Darien and Michelle stood outside Serena's house; both shocked at what had just happened. Had Serena just walked in on Darien half naked and her friend in a towel? Yes she had and she had gotten the wrong idea. But he didn't blame her, what was she meant to expect?
"Darien, what are we going to do?" Michelle asked, it wasn't cold outside but she didn't want to walk all the way home in a towel.
"Wait here." Darien said, storming back towards the house.
He went to the door and knocked. No answer, he knocked again, harder this time, no answer still.
"Serena Tsukino you open this door right now!" Darien shouted through the letterbox in her front door.
Serena jumped at Darien's angered voice and was not sure that she wanted to open the door to him when he was mad, he could do anything.
"Go away!" She shouted behind her knowing that he would be able to hear her.
"I will not go away Serena. You open the door now!" Darien shouted again, he hated shouting at her, but he needed to talk to her, set the picture right and make her, if nothing else, give this young woman her clothes back.
"Darien please, just leave me alone!" Serena sobbed through the door, trying to show her distress at what he was doing. She wanted him to leave her to her sorrow but he wouldn't and it disturbed her.
"Just let me in for a minute Serena, we need to talk." Darien said softly as he noticed the unhappiness in her voice.
Serena couldn't face him; it hurt her to even think about what he had done. But she needed answers and he needed to tell her so there was only one thing that she could do.
"Alright." She said and stood up slowly from the floor.
Serena unhooked the lock and opened the door slowly to see Darien standing outside and he still hadn't put his top on. She looked at him for a minute and then moved the door back to let him in. She loved the look of him, but hated it also; it reminded her of the times she was with him.
"Make it quick." She said and closed the door behind him.
Serena led the way into the living room, she walked over to the sofa and sat down on it, pulling her legs up to her chest and hugging them.
She watched as Darien sat next to her, she was resisting the urge to leap into his arms and forget about the dreams. But she knew they were something more than dreams, it actually happens and she didn't want to lose Darien that way.
"Serena, its not as it looked." Darien began and Serena let out a little huff, as if saying, 'Yeah whatever'. Darien looked at her and sighed.
"Serena I had come to find you, it was just a coincidence that Michelle was here." He said and then realised it wasn't helping as the sentence he just spoke could imply so many things.
"So you came to talk to me and because I had gone out you decided to sleep with Michelle." Serena summed up for him, as that was what it sounded like.
"No Serena! It's not like that at all! Please you have to believe me!" He begged with her to listen to his point of view.
"Its not like it matters anyway, were not together so you can sleep with whoever you want." Serena said, and to Darien it sounded extremely calm, but to Serena it was one of the hardest things to admit. She WAS no longer with Darien and he COULD do what he wanted.
Suddenly caught off guard by this statement Darien gasped, he knew they were no longer together, he kept trying to put off the thought, but hearing it said so bluntly shocked him. She wasn't the Serena he knew and there was something wrong. He knew he couldn't pressurize her and he hated thinking he was doing just that.
"I guess." Darien said after a while. He slumped back against the sofa, his head barely touching the back and his legs stretched out before him. He didn't know what else to say, as far as Serena was concerned they were not an item, she didn't care about him and he wasn't worth worrying about. He leaned forwards slowly and put his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands.
His life was slowly going before him; everything that was worth living for was slowly leaving his life. He was Tuxedo Mask, the protector if his princess and the future King of the Earth, it was HIS future to be with Serena and rule as king.
"Darien, I think its time you went…" Serena said slowly, moving her eyes away from him. Darien pulled his head up to look at her and noticed he wasn't going to change her mind by staring at the back of her head. He needed to sort himself out, he needed answers and she needed space.
He slowly got to his feet and walked around the sofa to the door and then into the hall. He took one last look at Serena and thought he saw something glisten down her cheek before he turned around and left the house.