Play With My Heart, I'll Play With Yours
Chapter 3
Author's note: Sorry about the wait. But I got into TWO car accidents this past week. I have pretty crappy luck. The first one was my fault and the second wasn't. But my car's fucked up and my dad's in Florida. So, that gives me another week to live before my dad kills me. So I'm going to try to squeeze out another chapter by the end of this week.
And about this story and chapter… This story is slightly AU and slightly PGSM. Meaning the characters are out of character but they're still senshi. I just wanted to explore the idea of Rei being an Idol instead of Minako. I think that the PGSM Minako is always going to have star quality though so I made her into a semi-well known Volleyball Player.
Disclaimer: I don't anything. I'm just borrowing.
Same Morning
Just a few blocks away from where Minako was lying unconscious, Usagi was found slouched over the kitchen counter in her exquisite apartment she shared with her fiance. 'It's always the same ol' routine,' She sighed and took a bite of her toast as she watched Mamoru walk from room to room with a frazzled look on his face. 'Maybe I should spice this morning up a bit,' she thought as she walked and stood in the middle of the hallway blocking Mamoru from entering their room yet again. He tried moving to the side to avoid running into Usagi, but she ended up moving to the side as well to block him once more. Mamoru looked down at Usagi only to find her smiling seductively at him.
"Usako." Mamoru said sternly, "I can't be late for work." And with that he smirked at her quickly before picking her up by her sides and twirling her around so she'd be out of his way. And In doing so caused her to squeal playfully in his arms. He set her down and gave her a quick kiss before turning around and carrying on with his morning rituals. But before Mamoru got the chance to fully get away from the woman she grabbed the end of his tie swiftly. She tugged on it with enough force so that he'd be facing her, but not enough to give her dear fiance whiplash. She then pressed their bodies closely together and changed her look from seductive to innocent in matter of seconds.
"Why Mamo-chan, I just wanted to help fix your tie for you." She yanked on the tie again and had to keep herself from giggling when Mamoru yelped and stumbled a little with the sudden force of her action. She started to kiss his freshly shaved neck and breathed in the scent of his aftershave. All the while still gripping his tie.
"Usako…," He gasped when his resolve began to die down. "This is a really nice tie."
Usagi stopped her ministrations for a second and laughed, "Whatever you say Honey."
"What? It is a nice tie!" He defended.
"I didn't buy it."
"No one said you had to buy my ties."
"Green puke colored polka dots Mamo-chan?"
"It's wear a silly tie to work day?"
"Mm-hmm"
"I thought it'd look nice with that green blazer you loved so much when we first started dating." Mamoru finally admitted
Usagi laughed again, "Whatever you say honey…" and she resumed her kissing. "Let's just take this thing off for right now." Usagi said as she began to loosen the tie against his will. Taking a step forward to their room, Usagi fully intended on getting Mamoru back in bed, with a few less clothes on, and her on top of him.
"Usa-- mmm." Was all Mamoru got out before Usagi roughly pressed her lips against his. Usagi tried deepening the kiss but Mamoru refused. She took another step towards the room. And he tore his lips from hers. "Oh no Usagi. Really? You're that horny?"
"I'm not horny," Usagi said. She pulled him closer and ground her hips into his, feeling just how aroused Mamoru really was. "You're horny."
"No, you're horny." Mamoru said as he picked her up by her thighs and slammed her against the hallway.
"You're hornier!" Usagi said while laughing at their little game as she began unbuttoning his shirt.
"Not as horny as you're gonna be." Mamoru whispered as he placed wet kisses all along her neck while kneading her thighs.
"No you're--"
"UGH! You know who's not horny?" A third voice boomed causing Usagi and Mamoru to nearly jump right out of their skins. "ME DAMNIT!" Minako screamed as she threw her gym back across the living room.
"Minako! Don't you ever…." Usagi began to say before seeing the big red gash on the side of Minako's forehead. "Oh my, what happened to your face?" Usagi gasped before she jumped out of Mamoru's embrace and walked toward their kitchen to retrieve a bag of frozen peas and walked to her friend and comrade. "You know you shouldn't push yourself so hard when you're in training Minako-chan."
Minako smiled at Usagi as she gently placed the freezing bag on the side of her forehead. It was amazing how easily Usagi took up the role as mother in their little group ever since news of the new baby. Well, maybe not so amazing since she was always the dependable loving Usagi everyone knew and loved. And they all made sure Mamoru damn well knew it.
"I was." Mamoru said slowly. "I was horny." The only male in the apartment was still off in the hallway apparently banging his head again the wall, since all Minako and Usagi could hear from the living room were loud thumps.
"Yeah I bet you were you big horn-dog." Minako said from the living room.
"She jumped on me!"
Minako looked down at Usagi with a skeptical look on her face. Usagi smiled brightly at her and batted innocent eyes at Minako. It was Usagi's greatest weapon used against fighting embarrassing moments.
"Psh, This girl? She hasn't got a sexual bone in her body." Minako said with clear conviction in her voice. Usagi pouted. Sometimes that move just worked too damn well. Usagi pushed her chest upward and tossed her hair back. Trying to subtly increase her sexual appeal to Minako. But Minako noticed and couldn't help but laugh at the attempt.
"Oh Usagi, you crack me up." Minako said while Usagi pouted again. "Oh and to lover boy over there. You might want to keep that animal Usagi likes talking about so much caged. It's not good for my little god-child in there.
Mamoru blushed for a second before he fully comprehended what the women had said. "Over my dead body!" He yelled. He couldn't help but shudder at the thought of Minako raising his only child if anything, God forbid, ever happened to Usagi or himself.
"Yeah, that's kinda the point."
"Is that the kind of respect a prince deserves?" Mamoru teased when he finally stepped into the living room fully clothed.
"Whatever Sailor Girly Flowers."
"You're one to talk Goddess of, what was it again?"
"Goddess of Love dick face."
"Really? I was going to say STDs." Mamoru shot back.
Minako bristled with anger. Like she wasn't already pissed enough as it is. But luckily for Mamoru, Usagi stepped in right on time.
"Alright you guys. Mamo-chan. You might want to leave for work if you don't want to be late" Usagi said calmly.
"Oh yeah you're right." He walked over to Usagi and gave her a light kiss on the lips. Then walked over to the still angry Minako and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "You know I love you Aino."
Minako's anger at Mamoru disappeared. It wasn't that she and Mamoru never got along. But Usagi was still her princess and it was her job to give the guy marrying her a hard time. Mamoru was always a good guy though and she knew they were lucky to have each other.
"Yeah, I love you too Chiba." Minako said. "But could I just add one more thing?"
"Uh, sure." Mamoru replied suspiciously.
"That is one ugly tie."
"It has sentimental value!"
"Oh give it up. Usagi doesn't like that blazer now, and quite frankly I don't even think she liked it back then either." Minako stated matter-of-factly.
Mamoru's eyes shot open wide and stared at his fiancée in shock. "Usagi!" He yelled disbelievingly. But all Usagi could do was laugh sheepishly and look away. "It's like I don't even know you anymore…"
"Don't you have work?" Minako chimed and watch Mamoru leave the apartment with a huff. "He's so sensitive." Usagi couldn't help but laugh when she was sure Mamoru was out of hearing range.
"You can be so mean. You know that Minako-chan?"
They both laughed at little again. When the laughter died down though, the pair was left with a slightly awkward silence.
"Did you know?" Minako asked quietly her eyes searching Usagi's thoroughly. Usagi put the melting bag of peas down and pulled Minako into a hug. Usagi couldn't help but feel for Minako at the moment, even if she did just some-what verbally attack the love of her life. She thought for a moment trying to figure out the best way to answer the question. Of course she knew that Rei had come back to Japan. But was she ready to tell Minako that after all these years of heartache caused by Rei that she was also being kept in the dark by one of her best friends?
"Know what honey?" Usagi lied and she was grateful that her face was still pressed against the crook of the other blonde's neck. She was never good at lying, but she never liked hurting her friends either.
"You have to know. It's all over the news. She's back Usagi. Without even a single word." Minako's voice cracked a little. The other blonde pulled back from the embrace and gently rubbed her thumb over Minako's forehead. Minako let out a bitter sigh and confessed, "I kind of…fainted when I heard."
"You fainted?" Usagi asked confused. "How'd you end up doing that dummy?" she added trying to lighten the mood a little.
"I know its stupid right? I can't believe she still has this hold on me." Minako said disgusted with herself. Sure, the time she spent with Rei was probably the most memorable times in her life. And she did honestly believe that they would've been together a lot longer if Rei hadn't left her. There was no way Minako was going to admit it to anyone but herself, but she was sure that she would have never left Rei the way Rei left her. But she still couldn't understand why, after four long years and all the pain she's endured because of their relationship, she still felt so affected by everything Rei did.
"Look I know she hurt you but--"
"That was a long time ago." Minako said and quickly went into Sailor Senshi mode. "It is completely irresponsible for her to just abandon us like this. What if some new dark force tries to take you away from us? How would we even be able to contact her?"
"She would sense it Minako-chan. You know her. She would never let anything happen to me."
Minako looked at Usagi incredulously and almost hurt. "Please don't tell me you're taking her side."
"Sides? I wasn't even aware there were sides to take." Usagi said as she watched Minako stand abruptly. "Minako please. Sit back down." Minako stood her ground though.
"How could you defend her Usagi? She was your best friend and my…my…"
"Your girlfriend Minako. She was your girlfriend." Usagi said. Minako gave the other blonde a dirty look.
"Yeah, and she just left. You and me. How can you so easily forgive that Usagi?"
"I don't know. I just do." Usagi plainly said.
Minako's head was beginning to throb now. She really couldn't understand Usagi. Everybody knew that it was in Usagi's nature to automatically forgive and forget, but this was just ridiculous. If anybody else should be this mad at Rei it should have been her. Minako knew it was silly, but in the past she'd always been a little jealous of the relationship the two had with each other. She was the girlfriend and Usagi was the best friend. And she believed that in their case being the best friend was always a step above being the girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend if you wanted to get technical.
"I guess I'm the unreasonable one then." Minako said defeated.
"Minako-chan…" Usagi said sadly, reaching out and taking a hold of Minako's hand where she sat. Minako lifted her hand from Usagi and dismissed her.
"I gotta go back to the gym. I just wanted to say hi." Minako turned and was about to head for the door when she felt a slight pressure on her shoulder. She moved her neck slightly and saw Usagi's hand resting there.
"No, you wanted to talk about Rei." Usagi said softly, trying to choose her words wisely. "She loved you." Minako jerked her shoulder away from her touch and left, slamming the door on the way out.
"I'm guessing that was the wrong thing to say." Usagi said to herself. She walked over to her kitchen and back to her forgotten breakfast. Her stomach grumbled and she rubbed her slightly swollen belly. "I know baby, but drinking is out of the question. No matter how much we need it." Her stomach grumbled again and Usagi couldn't help but wonder if the little fetus already had a mind of its own.
She looked at the phone sitting on the counter next to her. "Should I baby?" She asked her belly but she received no grumble this time. "Aw, just when I thought I had someone to share the guilt with." Usagi grabbed the phone and quickly dialed a number she knew well. Waited impatiently as the phone rang five times before the sweet sound of her famous friend answered.
"Usagi-Chan!" Hino Rei answered excitedly.
Usagi let out a sigh before speaking up. "Rei, we need to talk."
Author's Note: What'd you guys think? Review please!