Thank you all for the reviews and the understanding in what I'm doing with this story. And don't worry I won't drag it out to far. Like I wrote before the last 2 chapters are done as a matter of fact chapter 13 and 14 are done also. I just need to reread and do touch ups. I'm thinking this story might be maybe (big maybe) 16 or 17 chapters long. I will know for sure soon and I will keep you all informed. EvaC.
Chapter 12
After Mamoru left home for school, Usagi and Kazuo both seemed to get a little depressed for the first few weeks but they didn't stop in what they were doing. They were seen studying with Setsuna but they were both silent. They both waited for Mamoru to show back up like he promised them he would. They were each missing Mamoru for their own reasons. Kazuo because Mamoru was his brother and he wanted the older boy there for his own personal reason. Usagi because she missed talking with Mamoru and how he would show her different things and she missed the way he would look at her and smile giving her a smile no one else had ever done before. But what she missed most was the way he had started to talk to her like she was an adult not trying to act like she didn't know things.
Kazuo and Usagi both got up in the mornings and went to Setsuna then in the afternoons they would go to their room and lay down. Seeing that Usagi would sit up and look at picture books while Kazuo seemed to be napping, Hirohito and Setsuna sat and talked agreeing to let Usagi go to her in the afternoons every other day. Hirohito still didn't want to push Usagi and Kazuo but didn't want them bored. He remembered Selene telling him to let them decide what they wanted and he let them.
The others around went on with their own lives each acting like the day with the reporters never happened. Since Usagi and Kazuo didn't mention it or ask questions no one else did. Hirohito and Selene both thought it was best for the two not to remember that day. Selene did notice one day when she was over visiting that Usagi and Kazuo never went to the barn alone and would only go near it if there were some people by it. Selene took the two with Hirohito following into the barn one afternoon and she and Hirohito stood back by the open door while Usagi and Kazuo both stood very still and slowly looked around. The two adults went wide eyed when Kazuo grabbed Usagi's hand and then ran over to a ladder and they both slowly taking their time and went up to the loft.
Hirohito and Selene both walked over fast after the two were up there then followed the two up after they heard the two giggling. Hirohito climbed up last and stood up then walked over to where the three were sitting and looking down. Hirohito sat down and started to watch the kittens with the three, all of them smiling until Hirohito started to sneeze. He only smiled at Selene when she told him he needed to start taking his allergy medicine again as she picked up a kitten and petted it. Hirohito was the first to get down and he sat and waited for the others to join him being a little surprised when Kazuo climbed down first and ran over to him and took his hands and held them. They waited for the two to join then the four left the barn together.
Hirohito looked at Usagi as she stopped walking and looked at the sky then wrapped her arms around her shoulders. Making Hirohito remember that he needed to get the two coats since winter was coming he suddenly wondered if the two had ever seen snow and if they hadn't what they would do when they did see it.
One day Hirohito surprised everyone when he allowed Setsuna to take Usagi and Kazuo to a library in town with some of his guards going also. The library was closed for the three hours that they were there since the director of the library wanted it that way. And none of the reporters had known about it not until Hirohito held another news conference addressing about the day that reporters had gotten on his property telling how he would press charges against all of them for trespassing.
After the trip to the library and Usagi taking a box full of books home the director made an arrangement with Hirohito to come out once every other week with his van with new books for Usagi to look at. She started off reading easy books slowly making her way to small chapter books. Setsuna and Hirohito and the others were pleasantly surprised by Usagi and all that she wanted to read and learn and how fast she understood things.
Selene surprised her one day by bringing over some different Manga books making Usagi's smile grow even more since those books had pictures and words together. Even Kazuo got a kick out of them and was seen reading with Usagi more. He would be seen sitting besides her looking over her shoulder while Usagi read the book out loud in a soft voice. If she got stuck on a word Usagi would run to Setsuna or if she wasn't around then she would run to Hirohito who would help her when he could. He had the servants and his people make sure someone was near Usagi to help if she needed it.
Usagi learned to write Mamoru's full name and one evening slowly wrote him a letter taking her time finally finishing after two hours. She smiled then ran to Hirohito finding him and Kazuo in the living room. She handed Hirohito the letter asking him to send it to Mamoru. Hirohito smiled and folded the letter never reading it and placed it in the envelope promising Usagi that he would mail it personally the next day. Usagi thanked him then ran out of the room leaving Hirohito and Kazuo alone. Hirohito asked Kazuo if he wanted to send Mamoru a letter and Kazuo said no and told how Usagi would have told Mamoru everything anyways then he smiled and Hirohito smiled in return.
When Usagi got a letter in the mail one day from Mamoru she looked at it for the longest time then ran to a chair by a window and sat down and slowly read it then smiled big and got up and ran off to find Kazuo then she read the letter to him while he sat in a chair smiling. The next letter to Mamoru, Kazuo sat beside Usagi and had her write down what he wanted to tell his brother only writing his name at the end under her name.
The only thing Usagi and Kazuo seemed to have a problem with in their learning was math. But Setsuna whispered to them one day to not worry about the hard math telling them both that the only math they would ever really need to know later in life was adding and subtracting and some multiplying. Setsuna smiled to herself while she watched the two's eyes going wide and their mouths drop open as they looked at each other.
Some days Kazuo would go back in the afternoons and study with Setsuna also but not every day like Usagi. He would get tired or bored and would leave the room to go to his or he would go and sit beside Hirohito and just watch the man work. Hirohito asked him one day months after Mamoru left, about his learning and Kazuo flat out told the man that he didn't care about learning much. Kazuo surprised them all but Usagi when he said that night at the dinner table that he didn't want to know everything like Usagi did. Before anyone could say anything else Kazuo stood up and walked out of the room. Usagi looked at Hirohito then got up herself and walked out of the room also.
Hirohito watched her and thought about Kazuo. "Maybe it's his eyes. If he is having trouble seeing then he isn't going to want to learn." Setsuna said. Hirohito looked at her then nodded his head as he also remembered about Kazuo's eyes. He soon got up and walked out going to his office and made a few calls. The next morning Selene showed up with a young male eye doctor. After eating breakfast Hirohito took Kazuo with him to his office with Usagi following them. Setsuna knowing that Kazuo was getting his eyes checked took the day off to go shopping with some of the others since Hirohito told her to go and enjoy herself knowing she needed a small break from Usagi.
Kazuo sat down in front of the doctor while Usagi went over and sat down between Hirohito and Selene. Hirohito looked at Usagi and noticed that she seemed to be sad as she looked at Kazuo who was blinking his eyes a few times as the eye doctor stepped back from him after looking at his right eye and started to write something down on a pad of paper. The doctor then looked at his left eye taking a little longer then again wrote something down.
"Can I leave now?" Kazuo suddenly asked looking at his father. "Not yet the doctor isn't done yet." Hirohito said. Kazuo looked down then over at Usagi who looked back at him. She then looked back down at her hands but not before he saw the tears in her eyes. Kazuo sighed and looked at his father then back at the eye doctor who turned back toward him.
"All right Kazuo I want you to cover your left eye very gently then look to the wall at that chart I hung up and tell me which line you can read the best with your right eye." The eye doctor said while he looked at Kazuo who looked at him. Kazuo did what he was asked then looked at the doctor who wrote again on his paper. "Okay now do the same with your left eye." The young man said looking back at him. Kazuo looked at him then looked over at Hirohito then at Usagi who was still looking down. "No." Kazuo suddenly said then got up and ran out of the room standing alone in the hallway not far from the room. Hirohito went to stand up and walk away but stopped when he heard Usagi.
"He can't see out of the left eye and it's my fault." Usagi said. She then stood up and went to run out of the room but stopped when she saw Kazuo standing there by the door. "It's not your fault I told you that many times." Kazuo said to her. Usagi ran to him and Kazuo hugged her to him and looked at the other three in the room. "You're blind in that eye?" Hirohito asked as he walked over to the two. Kazuo looked at him then closed his eyes as he said, "Not all the way. I can see some." Kazuo reopened his eyes and looked at his father again. "Can you see the chart?" The eye doctor asked. Kazuo looked at him. "The top line is clear a little." Kazuo answered knowing he was lying. He just didn't want anyone looking at that eye.
Everyone got silent until the eye doctor stood up and walked over to Hirohito. "He can see out of his right eye okay. That left one I would need to go in and look at better and I can't here but I could in my office. Until then I think I have a few pairs of glasses for him that will help with his eyesight in that eye better. Just need to have him try them. They are in my car I will be right back." The doctor said softly then left out after Hirohito nodded his head that he understood.
After the doctor left the room Hirohito walked over to Kazuo and Usagi and made them both sit back down to wait. "I will try the glasses but I don't want him looking at my left eye again." Kazuo suddenly said looking at his father. Hirohito glanced at Selene then said, "All right son but later I will take you in to town and have that eye checked with better equipment." "I guess so but later." Kazuo said as he held Usagi's hand tight since she was sitting right beside him now. Hirohito didn't answer and just watched the two. He had heard the tone in Kazuo's voice and wasn't going to push the boy to do something he didn't want to at the moment.
The eye doctor came back in and went to Kazuo and had him try on a few of the glasses. With the fourth ones Kazuo suddenly smiled and started looking around the room. He stood up and ran to the window and looked outside as the smile grew on his face. "I think we found the right one for him." The eye doctor said as he and the others watched Kazuo looking around. The doctor then wrote down which glasses Kazuo had. Kazuo turned to them and continued to smile. He looked at Usagi and his mouth went open just a little seeming to the others that he was seeing her for the first time. Usagi half smiled and stood up while Kazuo walked to her.
Usagi hugged him tight and Kazuo bent his head to her ear then whispered, "Stop now. It's not your fault. I would loss both eyes if I knew you were safe. I would do it again no matter what." Usagi only nodded her head as the tears formed in her eyes after her eyes closed. They both didn't notice Selene standing there beside them looking at them both.
"Kazuo you'll have a head ache for awhile until your eye gets use to the glasses. But it shouldn't be for long. Wear the glasses each day starting for a few hours then give your eye a rest then each day wear it longer until you are ready to wear it all the time. It might take a few weeks." The eye doctor told Kazuo and Hirohito who he looked at last. Kazuo nodded his head while he continued to hold Usagi.
Hirohito and Selene walked out with the eye doctor after the man gathered his things. "His right eye is weak but the glasses should work and help him see clearer. If after two weeks he seems to be having any problems let me know." The eye doctor told Hirohito who shook his hand. "I will. I will also call and let you know when I will bring him in to get that left eye checked over better." Hirohito said. The eye doctor nodded his head then said good bye and left. Hirohito and Selene looked back at each other then turned and started to walk back into the house going back to the room where they heard Kazuo and Usagi talking to each other. Selene grabbed Hirohito's arm to stop him from walking and they both stood there listening to the two who seemed to be arguing just a little with each other.
"I told you to stop thinking that. It's not your fault." Kazuo said looking at Usagi who had turned her back to him. "Yes it is! I shouldn't have yelled for you to come to me. He told me not to…. he told me to be quiet….If I would have done what he said your eye….." Usagi said then got silent as she gasped out loud then covered her mouth.
Kazuo walked to her fast and turned her to look at him. He moved her head up and made her look at him both with their eyes wide. "You remember that day….that time?" Kazuo asked looking into her eyes with his own eyes going wide. Usagi blinked her eyes then suddenly ran out of the room never seeing the two by the door. Hirohito and Selene both watched Usagi as she ran up the stairs. They both looked in at Kazuo who was still standing there looking out the door. Hirohito and Selene could both tell that Kazuo was shocked.
"She remembers…..how?…..I thought she didn't…She never talked or let me know…..." Kazuo said out loud more to himself as he continued to stand there looking out the door. "Kazuo." Hirohito said touching the boys shoulder. Kazuo jumped a little and looked at him then blinked his eyes. Hirohito grabbed Kazuo's arm before the boy could move away. "Son I need to know what happened. It's time we talked. You don't need to tell me everything." Hirohito said looking down at his youngest son while Kazuo looked up at him.
"I need to protect her….always…it's my job… they both said it was my job…." Kazuo whispered as his eyes started to look away from Hirohito. "Tell me Kazuo so I can help you protect Usagi." Hirohito said in a soft voice. Kazuo looked at Selene who was now beside Hirohito then looked back at his father then down at the carpet. "Yes…. I will let you know….. For if he doesn't protect her…..then you will." Kazuo said softly as he looked away missing Hirohito and Selene looking at each other. Kazuo looked back at his father then said, "I need to check on Usagi first." He then walked out of the room.
Selene and Hirohito again looked at each other after Kazuo was out of the room. "Who is he talking about?" Selene asked. "I think Mamoru." Hirohito answered. "But why would Kazuo want Mamoru to protect Usagi?" Selene asked as she sat down with Hirohito doing the same. "I'm not sure right now." Hirohito said looking at her while they waited for Kazuo to come back. When Kazuo hadn't shown up after fifteen minutes had past, the two got up and went looking for the boy finding him with Usagi in Mamoru's room. Usagi had gone there and laid on the bed having Kazuo finding her in there face down on the pillow Mamoru used with her arms hugging BunBun.
Hirohito and Selene stood out in the hallway and watched and listened to the two talking waiting until they thought the moment was right to go in. Usagi and Kazuo were now sitting besides each other facing each other in the middle of Mamoru's big bed. Lying between them was BunBun which Usagi was seen picking at the stuff rabbit's clothes slowly.
"Why didn't you tell me you remembered that?" Kazuo asked looking at Usagi's head since her head was bent down. "Because it made you happy that I didn't know. I didn't want you to worry about me so much." Usagi said in a soft voice. She looked up after Kazuo took her hands and held them. "Do you remember it all?" Kazuo asked. "No." Usagi answered. "What do you remember?" Kazuo asked almost in a whisper almost wishing he didn't ask. Usagi sighed then said, "He…..Not much only that he wouldn't let me up and his hand was down…..on me…. I don't know why I was there and you weren't." Usagi said talking slow. "Please Kazuo tell me why you weren't in there also. Where were you?" Usagi asked as she looked at the wall then back at Kazuo when he started talking as he looked to a wall behind her.
"Aunty made me go outside with her that day. Telling me to help her and how I couldn't go back in to the house until she said so. I asked where you were and she glared at me and told me to shut up then slapped me hard…When she turned her back on me finally I was able to run off and back into the house finding you after I heard you scream out my name… I ran into that room and saw him holding you down with your arms over your head with one hand and his other hand down between your legs…" Kazuo said then stopped and looked back at Usagi who was looking at him.
"I grabbed that long stick he used on us that was by the door and I started to hit him as hard as I could. I know that the stick broke after awhile. After it broke I grabbed you into my arms and held you while he and Aunty hit me and yelled at me. Aunty had run back in going to him first then helped him attack us. You passed out in my arms and I held you tight feeling them trying to pull you from me again…..They both finally picked me up and you since you were in my arms and carried us down and tossed us into that room." Kazuo said then stopped and looked down.
"I woke up and saw your face bruised and bloody. All that blood from your eye." Usagi whispered as she reached and touched his face. Kazuo looked at her and removed the glasses. Kazuo half smiled then pulled her to him and hugged her. "Like I told you I don't care about my eye. As long as you were safe….that is all that mattered to me then and now." Kazuo whispered to her while his eyes closed. Usagi sighed then looked over when Hirohito and Selene walked into the room.
"You were locked up after that for good?" Hirohito asked after Kazuo who had felt Usagi move as she looked at the two looked at them also. Usagi nodded her head while Kazuo said, "Yes. Aunty showed up two days later with some food and told me how we were never going to leave that room again. After that we never saw her in the mornings. We would wake up and the tray with food would be there. We saw her or another person at night with a new tray."
"What about that man?" Selene asked looking at the two as she and Hirohito sat down on the bed also. Kazuo started to shake his head back and forth but stopped when Usagi said, "He came in one night while you were sleeping." She looked at Kazuo and could tell that he was surprised that she never told him. "What did he say and do?" Kazuo asked before the other two could. Usagi looked down then back up and said in a soft voice, "He told me he was going to come back for me when I was older." Usagi then looked back down knowing she didn't tell everything that the man said. The man who was really her father and only she knew it.
Usagi felt Kazuo pulling her closer to his body. "Well you both don't need to worry about that ever happening." Hirohito said as he then smiled at the two. "Yes we will protect you both from that man." Selene then said as she smiled also both of them trying to make the two feel comfortable. Usagi gave a half smile then looked at Kazuo who was looking at her hard.
"What do you remember about that day and tell me the truth this time." Kazuo suddenly said still looking at Usagi. She looked away while Hirohito said, "Son I think it's over now." "No it's not! Tell me Usa!" Kazuo snapped while looking at the man then back at Usagi. Usagi looked at him and they all saw the tears start to fall.
"You tell me and them so they will know. You are starting to have nightmares again and they are getting worse. Tell me now." Kazuo said to her. Both adults were surprised to hear about the nightmares. Usagi looked down. "Usagi." Selene said her name softly getting the girl to look at her. "If you tell us then it will help you later. It will help to get it off your mind." Selene told her. Usagi looked away then back at Selene and nodded her head slowly then looked back at Kazuo. "Usagi do you trust us?" Hirohito asked after Usagi wouldn't start talking. Usagi looked at him and nodded her head up and down fast making Hirohito smile at her then take her hands.
"Aunty….She told me how I had to go to her room alone that Kazuo was busy at the moment and I would get to see him later only if I did what she said. I told her no and she slapped me then picked me up and carried me to the room and dropped me on the bed then left out closing the door behind her. I saw him sitting in a chair in the corner smiling at me. Before I could get off the bed he was there beside me. He….." Usagi stopped to catch her breath then continued talking going a little slowly.
"He pushed me back on the bed and ripped my dress open. He hit me and held my hands above my head after I started to hit him. I started crying and screaming for Kazuo as I felt his hand and fingers going lower…..I remember some pain then seeing Kazuo running in and start to hit him…..I remember them both pulling at Kazuo's arm and I begged them not to brake it. I don't remember anything after that only waking up in the basement with Kazuo smiling down at me…..He wouldn't let me get up for three days…." Usagi told them then looked at Kazuo who only looked at her. She wondered what he was thinking.
"That guy only had his hand down on you?" Selene asked. Usagi looked at her then away thinking then back at her and nodded her head up and down. Selene was seen sighing as she smiled at Hirohito who smiled back both of them realizing that Usagi hadn't been raped but the man must have had his fingers up in her. Selene thought about when Kazuo had told how Usagi had bleed for those days and she wondered if the man had more then one finger and how deep they were. She figured that she and Hirohito would talk later since Selene knew that she wanted to do an exam later on Usagi for she knew along with Hirohito that Usagi still hadn't had a period.
Usagi and Kazuo both looked at Hirohito after he stood up. He looked and smiled at them both then said, "How would you both like to go into town with us and we will go see a movie and have some dinner? Everyone else is enjoying the day so we will too." Kazuo looked at Usagi who looked back at him. They then both stood up while nodding their heads. Hirohito hugged them both while he and Selene smiled at each other. While they rode in the limo Hirohito told both Kazuo and Usagi that if they ever wanted to talk that he and Selene were there to listen to them at any time over anything. Kazuo and Usagi both said okay but didn't say anything else about their past in that basement room both of them not wanting to remember the boredom or the fear that they had at times at that moment.
That night the two did get up and go and lay with Hirohito sleeping with him all night. The next morning at breakfast Usagi and Kazuo showed up with the doll stroller with BunBun and that one plant that they had taken in it again. Ami walked by the two while they were eating and stopped when she spotted the plant. She looked at it knowing it had to be the same since it was in the flower pot that she had personally picked out for it. Ami reached and moved some of the leaves that were over flowing just to make sure it was the same one.
"Usagi is this that plant that you took from outside that one day?" Ami asked as she looked at Usagi. Usagi bite into her toast and nodded her head up and down as she looked at Ami. "What did you do for it?" Ami asked looking at the plant then back at Usagi then at Kazuo since he had turned his head to look at her smiling. "I didn't do anything." Usagi said then took a bite of bacon. "She gave it her love." Kazuo said smiling even more after Usagi looked at him and smiled back.
The two then stood up and left the dinning room with the stroller and went up to their room. Everyone left in the room looked back at Ami who was just standing there looking off into space. Ami blinked her eyes then looked at Zoisite after he touched her shoulder. "That fern was dead when I put it outside and now…" Ami said then stopped talking. "What?" Nephrite asked. "Now it is growing like it was never anything wrong. It's flowing over the pot now with new leaves popping up in the soil." Ami told him as she looked around at the others. "It wasn't dead." Zoisite said. "Yes it was! I even had Makoto look at it and we had the gardener look and he agreed that it was dead." Ami said while Makoto nodded her head in agreement. "Usagi has a green thumb." Hirohito was heard saying making the others look at him then each other as they thought about Usagi.
Hirohito smiled then stood up and left the room going to his own. As he walked past Kazuo and Usagi's room he watched while Kazuo put the fern on the table in there moving it slowly and gently so it was in the center. Kazuo looked up and saw the man and smiled then ran to him and gave him a hug then ran over to Usagi and took her hand then they walked out and went to find Setsuna.
Hirohito went to his own room and cleaned up then walked out going down to the living room. He then left the house to go into town to his main office to take care of some meetings being glad to be done a few hours later. He headed home and arrived right before the limo with his oldest son arrived.
Hirohito walked into the living room and sat down acting like he was reading while he waited for Mamoru to come into the house. After Mamoru walked into the living room Hirohito stood up fast and acted like he was surprised.
"Mamoru your home! Did you miss your daddy? Only gone for four months not even four….. can't you stay away from me?" Hirohito asked as he looked at Mamoru. "No….Yes…No….I mean the dean sent me home since the reporters won't stop." Mamoru said sounding a little flustered as he went over and gave his father a hug.
"I know that son. I was just picking on you. I talked to the dean a few days ago and told him to send you home until the excitement dies down about you." Hirohito said as he let Mamoru go. Mamoru looked at him and watched Hirohito smile then his eyes went a little wide when his own father stuck his tongue out at him fast.
"Why do you always act like you don't know anything only to turn around and tell me that you know that you knew?" Mamoru asked as his hands went up in the air. Hirohito started laughing and wouldn't answer. "You drive me crazy when you do that….making me tell you when you already know everything…." Mamoru mumbled to himself while Hirohito smiled more. "After all these years you should know me…..How was school going otherwise?" Hirohito then asked as he and Mamoru sat down. Mamoru waited a few seconds as his head moved back and forth. "Okay I guess same as before only this time those nosy reporters kept showing up when they got into Motoki and my room that was it. Kunzite and the others said it was time to leave." Mamoru answered.
"Yes Kunzite and Minako were going to escort Motoki home but I guess he wanted to stay at school." Hirohito said while Mamoru nodded his head in agreement. "Well the dean and I agreed to have you stay home for a few months and you can do some of your classes online if you want. That way you don't fall behind. The dean said he will talk to your teachers who I'm sure will let you email your work to them." Hirohito said as he watched Mamoru nodded his head up and down in agreement again.
"So how are Kazuo and Usagi doing?" Mamoru asked. Hirohito smiled then pointed to the door and said, "Why don't you ask them yourself." Mamoru turned his head fast and saw his brother and Usagi both standing at the doorway both looking at him with their eyes wide. The two then ran into the room going to Mamoru who was standing up.
"Hey you got glasses! They look good on you!" Mamoru said as he looked at Kazuo who didn't answer but he did smile. Mamoru looked at Usagi and stopped himself from having his mouth drop open wide. He knew Usagi was cute before but now Mamoru thought she was breathtaking. Mamoru swallowed then went to them and hugged Kazuo first then Usagi knowing he was holding her just a little longer then he should. He let Usagi go and watched while she went back and hung onto Kazuo's arm holding it tight.
Mamoru looked away from the two after Kazuo looked at Usagi smiling then she moved and kissed his cheek suddenly making Mamoru glad that he didn't end his relationship with Beryl yet.
"Mamoru are you home now for good?" Kazuo asked looking at his brother with his eyes wide with excitement. Mamoru looked at him and shook his head no while saying, "No not yet. I'm only here…." He stopped and looked at his father who smiled then said, "Mamoru is here for a visit for a little time since he missed me…. He will be going back to school later." Mamoru smiled at his father who smiled back both knowing they didn't want to mention the reporters to the two.
"I'm so happy you are here Mamochan!" Usagi exclaimed as she looked at him smiling making Mamoru smile at her again then he looked away from them missing Kazuo look at Usagi then back at Mamoru. Kazuo removed Usagi's arm from his then walked over to his father and took the mans hand and walked out of the room with the man following since Kazuo was holding his hand. "Can we see what's for dinner?" Kazuo asked the man while they walked toward the kitchen. "Yes we can. Do you want something in particular?" Hirohito asked and watched Kazuo shake his head back and forth.
Mamoru closed his eyes then opened them when he felt someone taking his hands. He looked up then down seeing Usagi smiling up at him while she held his hands as she stood in front of him. "Mamochan come see my school work!" Usagi exclaimed happily as she smiled making Mamoru smile at her. He looked around the room noticing that they were alone in the room now. Mamoru let Usagi hold his right hand and followed her out of the room then over to the library and looked at her school work being very impressed that she was doing so well.
That night as Mamoru got ready for bed Mamoru thought about how smart Usagi really was and it showed in her work. He smiled to himself as he remembered how Usagi had asked him to help him at night to study more and he told her yes. And Mamoru was looking forward to helping her as his mind once again forgot about Beryl and thoughts of Usagi entered and stayed.
Mamoru sat on his bed smiling then looked to the open door feeling like he was being watched. Thinking it was Usagi, Mamoru looked over about to tell her to come in. But the smile on his face slowly went away after he spotted Kazuo standing there glaring at him. Mamoru started to stand up and watched his brother walk away from his door going to his and Usagi's room. Kazuo turned around and glared at Mamoru again as he closed his door fully making Mamoru once again think that his brother had problems. Mamoru sat back down thinking about how to talk to his father about Kazuo. How to tell the man that he thought Kazuo might be a little crazy.
To be continued.