Pleasures For You:

Chp. 7:


"Malachite! That wasn't called for!" Nephrite yelled.

"Oh, I'll tell you what wasn't called for. Why the fuck did you tell Makoto about us?!" Malachite yelled back.

Just as Nephrite was about to answer, Malachite jabbed him in the jaw. Nephrite coughed up a little blood and declared that he could get beat up by his lover. He called upon his power, his white skin glowing like pearls under water. Malachite saw Nephrite calling upon his power and he called upon his. His skin glowed the same color as the other man. They stood there for a second, just staring each other down. Nephrite, even though he didn't want to hurt Malachite, started to charge at him. Malachite tried to jump out of the way, but he didn't make it in time. Nephrite charged Malachite into the ground, both struggling to get the best of the other. They struggled, wrestling, for about a minute. Malachite finally punched Nephrite in the chin. Nephrite got caught by it, but reacted with the quickness. Nephrite swung his right fist to make it seem like he was going to hit Malachite with it. When Malachite saw his right fist coming, he blocked, but got hit with a jab/left hook combo with Nephrite's left fist. You could hear the crunch as Malchite's nose broke.


As Makoto drove, to where, she had no idea yet, she saw Ami coming out of the bodega on the corner of E. 115th str. in the Bronx. She went up to the corner and rolled down the window to call for Ami. Ami saw her before she had pulled up to the corner, so Ami was waiting by the corner to see if Makoto had seen her.

"Hey Mako-chan, how are you doing..." Ami's sentence was silenced when she saw how tear-drenched Makoto's face was, not to mention her puffy eyes. "Mako-chan!" Ami rushed to the passenger side of the car and waited for Makoto to unlock the door.

Once inside the car, Makoto pulled off and just started driving. Ami knew better to rush Makoto into sharing her feelings because she knew that if Makoto stopped and let her in, she was going to tell her sooner or later.

After about five minutes of driving in silence except for the occasional honk and the sounds of New York, Makoto stopped the car after they got off the bridge that connects the Bronx and Manhattan and she parked by the park that is across the street from P.S. 30 Elementary School. They got out and sat on a park bench. After a few minutes of quietness between them, Ami finally decided to ask what was up.

"So what's going on, Mako-chan?"

"Well..."

(A/N: As you can tell, that's where I'm from... not the park if anyone wanted to be a smart-ass)


Pound after pound, Nephrite was really mad now. He was straddling Malachite and realizing he was beating him to a bloody-pulp. He didn't care; the hurt he felt with having to share his one and only love with his ex crush. It was true that Nephrite still had feelings for Makoto since they got out of high school, but he realized he loved Malachite more. He wasn't sure of his feelings of anything anymore. After a minute of continuous beating on Malachite, he snapped back to reality and realized how much energy and power he had used. Since he worked with the Sailor Scouts, he hadn't used that much energy in a long time. He felt so tired and drained that he practically fell on Malachite. Though they both had supernatural powers, they hadn't used them in a long time, so Malachite didn't have any strength, either.

After he rolled off, Nephrite simply said, "You're not worth this energy. ...It's over, Malachite... it's over."

Malachite was amazed, hurting, and shocked beyond belief. Before he had any chance to say anything to Nephrite, Nephrite went back inside his house, staggering and all. Malachite just lay on the cold ground for a minute, realizing what happened.

'Wow... two relationships in one day...a fight... that I lost... what else can happen today?'

With that thought, Malachite rolled over and got up. He walked unsteadily to his car. Once inside, he cried all the way to the house that he had Makoto had once shared. The fact that he remembered that she wanted him out by the end of the week made him cry more. When he got there, he collapsed on the bed because of tiredness and pain, emotionally and physically. He cried himself to sleep.


"...today, Nephrite invited me to lunch. I went with him and he told me... that he... and Malachite... had been sleeping together for the past eight months. Apparently, they have been in love for some time now without me knowing, or anyone else for that matter."

Ami didn't look shocked because she had suspicions for quite some time now, but she could never prove it. She was, however, shocked that Nephrite would tell her. Ami was the only one who knew about what he felt for her when they were still in high school. Aside from Malachite, Ami was Nephrite's best friend. She could remember on numerous occasions how Nephrite would describe what he felt for Makoto as "brighter than the stars, moons, and sun". she was surprised, though, when she first started speculating about him and Malachite. She couldn't believe he would do that to her, but she felt it wasn't her place to say anything about it.

For the first time since this whole ordeal, Makoto wasn't a wreck talking or thinking about it. Of course, she still had the remains the tears on her face and her eyes were still a bit puffy, but she was holding it together.

She told Ami everything that happened that day. Ami said nothing, mainly because she could say nothing, but the main reason because she wanted to be the supportive friend. She wanted to back up what Usagi had said about her not listening to the reasons why Nephrite and Malachite did it, but she decided to address that at a later time. She, of course, agreed to let Makoto stay for a few days until Malachite left the house. Ami offered to drive and Makoto gladly took her up on it. Ami house was only about thirty minutes away because she lived back in the Bronx, but Makoto fell asleep.

'I wonder what drove them to do this..." Ami thought as she drove back on the bridge to get to her home.


A/N: You guys have to give me a few days to put the next chappie up because I have important things to do, i.e.: alg. 2 test 2 morrow, all Friday my hair, Sat. I think i'm going out, Sunday I'm doing homework. So Monday, by the latest, the next chappie will be up. Peace and love,

Neobabyluna