When Haruka arrives the next morning she's accompanied by Hotaru who is happily regaling her first week of school. Haruka is nodding and smiling and saying all the right things. Setsuna is not far behind them, she's carrying my overnight bag the one I bought in Italy after Haruka dropped mine in the water. I smile only for a moment.

"Morning mama, how do you feel?" Hotaru asks running to the edge of my bed.

"Pretty good." I say tickling her.

"You bumped your head." Hotaru frowns. "But you're okay?"

"I am."

"Have the doctors been around?" Haruka asks kissing the top of my head softly.

"No."

"I'll go find one." Setsuna offers disappearing from the room.

"Do you remember more yet mama?" I want to answer that I remember everything but I miss the chance, Setsuna has found a doctor and they want to check me out. The doctor checks my eyes and has me answer some questions before he gives me the okay to go home. Haruka and Setsuna help gather my things before we're again in the car heading to our apartment. It was all so fast. I'm smiling as I look out the window, thinking of everything that I remember. How I forced Haruka to buy the SUV after we finalized our adoption of Hotaru, the argument we had about child safety and her yellow sports car. I remember walking in on Haruka as she made modifications to the SUV, changing out the engine for one her sponsors gave her. I wasn't happy, but she was and it was still safer then her sports car. We pulled into the lot for our apartment and I let Hotaru lead me inside, just as she had a week ago. She led me through the brightly lit atrium which I remember falling in love with. I thought back to the first time we toured our now apartment. Haruka had wanted to buy a house near the water, but I was fearful that if we had an emergency with Hotaru we wouldn't get to the hospital fast enough. I held Haruka's had the first time we walked through this atrium, the natural light and architectural features made this place a winner for me. Haruka signed the papers before we had even seen the apartment. It cost us a fortune to renovate since I wanted all the rooms facing the water. I nearly got my wish, our music and art room faced the noisy city but it was an exchange I was prepared to live with. Our first nice in the apartment after it had been renovated was magical, Haruka made love to me next to the large windows, I was able to watch the ocean as she made my body sing. Hotaru pushed the door open to our place and I followed her inside, she went straight to her room. "I'm sleeping at Chibi-usa's tonight mama." She announced. "We're having a sleep over party."

"That's wonderful."

"You'll be oka without me for another night?"

"I think I'll manage." I smiled crouching down to her level as she returned from her room with her blanket and bag. "Haruka is taking good care of me."

"Papa loves you." Hotaru smiled kissing my cheek. "I love you too mama."

"I know you do." I said pulling her off the ground and into my arms. I thought of her as a child, how fast she had grown, how smart she was. I though how sad she must feel with the body of a child and the mind of an adult. Knowing what she knew, it was amazing she handled things so well.

"Ok, I've got to go Mama." She wiggled out of my arms and I put her down, she joined Setsuna at the door.

"Have fun." I said waving to her. "Thanks Setsuna."

"No problem." Setsuna smiled closing the door behind her as she left with Hotaru.

"Alone again." Haruka smiled. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine." I smiled knowing that I felt more than fine.

"Do you want a drink? They didn't feed you before they released you."

"Sure." I said following her into our kitchen. Even though I did most of the cooking Haruka had designed our kitchen. I let my hands follow the granite counter tops she had negotiated for. The builders quoted us an enormous price and Haruka managed to get them to cut it in half, I'm sure her hands throbbed from the autographs she had promised.

"Tea?" she asked.

"Sure, I never did get any."

"No." she laughed. "I'm sorry I put it so high."

"It's alright." I said sitting at our table. Haruka was humming as she set the kettle to boil; it was a song we had composed together.

"Pretty."

"We composed it."

"We did?" I asked playfully.

"We did. In Italy."

"But you said we didn't do much in Italy." I let the words linger.

"Italy was wonderful." Haruka smiled to herself. "We landed and I accidentally tossed your bag into a puddle. We went to the hotel and we didn't leave until our flight home."

"Tossed my bag into a puddle" I laughed. She hadn't tossed it into a puddle. She was very dramatic about how I wouldn't need any clothes for our trip and had thrown my bag into a large reservoir. I had to fish it out explaining I hadn't packed clothes, only lingerie "It was an accident."

"Right." I mused.

"It was a beautiful week." Haruka said looking sad.

"It was." I agreed.

"If only you could remember." I do, I thought. I remember every second of our honeymoon. How you made love to me slowly in the damp heat of the night. How we left the balcony doors open and listened to the music of the streets while I played violin and you lay naked watching me. I remembered how we would soak in our bathtub talking about how lucky we were to have been born again, but how we worried we would be called into duty. I remembered ever graze of her hand and every brush of her tongue. I stood from the table and made my way to her, stradling her in the chair.

"What makes you think I've forgotten?" I whispered in her ear.

"Michiru?"

"I remember everything Haruka."

"You?"

"I remember watching you sneak around my pool on Neptune watching me dive and wondering how long it would be until you jumped in after me. I remember hearing that Iwas to marry Akim but how I lusted for you. How I spent hours dreaming about your hands on me. And when I couldn't wait any longer I acted. I got everything I wanted Haruka, I got you. '

"I remember waking up here and knowing my destiny rested with finding the talisman and finding you. We fought together, we fell in love again. I remember everything Haruka. And I remember every second of Italy." I kissed her deeply and she held me to her.

"I missed you." She said.

"I've been here the whole time." I smiled.

"You but not you." She said kissing me again.

"I'm always with you Haruka."

"I love you Michiru."

"I love you Haruka."