Usagi walked down the dark sidewalk with a suitcase in her hand and Luna by her side. She knew exactly where she was going and there was no surprise, she was going to Mamoru. She knew that they had to wait until she was twenty before they did anything, but anything was better than getting married to a stranger that you don't love.
"Luna, be honest, do you think this will work out?" Usagi asked sounding unsure of herself.
Luna looked up at her. She did think that it was a good idea. She had to. The future of the universe some what depended on it. She wasn't quite sure if the person she married had anything to do with it, but she did know that they belonged together. It was meant to be.
"If you two were married in the future you have to find a way to get around your parent's wishes," Luna said reassuring her.
Usagi looked down and watched her for a second. There was a look of concern on her face. "Would you have done the same thing if you were told that you couldn't be with Artemis?" she asked.
Luna just looked up at her. The idea had never even entered her mind. To her, everything was supposed to happen the way it was happening. She could remember the future and how it was, well, at least most of it. Diana proved to her that she couldn't remember everything. It never actually occurred to her that the little details of the future were subject to change. If Artemis were to get stolen or ill and couldn't go on with her, there would be no them, there would also be no Diana.
"In this situation? Yes," she said.
Usagi laughed at her. "Would Luna actually break the rules for love?" she asked.
"What use is it to be proud of yourself if there is no one to share with it?" she asked.
Usagi stopped as she came to the building. Suddenly there was a lump in her throat. She had to tell the love of her life that they could be torn apart if they didn't do something. They would possibly have to runaway. Then she wouldn't have Ami, Rei, Minako, or Mikoto. They would all have to stay behind in Tokyo. With the little confidence she had in herself at the moment, she walked into the building and made her way up to his apartment. She got to the door and hesitated to knock. The situation wasn't her fault, but for some reason she had the idea that he might get mad at her. Of course, she was nervous and was tending to think the worst of everything at the moment
"Mamo?" she asked as she finally put her suitcase down and knocked on the door. There was a pause as she waited. Mamoru sat inside staring at the ring that he had bought for her. Once he heard her voice he quickly got up and hid the ring in one of the table doors and rushed over to the door. Standing on the other side was a tear stricken Usagi. Her blue eyes full of pain and betrayal.
"Usako? What's wrong?" he asked with concern. He glanced down at the suitcase, but didn't want to say anything until she explained.
"Oh Mamoru," she said through soft sobs.
"Come here," he said taking her into his arms. He could feel her body shake as she cried into his chest. He led her to the couch and then got up to go get her suitcase for her and closed the door after he let Luna come in. It was very apparent that he was uneasy looking down at the suitcase, but did not want to upset Usagi even more than she was.
"I've got something to tell you," Usagi said as she looked up at him.
He just gave her a look of concern that made her feel better. It made her feel like there was some one that was willing to listen. Some one that wasn't going to completely run her life for her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"My parents arranged my marriage between me and this other man," Usagi explained. Her head dropped down and she then started to cry even more. "How could I love some one if I don't even remember their name?" she cried out.
Mamoru just stared at her. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. This morning he planned on proposing, now he's learning that she might already be engaged. "So I take it you want to stay here for a while," he said.
Usagi looked up at him and nodded. "If that's okay with you," she said hoping that he would say yes so that she wouldn't have to go back home and face any of them.
Deep down he wanted her to stay. He wanted her to live with him forever. He just didn't know what that would do to how others saw her. Then again, right now she didn't seem to care about that.
"It is," he said. "Just let me go get a few things for dinner tonight," he said as he grabbed his coat. He started out the door and then turned back to Usagi. "Do you want to join me?" he asked.
"No, I think I'll just stay here," she absently answered. He nodded and then left.
Mamoru decided that he would go out and plan something special for the next day. It was only right that he give her tonight to get over what had just happened at her house. He figured that maybe he could propose to her sooner. Start their life together before her parents get too involved. There was a lot on his mind right now, but that didn't keep him from getting things done.
Usagi decided to get up and write her parents a letter. She wanted to let them know not to look for her. Opening the table door, she gasped. There was a small box in there.
"Mamo," she said as she opened the box and held it up to her face.