NOTES: I know I such with regular updates... but I get writer's block REAL
easy. As a reward, I am giving you 2 chapters VERY close together, with
more following soon. Now that it is summer, I have a lot more time. (
Chapter 4
Mina and Darien carried on in the shadows. He would pick her up on his motorcycle at 2am and whisk her back to his apartment in the night's kind curtain. Mina would fall asleep in Darien's arms every night, after crazed lovemaking, so blissful and pleased and elated that she could find happiness like that. Her happiness desperately, haranguingly, trying to cover up the reality of the consequences of their interludes.
Darien didn't seem to mind that they were erasing his only child. He couldn't help it. Everytime he looked at Mina, he could hardly breathe- and when he was away from her it was even worse. The rest of the world could die for all he cared – as long as he had Mina. He knew his devotion was dangerous, but one word from Mina's lips and there was nothing he could do. It had been 2 months since the first time.
Rini kept getting worse, but Luna, nor Artemis or Ami, could find a new enemy. And all the doctors in Tokyo couldn't find anything wrong with her. Darien and Mina knew... but they did nothing to stop it.
Mina had already thrown up 3 times that morning. She had locked herself in Darien's bathroom and thanked God that Darien was a heavy sleeper, and that it was too early for him anyways. She was sprawled on the floor in the flimsy pajamas Darien had bought her. Her long golden hair was plastered to her forehead, back and arms with sweat. Her empty stomach tried to heave and she threw her face back over the toilet, bile burning in her throat.
She thought it was something she'd eaten, or drank. She was getting sick... nothing serious, just a stomach bug. But then, she thought back, on her and Darien's carelessness. Usually she and Darien were too caught up in their passion, in eachother, to worry about protection. Her being pregnant with Darien's child was a very real, very likely possibility.
Mina placed a hand over her slim tummy and very seriously considered crying. There were SO many reasons why she could not be pregnant. She was 16, Darien was destined to marry her best friend! Everyone would find out about them. But worst of all... what would happen to Rini? She flushed the toilet and splashed water on her face and in her mouth.
She crawled back into bed with Darien and toyed with his raven coloured hair, watching him sleep and knowing that he was REAL beauty, and that she could very easily be carrying a piece of that beauty inside her. Mina also knew, that until she was SURE she couldn't tell anyone – not even Darien. This possibility would have to be her secret. And if it was a truth... well, she would figure out what to do when she got there.
"I think you should get an apartment in my building," Darien said, over breakfast; sipping his cocoa.
"What?" Mina asked, edgy and surprised.
"Well, you live across town, and if you lived, say, next door to me, then we could be together much more often," he smiled at her, very pleased with his plan. Mina sat across from him, opening and closing her mouth, like a fish, not being able to form words.
"Are you serious? My mom wouldn't let me! Wouldn't the other girls get suspicious?" Mina's mom had only learned last week that Mina was seeing anyone, and that was where she was spending all her time.
"I've spoken to your mother. She kind of resigned to the fact that you never sleep at home anyways, that you might as well move away," Next, Darien was going to tell her that he had already leased the apartment in her name, and she could move in as soon as she liked.
"And what am I supposed to do when you're here with Serena? Just sit over there, and twiddle my thumbs and listen to you two?" Most of the time, Mina managed to forget that she was sharing her boyfriend, but sometimes she was painfully aware of it.
"Serena hasn't had much time for me lately. What with what's happening to Rini..."
"You mean what we're DOING to Rini."
"Mina..." he started. "I'm sorry. I can't help it! I just I..."
"Don't say it," Mina whispered as tears smarted in her eyes.
"I love you," Darien finished, leaning across the table and kissing her, deeply, passionately.
"I love you too," Mina whispered, shakily.
They didn't even bother clearing off the table. Spilling cocoa, ripping the newspaper, and breaking plates, they released themselves onto eachother. Their hot bodies pressing and writhing against one another. Their hips bucking, lips and tongues exploring even eachother's most subtle curves. Their bodies exercising the intensity that their hearts felt, right there on Darien's kitchen table.
And as they exploded against eachother, Mina knew she would move in. And she knew that the entire fate of the Moon Kingdom would suffer for it.
NOTES: Please comment. Let me know what you would like to see happen and where you think it should go. (
Chapter 4
Mina and Darien carried on in the shadows. He would pick her up on his motorcycle at 2am and whisk her back to his apartment in the night's kind curtain. Mina would fall asleep in Darien's arms every night, after crazed lovemaking, so blissful and pleased and elated that she could find happiness like that. Her happiness desperately, haranguingly, trying to cover up the reality of the consequences of their interludes.
Darien didn't seem to mind that they were erasing his only child. He couldn't help it. Everytime he looked at Mina, he could hardly breathe- and when he was away from her it was even worse. The rest of the world could die for all he cared – as long as he had Mina. He knew his devotion was dangerous, but one word from Mina's lips and there was nothing he could do. It had been 2 months since the first time.
Rini kept getting worse, but Luna, nor Artemis or Ami, could find a new enemy. And all the doctors in Tokyo couldn't find anything wrong with her. Darien and Mina knew... but they did nothing to stop it.
Mina had already thrown up 3 times that morning. She had locked herself in Darien's bathroom and thanked God that Darien was a heavy sleeper, and that it was too early for him anyways. She was sprawled on the floor in the flimsy pajamas Darien had bought her. Her long golden hair was plastered to her forehead, back and arms with sweat. Her empty stomach tried to heave and she threw her face back over the toilet, bile burning in her throat.
She thought it was something she'd eaten, or drank. She was getting sick... nothing serious, just a stomach bug. But then, she thought back, on her and Darien's carelessness. Usually she and Darien were too caught up in their passion, in eachother, to worry about protection. Her being pregnant with Darien's child was a very real, very likely possibility.
Mina placed a hand over her slim tummy and very seriously considered crying. There were SO many reasons why she could not be pregnant. She was 16, Darien was destined to marry her best friend! Everyone would find out about them. But worst of all... what would happen to Rini? She flushed the toilet and splashed water on her face and in her mouth.
She crawled back into bed with Darien and toyed with his raven coloured hair, watching him sleep and knowing that he was REAL beauty, and that she could very easily be carrying a piece of that beauty inside her. Mina also knew, that until she was SURE she couldn't tell anyone – not even Darien. This possibility would have to be her secret. And if it was a truth... well, she would figure out what to do when she got there.
"I think you should get an apartment in my building," Darien said, over breakfast; sipping his cocoa.
"What?" Mina asked, edgy and surprised.
"Well, you live across town, and if you lived, say, next door to me, then we could be together much more often," he smiled at her, very pleased with his plan. Mina sat across from him, opening and closing her mouth, like a fish, not being able to form words.
"Are you serious? My mom wouldn't let me! Wouldn't the other girls get suspicious?" Mina's mom had only learned last week that Mina was seeing anyone, and that was where she was spending all her time.
"I've spoken to your mother. She kind of resigned to the fact that you never sleep at home anyways, that you might as well move away," Next, Darien was going to tell her that he had already leased the apartment in her name, and she could move in as soon as she liked.
"And what am I supposed to do when you're here with Serena? Just sit over there, and twiddle my thumbs and listen to you two?" Most of the time, Mina managed to forget that she was sharing her boyfriend, but sometimes she was painfully aware of it.
"Serena hasn't had much time for me lately. What with what's happening to Rini..."
"You mean what we're DOING to Rini."
"Mina..." he started. "I'm sorry. I can't help it! I just I..."
"Don't say it," Mina whispered as tears smarted in her eyes.
"I love you," Darien finished, leaning across the table and kissing her, deeply, passionately.
"I love you too," Mina whispered, shakily.
They didn't even bother clearing off the table. Spilling cocoa, ripping the newspaper, and breaking plates, they released themselves onto eachother. Their hot bodies pressing and writhing against one another. Their hips bucking, lips and tongues exploring even eachother's most subtle curves. Their bodies exercising the intensity that their hearts felt, right there on Darien's kitchen table.
And as they exploded against eachother, Mina knew she would move in. And she knew that the entire fate of the Moon Kingdom would suffer for it.
NOTES: Please comment. Let me know what you would like to see happen and where you think it should go. (