Happiness
Well I hope that you guys are liking it so far. I think this is one of my better stories, I hope you all think so too. I hope that I am a better writer now and that I grow some more. So tell me how bad or good I am. (I need the ego boost! Hehe)
I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a while it's just that I haven't had too much time with summer school and I've had writers block, but I'll try to update at least once a week or so, given the proper motivation (wink wink) hehe, so keep sending those reviews. Tell me what you think of it and maybe some suggestions that I might take to heart, depending if it fits my big picture and any questions send them over. Thank you.
There are going to be a lot of songs in this story, since I love music and Arienne is a musician. All the songs that are in here aren't just randomly picked, every song is selected to fit this story either now or in the future, so they might foreshadow a bit. Some chapters might even be song fics in a way.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, but I do own Arienne so ask before you want to use it (but who would want to use my character?) also, I do not own the song in this chappy. It's Everything by Lifehouse.
Back at home things always stayed the same. She was to scared to say anything about what her step-dad did to her. She always got home as late as she possibly could, which was about six, and by that time her mom was already home so he couldn't do anything to Setsuna, but on the days that her mom was on a business trips he expected her and was always ready for her. She was always scared of what he would do to her. She suffered like this for many more years.
One day he told her if she would just stop fighting him that she would enjoy it too. That sex wasn't something bad, in fact it was good, great, that's why he did these things to her. That men love it. Men would only want her if she was a good lover and he was teaching her to be a good lover for her future boyfriends. She just had to stop fighting to see how much pleasure sex could bring to her life with him and other men.
Her only refuge was Arienne. They were now freshmen in high school and their friendship had only grown stronger. They spent so much time together that people always thought that they were a couple, or if they were out on the streets because of their identical emerald green hair people thought that they were related.
It was another beautiful day in May. The southern California sun was shining, the wind was breezy and cool countering the effects of the suns heat. May, Setsuna agreed with herself that the month of May was perfect, not too hot and not too cold. She was enjoying her book under the shade of a willow tree on the east side of campus. She was deep into reading when she felt a presence sit down on the opposite side of the tree. She looked to see who had sat down, and not to her surprise she saw that it was Arienne, who looked very frustrated. His hair messier than usual, his hands gripping a piece of paper so hard that his knuckles were turning white.
"Hey, you shouldn't let Mrs. Cornell's class get to your head." She lightly put her hand on his arm to show some support.
"It's just that I tried so hard on this presentation, I spent like three weeks and I still only got a C. It's not fair damn it." He punched the trunk of the tree in his anger.
Setsuna looked at him compassionately trying to understand his pain. It was true that Mrs. Cornell was one of the hardest English teachers in the school, but she taught AP English 12 and it was hard for her to switch gears with her other English classes, forcing her other students to work just as hard as her AP class. She looked at Arienne's fist and saw that it was bleeding from the punch.
"Oh my good, look at your hand, your bleeding. Here, I'll clean it up for you." She grabbed his hand and started to search for some tissues in her bag.
"Look it's nothing, only a little scratch." He tried to pull his hand away from her, but she had a firm grip on it.
"No, your bleeding at least let me clean it for you." She looked into his violet eyes with concern. He couldn't say no to her, it was amazing to him how much she cared for him. She was amazing, her compassion and shyness was what made them best friends. He let her take care of his "scratches" without any reluctance.
She grabbed the tissues and a bottle of water and proceeded to tend his wounds. He noticed how gentle she was being, how soft her hands were, how her perfectly manicured hands were touching him so carefully. She had a look of determination and concern on her face. She was beautiful. She never wore make up, not that she needed it. Her full lips were naturally stained a light red, her cheeks were tainted a slight pink, but what really brought out her beauty was her eyes. Her deep garnet eyes the were the thing that brought light and happiness into his day. How he longed to reach up and touch her face and kiss her perfect lips and taste her sweet flavor. He loved her so much, but never had the courage to tell her anything, he was always scared of her telling him that all he was to her was a best friend. Instead he settled at being the next closest thing to a boyfriend and was her best friend.
"There, done" she said releasing his hand from hers and patting it lightly. She smiled sweetly.
"Thanks" he took his hand and began to massage it. "So, are you coming over today?" he asked so that he could call his grandma to cook them some dinner.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." She answered and settled next to him. She could smell his strong manly scent from him. He always smelled good and looked good.
They walked together after school to Arienne's house. They ate had a nice friendly chat with Arienne's grandma over dinner and then left to his room to practice the guitar. His room had gone through some remodeling. It was now painted in green, same blue carpet, some new posters, Atreyu, Aerosmith, Underoath, Motion City Soundtrack, My Chemical Romance among others. He had a maple desk filled with stickers that they had collected and as always, in the corner stood hi faithful guitar and amp with a companion now, an acoustic guitar.
They had been practicing a song that they had written together and had finally agreed on the lyrics and now were adding the sounds of the guitars.
Find me here
Speak to me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That is leading me
To the place where
I find peace again
You are the strength
That keeps me walking
You are the hope
That keeps me trusting
You are the life to my soul
You are my purpose
You are everything
And how can I
Stand here with you
And not be moved by you
Would you tell me
How could it be
Any better than this
You calm the storms
You give me rest
You hold me in your hands
You won't let me fall
You still my heart
And you take my breath away
Would you take me in
Would you take me deeper now
'Cause you're all I want
You are all I need
You are everything
Everything
They were so into the song that they didn't notice that a very handsome faced, blond, hazle-eyed person was leaning in the doorway until they heard clapping.
"Bravo, bravo. That was very good you two"
Taiken was Arienne's sixteen year old cousin who was only around when he needed to get away from trouble back home. He was also a talented piano player, so he when he was waiting for things to "settle down", he helped Arienne and Setsuna with their songs. Today was no different.
"Who are you hiding from this time?" Arienne asked his cousin this for the umpteenth time.
"Whoa little 'cous, is that why you think I'm here? Can't I come by to visit my favorite little cousin?" he grabbed Arienne in a bear hug. Setsuna just sat there giggling at their antics. Then Taiken turned his gaze on her and let out a low whistle "Wow girl, you look good" he eyed her, devouring her every curve. She let out an embarrassed smile.
"Hey, she's of limits to you" Arienne called out defensively. "and you know that. So leave her alone."
"Hey little man, I was just admiring her from afar."
"Yeah, well you better stay away from her." Arienne looked at him dangerously.
"Ok, whatever you say little man. I'm going to the fridge." Taiken left to the fridge to indulge his hunger.
"It's ok, a lot of people do that, I've gotten used to it." Setsuna spoke up timidly.
"No, it's not ok. You're not some object that every man can use and look at." He moved his hands to her shoulders to emphasize his words "You're special and have a lot more to offer than your body." She smiled at him and gave him a hug.
"Thank you for see more in me than my body." She let him go and gave him a peck on the check. her cheeks weren't pink anymore but a bright red. After the hug his cheeks had also changed to a darker shade of red and with the kiss they were now scarlet.
"No doubt that your beautiful, but I see so much more in you. You're smart, compassionate, fun and optimistic." She now had tears coming down her eyes. "Hey, don't cry, I don't like to see you sad." He pulled out a tissue and dried out her tears.
"I'm not sad, I'm just so happy that you care so much about me. No one cares about me as much as you do." She dug her head into his shoulders and began to cry more. He began to stroke her hair. It was so soft and silky, like running his fingers over velvet. He could smell her perfume, she smelled so sweet and fresh, mango mandarin was her signature scent and it suited her. At this moment he was happy, holding her having her so close to him. He had an impulse to lay kisses over her face and tell her how much she really meant to him, but he couldn't.
"Look at me, I'm so stupid. Crying over something like that" she dried out her tears "I'm sorry." She apologized, embarrassed of the whole situation. He was the only one that she could be so emotional to and not ever really feel embarrassed, but today was different as if him telling her how special she was affected her to some degree.
"Sorry about what?" he asked looking into her garnet eyes, now red and puffy from her crying.
"About…about… I don't know, just know that I am sorry that I put you in this situation, letting you see me cry like a baby." She let out a small chuckle and looked down.
Seeing how uncomfortable she was he grabbed hold of her hand. "How about we go to the park for a bit of fresh air." She smiled and looked at the clock. It was already six o'clock and the sun was already low, but it still radiated heat.
"I'd love to." She took grabbed her purse and headed out the door, followed closely by Arienne.
They went by an In-N-Out and bought two milkshakes, double-doubles, and some fries and proceeded to the park. They sat down on their bench to eat their meal. They always sat at the same bench every time they came to the park, it was their bench.
"Hey, you got a little ketchup right here" she pointed to the left side of her lip.
"Here?" he asked wiping away at his right side. She giggled.
"No, here." She grabbed her napkin and wiped the offending ketchup away.
"You know, your not that clean yourself" he said teasingly and wiped away a smudge of sauce from her chin. Their noses were now only centimeters apart from each other and the air turned a little tense. He wanted so much to kiss her. They stared into each others eyes for a few seconds. This is stupid, why am I so afraid of what she might say? I should tell her and get it over with, at least I'll get this weight off my chest.
"Setsuna" he began very softly.
"Yeah" she answered in the same tone, not moving as if there was a magnet holding her in place and not letting her move in or away.
"I have to tell you something…"
"You know you can tell me anything" and smiled reassuringly.
"…I don't know how to say it, but… I think that you are a wonderful person, and I've known it ever since I first met you." He grabbed hold of her hand. "I just want you to know that I like you, I like you a lot, as more than just a friend, but as a woman." He let his gaze drop as if he was ready for her to turn him down.
"I…um… don't know what to say" She pulled away one of her hands and saw him squint a little. She brought up her hand to his chin and pulled his head up so she could see his face. "other than, I like you too." She saw his look of relief wash over him and smile. He leaned in for a kiss but stopped only two millimeters from her mouth.
"Are you just saying that to make me feel better?" he asked suspiciously.
"Why would I ever do that?" she asked back and before he could come up with an answer she put her arms around his neck and kissed him. He was shocked at first but then subsided into the kiss and put his arms around her waist and began to take as much of her in.
It was perfect, his kisses were passionate but gentle and sweet, his lips were so smooth and gentle.
Before either of them knew it they were now in a deep make out session , they finally stopped after several minutes because of need of air. They smiled at each other knowing now that they belonged to each other.
"We should be getting back. It's dark and I should be heading home." She broke the silence.
"Ok. Let's go." He grabbed their trash and threw it away as they headed towards Setsuna's home, hand in hand.
They stopped in front of her house. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow at school." He bade her good bye and left after giving her a good night kiss.
She was in heaven, she wished that the world would stay like this forever, but she knew that after she stepped into her front door she was in hell. To her surprise her aunt was visiting, as soon as she saw her aunt serenity sitting on the sofa, she immediately ran to her and gave her a hug.
"Aunt Serena, I missed you so much! How was your trip?" her aunt had gone to Asia the past month, her aunt love to travel, she had gone to Egypt, Lebanon, Switzerland, and many other countries.
"It was great, I fact I have something for you." she dug into one of her bags that was lying on the coffee table, presumably presents. "Ahh, here it is." She took out a small box, inside of it was a gold coin attached to a golden necklace.
"Wow, aunt Serena, this is beautiful!"
"It's from the Ming dynasty, as soon as I looked at it I thought of you." Setsuna gave her another big hug.
After many more hours of talking about her travels Setsuna went to bed thinking of how happy she was at that moment, in fact she was so happy that nothing could bring her down. So she went to sleep dreaming of Arienne and how happy she would be when they were married and she was far away from her house, from her step dad.
Well, that's the end of this chapter. Wow is it long it's seven pages long, the longest chapter that I have ever written. Well tell me if you like it. Questions, comments, reviews don't hesitate and press that little button in the corner and send me a tine review, just so that I feel happy.
Laterz,
Josy (Moonlady9)