "you want me to."
"Yes."
Hotaru opened her eyes sighed, she really did know what she had to do. She wasn't happy about it, but she did have to do it. "Duo." She called. He came running.
The dark of night had settled all around the small house and after tucking Hotaru in for a rest, he went over and started emailing his friends. He wanted to have a party for Hotaru's friend. Since now he knew Taru wouldn't be leaving him, he wanted to make things perfect for her friend. Ser would have a wonderful coming out party, literally.
When he heard Hotaru's call he ran to see if something was wrong. "Hey." She said when he appeared in the doorway.
"You rang?" He shot back with a grin. When her sad eyes stared up at him, his smile faded. "What?"
"I need you to call your doctor and have him cancel his plans to get Ser out."
"What?" Duo asked in shock. Something had happened.
Hotaru looked down at her hands. "You see, I finally figured out what Ser meant when she came to see me in my dreams. She knew she wouldn't make it. And she didn't really want to tell me cause she knew I wasn't strong enough at the time. I know tomorrow's plans won't work. But there's something that I need to do. You see, I think Ser's crystal guided me here, to you.
When I first got here, to your world, I didn't know what to do. So I just started walking, not knowing where I was going. At the time I just wanted to die, I didn't realize that I was being pulled. Somehow, Ser knew I need someone, and she led me to you."
Duo watched her, quietly. For once, he knew to shut up and just listen. Hotaru smiled softly.
"I should have known from the start I wouldn't be able to save Serena, but I wanted to have her here. To have someone. But she knew she wouldn't make it. And so she let me alone. Time alone.with you.
I need to get a reality check and realize that I wasn't alone, ever. I need to be brought to my senses and know that I could make friends even in the worst of times. As I build this up, Ser finally came and told me to hurry. I didn't understand what she meant other then the fact that her life was fading.
It's not her, Duo, which she wants to save. It's her child.
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"Wait, so you're telling me this. Serena led you here to me, to build yourself up so you could be strong enough to save her child?" Duo raised his brow.
"Not exactly." Hotaru sighed, "Ser wanted me to find happiness, so I could take her child an raise it. Do you understand?"
"She wants you to take her baby? And." He motioned with his hands, "actually have it?"
"Yes." Hotaru nodded sadly. "That's what she wants."
"Are you going to do it?"
"Yes."
"How do you plan to raise it?"
Hotaru sighed and stared up with him, "I'll get a job. Maybe someday find a husband..." She stared at him wistfully.
Duo blinked in surprise, "I thought it was my job to provide for the baby while the mom takes care of it at first?"
"What?" Hotaru asked, puzzled. But then it dawned on her, "you want me to."
"Yes."