A/N: If you want, cast your vote for pairings. JrxMomo or JrxSakura. OC pairings are accepted as well for chaos, Mary, Shelley, Albedo, and Nigredo. Just leave some info on your character such as physical description, personality, and of course their name.
Disclaimer: I don't own Xeno…
Of Cherry Blossoms and Peaches: Chapter 5
Nighttime at the Mizrahi Residence
"Rubedo asked me out. Isn't that wonderful, Momo?" Sakura sighed dreamily.
"Um…yeah I guess," she lied. "But what about mommy? She never said you could date."
"That's where you come in, Momo. Your job is to cover for me. You have to tell mom that I uh…went to a friend's house or something."
"But I wouldn't want to lie to mommy. After all she's done for us…moving out all the way out here to Second Miltia from Fifth Jerusalem." Momo said guiltily.
"Please Momo," Sakura begged, "You have to do this for me. Besides it's not like I'm doing anything bad. And I really like Rubedo. He's so sweet and…please Momo."
Momo was weakening steadily. "I don't know Sakura…this doesn't seem right."
Sakura gave Momo her best pout. "Pretty please, sis?" She cooed.
Finally Momo gave in, "Alright Sakura, on one condition."
"Yes, anything."
"You have to stop ignoring me at school."
"What?" Sakura gasped, genuinely surprised, "How am I ignoring you at school?"
"You're paying all you're attention to Rubedo. You don't even talk to the others at the lunch table. It's like you see right through me." Momo finished sadly.
"Oh Momo," she gave her sister a quick hug, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to I just—"
"I understand. It's okay. You don't have to overdo it." She said with a laugh.
"I mean it, Momo! I promise I won't ever ignore you again!"
"Even for a boy?"
"Yes, not even for a boy."
"Thanks Sakura." Momo said.
"You should've told me sooner, sis. If you ever feel ignored just tell me and I'm all ears."
"As I said, Sakura you don't have do overact. I'm fine now that we've come to an understanding."
"Okay now that we've got that cleared up, what do you think I should wear for my date?"
And for the rest of the night, the only words that were exchanged were of dating, make-upand clothing.
Nighttime at the Yuriev Institute
Albedo was starting to feel bad for snapping at Rubedo earlier. Maybe he should talk to him. The problems were his room was locked and his telepathic lines blocked.
I shouldn't have been so harsh on Rubedo. He's been having a hard time lately…
Yuriev himself was pushing the three variants with testing and sub-conscious diving. All he cared about was his stupid experiments. He didn't give a crap about them. They were sent to Miltian middle school to see how they would react in a natural human environment. What garbage. The U.R.T.V's were human. They were just genetically-enhanced. At least it gave them a chance to escape the institute for seven hours or so on weekdays.
He checked on his laptop whose turn it was for cleaning duty. Coincidently it happened to be himself, Rubedo, and Nigredo.
Just my luck, he thought for a few moments. Hey wait then it'll give me a chance to make up with Rubedo for earlier. He'll have to come out of his room. At least cleaning duty is good for something.
He checked the time. It was 7 pm. Time to eat dinner and afterwards was cleaning the dishes wish his two brothers.
After dinner 7:30 pm
He met up with Nigredo right after dinner was finished. "Hey do you think I should apologize to Rubedo? You know for earlier."
"I guess so, but I haven't seen him since the incident earlier."
"What? Where do you think he went?"
"I dunno. Maybe he's already in the kitchen."
"Let's go see."
The two boys went to the kitchen and saw nobody there.
"Where could he be?" Nigredo wondered. "Yuriev will kill him if he doesn't show up for cleaning duty."
"Maybe he's just late." Albedo said.
"I hope you're right. We might have to cover for him."
"Just my luck, first Rubedo's not here, now we'll have to clean his dishes."
"Don't worry. I'm sure he'll come soon." Nigredo said although doubtfully.
At the Mizrahi Residence
It was a starry, tranquil night outside. The only sounds made were from crickets and the occasional car or two. The two sisters appeared fast asleep except for a particular brunette. She and Momo had stayed up until 12 pm, preparing for her date the next night. She looked over to her sister who was peacefully asleep. Her face was illuminated by the moonlight.
"Goodnight Momo, sleep tight," Sakura said.
She was about to go downstairs for a drink when a tapping came at the window.
What could that be? She thought as she opened the window to see what made the noise.
It was a bit dark to see but she could make out a short figure that looked strangely like…
"Rubedo!" She whispered as to not wake up anyone, "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to see you Sakura. Come down here so we could talk." He said.
What is he thinking? She thought as her placed on her slippers and headed out the door quietly.
"Rubedo what—" She was stopped when he placed a finger to her lips.
"Shh…I'll explain."
As they sat on the swing on the porch, he told her about the fight he had with Albedo about him being with Sakura so much. He told her his two brothers felt disregarded when him and her were around each other.
"I don't know why this is such a big deal. I used to go out with girls before- I mean not that I am now since I'm with you and all but—"
This time Sakura placed a delicate finger on his lips. "I understand, Rubedo. In fact…Momo was telling me earlier she feels the same way. Ignored…"
"But why does everybody feel that way. It's like they're jealous or something. I mean since we're together, we should hang out. Shouldn't we?"
Sakura laughed a bit. "Oh Rubedo-kun you're so funny. But now that I think about it…we have been ignoring them a bit. Even though we're together, we should spend time with others too. Don't you think?"
"I guess that makes sense. They have a right to be angry with us. What should we do to make things right?"
Sakura thought about that for a moment, "I think maybe we should take a temporarybreak in our relationship, Rubedo. Then we'll have time to spend with our other friends."
"Are you sure?" he asked, "How will I know you won't just ditch me for some other guy?"
"Rubedo!" she saidannoyed getting up from the swing. "Do you really think I would do something like that? If you can accuse me of that, how will I know you won't ditch me for some other girl? Don't you trust me?" she said a trace of hurt in her voice.
"Of course I do!" he exclaimed also getting up from the swing. "It's just that I don't want to lose you Sakura. You're the only girl who understands me. I'm sorry for saying that. I'm such an idiot."
"I forgive you Rubedo-kun." She said softly. "Maybe we should seal our promise. So we'll know we won't break it."
"With what?" He asked confused.
"With this..." She said kissing him on the cheek.
When she broke away, their eyes locked and they both blushed a deep shade of red.
"Well I think you should go home now. Your brothers are probably worrying." Sakura said looking away first.
"Yeah I guess…" he hesitated before he left. "You still up for that date tomorrow?"
"Duh, Rubedo. What do you think?" she asked giggling a bit.
"Okay…goodnight, Sakura-chan."
"Goodnight Rubedo-kun."
What they didn't know was that a figure from Sakura's bedroom window was watching them.
A/N: Some good-old-fashioned Rubedo/Sakura fluff don't you think? (Gets pelted by objects from Momo fans.) The couplings are not official yet. Cast your vote in whether it should end up being a Rubedo/Sakura or Rubedo/Momo. Your pick, R&R.
