obsessed and dangerous

by max333

Usagi moves into a new place and meets Diamond, her neighbor. Unaware of his growing obsession with her she enters into a relationship with him only to quickly find he's not the man she thought he was. Could a new neighbor be her salvation or is he someone else entirely?

5. new neighbor & the bubbles boil over

TropicalRemix: oh yeah, things are definitely growing more intense. And she'll meet him soon enough and things will start just wait and see.

DarkenedHrt101: no comment. Lol 😉 as for this story, its been flowing through me like crazy.

Taino Delsan13: oh yeah! Lol he's got a multitude of things planned for her. his past will come to light slowly but it will. And that was true for her with the waking up to sex part. She didn't see it is having alarm bells attached to it she saw it as 'he's my man now so this is acceptable'. As I would have IF that had ever happened to me…then again I'm just a horny girl so IF my man, if I had one…was having sex with me to say wake me up I wouldn't ever complain. Just me though. Good news regarding your friend on that front. I have heard of that, just didn't recognize it at first. I never realized what I wrote sounded so familiar to another actual real case. I'm glad this is turning into a nail biter. Lol diamond has big plans in store and more is coming on his back round as I changed a few things around and expanded on it.

Guest (1): wait till you see what's coming up next. 😊

jessielee14: yeah this is just the tipping point there's more to come. as for the vampire sequel I'm developing the idea for it for plot reasons. I need an antagonist since Diamond and Damon are dead so I have to come up with someone as a means to an end type of thing. Plus I would plan on there being kiddies in the mix at some point so it's a work in progress for now.

5 reviews, nice, things are about to get intense so as the saying goes 'hold onto your butts'. Lol also I've been working on ideas for a sequel to the 'vampire' story just trying to come up with an antagonist to go up against them and a worthwhile opponent. So please let me know what you think on both fronts and read and review!

Stalker ch.5

Usagi POV

It was that Friday evening and I went out for some much needed time with my friends. We ended up going to a nice quiet club atmosphere where we could talk and didn't have to shout. I shoved my phone into my purse as my jean pockets were too small for my phone to fit fully into. It already fell out once when we went to sit down so I put it into my purse for safe keeping. The girls talked about work as I did and we enjoyed the food as we ate

I was currently having a love affair with the most delicious fries ever when the dreaded subject was brought up. "So how's the boyfriend?" I decided to make it simple to avoid bringing the mood down. "He's okay…still seeing how things go and move forward." It sounded more cryptic than I had intended but it was the truth. As I ate my fries I had two of the girls reach over and snag some for themselves.

It was common for us to swipe food from the others plates. A way to try something new without paying for it especially if you weren't sure if you'd like it and as long as there was still plenty of it left for the girl who bought it you wouldn't risk losing a finger. "Okay but keep an eye out for him, I've been getting off vibes lately." I noted Makoto's concerns as Ami ate another fry, "As long as you don't forget that if he does do something stupid…"

She leaned over as she began to whisper conspiratorially, "I know how and where to dispose of the body." Her wink signaled how serious yet how much she was joking. While Ami was a sweet one she had the knowhow from being in the realm of doctor's what to do so I didn't doubt her abilities for a second. "I get to beat him up if he hurts her first right?" Makoto sounded like she was being stripped of the privilege to break Diamond if he did hurt me, it was cutie in a chuckling way.

'Relax for now ladies and yes you can still kick his ass if he does…but that'll be after I deliver a few things myself." I chuckled as we relaxed from the mildly amusing conversation. We had it regarding anyone who dated anyone of us. We were that protective of each other. We worked diplomacy till that wasn't an option. Then…well let's just say Diamond better be glad that I DIDN'T go into detail on the fight that we had.

Part of me didn't want him to get hurt by my friends just yet while the other part tried to figure him out and the last part…wondered how deep I was in already without even knowing about it. I had a feeling I was treading on a fine line when it came to Diamond and something told me deep, deep down to let him go and get on with my life yet another part told me to give him that chance, give him that opportunity to explain himself.

We were out till 10 just talking and catching up and it was nice. I forgot all about my troubles with Diamond and forgot about the stuff at work and just enjoyed myself and my friends. We agreed we needed to do it more but also accepted that life could only grant us so many opportunities. Leaving out from the club I decided to walk home instead of taking a taxi back as I had figured we'd be having a few drinks though it wasn't enough to get me drunk so I knew I could walk home.

When I arrived back it was as if everything I had forgotten about regarding Diamond came slamming back as I walked to the door of my place to find him standing in front of it in wait for me. Honestly I had been so shocked and stunned I hadn't been able to think let alone even scream out at him for being there without identifying himself or without letting me know that he wanted to come over.

The look in his eyes was scary and for the first time I wondered if it was due to him being that upset or due to the lack of lighting out here. I forced myself to blame it on the bad lighting outside, it was almost 11 after all. So when he started to move towards me I dropped my purse to the ground out of shock and barely muffled a shrilled scream of terror and panic from erupting from my throat.

It was instinctive to reclaim ones bearings after having a scare like that and what was irritating me was that he didn't seem to care that he had startled me. Strange thing is I knew he wasn't a threat yet that instinct was activated and now it wasn't going away. Like he wasn't who I thought he was, like he was the thing you hide from at night and I had to shake myself of the thoughts before I let my irrational childhood fears of seeing people at night time scare me.

I felt my heart skip a few beats from the scare and out of reflexive instinct found my hands had grasped onto my purse to use as a weapon if need be. I forced them to relax as I could feel the tiny muscles in my fingers releasing the lock they had on the purse. I glared at my own instincts wishing they hadn't decided he was a threat before a question rang through me…what if I had only been purveyed to his charming side and the negative side that should stay in the shadows was coming out from hiding?

Before I could put much more thought into that he sent a glare to me. He glared at ME! Now I was stunned as I couldn't think of ANY plausible reasoning for him to be upset with me. I felt like this was getting out of hand. The only thing that kept me from acting out in anger was the little bit of alcohol I had in me. A half a glass of wine was enough to relax me into NOT letting lose my anger on him for his attitude.

I had to remember that he hadn't spoken much yet so maybe there was a good reason for his anger at me. Letting the fear and shock leave my system I tried to suppress it but found that my anger was beginning to overwhelm me a bit. I needed to be rational with him so he could explain his presence here in front of MY place and act like I did something wrong…again. I was beginning to get tired of this pretty fast.

"Diamond…" I began though either he didn't hear the subtle growl of anger in my voice that I tried to suppress or maybe he choose NOT to hear it but for him to demand of me, "Where the hell have you been tonight?" I arched a brow up at him and replied, "Not that I need to check in with you like that, but I was out with my friends. We had no plans for tonight." I indicated between us.

He looked upset but didn't speak for a moment. I went to ask, "Wh - " like 'why are you here?' or maybe even a 'are you okay?' but the response was enough to completely shock me into a stupor. "I've been texting you for hours!" he snapped and for the first time I felt a hint of fear that he made me feel towards him. I instead decided to try to sooth him as I honestly questioned his temper and how bad it could get to be.

I wasn't expecting him tonight so this was a cross between sweet that he wanted to spend some time with me and creepy for waiting in the dark for me in stead of at his place and just texting to see if he could come over. Not to mention his obvious anger at me not being able to text him all day long. I did have friends outside of him that I hung out with and I had a good time tonight so this seemed excessive for me.

I couldn't talk as the way he began to pace about in front of my door made me seriously considering ducking him and getting inside as fast as possible. My instincts for flight or fight were kicking in now with this pacing agitated man in front of me. I said man as it didn't feel like he was my boyfriend right now. This felt different and not in a positive light. I made myself remember that I could fight him off for sure, but I also knew that it was harder for me to WANT to fight someone I had been intimate with before.

I actually did hold feelings and cared enough about him to hold back on that and avoid causing harm to him right now but if he made a move against me I couldn't be held responsible for my actions. I resisted the urge to angle my keys as if ready to attack him and instead when for placid moments. Or at least that's what the aim was. "You must always respond back to me!" I opened my mouth to retort to him but he cut me off.

"And I'm calling bullshit on you always being busy at work. No one's that busy!" his temper just got worse and worse as he kept going on. I had NEVER seen this side of him before. "And next time send me a real text! None of this side business stuff!" when he left, still fuming and angry, I was stunned and briefly wondered if it actually had happened as I did have a drink with my food today. But I knew it had, one drink if that didn't cause me to hallucinate.

Something was definitely off and wrong now. I had to get to the bottom of it. Before I could go in I noticed someone looking at me through their own window to my right. I noticed it was the supposedly empty apartment next to mine. Though it didn't look empty now. I wanted to make sure somebody wasn't trying to freeload off the unit next to mine when I had to pay for rent. I understood everyone had situations but still.

Seeing my look of 'what the hell?' the man abandoned the window he had been looking through and opened the front door to I assumed was his place, "Gomen, for the intrusion I wasn't meaning to spy I just heard raised voices…or a raised voice and I wanted to make sure things were okay." He looked skeptically at Diamond's form walking away and enter his place while slamming the door shut…loud enough for us to hear it.

"Your fine, you live here now?" I asked remembering it was empty since I moved in and had been empty this morning to when I left. He stepped further outside and I got to see him in the brief little bit of light from his place. He was tall, dark hair and looked mysterious but in a charming nice way not in the 'creepy' way. "Yeah, sorry I'm poor at introductions, my name's Chiba, Mamoru, yours?" he asked. He walked forward to stretch his hand out as a way of formal greeting. Accepting the manner I responded, "Tsukino, Usagi."

"I know it must seem strange for me to be here since before this morning I wasn't. I literally JUST moved in TODAY." He smiled and that's when I noticed how sweaty and grimy he looked as he wiped some more sweat from his forehead. If I didn't have a boyfriend I would be honestly interested in him, but I was a loyal girlfriend…no matter what my boyfriend thought on occasion of me.

So between that and seeing the mountain of boxes at the doorway I knew he was merely a friendly neighbor. Possibly even a friend to have going forward. I'd have to remember that for future use if he was interested in being friends. Understanding took over and any amount of doubt that was there was now gone. I smiled, "I know exactly how you feel, I went through the same thing a few months ago myself. I'm still unpacking." We both laughed a little at it knowing the truth of it.

"So my guess is that's your boyfriend…" I sighed a tad regretfully at that. Diamond didn't have the greatest first introduction for him so I knew why he seemed unsure and cautious of Diamond in that manner, "Yeah…sorry he was being loud I honestly haven't seen him that upset before over such trivial things." I apologized on his behalf out of reflex. "Don't apologize for him." Mamoru said.

I raised my brow in shock. He sounded pretty firm on it without sounding like he was telling me what to do and sensing how he could have sounded he then said, "Maybe it's just me and I'm sorry if it seems intrusive but from what I heard, not that I was trying to hear anything…" he trailed off as he was clearly trying to avoid sounding like he was eavesdropping, "But I didn't see the need for be agitated with you."

"He didn't even give you a chance to respond and even still, he's been sitting out there for an hour almost waiting." That threw me off as I knew he lived right over there. "I actually thought for a second that he lived there and just forgot his keys and was waiting for someone when you showed up and all that happened." I nodded. "He was waiting…?" I asked, "Yeah…I should have gone out to see who he was, but I got wrapped up in my move." He looked a little sheepish at that notion.

I pursed my lips together as I knew he was right, but I felt that inner conflict to defend Diamond, "It was probably just a long day for him." I tried to defend in the smallest amount. I bit my lip realizing it sounded lame but then Mamoru's words got through that conflict I felt, "Long day or not it sounded unreasonable but I'm also not privy to anything on who you are or who he is, so I can't say much." I nodded as he was being reasonable. "I mean working all day long and, just out of curiosity, what does he do for a living?" he asked.

I opened my mouth to tell him but found even I didn't know. I cringed as I realized it never came up. Come to think of it there were a LOT of things about him that I didn't know about or didn't come up and it should have been discussed. "I ah…" I couldn't answer him and he seemed to get that but his next question left me feeling bad and idiotic that I didn't know it either, "What about his last name?" he asked in a joking manner but the result was still the same.

I didn't know…the realizations were hitting me hard of how little I knew about Diamond, "So I'm going to get ready for bed as its getting late." I chimed in, avoiding the answer that I didn't have. He seemed to get that to and responded with, "Yeah I still have a shower to take and work to do for my move in." before I could walk fully into my place he said, "By the way, if you ever need anything, I'm just next door." the gentle smile he threw me got me to smile as I left for my door as he closed his.

I locked the door up all the way that night and instead of calling or even texting Diamond I had to talk with my friends but knowing them they were ready to go to bed to. still though I had to talk with them. hoping it wasn't to late I shot a text out in our group chat and found them to still be up. 'What's up?' Makoto asked, 'lets just say I think somethings up with diamond'. I replied trying to figure out how to work it.

They finally pulled what happened tonight out of me and stated, 'if it continues dump him. Something isn't right. That new neighbor has a point to. how do u not know his last name or his work?' Ami grilled me. my response was 'it never came up. He only ever wanted to talk about me' even as I texted it, it seemed be more revealing. Like I was starting to piece together these clues that had been given to me as make something of it.

'he sounds like he has some stalker tendencies. Go out with him once more and see how it goes. If he gets angry like that again for NO reason then be done w/him…its not worth it.' Were Makoto's words. I nodded and replied back, 'arigato' before letting the chat go and deciding on that shower. I thought back to our first time together and recalled that even though I had been massively drunk he didn't seem all that liquored up.

I hated to think that perhaps it hadn't been as consensual as I thought it was seeing as how it happened and had continued to happen. Plus as I thought more and more on it I still never had had an orgasm with him. Perhaps letting him go would be better all around, I just…I needed to make sure that it was just a long day of work that he accidentally yelled at me for cause if that's how he truly gets then something about it made my stomach churn.

Made me nervous…made me feel like I couldn't have him anywhere but in my sights. Fearing I was letting my anxiety and over active imagination get to me I forced myself to focus on other things so I could sleep that night. I still had the rest of the weekend to go through and Diamond was prone for weekend visits. I felt bad, but I really wasn't looking forward to seeing him tomorrow…or the weekend at all. That look in his eyes…was strange. Tonight, it looked off…I didn't want to say demented, but it was along those lines.

I left the apartment the next morning before Diamond could have tried to come over. I decided to spend the weekend with my parents to give myself a chance to think to myself and more time with my parents. We ended up having fun as a family and it felt nice to be home for the whole weekend. I told them I'd do it again in a few months but that I would still be over next Sunday to spent time with them.

I woke up the following morning earlier than usual as my boss called me to let me know that two of my co-workers had called in sick so I had to be there. No messages so far from Diamond as I left out but I did see my new neighbor. He was leaving out himself for the day, looking rugged and casual in jeans and a t shirt. Confused for but a moment I then saw him loading a hard hat into his vehicle.

A standard 4x4 truck. I nodded to it as it was a slightly newer year than my car though dirtier by far than my car to. He nodded his head to me, a polite one before getting into the truck and leaving. He looked more muscular than I remembered seeing last night and filled out nicely to and right then and there I chastised myself for noticing that on another guy when I had a boyfriend…even if he was acting off. No excuse.

Though I had to admit…as he drove out and as I got into my own car…he was easy on the eyes and once more I berated myself before turning the volume up on the music in the car and lost myself in the songs while driving to work. It made the trip less stressful from the traffic and made it feel like the trip didn't take as long. Not that work was far but it felt shorter when you had music to listen to.

I rushed in as my boss just started to rattle off everything she wanted me to do. I had to finish off paperwork in the main office then half way through the day, after lunch, shot over to the finer foods office location on the other side of the building to attend conferences for the section which my other co-workers were supposed to do, then shot back over to our office and write up a finalized report that they normally did.

I had to do the job of three people today and it wouldn't be easy. Throwing myself into work mode I didn't dare stop. I was on the computer for hours working on the papers for the division as I handled the calls that came in and before I knew it lunch arrived. I pulled out my pre-made lunch as I didn't have enough time to run out, get something and run back to actually eat it before there would be more work to do.

I looked at my phone and saw that Diamond hadn't texted me yet. I had to much to do to care about his temper tantrum episode on Friday or to care about why he hadn't texted me yet. I figured he was feeling like a heel for his actions towards me and decided to give me a few days to get past it. Still I felt like I needed to say something so I sent out a quick text stating 'sorry if u were in a bad mood on Friday, was busy all weekend & busy today to, will make it up to u'. I didn't bother to wait for a response as I checked the time.

I scrambled my things together, so that I could make the dash to the other side of the large building to make it in time for the finer foods conference that was being held. Due to the size of the establishment it took a good fifteen-minute jaunt to get there. If I had on running shoes I could have made it in five but alas I was in heels and it wasn't easy to run in them. so fast walking is what I did.

I had no idea that the conference would last four hours with one little intermission break, but I did get a lot of work done and even threw out a few ideas to the representatives for how to market the product for the division going forward. One of the bosses even joked that I should work full time with them instead. I laughed and smiled it away as the meeting came to a close and I rushed, as lady like as I could back over to my office area to finish off the rest of my day before five, but I once again ended up staying till nearly six to finish everything.

At one point around four, when I had a visit from a supervisor from the finer foods area come in, I stupidly thought it might have been Diamond coming in to see me at work and felt a bit of relief and a bit of guilt for feeling the relief that he didn't know where I worked at. I shook off the feeling as he discussed what he wanted to do regarding my ideas. I looked up and saw that my boss was smiling at me for the work I was doing for all of us that day. She was proud of me and it definitely showed.

When I pulled my phone from my purse at the end of the day I found nearly 22 texts from him, ten missed calls and several voicemails from him. For a moment I seriously though it was an emergency, but all of the voicemails were just him being upset that I couldn't blow the day off to be with him to 'make it up to him'. When I arrived back at my apartment he was waiting there again. My eyes darted over to see of Mamoru was there and his truck was, so it oddly enough gave me comfort.

I got out and was slammed right away with his remarks, "Why the hell didn't you respond to me today?" he demanded, "I was busy at work, there was a conference that was four hours long, and two of my co-workers called off leaving me with all of the work." I got out in a rush, so he'd know I wasn't blowing him off. I inserted the key into the door of my place and walked in only to get slightly pushed in by him as he barged through the door.

It bothered me immensely that he did that. For the first time since he first walked in I felt uncomfortable having him in my place. "So you couldn't ditch the meeting? Would they have really missed you?" it actually sounded insulting to hear that, "Well being that they were utilizing my ideas, yeah!" I snapped back as I threw down my purse and bags. I wanted to kick off my heels but declined as he still had his shoes on and I didn't want him to step on my feet even by mistake.

He ran an agitated hand through his hair. "Not to mention why would I bail out on work when there was so much going on?" I demanded of him. He shot a look to me that was made of steel and I resisted the urge to gulp in response. I was ready to ask him to leave when he nearly shouted, "I texted you a DOZEN times on spending the day with me since you ditched me this weekend!" this time his hand slapped against the back of my couch where he was standing as if to indicate his stress levels.

I forced myself to NOT move back or show any signs of weakness. This didn't feel like a positive relationship anymore and I now felt uncomfortable having him in here. Putting it to stress and how my own day went I snapped back as calmly as I could, "You asking me to spend the day with you WHILE I'm at WORK, and expecting me to be able to just walk right out of work without head notice OR a valid reason is UNACCEPTABLE!" I felt like steam was rolling off of me.

"Are you yelling at me?!" he demanded. His voice was lower but sounded almost – "Are you yelling at me?!" I couldn't help backing up the foot then as his voice rose. A small part of me wished that Mamoru would come over if he heard this and make Diamond leave, but I also didn't want him to feel like he had to fight my battles for me and I also wanted to handle this myself. Steeling my resolve, I counted to five to gain control over my own emotions, "Listen to me very carefully." I began.

I looked at him with ice hard enough to freeze his steel gaze and make him crack a bit in response, "I have had a VERY LONG HARD day." I took a step forward, "I had my phone in my purse and even with my LONG HARD DAY I STILL texted you something quick, so you'd know I wasn't ignoring you. And I decided to spend the weekend with my parents." I watched his face as he opened his mouth to speak.

"Its not like you job is that demanding! When I text you, I EXPECT a response and not some little crap HALF ASSED TEXT that you can shoot out in thirty seconds!" he was huffing a bit now as he stepped forward to. "YOU said that if I at least send you SOMETHING - " but he cut me off, "I EXPECT a full blown text from MY girlfriend that indicates that I am a priority in her life!" I was stunned to hear that.

While he was my boyfriend I wasn't sure if he could be considered a priority at this point. Or at least not ENOUGH of one to do as he was asking and even if he was what he wanted was too much to ask of someone. "I EXPECT MY GIRLFRIEND TO ALSO NOT KEEP ME WAITING!" he shouted then as I was outraged by that one, but he kept going, pacing about my living room like a caged animal ready to explode.

"And furthermore, why do you need to see your parents so damned much?! You're a FUCKING adult! ACT LIKE it! There's no need to SPEND THAT MUCH TIME WITH THEM!" now I was pissed. You don't try to come between me and my family. You won't win. "In fact, I bet you text them more than you do with me." he was acting like a possessive, errant child who didn't seem to get the basic concepts of relationships of ANY kind.

"You were LUCKY to get even THAT text from me. So, DON'T you DARE yell at me about NOT ditching work to hang out with you when it was ONCE AGAIN A LAST-MINUTE decision YOU made! I'm NOT responsible for that nor will I tolerate you yelling at ME because I couldn't just drop what I was doing to appease YOU when it wasn't even an EMERGENCY!" I nearly shouted at the end I was so pissed off.

He seethed his next words so furiously that I could see spittle forming in the corners of his mouth, nearly resembling a rabid dog. "You listen to me…" he walked up right into my face even as I stood my ground. Inches apart as his anger was paramount, "You are not the 'pants' in this relationship. I AM!" his frown increased as his anger grew. He looked honestly ready to hit me and I couldn't believe I saw that in his eyes.

"I don't ask a lot and yet you continue to do as you please whether I like it or not. Soon you'll learn the way it should be." I frowned at him now as he stormed out of my place but not before swiping at the contents on my counter and slammed the door hard enough to rattle the windows next to it. I rushed to the door and shut and locked it. Suddenly I wanted to curl up in my bed and cry from the explosive day I just had. "I didn't DO anything wrong." I reminded myself. His way of making me feel guilt was ebbing away.

For a moment I was disappointed that Mamoru hadn't come over but from the sounds of it the tv was on. It had probably drowned out the sounds of our fight as Mamoru did give the impression that he wasn't the type to NOT help. I somehow knew that he would have if he knew how bad that had just been. I turned the tv on and threw on some sweats as I ate some dinner in hopes that I could cool off.

Mamoru POV

I closed my eyes and listened in on the couple fighting. It went against every natural instinct I had to NOT go over there and get between them. She was a sweet girl and obviously was dealing with an asshole of a boyfriend. She deserved better than him by far. How she even put up with his behavior was miraculous. I could name several women, co-workers, that would have kicked his ass out for his nature.

Unfortunately, it wasn't my place to interfere. I listened intently pleading internally that he wouldn't hurt her physically. The raised voices and the argument made me nearly reach for my door several times before I stopped and continued to listen. Usagi was holding her own against him verbally and wasn't backing down. I had to admire her for that. Some women, many unfortunately, when they were in abusive relationships, did EVERYTHING they could to make it work, regardless how badly they would get hurt themselves.

Usagi on the other hand, while dealing with his obvious emotional abuse hadn't suffered physical abuse just yet and I was torn on that. On one hand, I was glad that he hadn't laid a hand on her. I knew the sounds of physical fighting of any kind and I heard none of that. On the other hand, IF I heard that, even if her door was locked I would have kicked it in regardless to make sure he couldn't hurt her further.

I wouldn't put up with that, so I kept on listening in reminding myself that she was a strong woman and my intent here. I looked to the side of me and saw the little red blinking light that was still on my phone. I had left the tv on, so she wouldn't think I was ignoring her when I was actually hard pressed to go to her right now. I heard her snap back and him and smirked at her not letting him verbally beat her down further before he left and slammed the door on the way out. Then I heard her tv coming on.

I looked back at my phone and hit stop as the red light went off. I held the phone close to me as I debated on going over there to see if she was okay but that would indicate that I knew and HADN'T tried something IF she had wanted me to. I couldn't take that risk. So instead if she asked I would tell her I had my headphones on and didn't hear anything which technically was true…I had headphones and they were on, but I just wasn't using them for that purpose. I just hoped that she would understand in the end when it came to light.

Though I will admit I was proud of her for standing up for herself and NOT letting him continue to demean her like he owned her. Hell, when she snapped back I almost clapped on her behalf but feared it would give ME away. No, I listened and made sure she would be physically okay form him…even if some part of me wished he acted out so I COULD have beat him down for hurting someone so nice and sweet…and beautiful.

I had to admit she was very beautiful and very attractive. Seeing her leave out this morning had been nice and part of me wanted to chat with her but that would be in due time. I didn't want my immediate involvement in her life make HIM hurt her just for having a male friend. He yelled at her for being around family, I could only imagine how he'd response to her having a male friend, especially one that lived NEXT to her.

Besides I did want to get to know her better. She obviously worked hard for herself and was there for her family which spoke to me of loving, caring and devotion. Things that I liked in a woman myself. I shook my head of that and reminded myself that she did have a boyfriend and even if they broke up soon, which part of me hoped they did, it would be a little bit before she'd even want to date again.

I was okay with that though. Something just told me she'd be worth the wait…if she was ever interested. Once thing was for certain though. Their relationship was definitely strained and turbulent. It sounded like a volcano ready to erupt unsuspectingly. I just hoped that when THAT time came I was there to prevent him from causing her actual physical harm. It made my blood boil just thinking about it. I held up the file folder I had and though to myself out loud, "Diamond is bad news…"

Usagi POV

After that explosive argument I decided to just be work focused and refused to answer his texts or calls until he could act like an adult and not rage out for stupid shit. I wanted to send out a text to tell him not to call or text as I didn't want to talk to him till he apologized but I also didn't want to end up in another argument when I was still upset about our last argument. I decided to just be work focused and ignore him till he apologized and that's exactly what I did. I ignored him every time he texted me or called.

I ignored anything that wasn't what I was looking for. If he wanted to act like a stubborn ass then let him but I wasn't dealing with it. I had more important things to do this week. I let work absorb me as it went by and in a flurry of more events and meetings the week came to another close. I was mentally drained, emotionally drained thanks to Diamond but thankfully I had the weekend off.

I tried to configure a way to avoid Diamond this weekend besides running to my parent's place on Sunday. If I came over two full weekends in a row they'd wonder what was up. They knew I was a routine person, so it would be unusual. Thankfully he didn't show up on Saturday. I had shut everything down to make it look like no one was home though the car in the parking spot was a dead giveaway.

Still I was glad for the reprieve. I used the time to do some cleaning of the bedroom and the bathroom before watching some tv. So when I went to my parents on Sunday that's when I had a shocker. I arrived around noon to their place and we went out back to enjoy some barbecuing. I loved the hot sauces my father used to flavor the chicken and steaks, so good. Well it would have been if we all hadn't lost track of time and let the food burn on the grill and it was beyond Cajun style to.

We laughed it off and figured to just order in for the evening. So when the doorbell rang I looked at them as I wondered if they were expecting someone. Sensing that they weren't I looked out the peep hole and saw much to my utter shock Diamond. I was seriously debating on even opening it when my father, who was watering the garden came out front to water the roses and lilies my mother had planted up there.

Having no choice now as he tried to make small talk with my father I opened the door up, "Diamond." I noted with obvious shock in my voice. He shot a trying to be nice and cordial look to me as he introduced himself to my father. "I didn't know Usagi was seeing anyone." My father looked at me stunned now to, "It was fairly recently. I was just waiting for the right time when we were ready for that." Which I was even debating if there ever was going to be that now as they both walked into the house together.

There was something seriously wrong here. I NEVER told Diamond where my family lived. I said a roundabout area but nowhere near close enough to locate them with a simple online search. I was very leery of him now and texted my friends what I did know about him further to look him up online. This wasn't right. He shouldn't be here. I wondered if he had followed me here, but I had left hours ago. IF he did that would have meant that he waited around for hours before getting the gall to come up to the house.

They took the information and looked him up for me as I acted like everything was fine. I could tell Diamond was trying to get to know my parents, so I let it go for now but still was incredibly warry on his presence here. He acted the perfect gentleman though. He was thoughtful on what to ask and responding to questions about us. You'd honestly think he was my loving boyfriend and that the argument we had was nonexistent.

I was so stunned not only by his presence but by how he was acting. It was a complete 180 from our fight. He was sweet, caring, even insisted on helping my mother with the dishes and talked to my father on what was going on in the world. I noted it to the girls as Makoto suspected that either A; he was putting up a front for my parents to get back into my good graces, B; he was legitimately trying to get back into my good graces or C; he had followed me there and got bored waiting for me to come out, so he went in.

Either way I was not getting the best vibes from it. Ami was busy looking him up and even jokingly, or rather half joke half seriously threw into the search engine 'mental disorders' to try to configure what the hell was going on. while she researched I put up the positive front to until 'Dr. Jekyll' decided that 'Mr. Hyde' could come out and it definitely didn't sit well with my parents. We had ended up ordering pizza for everyone and my father suggested he and I go to get the pizzas since there were going to be three.

Father insisted we take one back with us for leftovers. As he and I prepared to leave Diamond actually asked why I had to go. Trying to make it low enough to only be heard by me but my mother over heard him, "Oh no worries Diamond – san, Usagi will be back and I won't bite." She was trying to make him feel better in her own little way. He gave a near crack of a smile and stated, "Right I just…" he looked at me for my nudge to want to stay but I didn't see the problem he was having.

Not to mention I wasn't in the mood to continue that discussion here and at my parents place no less. I didn't want them to walk in on us fighting when they came back with the pizza, not to mention I don't think they would have been comfortable leaving us both here alone when they barely knew him. It would be disastrous, and I was avoiding that. "I prefer to have her near me." he even looped his arm around me and pulled me to his side and away from my father as we were at the door.

Obviously, the mood became tense and a tad uncomfortable as my parents were unsure as to what to do as he wasn't relenting so I said, "Don't worry about it." I shrugged his arm off and played it off to as I stated, "We won't be more than 30 minutes." We were ready to leave out when he protested again. Only this time more insistent even as his eyes got that look in them again. whether he was aiming for it or not he was giving everyone a bad vibe.

"Usagi…I was hoping we could have some time together…" he gave me a very insistent gaze that I knew my parents noticed and were developing their own unsure feelings about. "No worries we can set up a date later on this week." I brushed it off and sent him a 'let it go' smile so that he would get it and not get into an argument in front of my parents no less. They would not have it.

"Or…" he grasped onto my hand firmly as he finished with, "Your parents could go get the pizzas and we could stay here and finish our last talk." his voice was steady but held a hint of determined anger. It wasn't lost on my over protective parents who were beginning to tense themselves, "Diamond – san…" my father spoke, a slight warning in his tone, "She will be back soon." Unfortunately, I saw that tick in his eyes and before I could say anything he remarked, "Fine…" he released my hand.

"You know what I'm not feeling well. I think I'll head home. Usagi." He began to walk out as he looked at me expectantly to walk with him, "I'll talk with you later." I stood rooted to my spot at the door not leaving my parents side. He walked away without so much as another word as we all were left feeling uneasy, "Is he okay?" my mother asked me. I wasn't sure, so I simply responded, "I'll talk to him about it, so sorry about that." I was seriously debating on cutting Diamond out of my life for good if he didn't stop this weird behavior.