Title: Hotaru's Love
Chapter: 15
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: Yeah, I know I should've wrote what Hotaru and Shino looked like. Ugh, I totally forgot, so here they are.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Hotaru and Shino went downstairs hand in hand. Hotaru wore a spaghetti- strap lavender dress that went an inch below her knees and had a slit on one side that went up to her mid-thigh. She had decided to curl her hair and wore diamond studs and a matching bracelet. Shino wore a casual black dress suit and a Bulgari watch. Together, they looked simple, but elegant.
When they reached the living room, they regretted it immediately. Ry was crying and Amber was attempting to comfort her, though it didn't seem to be working. And Lina was obviously upset about something.
"You guys," Hotaru began, and sat down next to Lina. Ry looked up at her with tear-stained cheeks and wiped away her tears, she didn't even look at Shino. Shino rolled his eyes at this.
"Hotaru, I--," Ry's voice cracked.
A long, uncomfortable silence followed.
Ry tried not to cry and motioned for Hotaru to follow her upstairs so they could talk in private.
Hotaru followed Ry up the stairs and into her room, where she sat down on her bed. Ry stood in front of her for a moment. She opened her mouth to say something but obviously couldn't, so she paced in front of Hotaru.
"Okay," Hotaru said, after a moment of watching Ry silently pace.
Ry sighed. "I'm sorry Hotaru. Really." She took a deep breath. "I know I haven't been the best of friends tonight."
"But I.. It was really weird when I saw Shino. I thought I was over him, but I guess I wasn't. We went out a little while ago, like a year ago. But he had to move and we broke up like a month before he left," Then added as an afterthought, "Damn, he's gotten hotter."
Hotaru stared at Ry.
"Look, I'm really sorry. Say something. Please."
"What do you want me to say?" Hotaru muttered. "That I forgive you?"
"We're best friends," Ry protested and sat down next to Hotaru on the bed.
"Yeah, we ARE best friends," Hotaru countered, "And that's another reason I'm angry. Best friends don't steal each other's boyfriends!"
"Well, technically, I went out with him first."
"What the hell?" Hotaru glanced sideways at Ry.
"Well, I did."
"Yeah, and he's moved on. And so should you."
Ry groaned. This wasn't going to be easy. "Hotaru..."
"I just want to say that I really like Shino. Well, I LIKED Shino. And I guess he HAS moved on, but I haven't. I don't know why it's so hard for me to let go. But as one of your best friends, I'm finally going to let him go. Because I care. About you. And I can't be nice to him just yet, he WAS a bitch to me."
Hotaru rolled her eyes. "Well, you WERE all up on him."
Ry coughed. "Yeah, about that. I'm sorry. Raging hormones."
Hotaru rolled her eyes again.
Ry stared at her shoes. "I hope this doesn't change anything between us."
Hotaru shot a sideways glance at Ry, who responded with a surprised "What?!"
"Nothing," Hotaru sighed and walked out of the room.
Ry sighed as well and fell back onto the bed. She crawled under the covers and took a deep breath. She was so tired from the day's events; within minutes she was asleep.
-*/-*/-*
Hotaru sat down next to Shino on the couch. "Where IS everyone?"
Shino wrapped a perfectly sculpted arm around Hotaru's waist. "Lina went to my place coz she wanted to see Satoshi and Amber went wit her coz she wanted to see Satoshi."
"Oh, well. I guess we're alone tonight," Hotaru observed thoughtfully.
"Yeah, I guess we are," Shino replied, feigning pensiveness.
"I don't really wanna go to the dance tonight, Shino," Hotaru replied.
"So, what do you wanna do?" Shino asked.
"I don't know, whatever you wanna do," Hotaru said, looking up at him expectantly.
"Ionno," Shino shrugged.
Hotaru sighed.
-*/-*/-*
Ry woke up and looked at the bedside clock. She had slept for an hour. She felt somewhat refreshed as she got out of bed and walked over to Hotaru's closet. She picked out a black lace tank top and dark red leather pants. Hotaru had really stocked up on nice clothes. Ry promised herself she would get to the mall as soon as possible for a shopping spree.
She walked downstairs and into the living room to find Shino and Hotaru making out on the couch. Ry sweat dropped and debated whether to disturb them or not. She decided to get something to eat and then, maybe the three of them could talk. She walked into the kitchen and rummaged through the refrigerator until she found something suitable.
Hotaru walked into the kitchen and sat down on one of the stools. "Did you sleep well?"
Ry nodded and sat down in front of her across the table. She slowly drank her orange juice.
"So," Hotaru said, looking out the window behind Ry.
"How did you know I was in here?" Ry asked.
"Oh, I heard a noise coming from in here and got paranoid," Hotaru laughed nervously.
"Surprised lover boy didn't come in here with you," Ry looked at Hotaru over the rim of her glass.
"Is that a smart remark?" Hotaru said.
"No. Just saying. What if something happened to you and there was someone dangerous in here?" Ry said.
"I saw you from the door way and Shino didn't wanna come," Hotaru said, "so yeah."
"Oh," Ry downed the rest of her orange juice and washed the glass.
"Shall we?" Hotaru said and extended her arm.
Ry sighed, "We shall." And hooked her arm through Hotaru's.
They entered the living room and sat down for a long, long talk.
-*/-*/-*
"Well, glad that's over," Ry said as she looked at the clock. It was past two o clock at night.
"Yeah, I'm glad we worked this out," Hotaru smiled and she and Ry hugged.
Shino hung back, not wanting to disrupt a beautiful moment. Shino pouted.
"Aw, do you want a hug, too?" Hotaru asked. When Shino nodded, she walked over and they embraced. Ry rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'm going to bed," Ry said and walked back up to Hotaru's room. She had convinced Hotaru to let her sleep in her bed because it was so big and Ry had always wanted a big bed. And Hotaru was going to bunk in with Amber.
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Hotaru walked into the guestroom that Amber was going to sleep in.
"Hey," Hotaru said and sat down on Ry's bed, where she was going to sleep for the night.
"Hey," Amber smiled, coming out of the bathroom, "where's Ry?"
"In my room, she wanted to sleep in my bed coz she likes it," Hotaru explained.
"Oh, I see," Amber said.
"Did you just get here?" Hotaru asked.
"Yeah," Amber said.
"Oh," Hotaru stated, she was too tired to think about anything. She quickly changed into her silk pajamas and crawled into bed. She feel asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Amber shook her head and went to sleep as well.
-*/-*/-*
Shino cautiously opened the door and slipped inside. Just as cautiously, he closed the door behind him. It was 5 in the morning. All the thick curtains were drawn and the room was almost pitch black. The sun hadn't risen yet.
Shino slowly walked over to the bed. He deftly picked up the covers and slipped inside. He wrapped his arms around the sleeping form of who he thought was Hotaru.
"Mmm," Shino mumbled, and kissed her neck.
Too late, he realized it wasn't Hotaru and the figure was waking up.
"Shino?!" Ry whispered, opening her eyes warily and looked up at him. "Why do you mock me so?"
"Dammit, I thought you were Hotaru," Shino muttered and sat up.
"No, really," Ry said, and sat up as well, "what are you doing here?"
"I thought you were Hotaru," Shino said, "Honest." And he put his right hand over his heart.
The door opened again, and this time, Lina walked in. She stared at them with her mouth hanging wide open.
"Uh oh," Ry whispered.
Lina slowly backed up out of the room and Ry and Shino jumped out of the bed. Lina ran to Amber/Hotaru's room and Ry and Shino ran after her. They knew she would go to Hotaru and tell her what happened.
"Wait, wait," Ry cried out, but too late. Lina rushed into Hotaru's room and locked the door behind her.
"Holy. Fucking. Shit." Shino growled.
"Screwed," Ry added.
"HOTARU! DON'T BELIEVE HER!" Ry screamed out suddenly.
"Yeah, yeah," Shino pounded on Hotaru's door, "Don't believe her. She's lying!"
-*/-*/-*
"Mm, what's that noise?" Amber opened her eyes and sat up in bed.
"I don't know," Hotaru said, rubbing her eyes and sitting up as well.
They both stared at Lina, who was breathing hard and standing in front of the door with a look of panic on her face.
"Hotaru--"
"Lina, I think you should calm down," Amber said, getting out of bed.
"Yeah," Hotaru added and got up as well.
They stood in front of Lina, watching her breathe.
"Okay, now, what's going on?" Hotaru asked.
"Brace yourselves," Lina said dramatically, "I just saw Ry and Shino in bed together."
Amber rolled her eyes, "Lina, they worked everything out. I'm sure this is a misunderstanding. Either that, or you're exaggerating."
"It's true! I saw them!" Lina protested.
Hotaru sighed. Why her? What the hell was going to happen now?
"HOTARU! SHE'S LYING! I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU WHEN I WALKED INTO YOUR ROOM!" Shino said.
Hotaru opened the door and looked at Ry and Shino. She waited for an explanation.
"Well," Shino began, "I sneaked into your room and I thought it was you in the bed, not HER," he looked at Ry for emphasis.
"I DO have a name, you know," Ry muttered.
"Whatever," Shino said. "Not like we did anything."
"Whatever," Hotaru took a deep breath, "I believe you."
"Really?" Shino said, surprised. He was expecting another crisis to occur.
"Yes," Hotaru said.
"Cool," Shino smiled. Hotaru smiled, too.
"I'm tired, I'm gonna go sleep now," Hotaru said, "In my OWN bed," she added, looking at Ry, who smiled sheepishly.
Hotaru walked to her room and Shino followed.
"And where do you think you're going?" Amber asked Shino.
"Umm, I'm gonna tuck her in," Shino mocked. "Duh. What else?"
Amber, Ry, and Lina rolled their eyes.
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AN: Right, use your imagination.
*~Ice1taru~*
Chapter: 15
Author: Ice1taru
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
AN: Yeah, I know I should've wrote what Hotaru and Shino looked like. Ugh, I totally forgot, so here they are.
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Hotaru's Love by Ice1taru
Hotaru and Shino went downstairs hand in hand. Hotaru wore a spaghetti- strap lavender dress that went an inch below her knees and had a slit on one side that went up to her mid-thigh. She had decided to curl her hair and wore diamond studs and a matching bracelet. Shino wore a casual black dress suit and a Bulgari watch. Together, they looked simple, but elegant.
When they reached the living room, they regretted it immediately. Ry was crying and Amber was attempting to comfort her, though it didn't seem to be working. And Lina was obviously upset about something.
"You guys," Hotaru began, and sat down next to Lina. Ry looked up at her with tear-stained cheeks and wiped away her tears, she didn't even look at Shino. Shino rolled his eyes at this.
"Hotaru, I--," Ry's voice cracked.
A long, uncomfortable silence followed.
Ry tried not to cry and motioned for Hotaru to follow her upstairs so they could talk in private.
Hotaru followed Ry up the stairs and into her room, where she sat down on her bed. Ry stood in front of her for a moment. She opened her mouth to say something but obviously couldn't, so she paced in front of Hotaru.
"Okay," Hotaru said, after a moment of watching Ry silently pace.
Ry sighed. "I'm sorry Hotaru. Really." She took a deep breath. "I know I haven't been the best of friends tonight."
"But I.. It was really weird when I saw Shino. I thought I was over him, but I guess I wasn't. We went out a little while ago, like a year ago. But he had to move and we broke up like a month before he left," Then added as an afterthought, "Damn, he's gotten hotter."
Hotaru stared at Ry.
"Look, I'm really sorry. Say something. Please."
"What do you want me to say?" Hotaru muttered. "That I forgive you?"
"We're best friends," Ry protested and sat down next to Hotaru on the bed.
"Yeah, we ARE best friends," Hotaru countered, "And that's another reason I'm angry. Best friends don't steal each other's boyfriends!"
"Well, technically, I went out with him first."
"What the hell?" Hotaru glanced sideways at Ry.
"Well, I did."
"Yeah, and he's moved on. And so should you."
Ry groaned. This wasn't going to be easy. "Hotaru..."
"I just want to say that I really like Shino. Well, I LIKED Shino. And I guess he HAS moved on, but I haven't. I don't know why it's so hard for me to let go. But as one of your best friends, I'm finally going to let him go. Because I care. About you. And I can't be nice to him just yet, he WAS a bitch to me."
Hotaru rolled her eyes. "Well, you WERE all up on him."
Ry coughed. "Yeah, about that. I'm sorry. Raging hormones."
Hotaru rolled her eyes again.
Ry stared at her shoes. "I hope this doesn't change anything between us."
Hotaru shot a sideways glance at Ry, who responded with a surprised "What?!"
"Nothing," Hotaru sighed and walked out of the room.
Ry sighed as well and fell back onto the bed. She crawled under the covers and took a deep breath. She was so tired from the day's events; within minutes she was asleep.
-*/-*/-*
Hotaru sat down next to Shino on the couch. "Where IS everyone?"
Shino wrapped a perfectly sculpted arm around Hotaru's waist. "Lina went to my place coz she wanted to see Satoshi and Amber went wit her coz she wanted to see Satoshi."
"Oh, well. I guess we're alone tonight," Hotaru observed thoughtfully.
"Yeah, I guess we are," Shino replied, feigning pensiveness.
"I don't really wanna go to the dance tonight, Shino," Hotaru replied.
"So, what do you wanna do?" Shino asked.
"I don't know, whatever you wanna do," Hotaru said, looking up at him expectantly.
"Ionno," Shino shrugged.
Hotaru sighed.
-*/-*/-*
Ry woke up and looked at the bedside clock. She had slept for an hour. She felt somewhat refreshed as she got out of bed and walked over to Hotaru's closet. She picked out a black lace tank top and dark red leather pants. Hotaru had really stocked up on nice clothes. Ry promised herself she would get to the mall as soon as possible for a shopping spree.
She walked downstairs and into the living room to find Shino and Hotaru making out on the couch. Ry sweat dropped and debated whether to disturb them or not. She decided to get something to eat and then, maybe the three of them could talk. She walked into the kitchen and rummaged through the refrigerator until she found something suitable.
Hotaru walked into the kitchen and sat down on one of the stools. "Did you sleep well?"
Ry nodded and sat down in front of her across the table. She slowly drank her orange juice.
"So," Hotaru said, looking out the window behind Ry.
"How did you know I was in here?" Ry asked.
"Oh, I heard a noise coming from in here and got paranoid," Hotaru laughed nervously.
"Surprised lover boy didn't come in here with you," Ry looked at Hotaru over the rim of her glass.
"Is that a smart remark?" Hotaru said.
"No. Just saying. What if something happened to you and there was someone dangerous in here?" Ry said.
"I saw you from the door way and Shino didn't wanna come," Hotaru said, "so yeah."
"Oh," Ry downed the rest of her orange juice and washed the glass.
"Shall we?" Hotaru said and extended her arm.
Ry sighed, "We shall." And hooked her arm through Hotaru's.
They entered the living room and sat down for a long, long talk.
-*/-*/-*
"Well, glad that's over," Ry said as she looked at the clock. It was past two o clock at night.
"Yeah, I'm glad we worked this out," Hotaru smiled and she and Ry hugged.
Shino hung back, not wanting to disrupt a beautiful moment. Shino pouted.
"Aw, do you want a hug, too?" Hotaru asked. When Shino nodded, she walked over and they embraced. Ry rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'm going to bed," Ry said and walked back up to Hotaru's room. She had convinced Hotaru to let her sleep in her bed because it was so big and Ry had always wanted a big bed. And Hotaru was going to bunk in with Amber.
-*/-*/-*
Hotaru walked into the guestroom that Amber was going to sleep in.
"Hey," Hotaru said and sat down on Ry's bed, where she was going to sleep for the night.
"Hey," Amber smiled, coming out of the bathroom, "where's Ry?"
"In my room, she wanted to sleep in my bed coz she likes it," Hotaru explained.
"Oh, I see," Amber said.
"Did you just get here?" Hotaru asked.
"Yeah," Amber said.
"Oh," Hotaru stated, she was too tired to think about anything. She quickly changed into her silk pajamas and crawled into bed. She feel asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Amber shook her head and went to sleep as well.
-*/-*/-*
Shino cautiously opened the door and slipped inside. Just as cautiously, he closed the door behind him. It was 5 in the morning. All the thick curtains were drawn and the room was almost pitch black. The sun hadn't risen yet.
Shino slowly walked over to the bed. He deftly picked up the covers and slipped inside. He wrapped his arms around the sleeping form of who he thought was Hotaru.
"Mmm," Shino mumbled, and kissed her neck.
Too late, he realized it wasn't Hotaru and the figure was waking up.
"Shino?!" Ry whispered, opening her eyes warily and looked up at him. "Why do you mock me so?"
"Dammit, I thought you were Hotaru," Shino muttered and sat up.
"No, really," Ry said, and sat up as well, "what are you doing here?"
"I thought you were Hotaru," Shino said, "Honest." And he put his right hand over his heart.
The door opened again, and this time, Lina walked in. She stared at them with her mouth hanging wide open.
"Uh oh," Ry whispered.
Lina slowly backed up out of the room and Ry and Shino jumped out of the bed. Lina ran to Amber/Hotaru's room and Ry and Shino ran after her. They knew she would go to Hotaru and tell her what happened.
"Wait, wait," Ry cried out, but too late. Lina rushed into Hotaru's room and locked the door behind her.
"Holy. Fucking. Shit." Shino growled.
"Screwed," Ry added.
"HOTARU! DON'T BELIEVE HER!" Ry screamed out suddenly.
"Yeah, yeah," Shino pounded on Hotaru's door, "Don't believe her. She's lying!"
-*/-*/-*
"Mm, what's that noise?" Amber opened her eyes and sat up in bed.
"I don't know," Hotaru said, rubbing her eyes and sitting up as well.
They both stared at Lina, who was breathing hard and standing in front of the door with a look of panic on her face.
"Hotaru--"
"Lina, I think you should calm down," Amber said, getting out of bed.
"Yeah," Hotaru added and got up as well.
They stood in front of Lina, watching her breathe.
"Okay, now, what's going on?" Hotaru asked.
"Brace yourselves," Lina said dramatically, "I just saw Ry and Shino in bed together."
Amber rolled her eyes, "Lina, they worked everything out. I'm sure this is a misunderstanding. Either that, or you're exaggerating."
"It's true! I saw them!" Lina protested.
Hotaru sighed. Why her? What the hell was going to happen now?
"HOTARU! SHE'S LYING! I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU WHEN I WALKED INTO YOUR ROOM!" Shino said.
Hotaru opened the door and looked at Ry and Shino. She waited for an explanation.
"Well," Shino began, "I sneaked into your room and I thought it was you in the bed, not HER," he looked at Ry for emphasis.
"I DO have a name, you know," Ry muttered.
"Whatever," Shino said. "Not like we did anything."
"Whatever," Hotaru took a deep breath, "I believe you."
"Really?" Shino said, surprised. He was expecting another crisis to occur.
"Yes," Hotaru said.
"Cool," Shino smiled. Hotaru smiled, too.
"I'm tired, I'm gonna go sleep now," Hotaru said, "In my OWN bed," she added, looking at Ry, who smiled sheepishly.
Hotaru walked to her room and Shino followed.
"And where do you think you're going?" Amber asked Shino.
"Umm, I'm gonna tuck her in," Shino mocked. "Duh. What else?"
Amber, Ry, and Lina rolled their eyes.
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AN: Right, use your imagination.
*~Ice1taru~*