Chapter 4

Unwanted

Rei awoke feeling very strange opening her eyes she immediately realized why. Rei wasn't much of a snuggler, slowly she extracted herself from the blond beneath her. Rei was half way dressed when she heard a rustling on the bed, looking up she saw Minako waking.

"Morning" Rei said with a slightly grumpy tone. Minako smiled.

"Good Morning." The blond said shyly. Rei decided to get it over with.

"Listen….about last night, I think you were right, we probably shouldn't have done that, I mean we just don't feel that way about each other ya know, and I think it would be best if we just stayed friends and probably not do it again. What do you think?" Minako looked down at her hands while Rei fastened her training boots.

"Yeah, I mean sure, lets just be friends that's what you want right?" Minako said quietly. Rei looked up and smiled at her wife.

"Yeah sounds good…. well I have to go I'm late for training this morning, I'll see you later." Rei said as she exited the room. Sighing she walked down the hall 'wow that went way better then I expected.'

Minako laid in the bed and cried, 'she really doesn't want to be with me! of course not, she wants someone stronger, I'm just not good enough for her.' Minako thought as she cried. 'Friends, that's what she wants me to be her friend. I'll try to be better to be stronger.' Getting up Minako wiped her eyes clear and scooted to the side of the large bed, wincing slightly at the tenderness between her legs. She should have figured she would be swore. Her and Rei hadn't exactly been gentle the previous night. Quickly Minako dressed and left the room.

Wandering that's what Minako seemed to do lately was wander around, for the past 3 days she had wandered the palace and she still didn't know how to get anywhere. After a while of wandering Minako had given up on ever finding the dinning hall and figured she wouldn't ever get breakfast. Just as Minako was contemplating trying to find her room again she heard someone walking down the hall behind her, turning she immediately got scared.

"Hi" Makoto said as she walked up behind the blond.

"Hello" Minako said shakily. She had figured she would meet Makoto again but she had hoped Rei would be with her. Makoto frowned.

"are you ok, you seem a little nervous, do you want me to go?" Makoto asked. Minako shook her head deciding she should conquer her fear. 'Rei doesn't like that I'm afraid" Minako thought 'maybe I should try harder.'

"No you don't have to go, actually maybe you could help me." Makoto smiled.

"Sure what do you need?" Minako smiled back at the tall brunette and said.

"I seem to be a little lost, could you help me find the dinning room, I was hoping to get some breakfast." Makoto nodded her head and answered.

"Sure I was heading that way myself, Rei is gonna chew me out for not showing up for training but I had other things to deal with this morning." Makoto said with a sly grin. Minako recognized that as her flirty grin from the night before. The Venusian fell into step next to the tall Jovian as they walked down the hall. Albeit she still kept her distance.

"Is that my room?" Minako asked as they passed a familiar looking door. Makoto smiled and said.

"Yup I believe so." Minako blushed and said.

"So I went the completely wrong direction? I'm never going to be able to figure this place out I mean the estate I grew up on was big but nothing like this." Makoto smiled.

"Actually I cheated when I first started coming here."

"How?" Minako asked.

"The corridors are color coded see how this one has a reddish tone to it, these are the Martian corridors, that's why your room is here, its Rei's room. To the east is the Venusian corridors, were your mother is staying right now, the walls are tinted orange. West of here are the Jovian Corridors green tinted walls and South the mercurian blue tinted and at the center is more public places like the dinning hall all white. So if you look at the walls you will know about were you are and were to go to get to certain areas of the castle." Minako smiled when she realized something.

"So you came from the south then hu?" Makoto blushed and said.

"um yeah." Minako giggled and said.

"You were with Ami this morning weren't you." Makoto blushed deeper and laughed.

"I don't think that's any of your business lil Venusian." Both girls were laughing when they entered the dinning hall.

Blue and Lavender eyes lifted form their plates as the noise of two people laughing erupted into the hall. Both analyzed the situation yet both saw very different things. Ami smiled as it was apparent that Minako was getting over her fear of Makoto, although she was still standing a little ways away from the tall brunette they were sill walking, talking and laughing together. Rei frowned slightly 'well she seemed to get over her fear of Makoto pretty quick.' Rei sighed figuring Minako was a normal Venusian and seeing her flirt with other people would probably be a day-to-day thing. For some reason Rei didn't like that idea and was confused when she felt a little better in knowing that although Makoto was a flirt, she was hopelessly devoted to Ami so Rei wouldn't have to worry about her at all. 'Wait why would I worry about anyone in the first place, I don't care about her, I know she is probably going to be sleeping with half of the castle. So I shouldn't let it bother me I know its gonna happen…so why does the idea bother me?' Rei thought as her wife and friend approached the table.

"Hey babe, Hey Rei what's for breakfast?" Ami smiled at the brunette and said.

"Waffles"

"YES!" Makoto exclaimed loudly making Minako jump nervously before she realized Makoto was excited not enraged. Minako smiled softly when Makoto took her seat by Ami as the bluenette made her future wife a plate. Minako then realized she was standing there alone, the blond looked up at Rei and smiled lightly, Rei frowned and looked back down at her food. Minako didn't really know what to do, looking at Ami and Makoto happy and laughing like a real couple made her extremely sad, then looking at the spot next to Rei the blond deduced from the dark haired woman's frown that she probably wasn't welcome there. Turning towards another table that happened to be being used by their parents Minako walked there and sat at the end alone, then made a plate.

Ami and Makoto were almost done with their meal when they looked across the room and noticed Minako sitting by herself, The Kings and Queens had long ago departed. Makoto frowned and asked.

"Rei why is your wife sitting over there by herself?" Rei just shrugged and continued eating.

After a few bites the blond realized she wasn't that hungry anymore and just sat there pushing her waffle pieces around on her plate thinking about her current situation and letting subconscious fears raid her conscious mind. 'I've done something wrong again, she wont even look at me, she just looks at anywhere, anyone but me. Last night was amazing but maybe I wasn't that good, she said she didn't want to do it again, I must be really bad at it maybe that's why she wont look at me. I did something wrong.' Minako thought as a silent tear slipped down her face.

Ami watched as Minako pushed her food around on her plate with a sad expression on her face. Ami leaned toward Makoto and whispered.

"She looks so sad, It just breaks my heart to see her like that." Makoto nodded and said.

"I think she might be crying Ames. Do you think her and Rei had a fight or something?" Ami shrugged.

"I don't know?" Makoto being from Jupiter was naturally very up front and forward not having much finesse.

"Hey Rei, what did you do to Minako."

"Nothing" Rei said as she continued to eat.

"Nothing hu, then why is your wife of not even one full day sitting at the grown up table all alone crying." Rei's head jerked up and quickly found Minako isolated on the other side of the room, silent tears briefly shining on the blonds cheek until a hand came up to wipe them away.

"What's wrong with her?" Rei asked with concern in her voice, eyes never leaving the blond.

"We don't know, we thought maybe you did." Ami said, Rei shrugged.

"I don't know." Makoto sighed.

"Well maybe you should go and talk to her." Rei's head jerked in Makoto's direction.

"Why me? I don't know why she's upset." Makoto sighed. 'Rei can be so dense sometimes'.

"I don't know, maybe because she's your wife and she looks lonely. Are you sure nothing happened last night or this morning that would make her cry?" Rei frowned thinking about last night. Growling Rei stood from her seat slowly walking towards the blonde. Rei being so very tactful walked up and plopped down in the seat next to her wife saying.

"Hey what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Minako jumped at Rei's sudden and loud arrival, but Minako just smiled and said.

"Nothing's wrong I'm fine." Rei frowned and said.

"Are you sure? I mean I..I didn't like.. hurt you last night.. did I?" Minako's eyes widened at Rei's question.

"No, No I'm fine… well I mean I am a little sore but not hurt or anything…I'm fine." Minako said with a bright blush.

"Ok if your not hurt them why are you crying?" Rei asked.

"I wasn't crying I was just thinking about things. Ya know contemplating my circumstances and what not." Rei frowned in confusion.

"Your whating your what?" Rei asked. "never mind I don't think I really want to know." at that Rei left with a slight giggle. Minako smiled at Rei's confusion watching her beautiful yet untouchable princess walk away.