｢Chapter 14｣
Fighter sat back on her bed once Maker had left her room, giving her the privacy that she had requested. 'What am I doing? Why am I pushing her out right now?' Fighter realised. She looked towards the closed door. 'Did I hurt her?' Fighter buried her face into her hands.
Fighter looked towards the bracelet given by Kakkyu to her last year. It was still lying at the bedside table. 'I want to see her. I want to protect her like how I used to do so. I want to cheer her up. Odango. . . She must be really upset. Remember the last time when her lover left her, she was devastated. And he left her again . . . For eternity. How's would she be able to take the truth. I need to be with her.'
'Usagi . . ." Fighter whispered out. She picked the bracelet up and held it in her hand. The stone could no longer shine. 'The Moonstone had lost its shine just like how the Moon princess had lost her smile and hope.' Fighter tried to fight her tears off her eyes.
[Flashback]
'Kimi aisuru hito o, kawari ni warenai keredo, itsudemo soba ni itte, kimi o mamoru yo' (Even though I could not replace (take the place of) the person that you love, I will still always be by your side, protecting you.)' Seiya sang in her hand as she stood near Usagi at the rooftop. 'Will you ever know how I felt inside for you, Odango. . .
-flash-
"Odango, don't be worried. I will protect you for sure, no matter what happen." Seiya said to Usagi, Usagi was forced into her seat beside Seiya on the plane.
-flash-
"Itai!" Seiya shouted as Usagi hit Seiya with the spear in her hand. "I must get an pay increase for this musical!"
"With 2 servings of tempura?" Usagi joked
"Plus the fried egg that boss made!" Seiya returned.
-flash-
Usagi clenched her hands into fist, trying to prevent her tears from forming. " I thought I had a strong will to go on . . . but when I saw the rose . . . I remembered him! Even though I could only hear him on his voice mail. Even though I have not receive any replies for my letters . . . I thought I was alright with it. I thought I could survive by myself . . . but . . . but . . . I just can't stand being alone! I want to see you . . . I want to see you . . . Mamo-chan!" Usagi cried out uncontrollably.
Seiya just stood there and watch, the girl who managed to take her heart, crying out. Her own heart had broke into thousands of pieces. 'If only I could tell you the truth . . .'
-flash-
"Think back! Odango! Think back! Remember what had happened to Mamoru-san at the airport!" Seiya grabbed Usagi tightly at her wrist. "Remember what happened! Stop fooling about yourself that it had not happened.!"
"No! I can't face it!" Usagi wriggled her wrist away from Seiya, holding them to her head when the unwanted memories flashed in her mind, tears overflowing.
"Odango!" Seiya called out as she held Usagi close to her chest. "Sorry . . . I didn't mean to hurt you. Seiya continued, looking lovingly into Usagi's sapphire orbs.
-flash-
"But, when she's sad, I will want to be the one to catch her tears, to support her, to protect her, and to be just with her. For that that's the only things I can do for her. I may not be able to create her joy, but I will want to share her tears. That's all." Fighter told Maker with tears building in her eyes.
-flash-
"I like you Maker. I mean it. I don't know how this will turn up into, but I do know that I like you." Fighter finished as she kissed Maker again on the lips. "Stay with me." Fighter asked again, pulling Maker into an embrace.
-flash-
Fighter wrapped her arms around Maker's neck, pulling Maker close to her, and threw her towards the other side of the bed.
"You're not asleep." Maker stated, just knowing that she had been fooled by the little antics of Fighter.
Fighter just smile brightly, closing her eyes at the same time.
"What's that for anyway?" Maker asked.
"To get you to sleep. Nothing else much. It's getting late. By the time you finish the last book, it's going to be daybreak already." Fighter answered thoughtfully before she continued jokingly. "And maybe it's also a good way to get you carry me to bed. How wonderful was that that I do not need to walk and still get onto the bed."
-flash-
Fighter had her hands interlocked with Maker, strolling in the south garden in the middle of the night. They settled down at their favourite spot in the field. " It's so nice to walk in the night. The stars and night wind is such a nice accompany." Fighter stated
"The stars and night wind? Not me?" Maker nudged Fighter, who had her head rested on Maker's shoulder.
"Maybe? Maybe not?" Fighter giggled.
"Then I'm leaving." Maker said, lifting Fighter's head away from her shoulder and attempted to stand up.
"NO!" Fighter held onto Maker frantically.
"I'm just making fun of you, Fighter. . . "Maker explained.
-flash-
"Good Morning Piggy. . ." Maker called as she tickled naked stomach with the ends of her long hair. Fighter flinched a little but kept her eyes closed. Maker continued her actions, until she got the reaction she's expecting from Fighter. Well not in the exact way though.
"Stop it Mochi!" Fighter groaned. "I'm really tired. My body is aching from last night!"
Maker was surprised. She continued tickling Fighter.
"I said stop Mochi!" Fighter growled, waving her hands in the air, as she tried to catch the puppy that she expected to be running on her stomach, with her eyes still closed. And when she realise that the ball of fur is not on her, she frowned, and finally, reluctantly, she opened her eyes.
"Good Morning Piggy!" Maker repeated, looking gingerly at Fighter."I never knew that I felt like Mochi . . ."
"I . . . I thought Mochi had become my personal alarm clock. That's what you said" Fighter tried to explain as Maker hovered over Fighter, taunting Fighter.
"I thought that today would be one of the days that I'll be your alarm clock instead. . . " Maker said playfully.
[End of flashback]
'I . . .' Fighter was left speechless by the overwhelming memoires that filled her mind. 'What a mess that I've got myself into. . .' Fighter felt torn apart. 'I loved Maker, didn't I ? Why am I still thinking of Odango? I thought I've placed her out of my life. But why did the news drew it back so close to me again? I thought I could move on. I thought Maker . . . '
Fighter stood up from her bed and walked towards her door. 'I need to clear my mind.' With that she left her room, running down the hallway and to the outfield. She wants to run. She wants to work out till she drop. She wished that she could just run away from the reality. Just this moment.
'I thought it was near. It's so near the right time that I've planned, planned to inform Ouhi and Healer about our relationship . . . Maybe this had happened to show me that we were not meant to be in the first place.' Maker thought as she dropped onto the floor. 'I've placed too much faith. I should have seen this coming. I knew that it's impossible for Fighter to put Serenity out of her mind forever. She said it before, didn't she?'
[Flashback]
"No matter what happens, somewhere in future, if there is this day where I'm going to find a love, Odango will still stand a place in my heart. How big will she stands in my heart on that moment, I'm not sure as well. I'll leave it till then to decide. It's impossible to forget the longing, the affection I had for her."
[End of Flashback]
'I should know what should I do. If there's this day I have to make this decision, even it's gonna to be unfair for . . . us, I'm gonna to make it. Even if it's gonna to hurt, I still have to make it.'
A/N: A very short update . . . I tried my best to write this. A few references to the Musical, Manga and Anime (in terms of the Flashbacks of Fighter. Hopefully I've managed to map out the confuse feelings Fighter felt. -.- I'm really bad at that.