Chapter 7: Beryl's Family
Serenity sat against the bathroom tiles of the Bathroom holding her stomach at noon. Didn't they call it morning sickness because it was in the morning? She grunts and stands up once she feels better and makes her way over to the bed before collapsing in exhaustion. She hears the door open and close the footsteps walk over towards the bed. "Usako? You're awake" he asks and she grunts and rolls over. "Obviously not enough though" he jokes and she sighs and closes her eyes.
"And so is the morning sickness" she says and he frowns.
"When did you wake up?" he asks her and she sighs.
"Ten. What time did you leave?" she asks him and he laughs with a frown.
"I left at Sunrise…and it's been going on for two hours?" he asks her and she nods. "You want to see Aina?" he asks her and she shakes her head.
"No…it's normal. And it's called Morning sickness for a reason Mamo" she says and he nods with a frown, contemplating something… "What is it?" she asks him and he sighs.
"My Father" he starts and she frowns. "He organised to meet with Beryl's family today, in an hour" he says and she smiles. "You aren't going" he says and she pouts. "My final answer" he says as she gets up and moves towards the closet and pulls out a plain, pale, yellow dress.
"This is pretty isn't it? I could cut my hair and let it out so it looked like my hair was the dress" she says with a grin and he chuckles. "Mamo…I want to see Beryl again. Her parents are so nice" she says and Endymion frowns.
"Yeah, wait until she tries to get something out of you" Endymion mumbles and he quickly closes his eyes when he sees Serenity start to take her night clothes off. "Usako" he warns and she laughs.
"Mamo, I don't care if you look or not. You've already seen me" she says and he frowns. "Mamo" she says as she walks up to him and kisses him on the nose. He opens his eyes and looks at her. She kisses him as her arms wrap around his neck while has hands go down to wrap around her waist. She moans before pulling away. Grinning she walks back over to her closet and pulls on her yellow dress. "Mamo, could you cut my hair?" she asks him and he laughs as he walks over to her and kisses her shoulder.
"Where would you like it love?" he murmurs against her skin as he presses a kiss to her neck. She shivers and points to her waist. "Waist?" he asks her and she lets out a breath before nodding. He grins as he takes the scissors and cuts a strand off onto the paper below him. "This…is going to hurt" he mumbles to himself and she laughs.
*Half an Hour Later*
"Oh my! Minako is that you?" Serenity asks as she bounces on her toes to see the Yellow senshi. Minako grins and hugs her cousin tightly.
"It's great to see you feeling better. I came to visit yesterday but you were already out cold on the bed" Minako says and Serenity grins. "Everyone's already in the room except you and Mamoru" she says and Endymion smiles as his hand rests on her back. He pulls her away from her cousin before walking off into the meeting room.
"Do you know what it's about?" Serenity asks and he shakes his head with a frown.
"She's been supposedly in 'love' with me since she was five. So I guess it isn't anything good" he mumbles and serenity frowns. They enter the room, Endymion's hand rested on her curved hip while her arm wrapped around his waist, and rested on his firm hip. "Father. What do we owe our time to?" Endymion asks as he eyes Beryl's family.
"Serenity! I didn't think that you would be here" Beryl says and Serenity grins as she nods to Beryl while not letting go of Endymion until her hand slips and she holds his hand with a gently squeeze.
"Usagi, you don't look to well. If you like you could leave and Endymion and I will tell you about it later" Hiroto says and she smiles and shakes her head, using her other hand to rest on her abdomen, which now had the slightest bump, from her small figure.
"I insist I stay, but I'll let Mamo know if I feel ill" she says and Endymion grins as they sit down at the table. "What are we here to discuss today?" Serenity asks and Endymion grins and shakes his head with a silent chuckle.
"We're here to discuss our alliance with their family. Beryl is in need of someone to marry and insists that we should marry her with one of Endymion's men" Hiroto says as he disagrees with the decision.
"I'm really sorry but…the council is asking us to marry my guard with Endymion's…so we have the maximum protection for Endymion and myself. And eventually our child will need to too" serenity says and Endymion squeezes her hand with a smile.
"Of course we understand… so would you care to tell us who you have matched with whom?" Beryl's mother, Emiko says and Serenity nods. She notices Fumihiro staring at Endymion and takes a deep breath.
"Serenity's Cousin, Minako Aino is to be wedded with General Kunzite. Serenity's second cousin, Makoto Kino is to be with General Nephrite. Ami Mizino is to be with Zoisite and Rei Hino to General Jadeite." Endymion says and Serenity lets out a breath. Thank her husband for saving the day.
"I'm sure something else could be in order" Beryl's father, Fumihiro says and Serenity flinches at those words. Nothing else could be in order. A flash comes to her memory about when she was pushed down the stairs. A red strain of curled hair comes to her mind, exactly like Beryl's. And how she didn't expect her to be here today. She takes a gasp and covers her hands over her mouth before looking down at her feet.
"Usako?" Endymion asks concerned and Serenity pulls a fake smile.
"I don't feel well…I might go back to our quarters" Serenity says and Endymion frowns as she moves to stand up. He kisses her forehead and serenity walk out the room before trying to find the senshi and the generals immediately.
She knew who pushed her down the stairs, and hoped for her to be killed. But she hoped with all her heart that she was wrong. She'd keep it to herself, for her friendship with them. She didn't want to risk it.