A/N: Sorry about the loooooooooooong wait. I got this written out weeks ago, I just had to type it, and THAT part took forever. :P
Blame it on the fact, I'm missing Steel (Boo hoo sniff sniff sob sob) :(
Okay, the rest is usual author notes, characters not mine, mild swearing, adult situations, underage and prudish people shouldn't read this (like you actually listen if you want to read anyway)
and the story is still dedicated to my Makoto, who I miss very much...
Okay, on with the story, before I depress myself...
Chapter Eight: Making Up For It.
I've already talked it over with Artemis, a hundred times at least, and now he's even saying it's hopeless. I can't afford to live on my own, and if I did try to live on my own, Mom would not be happy about that. She'd probably think I'm too young or something... So that's it. I'm moving.
After completely drenching my pillow with tears, I finally lay exhausted.
Depression still is all over me, but anger over the whole thing with Makoto and me had completely vanished, replaced with fear of being separated from her permanently.
I'm even too down to talk to the others. My communicator has been turned off, so none of them could contact me.
Times like this I wish we had an answering machine on the thing. I can see it now:
Venus here. I'm unable to come to the phone at this time for I have sunken into a pit of darkness and a void of self pity, because I have missed the one chance I had of revealing that I want to play Bondage Fairies with another girl.
Oh, and I just found out I'm moving so now what's the point in telling her cause then I'd have to turn around and leave her.
Because of all this, I'm in a bitchy mood right now and am likely to bite your head off if you tried to help me at this point.
Venus out.
-Beep-
I guess I'm not the only one in a bad mood, cause outside it is very stormy, probably the worst I've seen in a long long time.
I'm so sorry, my Beloved...
But it would probably be best if I didn't reveal my love to her after all. Kami knows long distance relationships are so hard...
With this in mind, I start making a list of things I would like to do before I leave.
Suddenly there is a soft knock at my door, and I instinctively know that it is Makoto.
Why?
If it was Usagi, she would have tripped on the way up the stairs and slammed head first into my door. I say this not to pick on the blonde, but because she's actually done that before.
Ami would have phoned ahead first and gotten permission to stop by.
Rei would have barged in without knocking.
And the Outers would never come to my house to see me.
So it HAD to be Makoto at my door.
It helped when her voice called through the door, though. "Mina-chan? It's Mako, I... I came to say I'm sorry about earlier."
My heart broke at that moment. She sounded so sad and so helpless...
"I was a jerk and I shouldn't have said those things to you. I don't want to lose your trust, so I've taken care of that secret. It's gone Mina-chan, you won't have to worry about me any more, and I won't be so distracted from now on, ok?"
I briefly wonder how she could have 'taken care' of her secret when the secret is that she loves me. She didn't stop loving me, did she?
Must not think about that possibility...
I can't leave her hanging anymore, so I open the door. "You sure?" I ask, not being able to completely stop the dangling.
"Yeah I'm sure, everything's back to normal now."
I wonder who's definition of 'normal' she's using, but I pull open the door anyway. I see that she is sopping wet. "What happened to you Mako-chan?" I can't help but notice how the soaked clothes clung to her, REALLY showing off her figure. Wooooooo, I wish I could explore those with my hands...
Stop, Mina-chan. It's too late to think like that. I'm leaving her soon.
"I.. got caught in the rain." she says, hopefully completely oblivious to the evil thoughts going through my head. "It was my fault anyway."
"How long were you out there?" I plop down on my bed and watch how she uncomfortably tries to find a safe place to drip water all over.
"I'm not sure.. several hours I guess.."
Conversation stops.
There's so much I want to say to her, but so much of it she's better off not knowing.
What's safe to say?
I think for a minute, then come up with something brilliant. Something that would get her back for missing out on revealing her love for me, but also something on my new list.
I put my plan into motion. "You know you're going to have to make this up to me, right?"
"Yeah I know, what do you want?"
I pretend to think over the possibilities, but I fail to hide my evilness. I can just tell she sees it. "Well, what I want is... for you to come lingerie shopping with me!" Might as well milk it for all it's worth.
Things I want to do before I leave #1: Take Makoto to 'Neko Yum Yum'.
She looks less than thrilled. In fact, I believe I have short circuited her. I had no idea Mako was so modest. But she still wants to please me... "Uhh.. uhm... o-okay, I guess.. Where do you wanna go?"
"Oh, I have a place in mind."
If I could've, I would've laughed so evilly at this point. Most likely in the "OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO, Call me Queen!" manner.
Aah, the 'Neko Yum Yum'. I'm really starting to feel at home here. The lady that works here, Taylor, doesn't even scare me anymore.
Heh, and it was Usagi who dragged me in here.
Things I want to do before I leave #2: Thank Usagi for dragging me inside.
Things I want to do before I leave #3: Buy out the 'Neko Yum Yum's' hentai collection.
But that can wait till later. My mission today is lingerie.
As Mako watches, (still obviously shell-shocked) I gathered all the lingerie that I admired the other day with Usagi and actually take them into the dressing room with me.
Of course, I intend for Makoto to join in the fun, but for now she'll have to wait outside.
Key word: For now.
But then I come upon another Libra problem: I couldn't make up my mind which lingerie item to tease Makoto with. "They all look the same to me!" I finally cry out in despair.
"Need help, Dearie?" a low, sexy voice says, as Taylor pokes her head into my changing room, causing me to jump and cover my nakedness with a small piece of silky fabric (which probably wouldn't have covered much, even if I HAD been wearing it.)
"I dunno, I uh.." I stammer, blushing.
Taylor just looks at me, thinking "riiight." "Who are you trying to impress?" she asks.
"The girl sitting outside," I say immediately. Wow, this lady is good at getting stuff outta me!
Taylor peeks outside and sneaks a look at Makoto. She looks back at me with a sly smile. "Nice choice. She's a looker! Nice body too. You'll look so cute together!"
"Uh, thanks, I think.." I say, still blushing, but for a different reason now.
Taylor waves my statement away and starts sorting through the lingerie scattered all over my changing room. She smiles and hands me a pink one. "This will do the job nicely."
"Thanks!" I say, brightening up.
"No problem, kid," Taylor says. "Just clean up after yourself when you're done." She winks at me before leaving.
Oye, I guess that statement could be taken several different ways. But she has great taste! I slip on the number and call for Makoto to 'help' me.
Several minutes pass before she knocks on my cubicle. "Mina-chan, it's me."
Of course it's you. I wouldn't want anyone else. But I let her inside. She looks stunned the minute she catches a glimpse of me.
Ha! I got her right where I want her!
"Pick up your jaw, Mako-chan." I can't help but laugh at the expression on her face. "And fasten me up, please."
She hesitates a second, but she can't refuse me. I can feel her hands shake as she clips the tiny hooks together.
Pleased, I swirl around and let her get a full view of me in all my Venus-like glory. I take great pleasure in seeing her face turn white then redden deeply. I long to run my hands over her body and see if she's reacting in other places...
"Mako, you're drooling." But this will have to do.
Must not think about that, not now!
"Er, sorry," she mutters, wiping her chin.
"That's okay." I say, sweetly, before shoving her out of my changing room.
"Minako?" says one confused Makoto on the other side of the door.
"THAT'S for earlier." I laugh, enjoying my revenge. "Now we're even."
I then laugh my head off for a good fifteen minutes...
Fifteen minutes later, I feel totally self-satisfied. So I gather up all the lingerie and end up paying for all of them. It wasn't until Taylor was bagging them all that I truly realized the Horror of my upcoming situation.
I wasn't going to be able to wear any of this lingerie for Makoto.
Ever.
In less than a week, I was moving far, far away.
FAR far away.
I suddenly feel very sad.
MUST
NOT
THINK
ABOUT
IT!!!
I'm not gonna be sad while I'm actually with Makoto. I grab my stuff and I find her, happily by the sex toys.
"Find anything interesting?" I ask, surprising her enough to make her jump.
I know, I'll show her the hentai anime and manga. If that doesn't distract me, I don't know what will.
I don't feel sad again till I'm outside the store, looking at my new copy of the evilly hentai Sailor Moon manga.
I find myself looking at each picture and thinking how I'll never do any of the stuff that's shown on those tantalizing pages.
I stop at the picture of Venus and Jupiter, thinking how this one will never be.
I sense Makoto approaching me and I try to hide my sad feelings, but it keeps getting harder and harder. I last until we get to the food court, and Makoto comes back with the food.
Makoto looks at me with an expression of worry and says, "Mina-chan, are you okay?"
The tears finally come and I'm sobbing out the whole tragic story. I manage to leave out the parts that concern her, though. "Oh, Mako-chan! It's so horrible! I'm moving!"
Makoto's face pales, and she's like, "WHAT?! What do you mean "moving"? Moving where? Why?"
"Back to England, Daddy got transferred again, and we only have a week to pack!"
Mako managed to turn even whiter. "Only a week??"
"It was last minute. I just found out after school." Specifically that battle I'm not bringing up cause I don't want to remind you how bitchy I can be...
"But.. But what about us?" For one split moment I thought she meant 'us' as in her and me, but she continues on to say the Sailors, and I try not to show my disappointment. Truth is, I haven't even thought about leaving the Sailors yet.
Just Makoto...
"I know! I know! But I don't know how to get out of it! Oh Mako-chan! I don't want to go!" And then I'm sobbing more, and Mako is hugging me. More crying and Mako tries to comfort me and makes things better, then out of my deep black hopeless cloud of despair, Mako says the idea I briefly thought about, but rejected cause I didn't once think that Makoto would consider seriously.
"You could stay with me!"
And then I saw that my situation wasn't as dark as I had thought. "You mean that Mako-chan? Really?"
She smiles, causing me to smile tentatively back. Then in a sure, calming voice, she assured me everything would be all right. "Of course. We'll both have to get jobs though, my allowance wouldn't cover the both of us. And you could have the guest room, it isn't very big, but it's better than nothing."
Then I was so happy, my brain left me. Before I could stop myself, I blurt out that I Love her. Then instincts kick in and I was kissing her, full on the lips.
With full passion.
Whoops.