Chapter Three

Minako was confused: Minako was beyond confused: Minako was so confused that she turned up to Michiru's house that day with her makeup smuged and her eyeliner going halfway down her face rather than round her eyes and with her hair all messy, something which had never happened before.

Michiru raised an eyebrow when she saw the state Minako was in but decided that it was better not to ask. She led Minako into the house and up to her room, where Minako literally fell down onto the bed and burried her face in a pillow.

"Okay, Minako, spill," Michiru said, "I really need to know what's up. And don't you dare say 'nothing' because this sure isn't nothing."

Minako sighed; she had come round here with the intention of telling Michiru what was up so why not start now?

"Well you know when we were at the park a few days ago?"

Michiru nodded, "You mean when we bumped into Rei and you ran off?"

Minako nodded, "Well after that I kind of bumped into Ten'oh Haruka…"

Michiru's eyes flashed dangerously, "What did she do?"

Minako had clearly not heard the fact that Michiru had said 'she' in her previous sentence as she continued by saying, "Well the thing is… Ten'oh isn't a guy. Ten'oh Haruka is a girl. She's a lesbian: she cross-dresses.

"And well the thing is," here Minako took a deep breath, "she told me she loves me. She kissed me."

Michiru's expression darkend further, "The bastard. Somehow I'm not surprised," she muttered under her breath. Once again Minako hadn't heard her.

"But the thing is, Michiru… even though I know she's probably toying with my feeling just like they all do… I think… I think I love her, Michiru. I love Ten'oh Haruka. I love another girl."

Michiru couldn't help herself, she laughed slightly. Minako sat up and glared at her friend.

"It's not funny!" she snapped.

"No, no, you're right, it's not" Michiru replied. "But I find it somewhat strange that you're panicing so much about the fact you're in love with someone of the same gender. There's nothing wrong or abnormal with it at all."

"But I like guys, damnit!" Minako punched Michiru's pillows.

"Do you remember why you and Usagi don't get on?" Michiru asked.

"Yeah, that stupid game of truth or dare last year," Minako muttered. "I ended up having to make out with her and she was convinced that I was either a lesbian or bi…"

"Well how do you know you aren't?"

"Michiru this isn't helping!" Minako snapped. "But I really don't know what to do, I'm so cofused right now…"

"Well if you like someone you should just tell them," Minako replied. "Still, this is Ten'oh Haruka we're talking about so I'll just warn you to be careful around her; she has a reputation for breaking people's hearts into pieces in the most painful way possible."

Minako looked up at her, "Where did you find that out?"

"Never you mind," Michiru replied. "I've just known her since elementary school. Her and Hino Rei, actually."

"You're kidding me," Minako scoffed. "Don't tell me you were actually friends with those freaks… But then again Ten'oh isn't exactly a freak… I mean she can't be if I feel like this when I think of her… Or maybe I hate her: I could just hate her… But all the same… This is so confusing!" Minako screamed then, tears falling down her face once more.

"Minako, calm down," Michiru sighed.

"No I will not 'calm down'," Minako sniffed. "Stop acting like you understand what I'm going through; it's obvious you don't!"

"Suit yourself," Michiru shrugged. "Do you want a pizza? It's nearly lunchtime and I'm starving…"

"If there is a god then he fucking hates me," Haruka exclaimed, kicking the football away from her and up into a nearby tree. "Bollucks!"

"Well it's your own fault," came Rei's unconcerned reply. "What would god have to do with you kicking that blasted ball into a tree anyway?"

"Not that," Haruka snapped, "I meant…"

"Aino Minako and her bitchyness, I know," Rei rolled her eyes. "Will you stop going on about her? Sometime this millennium might be nice."

Haruka glared back, "Like you won't stop going on about Michiru?"

"Hey, I try not to, and you know exactly why."

"And why is that?" Haruka asked. She blinked, "Don't be daft, there's been nothing between us for years!"

"In other words I know have your full blessing to go after her?"

"Yes, but you didn't need it in the first place: is this why you still haven't shoved your tongue down her throat?"

"What, like you nearly did to Minako?" Rei sneered back. "I'm not as easy as you are, okay?"

Haruka glared, "Bitch."

"Thanks, I practice it," Rei smirked. "Still if you're gonna pine over her you should just go and tell her, dipshit."

"I am not pining!"

"You bloody well are," came the reply.

"Okay, fine, so what if I am?" Haruka replied, blushing slightly. "Still she made it quite clear she hates me…"

"You really are a bit too much of a guy at times, Haruka," Rei shook her head. "Girls do that quite a lot when they really like someone."

"And you would know that how?"

"Call me psychic," Rei winked.

"That's useful," Haruka rolled her eyes. "But what about you and Michiru? If you're such an expert why haven't you asked her out yet? You've known her for years."

"Yeah but I was never that close to her," Rei shrugged.

"Well I'm not asking her for you; you know as well as I do that she hates me…" Haruka sighed. "Then again I can't really blame her."

"That was your own fault," Rei replied. "You should never have…"

"You think I haven't realised that by now?" Haruka interupted her, "Besides, that was in junior high."

"I know," Rei replied. "I was there."

"Which is why I'm confused as to why you're so nervous about asking her out," Haruka replied.

"Hey, you were the one who said 'we're probably the only lesbians in our school," Rei shot back.

"Which is of course why she dated me," Haruka rolled her eyes.

"She could have mistaken you for a guy," came the reply. "I mean she was never in our school even if you knew her, was she?"

"Yeah, we all went to the same drama group, I remember as well as you, if not better.

"And whaddya mean she could have mistaken me for a guy," Haruka pretended to be offended. "I look nothing like a guy."

"Haruka if we weren't in your backyard right now people would be giving you odd looks for that one," Rei smirked again.

"Meh shut up you," Haruka grinned. "Anyways, Kai'oh Michiru most definitely isn't a lesbian."

"So she did mistake you for a guy?"

"Very funny," Haruka rolled her eyes. "She's bisexual, Rei; she'll date guys and girls."

"You mean like Aino Minako?" Rei asked.

"Yeah, the only difference is that Minako is still in denial even though we all know she digs chicks too," Haruka muttered. "Anyways, now that's over with why don't you give me a hand getting the football out of that tree?"

"So you can go kick in through someone's window you mean?" Rei raised an eyebrow.

"You could say that."

"Moron."