Title: Hotaru's Love
Chapter: 14
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Ry couldn't believe it. Out of all the people for her to bump into in Tokyo, it had to be him. It had to be Shino. Ry gasped. Shino turned around when he heard her gasp. He thought it was Hotaru and smiled, but his smile faded when he realized it wasn't her.
"Ry?" Shino asked, confused. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh my gosh! Shino!" Ry ran to him and wrapped her arms around him. Shino rolled his eyes; she was still as clingy as ever. He gently pushed her away and stared at her.
Shino was confused. What the hell was going on? What was Ry doing here?
They'd dated for a few months when Shino had been living in London with his parents before he moved to Tokyo. They had had a great relationship, but in the end, Ry had cheated on him and now, here she was again. Out of nowhere. She always seemed like the stalker type to him. She would become jealous if Shino even looked at other girls and that was one of the reasons why they had broken up. She was just too controlling sometimes and Shino didn't like that. At all. In fact, he had hated it. And besides, she had been the one to cheat on him and then, dump him. What a bitch, Shino thought, just realizing the irony of the situation. He had been broken-hearted when she had left him. Sure, Shino missed the sex the most, but it seemed like they were the perfect couple.
"Oh, baby. I've missed you so much," Ry purred into his ear, forgetting about Hotaru, and wrapped her arms around him once again.
"Uh, hello. YOU dumped ME, remember?" Shino muttered and tried to push her away gently. He was a gentleman. And he would remain calm throughout this whole ordeal. Yes, he would.
"Oh, but that was only because you were looking at that girl. I mean, I forgive you now, though," Ry sat down on his lap and kissed him gently on the lips.
"Damn, can you get the fuck off of me? MAYBE we can have a real conversation without you touching me, ya know?" Shino growled. So much for being a gentleman, Shino thought glumly.
"And oh yeah. That girl that I was looking at was Amber and that was coz she was talking to me. And usually, when someone is talking to you, you look at them," Shino said.
"Well, you were smiling," Ry pouted, trying to be cute. She ran a hand through his hair.
"She was telling a JOKE," Shino said, exasperated.
Ry rolled her eyes; he was always good at making excuses.
Just then, Hotaru walked into the room, glowing with happiness that she would finally get to go out with Shino. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Ry on his lap, with her arms around his neck. Their lips were only inches apart. Hotaru tried not to cry and ran back upstairs to her room. She slammed the door and fell on the bed. The angry tears ran down her cheeks freely. Hotaru didn't understand what had just happened. How could this be?
Shino gasped and got up when he saw Hotaru running back upstairs, in the process, dropping Ry on the floor. Ry was angry now. How could Shino be so careless as to drop her like that?
"Shino--," Ry began.
"No," Shino snapped, "No more! It's over between you and me. Cry me a fucking river, build me a fucking bridge, and GET THE FUCK OVER IT!" And with that, he calmly walked up the stairs, looking for Hotaru. Unfortunately, Amber and Lina met him first.
"Shino!" Amber gasped. "What a pleasant surprise!"
Lina glared at Amber, which quickly wiped the grin off her face.
"WHAT the fuck did you just do?" Lina said, under her breath. Lina and Amber were just about to go downstairs when they had seen Hotaru coming up the stairs, looking terribly upset. And they had heard her crying at first, but she seemed to have gained control over herself because her room was oddly quiet now.
"What did I do? What DID I DO? You wanna know what I did?!" Shino said, looking from Amber to Lina, "I did nothing at all. That bitch, Ry, she kissed me."
"Well, uh, didn't YOU dump her? I didn't know she wasn't over you yet," Amber said thoughtfully.
"I dunno what you guys are doing here, but she is seriously about to fuck me over," Shino said, looking at Amber. "And no. I did not dump HER. SHE dumped ME." For the first time, Shino felt that he had truly liked a girl, but Ry was about to mess everything up. Why didn't she understand that he didn't like her anymore? That he liked Hotaru now? That, maybe, he even loved Hotaru? How could so many things go so wrong in such a small amount of time? Shino groaned, frustrated.
"What? Are you serious?" Amber said, puzzled.
"No," Shino said, "I'm just playing around with you because it's fun."
Amber gave him a look.
"YES! I'M SERIOUS!"
"Okay, calm down. No need to get excited. I'm sure Hotaru will understand if we just explain everything to her."
"Yeah, right! Did you not just see her slam the door?! What if she's crying or something? Huh? What then?!"
"...Right, Just calm down. I'll figure something out."
"Guess you guys are not going to the dance tonight," Lina spoke up.
"Gee. Whatever gave you THAT idea?" Shino said, every word dripping with sarcasm.
"Hey, I was just SAYING," Lina said defensively.
"She's right," Amber said.
Shino sweat dropped.
"No, I meant she's right. You guys MIGHT get to go the dance today if you're lucky," Amber added, "Hotaru's really sensitive. She might have a hard time getting over it."
"Damn, you guys are just so nice. You sure know how to cheer someone up," Shino said, running a hand through his hair. "Is there anything else you wanna tell me?"
"Shut UP, Gangsta-wanna-be," Lina rolled her eyes and grabbed his elbow. She led him to Hotaru's room. Unfortunately, the door was still locked.
"Do it," Lina whispered.
"Do what?" Shino whispered back.
"Knock on the fucking door, DAWG," Lina said and laughed at her own joke.
Shino scowled and shrugged her off. He cautiously knocked on the door.
"Go to hell" was the only reply that came from inside the room.
Lina laughed out loud and said "That's my girl!"
Amber shushed her and looked at Shino. Shino looked at Amber and bit his lip.
"Hotaru. Open the door," Amber knocked on the door.
"No," Hotaru said.
"Not until he's gone," she added a few silent moments later.
"And I'm not too keen to see HER either," she added again after some more moments of silent suffering for Shino.
Amber sighed, "Hotaru, you don't understand. Please open the door."
This time, Hotaru did not reply. She did not want to talk.
Lina sighed loudly. "Look. Let's let him deal with it. Let's go see what's up with Ry."
Shino glared at Lina when she said 'Ry'.
Lina gave him a look and walked downstairs. After silently interrogating Shino for a few moments, Amber followed.
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Amber and Lina sat down on the sofa. Ry was sitting in the loveseat, hugging a cushion. Tears stained her cheeks and she was staring at her feet.
"So. One question," Amber began, "Who messed up? You or him?"
"Me," Ry said, and began to cry again.
Amber sighed, "I was afraid of this. What happened?"
Ry took a deep breath. "Well, I came downstairs. I saw Shino. And all these feelings rushed back to me. I didn't know I still liked him. He was the first guy that I went out with that was different from all the other guys. And he's actually gotten hotter. I thought he'd be miserable without me. That's why I dumped him. I wanted him to want me more after the break-up but he left. And now that I finally get to see him again, he likes someone else. HOTARU, of all people."
"Why? What's wrong with Hotaru?" Lina asked, all of a sudden.
"Huh?"
"Did I stutter?" Lina snapped.
"I am so much more sexier than she is," Ry laughed dryly.
"Oh, that explains EVERYthing. But you know you're wrong. Hotaru really likes him and he really likes her," Lina explained.
"Really?" Ry asked.
"Really."
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Shino knocked on Hotaru's door for what seemed like the hundredth time. When, once again, there was no response, Shino sighed and sat down on the floor, leaning on the door.
"Hotaru..." Shino began and waited, hoping she would respond.
"Hotaru, dammit, answer me. Don't leave me alone. Please. Just say something. Anything. Please?" He was on the verge of desperation now. When she didn't respond once again, he realized just how much he had hurt her. He tried to picture what it was like to be in her shoes, walking in on him.
Shino sighed again and looked up the at ceiling.
"Why?" came the audible reply from the other side of the door. Hotaru was standing on the other side of the door, staring at it intently, thinking she could see Shino on the other side if she just tried hard enough. It wasn't working, all she saw was the stark, wooden door.
Hotaru laid a trembling hand on the door, just like she had laid her hand on Shino's chest at the hospital. This memory brought tears to her eyes.
"Why?" Shino repeated. "Why?" Shino laughed. "Dammit, Hotaru. SHE kissed ME. I would never do anything to hurt you. In fact, it's hurting me now to see you hurting. Well, I can't really see how, but if you're crying, please stop. I can't stand the thought of you crying."
Hotaru slid down and sat on the floor, her back leaning on the door. They were back to back now, only a door separating them.
The silence was deafening.
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Ry sniffled. Amber handed her a tissue. Lina stared at Ry. Amber glared at Lina. Lina stopped staring at Ry and stared at Amber instead.
Amber rolled her eyes. "Come on guys. We have to make things right again."
"He was so mean to me. I don't wanna go up and see him," Ry said quickly.
"Well, you DID try to rape him just now," Lina said slowly.
"Rape? Lina!" Amber said.
"Thank you Amber. At least someone is on my side," Ry said.
"It was more like seduce. You know, assault. Harassment," Amber stated matter-of-factly.
"Okay, so maybe no one is on my side," Ry snapped.
"Grow UP, Ry. I can't believe this is actually happening," Lina said angrily.
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"You know, I've liked you ever since I first saw you. I still remember the first time I saw you. My heart wouldn't stop pounding. In fact, every time I see you, my heart skips a beat."
Hotaru smiled at this, unbeknownst to Shino.
Shino looked up at the ceiling again, "I wish we could just go out like a regular couple and just.. I dunno. There's so much I feel for you. I would never cheat on you. Ry," Shino frowned, "She just won't leave me alone. Me and her are over. All I want is you, Hotaru, why can't you see that?" Shino pounded his fist on the floor, frustrated.
Hotaru stared at the wall on the opposite side of her bedroom. She didn't know what to do, she was still hurt. Yet, Shino seemed sincere. She got up off the floor and slowly opened the door. Shino felt the door opening and stood up. He looked down at Hotaru and smiled. Hotaru smiled back and they hugged.
"I'm sorry," Hotaru mumbled.
"No, I'm sorry, I should've pushed her away sooner."
"I didn't know you guys were going out."
"WERE."
Hotaru sighed. "I don't know. Somehow, this doesn't seem right. She's one of my best friends."
"Yeah, your best friend who tried to mack on your boyfriend."
Hotaru smiled when he said 'boyfriend'. In fact, she smiled every time someone mentioned that they were a couple.
"I don't know."
Shino leaned down and kissed her on the lips, gently at first, but growing slowly towards infatuation. They both pulled away reluctantly due to lack of oxygen. Hotaru blushed and looked down. Shino smiled slightly and cupped her face in his hands. He kissed her again.
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AN: Woo hoo! Well, that was certainly a thrill ride.. Uh, okay. Umm, I was listening to Eminem while I wrote this chapter.. Heh heh.. Heh..
*~Ice1taru~*
Chapter: 14
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Ry couldn't believe it. Out of all the people for her to bump into in Tokyo, it had to be him. It had to be Shino. Ry gasped. Shino turned around when he heard her gasp. He thought it was Hotaru and smiled, but his smile faded when he realized it wasn't her.
"Ry?" Shino asked, confused. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh my gosh! Shino!" Ry ran to him and wrapped her arms around him. Shino rolled his eyes; she was still as clingy as ever. He gently pushed her away and stared at her.
Shino was confused. What the hell was going on? What was Ry doing here?
They'd dated for a few months when Shino had been living in London with his parents before he moved to Tokyo. They had had a great relationship, but in the end, Ry had cheated on him and now, here she was again. Out of nowhere. She always seemed like the stalker type to him. She would become jealous if Shino even looked at other girls and that was one of the reasons why they had broken up. She was just too controlling sometimes and Shino didn't like that. At all. In fact, he had hated it. And besides, she had been the one to cheat on him and then, dump him. What a bitch, Shino thought, just realizing the irony of the situation. He had been broken-hearted when she had left him. Sure, Shino missed the sex the most, but it seemed like they were the perfect couple.
"Oh, baby. I've missed you so much," Ry purred into his ear, forgetting about Hotaru, and wrapped her arms around him once again.
"Uh, hello. YOU dumped ME, remember?" Shino muttered and tried to push her away gently. He was a gentleman. And he would remain calm throughout this whole ordeal. Yes, he would.
"Oh, but that was only because you were looking at that girl. I mean, I forgive you now, though," Ry sat down on his lap and kissed him gently on the lips.
"Damn, can you get the fuck off of me? MAYBE we can have a real conversation without you touching me, ya know?" Shino growled. So much for being a gentleman, Shino thought glumly.
"And oh yeah. That girl that I was looking at was Amber and that was coz she was talking to me. And usually, when someone is talking to you, you look at them," Shino said.
"Well, you were smiling," Ry pouted, trying to be cute. She ran a hand through his hair.
"She was telling a JOKE," Shino said, exasperated.
Ry rolled her eyes; he was always good at making excuses.
Just then, Hotaru walked into the room, glowing with happiness that she would finally get to go out with Shino. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Ry on his lap, with her arms around his neck. Their lips were only inches apart. Hotaru tried not to cry and ran back upstairs to her room. She slammed the door and fell on the bed. The angry tears ran down her cheeks freely. Hotaru didn't understand what had just happened. How could this be?
Shino gasped and got up when he saw Hotaru running back upstairs, in the process, dropping Ry on the floor. Ry was angry now. How could Shino be so careless as to drop her like that?
"Shino--," Ry began.
"No," Shino snapped, "No more! It's over between you and me. Cry me a fucking river, build me a fucking bridge, and GET THE FUCK OVER IT!" And with that, he calmly walked up the stairs, looking for Hotaru. Unfortunately, Amber and Lina met him first.
"Shino!" Amber gasped. "What a pleasant surprise!"
Lina glared at Amber, which quickly wiped the grin off her face.
"WHAT the fuck did you just do?" Lina said, under her breath. Lina and Amber were just about to go downstairs when they had seen Hotaru coming up the stairs, looking terribly upset. And they had heard her crying at first, but she seemed to have gained control over herself because her room was oddly quiet now.
"What did I do? What DID I DO? You wanna know what I did?!" Shino said, looking from Amber to Lina, "I did nothing at all. That bitch, Ry, she kissed me."
"Well, uh, didn't YOU dump her? I didn't know she wasn't over you yet," Amber said thoughtfully.
"I dunno what you guys are doing here, but she is seriously about to fuck me over," Shino said, looking at Amber. "And no. I did not dump HER. SHE dumped ME." For the first time, Shino felt that he had truly liked a girl, but Ry was about to mess everything up. Why didn't she understand that he didn't like her anymore? That he liked Hotaru now? That, maybe, he even loved Hotaru? How could so many things go so wrong in such a small amount of time? Shino groaned, frustrated.
"What? Are you serious?" Amber said, puzzled.
"No," Shino said, "I'm just playing around with you because it's fun."
Amber gave him a look.
"YES! I'M SERIOUS!"
"Okay, calm down. No need to get excited. I'm sure Hotaru will understand if we just explain everything to her."
"Yeah, right! Did you not just see her slam the door?! What if she's crying or something? Huh? What then?!"
"...Right, Just calm down. I'll figure something out."
"Guess you guys are not going to the dance tonight," Lina spoke up.
"Gee. Whatever gave you THAT idea?" Shino said, every word dripping with sarcasm.
"Hey, I was just SAYING," Lina said defensively.
"She's right," Amber said.
Shino sweat dropped.
"No, I meant she's right. You guys MIGHT get to go the dance today if you're lucky," Amber added, "Hotaru's really sensitive. She might have a hard time getting over it."
"Damn, you guys are just so nice. You sure know how to cheer someone up," Shino said, running a hand through his hair. "Is there anything else you wanna tell me?"
"Shut UP, Gangsta-wanna-be," Lina rolled her eyes and grabbed his elbow. She led him to Hotaru's room. Unfortunately, the door was still locked.
"Do it," Lina whispered.
"Do what?" Shino whispered back.
"Knock on the fucking door, DAWG," Lina said and laughed at her own joke.
Shino scowled and shrugged her off. He cautiously knocked on the door.
"Go to hell" was the only reply that came from inside the room.
Lina laughed out loud and said "That's my girl!"
Amber shushed her and looked at Shino. Shino looked at Amber and bit his lip.
"Hotaru. Open the door," Amber knocked on the door.
"No," Hotaru said.
"Not until he's gone," she added a few silent moments later.
"And I'm not too keen to see HER either," she added again after some more moments of silent suffering for Shino.
Amber sighed, "Hotaru, you don't understand. Please open the door."
This time, Hotaru did not reply. She did not want to talk.
Lina sighed loudly. "Look. Let's let him deal with it. Let's go see what's up with Ry."
Shino glared at Lina when she said 'Ry'.
Lina gave him a look and walked downstairs. After silently interrogating Shino for a few moments, Amber followed.
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Amber and Lina sat down on the sofa. Ry was sitting in the loveseat, hugging a cushion. Tears stained her cheeks and she was staring at her feet.
"So. One question," Amber began, "Who messed up? You or him?"
"Me," Ry said, and began to cry again.
Amber sighed, "I was afraid of this. What happened?"
Ry took a deep breath. "Well, I came downstairs. I saw Shino. And all these feelings rushed back to me. I didn't know I still liked him. He was the first guy that I went out with that was different from all the other guys. And he's actually gotten hotter. I thought he'd be miserable without me. That's why I dumped him. I wanted him to want me more after the break-up but he left. And now that I finally get to see him again, he likes someone else. HOTARU, of all people."
"Why? What's wrong with Hotaru?" Lina asked, all of a sudden.
"Huh?"
"Did I stutter?" Lina snapped.
"I am so much more sexier than she is," Ry laughed dryly.
"Oh, that explains EVERYthing. But you know you're wrong. Hotaru really likes him and he really likes her," Lina explained.
"Really?" Ry asked.
"Really."
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Shino knocked on Hotaru's door for what seemed like the hundredth time. When, once again, there was no response, Shino sighed and sat down on the floor, leaning on the door.
"Hotaru..." Shino began and waited, hoping she would respond.
"Hotaru, dammit, answer me. Don't leave me alone. Please. Just say something. Anything. Please?" He was on the verge of desperation now. When she didn't respond once again, he realized just how much he had hurt her. He tried to picture what it was like to be in her shoes, walking in on him.
Shino sighed again and looked up the at ceiling.
"Why?" came the audible reply from the other side of the door. Hotaru was standing on the other side of the door, staring at it intently, thinking she could see Shino on the other side if she just tried hard enough. It wasn't working, all she saw was the stark, wooden door.
Hotaru laid a trembling hand on the door, just like she had laid her hand on Shino's chest at the hospital. This memory brought tears to her eyes.
"Why?" Shino repeated. "Why?" Shino laughed. "Dammit, Hotaru. SHE kissed ME. I would never do anything to hurt you. In fact, it's hurting me now to see you hurting. Well, I can't really see how, but if you're crying, please stop. I can't stand the thought of you crying."
Hotaru slid down and sat on the floor, her back leaning on the door. They were back to back now, only a door separating them.
The silence was deafening.
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Ry sniffled. Amber handed her a tissue. Lina stared at Ry. Amber glared at Lina. Lina stopped staring at Ry and stared at Amber instead.
Amber rolled her eyes. "Come on guys. We have to make things right again."
"He was so mean to me. I don't wanna go up and see him," Ry said quickly.
"Well, you DID try to rape him just now," Lina said slowly.
"Rape? Lina!" Amber said.
"Thank you Amber. At least someone is on my side," Ry said.
"It was more like seduce. You know, assault. Harassment," Amber stated matter-of-factly.
"Okay, so maybe no one is on my side," Ry snapped.
"Grow UP, Ry. I can't believe this is actually happening," Lina said angrily.
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"You know, I've liked you ever since I first saw you. I still remember the first time I saw you. My heart wouldn't stop pounding. In fact, every time I see you, my heart skips a beat."
Hotaru smiled at this, unbeknownst to Shino.
Shino looked up at the ceiling again, "I wish we could just go out like a regular couple and just.. I dunno. There's so much I feel for you. I would never cheat on you. Ry," Shino frowned, "She just won't leave me alone. Me and her are over. All I want is you, Hotaru, why can't you see that?" Shino pounded his fist on the floor, frustrated.
Hotaru stared at the wall on the opposite side of her bedroom. She didn't know what to do, she was still hurt. Yet, Shino seemed sincere. She got up off the floor and slowly opened the door. Shino felt the door opening and stood up. He looked down at Hotaru and smiled. Hotaru smiled back and they hugged.
"I'm sorry," Hotaru mumbled.
"No, I'm sorry, I should've pushed her away sooner."
"I didn't know you guys were going out."
"WERE."
Hotaru sighed. "I don't know. Somehow, this doesn't seem right. She's one of my best friends."
"Yeah, your best friend who tried to mack on your boyfriend."
Hotaru smiled when he said 'boyfriend'. In fact, she smiled every time someone mentioned that they were a couple.
"I don't know."
Shino leaned down and kissed her on the lips, gently at first, but growing slowly towards infatuation. They both pulled away reluctantly due to lack of oxygen. Hotaru blushed and looked down. Shino smiled slightly and cupped her face in his hands. He kissed her again.
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AN: Woo hoo! Well, that was certainly a thrill ride.. Uh, okay. Umm, I was listening to Eminem while I wrote this chapter.. Heh heh.. Heh..
*~Ice1taru~*