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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.'

Haruka woke up drenched in sweat. Once again, she had that horrible dream where the world was ending. The blonde honestly wished that she could sleep normally, but even she knew that was not going to be possible. She rolled over and saw that her clock said 5:16 am. Instead she got out of bed, quickly put on her black jogging pants and a white t-shirt. Not more than five minutes later, Haruka left the apartment for a much needed run.

Michiru walked out of her bedroom as soon as she woke up. The aquamarine-haired girl had been hoping to talk to her roommate, but that was impossible. Instead, Michiru got ready for school in her Mugen uniform. She knew that she should be looking for pure hearts, but at the same time she had to focus on school.

Michiru had been happy when she heard the front door open. She ran from her room and said, "Good morning Haruka! How was your run?"

"Fine," Haruka stated as she walked past the other girl to her room.

Michiru did not understand why the other girl acted that way. It had been like that ever since they met a few months ago. She did not understand how they were suppose to live together if Haruka never gave her a chance.

It was another ten minutes before the two of them left the apartment. The ride to school had been in silence and that bothered Michiru. Sometimes she wished that it could be like the night they had met on the boat.

"Haruka?"

"What?"

"Is this arrangement working?"

Haruka sighed, "Yes."

"I just feel like you don't want me here," Michiru whispered.

Haruka felt her heart break although she was not sure why. She told herself that she would not get close to the other girl. "We need to be together in order to protect the world."

That had been the answer Michiru expected. So she dropped the conversation again. All Michiru hoped was that they could get along.

Romeo save me – they're tryin' to tell me how to feel;

It had been a long month for Michiru between the battle to save the world to trying to get to know Haruka better to school. Sure, the two girls had their afternoon tea, but Michiru was sure that was all an act.

"Michiru?"

The aquamarine-haired girl looked up from her sketchbook to see Haruka leaning against her doorframe. "Is there something I could help you with?"

"Is everything ok? You seemed a little stressed." Even though Haruka told herself numerous times not to get close to the girl, she could not help but worry about her.

Michiru smiled, "It is not a little stress, but a lot."

Haruka knew that feeling all too well. She knew the feeling of being stressed to the point where you might break. "You want to talk about it?"

"Now you want to talk?" Michiru saw the taller girl nod, "You act like you hate me. You act like I'm just along for the ride."

"I don't hate you."

"I told you not to grab the henshin. I told you straight out that your dreams would never be achieved. So don't act like you want to be friends when in reality you hate me!"

Haruka had not expected to be yelled at or even be accused of hating someone. She only hated those that deserved it and Michiru was not one of those people. "Michiru," she walked over and sat on the bed, "I don't hate and never will."

"Then why do you act like that?"

The taller girl never thought that she did that, but if that is what Michiru thought then Haruka knew that was probably the truth. "Because I am afraid that if I get close to hyou that something will happen."

"I'm afraid of that too, but don't you think that being close is worth a try," Michiru hoped that what she had said made sense. All she wanted was to be closer to Haruka regardless of what might happen.

Haruka nodded, "I just don't want anything bad to happen."

"Me either," Michiru stated. "What do we do now?"

"How about a car ride?"

Michiru laughed, "Car or motorcycle?" She knew what the answer would be, but it was fun to ask besides Haruka always seemed to be better after a car or motorcycle ride.

"Motorcycle," Haruka knew that this was one of the only ways to get close to the other girl.

There were other reasons that Haruka wanted to keep her distance, but she knew that she could not tell Michiru the truth because if she did it would create more problems.

Michiru stood up, "Where exactly are we going on our ride?"

"Anywhere you want," Haruka said with a smile. "Is that your sketchbook?"

Michiru quickly grabbed her book, "Yes and no you can't see it." She did not want her senshi partner to know what exactly she had been drawing.

"Maybe later then," Haruka said as she stood up from the bed. She had been a little disappointed, but knew that in time Michiru would trust her enough to share her drawings.

It was another five minutes before the two of them left the apartment and another ten minutes until they were on the motorcycle. Michiru had her arms wrapped tightly around Haruka's waist. This had only been her third time on the motorcycle and she wondered if she would ever get use to it.

Haruka was glad that she had on her red helmet since she was sure that her face was the same color. The blonde was worried about getting close to Michiru, but she knew that she could not stay away.

"Michiru," Haruka said when they reached the stoplight, "I'm really sorry about hurting you."

Michiru smiled, "It is ok Haruka. I just hope that," she sighed as the stoplight changed to green. It was not that she was sad that they light had changed because she was not sure if she could have said what she wanted to.

Haruka knew that she had to change and that she had to tell the other girl the truth, but she was afraid of how Michiru would react. She did not want her senshi partner to hate her because Haruka was not sure if she would handle that. What the blonde senshi knew was that her dreams were having something to do with her and Michiru, but Haruka knew that whatever the dreams were about had no effect on her feelings for Michiru.

After four more stoplights, Haruka pulled over, "Michiru do you think that we could talk?"

"Sure," Michiru said as she removed her helmet. She was nervous as to what it could be and she just hoped that it was not about what she might have said back at the stoplight.

The two girls got off the motorcycle and walked into the park, which was weird because Michiru had not noticed it when Haruka had pulled the motorcycle over. Haruka was nervous, but knew that in order to start over with Michiru, she needed to be honest.

"Michiru can we talk for a minute?"

The aquamarine-haired girl sat down on the bench, "Is everything ok?" Michiru was starting to get very worried.

Haruka took a deep breath, "I have been having these drea-"

"About the silence," Michiru cut Haruka off, "because I thought that those had stopped."

"I still get those every once in awhile, but I'm not talking about those dreams."

Michiru was getting nervous again, "Then what?"

Haruka looked down at her hands, "About the past.

"What about that?" That intrigued Michiru because there was not much she knew about Haruka's past.

"My past life…more specifically our past lives."

"Our past lives?"

Haruka looked at Michiru, "Back in the Moon Kingdom."

Michiru smiled, "I'm glad that you are having those."

That confused the tall blonde, "What are you talking about? Don't you think that is weird?"

Michiru shook her head, "No, since I had been having them about me, but not about us." It was a lie, but she could not tell Haruka the truth. She knew that lying was wrong, especially when they were being honest with each other and working on trust, but she could not do that to Haruka, at least not yet.

This time it was Haruka's turn to smile, "So I have been worrying the whole time for nothing?"

"Pretty much," Michiru laughed, "but don't worry about it."

"Ok, it is just that they are confusing me.

"How?"

"I don't know if I should tell you."

"Well, if you want you could always tell me later." Even though the water senshi had said that, she did not mean it.

"I would like that. Should we head home now?"

Michiru nodded, "I think that we should."

The walk back to Haruka's motorcycle and the ride home was in silence. It was a comfortable one because Michiru was wondering how to corner Haruka into telling her and Haruka was just glad to have told the other girl one of her many secrets.

Michiru was a little disappointed when they reached the apartment. She was starting to enjoy the motorcycle a little more. She sweetly smiled as Haruka helped her off. As soon as both the girls off the motorcycle, they walked inside to her apartment. Once there, Michiru disappeared down the hall to her bedroom.

After a few minutes, Michiru walked into the living room with her sketchbook in hand. "If you want to look at it you can," she said as she handed the book to Haruka.

"Are you sure because I don't want to invade your privacy or anything?"

"Its fine," Michiru sat down next to Haruka on the couch, "because I figured that I should share a secret with you."

That sparked the wind senshi's curiosity, "A secret, huh?"

Michiru nodded, "Just don't be mad at me, ok?"

Haruka nodded as she opened the sketchbook. She was not sure why she would be mad at her roommate. Haruka noticed that this sketchbook was different from the one that Michiru had when they first met. Not even a page in and Haruka blushed at the picture.

This love is difficult, but it's so real.

The blonde was staring at a picture of herself from her dreams, which meant her in the Moon Kingdom. "Michiru, how did you do this?"

"It was one of the first dreams about my past life I had. I just didn't realize that was you at first."

"But you said that you didn't have dreams of our past lives together."

"I lied, but only a little." A little lie could not be worth being mad at, right? At least that is what Michiru hoped as she watched Haruka flip through the pages. "That one is the only dream that I have had about us. The day of the Uranus ball an-"

"We met on the balcony," Haruka finished Michiru's sentence. "I think that you got all the details right."

Michiru smiled, "You think?"

"Well, I can't say that I was paying much attention to the scenery of the palace." The minute that Haruka said that she wished she could take it back because she did not want to reveal that secret just yet.

If Michiru understood that correctly, then it meant that Haruka had been paying attention to her. "Do you mean that you were paying attention to me?"

Haruka blushed as she turned the page, "I was."

"I…we were so young."

"I got the feeling that didn't matter." Haruka sighed as she flipped another page. She should have known that is what Michiru's reaction would be. Haruka decided that this would be a good moment to reveal the secret that she had been keeping, especially since she kind of did. The blonde took a deep breath before saying, "I think that I might have fallen in love with you at that moment."

"Love?" That was a word that caught the water senshi off guard, especially since that was a word she had not expected to hear.

"I'm sorry to throw that at you." Haruka felt bad for saying that, but it had been the feeling that she had.

Michiru smiled, "Don't worry about it."

Haruka watched as Michiru quietly left the room. The blonde-haired girl had never meant to upset her, but she had to let that out. After a few minutes, Haruka got up and walked to the other girl's bedroom. "Michiru," Haruka knocked on the door, "can we talk?"

It was a few moments before the bedroom door opened, "Yes?"

Haruka was really nervous to talk, but she could not let that be Michiru's reaction. She had to know why her senshi partner acted that way. There had to be a reason as to why Michiru was so upset and Haruka had to figure it out with some help. "Can we talk?"

Michiru sighed, "I guess so."

Haruka walked in and sat down on the bed, "I wanted to talk about this drawing." She had found the drawing before Michiru walked away. Haruka had a pretty good idea was to why her roommate was acting the way she was.

Michiru sat down and looked at the sketchbook to see the drawing. "Its you on your motorcycle."

Haruka laughed, "I got that much, but what am I wearing?"

Michiru smiled, "Tight jeans and a button-down shirt."

"Why?"

Michiru blushed and whispered, "Because I think that they make you look sexy."

Immediately Haruka turned bright red, "Why is my shirt half buttoned?"

Michiru looked down at her hands, "Same reason."

"That is a good reason," Haruka flipped a few more pages, "but what about this one?"

Michiru looked up to see one of Haruka standing in her senshi uniform, "I was thinking about you and that is why. Plus that was after the really nasty battle we had a couple months ago."

Don't be afraid; we'll make it out of this mess.

Haruka sighed, "Michiru I need to be honest."

The Neptunian Senshi wondered what honest mean. Michiru was ready to be completely honest, but as of right now, her fear was standing in the way. "About what?"

"About everything," Haruka knew that Michiru had not caught the meaning behind what she had said earlier. So now she was about to express her feelings and that made her really nervous.

"If you want to," Michiru stated, "otherwise you don't have too."

Haruka took a deep breath, "I'm not good at this, but I really think that I'm at a point where you need to know some things."

"What did you want to talk about?" This whole conversation was making Michiru incredibly nervous. "You know that you can always be honest with me."

"I know that, but I'm nervous," Haruka said looking at her hands.

Michiru had no idea what to make of the blonde being so shy, "What is bothering you?"

"I don't want anything to change since we have been getting to know each other so well today, but I haven't been completely honest and it is eating away at me."

"Then tell me what it is and I promise that I won't be mad."

Haruka looked up at Michiru, "But this secret is really big and I'm afraid of what it will do."

The aquamarine-haired girl grabbed a hold of Haruka's hands, "Just tell me."

The blonde took a deep breath, "I like you Michiru."

Michiru blushed, "That was your secret?" She saw Haruka nod, "I already knew that when we were talking about my sketchbook."

"Oh," Haruka thought that she needed to make sure that Michiru knew. She was glad that Michiru was not mad at her, but she was now confused on the whole living room incident. "Then why did you leave the living room after I said that?"

Michiru sighed, "I felt that I was backed into a corner. Because I know what you told me, but at the same time I am afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"That if I actually allow myself to acknowledge the feelings I have that it will just hurt more if something happened to you."

Haruka did not know what to say because that was one of her fears too. "Don't worry about that. I am not going to let anything happen to you or me."

"How can you be certain? I don't want to and live without you."

Haruka wrapped her arms around Michiru and pulled her into a hug, "You never have to be alone again because I am not going anywhere."

Michiru melted into the hug, "What does this make us?"

"Whatever you want us to be," Haruka had no intention of rushing into anything. This was all entirely up to Michiru as far as blonde was concerned.

Michiru buried her head into Haruka's shoulder taking in as much of the other girl's scent as possible. "Would it be possible to take this slow?"

Haruka's smile was even bigger than it was a moment ago, "Does that mean what I think it means?"

Michiru sat up and said, "I want…to b-"

"Michiru Kaioh do you want to be my girlfriend?" As much as Haruka wanted to listen to Michiru try to tell her that, it just was not worth it, especially since she thought she should be the one to ask.

Michiru smiled, "Yes Haruka, I will."

Without a second thought, Haruka hugged Michiru again. "What do you say to dinner tomorrow night?"

Michiru pulled way, "Tomorrow would be good."

Haruka quickly kissed Michiru on the cheek before leaving the room. The blonde had many plans to make for tomorrow. She wanted to show Michiru how much of a romantic she could be. Haruka was lucky that she had pieces of her past life to help her out.

Michiru watched Haruka leave her room with the biggest smile on her face. She could not wait for tomorrow. She was proud of herself for telling the truth about how she felt. Michiru just hoped that Haruka would keep her promise about never leaving her alone.

It's a love story – baby just say "Yes."

I hoped that everyone enjoyed this chapter. I made this chapter longer because I felt bad that everyone had waited so long for this chapter. Also, it is my new year's present to everyone. The story is now in the present. I don't exactly know what I will be covering yet. I might jump around, but I'm not sure yet. lol. I hope that everyone liked this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it.