Don't own anythingg…..sadly I don't even own the JoBros…or Blue
One Laugh, One Tear and Double the Secrets
"So, you don't seem too sad...hurt...angry with the whole Serena thing." The thought had been in Raye's mind ever since Sapphire left, but was hesitating to bring it up.
"I'm not."
Raye's eyes went wide; she didn't expect him to be so blunt and okay.
"You're not even a little mad?"
"Well, I'm not sad because I was miserable during the relationship and now it's over, I'm free, I'm happy. I'm not hurt because she doesn't have the ability to affect me like that. I'm not mad because that would make me a hypocrite. I was basically cheating on her emotionally if not physically. Does that answer your question sis?"
Raye smiled, she hadn't heard Darien call her sis in a long time, and it felt nice to know he was there.
"I guess, but what happened with Mina?"
Darien looked at Raye, uncertainty in his eyes, "I think we slept together."
"WHAT!? HOW THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN? DARIEN!"
Darien winced, "Look, I'm not even sure, but I think we did, we were drunk and...I just...I love her and last night it seemed like she still wanted me. I know it sounds stupid but-"
Raye sighed, "It's not, I can kind of understand, but you guys have to talk. You need to find out what happened and what is going on between you two. FYI, she still does want you."
Darien couldn't help but let the smile form on his lips, "Did she say anything?"
Raye laughed he looked like a 6 year old, "She's my best friend, we talk, and if you tell her I told you, I will bury you alive."
"I don't want dirt in my hair so no worries my lips are sealed. Continue..." The corner of his lips curled.
"She still wants you. She wants you like I want Nick Jonas."
Darien gasped in sarcasm. "Does that mean she's going to propose to me like you're going to propose to Nick Jonas?"
"You want to get your ass kicked don't you?" She replied glaring.
After a few minutes of further discussion on the matter, Darien stood up.
"I'm gonna go find her. I'll tell you how it goes."
"I'll find out either way," she laughed, watching Darien walk out of the cafe.
She looked down at her coffee, inhaling deeply. There she was again, alone, but no longer empty.
--With Darien--
Darien decided he was going to go home and think about what he was going to say first before looking for Mina.
When he reached his apartment, he heard a familiar voice.
"Thank you so much!"
"No problem son, you can bring your stuff in today if you want."
He looked over to the voices. He walked into his door due to shock.
Sapphire stood not too far from him, shaking the hand of his landlord.
"I'll bring some stuff over today and the rest tomorrow." He said good-bye and turned away but stopped after taking just a few steps. "Oh, hi Darien. Um...what are you doing here?"
"I live here. And you're here because?"
"I now live here too."
"No you don't," Darien contradicted at once.
"I think I know where I live."
"No you don't. I live here. I do."
"C'mon, Darien. Sharing is caring."
Sapphire smirked as Darien threw daggers into Sapphire with his eyes.
"You don't own the entire apartment building, do you?"
Darien looked down, the boy he was once intimidating, was now intimidating him, "Uh…"
"Yeah, so I'll see you later I guess. Gonna go pick up some stuff."
Darien watched the blue haired boy walk away. This day was not going so well for him. First, the whole Mina catastrophe. Then, he learns the girl who is like a sister to him, has a boyfriend. And now, that boyfriend lives beside him. Great, just fan-freaking-tastic.
Darien entered his apartment, and went straight to his room. He took a seat on his bed and began to think. After, what seemed to be a century of thinking, but was only an hour, Darien had an idea of what he was going to say.
He exited his apartment, only to come face to face with Sapphire, again.
Sapphire looked at Darien and smirked, even though he knew Raye would slap him for screwing around with Darien, it was just so fun.
"Howdy neighbor."
"You can just call me Darien."
"Really? Neighbor has such a nice ring to it, don't you agree?"
Darien gave Sapphire an annoyed looked, "Darien is fine."
"You talk in third person? I have always wanted to meet someone who does that. Oh, and sorry dude, but I didn't ask how you were. Have you been drinking? It's pretty early dude, at least wait a couple of hours."
Darien glared at Sapphire, "Not a fan of humor eh?"
Darien took a step towards Sapphire, "What do you think?"
"Look, I know you don't want me dating Raye, but you have nothing to worry about, at all."
"Who mentioned Raye?"
"Raye told me you were a big brother to her, so if my little sister was dating a guy I barely know, I would have a stick up my ass too."
Darien chuckled, "Yeah, I guess I have been a dick, but like you said, she's my family, and she's been through a lot."
"I know about Alan."
Darien started at Sapphire for a moment, it seemed like he was trying not to be angry, like he was trying to resist punching something. Darien smiled, "You really care about her don't you?"
"More than you'd ever believe."
"I'm glad she has you, she deserves some happiness, but if you screw it up-"
"Relax, Mina has already threatened me."
Darien was taken back, "You've met her?"
"Yeah…"
"Mhmm," Darien looked over at his watch. "Speaking of her, I'm gonna go."
"Later, neighbor."
Darien ignored the remark.
As Sapphire put the key into the lock he heard Darien call his name.
"Yeah?"
"Did Raye say anything else about me?"
Sapphire smiled, "She misses her big brother."
Darien nodded, "Thanks, man."
--With Mina--
Blurry eyed, and her heart racing, Mina bumped into person after person on her walk home. In an almost numb body, she ran straight into a tall, blonde man.
"Are you okay?" He looked at her tear filled eyes.
She tried maneuvering around him but he would not let her until he retrieved an answer her.
He asked her if she needed any help, but again she gave no answer. Instead, she stretched her arms out and pushed him out of the way. She gave no second glance afterwards while the man stared at her confused and slightly concerned.
Minute passed before she could see her house and once she did she began to run.
She ran inside without even realizing the silence occupying the house. She tried walking to the staircase to get to her room, but broke down holding the banister.
She didn't know how long she had been crying for, but soon enough she had no more tears to cry. She sat on the stairs, staring at nothing in particular, trying to remember exactly what had happened.
She was torn away from her thoughts when she heard shouting.
"Yo! Homefry, where are you? I heard what happened!"
Raye was not prepared to see Mina, in her broken state. As soon as she spotted her, Raye's eyes began stinging. She quickly rubbed her eyes, and took a seat next to her best friend.
"Are you alright?"
Mina shook her head not wanting to speak, but more so not knowing what to say.
She still wasn't sure what happened and why she was taking it so harshly when there was a chance nothing had happened the previous night.
A few moments passed, when the silence was broken, "What the hell is wrong with me?"
Raye looked at her friend unsure of what to say.
"I push him away, and tell him to be with another girl, and then I go and sleep with him. Even if I didn't, I woke up with no clothes, something must have happened. I'm hurting him, and myself, I keep letting myself get close to him, despite all the pain it causes the both us, because who am I kidding, I love him. And I know he still loves me. I'm a fucking tease, I won't be with him, but...I should just leave. It'll be easier for all of us. He can move on, I can move on. It'll be better that way."
"You're wrong," Raye's voice was stern. "That would just make things worse for everyone. Both of you would be the most depressed people on Earth, and your hearts would be holes." She paused and looked into Mina's eyes.
"Whatever happened isn't your fault. It's neither of your faults. You'll get through this, and I'll always be here to help you."
She paused before continuing, "And you can't forget your best friend, what would she do without you?"
Mina nodded, hugging Raye. As she did so a new unit of tears fell from her face.
They were interrupted, when they heard a knock on the door.
Mina wiped her tears and moved a few steps up, clearing her from the view of whoever was at the door.
Raye opened it, revealing Darien looking at the floor then at her.
"Darien? Nice to see you?"
"Is Mina here?"
"Yeah. You guys really, emphasis on really, need to talk. She's beating herself up over it."
Darien nodded. Again, he had caused Mina pain.
"Okay, I'm going to go, take care of my best friend. Got it?"
"Yeah. And Raye?"
She looked up at him wondering what he was going to say.
"I miss my little sister too."
Before she could respond, Darien pulled her in for a hug.
Raye felt a smile creep onto her face.
"Where did that come from?" She asked, while they pulled away from each other.
He smiled at her, "Doesn't matter, youngin'. Run along now."
She scowled at him, "This youngin' is going to go see Sapphire, then maybe party a bit and do some drugs and who knows what else. I'll see you later."
She looked over at Mina who was now standing in front of the staircase. "Let me know if you need anything."
"Wait, party...Sapphire...drugs?" Each word he took made his voice sound like a boy going through puberty.
"I think you have some more pressing issues. Bye you two."
Raye brushed past Darien, pushing him inside, and closed the door.
Then there were two.
--With Raye--
10 minutes passed, the clock read 8:15, and Raye sat upside on a couch waiting for Sapphire.
Finally, at 8:30 there was a knock at the door. Raye opened the door to reveal a tired looking Sapphire, "Hey, what took so long, and you okay?"
Sapphire smiled, "Yeah, I was moving some stuff into my new apartment, and lost track of time. Oh and guess who my neighbor is?'
"Nick Jonas?"
Sapphire frowned, "What is with you and that guy? If you had to pick between us, who would you pick?"
"Guess," Raye's smile was slightly seductive.
"Me, of course."
"Right, if that's what helps you sleep at night."
"Sleep? While thinking you were with Nick. Never."
"Can you blame me?"
Sapphire opened his mouth to speak then closed it again. "No, not really. He's a pretty fine catch, but I still prefer me." He said grinning.
"But seriously, you'd pick me right?"
"Sorry hotshot, but I would have to go with Nick, but if I ever want to cheat on him, I'll come to you."
Sapphire shook his head, "Gee, thanks for the thought. Anyways, Darien lives next door to me."
"Darien? My big brother, Darien? The guy-" She paused for a moment to think. "You told him that I missed him, didn't you?"
"Uh, well, yeah."
She felts tears pool around her eyes, "Thanks, really, you're incredible."
Raye snaked her arms around his neck, and stood on her tiptoes, as Sapphire leaned down, and put his arms securely around her waist. They met half way for a slow, passionate kiss.
As they slowly pulled away, Sapphire looked down at Raye's hand and eyes her purity ring.
"Nice ring, did we get married last night?"
"Haha, you're hilarious, loser. It's my purity ring; I got it when I was 15. It's a promise that I will wait until to marriage."
"Well, you're worth waiting for."
Raye smiled, " I feel like I have been smiling all day."
Sapphire raised his eyebrow, "Umm…okay?"
Raye leaned into Sapphire, "Want to show me how much you care for me?"
"Always. What do I have to do?"
"Do the soulja boy dance."
"Excuse me?"
"Please?"
"Random, but fine. To show you what you mean to me, I'll do anything, even if I have to be a complete dumbass."
Sapphire began to position himself, preparing to the dance until Raye stopped him.
"You were actually going to be a dumbass for me?"
"Of course, it would be illogical not to."
"Ooh, big word. You're adorkable, you know that?"
"It comes natural to me."
"Sapphire, you realize we have been together for 24 hours, and not only do we act like a married couple, we have had 30 million dork moments."
"Like I said, it comes natural. And, we still have a spark don't we?"
"Yeah. It's more like a forest fire."
"See, we're all good, and that just shows how good we are together."
"You and me, we can make the world jealous." With a wink she walked to the kitchen, leaving Sapphire in a daze.
A loud thud broke Sapphire from his daze. He followed the sound, fear overtaking him, as he neared the kitchen.
Sapphire stopped to take in the sight before him. He sighed in relief, seeing everything was how it should. Fear once again to it's place, as he realized Raye was no longer there.
He felt the panic rising him in him, as he headed towards the back door.
He stopped in his tracks. On the ground, laying stone-like, was Raye.
"Raye!"
--With Serena--
"Dub a dee dub a di…"
Diamond smirked at the blonde, "What are you singing?"
"My favourite song!"
Diamond slowly nodded his head, turning away from Serena.
Serena stood up, and made her way to the bathroom. Diamond heard the door slam, followed by the sound of the shower running.
He took this opportunity to learn more about his new fascination. As he snooped around, one particular object caught his eye.
He reached over and grabbed a heart shaped locket. He began to ponder on where he had seen it before.
He ran his finger over the crystal that stuck out when it hit him.
This was Sailor Moon's locket. Serena is Sailor Moon.
He was in love with Sailor Moon.