He pulled himself off the bed, waking Chigau up. The pain in his chest made it hard for him to move, or maybe that was the aftereffect of whatever she had used to knock him out.
She yawned and looked at him. "Oh, are you finally awake?"
He gritted his teeth as he looked at her and managed to mumble, "What did you do to me?"
She looked at him and smiled. "Oh I think you should ask your boyfriend. He already stopped by."
"Helios? He was here?" He took in a ragged breath.
She smiled evilly. "Oh yes. Just a few minutes ago in fact. You gave him quite a sight – sleeping shirtless with me tucked under your arm. He ran right out of here. He didn't even shut the door." Her voice had a mocking tone to it.
Struggling to reach over to his dresser for a shirt he stood shakily. He had to go find Helios and explain.
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I stared up at the roof of the pavilion. Sunlight dappled the floor near my feet. The smell of roses filled the air. My mind tried to process what I'd seen and failed.
A breeze blew past. Noises came from the garden gate.
Chibi-Usa and some of her possible suitors walked towards the roses.
She spotted me and walked over. "Helios?" she asked. Her voice sounded so far away despite the fact she was only a few feet from me.
I looked into her eyes – the same eyes as her father – the only feature of his she really inherited.
Tears flooded my eyes and she rushed over to me.
"What's wrong?" she asked, worry clouding her voice.
Sobs wracked my body and I couldn't speak.
My heart felt like it'd been torn in two.
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He stumbled along the hallway. After asking someone, he'd heard that Helios was last seen in the garden.
How the hell was he going to make him believe nothing had happened?
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Chibi-Usa had sent the others away so that she could talk to me alone.
"What's wrong?" she asked me again.
I took a deep breath. I didn't really know if I should tell her. Shakily I told her what I'd seen.
She looked at me in shock. "Are you positive?"
I laughed lightly, tears straining my face and voice. "I wish I wasn't."
She stood and grabbed my hand, dragging me to my feet. I looked at her confused.
"C'mon." she said. "Were gonna go see Daddy and figure this out."
I nodded and let her drag me out of the gardens.