key:

italics: thoughts

gomenasai-I'm sorry

Koi- Love

Baka- idiot, fool, stupid, silly.

As soon as Michiru opened the door the smell of smoke rushed to greet her.

"What the world has Haruka done now?" Setsuna asked, shaking her head as she carried the groceries into the house.

"Setsuna-Momma? Why is it smelly in here?" Hotaru asked, coughing a little at the smell and the time guardian sighed.

"Haruka." was all Setsuna said as an answer as she followed Michiru into the kitchen, only to find that Haruka was trying to get something out of the oven and smoke was bellowing out.

"Haruka Tenou! What on earth are you trying to do?" Michiru exclaimed, seeing the mess of batter and other things that where spilt on the normally spotless marble counter-top.

Haruka was shocked at her lover's sharp tone and startled that they where back so early.

"trying to make dinner." The blond replied softly as she placed the seared mass that she took out of the oven onto counter.

"Dinner? All I see is this huge mess all over the place!" Michiru retorted, still angry that the kitchen, as long with some of the cookers where in a mess.

"Gomenasai Koi." the blond replied, feeling not only hurt by her lover's harsh tone but heart broken that her attempt was met in such a way.

I was going to clean it up, Michi.

however besides stating this thought she turned silently on her heel and walked upstairs. Moments later the three heard the door to the upstairs bathroom slam.

"Michiru, I think you may have hurt her feelings. I think she was just trying to surprise you." Setsuna stated after she was sure that Haruka would not hear her.

The blue haired guardian of Neptune sighed as she nodded and put the charcoal like contents of the baking pan into the trash.

"Michiru-mama? Why where you so angry at Haruka-Papa?" Hotaru asked innocently after she noticed that her mother wasn't going to reply to Setsuna.

"I don't know." Michiru replied, not wanting to tell the whole truth about the incident that had happened earlier that morning while the rest where still asleep.

Meanwhile Haruka was sitting on the floor in the bathroom, tears swimming in her blue eyes.

why couldn't I just mowed the lawn or did the laundry? I don't even know why she was so angry with me! It's not like I left the kitchen a mess. I was going to clean up after myself.

As she sat there she heard a soft knock at the door.

"Haruka, it's Setsuna. Open up." the Time goddess's voice called through the door.

Haruka sighed, Fighting tears "why don't you just leave me alone you old hag?" The tomboy retorted, sniffling a little.

Setsuna rolled her eyes at Haruka's tactics 'I swear sometimes I feel more like their mother than their friend!' she thought as she replied "I just wanted to talk to you but since you love that darn bathroom so much that you want to stay in there then I'll just leave you alone!"

Haruka froze when she heard the retreating footsteps of the older woman.

I am such a Baka! why do I always make the people I love mad at me?

Setsuna slowed her steps as she heard the door unlock.

"Sets, wait...I'm sorry." Haruka's voice timidly called out through the door and the guardian of time chuckled softly to herself.

she's such a child.

"it's alright, but you got burnt while you took the baking pan out of the oven right?" the Guardian of Pluto replied gently and the blond glanced at the ground.

"yeah, but its alright." the butch replied coldly, trying to hide the fact that Michiru's unjust reprimand had almost brought her to tears.

"Let me see." Setsuna ordered, just as stubbornly as she forced the teen to move her arm so that she could get a view of her hand.

"OW! Sets! That hurts!" the normally stock girl whined when the green haired woman accidently touched the wound.

"Oh hush, I swear you're a bigger baby than Hotaru!" the older of the two remarked as she released her hand.

"just put antiseptic on it and you'll be fine." she added as she turned to walk toward the library however she stopped to glance back to find Haruka standing in middle of the hall, tears silently coursing down her face.

"What's wrong?" she asked as she saw the teens tears.

"why can't I do anything right?" Haruka wept as she stared at the ground "why?"

"Haruka? Who told you that?" The green haired goddess asked softly, placing her hand on the younger girls shoulder.

"Dad." came the quivering reply.