haruka sighed as she walked through the supermarket, pausing along the fruit stands as she waited for the person that she was supposed to meet up with.
"Haruka? Is that you?"
She turned toward the voice only to see a figure that she had not in a very long time, causing her to smile.
"Princess."
She commented, then noticed the young girl that was standing behind the blonde.
"Who's the kid?"
Haruka asked, earning a chuckle.
"This is my daughter. You would have known that if you had came around more often!" the young woman retorted as she moved in to hug the short haired blonde, earning a chuckle.
"I guess I haven't been around much, huh."
Haruka stated before sighing as she pulled away and added
"I need your help Usagi. I just moved back and I need some advice."
Much later that day Haruka found herself sitting in the park, eyes closed as she listened to everything around her when she heard a familiar tune playing from the middle of the park.
Opening one eye Haruka got to her feet, heading toward the sound though she kept her distance for the most part.
When Michiru looked up she froze, eyes growing wide suddenly.
Haruka sighed, suddenly recognizing who she was.
"You're Kaiou Michiru, the famous musician."
Haruka stated, earning a nervous chuckle.
"You're Tenou Haruka...We had a show together ages ago."
Michiru stated, earning a sigh.
"yeah. On a ship if I remember correctly."
Damn it Haruka, calm your fucking hormones!
The tomboy thought, sighing as she glanced away to try to clear her mind.
"I heard that after Yoshiya Soseki crashed you resigned from racing." Michiru stated, earning a sigh.
"Yeah, actually I am trying to find a decent job around here." Haruka lied easily, mentally kicking herself.
"Really? I didn't think you'd be the kind to move into a neighborhood like this."
Michiru commented, earning a laugh.
"Yeah well I need a change of pace."
How could I be so dumb as to not notice who had moved into my families home! Seriously! How stupid can I be!
She mentally lectured herself, feeling the urge to bang her head into the nearest tree.
"It's strange how much things has changed in the last few years."
Michiru stated, earning a surprised look.
"I heard that you adopted a kid….What's that about?"
Haruka asked, earning a sigh.
"An accident left Hotaru orphaned and I was the closest thing to a relative that she had."
Michiru answered before sighing again and adding
"But things are so hard on her because of it. At school she doesn't have many friends and I get stuck working late a lot of times and end up coming home an hour or so after she comes home and I hate it. I mean our neighbor Setsuna helps out but sometimes she can't and Hotaru is stuck alone."
Michiru stated, sighing.
"Not to be strange or anything but I could keep an eye on her if you want."
Haruka offered, earning a surprised look.
"What? Really? Are you sure about that? I mean, not that I wouldn't appreciate it but...I just want to know if you're positive." Michiru stated.
"Yeah, I mean I've got nothing else to do and you need a babysitter or whatever."
Haruka responded with a grin.
"Come to this address tomorrow and you can start."
Later that night Haruka sat in the dark room, listening to the dogs that wouldn't shut up down the street. She hated how sensitive her hearing was, though she knew that it could come in handy sometimes.
She sighed as she closed her eyes, wishing that feelings that had flared over three years ago had not vanquished.
Damned vampiric feelings...you can get rid of the blood lust, you can get rid of the weaknesses, but you can't get rid of the over-zealous hormones!
She thought irritably before sighing.
At least I can distract myself from everything by babysitting the kid.
She thought with a sigh, mentally kicking herself for making the promise to actually babysit the kid.
As she sat there she suddenly heard a yelp, causing her to jump to her feet.
Nothing was going on bad right? She would have heard something if someone had broken in.
She thought, only to hear a whimper she sighed and found herself making her way down the ladder and into the child's room.
"Hotaru-Chan, are you okay?"
She asked softly, shutting the door behind her and making her way over to the bed.
Hotaru was shaking as she grabbed the tomboy's hand, causing the woman to freeze slightly before sighing.
"Hotaru, what's wrong?"
She asked softly, sitting down beside the child.
"The explosion."
The child whimpered, beginning to cry.
Haruka wasn't sure what to do as she pulled the child into an embrace, allowing the child to cry into the front of her shirt.
Her parents were killed...that's possibly what she dreamed about.
She thought as she tried to comfort the girl, despite not really being sure how to.
I definitely bit off more than I can chew on this one.
She thought.
