Rei looked down at the sleeping form of Usagi, who lay cradled into her arms, with gentle caring. Somewhere after round three, she had passed out on Rei, holding her close, her face to Rei's chest. It felt somewhat strange to Rei holding her like this, Usagi's long, blond hair spilled out across her naked body. It was almost unreal how calm the usually bubbly girl looked whilst sleeping. She caressed her back with soft, firm strokes, trying her best to feel remorseful about what had happened. She should not have given in to her desire, yet she had. She had slept with Usagi again, and that her, who had one sworn to herself that she would never sleep with anybody she was not in a relationship with. That vow seemed to somehow have lost its importance, though. Looking at Usagi, she could only think of what they had as something wonderful. How could someone looking as innocent as Usagi and in some ways being so innocent, too, be involved in anything short of that? She wanted so much more than just those two nights, something more serious than solely sex as well, but she knew she was going to take what she could get from the beautiful girl sprawled out across her.

It was nice to just lie here, her girl in her arms, and until she realized it, Rei had drifted over into a deep slumber.

Usagi woke first, which probably a good thing as she might have freaked out on Rei again had she not. In the beginning when she had just started to wake, she had felt very comfortable, thought she noticed she had once again managed to kick the blanket off the bed like she often did. But she lay on a very comfortable pillow that was warm and somehow seemed to be evenly breathing. It was when she realized that her "pillow" indeed breathed that she started to panic. It was not only that she had done it again with Rei and then fallen asleep on her, she also her somehow managed to wrap her lips around Rei's right nipple like a little toddler would. She was just glad she had woken first. She would have been beyond embarrassed had Rei seen her sucking on her nipple in her sleep.

At the thought of sucking on Rei's nipple some memories of the previous night came rushing back to her unbidden. Memories that were not exactly PG-13, admittedly. She did not know whether to feel embarrassed at the thought, or the heed the much smaller part of her who felt incredibly smug at that she had been able to pleasure Rei like that. In the end, the larger part of her consciousness won out and she blushed profusely.

Groaning, Usagi pushed herself up. She felt several of her muscles ache from the workout she and Rei had had last night. Somehow, that did not really bother her, and the dull ache she felt between her legs felt rather good, somehow made her feel complete. It had happened a second time, and she could hardly deny that it was more than just a drunken accident this time.

Mesmerized, she stared down at the soft curves of the girl beneath her, curves that she had thoroughly explored last night. It had to be the fact that she was still drowsy and half asleep that made her do what she did now, because Usagi really did not want to explain to herself why she had done it had she been fully conscious. As if on autopilot, her lips moved down to Rei's neck, her pulse point. She looked so vulnerable there, and so soft. She bit down on it gently while sucking on the skin.

It was the soft moan that escaped the sleeping Rei's throat that brought Usagi back. This should never have happened, not the first time, and certainly not again. Carefully staying quiet, she stood up, quickly put on her clothes and exited the house. She felt slightly bad for leaving like this, like a thief in the night that she was, stealing Rei's night away along with her virginity, but the growing panic inside her let her know it was for the best. She quickly descended the stairs towards home. She had not even told her parents where she was, they were probably worried sick about her!

When she entered the house her mother hugged her tightly while tears were streaming down her face. She did so for a few minutes until she started the inescapable rant.

"Why didn't you call? Your dad and were worried sick about you! Don't even care to explain where you were, I can smell it all over you. You were at Mamoru's weren't you?"

"No", Usagi started to protest, but her mother cut her short.

"Don't lie! I'm gonna call him right now. I never thought her could be this carefree, sleeping with a minor", she said angrily, grabbing the receiver.

"No", Usagi screamed, "Please don't!" Her mother only looked at her sternly.

"Why shouldn't I?", she said, and started to dial. Usagi felt close to crying now.

"I really wasn't with him", she choked out through sobs. That finally got through to her mother who put the phone back down and looked at her anxiously.

"So, where were you?", she asked, looking her daughter straight in the eyes.

Still crying, Usagi answered. She knew her mother would not like what she was going to say right now, but she was tired of hiding and in desperate need of some advice, after she had managed to blow the one Naru had given her to the wind. "I never slept with Mamoru. We kind of... drifted apart. He wants more, but I'm... I'm not even sure if I want to be with him. When he asked if I wanted to..." Usagi choked on her words "I just lost it, I ran to Rei for comfort. I... I slept with her, and this night I did it again, and I don't know what to do, what I even want." She looked up at her mother with teary eyes, praying to see understanding in her mother's eyes, not anger or disappointment. Her mother smiled down at her gently.

"It's okay", she said, "Just listen to your heart, it'll lead your way. Cliché, I know, but that's what it is. Until you're sure, one way or the other, you have to stay clear of…", she had visible difficult at saying something about her own daughter having sex, "of further… physical escapades with Rei." She looked at Usagi concerned. "Better?" Usagi simply nodded at her mother, not exactly smiling, but not crying anymore either.

As it was a Sunday there was no school today, so they had decided to have their senshi meeting a little bit earlier, at around twelve. This usually would not have been a problem for Rei, yet today it was.

Rei felt like she had been knocked out since the moment she woke. Her whole body felt numb in one way or another. It seemed like she had been working out the evening in before. It took her a few moments to realize that in some way she indeed had. She also realized that there was no Usagi anywhere near. She was not surprised that Usagi had left the moment she woke up next to her, but she still felt disappointed. In some weird way, she had hoped that Usagi might have suddenly changed her mind.

Next thing she noticed was that the clock already read a quarter to twelve. Rei decided that she would skip putting on make-up for the day, as it was only her friends she was going to see and putting on make-up would take time she did not have. What definitely was necessary was that she took a shower, as she knew she still had to smell like sex. That also included brushing her teeth. She blush remembering how Usagi had sounded when she had licked her. She forced herself not to think about it.

A moment later, she was out of the shrine.

When Rei entered the senshi meeting, everyone stared at her, most of them curiously, while Usagi simply looked horrified. She wondered briefly if maybe she still looked like a sleepy mess, but she had even taken the time to brush her hair, even though she had not bothered to do it in front of the mirror. And surely she did not look that bad without make-up.

"Had a hot night, Rei?", Minako asked, looking at her while wiggling her eyebrows suggestively. It figured the first one to speak was Minako, as she was always the most blunt with those things. Rei simply looked stunned, before stuttering:

"No, I mean… I haven't… god." Rei was growing more flustered and redder with every moment that passed.

"And, looking at that love bite, he was also quite possessive", Minako observed, grinning. Reflexively, Rei looked down at her cleavage. She saw immediately what Minako meant: A big, red imprint sat directly at her pulse point. It had not been in the heat of the last night, because she remembered every moment of that, which only left the option that it had been while she was sleeping. At a time where Usagi knew quite well what she was doing.

The glare that Rei shot Usagi went unnoticed by the others, but not by Usagi herself who shifted uncomfortably whilst grinning sheepishly at Rei.

"Who was it, Rei?", Minako asked, looking at her inquisitively.

"I think one of you knows quite well", she said angrily, before turning around on the spot and leaving through the door. Usagi hesitated only a short moment until she followed Rei outside, but it was enough to hear Mamoru say:

"Don't look at me like that. You know I would never go behind Usa's back." It was enough to make her feel sick out of a sudden. Willingly or not, and no matter what she had needed that moment, she had cheated on Mamoru, who after all still thought of her as his girlfriend. She stumbled through the door and down the street to where she saw Rei. She had meant to go to her to tell her how she was sorry and to make everything right again as much as it was possible. Now all she could do was stumble into her arms and cry. Cry at the harm she had already done to both of them and at her own confusion.

She had been angry, but as Rei looked down at the weeping girl she held in her arms, looking so confused and hurt and so utterly lost her anger evaporated and all she could do was hold Usagi, whisper to her everything would be alright again and nothing would change, though that could not be further from the truth. Finally, Usagi looked up, her vision still blurred by tears. Looking up at the fiery girl who held her, who all of a sudden was so very gentle, Usagi could not stop herself from giving her a soft peck on the lips. It was a kiss like they would have shared it in before, more like a friendly kiss, but it held so much more meaning. Rei smiled. She did not know whether she could relive this moment, but she would preserve it for sure.

"Come on, Usa, let's go back inside."

Usagi paced up and down in her room. She got busted, "for her own good", as her mother had phrased it, and if she left now there would be hell to pay the next morning. She did not exactly know whether she even wanted to leave the house, go back to where she had already been, and both times left in confusion and with the sinking feeling she was just hurting herself and both Rei and Mamoru. But the pull was great, and if she was honest she was not sure whether she could, or even wanted to withstand it. Sighing, she fell back onto her own bed. She would not sneak out for an uncertain outcome. She would not leave the safety of her home to hurt others more than she already had. She would stay.

Rei opened the door before she could even reach it and beckoned her in with a wave of her hand. Here she went again.