"Ah, fresh air!" Stretching her arms toward the sky, Usagi smiled into the setting sun and bounced from foot to foot in excitement. The orange glow ricocheted off the ocean, and danced in synch with the slight waves. She pulled the hair tie from her ponytail and let the silver strands fall down her shoulders before she turned toward the brunette girl at her side. "Tohru-chan, isn't it wonderful?"
"Oh, yes," Tohru nodded enthusiastically. The two of them looked out from the small balcony of their shared room, to the sea that rippled softly in the wind. Hotaru also shared their room, but she was in the shower at the moment. The living arrangements would switch around when everyone else arrived in the morning, including Hanajima and Uotani. In the end, with everyone coming, they had to rent two of the Sohma houses.
"I'm so excited, Tohru-chan. Do you think it's better if we start making things tonight with so many people coming?" Usagi smiled bright, her eyes dancing with anticipation. Tohru nodded in response, her face spreading into a smile as well. The two girls went back inside the room, sliding the glass door closed behind them, and headed downstairs.
When they entered the kitchen, they found Kyou seated at the table, his homework spread out around him. Yuki stood in front of the fridge, looking through the contents for something. Shigure sat across from Kyou, reading the paper. The whole room, oddly enough, rang deathly quiet. No one argued, or spoke at all for that matter. It unnerved a certain rabbit.
"Hey, what's with all the doom and gloom? This is supposed to be a fun-filled, action packed adventure slash vacation!" Usagi declared indignantly, and a bit too loudly, pumping her fist in the air. The three looked over at her, mixed expressions, and went back to their previous activities.
The blue eyed girl looked over Kyou's shoulder while Tohru started pulling ingredients from the cupboards, and the refrigerator once Yuki moved. "Whatcha doing, Kyou-kun?"
"Homework," was the one word reply. Usagi frowned, before reaching around him and slamming the book closed. The cat's left eye twitched before he yelled, "What did you do that for?"
"No homework until Sunday night! That goes for you too, Oniisan." The silver haired girl walked back across the kitchen and started on the sandwiches, while Tohru started making riceballs. "As previously stated, this is a vacation, fun only. Kyou-kun, will you help me make sandwiches?"
"Why would I want to do that?" Kyou grumbled, glaring at his now closed textbooks.
Usagi frowned, but then smiled deviously before she answered, "Because you'll be eating these sandwiches tomorrow. If you leave it to me who knows what'll happen."
Shigure laughed into his newspaper as Kyou bolted from his seat to the counter at record speed. Hotaru joined them several minutes later, hair already blow dried, and accompanied Tohru with the rice balls. The two girls giggled at the grumbling Kyou while Usagi scolded him for making the sandwiches wrong.
"Kyou-kun, everyone knows the cheese goes on the mustard. It's because they're both yellow." The silver haired girl said matter-of-factly. Hotaru burst out laughing, earning a reproachful look from her friend.
"Usagi, that makes no sense at all." The ebony haired girl gasped between laughs. Usagi pouted, but continued making sandwiches at an even pace while eyeing Kyou to make certain he followed her advice. The group managed to finish most of the lunch before they decided to turn in for bed, and the three girls returned to their room.
The blue-eyed girl lay awake for what felt like an eternity before she heard Hotaru's breathing even out on the bed beside her. As gently as possible, she slipped from under the covers and placed both feet into her bunny slippers. With a glance at Tohru's bed, she perceived the older girl also sleeping and padded out of the room.
A tender smile touched her lips as she recognized the nightlights plugged in the outlets along the hallway. The very same that Tohru bought and lined the hall with at Shigure's house after the crazy shoe incident. 'She must have packed them and brought them along.'
Now, they proved useful, and led Usagi easily down the unfamiliar stairs. As she expected, a strip of light stretched out from under the summer home's office door. A brief spell of apprehensive nausea hit her, but she shook it off easily and rapped softly on the entrance.
"Come in," Shigure's voice commanded from the other side, slightly muffled through the wood. Usagi turned the doorknob slowly and let herself in, squinting slightly against the suddenly bright light. The door clicked quietly when she closed it behind her, and without hesitating, she joined Shigure on his side of the desk, settling on her knees aside his chair. "What brings you here?"
"I've been meaning to talk to you." The teenaged girl spoke easily, her large blue eyes fixed directly on his dark pair. They remained diverted to whatever project lay across the desk.
"You haven't talked to Yuki yet, as I recall." Usagi now turned her eyes to the floor in shame. She fidgeted with the hem of her pajama top at a length while Shigure continued with his work.
"Well, that's because," when the silver haired girl looked up, she realized that the dog had now placed his pen down and turned in her direction, ready to listen to her fully. "Okay, so I'm just scared. Yuki is so different, Gure-kun. It's like when we were kids, we needed each other, and now he doesn't need me at all anymore."
"Is it a bad thing?" Shigure asked, tilting his head at her slightly. She responded with an enthusiastic shake of the head, tousling her already messy hair.
"Of course not. I'm very happy for him." Suddenly, her train of thought shifted, and she snatched up the envelope on the desk with the words 'One Hour Photo' printed along the side. "What are these?"
Without waiting for Shigure to answer, Usagi pulled the pictures out and began to flip through them. All of them looked to be snapped at a most inopportune moment for the subject, what the dark haired man frequently dubbed blackmail, and they were all doubled. "Why are they all doubled?"
"You always need backups." He grinned as she turned her dark blue eyes on him. She, conversely, appeared amused as well.
"You keep them in the same place, though?" The question, inattentive to her expectancy, didn't relinquish the grin spread over the older male's face in the least.
"I never said I only made doubles. You just assumed." Usagi rolled her eyes, her smiled wider than ever, when she stopped on a familiar image. At least, to her now, but her mind chimed that it wouldn't have been even imagined several years earlier.
It was the picture Shigure took in Yuki's room a while ago. Said boy looked a mixture of annoyed and amused as Ayame kept a firm grip on his shoulder, preventing his escape and laughing enthusiastically. She stood to the left, looking slightly dazed from being pulled over seconds before by her oldest brother.
Usagi burst out laughing at the sight, pulling the picture from the rest of the stack and smiling. "I'm taking one of these, since you seem to have so many extras anyway."
"That was supposed to be blackmail," Shigure pouted, earning a quirked eyebrow from the younger girl.
"Uh-huh. The only one you may be able to blackmail with this is Yuki, you know. Aya will probably want one too." Placing the single picture in her lap, she continued to flip through them, not stopping again until she reached another recognizable batch. A laugh quirked the ends of her mouth as she imagined Shigure hovering right over them, snapping pictures enthusiastically.
Still, she plucked another picture from the stack and held it closer to her face, a smile stretching over her lips. In the photograph, she and Hatsuharu were sleeping on the couch, arms and legs tangled together. Both still asleep, her face was pressed against his shoulder and his into her hair.
Usagi also pulled the picture of Yuki, Tohru, and Momiji sleeping against the couch, Tohru's head on Yuki's shoulder, his head resting on her head, and Momiji's head in her lap. Shigure simply watched as she stole his pictures, taking another of the sleeping Kyou before giving him a strange look.
"Why'd you take a picture of Hotaru?"
"You never know when you'll need to blackmail someone," he chided in a singsong voice, making Usagi roll her eyes at him. With a grin, he added, "Plus, she was cute."
"Pervert," she admonished, even if it was true. The ebony haired girl in the photo was curled into a ball, sucking her thumb. "Now this may actually be blackmail material. Although I doubt Kyou would want everyone to see him with that adorable look on his face either, as opposed to the usual scowl."
Usagi beamed at the orange haired boy with the slight smile of his face before she covered it with Hotaru's picture and realized that was the end of the stack. As she placed them back in the envelope, a semi-glare covered her features, and she aimed it at Shigure.
"You changed the subject on purpose. I came to talk to you." Putting the pictures back on the desk, she crossed her arms and continued to give him her most menacing look. In all reality, it didn't prove to be very menacing at all.
"You're the one who took the liberty of snooping through my stuff and stealing all my blackmail." Shigure pointed out. This didn't defer the look on Usagi's face.
"Only because of what you said about Yuki in the first place," she protested.
"Alright, alright, you got me. What is it?" Shigure conceded. They both went quiet for a moment as the mirth drained from Usagi's face. She brought her eyes to the pictures in her lap, and finally back up to him.
"How's Rin?" Her blue eyes clouded with guilt, easily discernable on her usually smiling face. That wasn't the question he'd been expecting, obviously, for his eyes widened slightly. "You know I could never ask Hatsuharu."
"She's," he began, the sobriety returning to his eyes. For a moment, he looked to be reminiscing on recent events, so Usagi remained quiet while he thought. "She isn't so good. Her health is getting worse."
"She still has stomach ulcers?" The silver haired girl asked softly, her blue eyes finding her hands again. At Shigure's affirmative, she silenced, but he knew that she was struggling to say something more, so he waited patiently. "What," she started, her voice throaty with emotion, "What happened with her and Hatsuharu, Shigure?"
"I think," the dog looked at her, now staring up at him earnestly, and a slight frown came across his face, "that's something you need to ask Hatsuharu. It's not my place to tell you."
"I can't," she responded, barely a whisper. "It would only hurt him. I can't ask him to tell me just because I selfishly want to know."
The abrupt motion of Usagi grabbing his hand didn't startle him much. Neither did the anxious look in her eyes, because he had a strong inkling to what she was about to ask him next.
"Shigure," the fact that she abandoned his nickname let him know that his inclination of her question was in fact right. He had plenty of time to brace himself. "Do you still feel the same as you did back then?"
"Ame," Shigure began, but Usagi interrupted before he could say anything else.
"Don't, Shigure. Just a yes or no is all I need." Silence settled in between them. Usagi fixed Shigure with her most piercing of gazes, searching every flicker of his eyes for her answer. He didn't have to say anything before she knew, and she placed his hand against her cheek with the tears already welling.
"How long have you...?" Shigure couldn't bear to finish the question.
"Not long enough, Shigure."
xXx
"USA-CHAAAN!"
"AHH!"
"Why did you send Momiji to wake her up?" Kyou grumbled from his seat at the table. Yuki, the target of this question, shrugged, his expression suggesting a lapse of sanity in the matter. Momiji bounced down the stairs moments later, followed by a slightly twitching Usagi. She ate a quick breakfast, grabbed Tohru by the arm, and bee lined toward the stairs again.
"The guests will be here at eleven-thirty and we'll head down to the beach for our picnic at twelve. See you then!" The silver haired girl dragged Tohru all the way back to their room, where Hotaru waited eagerly, three dresses spread out on one of the Queen beds. Usagi had gone with Hotaru after school to buy her a new picnic dress as well, hers in a light lavender.
"It's already a quarter past eleven so we have forty five minutes to get ready." The ebony haired girl informed. Usagi grinned deviously as she placed the appropriate dress in Tohru's hands and pointed toward the bathroom. When the brunette girl stepped out, the two looked highly pleased as they told her the hairstyle they chose.
"I think you'll look perfect with wavy, but not quite curly, hair. Don't you?" They all changed into their dresses, and took turns fixing each other's hair. Deciding the wavy for Tohru, they went all out in thick, Goldilocks-style ringlets in Usagi's silver hair and a simple braid for Hotaru's long black tresses.
By the time they finished up, they could hear the bustling and murmurs of conversation from downstairs. So they headed down the hall for the stairs, planning to be discreet as possible, when Hotaru made a strange face that caused Usagi to collapse in hysterics. When she finally composed herself, everyone below was aware of and anticipating the girls' descent.
Usagi entwined hers and Tohru's arms together on the left side, motioned for Hotaru to do the same on the right, and the three girls went down the stairs arm in arm, trying desperately to suppress their giggles. As the silver haired girl brought her attentions to the small crowd of people below, her sparkling blue eyes instantly met chocolate brown.
She felt her heart screech to a halt, and then restart at a million miles an hour. Something different about the slight smile on his face or the reverence in his eyes that, right in that moment, focused solely on her, but she couldn't control herself. 'Oh please, it's just Haru. You've known him since boys had cooties.'
Still, so caught up in the moment, Usagi missed the interaction that passed between Tohru and Yuki, and neglected to inventory who came and who didn't. Before she could speed across the room and perhaps do something rash, her attention diverted when Ritsu yelled something loud enough to raise the dead. With carefree laughter, she greeted her friend and managed to calm him down without using Shigure's trusty finger poke.
"Ritsu-kun, I'm so sorry I didn't call you sooner," Usagi blurted with a bow of apology. Tohru, still standing nearby, unconsciously braced herself for the outburst from Ritsu. It didn't come, however, as the honey haired male only bowed in return.
"I should've called you, I'm sorry." Tohru marveled at the display of a somewhat collected Ritsu, as Shigure walked up behind her.
"She won't give up her secret," the brunette girl jumped slightly, startled since she hadn't noticed the dog's approach, but turned to him with curiosity. "For some reason, Ritsu is calmer around Usagi. At least, he doesn't yell at the top of his lungs. We've all asked, but she won't tell us how she did it."
Shigure slipped off to greet Ayame, who just made his grand entrance, and most likely team up to bug Hatori. The stoic doctor stood to one side, watching the crowd contentedly for the moment, but probably not much longer. Hotaru broke off from their group to talk enthusiastically with Momiji, and from the corner of her eye she could see Yuki's approach.
"You look," The violet eyed boy hesitated, not sure of the word he should use, though he knew exactly what word he was thinking of. Tohru noticed the red starting to rise on his pale cheeks, and knew her face would surely follow. Finally, he blurted, "nice. You look nice."
"Thank you," she replied, indeed feeling her cheeks start to burn in response. A quick aversion of her brown eyes caught the wink that Usagi sent from a few feet away, which did nothing to aid the situation, but it made her smile nonetheless.
With Usagi, she was still talking to Ritsu, tugging on the strands of long hair that fell over his shoulders. "Ritsu-kun, you should let me cut your hair. You would look so handsome with short hair, don't you think? Just like Oniisan and Kyou-kun."
"Oh, no thank you, I—um," Ritsu looked around a bit nervously for a moment, so Usagi brushed off the subject with a laugh and circled her arm with his.
"Alright, we're heading for the beach; it's too crowded in here!" The silver haired girl announced to the group enthusiastically, before she turned to the orange haired teenager standing not ten feet away. "Kyou-kun, you carry the basket."
"What am I, your slave?" Kyou grumbled, reaching for the large, heavy picnic basket anyway. Usagi broke away from Ritsu to join him, grinning.
"The website said the whip should arrive within ten business days," was her answer before she broke into a fit of giggles at his expression. After catching her breath and following him out the back, she added, "I only picked you 'cause you're my strong, chivalrous, knight in shining armor, remember?"
"If you tease him anymore, his head might explode. Look how red he is," Usagi turned, catching stares with Hatsuharu. Her cheeks, already scarlet from laughing too hard, couldn't have possibly blushed any more. 'Thank goodness for small favors.'
"Shut up you stupid cow." Kyou glared at the white haired teen, who blissfully ignored him. The three walked in silence behind the rest of the group as they filed toward the line of picnic tables. Large, multicolored umbrellas stuck up from the sand, shading the tables from the harsh sun of a cloudless sky. Kyou deposited the large basket on the first table and walked off.
Usagi turned her attention to Hotaru, and found her already settled at a table across from Momiji. The two of them talked animatedly, cutting each other off at instances and laughing, so she conceded her friend was plenty entertained. Next, she looked for Tohru, and located her a little ways away, stooped to talk to a shorter girl.
Her blue eyes raked over the younger girl, recognizing her instantly as Kisa Sohma. As opposed to the timid, almost frightened look she recalled from their first meeting, her large honey brown eyes sparkled beautifully against the bright sunlight as she laughed with Tohru. Hiro Sohma stood just behind them, a slight frown over his face, but the silver haired girl could detect the fondness in his expression as he watched the two.
Usagi crossed the space between them quickly, and squatted down next to Tohru with a warm smile fixated on Kisa. Hiro glared over her shoulder, unnerving the blue eyed girl, but she ignored it the best she could. At the encouraging smile from Tohru, Kisa's expression seemed more curious than bashful.
"Hello Kisa, Hiro! How are you?" She offered her hand in the space between them, trying to get Kisa to shake it.
"Who are you to come barging over here and interrupting our conversation? It's rude to push yourself on people you don't even know." Usagi turned her eyes on Hiro, surprised by the sneer on his face. Kisa looked torn between talking in front of a stranger and anxious over Hiro's attitude.
"Hiro, please don't be mean to Onee-chan's friend." The younger blonde pleaded, turning her brown eyes to the boy behind her. This made the young boy's frown more pronounced than before, and he grumbled as he turned his gaze. Kisa turned back, and with a nervous smile, took Usagi's offered hand and shook it.
"Are you hungry? We could sneak some riceballs from the basket." Usagi offered, winking playfully. Kisa flushed slightly and nodded, making the rabbit jump to her feet in excitement. When she turned to walk back toward the picnic tables, she ran right into Hatsuharu, who she didn't realize had followed her earlier. He grabbed her arm to balance her, so she didn't fall backwards.
"Clumsy much?" The ox asked offhandedly, releasing her arm.
"Yes actually. Come on, we're going to sneak some riceballs while no one is looking." She laughed, stepping around him and rushing toward the table. Hatsuharu caught up to her quickly, along with Tohru, Kisa, and Hiro. She opened one side of the basket, where the riceballs were sitting conveniently on top. "Tohru made these so we know they're good!"
"Thank you," Kisa said as Usagi offered her one of the perfectly shaped delicacies. Hiro mumbled something of gratitude after Kisa gave him a doe-eyed look.
"Hey, I helped," Hotaru declared as she grabbed one from over Usagi's shoulder with a grin. The silver haired girl grinned back, and her eyes caught sight of a commotion several tables down. She placed the riceballs back on the table and marched off with a word, leaving the group to stare after her.
"Aya! Gure!" The rabbit stopped behind the two, placing her hands on her hips and glowering at them, making up well for her height deficiency. They turned, eyes wide. "I did not invite Hatori-san for you two to bother him the whole time. Scoot!"
"But Chibi-chan!" Aya whined, but Usagi shook her head before he could continue.
"No buts! Go occupy yourselves without bothering anybody! That includes Yuki!" As she shoved them away, she turned to Hatori with a slight smile. "We're snacking on the riceballs if you're hungry, Hatori-san."
With the two trouble makers of the Mabudachi Trio safely out of they way, the rabbit rushed back over to the picnic tables to help Tohru unload all the food from the baskets since the brunette was trying to tackle the chore on her own. Once they did, everyone crowded around to eat, so she fell back to give them room. That's when noticed, finally, that neither Hanajima nor Uotani were there.
"Tohru, where are your friends, Uotani-san and Hanajima-san?" The brunette girl also deemed it safer to wait out the horde of hungry Sohmas and stood to the side. She offered a smile.
"Uotani had to work an extra shift at her job this weekend and Hanajima's brother is sick." She informed. "They both called last night to say they couldn't make it. I think you were in the shower at the time."
The two moved toward the table, most of the crowd dispersed by now, and filled their plates. Tohru settled at the table between Yuki and Kisa, across from Hotaru and Momiji. Usagi took the end seat on the other side, next to Kyou and across from Hatsuharu, who was sitting next to Yuki at the end.
"The ocean looks beautiful," Tohru commented, turning their attention out past the white, sandy beaches to the dark blue that stretched on to the horizon.
"It's a shame we didn't bring or bathing suits. It's warm enough to swim," Hotaru said, nodding her head to agree with the older girl. "But Usagi and I did get a game that seems like it'll be really fun."
"Which should've been kept secret," Usagi rolled her eyes at Hotaru over Kyou's plate. The amethyst eyed girl grinned sheepishly in return. The silver haired girl evaded any further questions about said game, and abruptly switched the subject to school while they finished lunch. "Alright everyone, who is up for volleyball?"
The rabbit pointed enthusiastically to the volleyball net just past the final picnic table in the row. Kyou, excited at the thought of a challenge immediately agreed to the idea. Everyone else followed suit, so Usagi ran to grab the volleyball she'd seen on the back patio before joining the group at the net.
Though begged, all three members of the Mabudachi Trio decided to sit the game out. Usagi appointed herself Team Captain, and challenged Yuki to be her opponent. It took a moment for him to agree, but once he did, Kyou immediately joined Usagi's team. She rolled her eyes but nodded anyway, accepting him.
Yuki then picked Tohru for his team, Usagi picked Hotaru, Yuki took Momiji, Usagi Ritsu, and since Hiro and Kisa didn't want to be on separate teams, Yuki picked them both simultaneously, leaving Hatsuharu to join the rabbit's team.
"We'll serve," she announced, the ball still in her hands. Yuki nodded his assent, and they took positions on either side of the net.
xXx
Usagi grinned as she grabbed a soda from the refrigerator, her cheeks flushed with laughter and exertion. She moved out of the way so the group behind her could also grab a drink, and they all found comfortable positions around the kitchen to rest.
The silver haired girl leaned against the counter, throwing her head back and placing the bottom of her chilled can against her forehead. The ringlets they'd styled into her hair were nothing more than limp curls falling down her back.
"Ha ha ha, we won ya damn rat!" Yuki rolled his eyes as Kyou declared victory for the fifth time and accepted the soda that Hatsuharu offered him. A few minutes passed before Ayame, Shigure, and Hatori trailed the rest of them inside the house.
"I love air conditioning," Hotaru announced from the table before she took another long gulp of her drink. They all finished up the leftovers from lunch while they cooled down.
"Alright, I'm going to change and then we can play the game!" Usagi announced cheerfully. "Get all the chairs around the table so we can all fit, that way you can make yourself useful."
With that, the rabbit ascended the stairs, bringing Hotaru and Tohru with her. As the girls changed to shorts and tee shirts for comfort, after an amiable silence settled between them, they heard the scream. A startled look passed between them, before Hotaru crossed the room to the patio and slid the glass door open.
Down on the beach, a sickeningly familiar sight greeted her and the newly arrived Usagi. Tohru appeared seconds later, a gasp of surprise and horror escaping her. The vicious, wolf like youma stalked toward the line of beach homes, its gaze terribly feral. Violet eyes met blue, but they hesitated.
"There's no choice, we have to." Usagi said firmly, her expression set in determination. Hotaru appeared reluctant, her eyes skimming the curious and confused form of Tohru.
"We aren't supposed to," the ebony haired girl bit her lip, looking between Tohru and the advancing youma. Usagi turned to watch as the creature veered directions, heading a few houses down where two little boys were playing obliviously on the patio.
"We have to go now. I trust Tohru to keep our secret." Hotaru nodded her agreement, seeing the imminent danger to the children. Tohru watched bewildered as the two dashed back through the still open door and dove for their luggage. Less than a minute later, they appeared beside the brunette again.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power!"
"Saturn Planet Power!"
"Make up!" The two shouted in unison as their planetary power wrapped them in a colorful glow of lights. The brown eyed girl could only watch in disbelief as her two friends morphed into the legendary super heroes she'd heard so much about two years back.
Back then her mother would bring home countless magazine and newspaper clippings about the infamous super heroines of Tokyo, which they would read together at the table, imagining the magical warriors. As the glow disappeared, two of those heroes stood right in front of her, and above every other emotion she was feeling, Tohru wished her mother were there to meet them too.
"Sailor Moon," she whispered, still in awe at the now blonde, odangoed girl. Moon offered a smile, half apologetic as she and Saturn jumped from the balcony to the ground below. They wasted no time in rushing the youma from behind, Moon throwing her tiara to distract it before it could reach the two boys.
Tohru walked to the edge of the balcony and gripped the rail until her knuckles turned white. Her breath caught as the wolfish monster spun and lunged for the two senshi. Saturn raised her glaive and shouted something outside the brunette's hearing range. A glowing purple wall materialized between the girls and the youma, knocking it backward.
Just as the barrier disappeared, the creature pounced again. Saturn didn't have time to call up her defense again, and neither had the wits about them to jump. As it looked like the girls were about to go down, a flash of gold lit up in Tohru's brown eyes, and glowing chain wrapped around the youma, flinging it into the nearest tree.
Four more senshi arrived at the scene subsequently, each wearing a different color. Tohru placed both hands over her heart, her eyes welling swiftly with tears. The first fell as she said, "Mother, do you see? The sailor senshi are here, right now, fighting. They really do exist. They are just like all the stories say, Mother."
Another few rounds of fighting ensued. Even through her tears the brown eyed girl could see the flashes of fire, ice, lightning, gold, until finally Moon stepped up. With one colorful attack, the evil creature disintegrated into nothing. The senshi exchanged a few words, before the other blonde senshi nodded.
Four left the beach; Moon and Saturn waited a moment before they turned and went back to the balcony, just in time to catch the fainting Tohru Honda.
xXx
Well, it looks like the game will be a mystery to you too. xD I brought the laptop with me today without realizing I couldn't get through the scene without the game on hand. So...don't complain, this chapter is pretty long. :-P
Well it seems the romance has definitely tipped in Haru's favor, which gives me a delightfully horrible idea on how they will get together. I'll remain vague because I like to see you panic. :-3 Thank you so, so, so much for all the reviews, they're incredibly kind! -bows-
Oh, and the end of the Shigure/Usa scene was meant to be ambiguous and confusing.
Review darlings!
-SachiNyoko (I had to give up the hearts because of the laptop's keyboard. I can't make the symbols on here.)
