Chapter Four
"So what do you think?" Usagi asks twirling around in the dress she had just fallen in love with.
Seiya's eyes go wide as he stares at Usagi, "you look beautiful Odango Atama."
"You really like it?" Usagi asks twirling again.
"I do, it looks amazing on you." Seiya responds.
"Are you just saying that because you want to go to lunch?" Usagi asks arching an eyebrow at him.
Seiya shakes his head, "I think it's an amazing dress, prefect for you."
Usagi glances at herself in the mirror, the dress was probably a little more revealing than her father would have like. It was a floor length pink dress with a slit halfway up the thigh and it was essentially backless with the exception of the crisscrossing straps. "Well good, because it's the exact price range Daddy would want."
"How come I have the feeling that it's not exactly the style he would want?" Seiya asks.
Usagi smiles innocently at Seiya, "that's not for you worry about Seiya-kun, besides Mama can talk Daddy into anything."
"So lunch then?" Seiya asks after the woman at the cash register rings the dress up.
"Where do you want to go?" Usagi asks.
"You choose." Seiya responds, "I don't really care."
"I'd suggest the diner, but I haven't told anyone you are back yet, and I don't know if they would appreciate the surprise." Usagi responds, "so do you want to walk until we find something?"
Seiya nods, "that's fine. So is there anything I've missed since we've been away?"
Usagi thinks for a moment, "nothing really, things have been kind of boring. I'm finishing up my last year of school, Naru is good, all the scouts are good...Well Haruka's mad at me but she has been a lot lately so I stopped paying attention."
"Well I know, at least, that it's not my fault." Seiya comments but he immediately catches the quick glance Usagi gives him and he asks, "what is it Usagi."
"Let's eat here." Usagi chooses the restaurant closest to them and pulls the door open and she doesn't continue to talk until they have been lead to their seats. "It's kind of complicated and I can't really explain it to me, even though everyone has been trying to get me to explain it."
"So then try, if I get it then I get it, if I don't then..." Seiya trails off.
"I don't know I've all ready said I missed you, a lot, and I don't know the battle with Chaos changed me, you know? And I'm not the same person I was before and I don't think Haruka liked what I changed into, I guess I am more distant than I was before, it makes people nervous."
"Usagi if us being here is going to complicate things for you then we'll go, we've gotten good at disappearing and creating new identities for ourselves, we can do it easily, no one in Tokyo knows that we are back. We've, for the most part, faded out of everyone's memories."
"No." Usagi's statement is firm, "I want you here, if my friends can't deal with that then they aren't very good friends, are they?"
"And what kind of friend am I to complicate things between you and your friends?" Seiya asks.
"That's my choice Seiya, not yours."
"I don't want to be in the way Usagi."
Usagi smiles at Seiya, "I kind of like having you in my way."
"As soon as I'm a roadblock in your life you need to tell me and I'm gone."
"I don't see that happening."
"I do." Seiya responds, "and if that occurs then I am leaving Tokyo, for good."
Usagi falls silent for a minute and then looks up and flashes Seiya a bright smile, "can we lighten up now? There's a way cool party tonight, in your honor, and I have a gorgeous new dress, and I'm starving."
Seiya grins back at Usagi, "that's the Odango I know."
"So I'll see you at eight?" Usagi asks Seiya once he has walked her to her door.
Seiya nods, "but we are having our things sent over later this afternoon, from the hotel."
"So you are sleeping here tonight?" Usagi asks and at Seiya's nod she states, "cool! I'll rent some movies and we can stay up watching them all night."
Seiya smiles at Usagi, "all right Odango, I'll see you later."
"Bye Seiya-kun." Usagi call before she walks inside. "Mama I'm home."
"Hi Usagi-Chan." Usagi's mother pauses for a moment in her rush to get the house ready with the caterers and decorators who are setting up for the party. "Oh Rei-Chan is upstairs waiting for you, she seemed a little upset when she showed up about 30 minutes ago, said she'd wait until you got home."
Usagi's forehead crinkles, wondering what had Rei so upset, "thanks Mom."
"Did you get a dress?" Ikuko asks.
Usagi nods, "yeah, I'll show it to you when Rei leaves."
"Rei-Chan what..."
"What the hell is going on Usagi?" Rei's demanding question startles Usagi.
"What do you mean?"
"Mamoru saw you having lunch with another man today, he was pretty upset, he thinks you are seeing someone else." Rei states, "Usagi what the hell is going on? Every time one of us turns around you are doing something that is completely out of character and now you are getting ready to throw away everything that's important to you."
"Rei calm down." Usagi raises her voice to get her best friends' attention.
"Usagi please just tell me what's going and we will work it out." Rei states more calmly than before. "I just want to help you."
Usagi takes a deep breath, "Seiya's back."
"So what do you think?" Usagi asks twirling around in the dress she had just fallen in love with.
Seiya's eyes go wide as he stares at Usagi, "you look beautiful Odango Atama."
"You really like it?" Usagi asks twirling again.
"I do, it looks amazing on you." Seiya responds.
"Are you just saying that because you want to go to lunch?" Usagi asks arching an eyebrow at him.
Seiya shakes his head, "I think it's an amazing dress, prefect for you."
Usagi glances at herself in the mirror, the dress was probably a little more revealing than her father would have like. It was a floor length pink dress with a slit halfway up the thigh and it was essentially backless with the exception of the crisscrossing straps. "Well good, because it's the exact price range Daddy would want."
"How come I have the feeling that it's not exactly the style he would want?" Seiya asks.
Usagi smiles innocently at Seiya, "that's not for you worry about Seiya-kun, besides Mama can talk Daddy into anything."
"So lunch then?" Seiya asks after the woman at the cash register rings the dress up.
"Where do you want to go?" Usagi asks.
"You choose." Seiya responds, "I don't really care."
"I'd suggest the diner, but I haven't told anyone you are back yet, and I don't know if they would appreciate the surprise." Usagi responds, "so do you want to walk until we find something?"
Seiya nods, "that's fine. So is there anything I've missed since we've been away?"
Usagi thinks for a moment, "nothing really, things have been kind of boring. I'm finishing up my last year of school, Naru is good, all the scouts are good...Well Haruka's mad at me but she has been a lot lately so I stopped paying attention."
"Well I know, at least, that it's not my fault." Seiya comments but he immediately catches the quick glance Usagi gives him and he asks, "what is it Usagi."
"Let's eat here." Usagi chooses the restaurant closest to them and pulls the door open and she doesn't continue to talk until they have been lead to their seats. "It's kind of complicated and I can't really explain it to me, even though everyone has been trying to get me to explain it."
"So then try, if I get it then I get it, if I don't then..." Seiya trails off.
"I don't know I've all ready said I missed you, a lot, and I don't know the battle with Chaos changed me, you know? And I'm not the same person I was before and I don't think Haruka liked what I changed into, I guess I am more distant than I was before, it makes people nervous."
"Usagi if us being here is going to complicate things for you then we'll go, we've gotten good at disappearing and creating new identities for ourselves, we can do it easily, no one in Tokyo knows that we are back. We've, for the most part, faded out of everyone's memories."
"No." Usagi's statement is firm, "I want you here, if my friends can't deal with that then they aren't very good friends, are they?"
"And what kind of friend am I to complicate things between you and your friends?" Seiya asks.
"That's my choice Seiya, not yours."
"I don't want to be in the way Usagi."
Usagi smiles at Seiya, "I kind of like having you in my way."
"As soon as I'm a roadblock in your life you need to tell me and I'm gone."
"I don't see that happening."
"I do." Seiya responds, "and if that occurs then I am leaving Tokyo, for good."
Usagi falls silent for a minute and then looks up and flashes Seiya a bright smile, "can we lighten up now? There's a way cool party tonight, in your honor, and I have a gorgeous new dress, and I'm starving."
Seiya grins back at Usagi, "that's the Odango I know."
"So I'll see you at eight?" Usagi asks Seiya once he has walked her to her door.
Seiya nods, "but we are having our things sent over later this afternoon, from the hotel."
"So you are sleeping here tonight?" Usagi asks and at Seiya's nod she states, "cool! I'll rent some movies and we can stay up watching them all night."
Seiya smiles at Usagi, "all right Odango, I'll see you later."
"Bye Seiya-kun." Usagi call before she walks inside. "Mama I'm home."
"Hi Usagi-Chan." Usagi's mother pauses for a moment in her rush to get the house ready with the caterers and decorators who are setting up for the party. "Oh Rei-Chan is upstairs waiting for you, she seemed a little upset when she showed up about 30 minutes ago, said she'd wait until you got home."
Usagi's forehead crinkles, wondering what had Rei so upset, "thanks Mom."
"Did you get a dress?" Ikuko asks.
Usagi nods, "yeah, I'll show it to you when Rei leaves."
"Rei-Chan what..."
"What the hell is going on Usagi?" Rei's demanding question startles Usagi.
"What do you mean?"
"Mamoru saw you having lunch with another man today, he was pretty upset, he thinks you are seeing someone else." Rei states, "Usagi what the hell is going on? Every time one of us turns around you are doing something that is completely out of character and now you are getting ready to throw away everything that's important to you."
"Rei calm down." Usagi raises her voice to get her best friends' attention.
"Usagi please just tell me what's going and we will work it out." Rei states more calmly than before. "I just want to help you."
Usagi takes a deep breath, "Seiya's back."