I apologize for the long periods between these parts; this story is hard to
write than I thought. I have to get every specific detail perfect, or it
won't be realistic.
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Usagi stayed all night with Mamoru in the hospital. She was sitting right beside him just in arms reach. She was staring out the window when she heard Mamoru stir. She looked over to him, he was waking up. He looked around the room and noticed Usagi sitting beside him, "Where am I?" He asked groggily.
"The hospital." Usagi said quietly.
"Mmmm. Why?"
"Well, I came to see you yesterday and found you passed out in your bedroom."
"I must of black out from exhaustion." He took a deep breath and stretched.
"No, I don't think so. You and I both know why you're here."
"We do?" Mamoru asked trying sound like he had no idea what she was talking about.
"Drugs, Mamoru!? Are you insane?" She didn't want to start yelling at him when he first woke up, but she couldn't help it.
"Drugs? What are you talking about?"
"Don't play stupid with me. You know exactly what I'm talking about," She paused for a reply, but got nothing. Mamoru only looked away, "Why?" She said shaking her head.
"I needed help."
"Help?"
He nodded, "I was just so stressed out with exams and everyone hounding me. I had to take something."
"Then take stress relievers. Legal stress relievers," She added when Mamoru opened his mouth to say something, "Don't study as hard. Take breaks; go for a jog, watch TV, read, anything but what you did. You could have killed yourself, you know? If I hadn't come by when I did, I hate to think of what could have happened. You of all people should know that. This isn't just something you can take only for a period of time. It's highly addictive and will ruin your life. You know that I had tell the nurse that someone gave you some Tylenol laced with whatever drug you tested positive for?"
"Cocaine." Mamoru informed glumly.
"I know that! But I wasn't going to tell them that. If I knew what drug was in your system they would know something was up. I had to tell them this or you could have been arrested, and believe me it was a hard decision to make."
Mamoru's brows furrowed, "Why?"
"Because right now, I think that time in prison would do you good. Give you time to think about what you did. But I decided not to because right now that would ruin everything you work so hard for."
Mamoru's eyes glazed over. He knew she was right. But that drug made him feel that he could take on anything that came his way, "So what now?" he asked not wanting to hear the answer.
Usagi sighed, "I've given this a lot of thought. It's up to you to decide. It's either me or the drugs." She said, picked up her purse and left.
Once Usagi was outside she looked up to the sky. Tears began to stream down her face uncontrollably. She knew what she could have just given up. Her heart broke into thousand tiny shards. She lowered her head and focused on the street post in front of her. Before she could think she punched it with all her strength. Remarkably, all that was left was a bruise a few hours later. Makoto happened to be walking around the corner when she saw Usagi punch the post. She started to run toward her, "Usagi? Are you okay? What happened? Does this have anything to do with Mamoru?"
"It has everything to do with Mamoru!" She shouted as loud as she could, not caring that people walking by stopped and looked at her in confusion. She turned and kicked the same post, still sobbing uncontrollably.
"What happened? Did you talk to him? Did he break up with you?" Makoto immediately wished she hadn't asked that last question.
"No. Worse."
"Well?" Makoto swallowed.
"He's on crack."
"Excuse me?" She wasn't sure if she had heard Usagi right.
"Crack. Cocaine! He's doing drugs."
"What!?" Makoto didn't want to admit it, but somehow everything made sense now.
Usagi sniffed, "You heard me." She said quietly.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure! I went over to his place after we met Eva. And I found him passed out in his room with a bag of Coke beside him. What am I going to do?"
Makoto thought for a moment, "You could put him in a completely empty room with nothing but a tap. Turn the tap on just enough so it drips and make him listen to it. It'll drive him insane. Make him crazy enough to stop using drugs. We'll call it the 'Drippy Room'!"
Usagi laughed at her friend's sense of humor, "Thanks for cheering me up."
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Usagi sat at her desk staring blankly at her textbook. She had intended on actually doing her homework to get her mind off things, but it wasn't going as planned. She had been doing all of her homework all week, just so she wouldn't have to think about anything but the task at hand. She had also noticed an increase in her marks at school. So, there she sat, staring blankly into her textbook, almost looking through it. She was suddenly pulled out of her thought when the phone rang. Usagi blinked back into reality and looked over at the phone. After awhile she figured she had better answer it.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Usagi?" It was Mamoru. She hadn't heard from him in over a week. She was afraid he had chosen the wrong option of the choices she had given him.
"Mam- Mamoru?" Her mouth turned dry and her voice cracked.
"Look," He sighed, "We need to talk. Can you meet me at the park?"
"Why can't we talk now?" Usagi asked afraid of what he would possibly want to talk about. Why had he taken so long to call her? She didn't think that it was such a hard decision to make. Maybe she was wrong about him chosen the right choice. Nothing seemed predictable anymore. If what he wanted to say was bad news, she would rather him tell her over that phone. She couldn't bear to see the dismissal in his eyes and expression; it was bad enough that she could hear it in his voice.
"Because I'd rather if we talked in person."
Usagi sighed, "Alright. I'll be there shortly."
Usagi walked towards the bench that she and Mamoru usually sat at. Mamoru was already there. His elbows rested on his knees and his hands were crossed in front of him. He was looking down at his feet. After a short pause she sighed and began to walk toward him.
"Okay. So I'm here. What do you want?" Usagi stated when she had reached him.
"Well, you seem happy." Mamoru said sarcastically.
"Well, let's see. I find my boyfriend past out in his bedroom, later find out that it was because of drugs. Then I don't hear from him in over a week and all a sudden he calls me and tells me he wants to 'talk'. How would you be?"
"I've already apologized. What more do you want?"
"Just hurry up and tell what you have to say, so I can't go home." Usagi said still expecting the worst.
"Well, I've thought about what you said."
"And?"
"And I've made my decision." He paused.
"Which would be?" Usagi said impatiently. Would you hurry the fuck up, I don't have time for this.
He didn't know why, but this was really hard for him to tell her. "You." He said flatly.
What? Usagi was taken aback. For some reason she wasn't expecting that. She should have felt relief, but she didn't. Why? "You realize that that means no more drugs what so ever. No 'only once in awhile' or 'only when I feel I can't cope with things' or 'things are getting too hard'. Not drugs period, starting right now."
Mamoru drew in a breath, "I know."
"I don't ever want you even to think about them. And I don't ever want to get the scare I did," Usagi's voice softened, "I really thought I lost you. I don't know what I'd do without you, I love you too much. With all my heart and all of me. If I lost you, I'd die. I don't know what I'd do."
"I know. I'm so sorry, I scared you," He pulled her into a hug, "I love you too."
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Hope you enjoyed! Sorry if the ending was a little corny. I plan to revise it later. This is just so you guys get the jest of things.. I didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer. ^_^ please review..
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Usagi stayed all night with Mamoru in the hospital. She was sitting right beside him just in arms reach. She was staring out the window when she heard Mamoru stir. She looked over to him, he was waking up. He looked around the room and noticed Usagi sitting beside him, "Where am I?" He asked groggily.
"The hospital." Usagi said quietly.
"Mmmm. Why?"
"Well, I came to see you yesterday and found you passed out in your bedroom."
"I must of black out from exhaustion." He took a deep breath and stretched.
"No, I don't think so. You and I both know why you're here."
"We do?" Mamoru asked trying sound like he had no idea what she was talking about.
"Drugs, Mamoru!? Are you insane?" She didn't want to start yelling at him when he first woke up, but she couldn't help it.
"Drugs? What are you talking about?"
"Don't play stupid with me. You know exactly what I'm talking about," She paused for a reply, but got nothing. Mamoru only looked away, "Why?" She said shaking her head.
"I needed help."
"Help?"
He nodded, "I was just so stressed out with exams and everyone hounding me. I had to take something."
"Then take stress relievers. Legal stress relievers," She added when Mamoru opened his mouth to say something, "Don't study as hard. Take breaks; go for a jog, watch TV, read, anything but what you did. You could have killed yourself, you know? If I hadn't come by when I did, I hate to think of what could have happened. You of all people should know that. This isn't just something you can take only for a period of time. It's highly addictive and will ruin your life. You know that I had tell the nurse that someone gave you some Tylenol laced with whatever drug you tested positive for?"
"Cocaine." Mamoru informed glumly.
"I know that! But I wasn't going to tell them that. If I knew what drug was in your system they would know something was up. I had to tell them this or you could have been arrested, and believe me it was a hard decision to make."
Mamoru's brows furrowed, "Why?"
"Because right now, I think that time in prison would do you good. Give you time to think about what you did. But I decided not to because right now that would ruin everything you work so hard for."
Mamoru's eyes glazed over. He knew she was right. But that drug made him feel that he could take on anything that came his way, "So what now?" he asked not wanting to hear the answer.
Usagi sighed, "I've given this a lot of thought. It's up to you to decide. It's either me or the drugs." She said, picked up her purse and left.
Once Usagi was outside she looked up to the sky. Tears began to stream down her face uncontrollably. She knew what she could have just given up. Her heart broke into thousand tiny shards. She lowered her head and focused on the street post in front of her. Before she could think she punched it with all her strength. Remarkably, all that was left was a bruise a few hours later. Makoto happened to be walking around the corner when she saw Usagi punch the post. She started to run toward her, "Usagi? Are you okay? What happened? Does this have anything to do with Mamoru?"
"It has everything to do with Mamoru!" She shouted as loud as she could, not caring that people walking by stopped and looked at her in confusion. She turned and kicked the same post, still sobbing uncontrollably.
"What happened? Did you talk to him? Did he break up with you?" Makoto immediately wished she hadn't asked that last question.
"No. Worse."
"Well?" Makoto swallowed.
"He's on crack."
"Excuse me?" She wasn't sure if she had heard Usagi right.
"Crack. Cocaine! He's doing drugs."
"What!?" Makoto didn't want to admit it, but somehow everything made sense now.
Usagi sniffed, "You heard me." She said quietly.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure! I went over to his place after we met Eva. And I found him passed out in his room with a bag of Coke beside him. What am I going to do?"
Makoto thought for a moment, "You could put him in a completely empty room with nothing but a tap. Turn the tap on just enough so it drips and make him listen to it. It'll drive him insane. Make him crazy enough to stop using drugs. We'll call it the 'Drippy Room'!"
Usagi laughed at her friend's sense of humor, "Thanks for cheering me up."
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Usagi sat at her desk staring blankly at her textbook. She had intended on actually doing her homework to get her mind off things, but it wasn't going as planned. She had been doing all of her homework all week, just so she wouldn't have to think about anything but the task at hand. She had also noticed an increase in her marks at school. So, there she sat, staring blankly into her textbook, almost looking through it. She was suddenly pulled out of her thought when the phone rang. Usagi blinked back into reality and looked over at the phone. After awhile she figured she had better answer it.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Usagi?" It was Mamoru. She hadn't heard from him in over a week. She was afraid he had chosen the wrong option of the choices she had given him.
"Mam- Mamoru?" Her mouth turned dry and her voice cracked.
"Look," He sighed, "We need to talk. Can you meet me at the park?"
"Why can't we talk now?" Usagi asked afraid of what he would possibly want to talk about. Why had he taken so long to call her? She didn't think that it was such a hard decision to make. Maybe she was wrong about him chosen the right choice. Nothing seemed predictable anymore. If what he wanted to say was bad news, she would rather him tell her over that phone. She couldn't bear to see the dismissal in his eyes and expression; it was bad enough that she could hear it in his voice.
"Because I'd rather if we talked in person."
Usagi sighed, "Alright. I'll be there shortly."
Usagi walked towards the bench that she and Mamoru usually sat at. Mamoru was already there. His elbows rested on his knees and his hands were crossed in front of him. He was looking down at his feet. After a short pause she sighed and began to walk toward him.
"Okay. So I'm here. What do you want?" Usagi stated when she had reached him.
"Well, you seem happy." Mamoru said sarcastically.
"Well, let's see. I find my boyfriend past out in his bedroom, later find out that it was because of drugs. Then I don't hear from him in over a week and all a sudden he calls me and tells me he wants to 'talk'. How would you be?"
"I've already apologized. What more do you want?"
"Just hurry up and tell what you have to say, so I can't go home." Usagi said still expecting the worst.
"Well, I've thought about what you said."
"And?"
"And I've made my decision." He paused.
"Which would be?" Usagi said impatiently. Would you hurry the fuck up, I don't have time for this.
He didn't know why, but this was really hard for him to tell her. "You." He said flatly.
What? Usagi was taken aback. For some reason she wasn't expecting that. She should have felt relief, but she didn't. Why? "You realize that that means no more drugs what so ever. No 'only once in awhile' or 'only when I feel I can't cope with things' or 'things are getting too hard'. Not drugs period, starting right now."
Mamoru drew in a breath, "I know."
"I don't ever want you even to think about them. And I don't ever want to get the scare I did," Usagi's voice softened, "I really thought I lost you. I don't know what I'd do without you, I love you too much. With all my heart and all of me. If I lost you, I'd die. I don't know what I'd do."
"I know. I'm so sorry, I scared you," He pulled her into a hug, "I love you too."
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Hope you enjoyed! Sorry if the ending was a little corny. I plan to revise it later. This is just so you guys get the jest of things.. I didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer. ^_^ please review..