Author's Note: As promised, this chapter is longer. Hope you all enjoy and
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Nightfire
Chapter 5: Putting the Plan in Action
Seiya often spend his free afternoons alone in the music room, playing the piano. Yaten and Taiki thought that he was still a little depressed about never winning Usagi's heart but he wasn't unhappy so they weren't overly concerned.
Now they just had to get Haruka. Taiki knew that Haruka would do anything for Usagi and was very protective of her.
But things caught a snag when they learned that Haruka and Michiru had broken up and Haruka had left-and no one knew where. This was a problem but Yaten had the luck to run into her on the street.
"Haruka, thank goodness I ran into you. Usagi is over and is crying. Apparently she had a bad day at school. She mentioned once that the two of you were close," Yaten said, putting his best acting skills to use.
"Take me to her now!" Haruka said sharply.
"Yes, of course," Yaten said and lead her back to the house where the three starlights lived. As she went it, Haruka heard the sound of someone playing the piano and went towards it, ignoring Yaten.
She found Seiya sitting alone, playing, his eyes closed. For a moment she couldn't help but think that he looked so alone but she reminded herself that she was here for Usagi.
Neither Haruka nor Seiya noticed the door close and the soft click of the lock.
"OK, where is she?" Haruka demanded. Seiya looked up at her, surprised and confused.
"Haruka, why are you here and what are you talking about?" he asked her.
"Usagi. Yaten told me she was here," Haruka snapped, annoyed.
"She's not- Yaten was either lying or was mistaken," he said coldly, standing. Haruka realized that in her concern for her Princess, she had overlooked the fact that Yaten was almost always up to something.
"Then what is going on?" Haruka asked, thinking about what she was going to do to Yaten once she got her hands on him.
"I don't know and I don't care," Seiya said as he went over to the door and pulled on it. He frowned when it refused to move. Haruka was watching him now, a faint smile of amusement on her lips. He cursed to himself when he realized that the door was locked- from the outside.
"Oh crap," he muttered, turning back to Haruka, realizing now what Yaten must have been up to. The moment he got of here, he was strangle that little weasel.
"Before you beat the crap out of me, I think Yaten locked us in here," Seiya said, avoiding her eyes.
"That weasel is going to suffer," she said, looking furious. Seiya was surprised that she thought of Yaten the same way he did and had used the exact same word to describe him.
Yaten, listening to them, paled in fear. Taiki only smiled, knowing that Yaten had no chance of outrunning Haruka.
Seiya and Haruka sat in silence, both uneasy in each other's presence.
"So, how is Michiru doing?" Seiya asked politely.
"We broke up ," Haruka said simply. Seiya could see the hurt in her eyes but she quickly hid it.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," he said and silence fell between them again. "Look, if you need somewhere to go, you're welcome here," he offered.
"Thanks but what about the other two?" she asked.
"I'll deal with them. There is a guest bedroom that you could use," Seiya said. Taiki and Yaten listened, horrified. Haruka moving in was certainly not a part of their bet. Yaten quickly and quietly went up and unlocked the door and vanished upstairs and Taiki went back to his reading.
Nightfire
Chapter 5: Putting the Plan in Action
Seiya often spend his free afternoons alone in the music room, playing the piano. Yaten and Taiki thought that he was still a little depressed about never winning Usagi's heart but he wasn't unhappy so they weren't overly concerned.
Now they just had to get Haruka. Taiki knew that Haruka would do anything for Usagi and was very protective of her.
But things caught a snag when they learned that Haruka and Michiru had broken up and Haruka had left-and no one knew where. This was a problem but Yaten had the luck to run into her on the street.
"Haruka, thank goodness I ran into you. Usagi is over and is crying. Apparently she had a bad day at school. She mentioned once that the two of you were close," Yaten said, putting his best acting skills to use.
"Take me to her now!" Haruka said sharply.
"Yes, of course," Yaten said and lead her back to the house where the three starlights lived. As she went it, Haruka heard the sound of someone playing the piano and went towards it, ignoring Yaten.
She found Seiya sitting alone, playing, his eyes closed. For a moment she couldn't help but think that he looked so alone but she reminded herself that she was here for Usagi.
Neither Haruka nor Seiya noticed the door close and the soft click of the lock.
"OK, where is she?" Haruka demanded. Seiya looked up at her, surprised and confused.
"Haruka, why are you here and what are you talking about?" he asked her.
"Usagi. Yaten told me she was here," Haruka snapped, annoyed.
"She's not- Yaten was either lying or was mistaken," he said coldly, standing. Haruka realized that in her concern for her Princess, she had overlooked the fact that Yaten was almost always up to something.
"Then what is going on?" Haruka asked, thinking about what she was going to do to Yaten once she got her hands on him.
"I don't know and I don't care," Seiya said as he went over to the door and pulled on it. He frowned when it refused to move. Haruka was watching him now, a faint smile of amusement on her lips. He cursed to himself when he realized that the door was locked- from the outside.
"Oh crap," he muttered, turning back to Haruka, realizing now what Yaten must have been up to. The moment he got of here, he was strangle that little weasel.
"Before you beat the crap out of me, I think Yaten locked us in here," Seiya said, avoiding her eyes.
"That weasel is going to suffer," she said, looking furious. Seiya was surprised that she thought of Yaten the same way he did and had used the exact same word to describe him.
Yaten, listening to them, paled in fear. Taiki only smiled, knowing that Yaten had no chance of outrunning Haruka.
Seiya and Haruka sat in silence, both uneasy in each other's presence.
"So, how is Michiru doing?" Seiya asked politely.
"We broke up ," Haruka said simply. Seiya could see the hurt in her eyes but she quickly hid it.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," he said and silence fell between them again. "Look, if you need somewhere to go, you're welcome here," he offered.
"Thanks but what about the other two?" she asked.
"I'll deal with them. There is a guest bedroom that you could use," Seiya said. Taiki and Yaten listened, horrified. Haruka moving in was certainly not a part of their bet. Yaten quickly and quietly went up and unlocked the door and vanished upstairs and Taiki went back to his reading.