Part Four: Fool Me Twice
Word Count: 336
She comes to his apartment late at night, having made a pretext to both parents and friends, her brooch held tightly in one hand just in case.
She pushes her way in when he opens the door and begins to wail, spilling out all she knows, demanding from him answers. When she hears his denial, she crumples.
She doesn't want to fight. She can't find the will to kill, and what good could a girl like her be to a princess? Usagi knows what she is; silly and empty-headed, with good intentions and poor execution. Why Luna has come to her is incomprehensible to her.
So she cries and pours our all her troubles into his arms, ignoring the little voice that screams for her to pull away, the one that sounds like her mother. The other voice, the one that's frantically recalling their first encounter, is egging her on.
She can't remember why or how, but he is kissing her and she forgets about the consequences.
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He wakes to the feel of long, silky blonde hair, caught in his fingers, and wonders what deity he's offended. Or pleased. She is still sleeping, looking content and he wishes he could have prolonged his slumber-now that his brain has reasserted itself it demands he move away as quickly as possible.
Mamoru does not do impulsive things. He thinks before he acts. He makes every effort to control his life so that he doesn't have to ever endure losing anything. And here is this girl-Sailor Moon-whose name he doesn't know and whose hair is holding him captive in his own bed.
And to think he had vowed never to see her again, he thinks, and begins the tedious business of disentangling himself. She never stirs, not even when he pulls, and he can't figure out what to say to her should she awaken.
So he turns and walks out of the room, and makes breakfast instead.
He'll worry about the why and how of it later.
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