Usagi looked up at him with saddened eyes, "I don't want to go to Rei-chan's! I want to stay here with you Mamo-chan!".
Mamoru smiled and grasped her hand, "And I thank you for that. But, you must go to Rei's house. You can't stay here, you just can't.".
"I'd apreciate a couple nice long visits a day until I get out of this hospital, though." Mamoru added.
Usagi smiled weakly, "Of course! I couldn't stay away from you too long you know!".
Mamoru returned the smile warmly.
"Rei will be here to pick you up in a bit..." Mamoru spoke.
Usagi frowned but stayed sighlent.
The wait for Rei to come didn't take long, a new nurse came into the room and informed them that Rei was here.
"I'll let her in in a minute..." Usagi spoke. The nurse nodded and left the room.
"Well...I guess I've got to go..." Usagi spoke as a small tear strolled down her cheek and she cast her eyes downward.
Mamoru frowned at this and cupped her face in his hands adn gently wiped the tear with his thumb.
"Usagi, please don't cry, I can't stand seeing you cry. You'll be fine at Rei's, I'll be fine here, don't worry kay'?"
Mamoru looked at Usagi's clear blue eyes for a moment before kissing her forehead gently and moving his lips down the top of her nose, barely brushing her skin, his lips stopped over Usagi's. Usagi could feel his warm breath against her skin before he lasped his lips over her's sweetly.
He held this kiss with her for a moment before pulling away, her lips were as soft as feathers and as sweet as strawberries, "I love you Usako, please visit me soon...".
Usagi took his face in her hands and tears began to fall as she whispered, "Of course Mamoru, as soon as I can...".
Usagi kissed Mamoru's forehead before standing and striding over to the door and opening it. Mamoru could hear her greet Rei and watched with saddened eyes as she turned around and waved to him, his heart lightened some-what when her lips, though no sound came out, voiced the words, 'I love you Mamo-chan'.
The trip to Rei's temple held an uneasy sighlence between Usagi and Rei. Rei guided Usagi through the temple to the guest room. Once inside the guest room Rei spoke.
"I made the guestroom up for you and bought you some clothes...Umm, bunny, sorry about this morning, I didn't hurt you did I?"
Usagi didn't want to make her freind feel any worse than she already did so she lied, "Nope, not a scratch or bruise. Thanks for doing this for me, I appreciate it."
"No problem. Well, I suppose I'll leave you alone. Feel free to walk around the temple." Rei spoke as she exited the room, sliding the shouji screen behind her.
Usagi sighed and layed down on her bed. She closed her eyes, Mamoru's face plagueing her mind. She soon fell asleep.
"I hate you Usagi!" Mamoru's voice boomed angrily.
"Why can't you do anything right but whine"
"You are worthless and pathetic! What a waste of space you are...Get out of my sight, I don't want to ever see you again! I ha-Usagi!" Someone's voice cut off Mamoru's before he could continue his rageing.
"USAGI! Usagi, are you alright? Usagi!" The voice came again. A violent shakeing roused Usagi from her slumber.
Her eyes slowly opened and she looked straight ahead of her and saw the legs of a bed-side table.
"Wh-what happened? Why am I on the floor?" Usagi asked as she took note that she was crying and shakeing terribly.
"I don't know but you were crying and screaming then while I was running down here I heard you fall. I came in here and you were on the floor! Usagi, what happened?" Rei asked as she let go of her freinds' shoulders.
"I...Mamoru was saying things to me...aweful things...Rei...he HATES ME!" Usagi spoke as her tears began to fall freely now.
"What? Usagi, it was just a dream, a bad dream. You know Mamoru could never hate you! You know what...come on, we are going to see Mamoru... I really think you need to see him. He called here asking for you anyway." Rei spoke as she helped Usagi up.
Fifteen minutes later Usagi walked into the room that Mamoru occupied. Rei had stayed in the waiting room. Everything was bathed in the noon sunlight. Mamoru was sitting up in bed, staring out of the window when he noticed Usagi walk in. Her face was tear-stained and her eyes red from crying, no matter how hard Usagi tried, she couldn't stop crying so she gave up all together.
"Bun, what's wrong?" Mamoru asked concernedly as Usagi walked towards the bed.
"I...I had a bad dream that you...that you..." Usagi broke off looking to the ground, 'I can't tell him, I just can't!'.
"Usagi?" Mamoru whispered as he put a gentle hand on Usagi's.
"I don't want to tell you..." Usagi whispered.
'Oh, come ON Bunny! Why can't you tell him huh? Why? He's gonna get worried!' Usagi scolded herself.
Mamoru took on a hurt expression and cupped Usagi's face with both hands, "Why not, Usagi? Why can't you tell me? Did someone hurt you, did something happen? Bun, I worry about you! I care about you, I love you. Can't you tell me?".
Usagi covered his hands with hers and kneeled on the floor next to him.
"No. Nobody hurt me, I can tell you, I just... Okay, I had a dream and you were screaming at me...screaming, "I hate you Usagi"
"Why can't you do anything right but whine"
"You are worthless and pathetic! What a waste of space you are...Get out of my sight, I don't want to ever see you again!"
Mamoru's eyes softened a great deal more if possible; "Usagi...I could never think that about you! How could you belei-I didn't say I beleived that did I? It shook me up is all!" Usagi cut Mamoru off.
Usagi closed her eyes and sobbed.
'Usagi...I'm sorry...' Mamoru thought.
Almost as soon as Usagi had spoke those words Mamoru's arms wrapped around her. Usagi tried to calm down, trying to relax in his warm, comforting and gentle embrace but couldn't, the dream shook her up too much.
"Oh, Usagi, please...I'm so sorry! I would never even think that about you, you have to beleive me!" Mamoru whispered.
"I didn't say you would think that about me...I know you wouldn't." Usagi whispered back. Mamoru closed his eyes and pulled Usagi tighter to him.
In the waiting room, Raye was sitting, tapping her foot and attempting to read a magazing. She groaned frustratedly and tossed the magazine aside.
Suddenly an "OUCH!" sounded; she had accidentally hit a woman.
Raye plastered a fake smile on her face and put a hand behind her head, "Uhh, sorry!".
"Raye?" A male voice spoke across the waiting room.
Raye looked to see where the voice had came from and gasped; Yuuchiro was standing in the hallway about ten feet from her.
"Yuuchiro? What are you doing here!" Raye asked as he walked over to her.
"Just had a checkup, why are YOU here?" Yuuchiro asked back as he stood above her.
"Usagi's visiting Mamoru and I came with her, so I'm waiting for her." Rei replied simply.
Yuuchiro sat down next to Rei. Rei glanced sideways at him and opened her mouth to speak, "What are you doing?".
"Waiting for you"
"Why?"
"Because"
"Because why? shouldn't you be helping Grandpa at the temple now that your checkup is done?"
"He is fine"
'I wish that Yuuchiro would go away...then again...I'd like him to stay-WAIT WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? Why do I want him to stay? What am I thinking?' Raye thought as she glanced sideways at Yuuchiro.
Usagi turned to go into the waiting room but stopped dead in her tracks at the sight before her. Yuuchiro and Raye were talking across the room, sitting next to eachother.
'I've got a plan, heheheeee" Usagi thought as she smiled evily and turned toward the reception desk.
"Excuse me ma'am, Ms. Raye hino? Umm, Ms. Tsukino decided to stay with Mr. Chiba 'till the end of visiting hours and requests that you go home." A nurse said as she approached Raye and Chad.
Raye stood, "Alright, I'm leaving...".
"Want a ride home?" Yuuchiro said, springing from his seat as if he sat on hot coals.
"Uh, no, I'll be alright. I can walk home or catch a ride..." Raye spoke with a small smile as she walked through the hospital doors and out into the warm summer air with Yuuchiro at her side.
Yuuchiro slid his hand around hers. Raye froze and looked up at him, a pink blush creeping up to her cheeks.
Yuuchiro smiled lightly and opened is mouth, "Please? I insist on giveing you a ride home.".
Raye glanced down at their clasped hands, her thoughts floating to how warm his hand was and how gently it held hers. Her nerve endings tingled from the contact between them.
Rei numby nodded her head, unable to speak.
I am so sorry I took so long. I'm working on chapter 11 now. What did you think? Pls reveiw!
SilverCarnation