DISCLAIMER: Sailor moon is not mine, the brain children of Naoko Takeuchi I will
use and their personalities, but nothing else. All original ideas are mine, do
not take. Everything else probably doesn't belong to me ne wayz.







Chapter 5


The Exchange Student

"Mom! We're home!!!!!!" Serena yelled.

"Oh, hi honey! Your father and I were going to go to the opera tonight! Food's on the table if you want it!" her mother replied from upstairs.

"Come on, let's eat!" Serena said and dragged Darien to the kitchen.

Darien entered the kitchen and was greeted by a spectacular sight. A still steaming four course dinner was set out on the table. His mouth watered at the mere sight of it.

Serena, however, went straight to work, running around the kitchen grabbing some condiments, napkins, and some extra silverware. She finally sat down after three minutes of running around and began to eat. And eat she did, she could swallow two times the normal amount of food in one mouthful than a regular person.

Darien sat down and ate quietly, savoring every bite. The food was wonderful and he was quite dissapointed when the meal was over.

"Mom?" Serena called from the table.
"Well, I guess she left already then..." Serena said after she got no reply. She walked over to the living room and settled herself in a blanket on the couch.

Darien wiped his mouth and looked around.
"Hello?" Darien asked to no one in particuliar.

"In here!" Serena yelled.

Darien walked in to find Serena curled up in a huge blanket, watching t.v.

Serena aimlessly stared at the t.v. thinking to herself.
'breathtakingly handsome, tall, well muscled, apparently smart. What more do i really want in someone.... well, of course love.... ' Serena debated with herself.

Darien however, was doing the exact opposite. He was trying to get his mind off Serena, which wasn't going too well, considering she was right next to him. However, he kept his gaze on the television by his determination not to lead her on, after all, he was only staying for 6 months. That wasn't much, considering school was the most important thing while he stayed in Japan.

Suddenly Serena got up quickly, and ran upstairs.

"huh?" Darien said as he watched her hair fly up the stairs.

Serena got to the top of the stairs quickly. After a while her thoughts had got the better of her and switched from cautious debate, to hormone driven thoughts. Breathing deeply, she decided to write in her journal just about him in general.

Darien, still confused, sat on the couch watching this odd program that Serena had left on. He waited until the title came up, Escaflowne.... I'll have to ask Serena what it's about someday. It looks interesting enough.

~Upstairs~
Serena wrote for an hour straight. Her hand was cramped, her back ached from being in the same position, and she had to go to the bathroom, but, she still didn't and couldn't find the words to describe Darien and what he did to her. It was all so confusing to her.
'What the hell....' Serena thought in frustration. She threw her pen down and walked to the bathroom.

~Downstairs~
Darien continued to watch the program until he realized it was just a tape!
'a little off your game today Darien' he scolded himself. Glancing up at the clock on the wall he saw that he had watched t.v. for an hour and a half, and it was now 10:30.
'Time for bed!' Darien stood up and streched. He proceded to walk up the stairs, but he stopped at the closed bathroom door. Knocking softly he was rewarded by a yell inside.

"I'm using the can!" Serena yelled from inside the bathroom.

"Uhhh... k. Tell me when you get out!" Darien replied. Not knowing what to do he sat outside the door and thought to himself.
'kiss her, or no, kiss her, or maybe not...' he went on like this for some time until he heard the toilet flush.
"About time," he murmured to himself. He stood up in anticipation, and shook the kinks out of his knees. He waited and waited for the door to click and open, but it didn't.

"i don't really want to go outside do i?" Serena mumbled to herself. She kept contemplating her decision until Darien's voice broke her out of her trance.

"Hey!" Darien yelled "you fall in or something?"

"Hell no, hold on." Serena replied, embarrased. She slammed open the door and caught Darien off guard. The door slammed into his nose and he fell backwards.

"Owch" Darien said, clutching his nose.

"sorry" Serena said guiltily. She hadn't ment to do that, but, well, what could she say.

"ah!" Darien hissed when his nose began to bleed.

Serena looked over at him curiously sweeping his form from feet to face. Finally after 10 seconds she realized that his nose was bleeding. She herded him into the bathroom and grabbed a towel. She pressed the towel to his face and sat him down on the edge of the bathtub.
"I'm soo sorry." Serena said, sadness reflecting in her usually clear eyes.

"That's alright" Darien said, voice muffled by the towel.

"Let me take a look at that..." Serena said and pulled the towel off his face. Darien's nose was bleeding, but not as much as before. She dabbed the blood on his skin with the edges of the towel and almost managed to clean him up. She looked very closely at his nose, to make sure she hadn't missed anything.

"uh... umm... thanks." Darien managed to say.
'God damn, she is soo close!' Darien thought as he subconciously licked his lips.




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Hope you liked it. I'm working on a new story, hold your guns! I'll be updating even slower now, not to mention this is supposed to be my vacation.

lol jk

-Blaze of the Pheonix-