Dis-clama-llama-lamer: Be warned you may die of massive first time fanfiction-writing cringiness or by the fact that I might misspell A LOT of things. If you cannot handle such treacheries then you are allowed to leave or look away at any time. Oh, also I do not own Sailor Moon or any characters mentioned.
Chapter 2: Assistance?
Makoto opened her eyes, realizing she had fallen asleep. When did I? Where am I...oh right. Yeah I remember now. She sat up feeling a violent pounding on the back of her head.
"Mako-chan! You're finally awake."
The brunette turned her head and saw the senshi of love and beauty. She smiled sweetly. "I was waiting for you to wake up, ya know? Pretty deep sleeper…"
"What time is it?" She lazily asked falling back into the mattress.
"Uhhh probably like...3:30...I don't know. Time just swings away in time!"
Makoto stared into the the blonde's blue eyes. "What?"
She waved her hand in dismissal. "Come on now. We should get going."
Minako lifted Mako off the mattress with surprising strength then trotted out of the nurse's office. "Gotta go to our study session!"
Makoto grinned. "Oh yeah? Are you actually gonna study?" She asked looking at the blonde who dropped her.
"Now, now Mako-chan. It's called a study session for a reason." Minako continued to walk and looked in the direction of the Hikawa Shrine. "Of course seeing Rei is a bonus."
She laughed, placing her arms behind her head, walked after Mina. "I'm tired of you guys just beating around the bush."
"What are you talking about? I will tell her when the time is right! Being the goddess of love I have to make my confession romantic. Or just wait a little longer for Rei to break and confess to me instead. Either way is fine!" Minako met with green eyes.
Mako turned her head away and smiled. "Yeah. I'm sure that's what's going on. Not that the goddess of love is scared of admitting her feelings. No. That would be insane."
Minako glared at the taller girl. "Will you shut up? Why would I-the goddess of love-be scared of love itself? It's a beautiful thing!"
"Hey, I never said you were."
The two eventually made their way to the Hikawa Shrine where they were greeted by Usagi and Rei. Well not necessarily greeted.
"Give me that back!"
Usagi ran around the table and laughed. "You gotta catch me first!" She clung to a book that looked like it was about some sort of love manga. "Come on Rei-chaaan!"
Rei eventually stopped and waited for Usagi to circle the table once more and snatched the manga away after smacking her beside the head with it.
The blonde fell over the table and sent papers flying everywhere.
Minako smiled brightly. "Were here!" She shouted and sat in her normal spot. She took out her homework and placed it on the oak table. "Ami-chan! Can you help me with my...Ami-chan?" She turned her head to see Ami's seat empty. "Where's Ami at?"
Makoto thought back to the incident that happened earlier that day. Did she skip the session because of that?! There's no way!
"Probably doing some solo studying. Since no one can study with that idiot around." Rei sat next to Minako and pulled out her own homework.
"Yeah. Who would want to study with Minako around?" Usagi asked sitting up.
"I was talking about you, idiot."
Usagi stuck her tongue out at Rei which she returned.
Makoto sat down aswell looking over at the empty spot next to her. "So she's not gonna be here? Crap I didn't understand my English."
"Maybe she's just late." Minako mumbled looking at her paper in extreme focus. She bit the end of her pencil. "Ami-chan I don't-"
"She's not here."
Minako fell back onto the floor. "Oh please let her appear."
"Sorry I'm late everyone."
They all turned to look at Ami by the door. She smiled nervously and walked to the empty spot next to Makoto, ignoring her eyes.
" Ami-chan!" Usagi bounced up in celebration. "We were so worried, Ami-chaaan!"
The bluenette smiled then jumped slightly hearing a loud thud.
"Mako-chan?!" Usagi ran to her guardians side. "Are you tired too?"
Makoto sighed heavily. "They won't go away."
"What won't?" Mina asked.
Mako stopped and looked up meeting Ami's gaze for a second. "Well! I uh...ran into Ami earlier in the stairwell. I-um...must've hit my head and the pain won't go away!" She rubbed her head laughing.
"Is that why you were in the nurse's office?" Mina asked and observed Ami's reaction.
"Y-yeah!" Makoto cursed to herself. What's going on?! I thought this was just because of the accident! Dammit maybe I actually did Injure myself. Mako looked down at her homework and all was quiet. Okay, just breathe in and out. Nothing is wrong! Not a single thing is wrong...Ami has sat in that spot, next to me for the past 80 months Makoto! Why now are you distracted by her presence!? Okay...just calm down. Look at your homework not at Ami not at her gorgeous blue eyes not at her lips definitely not at her lips or you'll start thinking of... "I can't take it!"
"Does it really hurt that much?" Ami asked silently.
Makoto looked at Ami's nervous expression. "I um. Yea-no! No its my math homework! I don't understand its...making me frustrated. Can you help Ami-chan?" The lightning senshi scooted towards Ami and tried not to think of anything.
"O-of course."
Rei smirked. "I'm no Ami buuut maybe the reason why your not getting it is because its your English homework?"
Mako looked down at her homework. "Oh. Why, well you look at that!" She grinned. "I'm...just really out of it today."
"I'm sorry, Mako-chan! This is all my fault." Ami apologized feeling her cheeks light up.
"Huh?"
"I ran into you and it's because of me you got hurt." Ami's voice got quieter with every word she spoke.
"No, no, no, no. It cause I'm tired you know? Definitely not what happened at the stairwell at all!" Makoto took a deep breath realizing she was breathing in Ami's perfume. Noooo goddammit why?! WHY!?
"Mako-chan are you sure you're alright?" Minako asked suddenly getting concerned for her friend.
"Yup! Yeah! I feel better than I ever have before! Don't worry about me." Makoto moved away from Ami and stared down at her homework noticing the hurt expression on the smaller girl's face when she risked a side glance. She jabbed at her side trying to get her act together.
Rei stood up, "I'll be back."
Minako looked up a moment, her eyes showing slight conflict. She looked back down at her work then was about to stand up until Makoto practically leaped out of her spot nearly slamming into Ami in the process. She followed after Rei, "Rei-chan wait up!"
The three girls stayed in their spots for a moment.
"What was that about?" Minako asked.
Usagi got a mischievous look. "We should follow them."
Outside Makoto sprinted towards Rei, violet eyes met green. "What?" Rei asked.
"I have to talk to you...privately." She said noticing two blonde heads sticking out from Rei's room.
Rei, still not sure what was happening, nodded. They walked away from the shrine. After checking multiple times behind them Mako relaxed and took a deep breath."Okay, so I don't know what's going on."
"That makes two of us."
The brunette smiled. "Right, sorry. I ran into Ami earlier in the stairwell and must've seriously damaged something because I can't think straight." Quite literally, she thought, most of my thoughts are about girls now. Rei nodded along while Makoto continued. "Its...hard to explain. Like…" She looked around. "That girl! See her?"
"Yeah…?"
"I think shes hot."
"Okay, what doe-"
"No, Rei. I think she is hot. A girl. THAT girl. I think THAT girl is HOT." Makoto shouted gripping onto Rei's shoulders.
"I don't get wha-"
"I'M SAYING THAT I THINK SOMEONE MY GENDER IS HOT! I have never thought about that before! It's always boys, guys, MALES. Rei do you understand!?"
"Mako-chan I think you need to calm down, first of all." Rei said. "I think I understand about your...uh attraction to that girl, but what I don't get is why you're telling me this."
Again, Makoto latched onto Rei's shoulders. "That is my problem! I have absolutely no idea why I'm thinking this! Ever since I fell down the stairs and kissed her I've been having all these weirds thoughts!"
Rei stared at Makoto. No emotion on her face. "What?"
Makoto stared back at Rei, then realized she accidentally told her about the kiss. "Uh…"
A small smile formed on the girls face that quickly turned into a grin. "Oh...ohohohoooh! I get it now!" Makoto's face went into a dark shade of red but then Rei stopped herself. "Wait. So you like that girl?"
"What girl?"
Rei looked into Makoto's eyes. "The girl you were freaking about." She motioned to the girl who was still, strangely, in the same spot.
"No. Why would I? I don't even know her!"
Rei grabbed onto Makoto's arms for support feeling her body lose all strength. She regained her posture and sighed deeply. "Then what are you talking abo-oh my god. Oh my god." Rei's cheeks went a light shade of pink. "It was Ami you kissed."
Again Makoto blushed but quickly shook her head. "It's not what you think!"
Rei started walking again, digesting the information she now knew. A light bulb went off and she smirked. "Ah...I see."
"What? What is it?" Makoto asked following after the raven-haired girl. "Rei-chan! What is it!?"
Rei smiled innocently up at Makoto. "Oh...nothing." She looked behind them then back at Mako. "Say, how did it feel?"
"What?"
"The kiss."
"WHAT!?"
"The kiss Makoto! THE KISS! How did the kiss with Ami-chan feel?" She asked feeling three pairs of eyes staring at them.
"It was-I don-Why are you asking me that?"
Rei observed the taller girl. "I have a feeling…" She stopped herself. Makoto-chan should figure this out herself. "I have a feeling someone's watching us."
Makoto almost tripped over herself.
Rei smiled. "Nevermind. Probably just random strangers." She thought about everything Makoto had told her. "Why did you tell me about this anyways?"
"I don't know. Because...you...well. I can't talk to Ami because I don't want to make her feel bad-"
"What would make her feel bad?"
"Back in your room. She thinks the reason I'm going crazy right now is because of her."
Or maybe she just doesn't think you liked the kiss…"That makes sense." Rei said and thought of her next words carefully. "Ami is a shy girl. I bet she is just, you know, embarrassed about the kiss."
"That's what I'm thinking. I should just apologize and say the kiss really didn't mean anything to me and-"
"NO!"
Makoto suddenly slammed into the pole next to her.
Rei apologized quickly and helped Makoto up. "That is the last thing you want to tell her."
"Why? If I say I enjoyed it it'll make her uncomfortable!"
"Ohhh so you enjoyed it?"
"That's not what I'm saying!:
"Sooo you didn't?"
"Stop it!"
Rei laughed. "Anyways, don't tell Ami-chan. How do you think she'll react?"
Makoto pondered that. "Well I don't think she'll be upset. I mean, why would she?" Mako asked suddenly getting very confusing thoughts.
There are so many things you don't know Mako-chan! That's why you can't tell her! Rei had an urge to smack the taller girl but thought better of it and put her hand down. "Its...just a feeling I get. What if someone criticized you on your kissing skills?"
"Wait, wait, wait. I'm not criticizing her on anything. I'm just gonna tell her it didn't matter and no hard feelings! I don't want to make this into some goddamn soap opera!" Makoto huffed. Maybe telling Rei was a bad idea?
"You and Ami-chan are like best friends, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then you should know she is sensitive to this type of stuff. If you, her best friend and idol figure, say that a kiss, her first, was not something important do you really think she'll just agree and forget about it?" Rei challenged seeing something change in Makoto's expression.
"Idol figure…" She sighed. "This is all getting confusing. Rei-chan I came to you because I wanted answers not more questions."
"Yeah well sometimes you answer questions with other questions."
Makoto sighed again. "How did you know you liked girls?" She asked after walking in silence.
"W-what?"
"From what I've heard, Minako is a girl. And you like her...sooo how did you know that?" Makoto was oblivious to the now red faced girl next to her stumble over her own shoes as they continued to walk.
"Thats...erm-hah well...w-why the sudden change in topic?"
"You said questions answer questions."
Rei mumbled things then took a deep breathe. "I don't know honestly. It...was just something I noticed after some time." Rei took a moment to think. "Something just drew me to her and I can't...can't really explain what."
Makoto nodded. "When are you gonna tell her?"
Rei laughed at that. "Tell her? Are you kidding? She's always bragging about how she's the goddess of love. I am going to wait for her stubborn ass to confess to me . Plus I already know she likes me, why just end the fun there?"
Mako smiled down at the other girl. "Now that I think about it Mina-chan is also pretty attractive." She said hiding her grin.
"Hold it right there. You're barking up the wrong tree."
"Oh but it feels so good." Makoto quickly dodged the flying fist that came from Rei and laughed. "I was kidding! Geez, Rei-chan. Even if I did think that I wouldn't openly say it." Again she dodged Rei's attacks.
Some distance away Minako had Usagi in a choke lock. "I told you we should've moved closer! We didn't hear a damn thing they said!"
"Minako-chan I think she-" Ami was cut off by Makoto's playful screams and taunts. They all looked over to see Rei chasing Mako across the street.
"WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY SAID!"
Ami ignored the blondes and continued to look at the other dark haired girls. Maybe Makoto-chan didn't enjoy the kiss as much as I did? Ami shook her head, why would she, the girl thought. It's not like she's interested in girls like me.