12

She slowly came back from the world of dreams, but refused to open her eyes quite yet. So she just stood there, laying on her back, and enjoying the sound of the morning birds singing at her window.

She remembered the conversation from the night before, and she let out a sigh, wondering what exactly was in store for her. Wondering if she would be willing to just take the shot and give it a try... It sure sounded good to her. And quite tempting. But the timing was all wrong...

A sudden punch in her stomach made her open her eyes, and she opened her mouth to yell out in pain, but instead she just looked down at the little leg now resting over her.

"Ouch!" she whispered to herself.

A soft giggled got her attention, making her look up at her bedroom door.

"You should really get her into that soccer team" Makoto said to her "I bet she'll rock at it!"

"Yeah, no kidding" she said, untangling herself from the sheets, and from the little sleeping girl. She went to her wardrobe, looking for her clothes.

She put her black cotton shorts on, and then a yellow t-shirt she found, grabbing her socks and her training shoes, walking up to the bed again. She put them on as well, and once she was all done and ready to head out, she turned around on the bed, softly kissing the sleeping girl's forehead.

She made her way downstairs, and was about to walk out to start her morning run around the woods, when a strong hand grabbed her arm and made her stop dead on her tracks.

She turned around, frowning, and looking right back into serious, teal eyes.

"Do you mind?" she asked, looking down at her arm, still on her brother's strong grip.

"Actually, I do" he answered "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm going for the circus try outs" she answered him, rolling her eyes "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm going for a run!"

He dragged her away from the door, and into the living room.

"No, you're not" he simply stated "No one's living this house unsupervised" he said "Including you"

She jerked away from him, freeing herself, and crossed her arms over her chest, looking really pissed off "Are you kidding me?" she asked "I know how to take care of myself!"

Kunzite smiled at that "Oh, I remember" he said, amused at the bunch of memories that came to his mind, of him and his thick headed sister fighting, trowing punches and kicks all over each other "I also remember it was never that easy for you to take me down"

She narrowed her eyes at him "Wanna give it a try?" she asked "I did take you down more than once. And I got better over the years"

"If you're gonna kick his ass, I'm bringing the popcorn" came a male voice from behind them, making the siblings turn around to face an amused Nephrite, taking sips from the coffee cup he had in one hand "It should be quite the entertainment"

She didn't answered him. Instead, she turned back around, willing to go out for her morning routine. But again, a strong grip stopped her.

"Let me go, already!" she exclaimed, looking at her brother "What' wrong with you?"

"Oh, you're not going anywhere" Nephrite said, taking another sip from his coffee.

"Excuse me? I'm not your prisoner here!"

"Did I tell her about the crazy, dangerous man hunting her down, or did I just dream all that?" Kunzite asked, looking at his partner. He looked at his angry looking sister again, a serious expression on his handsome face "Look, you're not going anywhere alone. Is that clear enough, or do you need me to spell it for you?" he asked "Now go up stairs, and take nice good care of that cute little girl of yours. I believe your friend's already making breakfast for everyone, so..."

Haruka growled, deep and loud, before turning around and up the stairs, fuming all the way. She went right to her bedroom, and stopped dead on the doorway upon noticing the empty bed.

But then the sound of soft giggles reached her ears, and she frowned, curiously.

She made her way down the long hallway, and into the bedroom her guests were occupying, and took a peek inside. And her heart melt at the sight waiting for her there.

Hikari was sitting crossed leg on the bed, her green eyes looking out at the window, as a happy, content smile was playing on her lips. She was still wearing her light purple pajamas, and she was giggling and talking to the aquamarine haired young woman sitting right behind her, as Michiru was patiently brushing her soft blonde hair.

"When I grow up, I want to have your hair" the little girl announced.

Michiru giggled "Why? You have such pretty hair" she said, tiding a pink ribbon around the little girl's hair, in a high, one sided ponytail "It's so silky and shiny"

Hikari frowned "But yours is prettier!" she argued "And I get knots all the time, and it hurts..."

"There, all done" Michiru announced, and then she smiled when the girl turned around to look at her, a surprised expression on her cute, small features "What is it, sweetie?" she asked, as she saw Hikari slowly and hesitantly touching her hair.

"You didn't pull my hair" Hikari said, her green eyes wide open.

"Why would I?" the aquamarine haired woman asked.

"But... but Risa always pulled my hair when she was trying to get the knots out, and it hurt..." the girl said "Only my mommy knows how to do it without hurting me..."

"That's because I used to have long hair, just like you" came Haruka's deep, husky voice from the doorway, and Hikari turned around to smile up at her mother "And I used to get just as many knots as you do"

"Really?" the girl asked, curiously. But then she frowned "Does uncle Kunzite gets knots too?"

Michiru giggled at the question, and Haruka grinned "I don't know, princess, but why don't you go and pull his hair, just in case?"

Hikari jumped off the bed then, running all the way out the bedroom and down the hallway. Haruka laughed after her, and Michiru tilted her head.

"That was mean" she said, trying to fight down the amused smile that was tugging at her lips.

"That's what he gets for keeping me locked up here" the blonde said, still looking at the door. But then turned to look at the aquamarine haired woman, now standing close to her "That was impressive" she said, softly "She never lets anyone brush her hair"

The younger woman smiled at her "She asked me to"

They stood there, looking into each others eyes, until the tall blonde woman snapped out of her daze, and turned around to leave the room and let the aquamarine haired woman get out of her silky, dark blue, incredibly sexy night gown. But when she heard her softly calling out to her, she turned around, surprised at finding her right next to her again.

Michiru stood up in her tiptoes, and softly kissed the blonde's cheek.

"I like your hair" she said, before turning around and walking into her bathroom, leaving a blushing tall woman behind.