The moment the door to Rei's room closed behind them Usagi pulled Rei close and kissed her, not out of any need, but simply because she wanted to.
She still was very aware of the fact that she was unfaithful to Mamoru that way, but she could not bring herself to care. It was not that she wanted to hurt him, but she honestly could not make it that much worse for him anyways, so it was not like it mattered. She kissed Rei gently, caressing her back with her hands. Rei kissed her back just as softly, tangling her hands in Usagi's hair. There was something in the air that Usagi could not quite grab. Somehow it seemed the air in the room was buzzing, but not in the sexually loaded way it had last time. It was something else.
After a moment Rei pulled back to take Usagi's shirt off, revealing a black lace bra, which she did not hesitate to take off in direct succession. Usagi meanwhile did exactly the same to Rei, leaving them both topless. Rei took a moment to lean back and admire the view of Usagi's full chest underneath her flushed face. She had seen it in before, but she had not taken the time to admire it as much as she should have.
Usagi blushed lightly under Rei's intense stare, but at the same time quivered in anticipation. But Rei did not go for her directly, but instead pulled off her skirt and panties too before gently shoving her back onto the bed. She took the time to take off the rest of her own clothing before lying down next to Usagi and kissing her softly, then taking her hands into her own while trailing kisses down across her collarbone to her chest. She kissed every inch of her breasts thoroughly before eventually taking the rosy little nipple into her mouth , sucking on it lightly.
Regardless of the calming atmosphere Rei permeated Usagi could not help but feel she was growing hotter, and her body began to tingle with anticipation as Rei continued her ministrations on her breasts. Despite that, she did not feel needy, but content.
While Rei slowly let her hands and mouth wander down her stomach, Usagi was basking in the feel of being the center of Rei's world, the only person that mattered to her, even if it was just for a short time. Looking down at Rei, she realized something that was, in fact, blatantly obvious, just that it was something she had never seriously taken the time to see: 'She is beautiful', Usagi thought. And it was true. Rei was beautiful, with her dark hair surrounding her face, while her eyes were filled with care and determination and something stronger she could not quite place. It was close to how her parents would sometimes look at her, yet it was totally different in some way.
Gently, she pulled Rei up to her, kissing her in the sweetest way she could, letting all the thoughts and feelings that she held at that moment pour into the kiss. Looking into her eyes, she began to move against Rei in a slow motion. Somehow she felt whole in a totally new way, one that she could not grasp or understand. It was a feeling that was just… there. She felt like they were floating, as if they were weightless, and even without looking into Rei's eyes, she knew she felt exactly the same. It was kind of surreal, like they had left earth. She hardly even realized that they both had reached their peak until she came down from her height.
Relaxing into Rei's arms, she thought that this time it had been something totally different than the last two times. Weird as it was, this was not about sex, but about something else, something way more meaningful.
She still tried to wrap her head around the fact that she did this with Rei. She had never felt such a longing for any other person, not Mamoru, not any of her other friends or even her parents. It was not the physical attraction that astounded her. She had been attracted by people before, mostly men, though she figured that it was not so much different with woman. It was the emotional connection she felt towards Rei. There had always been kind of a bond between her and the senshi, but this was different, and so much stronger.
Was this what love felt like, she wondered. She had not thought of the past nights as anything more than sexual escapades in before, something that she most likely had done with Rei because she felt most comfortable around her, but this thought gave it all a completely new dimension. She tried to dismiss it as ridiculous; Rei was her friend, and a good one at that, but a friendship was certainly not the same as a relationship and it should be avoided by all means to mix the two. But she could not seem to be able to shake the thought off, it buzzed around in her brain in ever recurring circles. Had she not been so comfortable in Rei's arms she most likely would have been freaking out by now, but as it was she contented herself with falling back into Rei's strong embrace.
She would have time to ponder about everything later. Now all she would do was relax and bask in the warm, fuzzy feeling she got from simply lying here next to Rei.
In some other part of the town, another couple sat on the balcony holding hands while watching the moon with wonder. It glowed in an unbelievably bright light, almost as bright as the sun, yet it did not illuminate the earth any more than usual. Nobody else was looking at the moon, either, which led them to the conclusion that no one but the sailor senshi could even see it. It had something to do with Usagi again, most likely. They just were completely clueless concerning the what.
"We should ask Setsuna what it means", Michiru reasoned. "For all we know, it could be a message to tell us the princess is in danger."
Haruka nodded wordlessly and took out her phone to call Setsuna.
"Do you have to call me at one in the night?", Setsuna asked Haruka, a little peeved about being woken up in the middle of the night.
"You looked out of the window?", Haruka asked directly back, ignoring the obviously rhetoric question.
"Yes, I always look out of the window while sleeping", Setsuna answered sarcastically, but made her way over to the window regardless. Looking outside, she instantly saw what Haruka was talking about.
"What does it mean?"
"It's not a warning, if that's what you're about. It basically is an engagement. It signifies a unity in mind, body and soul. Something quite similar happened when you and Michiru got closer, you just were too immersed in each other to notice it. As she is with Mamoru, earth most likely looks the same, but as we can't look upon it from above we can't see that. It is a good sign, don't worry", Setsuna explained.
"Okay, thanks", Haruka said before hanging up.
"What's it?", Michiru asked, while pulling her lover close. "Nothing bad, I hope?"
Haruka shook her head. "No." A cheeky grin spread across her features. "It seems like our little miss innocent ain't that innocent at all. The bright moon signifies, I quote, a 'unity in mind, body and soul'."
Michiru raised her eyebrows at that before hitting her wife lightly. "No thinking about how Usagi would look while having sex", she scolded lightly. "Don't deny it, I know you did. You do with every hot girl. And", she leaned down to whisper into Haruka's ear "why would you imagine what you can have? I'll be in the bedroom, if you are interested." That said, she sauntered off to the bedroom, leaving a smiling Haruka standing on the balcony. It did not take her very long to follow.
The gate to the future was buzzing with the energy of change, Setsuna could feel it. It was an energy far greater than there had been when Queen Serenity had gotten married. That was the part she had held back from Haruka. Though maybe not by law, by the rules of the stars Usagi was now officially married. She would be able to morph into the appearance of the royal sailor moon, adapting her lover's abilities and combining them with her own. It would strengthen her a lot, and her partner too, but at the same time all their enemies would become all the more adamant on attacking now, as the bond was still weak, and the royal state could only be achieved while the couple was in alignment.
The main problem was that this was way too early for Usagi to become queen. Her mother had been more than ten years older when she got married , and thus more experienced at defending the universe against the onslaught that was bound to follow. Also, she had known what she had to face and known not to sleep with the king in before, as to avoid fulfilling the last part of her way to marriage, the physical unity.
Setsuna sighed. She really should have told Usagi about this problem way earlier, but the girl had always seemed so innocent and way too reserved on the matter of sex that she had not felt the need to tell her just yet. She should have known better than to take any chances. However, what was done was done, so instead of thinking about what she could have done better in the past, she really should think about what to do now. She kind of hoped nobody had noticed yet, as the sign the moon gave them this night was invisible to anyone but the sailor senshi, but with the strong magical readings Usagi was bound to radiate now, it was only a matter of time, maybe up to a week, she estimated, until their enemies realized what was happening.
She sighed again. Sometimes Setsuna wished she could just be a normal woman like everybody else, without all this responsibility and peril. Stepping through the gate to the future, she saw that the future of Crystal Tokyo had ceased to be the most likely option. It was still an option as it had been in before, as the gate to the future only showed her the most likely perspective of the future, but the one that had replaced it was not exactly rosy. What she could see was the senshi facing an impossible battle against the forces of evil, where they only would have a chance if the royal couple would be able to transform into their royal appearances. "Royal Tuxedo Kamen", Mamoru was calling out, but nothing happened. Usagi managed to reach her royal appearance somehow, but Setsuna could feel even through the disturbances of time that it held only a very small amount of power, not even a shred of what it was able to be, most likely caused by the fact that it was not answered.. More so, the combined spells did not work. Usagi did not throw a rose tiara or something akin. Just nothing.
Unable to watch the inevitable end of the world that would surely follow, Setsuna stepped back into the present. She had to prevent this from happening. She had to, and she would. Whit newfound determination, she went over to her bookshelves. She had to find a way to teach Usagi and Mamoru how to deal with their new abilities, and fast.
Had she not been so immersed in her books, she would have noticed the unnaturally red glowering form of mars appear from behind the moon about half an hour later.