Darien's phones alarm went off the next morning to wake him for work. He woke up with a start not remembering when he fell asleep. Evidently, he had sleep on the couch. He massaged his neck and reached in between the couch cushions for his phone to shut off the alarm to his phone. He looked to his condo's front door still slightly ajar. The moment Serena had left; his eyes never left that door, hoping she would walk back through it. He was not going to give up on that hope now. He didn't know it then but he never would.
Even though in his heart all he wanted to do was continue to stare at his front door. Doing the responsible thing as an adult he got up from the couch. He headed to his room to shower and change for a long ass day of work. He didn't know how he did it but he got through the whole day of work without seeming like a sad whiner. Or maybe no one read into his silent mode for he was never very expressive at work. Not many knew much about him and that day, he was glad he had keep it that way.
Days had passed, which turned into months and all Darien would do besides go to work was stare at that door till he fell asleep on the couch. One day there was a knock at his door and like lighting Darien ran to the door to answer. He knew he shouldn't expect her but he still hoped. When he opened the door, four faces stared back at him. Serena's best friends and guardians. And that's when they started to hang out with him at least every other week. It was probably Serena's doing, it told him she still cared for him, worried about him. The girls were honestly Serena's friends, however, they had grown to be his friends over time too.
Despite that he was still surprised to see them because they were still closer and loved Serena more. If she had said to them never talk to him again. They surely would listen to her, just the same as her sending them to him to hang out every other week.
Unfortunately, they would avoid any talk about Serena. They would talk about anything in the milky way galaxy except for Serena Tsukino. Orion's belt? Sure!, One of their home planets? Totally! The Moon and its kingdom? Why not! Princess Serenity aka Serena Tsukino? Not...A…Chance. When he would bring her up; they would change the topic. When anything lead to them talking about her; they would change the topic; and almost every conversation some how lead back to Serena. He honestly couldn't help it. He missed her and it ached. Him hanging around them only made him more curious about what she was up to. What was she doing if her friends were hanging around him? How was she? Was she eating right? He laughed at himself of course she was, she was Serena.
The days went on like that. The girls would stop by hang out with him for an hour or two, he would go to work and come home and the rest of his time was dedicated to staring at his door. He never told the girls he did that, he knew it was pathetic.
The year was almost over and it had started to get a bit colder. On one of the colder days it hit him. He didn't know why he didn't think of it sooner. At this moment it didn't matter that he hadn't; he had thought of it now. Regardless of them breaking up he knew that she would still always go to one of her favorite places. The fruits parlor: Crown and its game center. With that thought he grabbed his coat and headed out the door for the first time in months for something else besides work.
When he got there he looked in the Game Center first, she wasn't there. More hopeful than he had ever been he walked out the Game Center and made his way up the stairs to the Fruits parlor. Through the glass doors of the fruits parlor, he saw her laughing with the girls. They were in a far right corner of the parlor, as per usual, she sipped at a milk shake. He was about to walk into the parlor when a strong hand spun him around.
"Andrew." Darien said in a tone that said he wasn't happy to see his friend.
"What are you doing here!?" Was the first words out of Andrew's mouth. Andrew had seen Darien when he had walked into the Game Center. He knew what the stupid fool was going to do and rushed after him to stop him.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm going into the parlor." He stated his forehead making a crease in annoyance. Did Andrew really have to stop him! Damn him!
"Bullshit!" Andrew spat back. Andrew rarely saw Darien at Crown anymore. He had heard about the break up from Serena. Who begged Andrew not to tell him she still hung out here. Even so he thought it would have been obvious to Darien. Well it wasn't, until now. Maybe he hadn't realized she would still be hanging out here and felt no reason to come, not even to see his friend or perhaps he was avoiding her. Andrew didn't really read into it but him being here now only meant one thing. "You're going to go see her? Aren't you?" Andrew asked but already knew the answer.
Darien was silent as he stood there and folded his arms. "Don't be a dumb ass, Darien. This is a bad idea, you shouldn't be here. This place is the only place she has right now and if you show up, you'll ruin it."
"How do you know what a good or bad idea is, huh!?" He snarled back. "This is none of your business and ruin what! I can't go into a public place to enjoy some food." he said the last part being a lie.
"If you want to eat something, ill serve you down stairs in the game center but coming here to see her, you shouldn't be doing that. You know how this'll go. She'll see you, gets angry, leaves the parlor and never comes back here."
"Whatever." Darien said and walked away from fruits parlor and into the game center. Not before Amy had seen him. When Serena had gotten up to use the bathroom, she pointed it out to the girls and they had all nodded saying they had seen him too. Hopefully Serena didn't.
Darien sat at the game center's bar eating or more like breathing in a hamburger, and fries with a milk shake. Yeah he missed her and if eating her favorite things while he was one floor down from her was what he was going to get, he would take it.
"you're pathetic, you know that?" Andrew said as jokingly as possible while he laughed and cleaned up around Darien.
Darien only replied with "Shut up and get me a piece of chocolate cake and your paying for all of this." Andrew rolled his eyes and went to the kitchen. He didn't protest about him paying for the food cause he knew that it was either this or Darien going back upstairs to see Serena.
Hours later Darien heard a knock at his door. Opening it, he was greeted by Serena's four best friends. This time Darien really meant her best friends because they came to his place on behalf of her, even if she didn't know they were there. All four of them marched into his condo, Raye saying the first words. "We saw you Darien!"
"Saw me, what…?" He questioned defensively. "Don't act dumb, Darien!" Raye said folding her arms across her chest. "At Crown!" In a calmer tone Amy stepped in saying "You can't do something like that. She doesn't want to see you."
That's when he exploded, he couldn't take this anymore. "If that's how she feels then why doesn't she say it to my face!" He stepped closer to Amy towering over her. Lita came between them to protect Amy and she spat out the words. "Back. Off." Darien straightened himself and stepped back. "Look, Darien." Lita said. "Serena didn't say she does not want to see you but she didn't say that she wanted to see you as well. How the situation is its best if she doesn't see you. Understand? We don't think she can deal with it right now."
Darien just keep getting angrier by the minute. They had first refused to talk about her, or mention her name. When they finally did, it was to stop him!? "All you want to do is keep her away from me!" he accused.
Amy sighed stepping out from behind Lita. "No Darien, we are not keeping her away from you. We are just trying to respect the choice she made and the things she wants. We want to make sure she's happy."
Oh he was boiling now. "What about me! What about what I want!" Darien yelled, as the tension in his temples tightened.
Raye rolled her eyes and chimed in. "Really Darien? You're going to whine about this?"
Mina the leader of the Senshi sighed. "You know that Serena is our top priority Darien. She is our princess. It is what she wants and nothing else. You probably figured out by now that the only reason we come to hang out with you is because she asked us to. If it was up to us we probably wouldn't be standing in this room, but because she asked we complied."
Amy trying to defend there actions said. "Even though that might be true. We do consider you a friend Darien."
"But your Princess comes first…" He said in a understanding tone. "Even if we have to make choices that involve her without her knowing. It is always for her, to protect her, no matter how simple that matter." Mina said. "Girls, lets go." Mina said as she turned to make her way for the door.
They all followed but Raye stopped at his door turning to him, Lita next to her. "We mean it Darien, Stay away from her. How you feel she feels the same way, its not a good time for her to see you."
Amy was the last to walk out the door. Before she did she turned around and looked at him with saddened eyes. Bowing slightly she said "See you next week, Darien."
'Great!' On Serena's request they would still come to hang out with him every so often. 'Just fucking great!'
Even though Darien had heard the words asked of Serena's friends. He didn't listen or in his head bended the rules. For days he would stop by the Game center to eat on Andrew's dime. Around the times he knew Serena would be there and when she decide to hang around the game center instead, he would go up to the fruits parlor and eat there, always on Andrew's dime.
One day Andrew stepped in front of Darien behind the bar counter and looked at him. Andrew wasn't cleaning or ready to make a joke. He just put his hands on the counter top and sighed "Dude, you really got to stop this."
"Why?" Darien said as he quirked an eyebrow as he ate. It was a Hot dog with cheese fries this time. Of course the milk shake was there too.
"What-What if she see's you man?! What if one day she decides." " 'oh, I'm not only going to go into the fruits parlor but the arcade as well!'" He said in a some what girly voice.
Darien shook his head "Not going to happen." Andrew sighed gripping the counter. "What if it does!"
"NOT….GOING….TO…HAPPEN." Darien said slowly to Andrew.
"Whatever man. Have you even seen her? All you know is that she's upstairs and that's from me looking! She could be long gone by now." Andrew said moving on. He was getting no where with Darien. Darien shrugged. "If she is so what." He put a cheese fry in his mouth. "If she is and one day I do get caught, you can say I've been hanging around here even when she's not. I'm not here because she's here." Darien said simply with a smile.
Andrew's eyes grew wide. "But you are here because of her!" Darien pointed to him "She doesn't need to know that now does she? Besides she'll believe you if you tell her and like you said she might not be here anymore. So how can my reason for hanging around be her when she's not here." Darien winked hoping off the bar stool. "Later, Drew!"
Andrew was silent for a second as he watched Darien walk off waving goodbye. "…That boy is insane."
8/3/2015
So yeah... I have come to two conclusions. Number 1: I'm glad i separated this story cause it would of been one long ass chapter. and number 2: Instead of me doing it in three parts it will be four. if it becomes more i think ill have to stop myself, ill probably make the forth one even longer if it comes to that. lol
The last part with Andrew and Darien i was going to put in the next chapter but then i changed my mind thinking it made more sense here. Plus the third chapter is long to me, so it cut it down some. C:
Do you think Darien's a stalker? Sad? obsessed? like the Mariah Carey song. lol i like that song. Even tho its a dis to another artist i love. Being team to much. tell me your thoughts on the chapter and i'll reply back C:
Thanks for reading, See you soon.
