Chapter 5: Toki-kun

Motoki unlocked the door to his apartment and carried Makoto inside.

"I'm sorry it's a bit messy in here, my sister usually cleans up for me and she hasn't been here in a while and she usually helps keep the place in order."

"Who hasn't been here in a while?" came a voice from the bedroom.

"Unazuki?" Motoki jumped, "what are you doing here?"

"Oh I just came by to get some stuff, I'm on my way out now." Unazuki looked at Makoto who was still being held by Motoki and she raised a suspicious brow.

"Who is this Nii-san?"

"Oh, uh, this is my friend Mako-chan. She hurt her leg while we were down at the park and since this is closer than her apartment I told her she could just stay here for the night," Motoki replied awkwardly as he walked over to set Makoto on the couch.

"Uh huh, well you and your friend have fun, maybe you can introduce me later, bye Nii-san."

Unazuki left and Motoki gave Makoto an apologetic look, "I'm sorry, she probably has the wrong idea about this..."

Makoto laughed and shook her head, "Yea, and I'm sure when I tell the girls where we disappeared too they'll get the wrong idea too."

"Oh that's right! We completely ditched them didn't we?" Motoki said with a face palm.

"I bet they already have the wrong idea," Makoto laughed, "I'll call Usagi-chan anyway just in case they go looking for us."

"I'll try and find something for us to eat then."

"Hello?" Usagi's worried voice came through the other end of the phone.

"Hey Usagi-chan, I just wanted to let you guys know that me and Motoki-kun kind of ran into some problems and I got a little hurt so I'm at Motoki-kun's apartment."

"Mako-chan, we know what happened we were there remember?"

Makoto rolled her eyes at the phone before answering Usagi in a whisper, "Motoki-kun doesn't know you're the Sailor Scouts remember?"

"Oh! Right, right, sorry! And wait, did you say you were at Motoki-Nii's apartment?!" She squealed.

"Yea but it's only because I hurt my leg and his apartment is closer than mine. He's just being nice, nothing is going on!" Makoto defended sternly.

"Whatever you say Mako-chan!"

"Seriously! First thing in the morning i'm going home."

"You're spending the night at his house and you want me to think something isn't going on?"

"Usagi-chan! I'm serious!"

"Okay, okay, we'll see you tomorrow then," Usagi said in a fit of laughter before hanging up.

Makoto looked over the back of the couch to see Motoki rummaging through almost bare cabinets

"You don't grocery shop much do you?" Makoto giggled.

"Did you just giggle?" Motoki asked with a grin.

"And what if I did?"

"It's just that, you strike me more as a tomboy..."

"Why? Because I'm tall and strong? Well I can be a girl too ya know," Makoto snapped.

Why do people always have to make fun of me for being different!

"Hey now, I didn't mean it to be a bad thing," Motoki said defensively

Makoto rolled her eyes and turned back around. Motoki walked around before sitting on the couch next to her. "Hey, look at me for a minute," he said. Makoto looked look up into his eyes and waited.

"I don't know why what I said bugs you so much but I didn't mean to make fun of you. I like that your different."

Makoto raised an eyebrow at him suspiciously. "I'm serious. You're taller than most girls but there isn't anything wrong with that, and there isn't anything wrong with being as strong as you are either. I mean, you saved that woman's life today," Motoki said smiling at her, "You probably saved my life too."

Makoto stayed quiet for a minute looking down at her hands. "Thank you Motoki-kun. My height and my strength have always been two of my biggest insecurities," she admitted.

"They're part of what make you who you are," Motoki said, giving Makoto a goofy grin.

"Hey, I had a thought," Makoto said looking back at him.

"And what thought would that be?"

"Well you call me Mako-chan now, so I think I'm going to give you a nickname too."

Motoki's grin widened as he raised an eyebrow.

"How about Toki-kun?" Makoto asked thoughtfully.

"I like it! And what do you say about ordering some pizza, cause yea...I don't grocery shop much."

Makoto just laughed.

After they had eaten Motoki went to get a pillow and a blanket from his room and set them on the couch. "You can sleep in my room, I'll take the couch," he said.

"No, you don't need to give up your bed!" Makoto protested, "I'll be fine on the couch, my leg doesn't really hurt that much!"

As soon as she said it Makoto realized that in fact, her leg didn't really hurt after all. She sat down and looked at her injured leg and saw the wound was practically nonexistent.

"How did it heal that fast?" Motoki asked.

"I have no idea..." Makoto replied.

I wonder if it has anything to do with being a Sailor Scout?

"Thats weird, good but weird," Motoki said. "And I'm still sleeping on the couch by the way," he added.

Later that night Makoto was tossing and turning as she slept. She sat up suddenly, breathing heavily. The nightmares had returned. The same awful nightmare of the day her parents died.

She snuck quietly into the kitchen, trying not to wake Motoki as she passed the couch. When she was at home she usually made tea to calm herself down after a nightmare but she didn't want to wake Motoki so she decided to try milk instead.

Motoki was woken up by the light from the refrigerator. Looking up he saw Makoto in the kitchen, getting milk. He got up and walked into the kitchen, "what are you doing up so late?" He asked pointing to the digital clock on the microwave that read 4:36.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up," Makoto whispered.

"It's fine. Are you alright though? Your face is a little red."

"Yea, I'm fine, a little nightmare woke me up," she half lied.

"You wanna tell me about it?"

"No it's no big deal really," Makoto said as she walked back to the bedroom.

Motoki looked at her suspiciously, not buying her story and followed.

"Well it seems to me that it made you upset enough to wake you up."

He doesn't need to know about my parents, thats my own problem to deal with.

"Really it's fine Toki-kun," she insisted, hoping the use of his new nickname would make it seem like she was okay.

"You're really bad at letting people help you aren't you?"

Authors Note: And we you'll have to wait for chapter 6 for Mako-chan's reaction! Sorry it's taken me so long but I have been trying to work on two of my fanfictions at once this week since I have been seriously slacking on the other one and one of my followers has not let me forget it. So I hope you like this chapter and I hope you don't hate the cliff hanger! Shout out to angry penguin, LoveInTheBattleFeild, Godloverk, karaseneau1, and Keys for their reviews (hope you guys are still reading! :D) and Keys I've almost finished the next chapter of Oshu's Female Fighters just for you! ~~~Thanks guys!