Hey you guys! I'm glad you are still here and stuff like that. ^_^. I just got done doing yet ANOTHER Fushigi Yugi marathon so if this is a little weird, blame it on that I suppose. I have a four day weekend and I'm enjoying it to the best of my ability…ah, but still I'm a-waiting for an important phone call. (Hint for Teresa: Oden, oden, oden, oden…)
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
Warnings: Sexual themes, cussing. Has the warning changed yet?
Flames
Chapter Seven
Rei sighed as the afternoon of work was over with. She had been checking the clock an awful lot that day. Not that she was really eager to see Jadeite or anything. She changed, made herself up completely, put her hair up in a bun with two sections of hair falling down either side of her face, and carefully slid out with her purse, plus a bag full of regular clothes and pajamas. She had a feeling that Jadeite was planning on a bit of a sleepover.
Yuuchirou went to go get something from the hardware store, so she quickly exited the temple and got a cab so that she could get to Jadeite's hotel without walking there, just in case. The cab dropped her off and Rei straightened herself as she walked up to the hotel. She looked down at her dress.
Maybe it was because Yuuchirou had made that comment about the same black dress that made her wear it, or maybe she wanted to see Jadeite's reaction to it. Rei wondered if it made the betrayal worse. She pushed those thoughts out of her head as she walked up the flights of stairs and before long she had knocked on his door.
"One moment!" Jadeite called out from somewhere inside before opening the door. He was wearing a classy black jacket and pants, plus a white shirt. Rei felt that he probably couldn't have looked any sexier.
"Good evening." Rei entered his apartment.
"This is for you." Jadeite held out a rose for her. Rei inhaled the scent. "Yeah, there's like, eleven more on the counter over there."
"You got a dozen?" Rei looked puzzled.
"I'm romantic." Jadeite pronounced. "And might I say, you look beautiful tonight."
"We all have our moments." Rei straightened his collar for him. She paused when she realized she had never done that for anyone except Yuuchirou. He took her hands off his collar and twirled her once.
"It's almost like being in love." Jadeite sang as he took a few steps and dipped her. Rei couldn't help by giggle. Jadeite wasn't much of a singer. "I made reservations for us at this Chinese restaurant."
"Oh really?" Rei raised her eyebrows. "So you followed through on that, huh?"
"I had to if I mean to have sex with you later. Although, I'm all for skipping dinner." Jadeite wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.
"Uh, no." Rei set down her bag and picked up her purse. "Shall we?"
"That would be splendid!" Jadeite declared as they walked arm and arm out of the room.
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"This place is so nice!" Rei exclaimed as they were seated. "How did you afford this?"
"Well, when I was suddenly alive again," Jadeite started thinking hard about it. "I had this card on me." Jadeite pulled out a wallet and withdrew a bank account card. "Back in the Dark Kingdom, we all had these huge bank accounts and I guess they still exist."
"I'm sure it's all honest money." Rei rested her chin on the top of her hand.
"I'm using it for honest purposes." Jadeite defended.
"Like what?" Rei inquired.
"Well, I'm honestly trying to get in your pants, does that count?" Jadeite asked with a funny little expression that made Rei laugh. His eyes suddenly flickered to something away from her but moved back very quickly.
"What are you looking at?" Rei started to turn her head but Jadeite tugged on one of the sections of hair hanging on the right side of her face.
"I was just looking for the waiter." Jadeite said, his voice bordering on a whine.
"Poor Jadeite, nothing to eat." Rei teased him.
"Well we can just skip the restaurant part this way!" Jadeite explained in a tone that was downright jolly.
"You sure are really eager tonight…" Rei played with her water glass.
"That's because I can't wait to get a beautiful woman back to my place." Jadeite grinned and Rei shook her head. "No, you just…don't realize how much I like that dress on you."
"Is it really that amazing of a dress?" Rei asked. Jadeite reached across the table and took her hand. Rei was a bit surprised by the gesture. He put her hand on his face.
"It's more amazing then you think." Jadeite's eyes were half opened, almost as if he was tired but he was smiling. He lowered her hand and just held onto it. "Do you remember…?"
"Remember what?" Rei blinked.
"Never mind." Jadeite shook his head as the waiter came. They ate their meal with friendly chatter and after Jadeite paid the bill, they left the restaurant. Jadeite snaked an arm around her waist, their hips touching each other as they walked.
Jadeite leaned down towards her ear and she could feel his breath against her skin. "What do you want to do now?" Rei couldn't really think so she just said whatever came to mind.
"Whatever you want to." Rei told him.
"Let's go back." Jadeite got a taxi to take them. Rei smiled at him as they rode along. Jadeite was being very nice to her, for once.
They arrived back at the hotel room with Jadeite complaining about how long the elevator took. Rei and he rode up there; even Rei was beginning to feel like it was going to take forever. They got up there and Rei asked to use the bathroom, taking her bag in there.
Quickly, she changed out of her dress and tights to a loose white nightgown she often wore during the summer. She brushed out her hair before slowly walking out of the bathroom. Jadeite practically pounced on her. He had taken off his jacket but hadn't bothered with the white button up shirt and Rei thought he was walking around like that, purely to cause frustration in her.
"My, you're all ready for bed!" Jadeite exclaimed happily. "I wanted to have sex with you in that dress but this outfit is equally appealing."
"Thanks for your seal of approval." Rei told him sarcastically. He began to kiss her just like he always did.
"Before we start though, we're going to play a little round of Truth or Dare." Jadeite sat down on an armchair and made Rei sit down in his lap.
"What?" Rei tried to look at him.
"Truth, Rei, do you want to have sex with me?" Jadeite asked her.
"Sure." Rei shrugged. "Is it my turn?" She felt Jadeite nod. "Truth, Jadeite, did you take singing lessons from someone who was tone deaf?"
"Make fun of my singing…That's not very nice…" Jadeite pouted. "I dare you to sing."
"That's okay; I don't really feel like it." Rei kissed the hand that had been trailing over her face. Jadeite moved to kiss her neck.
"That's okay; I feel like doing something a little more interesting." Jadeite picked her up and stood up. Rei clung to his shirt as he brought her into the bedroom. As he shut the door behind her, Rei had never really felt so content. Jadeite was so…so different from anyone that it seemed he could never be replaced. Had Rei lost herself to him? Or was there no hope from the beginning? And for once in Rei's life, she did not try to struggle against the flows of something else but let them wash over her peacefully.
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She awoke lazily, no need to rush. She was warm and feeling sort of lazy with some sort of happiness she couldn't really describe. She looked over to see that Jadeite had already gotten out of bed. Now where had he gone? Rei looked around, half expecting the blonde man to pop out of the shadows at her.
Rei got out of bed and wandered into the bathroom. There was water all over the floor, which meant that Jadeite had already been there. She brushed through her hair and braided it swiftly. She pulled on some extra clothes that she had brought with her. She was greeted with a pleasant and familiar smell as she walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen/living room area.
"Good morning!" Jadeite was making pancakes happily.
"Good morning to you too." Rei raised her eyebrows at him. "What are you doing?"
"Making breakfast. I figured you'd be hungry." Jadeite shrugged. "Unless you don't want them…" Jadeite proceeded to make the poutiest face he could.
"They smell good." Rei sat in a chair.
"So what do you want to do today?" Jadeite asked her as he took the full plate of pancakes to the table and set them down before her. He got other plates for her and him sat down across from her. "We can go to the park or maybe I can take you shopping or…"
"I have to go home." Rei said quietly. Jadeite stopped making suggestions.
"You want to go home?" Jadeite looked down at his plate. "Why?"
"Because I have to." Rei answered. "I am married; I shouldn't even be coming over here. You know that."
"Rei, do you love me?" Jadeite asked her. Rei faltered and tried to cover it up at once.
"Don't ask questions like that." Rei's brow furrowed as she tried to solely concentrate on the pancake on her plate.
"Don't ask questions like that?" Jadeite raised an eyebrow. "I think it's a pretty fair question Rei."
"That doesn't mean I feel the same way about it." Rei folded her arms. "It's all in perspective I suppose."
"Answer the question Rei." Jadeite said it simply but firmly. Rei slammed her fork down.
"You know what? I think I'll just leave now." Rei stood up and Jadeite caught her wrist.
"Are you going to run away from me? Is that going to solve all your problems?" Jadeite asked her.
"Just shut up, you don't know what you're talking about! You don't know me!" Rei snapped at him. Jadeite's eyes went wide and he let go of her wrist. Rei didn't expect it and almost fell backwards. He was looking at her and his face was turning to stone.
"Oh. I see." Jadeite spoke softly, not sounding like himself at all. "If that's the way you feel, go."
"Oh thanks for your leave!" Rei put her hands on her hips. "You knew I had to leave in the morning so I don't see why you're so surprised."
"Just go." Jadeite looked out the window. "I don't know you that well, right? I guess it's easy for me to be surprised, right?" His voice was mounting in anger. Rei realized that she had snapped something in him.
"Jadeite, I didn't…" Rei started off and then she stopped. Was she apologizing? What for?
"No." Jadeite shook his head. "I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do. What do you want from me Rei? I've told you how I felt. I just wanted to know how you felt. But you can't tell me. Maybe you really don't love me and I'm a fool to think that you would. Am I?"
"Jadeite…gods…why do you…" Rei was so confused, so frustrated. What was he supposed to do? What was she supposed to do? No one could tell her, she was in this alone.
"Just never mind Rei!" Jadeite snapped at her, standing up and walking over to open the door for her. "You just want to leave so you can go back home and pretend to be happy!"
"You're the one who made me realize I was unhappy!" Rei glared at him in accusation. Then she realized the full context of what she had just said. "I…you threw me off of my normal everyday routine that I had become so used to. And I realized that I…"
"Until you can answer that question, I don't know what to tell you."
"Love doesn't have a gray area."
Why the hell does Ami have to be so right all the time? I don't know how I feel. I wish that I could sort it all out. How can I? When I'm with Jadeite it's so easy to just pretend that things are simple.
How are they simple?
I'm sorry…forgive me…
"I don't know!" Rei felt a tear roll down her face. "I don't know what to do!" Jadeite closed the door and looked thoughtfully at her.
"Do what you want to." Jadeite shrugged. Rei didn't realize what she was doing until she did it, going over and throwing her arms around Jadeite, crying into his shoulder. She was just frustrated that she couldn't do anything else at the moment.
He held her tightly against him, not doing much else. He wanted her to be happy, even if it hurt him. He knew deep down it would kill him if she truly wouldn't be happy with him but what could he do? He was under her spell. She was holding all the cards. So why was she crying? Rei wasn't a crier. Why was she doing it now?
Rei breathed in his scent a few more times; it was so familiar it was killing her. She pulled away from him.
"I need time." Rei told him. "Give me time, okay?" And she kissed him. Jadeite was stunned from the change from her usual anger to this. Then she spun to go get her stuff and she was out the door as quickly as she could. It was time to go home. What would she find waiting there?
As she left the hotel, she looked back up at the building, not knowing exactly which window was Jadeite's.
Just time…just give me the time. I need time to think.
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Yeah, that was kind of dramatic. What happens in the next chapter? Will Jade finish this story soon? Don't worry; it won't be too many more chapters. I mean, it would start to drag if it was. Please read and review ^_^.