Title: Hotaru's Love
Chapter: 3
Author: Ice1Taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: Welcome to chapter 3 of Hotaru's Love.. For my devoted readers, THANK YOU!!!! Well, then, now that that's out of the way, down to business.. Hope you all enjoyed chapter 2, even though it WAS kinda short.. :D I'm planning on making this story at least 10 chapters long.. hmm.. we'll see what happens.. I'm planning on also making the chapters more longer *crowd cheers* lol.. I wish I *had* a crowd.. (-_-") ..Anyways, sorry for my bad grammar skills, I know I suck, but writing from the heart is what outshines writing for the fame.. er, yeah.. whatever.. enjoy..
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Ending of last chapter..
Hotaru gazed at her paper, took the last sip of her smoothie, and looked down at her paper; shocked. She had drawn little hearts in the margins of her math homework, and had written Shino's name in every single little heart. It was odd because she hadn't realized when she had changed from doing boring geometry problems to drawing hearts
with Shino's name in them. 'Wow, I've fallen.. I've fallen for Shino..,' Hotaru finally admitted to herself. Then she blushed, as if that was too impossible to happen.
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Hotaru's Love - Chapter 3 by Ice1Taru
Hotaru grinned. For once, she was going to be honest with herself.. She liked Shino and that was that.. but what if he didn't like her? What if he thought she was ugly or.. or.. shallow? Hotaru sighed dejectedly. She looked out her window. It was dark outside. 'Hmm, probably past dinner time already,' Hotaru thought. But, not feeling hungry, she went into her bathroom, changed into her pajamas and brushed her teeth. Glancing at the digital clock on the bedside table, she gasped at the time; it was already 10 o' clock. Had she really spent 5 hours daydreaming about Shino and procrastinating on her homework? Hotaru just rolled her eyes, threw herself into her canopy bed and turned out the lights.
Shino took a glimpse at the platinum watch on his wrist, '10 o'clock already?'.. He went into his bathroom, changed into some comfortable pants, and flung himself into his four-poster bed. He stared at the ceiling for at least an hour thinking about Hotaru before finally falling into a deep slumber..
The next morning, Hotaru woke up unusually early. Glancing at the watch, she groaned, it was only 5: 00 AM. She had wanted to sleep until at least 7 o' clock. Oh, well. Maybe she could get some work done before school. She yawned and stretched and got out of bed. Stumbling over to her worktable, she sat down and once again began working on her geometry homework. This time she wouldn't write his name over and over again. And she wouldn't draw little hearts either. She would do all of the geometry problems, no matter how boring this assignment was. Unfortunately, sleep came over her like a wave comes over an egotistical surfer who shows off after mastering only one wave and a small wave at that. Her head gently landed on the paper, on top of her homework and she dosed off once again to Dream Land to dream of her prince a.k.a. Shino.
Shino stared at his ceiling. He felt refreshed and ready to take on the world. He casually glanced at the clock on his nightstand.. 7:15 AM.. He'd been thinking about Hotaru for the past.. 'half hour'.. he glanced up at his ceiling once again and contemplated the fact that she had been invading his thoughts ever since he first saw her.. He wondered what this could mean.. it either meant that he hated her with all his guts or that he liked her with all his heart.. it was definitely not the first option.. Yup, it was official, he had fallen for Hotaru Tomoe. Now, what to do, what.. to.. do.. He idly toyed with his bed sheets trying to figure out what he was going to do with these newly realized feelings.. Could he go up to her and just tell her how much she made his heart pound? No. That wouldn't work. She would get scared if he was too intimidating. Maybe he could just come up with something really creative and special to tell her that he truly cared for her.. Heh, girls were so confusing, it was never anything simple with them, always the complications. He smiled. But he loved them to death.
Hotaru woke up with a start. Her conscious state had finally caught up with her unconscious mind and not only that, but it had won. She stared down at her math homework and then stared at the clock on her bedside table, 7:30!! If she didn't hurry up, she would be late for school. School started promptly at 8. No exceptions. The teachers didn't care if you were having boy problems or lack thereof. All they cared about was checking papers and embarrassing you in front of the whole class by calling on you when you didn't know the answer and they knew that you didn't know the answer, yet you were their only form of amusement, so you were stuck.. How awful the life of a high schooler was. Hotaru sighed contentedly. Yet, how wonderful the life of a high schooler could be too, *cough* Shino *cough*.. She quickly finished up her geometry problems, ran to the bathroom and washed up, changed into suitable clothing (a pair of black bell bottoms, a white tank top, a black leather jacket and some jewelry), grabbed her back pack, ran down the stairs, grabbed a piece of toast, gobbled it up, drank a cup of orange juice, and ran down the street until she was a block away from school to catch her breath. She did all this in 15 minutes.. Impressed with herself, she crossed the street and walked towards the school..
Shino looked around for his shades. He knew he had put them on the table the other day when he had come into his room dazed, thinking about Hotaru. Or maybe it wasn't the table, maybe he had thrown them into his closet or put them on his bed and they had fallen under the bed. Kneeling down so that he was on all fours, he looked under his bed. Groaning loudly, he got up and caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He winked at himself, 'damn I look good, I dunno how Hotaru resists me.' (AN: What I did tell you about that ego of his?) He laughed out loud at himself and ran into his walk-in closet, looking around frantically for his shades. He was so gonna be late for school. The teachers didn't care that he looked good and they didn't care if he embarrassed himself in front of Hotaru, damn bastards. Someday, they'd get theirs.. He groaned again as his shades were nowhere to be found in the closet, he ran over to his dresser and rummaged through all of his drawers, 'damn shades'. Finally, he opened the last drawer, all the way at the bottom and they were lying there, innocently, on top of everything.
"Aha!" Shino said as he held them up as if they were some sort of prized treasure, which they were, to him, no doubt about that. He wondered how they had gotten there, shrugged, grabbed his back pack, glared at the clock which read 7: 50 AM and hauled ass to school. He couldn't be late on his second day at his new school.
Hotaru walked into the school, looking around casually, trying to be inconspicuous. Lina came up behind her and tapped her gently on the shoulder. Hotaru jumped practically a mile. "Sheesh, I didn't even have to say 'boo' or anything," Lina laughed, causing Hotaru to groan, "You scared me." "Well, that's obvious, Captain Conspicuous, who were you looking around for?" Lina questioned. "Er, no one--," Hotaru stopped abruptly. Shino came turned the corner and walked up to his locker, which was about 10 lockers away form where Hotaru was standing. Hotaru smiled unconsciously. Shino suddenly turned around and grinned at Hotaru. The world stood still for what seemed like eternity. Shino and Hotaru both unaware of the world around them. Each was only conscious of the other and nothing else. Then, finally, Lina arched a perfect blonde eyebrow and pulled on Hotaru's hair gently, yet firm at the same time as not to hurt the semi-purple- headed girl. Hotaru turned around, and glared at Lina, loosing eye contact with Shino, causing him to shake his head abruptly and go back to his ever-so-interesting locker.
"Geez, Lina, why in the damned hell did you just do that?!" Hotaru bit out harshly, then covered her mouth with a delicate hand, "I'm SO SO SO SO sorry, Lina, Oh my god! I don't know what came over me. I.. I.. Whoa.."
Lina sighed, "It's quite alright actually, I think you owed me that one, like remember the time when I was dating Eddy? I practically ignored you every time he came around."
"Err, yeah..," Hotaru looked back at Shino, who gave her one last grin and whistling happily, went on his merry way down the hall and around the corner where their first period was. Hotaru sighed happily. She quickly grabbed her English book form her locker, shut the door with a bang, and walked faster than intended to her first period where Shino was heading, with Lina hot on her heel, asking questions about what the hell was going on.
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AN: Yeah, go me, it's my birthday, go me, it's my birthday. Hehe, two chapter and one short story done in the same two days. Even if the chapters were a bit short.. I apologize for that, I hope I'll get longer chapters out soon, but I don't think so, we'll see.. As you may have noticed (or as you may not have noticed), I put a lot of detail into my stories, I hope no one's annoyed. I'm just trying to paint a picture for you in words, so you can see what I see..
Chapter: 3
Author: Ice1Taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: Welcome to chapter 3 of Hotaru's Love.. For my devoted readers, THANK YOU!!!! Well, then, now that that's out of the way, down to business.. Hope you all enjoyed chapter 2, even though it WAS kinda short.. :D I'm planning on making this story at least 10 chapters long.. hmm.. we'll see what happens.. I'm planning on also making the chapters more longer *crowd cheers* lol.. I wish I *had* a crowd.. (-_-") ..Anyways, sorry for my bad grammar skills, I know I suck, but writing from the heart is what outshines writing for the fame.. er, yeah.. whatever.. enjoy..
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Ending of last chapter..
Hotaru gazed at her paper, took the last sip of her smoothie, and looked down at her paper; shocked. She had drawn little hearts in the margins of her math homework, and had written Shino's name in every single little heart. It was odd because she hadn't realized when she had changed from doing boring geometry problems to drawing hearts
with Shino's name in them. 'Wow, I've fallen.. I've fallen for Shino..,' Hotaru finally admitted to herself. Then she blushed, as if that was too impossible to happen.
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Hotaru's Love - Chapter 3 by Ice1Taru
Hotaru grinned. For once, she was going to be honest with herself.. She liked Shino and that was that.. but what if he didn't like her? What if he thought she was ugly or.. or.. shallow? Hotaru sighed dejectedly. She looked out her window. It was dark outside. 'Hmm, probably past dinner time already,' Hotaru thought. But, not feeling hungry, she went into her bathroom, changed into her pajamas and brushed her teeth. Glancing at the digital clock on the bedside table, she gasped at the time; it was already 10 o' clock. Had she really spent 5 hours daydreaming about Shino and procrastinating on her homework? Hotaru just rolled her eyes, threw herself into her canopy bed and turned out the lights.
Shino took a glimpse at the platinum watch on his wrist, '10 o'clock already?'.. He went into his bathroom, changed into some comfortable pants, and flung himself into his four-poster bed. He stared at the ceiling for at least an hour thinking about Hotaru before finally falling into a deep slumber..
The next morning, Hotaru woke up unusually early. Glancing at the watch, she groaned, it was only 5: 00 AM. She had wanted to sleep until at least 7 o' clock. Oh, well. Maybe she could get some work done before school. She yawned and stretched and got out of bed. Stumbling over to her worktable, she sat down and once again began working on her geometry homework. This time she wouldn't write his name over and over again. And she wouldn't draw little hearts either. She would do all of the geometry problems, no matter how boring this assignment was. Unfortunately, sleep came over her like a wave comes over an egotistical surfer who shows off after mastering only one wave and a small wave at that. Her head gently landed on the paper, on top of her homework and she dosed off once again to Dream Land to dream of her prince a.k.a. Shino.
Shino stared at his ceiling. He felt refreshed and ready to take on the world. He casually glanced at the clock on his nightstand.. 7:15 AM.. He'd been thinking about Hotaru for the past.. 'half hour'.. he glanced up at his ceiling once again and contemplated the fact that she had been invading his thoughts ever since he first saw her.. He wondered what this could mean.. it either meant that he hated her with all his guts or that he liked her with all his heart.. it was definitely not the first option.. Yup, it was official, he had fallen for Hotaru Tomoe. Now, what to do, what.. to.. do.. He idly toyed with his bed sheets trying to figure out what he was going to do with these newly realized feelings.. Could he go up to her and just tell her how much she made his heart pound? No. That wouldn't work. She would get scared if he was too intimidating. Maybe he could just come up with something really creative and special to tell her that he truly cared for her.. Heh, girls were so confusing, it was never anything simple with them, always the complications. He smiled. But he loved them to death.
Hotaru woke up with a start. Her conscious state had finally caught up with her unconscious mind and not only that, but it had won. She stared down at her math homework and then stared at the clock on her bedside table, 7:30!! If she didn't hurry up, she would be late for school. School started promptly at 8. No exceptions. The teachers didn't care if you were having boy problems or lack thereof. All they cared about was checking papers and embarrassing you in front of the whole class by calling on you when you didn't know the answer and they knew that you didn't know the answer, yet you were their only form of amusement, so you were stuck.. How awful the life of a high schooler was. Hotaru sighed contentedly. Yet, how wonderful the life of a high schooler could be too, *cough* Shino *cough*.. She quickly finished up her geometry problems, ran to the bathroom and washed up, changed into suitable clothing (a pair of black bell bottoms, a white tank top, a black leather jacket and some jewelry), grabbed her back pack, ran down the stairs, grabbed a piece of toast, gobbled it up, drank a cup of orange juice, and ran down the street until she was a block away from school to catch her breath. She did all this in 15 minutes.. Impressed with herself, she crossed the street and walked towards the school..
Shino looked around for his shades. He knew he had put them on the table the other day when he had come into his room dazed, thinking about Hotaru. Or maybe it wasn't the table, maybe he had thrown them into his closet or put them on his bed and they had fallen under the bed. Kneeling down so that he was on all fours, he looked under his bed. Groaning loudly, he got up and caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He winked at himself, 'damn I look good, I dunno how Hotaru resists me.' (AN: What I did tell you about that ego of his?) He laughed out loud at himself and ran into his walk-in closet, looking around frantically for his shades. He was so gonna be late for school. The teachers didn't care that he looked good and they didn't care if he embarrassed himself in front of Hotaru, damn bastards. Someday, they'd get theirs.. He groaned again as his shades were nowhere to be found in the closet, he ran over to his dresser and rummaged through all of his drawers, 'damn shades'. Finally, he opened the last drawer, all the way at the bottom and they were lying there, innocently, on top of everything.
"Aha!" Shino said as he held them up as if they were some sort of prized treasure, which they were, to him, no doubt about that. He wondered how they had gotten there, shrugged, grabbed his back pack, glared at the clock which read 7: 50 AM and hauled ass to school. He couldn't be late on his second day at his new school.
Hotaru walked into the school, looking around casually, trying to be inconspicuous. Lina came up behind her and tapped her gently on the shoulder. Hotaru jumped practically a mile. "Sheesh, I didn't even have to say 'boo' or anything," Lina laughed, causing Hotaru to groan, "You scared me." "Well, that's obvious, Captain Conspicuous, who were you looking around for?" Lina questioned. "Er, no one--," Hotaru stopped abruptly. Shino came turned the corner and walked up to his locker, which was about 10 lockers away form where Hotaru was standing. Hotaru smiled unconsciously. Shino suddenly turned around and grinned at Hotaru. The world stood still for what seemed like eternity. Shino and Hotaru both unaware of the world around them. Each was only conscious of the other and nothing else. Then, finally, Lina arched a perfect blonde eyebrow and pulled on Hotaru's hair gently, yet firm at the same time as not to hurt the semi-purple- headed girl. Hotaru turned around, and glared at Lina, loosing eye contact with Shino, causing him to shake his head abruptly and go back to his ever-so-interesting locker.
"Geez, Lina, why in the damned hell did you just do that?!" Hotaru bit out harshly, then covered her mouth with a delicate hand, "I'm SO SO SO SO sorry, Lina, Oh my god! I don't know what came over me. I.. I.. Whoa.."
Lina sighed, "It's quite alright actually, I think you owed me that one, like remember the time when I was dating Eddy? I practically ignored you every time he came around."
"Err, yeah..," Hotaru looked back at Shino, who gave her one last grin and whistling happily, went on his merry way down the hall and around the corner where their first period was. Hotaru sighed happily. She quickly grabbed her English book form her locker, shut the door with a bang, and walked faster than intended to her first period where Shino was heading, with Lina hot on her heel, asking questions about what the hell was going on.
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AN: Yeah, go me, it's my birthday, go me, it's my birthday. Hehe, two chapter and one short story done in the same two days. Even if the chapters were a bit short.. I apologize for that, I hope I'll get longer chapters out soon, but I don't think so, we'll see.. As you may have noticed (or as you may not have noticed), I put a lot of detail into my stories, I hope no one's annoyed. I'm just trying to paint a picture for you in words, so you can see what I see..