Lunar Eclipses: Drabbletacular

by Jet Wolf

The gathering place for unrelated 100-word drabbles, from assorted prompts and topics, featuring any and all characters in Sailor Moon.

26. Not Judging

"You came. I told you not to." Not judging. Fact.

Rei bristled anyway. "I should've let them kill you? Great plan."

Usagi laughed too loud. "Yeah, wasn't the best. But you said you wouldn't. Why did you?"

"Does it matter?" Rei's eyes darted away.

"It does to me."

Rei opened her mouth, closed it. Tried again. "I had to."

The hopeful expression crashed. Rei, staring at the ground, missed it. "Because I'm the Princess." Not judging. Fact.

Rei's tongue clicked, an angry sound. "Because you're Usagi."

She still couldn't look, but when the small hand squeezed hers, Rei squeezed back.