Disclaimer : I don't know Sailor Moon or the song Love Story.
Song: Love Story by Taylor Swift
Love Story
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story – baby just say 'Yes.'"
Michiru managed to make it back to her bedroom without being seen. She was glad about that since she did not know how to explain where she had been all night. As soon as she got to her bed, the young princess collapsed on the bed. It had only been about twenty minutes and the Neptunian Princess already missed Haruka.
Michiru woke up to banging on her bedroom door. She sighed because she had not been asleep very long. The young princess got out of bed and walked over to her door. She took a deep breath before opening the door to see one of the maids.
"Princess you are needed in the throne room."
"Why?"
"Because your parents wish to see you," the red-haired maid politely said.
"All right," Michiru wondered what this could possibly be about. "Tell them I will be there in ten minutes."
"Yes, Princess," the maid said before she bowed and walked back down the hall.
Michiru shut her door as she watched the maid quickly walk away. She was sure that no one had saw her sneak out after court and she was positive that no one saw her sneak in early this morning. Without much thinking, she quickly threw on one of her dresses and walked to the dining hall. Once she arrived, Michiru saw her parents sitting at the table. She quickly sat down and started eating breakfast. She just hoped that she was not in any trouble.
"Michiru," her mother began, "your father and I were approach by a young man who is wishing to spend some time with you."
Michiru's face paled, "That's good, but do you think that you can trust him?"
"You are not in a position to turn down anyone, young lady, especially after that stunt you pulled with that disgusting princess!" The King of Neptune was becoming very irritated with his daughter. "He is a noble from the countryside. He is a polite, young man who will show you the respect that you need to learn and deserve."
"Yes, Father." Michiru really did not know what to say to him. One side of her was disgusted that her parents would do this and the other side of her felt sick. "I guess I will have to meet him then."
"You will be spending the afternoon with him in the courtyard."
"Yes, Father." At this point the young princess felt like running away and hiding, but she knew that was not going to help her solve this problem.
Michiru finished eating her breakfast in silence. She did not have anything else to say to either of her parents. She was really hurt that they would do this to her. Already, Michiru knew that this afternoon date was going to be disastrous. She just wished that there was a way that Haruka could be there.
Haruka had already been to see her parents, who were surprisingly not as mad as she thought. They understood why their daughter needed to find the other girl, or at least Haruka's mother understood it. The King of Uranus was a different story. He had not been happy about what his daughter had done, but there was nothing he could do now. All he had to do was find a way to keep this from happening again.
"Haruka, what is going on?"
The blonde-princess looked up to see her mother standing in front of her, "Nothing really."
"Now I don't believe that," the Queen of Uranus said. "Why don't we go for a walk and talk? Maybe that will help you since you look like something is going on."
Haruka smiled, "Maybe a walk would help."
The two ladies of the royal family walked out of palace toward the gazebo. Haruka was glad that her mother wanted to talk to her, but at the same time it frightened her. She also knew why her mother wanted to go there and talk. It seemed like the small, tan gazebo could help Haruka to solve her problems.
"Tell me, sweetie," her mother said as she sat down, "what is bothering you?"
"I miss her," Haruka quietly said as she sat down next to her mother.
"Who do you miss?"
"Promise to not be mad?"
"Of course I won't be mad."
"I miss Michiru."
"Is that the girl from the ball?"
Haruka nodded, "She is."
"Is that why you thought I would be mad?"
"Yes, because she is the same girl that I went to see yesterday."
"I figured that out when the ship log said it had been to Neptune." The Queen of Uranus was nervous about her daughter. It was not the fact that her daughter's friend lived on another planet, but the fact that her daughter was showing all the symptoms of a crush. "I'm not mad at you or disappointed like your father is."
Haruka smiled, "Thanks mom."
"Did you have fun on Neptune?"
"Yeah, I did."
"What did the two of you do?"
"We talked."
"Really?" Haruka's mother loved to tease her daughter. "Seriously, that is all you did?"
"Yes, mom, that is all that we did." The princess sighed, "She had something to do with her kingdom."
"So when did you talk to her?"
Haruka looked at her mother, "Later that day."
"Oh," her mother was becoming more worried, but decided to let that go. She could not interfere with whatever feelings her daughter was experiencing. "When are you going to see her again?"
"That is the problem." Haruka sighed, "Her parents basically hate me, but we are not letting that get in the way of our friendship. Instead of seeing each other, we are going to send letters and find a way to meet up."
The Queen of Uranus was doing a very good job of keeping her smile from being seen. She could not believe that her daughter had feelings for the Neptunian Princess. She could hear the rumors, whispers, and accusations already. "Maybe you should go write her a letter and we will send it once you are done."
"Thanks mom!" Haruka hugged her mother before running back to her room. She just hoped that she could effectively write the letter.
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
It had been a long month for Michiru. She did not enjoy being around that man. It did not feel right to her. The princess was already trying to mentally prepare for tomorrow when she will see him again since she knew that there was no way out of it.
"Princess, you have a letter," one of the butlers stated.
"Thank you," Michiru said as she grabbed the letter. It looked like some regular mail from Neptune, which made her a little upset.
After a few minutes of staring at the letter, Michiru got up and walked outside. She did not want to be in the palace anymore, especially with the nice weather that Neptune had been experiencing lately. Once the princess had found a bench to sit on, she opened the letter and laughed. It seemed that Haruka had gone through a lot of trouble disguising the letter.
The letter read:
Michiru, I hope that everything is going well for you. You have no idea how much I have missed you. So I will not try to explain because you don't understand. Also, you would not believe that my mother helped me to disguise the letter. Anyway, it has been a crazy couple of days. You will have to tell me when you receive this so that we know how long this method took. Mom says that if this way takes too long then we can find another way. I really want to see you again, but I am not sure when that will be. I just hope that you are safe and that everything is going well.
Haruka
Michiru tried to not cry. It seemed like Haruka could tell that something was going to happen, especially since the date on the letter was from a month ago. If only Haruka knew how bad things were, the Neptunian Princess was sure that she would be by her side. Michiru reread the letter numerous times before returning it to the envelope. She knew that she had to write back as quickly as possible because she needed her friend here.
As soon as Michiru returned to her room, she went over to her desk and took out her baby blue stationary. She made a mental note to buy stationary that she knew Haruka would like rather than the formal ones that she had. That thought had confused her, but she decided not to worry about it. She just hoped that Haruka enjoyed the stationary and her letter. Michiru was confused on what to write because she did not want her letter to be about her complaining, but a mixture of that and how much she missed Haruka.
The letter had taken her most of the day to write. That was only because she was having a problem with expressing how much she missed Haruka. Michiru wanted her friend to realize how slow this month had been without hearing from her. She just wished that there was a way to see her. It was then that Michiru decided that she would use her own resources to send the letter.
Once the letter was complete, she rushed it to one of the inter-planet mail ships. She was glad that she had been able to catch the ship before they left. It may not have been the resource she was hoping to use, but on short notice it would work. For Michiru, it had been incredibly easy to slip the letter onto the Uranus ship. The young princess thought about just staying there, but knew that she could not do that. She just hoped that everything would go smoothly, but she knew that most likely was not going to happen.
Imagine Haruka's surprise when received a letter that night. The crew on the mail shop thought that it might have been important so they delivered it as soon as they landed. It made the young princess happy, but anxious because she wondered why she had received the letter a month later. As soon as the shock wore off, Haruka walked back to her room and sat down on her bed. Haruka opened the letter and saw that was almost four pages long. She felt a little embarrassed since her own letter was that long. She just hoped that nothing bad was going on with Michiru.
Haruka had been happy that Michiru had missed her too and that there was an explanation as to why her letter was so late. The first four or five paragraphs seemed to be about Michiru's normal day to day routine, but by the sixth paragraph, Haruka was becoming upset.
My father has ordered me to see one of our young nobles. He is like twenty. I hate it Haruka! I know that I shouldn't, but I do! The guy is a total creep. He likes to spend time wondering around the palace courtyard or showing me off when we go into town. I cannot stand it.
The Uranian Princess was irritated. She was upset with not only Michiru's parents, but that this man was trying to make Michiru his. Haruka was not about to let that happen. Against her better judgment, she decided to read on.
The other day he said that I shouldn't play the violin. He said that it drew a lot of unwanted attention to me. How dare he say that! I have been playing the violin for ages. It helps me to escape from the world. Oh! You wouldn't believe what he tried to do the first time we met.
"How could he say that about her? Her music is beautiful." Haruka was beginning to hate this man. She was not sure if she really wanted to know what he attempted to do, but decided that she should. If that man had hurt Michiru in any way, she was going to make him pay.
He tried to kiss me! I pushed him away just in time! Why would he want to just take my first kiss like that? First kisses are supposed to be romantic and he just isn't! It was a big violation of my personal space. I even tried to tell my parents what had happened, but they didn't believe me. Please Haruka can you save me? I don't want to see him tomorrow too. It just doesn't feel right.
Haruka wanted to go see Michiru because she knew that this was not how a gentleman was supposed to act. "I really really wish that I could," she whispered to the letter.
The rest of the letter seemed to be normal, which in Michiru's case was telling her about a new painting or song that she just learned. The painting was something that Haruka had not known about. She wished that she could see her friend's painting. The other parts of the letter were still complaining about the noble, which Haruka had realized that Michiru did not name. It made Haruka wonder if that was intentional or not, but by the end of the letter she was glad to not know his name.
"Maybe I should find a way to see her," Haruka thought, "because she shouldn't have to suffer."
It took a few more minutes before Haruka got up and ran out of her room. If she was going to do this, then she was going to need some help.
I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. It came out a lot longer then I expected. Please review!