Title : Together At Last
Author : Buni Of The Moon
Couple : Serena and Darien
Rating : T 13+
Summary : Serena and Darien discover their feeling for one another and share a kiss, but do they know each others secret identities?
Chapter : 3

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Together At Last
Chapter Three
By Buni Of The Moon

Chapter Three

Serena sat up and looked surprised to see Tuxedo Mask standing, staring at her. Suddenly it sank in. He had called her Serena, but she was in her Sailor uniform. How could he know? Should she lie? Pretend she doesn't know who Serena is? "What did you just call me?" she said inquisitively.

Tuxedo Mask, still in a state of shock, shook his head. "Serena?" he repeated. It had to be her, he knew it. How could he have not seen the resemblance between her and Sailor Moon before?

"Yeah, I thought you said that," she said disappointed. "How did you know?" she couldn't think how he found out. The spell she and the scouts were under stopped their real identities being revealed. How had he discovered the truth?

It was Tuxedo Mask's turn to look uncomfortable. How was he going to tell her? Lie? To the girl of his dreams? No. He'd have to tell her the truth. "Um…er…Darien" was the only word he could force out.

"Darien? How does he know?! How does he know you? Has he been blabbing about us? About the alley? About the kiss? If he has, I'll kill him. I really will." She stopped for breath, "and don't roll your eyes at me."

Tuxedo Mask had indeed rolled his eyes, but only because he knew he would have to spell it out for her. He took off his white mask and moved closer to her. He picked her up so she was standing next to the bed and gazed into her bright blue eyes. "Serena, it's me." With that he leant down and touched her lips with his.

There was a moment of bliss on both sides, then it suddenly clicked. She pulled away, looked at him and slapped him. "You, you're Darien!"

Tuxedo Mask looked quite offended by the slap and touched his face, which was slowly turning a dim shade of crimson. "What about you!" he said, raising his voice. "You never told me who you were." He turned around and started walking toward the kitchen opposite the bedroom section. He de-transformed and went to look at his reflection in the oven door. "That hurt."

Sailor Moon was still standing by his bed, confused, offended and an overwhelming feeling of guilt creeping into her already rosy cheeks. Coming to her senses she realised she was in a strange apartment. She walked forwards a few paces, de-transforming as she did so. Looking around she took in her surroundings. Everything was so simple, but beautiful and complicated at the same time. Another thing she noticed was how tidy it was; her room, on the other hand, was littered with clothes, fashion magazines and doodles she had drawn.

Walking into the kitchen she saw Darien pouring out a hot chocolate and a coffee. He placed both mugs on the kitchen table and gestured to her to take a seat. He pulled out a chair for her and then took a seat opposite. "Sorry" said Serena in a sincere voice. Licking the froth from her lips, she looked up from the mug of hot chocolate she was clinging to so tightly. She saw him touch the glowing hand print on the side of his face, but quickly pull it down when he saw she was watching.

"It's alright," he said. "I deserved it anyway." He knew this was a complete lie but couldn't stand to see the pain in her eyes. He forced a smile and gulped down some steaming coffee.

"No it's not," she argued. "Don't say that." Shuffling her feet under the table, she asked, "Look, now we know, what are we going to do about it?" Unsure of his reaction, she put her mug down and stared at his deep brown eyes.

There was an awkward silence as Serena's last words rang inside Darien's head. "You better not tell any of your little friends." He said to her with a slight mocking tone in his voice.

"Why can't I?" she asked, her anger returning.

"Because I don't want them drooling over me and who I am." He said with a smug smile creeping across his face. He loved it. Teasing her was the best way to get a reaction, and wow she looked hot when she was angry.

You're so up yourself!" she yelled. "Just because you're Tuxedo Mask, it doesn't mean others will find you attractive too." She said, thinking she had got one up on him.

"Too? So you find me attractive, eh?" his grin growing wider.

"Of course not!" her cheeks began to blush again. Oh God. She did. She remembered the closeness in the alley, his smell, the kiss. Her knees became like jelly once more.

"Oh you so do, Meatball Head!" he teased, knowing this would driver her crazy.

Serena stormed over to him and raised her hand to slap him again. He caught her hand a few millimetres from his face. "Bastard."

He leant down and kissed her lips, still holding onto her hand. She felt her legs return to jelly again and loosened her grip on his hand. Just as it had started getting interesting, he thrust her away, breathing heavily. "Meatball Head."

This time Serena pounced on him. Their lips met again, her lips teasing his until her pulled her closer and wrapped his arms around her waist. She flung him off her, gasping for air, "Spoilt Brat."

This continued for another few minutes, insults flying from both parties until Darien pushed her away from their most passionate encounter yet. He loosened Serena's grip on his hips and took a few steps back, hitting his bum on the kitchen table.

"What's wrong?" Serena asked, looking disappointed and ashamed of herself. Her fingers twiddled in her hair, she bit her lip and gave him her best puppy-dog eyes.

"It can't happen Serena, I'm 19. You're 15-"

"16 in a month" she butted in.

"But still, it's wrong. I shouldn't have taken advantage of you." He said, looking down at his feet as his hair flopped downwards around his face.

"Darien, please, I'm a big girl. It's my fault as much as yours. If I hadn't come out looking for you-"

"You were out because of me?" he gasped, looking up at her with disapproving eyes. "That makes it even worse!"

"How?" she asked.

"You got attacked because of me!"

"No, I didn't!"

"Yes you did."

"They were after my locket."

"Still, you wouldn't have been out if it wasn't for me!" he yelled. "Why did you come anyway?"

"Doesn't matter, I was clearly wrong." Said Serena, her hatred for him rising again.

"Oh come on, it must have been pretty important for you to come running half the way across town in the middle of the night to come to my house. Wait a second! How did you know where I lived?!"

"I…um…followed you home one day after one of our fights…I was…er…going to egg your house."

"That's nice of you," he said, forgetting al his feelings for her. "And after I was so kind to take you back to mine after that nega-creature attacked you!"

"Yeah, thanks for that. Do you have any idea what it was? Like some sort of shadow-creature thing?" she trailed off as Darien moved past her and looked out the open window. "What's wrong?"

"Did you open this?" he asked. "I'm sure I closed it after I laid you down on the bed. You don't suppose there's more of those things?" silence. "Serena?" All of a sudden it had gone quiet, too quiet for when Meatball head was around. He swivelled round, quickly pulling a rose out of his coat pocket and transforming into Tuxedo Mask.

"I know you're here," he said, a tone of fear in his voice. "Where have you taken Serena?" She had disappeared from the place she was last standing. He heard a noise and turned round to see a shadow, darker than the rest, in the corner swaying. No wind, no breeze. They must be back.

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