Chapter 14: The Mating Bond.
Serenity didn't know about the mating bond. It was rare with arranged marriages. So, when it happened between each senshi and their husbands, it was a shock…
They had managed to mate with each other. Which meant that they could almost communicate mentally with each other, feel each other's emotions. And it demonstrated that they were soulmates. And the bond was strong enough that they could control it. It had been that long.
But Serenity was nervous, what if she had another soulmate elsewhere? She literally had her husband's daughter and got married. She really wanted it to be him, and she didn't understand.
Small Lady gurgled and poked her small thumb in her mouth. Serenity sighed. She was being stupid. She picked up the infant and bounced her on the hip. Small Lady was four and a half months, and she was still small enough to be considered two months instead. "Want to go see Daddy?" she asked the infant, expecting no response. She picked up the child anyway and walked out the room. Small Lady continued to gurgle and make weird childish noises all the way down the stairs until she got fascinated by Serenity's hair.
"Ow" Serenity hissed as her daughter tugged her hair. She sighed as she opened the study door.
"Yes?" Endymion asked in a neutral tone as he kept his face towards the document and continued reading. Small lady whined and pushed her arms out to her father, who slowly turns around and grins at us. I smile as I walk over to him and place our daughter in his arms. He kisses her forehead before taking his wife's hand in his. "What brings you here today love?" he asks her, and she smiles.
"I was wondering if…I could go back and visit my mother?" Serenity asks and he frowns.
"Usako…" he sighs.
"I know. Seiya is still on the loose and he could hurt Her or Chibi-Usa" she huffs as she sits on his knee, avoiding their daughter. "She could stay with you Mamo. It will only be a day" she bargains. And he shakes his head.
"What if Usa get's hungry Usako. I can't feed her. That's why I need you" he says, and she sighs. Knowing well and truly that it was true. She couldn't leave her daughter behind. She nodded and picked up her daughter.
"I'm going to go put her to sleep" she whispers, and he nods. But as she leaves the room, she hears it. What am I going to tell her…?
She could read her husband's thoughts. She had mated with her husband. "Keep what from me?" she asks, and he looks at her. He must've heard her own thoughts. We just mated? He thinks and she sighs. "Answer my Question Endymion" he swallows. He knew he would have to tell her eventually.
"Your mother…" he starts. "Well...a few hours ago, the nurses said that she died from some sort of poisoning but…I think it's Seiya" he says, and she gasps. "he's coming Usako. And I can't do anything until I've caught him. He's absolutely lethal." He says and she starts to cry. "Usako" he mentions for her to come here and she shakes her head, the tears pooling down her eyes.
"I can't believe you" she yells through the tears. "I can't believe you Endymion". She runs away and he calls after her as she opens their bedroom door and throws herself into the bathroom. Locking the door behind her.
"Go away" she whispers, knowing she couldn't cry anymore.
"Can I at least have Usa?" he asks her and then, the door opens, and his daughter is passed to him. "I was going to tell you tonight" he whispers, he knew she was upset so he left her. He came back an hour after dinner; he even sent some of her guards down to get her to come down.
She never came down. So, once she fed Usa, he put her to sleep, which took longer than expected, and she still wouldn't sleep. He knew he tried everything. Serenity had fed her, he had changed her and patted her, and he couldn't think of anything else as to why she wouldn't stop crying. Serenity walked in the room, probably annoyed from the crying, and scooped her out of Endymion's arms…
Then she walked out the room singing gently. The crying stopped and all he could hear was Serenity's voice.
"I'm going away for a while
But I'll be back, don't try and follow me
Cause I'll return as soon as possible
See I'm trying to find my place
But it might not be here where I feel safe
We all learn to make mistakes
And run
From them, from them
With no direction
We'll run from them, from them
With no conviction
Cause I'm just one of those ghosts
Traveling endlessly
Don't need no roads
In fact they follow me
And we just go in circles
Well now I'm told that this is life
And pain is just a simple compromise
So we can get what we want out of it
Would someone care to classify,
Our broken hearts and twisted minds
So I can find someone to rely on
And run
To them, to them
Full speed ahead
Oh you are not, useless
We are just
Misguided ghosts
Traveling endlessly
The ones we trusted the most
Pushed us far away
And there's no one road
And we should not be the same
But I'm just a ghost
And still they echo me
They echo me in circles" she sings and he watches her walk around and Small Lady Fall asleep. He was shocked. He had never heard her sing before. And when she was done, she placed Small Lady in her bed and walked away quietly.
"That was beautiful" he whispered, and he watched her blush gently.
"I'm going to bed" she says as she walks towards the bed. He follows shortly after on his side of the bed. Then slowly, he feels the bed shift and arms wrap around his body.
"Everything's going to be alright" he whispers. "I love you" he whispers but he realised, she was probably too far gone.
"I love you Mamo" is a small whisper coming from his side. Then the fell asleep next to his wife.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have recently dived back into this fandom. This song that is sung isn't my original, all credits go to Paramore. The song is Misguided Ghosts. I felt it was a mood for everything. The link is below to the Spotify link and YouTube.
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