A/N: I don't own Sailor Moon and the wait for the next chapters will be for a while. So please read and review! Thanks!

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It wasn't supposed to be like this. She wasn't supposed to walk out of my life like that. I wasn't supposed to hit her. I wasn't supposed to hurt her. But I did. She did. This was breaking all of the rules that we had set in the beginning of our life.

I promised her when I took her in, that I wouldn't be like her ex-boyfriend, that I would be the person who would treasure her forever, would treat her like the special person that she was and never let her experience any hardships, any sadness, any pain. But I failed to even bring her happiness after the first year. Everything was going smoothly until that fateful day when I saw her hanging out with him. It infuriated me. I had to get to the bottom of it and eventually I did. She was seeing him behind my back!

I confronted her one day and she avoided talking to me aboiut him. I knew she was hiding something because of the look she had in her eyes. Being the jealous person that I was, I couldn't let them skate without giving me a legitimate reason for their secret meetings behind my back. Then I found out that it was Serena who had done the calling, done the secret meetings with him. But it would seem that I had mistook that information gathered. Before I found out what her true agenda was, I commited something horrible against her. I had hurted her, mentally and physically.

If I wanted her back, which I desperately wanted, I couldn't. She was gone to who knows where. The sailor scouts, the inners refused to talk to me, they were angry that this had happen. I was angry at myself too. I should've trusted her, but the bad side got the best of me.

Now, the place we used to call home seem so big now. Serena used to complain that the place was too small to manuever. I always promised her that one day we would get a bigger household, something bigger to suit her tastes. But that promise was now long broken. All because of that misunderstanding.

Bang!

Dammit! How could things go wrong so easily over just a little misunderstanding?! All I ever wanted was to spend the rest of my life with the princess of my dreams, my moon princess. But even that was too hard to accomplish without some evil demon lurking in the shadows.

"Haruka?"

A voice from the doorway snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Michiru, my ex-girlfriend.

"What is it, Michiru?"

"It was all my fault. I was the one who told Darien to get back with Serena. I wanted you back, I couldn't let our princess steal you away from me," Michiru said. I could hear the plead in her voice. I glared at her,

"You? You were the mastermind behind this evil plot?"

"Yes, and I am so so-"

"You were never sorry! You didn't care about Serena's feelings at all! All you cared about were your own gains. Why do you want me back when you were the one who broke up with me. What I remember was that you didn't want to be pampered. Now since you've seen how I can do without you with our princess, your jealousy raged am I right?" I smirked. I could see the shame on her face.

"Please, allow me to help you get our princess back! It's the least I could do for what I've done to you!" Michiru begged.

"No! You've done enough," I stated grabbing my coat and heading out the door. Michiru grabbed at my hand,

"Please! I want to help! I want to remain on good terms with you!"

I knew I was going to regret it, but our past as Sailor Scouts led me to believe otherwise.

"Fine," I stated. She looked happy, relieved. I avoided her look, "Let's go."

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With her intellectual mind, I was able to pinpoint where Serena was. I was thankful that Serena was still in the country. I arrived at a house six miles away from where we lived. I stood in front of the front door, contemplating whether or not I should ring the doorbell. But I guess the heavens had other plans for me. I turned away and the sound of a door opening caught my ears. I turned at the sound to be met with sapphire orbs.

"Haruka..."

I never get tired of hearing her say my name in that breathless voice. It all seemed too surreal.

"Serena..." I said. Then as soon as the sweetness came, bitterness overtook it.

"What is it?"

"I was wrong," I confessed. For a second there, I could see her features soften but she stood firm.

"Wrong? How so? It was like you said, I was a horrible person. The moon princess could never be me. I don't fit to rule a kingdom in the future. It would seem that I'm not too nice enough."

"You are kind and a person that cares about the safety of other people rather than her own. That's the person I fell in love with, Serena. I regret letting you go, please. I...want to start over with you," It was just as hard it was on me. I felt choked up just listening to me talk like this.

I felt small, soft hands on my cheeks. I looked up to see Serena crying,

"Don't shed tears, Haruka. I'm not worth it. Besides, the toughness suits you. You have to be strong, as I have tried to be. That's when we'll get over this mishap and pretend it never happened."

"But it did happen, Serena. I rather settle it now than later," I said. She looked down and let go of my cheeks.

"But isn't later so much better? I want to forget this ever happened," Serena whispered.

"So, do you regret ever loving me?" I wanted to know. She looked up at me and cried even harder.

"I never regretted loving you! You were the best thing that's ever happened to me, Haruka! You treated me as an equal more than Darien could ever have! It's just after this misunderstanding, I'm afraid to face you."

"You did nothing wrong, so why worry?" I said softly.

"Huh?" I wiped away the tears that clung to her lashes,

"I found out that Michiru was the culprit. She wanted me back and for Darien to go back to you."

"So, what does that mean?" Serena wondered.

"I don't know, what do you want it to mean Serena?" I stated.

"I don't know..."

I couldn't rush her. I wanted her to figure it out for herself. But now, she was confused about her feelings and her future with me. I hope that there will be a future with just the two of us. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with her.

"That's okay if you can't come to a conclusion now. I'll wait for your answer whenever you're ready, Serena," I said and I turned to leave. She grabbed my hand,

"No! I...want to start over with you too, Haruka."

I stopped in my tracks, had she said what I thought she said?

"Serena?"

"I want to be with you again!" Serena cried. I hugged her to me. That was the best thing I've heard in a while.

My love with Serena was breaking and unbreaking the rules as it pleased. Our love was phenomenal. I knew I couldn't lose her so easily. The rules, they just couldn't take much of our love because we were meant to be more than just a soldier and her princess. We were lovers.

"I want to be with you again too, Serena."