Stars in the Sky
Chapter Three: A Plan Takes Shape
By: Ree
Pairing: Kou Seiya/Ten'oh Haruka
Ages: Seiya: 20
Haruka: 19
Setting: Jyuban District, Tokyo, Japan
Rating: R (for future chapters and swearing)
Summary: Seiya is back on Earth, Usagi is married to Mamoru, and what's a love-stricken boy to do? Well, a few run-ins and mishaps with a certain blonde change his entire perspective.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon; I don't want to claim ownership to Takeuchi-sama's noble work. So don't sue me! I don't own anything, I am just a poor student, and you won't get anything!
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Haruka rolled over onto her side and winced when the sun shone in her face. As an attempt to get the sun to get out of her face, she buried her head under the pillow and groaned. Going back to sleeping, she didn't notice when Seiya crept into her room, Yaten trying to hide his snickering at the door. Taiki looked as though this was the craziest thing that they had ever done, but he was grinning. Walking over to the bed, he smirked evilly and lifted her shirt carefully before placing an ice cube on her bare back.
"ITAI!!!!!" she shrieked and leaped about a foot in the air at the intrusion of coldness. "All right who's the dead-Seiya? That does it; I'm going to kill you!"
Yaten and Taiki had already fled when they heard her shriek in anger. Launching herself out of the bed, Haruka tackled him to the ground and pinned his right arm behind his back. Seiya was too stunned to retaliate before she had gotten him on the rug and he grunted in discomfort. Laughing, Haruka leaned over and twisted his arm a little bit before whispering in his ear,
"Surrender Seiya, you don't stand a chance against me."
"I won't give into you!"
"You don't have a choice."
"Yes I do!"
Haruka laughed and Seiya noticed that he was rubbing against the carpet as he tried to throw her off and the way she was pressed against him……Oh god, I can't be getting a hard-on from this. But he was, the hardness between his legs was evident and the idea of him getting aroused from having Haruka of all people straddling his ass. He bucked back against her to make it seem he was trying to throw her off, but in reality he was trying to get some more friction so that he could get rid of this hard-on and go back to being normal.
Haruka wasn't the only one with...arousing thoughts about her captive. I can't believe that I'm thinking about Seiya of all people as a sexual being! But I have to admit he does look rather tempting……sprawled out under me……completely at my mercy…what the hell am I thinking? She panicked slightly, but kept it well-hidden as she pushed off of him and snarled.
"Never mind, get up."
He was confused and thanked every deity he knew that his pajamas hid his hard-on although barely and he rose slowly to his feet, looking back at her. Haruka's back was to him and she was facing the window, her hand resting on the pane of glass as the morning sun shone around her.
"What's wrong, Haruka?"
"Nothing, now get out of here."
"Demo-"
"GO!"
Seiya balked and looked down before turning and going to the door. Looking back at her, he thought he saw her shoulders slumped, but when he blinked, there was nothing wrong with her proud visage. Walking out of the room and down the stairs, he wondered what was wrong with her. Haruka sank down against the window, frustration, loneliness, anger, confusion, and hate burning in the back of her throat and she felt like she was going to be sick as her hand slid down the glass slowly.
"Michiru……why? Why did you leave me alone? You left me and took away Setsuna and Hotaru and they didn't do anything. What's wrong with me? Why do I feel this way when I'm around Seiya? Is it because of the fact that he's being so nice to me?"
Haruka didn't know what was going on inside of her heart, and didn't know why she was feeling the way she did about Seiya. Putting her hand on her heart, her brow furrowed and she realized that her heart was slowing down. Did it speed up while I was with Seiya? Looking back outside of the window, she closed the curtains, her hands fisting in the material, her mind flashing back to when she had sat at a window with Michiru. It was the day that Eudial had phoned them and they had revealed their Talismans.
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Haruka sat at a window, wearing only her Mugen School pants, socks, and a white button-down short sleeved shirt. Immersed in her thoughts, she barely acknowledged when Eudial called and faxed a location to where she had planned to meet them.
"At last, the Talismans will appear. But my hands are dirty. I will make any sacrifice and use any means to get the talismans,"
Michiru walked over and sat down across from her and entwined her fingers through Haruka's. She looked surprised and asked her something.
"I like your hands," she said softly.
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Shaking herself from her reverie, Haruka glowered and clenched her hand into a fist so that her nails dug into her palm and pounded her fist against the wall. Shimmatta……I have to stop thinking about Michiru. She's gone and she's not coming back. She left me, that was her choice, and now I have to move on with my life. Turning around, she went to the bathroom, ran a comb through her hair and attempted to tame the locks, and went downstairs, barefoot, and into the kitchen to get some breakfast. The only one there was Seiya, and he was swirling his spoon around inside a cup of tea, looking thoughtful and sad.
"What's the matter with you, Seiya?"
"Nothing…"
She smiled and shook her head, reaching into the cupboard and got a bowl for cereal. "You're lying, I can tell by your tone."
Taking a seat across from him, Haruka poured herself a bowl of cereal and looked over at Seiya's navy eyes. They look so sad.
"Taiki and Yaten went out, it's just us today…." Seiya whispered.
"All right."
Haruka didn't know why she was secretly pleased she and Seiya could spend the day together, but she thought it must be part of her healing process. Meanwhile, Taiki and Yaten were scouring the city, trying to find Ami and Makoto. Neither of them knew where to look and they finally settled down in a small table and ordered something to drink in the Crown Fruit Parlor.
"It's hopeless Taiki; we're never going to find them. I say we go back home and try and figure out a way to get Seiya and Haruka to admit that they like each other," Yaten muttered, sipping a drink and looking bored out of his mind. "What do you say?"
"I say-"
"Mako-chan, you should know that there isn't anything we can do. Seiya offered Haruka a place to stay and she's turned us all down."
"Ami-chan, I don't care if she turned down the King of England, she can't stay with Seiya. They'll kill each other, you know that!"
Taiki grinned and waved. "Yo, Kino-san, Mizuno-san, over here!"
"Taiki-san, Yaten-kun, it's good to see you!" Ami smiled and walked over, pulling up a chair and taking a seat next to Taiki.
"What brings you two to the neighborhood?" Makoto asked
"We're here because we decided to take a vacation from the glamorous life on Kinmoku and come see how our friends were doing. How have you two been since we last saw you? It has been two years after all," Taiki pointed out, taking a drink of his tea.
"I've been fine, working on graduating with honors so that I am able to continue my dream of becoming a good doctor," Ami said.
"And I've started making some money in order to open a little shop so that I can follow my dream too," Makoto added.
"Enough beating around the bush, let's get down as to why we've been looking for you. We need your help in a plan of ours. It's risky, and it might involve pissing off two very temperamental people, but if it works, then it'll be well worth it," Yaten said.
"What's this plan?" Ami asked.
"Yaten, do you always have to be so blunt?" Taiki demanded.
"It's better than you drawing it out for no reason, Taiki. Anyway, we're planning on setting up Seiya and Haruka, but first we need to find out if they like each other. We figure that if we talk to Seiya, you guys could talk to Haruka for us. The reason we're asking you is because you two can keep a secret. Tsukino-san, Aino-san, and even Hino-san couldn't keep a secret to save their lives."
"So basically you're asking us to help you set Haruka-san and Seiya up on a date?" Makoto questioned, looking surprised.
"Not just a date, but something more…" Taiki hinted.
"Are you crazy? They hate each other!" Makoto exclaimed.
"They do, yes, but we're going to have to help them change that. We think that they like each other, but we're not sure if they're doing anything about it. I mean, Seiya's getting over Tsukino-san, Haruka's getting over Michiru leaving her, it'll take a lot for them to admit to anything," Yaten pointed out.
"Should we just lock them in a room together and let them deal with each other?" Makoto asked and Ami blushed slightly.
"We thought about that, but first we have to find out if they like each other or not," Taiki replied and rose. "I'll talk with Seiya. Yaten, no offense, but you'd just get annoyed and end up blowing either your stack or our cover. We'll say you want Haruka to meet you here to talk."
"All right…" Ami replied.
Nodding, Taiki and Yaten strode out of Crown Fruit Parlor and went back to their mansion. Seiya and Haruka had barely spoken the entire time, preferring to bask in the comfortable silence that they shared. Secretly, when they knew the other wasn't looking, they would steal glances of each other and ponder their feelings that were swirling around inside of their hearts. Haruka didn't want to involve herself with anyone after Michiru had left her, let alone Seiya, and Seiya didn't want to involve himself with anyone since he wasn't sure if he was over Odango being married. Stirring his now cold tea, Seiya merely sighed mentally and the two didn't even notice that Taiki and Yaten had come back in. Both exchanged looks and Yaten went over to Haruka.
"Oi, Haruka, Mizuno-san and Kino-san want to meet you at Crown Fruit Parlor right now. They say they miss you and want to talk with you."
"All right," she said, emptying her bowl in the garbage, placing the bowl in the sink, and headed back upstairs, barely acknowledging anything.
"Seiya, you look down. Come on, let's go somewhere and talk," Taiki said and clapped his friend on the shoulder. "I'll meet you in the rehearsal room, and don't worry, I'm sure that everything is going to be ok. We'll find out what's bothering you."
"Sure…" Seiya muttered and walked into the rehearsal room.
Haruka came back downstairs, dressed casually in jeans, a shirt, and jacket over it and headed for her car, running her fingers through her dirty blonde hair. Without saying a word, she climbed into her ride and headed for the Crown Fruit Parlor, her mind filled with thoughts as to why she was acting like this…and a small part of her wondered: Could I be having affections for Seiya? The black-haired idol was pondering the same thing as he sat in the dark of the rehearsal room, wondering if he was beginning to care too much about Haruka. But still, he couldn't help but see those navy eyes and that faint smile on her features from the night before.
"Haruka…I think I'm falling for you…" he whispered, not knowing that a certain brunette was listening at the cracked-open door.
"Seiya no baka," she smiled at the affectionate name. "I'm starting to wonder if our friendship couldn't be something more."
And with that, Haruka continued down the road, the wind blowing through her hair and making her feel free as it had so long ago. It's time I let go of the past and moved on with my life, Haruka thought and looked ahead of her determinedly. I won't let Michiru stop me from being happy. I loved her once, and I'll still love her as a friend, but……now the time has come for my heart to part with hers for good. Pulling up in front of the Parlor, Haruka turned off the car and stepped out, placing the keys in her pocket.
"And so it begins…." she whispered.
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Wohoo, there's chapter three! Wow, thanks for all of the reviews, and don't forget to spread the word around about my fic! I like reviews, they keep me happy. And don't worry, I am going to try and update at least once a day, if possible, but tomorrow I may be a little exhausted….four finals in one day…save me!
~Ree