Daydream Believer – Chapter Two
by taitofan
Rated PG-13 for sexual situations
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
Author's note: This one focuses more on Serenity, and it basically exists to set up the last bit of groundwork to get all of the characters together. Chapters after this will still go in order, but they'll only focus on one set of characters at a time. In addition to the two polyamorous ships, there are three other couples that will get some focus—you should be able to guess those three just from reading this chapter. More details about these characters will be given as they get their chapters—Serenity only knows so much about them after all!
If you have any CC, please share and I'll listen. Please read, review, and enjoy! Finished 05-26-14
True to her word, Chibiusa had contacted her lovers—Boyfriends? Fiancées?—that very night, and informed her parents the next morning that they'd be there in a week. That news was no problem as far as Serenity was concerned. It was neither too long of a wait nor too short of notice. No, it was the rest of the information that Chibiusa told her that was a bit concerning.
Helios and Perle wouldn't be coming alone. Four men residing in Elysian would be joining them. Three of them she'd known before Chibiusa had the chance to say—the Amazon Trio had left with Helios back when she'd still been known as Usagi Tsukino, and Helios had mentioned them a few times when he visited the royal family in Crystal Tokyo. That was all fine with Serenity; they'd changed, and Fish Eye's infatuation with her husband had long since faded. But the last man…
"Are you really that worried about Fiore?" Serenity didn't answer her husband at first, and when she finally did, there was a heavy look of concern in her eyes.
"The last time we saw him…" She paused and shook her head. "He was in love with you!"
"I know, my dear, but—"
"What if he still loves you?"
"You know I don't—"
"I don't want him to be sad when he sees you!"
He paused, his eyes wide, as if not believing what she'd just said. She didn't understand why he'd react like that. Fiore had been his friend—wasn't he concerned too? Chibiusa had said that Fiore had only been residing in Elysium for a few centuries. Had his heart had time to heal?
"…That's your concern?" He asked, laughing softly, though she still didn't understand why. "That he'll be heartbroken?"
"Yes, of course," she responded passionately, not sure if she'd be able to take the other man's sorrowful looks as she had in her youth. She'd been young then—naïve. She hadn't understood the situation like she did now. She didn't want to see Fiore hurt, no matter what had happened in the past. "What else would worry me?"
"…What else indeed." He smiled and gathered her into his arms, embracing her affectionately. "My love, sometimes the size of your heart astounds me. It's little wonder you can love that Starlight woman after all this time."
It felt as if an icy hand seized her heart, freezing her. Slowly, she gathered the courage to lift her head from his shoulder and look at his face. He was smiling kindly at her, as if he hadn't just casually said that he knew his wife loved another woman.
"Y-you know about that?" she asked shakily, her voice soft and hesitant. "And you aren't mad?"
"Of course I do," he answered with a laugh, though not an unkind one, "and of course I'm not. Besides, even if I was, what good would it do? I love you Serenity, and I know you love me. If having that woman here is what will make you truly happy, who am I to say no? You'd allow someone else into the relationship if you thought I love them, wouldn't you?"
The thought had certainly crossed her mind that she would let Fiore in if there was anything between him and her husband, even if there could be nothing between her and Fiore. She'd do anything to make her husband happy.
"Yes, I would, definitely!"
"There you are." He brought a gloved hand up to cradle her cheek, and she leaned into the touch gratefully. "And I will do the same for you, if that is what she wishes as well."
"Oh Endymion…" There was certainly a reason she had fallen in love with him over and over. He was doing a good job of reminding her of that lately. "Thank you so much…"
"You don't have to thank me. That's what love is all about, isn't it? Happiness and trust."
Yes, she agreed, that was certainly correct. They loved and trusted each other, and their hearts were big enough to love another, a trait that was passed onto their daughter. No matter what, they would make everything work out. Just as they always had.
The inhabitants of Elysion arrived in four days, in the morning, right after the royal family had breakfast. The princess of Kinmoku and the Starlights showed up right before lunch.
"I didn't think everyone would come at once," Serenity muttered as she scurried back and forth in her room. None of them had been dressed to greet fellow royalty. While she doubted Kakyuu would have really cared if they were dressed to the nines or not, she wasn't around. Not anymore.
The silver crystal had kept everyone it touched within Crystal Tokyo alive and well for centuries. As it seemed, certain individuals not of Earth had been protected as well. That included the Starlights, but not Kakyuu. She had often wondered if the Starlights resented her for indirectly causing them to outlive their princesses, but she hoped not. She loved them as if they were her own guardians, and that would have torn her apart.
But judging by the smile Seiya had given her when they'd arrived, she didn't think she had to worry about that too much. She just hoped…
"Mama, are you done?" Chibiusa's voice was impatient, and Serenity had to laughed softly, as she knew exactly why her daughter was in such a hurry. Her eyes had positively glowed with joy when Helios and Perle had shown up. She truly was in love with them both, and looking at the three of them together, Serenity knew that she had nothing to worry about. They were all very much in love, and no one would suffer being left out.
That, of course, only made her worry about her own situation more. Even if Seiya wanted to be with her, and even if Endymion was fine with sharing, there was still the fact that Seiya only liked women. What would happen when she was with one of them? Could they…? Would they…?
"Mama! You didn't fall asleep in there, did you?"
"No, I'm coming." She opened the door and saw her daughter bouncing in place on her heels. Serenity smiled at the sight and hooked their arms together. "Shall we?"
"Yes!"
They walked together until they reached the end of the hallway, where Endymion was waiting for them. Chibiusa let go, and Serenity took her husband's arm while the princess led the way. Serenity was proud of her daughter's restraint—she managed to stay calm and wait patiently alongside her guardians. She didn't run off to her lovers until everyone had officially been announced, and with all the visitors, the royal family, and three sets of royal guardians, that was an awfully lot of waiting.
She watched the three share a hug, while the Amazon Trio and Fiore stood close. The four men standing so loyally behind the future king and king consort of Crystal Tokyo rather reminded her of the four men who stood close by the current king. Four men who had remained safely in small stones for many centuries as they regained the strength to once again serve the king they had long ago during the Silver Millennium, before Beryl corrupted them. An idea hit her—just as Endymion had his Four Heavenly Kings to protect him, maybe the new future kings could have the same, just as Chibiusa had the Sailor Quartetto to protect her. After all, between the Trio and Fiore…
She took special notice of how close Fiore and Fisheye stood and smiled. It looked like she didn't have to worry about Fiore feeling upset upon seeing Endymion after all. The two even bore a resemblance to the Four Heavenly King's leader and second-in-command, who had been in love for as long as she had known them. Serenity was so very glad that there was so much love within her palace walls!
…Then she noted Hawk's Eye and Yaten glaring daggers at each other and sighed before smiling once more. Okay, so not everything about this visit was going to go perfectly. That was fine and, in fact, perfectly normal. She wasn't sure what those two were upset about—maybe Yaten had insulted his shoes or he'd made fun of her height and called her a child; both seemed equally as likely—but it was a small bump. Right now, she had bigger things to worry about.
Seiya caught her eye and gave her a look that warmed Serenity's heart. Oh goddesses above, how she loved that woman…
Now she just had to keep faith that she and Seiya still stood a chance after all this time.