I've just woken up and had some lovely lemon-poppy seed muffins with cream cheese. Yum. I'm been on sort of a cheese binge which basically consists of me eating a bunch of cheese and then pretending I don't know why there's no more cheddar. ^_^. I hope you like this new chapter.
Teresa: That whole thing with the Spike fairy and the Faye fairy and all the rest was hilarious. Long live akugis!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
Warnings: Sexual themes, cussing.
Flames
Chapter Five
The door slid open to the master bedroom at the Hiwaka Jinja. Hino Rei stepped inside to find a still awake Yuuchirou, sitting in bed. When she opened the door, he looked up with eyes that suggested he had been crying.
"Rei! I was scared…" Yuuchirou scrambled from bed and threw his arms around her. Rei hugged him, already the guilty feeling rising up in her.
"Scared of what?" Rei tried to make sure her voice didn't crack.
"I thought you weren't coming back." Yuuchirou whispered fiercely. Rei never felt like such a whore in her life. Here she was comforting Yuuchirou and it hadn't been all that long ago that she had been having sex with Jadeite. What was happening?
"I told you I would." Rei moved closer to him. Yuuchirou inhaled the scent of her hair. But it didn't smell like her hair usually did.
"Rei? Where did you go?" Yuuchirou asked her.
"I went to Usagi's. I spent the night there." Rei said the lie; glad she didn't have to look in Yuuchirou's eyes when she said it. She probably had dishonesty written all over her. Yuuchirou tensed and he pulled away until she was at arm's length.
"I called Usagi. She said you weren't there." Yuuchirou's voice seemed monotone.
"What a baka! You probably called too early and early in the morning she couldn't tell you if Mamoru was there!" Rei joked, hoping that he wouldn't keep asking.
"They were all up early to go pick up Ami at the airport. The others were there too." Yuuchirou's tone didn't change. It was like he wasn't really there.
Rei tried desperately to think of something to say, something good to say in this situation.
"Rei?" Rei looked up in those sad blue eyes. She cringed, as she knew what was coming. "Are you seeing somebody else?"
"No." Rei shook her head. "No, how could you think that?" It was amazing how shocked she could sound.
"Are you cheating on me?" Yuuchirou appeared to actually be getting angry.
"No! I just told you!" Rei lied vehemently.
"Then where were you?" Yuuchirou questioned in a demanding tone.
"No where! I walked around all night!" Rei tried that avenue. "I didn't want to tell you because I knew you'd be worried that I was walking the streets of Tokyo by myself all night."
"Please, Rei, is that the truth?" Yuuchirou asked her, his face almost an impassive stone.
"Yes." Rei kissed him. Yuuchirou kissed her back with a surprising amount of force. He pushed up her against a wall, dropping his pants and practically ripping Rei's underwear off before lifting her legs and shoving himself inside her.
"Say you love me." Yuuchirou ordered as he kept shoving. Rei had her arms tangled around him.
"Yuuchirou." Rei closed her eyes, concentrating.
"Say you love me." Yuuchirou repeated as he went in and out.
"Yes, yes." Rei murmured.
"Say you love me." Yuuchirou began to push more frantically.
"…love you…" Rei tried to push away the image of those ice-blue eyes staring into hers. She felt like she was just letting Yuuchirou do whatever he wanted. It wasn't anything compared to Jadeite's touch. Oh gods, what the hell was she doing? Yuuchirou finished and let her down. Rei told him she was going to go take a shower and then go meet up with her friends.
Rei stepped inside the shower, turning the water up as hot as she possibly could stand and falling to her knees. Her raven hair was hanging in front of her, her hands in front of her knees.
I'm a whore…
What do I do?
She stayed in that position until the water stopped being warm. After her shower, she went and got dressed before heading out. Rei waved to Yuuchirou as she left, smiling warmly at him. It was almost like it had been before Jadeite.
Rei hailed a taxi and she went to what she knew was the rendezvous point.
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"REI!" Usagi yelled out and half the restaurant looked up at her in surprise. Rei's face dropped but she quickly made her way over to the table where Usagi, Minako, Makoto, and Ami were sitting.
"Hi everyone. Hey Ami, how's Germany?" Rei grinned at the blue-haired woman who was beaming back.
"Wonderful." Ami scooted over to make room for her at their booth.
"How long are you visiting for?" Minako asked Ami.
"Just a week. I'm afraid…" Ami looked down at her drink. "I'm afraid that's all the time I can afford to be away at the moment."
"That's okay, we'll just make sure your vacation is so good it's like you were here for a month." Makoto hit Ami on the back. It ruffled the blue-haired genius a little but she quickly adjusted herself.
"I haven't been around so what's new?" Ami asked the four.
"Still pregnant." Usagi rubbed her swollen stomach.
"Business is going pretty well down at the restaurant." Makoto informed her. "We were thinking we might have to take on some extra staff soon."
"Usagi and I went baby clothes shopping!" Minako clapped her hands together. "There was the cutest little pink dress ever on the racks that we just had to get for Chibi-usa…"
"What about you Rei?" Ami turned to the suddenly quiet psychic. Minako shot her a look that Rei ignored.
"Oh same old stuff as always." Rei shrugged, giving Ami a half smile. Usagi was studying Rei as though she knew Rei was lying, Ami was giving her a thoughtful look, and Minako was still sending out knowing looks.
During the rest of the meal, Ami kept sending Rei a small look that said Rei was going to have to talk to Ami, who could tell that something was wrong. Well, Usagi was also sending the look to her but Rei knew that explaining matters to Ami was going to be a lot easier then explaining them to Usagi. If only Minako wasn't giving her that stupid look.
They finished and Rei volunteered to walk Ami to the hotel that Ami was staying at.
"Well Rei, you aren't looking as well as you usually do." Ami spoke calmly as they walked along; everyone else had already left.
"A lot has happened to me lately." Rei sighed.
"Tell me." Ami adjusted her glasses as they went along.
"I guess I'll just start at the beginning." Rei took a deep breath. "Jadeite's alive. Except he isn't evil, at least, not in the brainwashed Beryl sense. He said some things I didn't understand but since Minako remembered the most about the Silver Millennium, I went to her about it."
"That would explain Minako's erm, expressions." Ami smiled a little at the blonde's antics.
"Yeah, she told me that Jadeite and I were in love. I didn't really believe her but he kept coming and talking to me. I began to remember things. Bits and pieces." Rei paused. "Then I got into a fight with Yuuchirou."
"I have a feeling I know where this is heading." Ami nodded her head for Rei to go on.
"I ran into Jadeite and I was just complaining…" Rei closed her eyes trying to recall the exact order of events. "Then he kissed me. And I remembered exactly what it felt like to be kissed by him. You wouldn't believe me if I told you but I felt like I was drowning. And then we were kissing and then we went back to his hotel room and…" Rei trailed off, glancing at Ami who had slightly red cheeks.
"I see." Ami said slowly. "And after your…um, episode, what happened?"
"I was pissed at him. Ami, it's like he has all this power over me that I can't explain." Rei shook her head. "He's so frustrating! I yelled at him and he accused me of…of sleeping with more then just Yuuchirou and him. But I'm not!"
"I know." Ami's voice was still calm.
"I said some things…I'm not sure I should have said. He deserved it! Then I left and went home. Yuuchirou knew I hadn't been at Usagi's. He thought I was cheating on him and he was right but I couldn't tell him!" Rei finished. There were several moments of silence. "Ami…say something."
"I find it's always wise to wait until after I've thought of exactly what I want to say to say it." Ami looked up at her. "Rei, do you love Yuuchirou?" There was silence. "Rei?"
"I-I don't know!" Rei confessed. "Yuuchirou's so nice and kind and when Grandpa was still alive, he cared about him but…I know this will sound selfish but I'll say it anyways. I'm not so sure that's what I really want in a relationship. He's not…"
"For you?" Ami guessed. "So you don't love him?"
"Maybe I do, I don't know." Rei tugged on some of her hair.
"Either you do or you don't. Love doesn't have a gray area." Ami spoke in a wise tone.
"I know but…it feels so much more complicated then that. Yuuchirou's stayed at the temple for so long…" Rei stopped and looked at her feet. "He's always been there."
"Yuuchirou does not need to be repaid. You don't owe him." Ami reminded her.
"Maybe I don't owe him but there's other things…I care about him." Rei affirmed.
"Alright, now answer this question: Do you love Jadeite?" Ami posed the question.
"Don't ask me that." Rei said in a pleading tone.
"Until you can answer that question, then I really don't know what to tell you. Perhaps if you went to Yuuchirou and confessed everything, you could work the relationship out." Ami put in logically. "However, if you do love Jadeite then you should tell him and not stay in a relationship with Yuuchirou because you feel obligated to."
"You're right Ami." Rei suddenly hugged her friend, who was surprised for a few seconds before hugging her back. "Thank you. I wanted to talk to you about it because you see every side."
"That's the only way to look at things." Ami smiled.
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No more chapter. Shall I start chapter six now? Dun dun DUN!!! Is anyone scared yet? Yeah…you should be! I'm a dork.