Ohhhhhhh! *sniff sniff* Pooooor ol' Rei…. Wanna hear what Mamoru does about it? ^.~ Read on, oh fellow reader! ?
"Rei…" Mamoru put his arms around her once again. Rei ignored him, still staring into the pit, her eyes blank as if she was possesed. Then she began to speak.
"The day I met Chad, I thought that he was a punk and needed a life, not some spiritual cleansing that he had come to us for. As days passed by, I felt something pulling me towards him. He was so lovable… always followed me around like a puppy-dog, not caring about himself, only wanting to please me. He touched my heart, and I believed he was a good guy. I began to love him for his selflessness, and saw him as a different person. This was our little hideout from Grandpa when he came along with us for a skiing trip. Every single day, we'd meet here, and we'd relax in this spring, feeding each other chocolates, and…" Rei's voice trailed off, but Mamoru knew what she meant. His arms tightened around her, not wanting to know. "I really cared for him. And we shared so many memories of trying to not let Grandpa find out we were in love…" Rei had a soft smile on her face. Suddenly, her eyes froze on the spot, and her pupils became as hard as diamonds, glittering in the dark room. "But then he left. He said he was going to take a little trip to Florida and come back. Well I had a little surprise. When he did come back, he was so incredibly gorgeous, it made my whole body turn into butter. But he came back to not surprise me with this, but with his other secret. He came up to me, and told me that he didn't need me anymore. He found another girl, much more beautiful than me, that (&*^% blonde, and said that he was going away forever. Then he took his stuff, and left. I just stood there, not saying anything. I stood and watched him take his luggage and my happiness away. I never told Serena. Heck, she has known what it is like to lose you, but she will never know how it feels to be betrayed in such…" Rei swallowed. "In such a way… he made me feel like I was another rock that he was just stepping over. A rock that he had polished carefully and lovingly, and then had it thrown away from his collection because it wasn't pretty enough. God, I hate him. I hate him, I hate him, I HATE HIM! " Mamoru could see the flame behind her eyes as she screamed at the pit. Then she turned to him, staring into his eyes.
"But I will forget him." She whispered angrily. Then she looked at her hands, and started laughing.
"I better get this chocolate off!" She giggled, and looked at Mamoru, hoping that he couldn't see that she was still sad. Her smile faded when she realized that he could. And that he always could.
"Rei…"
"Heck, if the spring was here I could wash it off…" Rei smiled fakely and tried to get past Mamoru to get some snow to wash it off. Mamoru wouldn't move. "Why is he looking at me like that?" Thought Rei, frightened.
"Rei… what is it that you've always wanted?" Mamoru asked, his eyes searching hers.
"What are you t-talking about? I-I'm hap-py." Rei wasn't enjoying the way Mamoru's eyes pinned her to the ground.
"You're longing for something, Rei. Let me see it."
"Oh god, no… please, no…" Her eyes widened and she started backing up to the wall.
"Let me read your mind, Rei. Open your heart to me." Mamoru ordered, his eyes softening. Rei shook her head like a stubborn child.
"I'm not gonna l-let you see… I won't… I won't…" Rei whispered. Then Mamoru saw it. Behind her eyes he could only see darkness. Rei had a guilt… some sadness that was tearing her apart. He tried to reach inside the darkness to find what happened, but her powerful magic made a barrier that stung his hand. Rei saw that he had found it, and it would be only a matter of minutes before he could stand the pain and push his hand through. She closed her eyes and invoked her ancestors, asking for their strength to strengthen the barrier. She was granted the power, and the barrier was too strong for Mamoru. As he touched the barrier once more, he got out of his trance and cried out from the pain going through his body. Rei's eyes widened. She had no idea he was trying so hard to get through the barrier. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"Mamoru!" She choked out, running to his side, transforming into a princess once more, gloves covering her chocolate hands. "Mamoru… mamoru… mamoru…" She whispered tenderly, stroking his hair. Her barrier was broken from her grief, and then Mamoru spotted his chance. Princess Mar's eyes widened as Mamoru quickly reached out with his spiritual hand and reached through the barrier.
The things he saw were so pure… so beautiful. Memories of him and Rei… her laughing outside the door, blushing when she remembered walking inside the room when he was taking a bath. Teasing Usagi with him… talking to him about his love with her when he didn't know what to get for her birthday. Then finally he realized it. As he and Usagi were kissing in the bedroom of the cottage, he saw Rei closing the door, embarressed… but sad. The expression on her face that appeared when she realized that he had loved Usagi in the past and had a child with her. Her crying bitterly in the bathroom when she heard that he was now dating her best friend, Usagi. Her nearly killing herself to save him from Medusa, an evil sorceress they encountered a few months ago. Slapping Usagi when she started sobbing that she would lose him forever. Rejecting so many men she could have been happy with because of him. Finally seeing her go to the dock where she had her first kiss with him, and dropping her ring that he gave her into the water, promising herself to never ever show her affection for him in order to protect the future queen and princess. Always doing so many things selflessly.
Rei saw him come back to his form, her eyes wide with terror. "I am breaking my promise," she thought, afraid for what Mamoru's thoughts about her are now. "I should die for thi-"
"Don't you dare think of that." Mamoru's voice entered in her head. "Damn, you can still read my thoughts." She thought, hating the stupid connection she had with him. He chuckled.
"Don't make me use it against you…" The voice inside of her head teased.
"Like how?"
"M… why should I tell you?"
"Because I asked." Rei laughed.
"Rei… I-" Mamoru came back from his trance.
"I d-don't want to talk about it." Rei whispered, very angry. "Y-you… why you… YOU INVADED MY PRIVACY! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO LOOK IN THER-"
"Hush, Rei." Mamoru put his arms around her once again. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I didn't want you to break up your relationship with Serena." Rei blandly stated.
"No, that's not the reason. Do you want me to find ou-"
"Fine! I'll tell you! One, if you rejected me. Two, if we actually would be a perfect couple and live happily ever after and you would forget Usagi and Reenee wouldn't ever be born. Three…"
"Three?" Mamoru whispered in her hair.
"I'm just starting to get over you." Rei replied. There was a long silence between her and Mamoru, who was thinking deeply whether what he was going to do right now would be regreted later. "Naw, we did this in the Moon Kingdom… my love understood that I needed a break from her once in a while. Usagi is like vanilla, and Rei is like cinnamon… I couldn't live without either." Mamoru thought.
"Rei…"
"….m?" Mamoru took a deep breath.
"Let me help you get that chocolate off." Rei looked up at him, her eyes startled, but Mamoru's only held a smile.
"Rei…" Mamoru put his arms around her once again. Rei ignored him, still staring into the pit, her eyes blank as if she was possesed. Then she began to speak.
"The day I met Chad, I thought that he was a punk and needed a life, not some spiritual cleansing that he had come to us for. As days passed by, I felt something pulling me towards him. He was so lovable… always followed me around like a puppy-dog, not caring about himself, only wanting to please me. He touched my heart, and I believed he was a good guy. I began to love him for his selflessness, and saw him as a different person. This was our little hideout from Grandpa when he came along with us for a skiing trip. Every single day, we'd meet here, and we'd relax in this spring, feeding each other chocolates, and…" Rei's voice trailed off, but Mamoru knew what she meant. His arms tightened around her, not wanting to know. "I really cared for him. And we shared so many memories of trying to not let Grandpa find out we were in love…" Rei had a soft smile on her face. Suddenly, her eyes froze on the spot, and her pupils became as hard as diamonds, glittering in the dark room. "But then he left. He said he was going to take a little trip to Florida and come back. Well I had a little surprise. When he did come back, he was so incredibly gorgeous, it made my whole body turn into butter. But he came back to not surprise me with this, but with his other secret. He came up to me, and told me that he didn't need me anymore. He found another girl, much more beautiful than me, that (&*^% blonde, and said that he was going away forever. Then he took his stuff, and left. I just stood there, not saying anything. I stood and watched him take his luggage and my happiness away. I never told Serena. Heck, she has known what it is like to lose you, but she will never know how it feels to be betrayed in such…" Rei swallowed. "In such a way… he made me feel like I was another rock that he was just stepping over. A rock that he had polished carefully and lovingly, and then had it thrown away from his collection because it wasn't pretty enough. God, I hate him. I hate him, I hate him, I HATE HIM! " Mamoru could see the flame behind her eyes as she screamed at the pit. Then she turned to him, staring into his eyes.
"But I will forget him." She whispered angrily. Then she looked at her hands, and started laughing.
"I better get this chocolate off!" She giggled, and looked at Mamoru, hoping that he couldn't see that she was still sad. Her smile faded when she realized that he could. And that he always could.
"Rei…"
"Heck, if the spring was here I could wash it off…" Rei smiled fakely and tried to get past Mamoru to get some snow to wash it off. Mamoru wouldn't move. "Why is he looking at me like that?" Thought Rei, frightened.
"Rei… what is it that you've always wanted?" Mamoru asked, his eyes searching hers.
"What are you t-talking about? I-I'm hap-py." Rei wasn't enjoying the way Mamoru's eyes pinned her to the ground.
"You're longing for something, Rei. Let me see it."
"Oh god, no… please, no…" Her eyes widened and she started backing up to the wall.
"Let me read your mind, Rei. Open your heart to me." Mamoru ordered, his eyes softening. Rei shook her head like a stubborn child.
"I'm not gonna l-let you see… I won't… I won't…" Rei whispered. Then Mamoru saw it. Behind her eyes he could only see darkness. Rei had a guilt… some sadness that was tearing her apart. He tried to reach inside the darkness to find what happened, but her powerful magic made a barrier that stung his hand. Rei saw that he had found it, and it would be only a matter of minutes before he could stand the pain and push his hand through. She closed her eyes and invoked her ancestors, asking for their strength to strengthen the barrier. She was granted the power, and the barrier was too strong for Mamoru. As he touched the barrier once more, he got out of his trance and cried out from the pain going through his body. Rei's eyes widened. She had no idea he was trying so hard to get through the barrier. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"Mamoru!" She choked out, running to his side, transforming into a princess once more, gloves covering her chocolate hands. "Mamoru… mamoru… mamoru…" She whispered tenderly, stroking his hair. Her barrier was broken from her grief, and then Mamoru spotted his chance. Princess Mar's eyes widened as Mamoru quickly reached out with his spiritual hand and reached through the barrier.
The things he saw were so pure… so beautiful. Memories of him and Rei… her laughing outside the door, blushing when she remembered walking inside the room when he was taking a bath. Teasing Usagi with him… talking to him about his love with her when he didn't know what to get for her birthday. Then finally he realized it. As he and Usagi were kissing in the bedroom of the cottage, he saw Rei closing the door, embarressed… but sad. The expression on her face that appeared when she realized that he had loved Usagi in the past and had a child with her. Her crying bitterly in the bathroom when she heard that he was now dating her best friend, Usagi. Her nearly killing herself to save him from Medusa, an evil sorceress they encountered a few months ago. Slapping Usagi when she started sobbing that she would lose him forever. Rejecting so many men she could have been happy with because of him. Finally seeing her go to the dock where she had her first kiss with him, and dropping her ring that he gave her into the water, promising herself to never ever show her affection for him in order to protect the future queen and princess. Always doing so many things selflessly.
Rei saw him come back to his form, her eyes wide with terror. "I am breaking my promise," she thought, afraid for what Mamoru's thoughts about her are now. "I should die for thi-"
"Don't you dare think of that." Mamoru's voice entered in her head. "Damn, you can still read my thoughts." She thought, hating the stupid connection she had with him. He chuckled.
"Don't make me use it against you…" The voice inside of her head teased.
"Like how?"
"M… why should I tell you?"
"Because I asked." Rei laughed.
"Rei… I-" Mamoru came back from his trance.
"I d-don't want to talk about it." Rei whispered, very angry. "Y-you… why you… YOU INVADED MY PRIVACY! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO LOOK IN THER-"
"Hush, Rei." Mamoru put his arms around her once again. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I didn't want you to break up your relationship with Serena." Rei blandly stated.
"No, that's not the reason. Do you want me to find ou-"
"Fine! I'll tell you! One, if you rejected me. Two, if we actually would be a perfect couple and live happily ever after and you would forget Usagi and Reenee wouldn't ever be born. Three…"
"Three?" Mamoru whispered in her hair.
"I'm just starting to get over you." Rei replied. There was a long silence between her and Mamoru, who was thinking deeply whether what he was going to do right now would be regreted later. "Naw, we did this in the Moon Kingdom… my love understood that I needed a break from her once in a while. Usagi is like vanilla, and Rei is like cinnamon… I couldn't live without either." Mamoru thought.
"Rei…"
"….m?" Mamoru took a deep breath.
"Let me help you get that chocolate off." Rei looked up at him, her eyes startled, but Mamoru's only held a smile.