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Kisses

"What are you doing here, Usagi? It's the middle of the night."

"I know. I'm sorry. But when Mamo-chan took me home a couple hours ago, I tried to sleep; I really did, but I kept seeing it. Over and over in my head. So, I had to come and make sure you were really alright now. I had to make sure, Rei-chan."

Rei took Usagi's hand and pulled her into her bedroom so that their talking wouldn't wake up her grandfather or Yuuichiro. Once they had sat down on her bed, Rei brushed blonde bangs from Usagi's eyes and said, "Usagi, what happened earlier- it's over. You saved the world. You saved me."

Tears trickled down Usagi's cheeks, "But you, you d-died first, Rei-chan. I saved you too late. And it hurt. It hurt more than anything when you faded away. When minna left and when I found out about Mamo-chan, my heart broke, but when it happened to you, what I felt was so much worse, Rei-chan. I didn't want to go on; you're supposed to keep that promise! We have to be together until the end, and then even longer. We have to!"

"Usagi," Rei began as she wiped the tears from her friend's face away with her fingers. Leaning forward until their foreheads were touching, and taking Usagi's hands into her own, she swore, "We'll be together forever okay. I won't ever break that promise again."

Staring into Rei's amethyst gaze, Usagi knew she was telling the truth. She slowly smiled and nodded. Rei smiled back. Then, as one, they moved closer, closing the gap between their lips. Usagi's eyes drifted shut as Rei gently deepened the kiss.

Moments later they broke apart, both breathing heavily.

"Usagi, I-"

"How come Mamo-chan's kisses never make me feel like that?" Usagi interrupted the miko.

Rei blushed, from Usagi's words and from the way her heart had suddenly started pounding in response to her friend's proximity. "I don't know," she whispered and the two leaned in again, each hesitant, yet eager, to further explore the feelings they'd discovered the other evoked in them.