The Peaceful Night

Chapter 7

The Apartment

"MOM?!!!!!" Rini said to her mother, tears in her eyes.

"What did you want me to do Rini?! I couldn't get close to him, not yet… it hurts soo much…" she said with tears begging to come out.

"Well what are you going to do about work? I'm sure he'll know it's you" the young girl said to her, "I don't know, I guess just go to work as me tomorrow." Serena said in defeat.

"Ohh well, I guess we'll find out in the morning" Rini said as she headed off to bed.

"I guess so…" Serena said quietly to herself as she went off to her room for an alright night's sleep, consisting of sobbing every couple of hours in between.

The next Morning

"Good morning Melissa," Darien said as he walked past his secretary. "Mr. Chiba, are you alright, you look horrible," she said to her boss, "thanks Melissa, just not a lot of sleep last night is all." He said to her as he walked into his office.

He walked into his office, he took off his blazer and set it on the back of his chair as he walked to the windows to pull the blinds back when he noticed they have already been pulled back. "Hmm, that's strange, I know I always pull the blinds in before I leave work everyday," he said out loud not expecting an answer, but he got one, "I saved you the trouble and did it myself, I know you do that every morning, also got you a cup of coffee and your favorite muffin" the voice said to him. Him being as shocked as anyone would be, turned around to face the woman he had been thinking about the night before, and he almost was in tears.

Serena stood there in her normal meatball hairstyle behind the once opened door, wearing a professional, yet sexy business outfit. She was wearing a white lace top, almost see-through and a coal grey skirt that happened to be a little too short for some women's taste but certainly not Serena's, matching blazer, and black three inch heel shoes.

"You look beautiful Serena," Darien said to her while staring at her in awe, he slowly walked towards her as if he didn't believe she was really there. "Thanks, you look handsome yourself there Mr. Chiba" she said giggling in his direction.

"Why thank you Ms. Tsukino, may I?" he said to her as he gestured towards her hand asking if he could take it in his own. "Be my guest, this is your office, it would be quite rude to decline am I right?" "So very right…" he said in his low seductive voice, which made Serena feel as if she was being wrapped around in a blanket to keep her warm from the cold, she missed that voice many times on lonely nights in London, she longed to hear it again.

He grabbed her hand and raised it to his lips for a quick, yet romantic kiss on the hand, he lowered her hand to her side but didn't let go, he pulled her towards him not forcefully, but full of want, need… for her to be close to him once again. He embraced her like she was the last person on earth and never wanted to let go of it, not one bit he never wanted to lose her again.

"You have no idea how long I have waited to hold you like this again Usako…" he said into her ear which made her shudder against him, and by one word, just one little nickname brought tears to her eyes and she couldn't stop crying, "I think I have somewhat of an idea, I missed you so much Mamo-Chan." As she leaned against him to the smell of his cologne, Polo Black she assumed, because it filled her mind with sweetness and calming sensations throughout the body, yup Polo Black it was.

Darien pulled away from her just a little bit and he looked down at her with a smile on his face, he wanted to ask her something and she knew it, so she did what any future queen of Crystal Tokyo did, she asked. "What? Why are you looking at me like that? You want to ask me something?" she said to him, and an answer she was rewarded. "Well yes, kind of, this really sounds stupid… but I was hoping you might want to go out to dinner with me tonight?" he asked her, and from the tone of his voice he sounded like a little boy in grade school asking his crush to sit and have recess together, but maybe it was like that to him. "Sure, but I'll have to go home and change though," she said to him. "That's alright, I think I can deal with dropping you off at home and picking you up an hour later." He said to her with an amused smile on his face.

"Alright then, well then it's a date?" she said to him, "Well whatever you want it to be I guess," he said to her, as he pulled her near and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips. "I will see you at seven" he whispered into her ear. "I'll be there." She said to him low and husky, and somewhat breathless, (I wonder why? Haha ) after that little embarrassment she left the office.

"Are you alright Mr. Chiba?" Melissa said to him worried at the look on his face, "I couldn't be happier Melissa, honest." He answered with the world's biggest smile on his face. He was going to have a good day at work that company he offered a contract to should be calling shortly with a yes, wearing his favorite hunter green business blazer with his matching tie, and also can't forget that he has a date tonight with the woman of his dreams, yea that too.

Serena's Apartment

"So what do you think I should wear?" Serena said to Rini in a panic since she tried her best to find something in her wardrobe that Darien would like. "I like that really pretty blue dress that you have, you should wear that!" she said to her mother in excitement, she was truly happy again even more than before, sure she loved London, she met all new friends had a little more freedom, spent a lot of time with her mom, but she missed Tokyo so much, this was where all her true friends were, and her dad, and the future for her and the rest of the world.

"I think your right Rini, the blue dress it is!" She said happily as she ran off into her bedroom to find that dress and matching accessories. Once Serena was finished she certainly wore the blue summer dress suggested and for good reason, the dress didn't make her look gorgeous, she already did that on her own, and she made the dress look gorgeous! A rarity it seems. The dress was a dark royal blue strapless summer dress, it was light and airy which helped with the sweet an innocent effect, but hugged all of her curves showing out the best in her, it was like it had a mind of its own. The waist of the dress had a simple light blue sash tied into a bow to bring it out even more. She also had on blue hoop earrings, and blue ribbons on her odangos and through her hair, to finish it off she had on a pair of light blue heels. Perfect.

"Mom! You look great!" Rini said to her as she ran forward to hug her, while in mid run the doorbell rang in the apartment, she stopped and went to the door while motioning Serena to go into the next room as if to be called in, which Rini might try, being called in makes the sexy look more believable.

"Who is it?" Rini said to the other side of the door. "It's me Darien dummy!" he said from the other side of the door, and Rini whispered something like "lucky you are my future dad" but was too hard to make out. She opened the door to let him in and she had to stop and look at him for a second, because just as Serena looked gorgeous, so did Darien, go figure.

He was wearing a simple blazer, black with gray pinstripes and matching pants, as much as just that made him look nice, it wasn't that at all, he had on a crimson red dress shirt, and an almost Merloit colored tie, the colors made his deep, dark blue eyes stand out more than usual, which is a hard task, but he did it. He was simply… Amazing.

"Wow dad look at you!" she said and whistled right after that statement which earned her a laugh or two. "Well thanks Rini, glad to know you like it" he said while he tried to stop laughing as he heard another voice, not his, nor Rini's. "She isn't the only one Darien, you look, gorgeous" she said as she walked into the room.

What he saw stopped him right in his tracks when he looked at the beauty standing in front of him. "For you gorgeous is an understatement" he said to her as she began to blush, "Are you ready? I'm starving!" she said to him anxiously. "Well, some things never change." He laughed as he offered his arm to her, said their goodbyes to Rini and headed out the door.

"Good evening sir, madame, have you chosen your meals?" the waiter said to them. "Ah, yes, I'll have the Omuraisu and a side of Miso soup." He said to him, "and I'll have some Kari Raisu also with a side of Miso soup please." She said to him also, "Nice choices, I will be back in a few minutes with you wine." He said to him as he went off to give the cook their orders.

"So, then do you consider this a date, or just taking me out to dinner to catch up on the past four years?" she teased. "Well I guess a little bit of both…" He said to her as he looked into her eyes, "I never knew that you could look more beautiful than you normally did." he said gazing at her, "Why thank you Darien, I didn't know that red was such a flattering color on you, you should wear it more often." She said giving him a compliment back. "Well I'll take note of that from now on, the same for you also in blue."

"Well here is your wine, and you meals, restaurant's on a roll tonight," he said to the couple laughing as he put down their meals, said their thank yous and ate their meal. "Mmm, this is… Delicious!" Serena said in glee, "I haven't eaten this kind of meal in years!" she added while she sat there engulfing the food that she ate, as for Darien, he sat their watching her, not in disgust, but amazement, that even now, she still managed to look beautiful, that made him smile a little. He finally starting eating his meal when he began to speak, "How could you have ever forgiven me for what I did to you, for years I felt horrible for what I did to you." He said to her.

"Why you ask? Because I know that it wasn't true, I'll admit I didn't know at first, but Emerald came to me and told me that you all did it to protect me and Rini, how could I hate you all for saving my life?" she answered his question. "Yes, but you said that you still loved me the night you wrote those letters," "I did, and I always will, no matter what. I will always love you Darien." She said to him with a smile on his face.

They were just finishing up their meals when Darien had something to say, "Do you know what I would really like Serena…" Darien said to her in a low husky voice, "No, I don't… so what would that be?" she said teasing. "I would really like for you to come back to my apartment, just so we can talk more." He said with a sly grin on his face. "I doubt that, but alright, I'll let Rini know." She said to him as she picked up the phone as they were walking out the restaurant and to his car, a red Lamborghini coupe of course (my favorite car of all time!) "Wow Darien I never noticed how nice your car was, must have cost a fortune," Serena said admiring the beautiful work on his car. "Yea it was expensive but worth it I love this thing." He said as he unlocked the doors and the both of them got into the car, while doing this Serena was on the phone waiting for Rini to pick up, after a few rings she did pick up.

"Hello, Tsukino residence," she said as if she practiced it.

"Rini it's me"

"Oh hi mom what's up?"

"I won't be coming right home, so you don't have to wait for me alright?"

"Ohh, you and dad spending some 'alone time' together?" she said mischievously and Serena knew she was grinning.

"You could say that, but mostly to catch up, so make sure the stove, lights and T.V. are off and the door is locked before going to bed alright?"

"You got it, have fun tonight mom, you deserve it."

"Thanks honey and I will… good night." Serena said to her a she hung up the phone and turned her attention to road before them. She knew the way to Darien's apartment like the back of her hand. She used to stop by there at least once a day to say hi, or to bring him burnt of overly cooked cookies, but he loved them just as her all the same.

As they pulled up to the apartment building, Darien pulled into the garage and went up to the third floor, his apartment was on the tenth floor, but the garage didn't go up that far, so the elevator it is.

Once they got up to the apartment, it was like Darien didn't change a thing, still the same apartment, and the same things in the same place too. As you walked in, there was a table to the left of the door, with one single rose in a vase, and a picture of Darien and her next to it. Going further into the apartment their were a set of bookcases with all of his books, his chair next to a table near the bookcases with a lamp to one side of it, and the a sofa and a coffee table in the middle of the room. To the right far end wall was the kitchen with a bar so you could sit and eat, and to the left was the bathroom next to of course the bedroom.

"Well you certainly didn't change at least not the apartment from what I see." She said to him almost laughing. "Ha Ha, very funny Serena, when you are as busy is I am, you don't have to time to redecorate your already roomy apartment." He said to her, "Would you like some coffee?" "Sure, I could use a cup, would you like me to help you?" she said to him, "Oh no thanks I got it, just go and sit own and I'll bring it out," he said to her as she did what he said, she sat down while he got the coffee.

A few minutes later and the coffee was done, he came in with two coffee cups, sugar and crème on a tray and placed it on the coffee table in front of them. He circled around he couch, unnecessary but he had a purpose, he came behind the couch and grabbed Serena by the shoulders which earned him an 'ekk' of sorts, and he laughed while he sat there whispering into her ear and breathing heavily on her neck. "Serena, you look so beautiful tonight, you have no idea…" he stated in a low voice, sounding at first tired, but actually hungry, not for food, but a certain blonde on his mind.

She trembled under him and this made him smile to know that he still could effect her the way he did before, after that, he proceeded to kiss her lightly on her earlobe and then down her neck towards her shoulders, each kiss deeper than the last. "Darien you must stop, you are making me blush," she said in what she thought was her normal voice, but it was a little more breathless than usual, and she hated that cause she couldn't control it one bit. "Am I really? Then I'm doing what I wanted to do…" he replied back to her as he lightly licked the base of her neck and nibbled just a bit. "I've missed you Serena, the thought of you, the taste of you, I missed it all so much… and I would give anything in the world to have you right now," he said to her almost in an angry or impatient voice, but not towards her, more towards himself that he couldn't control his urges. Serena made it worse. After hearing this, it was her time to smirk. She turned around, her face inches away from his and she looked into those deep pools of blue that you call eyes, you could get lost in them forever, and from his arousal, his eyes seemed more dark and mysterious.

"Have you now? Well then that's a good thing I guess, at least I'm not alone on this one." She said to him trying to be as seductive as possible, but no need for that, Darien thought she was seductive enough normally, only god knows what would happen when she tried to be. She looked at him one last time, and leaned in to kiss him, and kissed him she did. She longed to feel those lips against hers since she saw him the day of the interview, but that would've given her away, and especially the night of the fight. But she knew that this was right and this is what she wanted more than anything in the world, she could feel their energies binding together like hot steel, she loved the feeling, and she wanted to be close to him, touch his chest, kiss it and many other things which must not be said but certainly acknowledged, she broke the kiss in somewhat of annoyance. "Damnitt!" she said and Darien woke from his dream of a kiss and back to reality, "What's wrong? He said. She did a little 'humph' and got up from the sofa and walked towards him. Darien expected her to slap him, when in actuality she did the exact opposite, she ran up to him and jumped into his arms with a forceful yet sweet kiss, this caught him off guard but he caught on immediately and began to kiss back. He lifted her up off the ground and started walking towards the bedroom not daring to break their kiss.

"Are you sure that you want to do this Serena? Because I can only go so far before I can't turn back." He said as he lain her on the bed breaking their kiss which Serena seemed a little unhappy about. "I wouldn't have let you pick me up and bring me into your bedroom if I wasn't so sure." She said flustered, "Alright then don't complain later that I didn't warn you." He said to her, "Oh, don't worry I won't." she said as she grabbed him and pulled him on top of her into a kiss.

Serena was a virgin, and she has been waiting years for the right moment for this to happen, and she didn't feel like delaying it anymore, she wanted Darien so badly, and he even knew that or he wouldn't have done what he did, but was he ever so grateful.

Do you like it? I hope! I know it is SOOOO long! But hey I had to deliver and I am working on the next chapter now, don't like leaving my readers on a cliffhanger of sorts. So please R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!