Oh, things will eventually get better with our two fave blonds. Just not in this chapter. I don't own sailor moon.

Serena is sitting, numbly, in the hospital, staring into space.

"Serena, will Darien get better?" a little voice asks.

Serena looks down to see Rini & smiles for her sake. "I'm sure of it…"

Rini stares at her, then nods. "OK." She sits next to her & they sit in silence once again.

Suddenly, 4 girls run into the hospital & Raye runs up to the desk. "Excuse me, where can we find Darien Shields' room?"

The nurse looks up at them, groaning. "No one can see him now…" she says, monotone.

"Why not!" Raye says, angrily.

"Because his disease is contagious." Serena speaks out.

The 4 girls turn to her, in surprise. "Serena, you're still here?" Lita says, shocked.

Serena nods. "Never left."

Rini stares at the 4 girls. Serena looks down & smiles. "Don't be afraid. These are my friends. This is Amy Anderson."

"Hello." Amy greets warmly.

"Raye Hino."

"Hi." Raye smiles.

"Lita Kino."

"Hey." Lita gives her a thumbs up sign.

"And Mina Aino."

"Nice to meet you." Mina says.

"Guys, this is Rini. She's going to stay with me for a while." Serena says.

The girls nod, then sit next to her. "What disease?" Amy says, softly.

Serena looks downward. "I don't know. All I know is he got it from Kyoto."

"Oh." the girls sit in silence.

Mina blinks once, then twice. "Um, I gotta go to the bathroom." She gets up. "Be right back."

She walks off, drying her tears. "I can't believe the disease has overtaken him already…I thought he had at least a few more months."

"Are you talking about Darien?" a little voice asks.

Mina stops, surprised, & looks down. She sees Hana from before. "Yes I am. How did you know?"

"His girlfriend was playing with me a while ago." Hana says, holding a teddy bear.

Mina smiles. "Serena? Yeah, she's cool."

Hana nods. "Yup. But she's so sad. I want to make her feel better."

"So do I. What's your name?"

"Hana."

"Nice to meet you, Hana. I'm Mina."

"Hi, Mina. Do you want to play with me?"

Mina nods. "Sure. Let's go." They walk into the playroom.

Meanwhile, Andrew is walking down the street, thinking about his predicament.

He had heard Mina sob, but resisted going after her. He loved Mina, but he also loved Hina. "When did my life get so complicated?" he yells.

He groaned & continued walking, but his cell phone rang.

"Hello?" he said, grumbling.

"Andrew?" a tearful Serena answered.

Andrew stopped, shocked & worried. "Serena, what's wrong?"

Serena held back her tears. She leaned against the wall, taking a deep breath. "It's Darien. The disease has overtaken him already."

Andrew's heart stopped. "Already? But I thought…"

"I know, but the doctor said there was little or no chance of survival." Serena cried, letting her tears go.

Andrew tried to comfort her. "Shh, it'll be fine. Where are you?"

"At Juuban Hospital."

"OK, I'll be there in a minute." He shut his phone & took off running.

10 minutes later, he appeared in the doorway, sweaty & worried. The girls stared at him in shock. "Andrew?" Lita said.

Andrew nodded at them & waved. "Where's…Serena?"

"Bathroom." a tearful voice said.

All 5 heads turned to see Mina appear, Hana holding tight onto her hand. "Hey, Andrew." Mina said, attempting a smile, but the image still hurt.

Andrew stared at her, taking her all in. "Mina…" He walked over to her & enveloped her in a hug.

Mina let go of Hana's hand & cried. "I don't know what to do. If he dies…"

"Shh, shh, don't talk like that." He said, stroking her hair. He wanted to make it go away. He wanted to make Mina feel better. He wanted to make her stop crying, but he didn't know how. So he just held her, rocking back & forth.

The girls watched, smiling. They exchanged knowing glances, not realizing that Mina & Andrew's love was doomed.

Hana stared at them, eyes watering. She turned & began to run, but she hit something & bounced back.

"Whoa! Careful, Hana." Serena said, grabbing her before she fell.

Hana looked up at Serena. "I'm sorry."

Serena smiled. "Why are you sorry?" Then she looked & saw Andrew & Mina hugging & smiled.

Andrew & Mina broke apart & saw Serena. They opened their arms & let Serena in. Together, they cried & cried, rocking back & forth.

Wow, it's affecting everybody. Will Darien live? Will Andrew & Mina be together? RR!