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Chapter 3 - His story, His past
Usagi woke up to loud voices. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. They felt puffy.
She could hear voices downstairs It sounded like they were shouting. It didn't sound like Mamoru..
Usagi pulled on a pair of shorts and tshirts. She brushed her hair and pulled it into her usual bun style, She looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were swollen.
Usagi sighed and quickly washed up, then she headed downstairs.
She paused when she reached the bottom of the stairs, the voices were coming from the kitchen.
She could hear Mamoru's voice.
She walked slowly to the entrance of the kitchen and paused.
Mamoru was standing with his back to her, Usagi couldn't see the person who stood in front of him, but she could see the girl's long black hair, she was gesturing with her hands, she sounded angry.
Then the gesturing paused and the girl moved and looked over Mamoru at her.
She was beautiful. Her features were delicate and sharp, she looked like a doll. She had beautiful dark eyes that seem to see right through Usagi.
Usagi stayed rooted to the spot. Then Mamoru following the girl's gaze turned around.
Mamoru's eyes held something in them that Usagi has never seen before.
Usagi snapped out of her daze. "a.ahh go..gomenn..I heard voices so I...came downstairs.." Usagi finished meekly.
Mamoru ran a hand through his dark hair and smiled tiredly. "Gomen..we must have woke you up."
Before Usagi could say anything, the girl standing in front of Mamoru said quietly. "so thats her?..."
Mamoru started. "Rei..."
Rei looked up angrily at Mamoru. "I thought we agreed on you taking a break off work and have someone take care of things for you for a while, if you dont' want that that's fine, but what is this?" Rei pointed an angry finger at Usagi. "Now you're taking care of someone else? "
"I will take some time off work after i settle everything..and this is Usagi-chan, she's perfectly capable of taking care of herself..in fact she has been nothing but help to me." Mamoru said calmly gentlying putting his hand over Rei's pointing finger and lowering it.
"If she is so capable of taking care of herself..why is she here?" Rei asked roughly pulling her hand away.
Mamoru sighed. "Rei...Usagi's family now.."
Rei scoffed. "family...? So where did you meet this new family member Mamoru? I came here for a visit and all of a sudden there's a new family member? Was it a business dinner or from another late night out?. What did y fell in love with her and then she immediately fell in love with you..or was it with you money?"
"It's not like that.." Usagi said barely above a whisper.
"Rei that's enough..." Mamoru said softly.
"Then what is it Mamoru? Why are you always like this? Making others worry...busing yourself with a woman, you know you shouldn't be stressing yourself out, the doctor--"
"That's enough!"
Usagi flinched. Mamoru stood with his hands in his pockets, jaws clenched.
Rei stood stiffly, her bangs covering her eyes.
After a moment of silence, Rei said quietly "Do what you want..." Rei turned around and headed towards the front door, roughly brushing past Usagi.
Just before she closed the door behind her, Rei turned around and her eyes met with Usagi's. Usagi stared at the older woman waiting for her to say something, but then she closed the door.
Usagi stood silently, she could hear Rei's car pulling out of the driveway. She looked up at Mamoru.
Mamoru sighed and leaned against the kitchen wall, hands still in his pocket, He looked over at Usagi and smiled apologetically. "Gomen..she didn't mean any harm..."
Usagi nodded. "iie...its alright..." She studied the taller man in front of her. Wanting to ask him questions but didnt know how to ask, she fidgeted with her hair.
Mamoru as though reading her mind said softly. "She's my older sister..."
Usagi looked at Mamoru in surpise. "Older..sister?"
"Hai...".Mamoru walked over and sat down on a stool in front of Usagi. "She's not usually like this..today seems like one of her bad days..please don't mind the stuff she said..she doesn't really mean it."
Usagi nodded lightly.
"Ne..Mamoru-San.." Usagi shuffled her feet."Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure" Mamoru looked over at her.
"Why did you take me in?...I mean it could have been anyone.." Usagi asked quietly.
Mamoru put his elbows on the table and folded his hands, resting his chin on it. Looking out the window, he was silent for a second.
Usagi mentally smacked herself. He had his reasons..she was intruding on him. Just when she opened her mouth to apologize.
Mamoru said softly. "My parents passed away when i was six. Rei was 8 then."
Usagi looked at Mamoru waiting for him to continue.
"They died in a car accident...Rei and I were both in the car then as well, the car had swirved out of control and off a cliff into the water."
Usagi raised one of her hand and covered her mouth.
Mamoru closed his eyes. "When the car rammed through the railing and off the cliff, I was thrown to the front of the car." He placed a hand lightly on his chest. "My sternum had been shattered to pieces and damaged my lungs. Even now...sometimes its hard to breath. That''s why Rei was so angry...she worries a lot and she can be harsh...but she's a good person." Mamoru smiled lightly.
Mamoru's voice was calm but Usagi could hear the pain behind it. "My parents never made it..I remember when the car sank into the water..my father was already unconcious..there was so much blooding in the water surrounding us. Rei was bleeding as well, bits of the broken railing broke through the car window..It had cut Rei's back. My mother pushed me and Rei out the broken car window. Rei clung to me and a nearby rock until help came. We were sent to the hospital but my parents never made it. " Mamoru paused and smiled wistfully. "I'm beginning to forget...what my mother looks like."
"When i heard your parents also died in a car accident..and your guardian had recently passed away. I wanted to take in you...perhaps because we have something in common."
Usagi's tears fell, she shouldn't have asked. She had reopened a wound.
Mamoru stood up and walked over, stopping right in front of Usagi. .
"The painting in the hall..when i saw it..it had reminded me of my mother...just when i thought i was forgetting what she looked like..the painting reminded me." Using his thumb, he gently wiped away her tear. "Although her face isn't clear in the painting..i can see it"
Usagi buried her face into her fisted hands. She couldn't stop her tears for some reason. Mamoru was still hurting..even though it had been so long ago.
"Someone who could paint something so beautiful...I wanted to know her." Mamoru took Usagi's hands in his. "I wanted to know you.."
Usagi opened her eyes. He knew. "You..You knew..."
"When i saw the painting in the gallery..i asked the manager if i could possibly buy it...when i looked to see who painted it, it had been anonymous. " Mamoru smiled at her and said softly. "I never thought the artist would be someone like you..."
"Someone like me? " Usagi blinked.
Mamoru nodded. "Someone this young...and with such background." He slid his hands into his pocket. "When the manager told me about you..It surprised me...and I decided then that i wanted to take you in, not just because you were the artist but because i felt like i wanted to do something for you. Although i didn't think you would agree to it...i'm glad you did Usagi."
Usagi wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and shook her head lightly. "Naomi-chan..had been my only family for the past 15 years..I don't really remember my parents..I was much younger then Mamoru-san when they passed away..and when Naomi-san passed away...I didn't want to go to the orphanage.." Going to the orphanage would meant going back to school..to everything that reminded her of the past..
Usagi clenched her hands unconsciously. "I'm...not good with making friends..or dealing with people."
"I see..." Mamoru didn't say anything else. They stood in silence for a second.
Then Usagi said softly. "Arigatou Mamoru-Kun..."
When Mamoru looked at her questionly she continued. "For taking me in..."
Mamoru smiled and placed his hand on her head lightly. It was such a brotherly touch Usagi felt a twinge of pain in her chest. Even so, Usagi smiled up at the taller man. Mamoru had already done enough for her...in just a short week he had flipped her life again. He had...saved her from her misery. If she hadn't fallen in love with Mamoru...perhaps she would have never fallen out of love with him. Even though it would mean more pain to love a man she could never be with. How she wished she had met Mamoru sooner..but the her now shouldn't expect more. she couldn't expect more. She already figure that out the night before...so she was happy..that alteast she was with him...living together in the same house.
"Would you like to continue painting Usagi? Mamoru asked softly.
Usagi looked up at the man in surprise.
"I was waiting for you to say something about it..but you hadn't so I thought perhaps you didn't want to anymore.."
'I..I didn't want want to cause you unnecessary trouble...to paint again i would need a stand and so many other things..I--"
Mamoru shook his head cutting Usagi off. "I said it before..this is your home now too Usagi..if you needed anything..."
. "Gomen...it's just i'm still getting use to everything..." Usagi trailed off.
"Hai..." Mamoru smiled understandingly. "Tomorrow i will get you all the art supplies you need."
Usagi quickly waved her hand around. "iie..theres no rush..please whenev er you have time.."
"I have time tomorrow..it's not any trouble."
Usagi opened her mouth to thank the taller man. But instead a large growl rang out from her stomach.
Embarrassed Usagi wrapped her arms around her stomach, she could already feel the heat burning her cheeks.
Mamoru laughed. "Ahh..gomenn we didn't even eat breakfast yet. "
"H..hai" Usagi mumbled looking at her foot. She watched as Mamoru opened the fridge and search for food.
She settled down on a stool by the counter and watched Mamoru cook the sausages he found in the fridge.
Then she remembered something. "Mamoru-San.."
"Hai?" .
"When Rei-san was here today...She seems worried and she said something about the doctors...Is everything ok?"
Mamoru's continued cooking. "Ahh..iie its fine, its just lately sometimes ive been finding it kind of hard to breath."
"Eh?" Usagi looked at the older man worried.
Mamoru turned around and smiled at her. "It's normal..it happens when i work a lot, its just the stress."
"Mamoru-San..."
Before Usagi could say anything else, Mamoru placed her breakfast in front of her and sat down across from her. Her stomach grumbled again at the smell of cooked food.
Mamoru looked at her amused. "Please..eat"
Usagi felt her face burn up again. "H..hai!..arigatou Mamoru-San."
"Please..just Mamoru is fine" Mamoru said picking up his fork and digging into his breakfast.
Usagi swallowed her food thickly. Calling him by just his name..
"Mamoru..." She said just above a whisper.
"Hai?" Mamoru looked at her.
"iie!" Usagi kicked herself inwardly. "I..I was just testing..." Usagi finished lamely.
Mamoru laughed. "Haii"
After they ate, Mamoru had rushed to work and Usagi went up to her room. She laid down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Mamoru's words running through her head. I wanted to meet you...
Usagi sighed. If only she was as wonderful as Mamoru thought she was.
If only he knew..if only...
To be continued
Author's note: hiii everyoneee thank you for reading haha i updated much sooner then i thought i would. I hope you all like it so far. Thanks for the reviews! Please review more and more hahaha. okkk i will update as soon as i cann. enjoyyy