Title: Hotaru's Love
Chapter: 4
Author: Ice1Taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: I'm (dun dun dun) BACK! I know I haven't been able to do anything because first of all, it's summer and I (unfortunately) have other commitments and secondly, as hard as it may be to believe, my summer's actually been eventful (with tedious things), but I have to do them so I'm stuck. Anyways, enough about me, I'm back and ready to rock. Sorry for those of you who got your hopes up about me updating alot coz I was on a roll for like a few hours. But school starts in like a month, and I'll probably be busy again, so yeah, SORRY..
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Ending of last chapter..
"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 from 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 heels, asking questions about what the hell was going on.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1Taru - Chapter 4
Shino slowly dragged himself into the room. He hated first period. The only thing good about it was the fact that he had Hotaru for that period, and she sat right next to him. Otherwise, he would skip first period. He could probably go play hockey with his brother and his friends instead of being in school and learning about Shakespeare and other dead guys that wrote poetry; not to say that he disliked poetry or anything because every once in a while, he would be hit with inspiration and he would pour his heart out through pen and paper.
Hotaru followed Shino into the room, still trying to be inconspicuous. Of course, by now, Lina had figured out that Hotaru had a mad crush on Shino. Heh, maybe not just a crush, but more. She had seen how Hotaru stared at Shino and sighed constantly on their way to their first period. It was kinda.. scary.. Hotaru had never (ever ever ever) acted that way before, not even close to it. And now, all of a sudden, this guy just pops up outta no where and Hotaru's hooked. Can you say 'Whoa'? Lina trailed Hotaru into the room and sat down at her seat towards the middle of the class as Shino and Hotaru went to the back and sat down in their seats next to each other. Lina suddenly felt a pang of.. something.. tug at her heart as she watched them. She couldn't identify the emotion that had suddenly gripped her. All she knew was that it was a painful emotion. It felt as if a cold, icy hand had gripped her heart and then suddenly let it go. Lina shuddered and looked away. She looked outside at the sunshine, it was a beautiful day. Why had she felt as if it was raining on her? ONLY on her? Lina shuddered again at her thoughts.
Shino glanced sideways at Hotaru, who was curiously glancing at Lina. Lina had shuddered twice. Hotaru wondered what could be wrong. After a moment of being lost in thought, she shrugged and looked at Shino, who was now looking at her as if she was an ice cream cone and he was a five-year-old dying for some sugar. Hotaru giggled at his expression, he looked funny, she couldn't help it. Her laughter cut through Shino's thoughts and he shook his head. He had been doing that a lot lately. Thinking about her, and then shaking his head to clear his thoughts, it was unusual. He felt like an idiot, as if he had no control over his emotions what-so-ever.
Sensei-Izu came into the room and sort of leaned against her desk in the front of the class, idly looking around at all of her students, then casually looking at the clock on the wall which just happened to be behind her desk. There were still two minutes still the bell. 'Oh, well' she thought, 'might as well start the class now and cut this loud chatter, teenagers talk WAY too much', "Okay, class, today we're going to--"
"But the bell hasn't rung yet, so, technically, school hasn't started yet, so technically, this class hasn't started yet, so technically, you don't have authority over us for another minute and 45 seconds, so techni--," One of the students protested, but was cut off by Sensei-Izu. "Mr. Kiwazaki, please be quiet, as long as you are in my classroom, I DO have authority over you, and you DO have to do what I say or you WILL get a detention, and none of that was technical," Sensei-Izu stated sternly, "Now, then.. as I was saying before I was RUDELY interrupted," she glared at Yani Kiwazaki for a brief second and then continued, "The Valentine's Day dance is coming up in two weeks," at this, Shino nonchalantly glanced at Hotaru as she purposefully tried not to look at him, "The principal has made me committee adviser of this dance, if any of you are interested, please let me know, so far, no one has signed up to be in the dance committee, I wonder why..," Sensei-Izu said disheartedly, she hated being committee adviser.
Since there were no other news, the beginning of classes began, just as boring as any other day.
After school, Hotaru walked home from school, dragging her feet as she walked. It had been such a boring and uneventful day, she felt bored and sleepy throughout all of her classes, except the ones where Shino was present. Lina appeared out of nowhere behind Hotaru, and once again, scared the hell out of her without even saying anything. Just a simple tap on the shoulder made Hotaru jump these days.
"I can't believe you like Shino," Lina said conversationally.
"Er, yeah.. I guess.. I mean, I dunno him that well.. but.. umm.. I mean, what's not to believe?" Hotaru replied with uncertainty.
Lina stared at Hotaru, eyebrows raised. Usually, Hotaru would never admit things like this. Shino was definitely bringing out a wild side out of Hotaru. In the two days that he had been here, Hotaru had turned somewhat bold and changed.
"I can't believe that a guy has changed Hotaru Tomoe, my own best friend," Lina implored quietly, "I'm the boy crazy one, remember? I'm the one whose constantly changing. Not you." Lina gasped. Now she knew why she had shuddered in class so much. She had been scared of losing her best friend to a guy. She drew in a shaky breath and tried not to look Hotaru in the eye.
"Aw, Lina, I'm not changed. I'm just developing, growing. I can't be silent all my life. I have feelings, too. I'm a human being after all. And no matter what happens, you and I will always be best friends. Guy or no guy," Hotaru announced, "Speaking of best friends, have you been in touch with ours? Have Amber or Ry called from London? I haven't had a chance to call in the past few days because.."
'I've been too busy thinking and drooling over Shino', Hotaru finished to herself guiltily.
"Because what?" Lina asked casually, already knowing the answer.
"Because.. Because I've had way too much homework, geometry is killing me," Hotaru stated blushingly, causing Lina's mouth to pop wide open. 'I HAVE changed, I'm lying shamelessly to my best friend. Ugh, what am I becoming?,' Hotaru thought sadly, 'No, I'm not going to lie to my best friend,' Hotaru decided suddenly, "Actually, Lina, I've been too busy thinking about Shino, I'm sorry I lied. I suck."
"Hmm.. You are so gonna have to make it up to me for lying.. Oh, and I already knew about Shino," Lina finally looked into Hotaru's eyes.
Hotaru sighed audibly. Thank god Lina was the calm type and only got violent when people messed with her for not reason. Hotaru hugged Lina tightly.
"I'm so glad you're my best friend, Lina-chan," Hotaru said after a few moments of silent hugging.
"I'm glad you're my best friend, too, Taru-chan," Lina replied, "Don't let Shino come between us."
"I won't," Hotaru told her.
"Yo, ladies! ..Hotaru! Wait up!" A voice shouted from about a 10 feet away. Shino stopped and rested his hands on his knees, catching his breath. Hotaru and Lina both turned around at the same time and watched Shino catch his breath for a few seconds. He hadn't played hockey in a while, no wonder his running was so rusty. He would have to stop by the arena during the weekend and practice. "Right, and uhh, how are you lovely ladies doing this fine.. afternoon?" Shino asked offhandedly as he walked up to them while looking at Hotaru the whole time.
"We're fine. Wussup wit you? Why were you running?" Lina answered for the both of them, eyeing Shino up and down like a hawk.
"Nothin's up wit me. Wussup wit you? Oh, yeah. Well, you see, in order to catch up to someone who is far away, you have to increase your speed in order to catch up with them if they are walking at a constant rate," Shino said semi-sarcastically, while still looking at Hotaru. Hotaru, who had been staring at Shino the whole time, grabbed the hood of Lina's jacket because she knew that any moment now, Lina would make him pay for his rudeness. She had a tendency to get into fights. The last thing Hotaru wanted/needed was a fight between the guy she was crushing and her best friend.
Lina growled, "Boy, you're just lucky that Hotaru's holding me back, otherwise, you would be bent over in pain right now," and she moved toward him slightly and raised her right knee. Shino eyed her knee warily, but kept his feet firm on the ground. He had aquired worse injuries while playing hockey. Besides, all he had wanted was to see Hotaru, say 'hi', complimanet her, and walk her home. He hadn't expected her scary best friend to be there with her. The evil bitch, if she got in his way, she would pay dearly.
Shino's dark thoughts were interrupted as Hotaru coughed to release the tension a little bit. He had forgotten to be a gentlemen. He mentally kicked himself. He wouldn't mess up again. He looked at Hotaru with an apologetic smile and she smiled back, letting him know it was okay. Shino felt his heart skip a beat. Lina watched the exchange between the two would-be lovers and rolled her eyes. She wasn't over the whole loosing-her-best-friend-over-a-guy thing yet.
"Right. You all just stand there like idiots. Im goin' home. Hotaru, buddy, call me later and we can.. uhh.. TALK?" Lina muttered, knowing none of them had heard her (they were too busy staring at each other) and stormed off toward her house in the opposite direction. After a minute of staring at each other, Shino asked, "So, shall we walk then? To.. your house? Together? Side by side?"
Hotaru giggled. He was so cute. She could tell he was nervous, "Sure."
"Okay," Shino replied, relieved. He thought she was laughing at him when she giggled.
Had he said something funny?
They started walking towards Hotaru's house, in a comforting silence. No words were exchanged, for fear that they would ruin the moment. Ocassionally, one would look at the other without the them noticing. Much too soon, they arrived at Hotaru's house.
'Now or never,' Hotaru thought anxiously, "Shino, will you take me to the dance?" She asked as they stood on her front porch, a a light wind passed around them, gently tousling their hair. How embarrassing it would be if her father all of sudden came out and saw them not be able to take their eyes off each other. Hotaru sweatdropped mentally at the image that popped up in her head of her father realizing that Hotaru had taken interest in a boy from school. He had taken for granted the fact that Hotaru didn't have many friends and was not usually interested in boys.
"I.. you.. wha.. uhh.. we.. huh.. oh.. um..," Shino's fruitless attempt to say "yes" was failing. Realizing that his mouth would not function properly as long as she stood there anxiously waiting for him to speak, her beautiful hair whipping about her face, Shino tried to think of other forms of communication. He COULD just kiss her right there and then, that would loosen his tongue a bit or he could try sign language, which he had no knowledge of what-so-ever. The first option seemed so tempting, it took all his might just to gain control of himself. The latter option wouldn't work either. So, he did the easiest thing a person can do when they are nervous and wish to speak but their tongues have boycotted talking, he nodded his ebony head. He could see this had taken a toll on Hotaru, who gave a squeal of delight, kissed him on the cheek and rushed inside, slamming the door behind her harder than she had intended for her excitement was at an unusual high.
Shino stood there for a good 30 seconds, his hand on his cheek where Hotaru had kissed him. He couldn't believe it. She had kissed him. Her petal-like lips were velvety and soft. If a kiss on the cheek was this good, he couldn't wait to see what it would be like to kiss her on the lips. Grinning at the thought, he made his way back home.
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AN: Well, hope ya liked. Even though I have been busy, I would like to say that I will never be too busy to come back to writing, especially this story. I'm gonna go now and work on the fifth chapter. Later.
Lady Ice a.k.a. Ice1Taru *winks*
Chapter: 4
Author: Ice1Taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: I'm (dun dun dun) BACK! I know I haven't been able to do anything because first of all, it's summer and I (unfortunately) have other commitments and secondly, as hard as it may be to believe, my summer's actually been eventful (with tedious things), but I have to do them so I'm stuck. Anyways, enough about me, I'm back and ready to rock. Sorry for those of you who got your hopes up about me updating alot coz I was on a roll for like a few hours. But school starts in like a month, and I'll probably be busy again, so yeah, SORRY..
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Ending of last chapter..
"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 from 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 heels, asking questions about what the hell was going on.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1Taru - Chapter 4
Shino slowly dragged himself into the room. He hated first period. The only thing good about it was the fact that he had Hotaru for that period, and she sat right next to him. Otherwise, he would skip first period. He could probably go play hockey with his brother and his friends instead of being in school and learning about Shakespeare and other dead guys that wrote poetry; not to say that he disliked poetry or anything because every once in a while, he would be hit with inspiration and he would pour his heart out through pen and paper.
Hotaru followed Shino into the room, still trying to be inconspicuous. Of course, by now, Lina had figured out that Hotaru had a mad crush on Shino. Heh, maybe not just a crush, but more. She had seen how Hotaru stared at Shino and sighed constantly on their way to their first period. It was kinda.. scary.. Hotaru had never (ever ever ever) acted that way before, not even close to it. And now, all of a sudden, this guy just pops up outta no where and Hotaru's hooked. Can you say 'Whoa'? Lina trailed Hotaru into the room and sat down at her seat towards the middle of the class as Shino and Hotaru went to the back and sat down in their seats next to each other. Lina suddenly felt a pang of.. something.. tug at her heart as she watched them. She couldn't identify the emotion that had suddenly gripped her. All she knew was that it was a painful emotion. It felt as if a cold, icy hand had gripped her heart and then suddenly let it go. Lina shuddered and looked away. She looked outside at the sunshine, it was a beautiful day. Why had she felt as if it was raining on her? ONLY on her? Lina shuddered again at her thoughts.
Shino glanced sideways at Hotaru, who was curiously glancing at Lina. Lina had shuddered twice. Hotaru wondered what could be wrong. After a moment of being lost in thought, she shrugged and looked at Shino, who was now looking at her as if she was an ice cream cone and he was a five-year-old dying for some sugar. Hotaru giggled at his expression, he looked funny, she couldn't help it. Her laughter cut through Shino's thoughts and he shook his head. He had been doing that a lot lately. Thinking about her, and then shaking his head to clear his thoughts, it was unusual. He felt like an idiot, as if he had no control over his emotions what-so-ever.
Sensei-Izu came into the room and sort of leaned against her desk in the front of the class, idly looking around at all of her students, then casually looking at the clock on the wall which just happened to be behind her desk. There were still two minutes still the bell. 'Oh, well' she thought, 'might as well start the class now and cut this loud chatter, teenagers talk WAY too much', "Okay, class, today we're going to--"
"But the bell hasn't rung yet, so, technically, school hasn't started yet, so technically, this class hasn't started yet, so technically, you don't have authority over us for another minute and 45 seconds, so techni--," One of the students protested, but was cut off by Sensei-Izu. "Mr. Kiwazaki, please be quiet, as long as you are in my classroom, I DO have authority over you, and you DO have to do what I say or you WILL get a detention, and none of that was technical," Sensei-Izu stated sternly, "Now, then.. as I was saying before I was RUDELY interrupted," she glared at Yani Kiwazaki for a brief second and then continued, "The Valentine's Day dance is coming up in two weeks," at this, Shino nonchalantly glanced at Hotaru as she purposefully tried not to look at him, "The principal has made me committee adviser of this dance, if any of you are interested, please let me know, so far, no one has signed up to be in the dance committee, I wonder why..," Sensei-Izu said disheartedly, she hated being committee adviser.
Since there were no other news, the beginning of classes began, just as boring as any other day.
After school, Hotaru walked home from school, dragging her feet as she walked. It had been such a boring and uneventful day, she felt bored and sleepy throughout all of her classes, except the ones where Shino was present. Lina appeared out of nowhere behind Hotaru, and once again, scared the hell out of her without even saying anything. Just a simple tap on the shoulder made Hotaru jump these days.
"I can't believe you like Shino," Lina said conversationally.
"Er, yeah.. I guess.. I mean, I dunno him that well.. but.. umm.. I mean, what's not to believe?" Hotaru replied with uncertainty.
Lina stared at Hotaru, eyebrows raised. Usually, Hotaru would never admit things like this. Shino was definitely bringing out a wild side out of Hotaru. In the two days that he had been here, Hotaru had turned somewhat bold and changed.
"I can't believe that a guy has changed Hotaru Tomoe, my own best friend," Lina implored quietly, "I'm the boy crazy one, remember? I'm the one whose constantly changing. Not you." Lina gasped. Now she knew why she had shuddered in class so much. She had been scared of losing her best friend to a guy. She drew in a shaky breath and tried not to look Hotaru in the eye.
"Aw, Lina, I'm not changed. I'm just developing, growing. I can't be silent all my life. I have feelings, too. I'm a human being after all. And no matter what happens, you and I will always be best friends. Guy or no guy," Hotaru announced, "Speaking of best friends, have you been in touch with ours? Have Amber or Ry called from London? I haven't had a chance to call in the past few days because.."
'I've been too busy thinking and drooling over Shino', Hotaru finished to herself guiltily.
"Because what?" Lina asked casually, already knowing the answer.
"Because.. Because I've had way too much homework, geometry is killing me," Hotaru stated blushingly, causing Lina's mouth to pop wide open. 'I HAVE changed, I'm lying shamelessly to my best friend. Ugh, what am I becoming?,' Hotaru thought sadly, 'No, I'm not going to lie to my best friend,' Hotaru decided suddenly, "Actually, Lina, I've been too busy thinking about Shino, I'm sorry I lied. I suck."
"Hmm.. You are so gonna have to make it up to me for lying.. Oh, and I already knew about Shino," Lina finally looked into Hotaru's eyes.
Hotaru sighed audibly. Thank god Lina was the calm type and only got violent when people messed with her for not reason. Hotaru hugged Lina tightly.
"I'm so glad you're my best friend, Lina-chan," Hotaru said after a few moments of silent hugging.
"I'm glad you're my best friend, too, Taru-chan," Lina replied, "Don't let Shino come between us."
"I won't," Hotaru told her.
"Yo, ladies! ..Hotaru! Wait up!" A voice shouted from about a 10 feet away. Shino stopped and rested his hands on his knees, catching his breath. Hotaru and Lina both turned around at the same time and watched Shino catch his breath for a few seconds. He hadn't played hockey in a while, no wonder his running was so rusty. He would have to stop by the arena during the weekend and practice. "Right, and uhh, how are you lovely ladies doing this fine.. afternoon?" Shino asked offhandedly as he walked up to them while looking at Hotaru the whole time.
"We're fine. Wussup wit you? Why were you running?" Lina answered for the both of them, eyeing Shino up and down like a hawk.
"Nothin's up wit me. Wussup wit you? Oh, yeah. Well, you see, in order to catch up to someone who is far away, you have to increase your speed in order to catch up with them if they are walking at a constant rate," Shino said semi-sarcastically, while still looking at Hotaru. Hotaru, who had been staring at Shino the whole time, grabbed the hood of Lina's jacket because she knew that any moment now, Lina would make him pay for his rudeness. She had a tendency to get into fights. The last thing Hotaru wanted/needed was a fight between the guy she was crushing and her best friend.
Lina growled, "Boy, you're just lucky that Hotaru's holding me back, otherwise, you would be bent over in pain right now," and she moved toward him slightly and raised her right knee. Shino eyed her knee warily, but kept his feet firm on the ground. He had aquired worse injuries while playing hockey. Besides, all he had wanted was to see Hotaru, say 'hi', complimanet her, and walk her home. He hadn't expected her scary best friend to be there with her. The evil bitch, if she got in his way, she would pay dearly.
Shino's dark thoughts were interrupted as Hotaru coughed to release the tension a little bit. He had forgotten to be a gentlemen. He mentally kicked himself. He wouldn't mess up again. He looked at Hotaru with an apologetic smile and she smiled back, letting him know it was okay. Shino felt his heart skip a beat. Lina watched the exchange between the two would-be lovers and rolled her eyes. She wasn't over the whole loosing-her-best-friend-over-a-guy thing yet.
"Right. You all just stand there like idiots. Im goin' home. Hotaru, buddy, call me later and we can.. uhh.. TALK?" Lina muttered, knowing none of them had heard her (they were too busy staring at each other) and stormed off toward her house in the opposite direction. After a minute of staring at each other, Shino asked, "So, shall we walk then? To.. your house? Together? Side by side?"
Hotaru giggled. He was so cute. She could tell he was nervous, "Sure."
"Okay," Shino replied, relieved. He thought she was laughing at him when she giggled.
Had he said something funny?
They started walking towards Hotaru's house, in a comforting silence. No words were exchanged, for fear that they would ruin the moment. Ocassionally, one would look at the other without the them noticing. Much too soon, they arrived at Hotaru's house.
'Now or never,' Hotaru thought anxiously, "Shino, will you take me to the dance?" She asked as they stood on her front porch, a a light wind passed around them, gently tousling their hair. How embarrassing it would be if her father all of sudden came out and saw them not be able to take their eyes off each other. Hotaru sweatdropped mentally at the image that popped up in her head of her father realizing that Hotaru had taken interest in a boy from school. He had taken for granted the fact that Hotaru didn't have many friends and was not usually interested in boys.
"I.. you.. wha.. uhh.. we.. huh.. oh.. um..," Shino's fruitless attempt to say "yes" was failing. Realizing that his mouth would not function properly as long as she stood there anxiously waiting for him to speak, her beautiful hair whipping about her face, Shino tried to think of other forms of communication. He COULD just kiss her right there and then, that would loosen his tongue a bit or he could try sign language, which he had no knowledge of what-so-ever. The first option seemed so tempting, it took all his might just to gain control of himself. The latter option wouldn't work either. So, he did the easiest thing a person can do when they are nervous and wish to speak but their tongues have boycotted talking, he nodded his ebony head. He could see this had taken a toll on Hotaru, who gave a squeal of delight, kissed him on the cheek and rushed inside, slamming the door behind her harder than she had intended for her excitement was at an unusual high.
Shino stood there for a good 30 seconds, his hand on his cheek where Hotaru had kissed him. He couldn't believe it. She had kissed him. Her petal-like lips were velvety and soft. If a kiss on the cheek was this good, he couldn't wait to see what it would be like to kiss her on the lips. Grinning at the thought, he made his way back home.
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AN: Well, hope ya liked. Even though I have been busy, I would like to say that I will never be too busy to come back to writing, especially this story. I'm gonna go now and work on the fifth chapter. Later.
Lady Ice a.k.a. Ice1Taru *winks*