Author's Notes: Hey! Told you it'd be short and quick -shrug-. I'm sorry the last chapter was such a disaster, I didn't mean it to be, heh heh... I hope this is better. Thanks for the great reviews I've been getting! It really makes me feel proud and loved -grin-. I'm SO glad you people like my stories, I don't know why, but it's so and I'm more grateful than you could imagine! -bow-.

This was actually supposed to be the last part of the Chapter Five, but it would take longer for me to write, and I didn't want you guys to be waiting longer than you already had to. So this is a special chapter and that's why it's so short. Thanks for the reviews, again!

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Title: Love So Far Away - Chapter Six
Rating: K+
Author: Sabreen

Love So Far Away - Chapter Six

Blue clashed with blue. The gentle azure squinted in concentration, nerves tense, ready to jump in action on the slightest move. The midnight blue, on contrary, stared at the careful, sheepish gaze coolly, with a touch of amused disdain in its depths, but below that with a thorough, meticulous gaze at the figure in front of it. Time seemed to be goingmore slowly than usual as the deep glances kept staring at each other, careful not to give in and let their attention give in even just for a moment.

But -the faintest lack of judgement, the lightest show of a weakness of the young, innocent azure stare - and like a powerful predator, midnight seized its may be the only opportunity, and jumped forward, nailing Usagi down to the blankets, her hands in his strong grip, held tightly at both sides of her head. His eyes gleamed evilly, but with a large amount of unknown happiness as she struggled to break free from his firm grasp. She was fighting him bravely, no one could deny that.

"There is... no... use!" he said, panting, as the upper half of her body was persistently getting up and refused to lie calmly, accepting her defeat. She was too weak for him, though, and her attempts kept failing.

"Thou... shalt.. never... have... me!" she said, her breath uneven and more in gasps than not, with her face slowly reddening in exhaustion.

But, he got another menacing idea. Pulling her wrists above her head, ha gave her a mean look, with a bright, winning smile, exactly showing that his intentions weren't so very pleasant. Just as he looked her with that evil though merry smile, his chin got near her side...

"I'd beg to differ!"

...and began to tickle her.

Soon enough, her horrified screams, yells and laughs filled the room, as her voice reached high-pitched noises beyond any human's ability or comprehension. She kicked and moved and hit and rolled, did anything to avoid his now very dangerous chin. In those times of desperate need to protect herself from that tickling invasion, she got new strength, and rolled her wrists as much as she could, despite the firm grip that Mamoru's hands had been holding upon them, and finally succeeding in ripping them far out of his hands' reach. Never stopping her terrified screams (which were actually something between screams and hysterical laughter), she gripped his shoulders at each side of his neck and started pushing him away, continuing to kick and throw her legs anywhere she could. His arms tried to stop hers from that but she kept wiggling out ofhis grasp, continually interrupting his attempts to tickle her. Finally, as he was too busy with trying to tickle her, ignore her ear-shattering screams and stopping her from pushing him away, he let a moment of weakness slip too, and she freed herself, alost immediately throwing herself on his back.

He couldn't comprehend what had just happened there. In one second, she was under him, laughing, screaming, yelping, gasping, and in the other, she's on his back, her arms snaked firmly around his neck. He knelt on the bed, swiftly turning left-right in trying to get her off of his back, but - his attempts were all in vain as she stuck to his back like a leech. Finally, she managed to push him down on the bed, flat on his face, and sat on him like on a saddle. Laughing loudly like an anime bad guy, she grasped his wrists and held them tightly to his body. Now she wasn't screaming; not at all: now, she was laughing, she was laughing so loudly and merrily that it caused him to laugh like that, and their hearts, both of them were filled completely. Neither of them had that much fun in their whole lives.

"Whatcha gonna do now?" she asked with a bright evil smile, her eyes glistening with incomparable happiness.

"Well," his voice sounded quite muffled as about half of his mouth was buried in the covers, "I wouldn''t tell you, would I?" His eyes suddenly squinted, and a smile appeared on his lips, much alike the one on Usagi's lips.

"But, if you really want to know..." Usagi had the time just for her smile to fade and her eyes widen before one of his hands shot up from his side and with an incredible twist of the shoulder joint pushed her violently off of him, making her land hard on the mattress. It was soft, so it didn't matter, but she didn't even have time to think about her landing as he, as swiftly as she had before, threw himself on her,embracing her tightly right somewhere around her waist, her arms included in the embrace too.

His face was buried in the blankets right above her shoulder and next to her neck, and she felt a light breeze on her soft skinevery time he'd let out a deep, exhausted breath. Finally, after a few moments of getting themselves together, easing ther ragged breath and waiting the adrenaline to stop pumping through them, Mamoru smiled gently, still breathing a bit hardly.

"Well, do you get the picture now?" he whispered in her ear. She processed it for a moment or two, before she nodded slightly.

"Great," he whispered, chuckling a bit. She joined him, and they were laughing together for a while.

Usagi's mind needed slightly longer time to process things that were happening, because with every breath she took in, his scent would seep in too, and made her senses dizzy and dazed, which resulted with a late comprehension of the things around her.

And his scent was... incredible, to say the least. Gentle, soft smell of blood red roses mixed with slightly bitter but pleasant taste of dark chocolate, and a strong, intoxicating but subtle scent reminding of black coffee - it fitted him perfectly. The way it burned slightly through her nostrils, not too strong, even hardly noticeable, but she could feel it, combined with the way how the sweetness glided softly, like silk when it glides down a naked human body.

She was so surprised at the scent, she had never felt anything like that before. She liked boys who smelled good, it made the atmosphere more comfortable, but this.. this was something she had never expected from anyone, more less Mamoru! But, something was definitely about that guy, something that cannot be explained, but just felt.

She noticed that her arms were free, at least from the elbow below. Slowly she raised them and placed them softly on Mamoru's back. She felt him shiver for a moment - like a wave of emotions went through him, and soon, the same thing was with her - her churning stomach suddenly emitted a strange, warm feeling, so warm and so sudden that a quiver went through her body. The first thing that came on her mind was that it must have been the same way Mamoru felt when he shivered. Soon after she had embraced him gently, she felt a smile widening Mamoru's gentle lips.

RRRRING!

RRRRING!

Mamoru partly got off of her, leaning on his two arms, on Usagi's each side. He looked at her.

Blink.

"It's the phone."

"Wait here, okay?" she said, rolling her eyes and pushing him off of her completely.

"They couldn't have found a better time, could they? Stupid idiotic obnoxious little..." her muttering was lost as she moved to the living room.

Blink.

Mamoru raised an eyebrow, an amused smile lingering on his lips.

"Last time I checked, it was my phone, Odango!" he said, chuckling and falling back on the bed, his arms below his head. She just waved her hand, continuing to mutter angrily.

Soon after, she came back from the living room and hopped back on the bed, lying next to Mmaoru.

"And? Who was it?" She just shrugged.

"They hung up before they said anything," she said. "But if they did, it would probably be for you," she finished. Mamoru raised his eyebrows as high as he could.

"No way! You know, I did not know that!" he faked. She just stuck her tongue at him, smiling.

"You wanna watch something on TV?" he suggested. She shrugged and got up.

"Okay."

They spent about half an hour watching a movie on the TV. Usagi had felt a bit tired so she, on Mamoru's cue, lay on his lap (again) and tried to doze off, but she couldn't, so she just lay with her eyes closed. The movie ended, and Mamoru turned the TV off. The room suddenly became so quiet and still...

"Shareta koto," Mamoru suddenly started to whisper, probably to break the silence. Or maybe not... "Ienai keredo...

Sotto soba ni ite ageru.
Diary moji azayaka ni
Kimi to ashita egakou..."

Usagi's head suddenly raised, her eyes wide.

"Moshimo kagayaki wo motomete
Soba ni negai kake
Yomioete mo,
samishii naraba!"

Usagi turned her head, and now was staring wide-eyed at Mamoru. That... that was familiar. Where had she heard it before? It was... It was... what?

And then it clicked.

"Yume iro DORESU kisete
Hitomi toji ai wo kome
kuchizuke wo, sasageyou..."

It couldn't be... It couldn't be...

But, that hair... And those eyes... And that gentle, deep voice...

"I do love you, ore no inochi..
Pretty baby, dakishimete ageyou."

She couldn't say anything, she just kept looking at him, mesmerized. He, on the other hand, was looking at some point somewhere above the TV.

"You know," he started, frowning slightly in thought, "Mamoru... Mamo-chan..." He looked at her, now softening his gaze.

"It's kind of similar, isn't it?"

Gasp.

"Very... Very similar." His whisper lingered on in the air like a ghost.

Suddenly, a man of about 43 bursted into the room, panting and very upset.

"Chiba-san! There's a fire in the apartment 503, two floors above! There's a couple of people trapped in there, we need every help we can get before the firemen get here!" Mamoru stayed cool, nodded and ran as quickly as he could with the man, looking backone more time at mesmerized Usagi with one, very sad glance, leaving her alone in the dark, empty apartment.

End of Chapter Six -

Hope you liked it!

Sabreen