A Peculiar Family. Chapter ONE PART 2
Half an hour later Haruka came stumbbleing back into the room and literally fell onto the bed, wakeing Michiru in the process.
"Is Hotaru alright?" the blue haired girl asked sleepily, sitting up against the pillows and Haruka glared at her coldly.
"Yeah, Finally. But next time you are going to be the one who will get her lazy butt out of bed." the blond replied sharply, earning
a light swat from the blue haired girl.
"Haruka you should be ashamed of yourself! She always asks for you when you're around because she knows you will stop at
nothing to protect someone. You should be honored that she looks up to you!" Michiru growled though she was smileing.
Haruka just sat there, listening to the firm but loveing reprimand as her mind began to race. However a soft touch caused her to
jump back to reliety.
Michiru sighed as she ran her hand through Haruka's short, messy hair however she stopped when she felt her partener stiffen.
"Please Michiru...Please don't yell at me anymore tonight. Please, I'm begging you." the blond suddenly pleaded, her voice almost a whisper
and the other teen softened compleately as she continued the soothing jesture.
"Ruka? Why are you so skittish suddenly? Are those nightmares comeing back agian?" Michiru qeastioned gently, remembering that sometime
before when they first moved in togather that Haruka had awoken in tears and had explained that she had reoccureing nightmares though of what
Michiru didn't know.
Haruka sat again in silence for a few more minutes before nodding then turning her head in the opposite direction, to prevent Michiru from seeing
the tears that were silently trickleing down her face.
The senshi of Neptune noticed the tears but didn't comment, she just sat and watched the blond, wondering what was causeing the Senshi of wind so much
pain.
After a while Michiru desided to speak again, tired of seeing her lovers tears. "Haruka, you never told anyone what those nightmares is about. How can anyone
help you when you have one if you don't ever reveal what they are about?" She asked kindly, takeing her koi's hand. However Haruka only sighed and then remained
silent.
After a few more minutes of uncomfortable silence, The blond glanced over at the smaller girl and answered in a dejected voice
"Michi I know I should tell you, Setsuna and the others but I can't." The taller sixteen year old replied, her teal eyes distant.
Michiru couldn't stand to see the other girl in pain, be it physical or emotional and was frusterated that her partenar and Lover wouldn't tell her what was wrong.
"just tell me what caused these nightmares to return." she reqeasted as she began to rub soothing circles into the wind goddess's back.
after a few secounds Haruka let out a restrained sob and whispered in an nearly unadioble voice "I-I was never good enough, My grades, my Looks, Nothing. There was always something he could find to punish me for." she sniffled, trying to calm down.
"Who Haruka? Who did this to you?" Michiru asked softly, as she moved so that she was now sitting beside the taller girl who glanced over at her with pain filled eyes.
After a moment Haruka added, tired of holding everything in "That's not the worse of it...One night he came into my room and he...he was drunk and he...he forced himself on me." she managed to get out before crying freely agian.
Michiru continued to rub the blonds shoulders while she whispered soothing nonesense to her. Who could have done this? Haruka's been a fighter ever since she was young?
Once her crying died down once more, Haruka stood up and looked out of the bedroom window, moonlight spilling over her face to reveal the destress that was clearly on her face.
"Father." she whispered, her expression blank even though tears where still courseing down her face.
"Your father did this to you?" Michiru asked, shocked. She knew Haruka's father and Mother didn't agree with their daughter's choices and Mr. Tenou had even beat his daughter when she had 'came out of the closet' however she would have never expected him to have done something so awful to her.
"Hai...I...I don't want to talk about it." Haruka replied as she turned to face in the opposite way, so that Michiru would not have to see the tears that seemed to not be able to stop.