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Chapter 3
By the time Usagi had reached her drive way, she knew she was in trouble. After promising her mother she wouldn't be late, she ended up hitting every red light. Luckily none of their guests had arrived, but there was little time to change into her mother's approved outfit. She wasn't even in the door yet before her mother had dragged her by the arm up stairs.
"You aren't going to get many more chances Serenity Usagi, if you ever want to be a bride, you need to be a proper young lady!" Her mother continued with the usual speech about how they weren't going to be around forever and her poor heart couldn't take it knowing that her poor daughters might end up unmarried, and in her mother's eyes being unmarried was worse than a sin. She saw marriage as security, protection and essential to happiness. Before Usagi could blink her mother had her changed into a white sundress, and was finishing up touching up her make up. By the time the door bell ran, Usagi had joined her sisters and parents in a line as Luna, the maid, opened the door.
"Kunzite, welcome to my home!" Her father shook his hand. Kunzite was tall, with long silver hair and eyes so light of blue they looked white. He was more than handsome, his whole demeanor was regal. What surprised her the most was the sharp intake of air Minako took beside her. Kunzite as well seemed to have stopped dead in his tracks; his eyes glued to hers. Let me introduce you to my family. My wife." Kunzite walked over and kissed her hand.
"Thank you Mrs. Tsukino, thank you so much for inviting me into your lovely home." Her mother blushed and was clearly swooning over his charm. When he reached Minako, and introduced himself with a bow, Usagi was able to look over him to see who was now in their door way.
"YOU?!" All eyes quickly stared at her. "What are you doing here?" Mamoru had to take a minute to realize Usagi was staring at him.
"I'm sorry, there must have been some miss communication. I thought I had mentioned I was bringing a friend. Please let me introduce you to."
"Mamoru Chiba." Usagi nearly spat out. Minako looked her wide-eyed, then joined Usagi in glaring. Confused at the commotion, her father continued to introduce the girls to Kunzite and Mamoru.
"Mr. Tsukino, your daughters are beautiful. You are a very lucky man." Her father beamed with pride until Mamoru let out a snort, then tried to cover it was a cough. Kunzite looked at his friend puzzled.
"Don't worry Kunzite, I believe your friend is picturing you as a frog." She watched Mamoru's eyes grow wide with realization.
"I'm sorry, how do you two know each other? I was under the impression the one people he knew here were his brother and his new husband." Usagi smiled.
"I was the maid of honor at their wedding, and since Mamoru was the best man he was forced to spend time with me, but as I recall it was torture for him considering that everyone at the wedding was beneath him." She gave a sweet smile towards Mamoru, and couldn't help but grin as she watched his face grow red with anger. As Luna led the group into the dinning room, he walked next to her.
"I'm not surprised I didn't remember you, little girls rarely do leave an impression on proper men." He whispered in her ear. She stomped on his foot and walked to her seat, watching him work hard at trying to hide his pain and anger.
"Usagi, I heard from many of my friends that you were beautiful. I know a number of men who were pretty upset that you turned them down for dates."
"My Usagi isn't the type of woman to date around. Besides she is too busy with her company to really worry about things like that."
"You own your own company?" He remembered Motoki saying something like that, but detail wasn't given.
"I do. I am the CEO of Lunar Teachings." Kunzite, the regal man, was now standing up. His face light up like a little boy. Mamoru, who was trying to ignore the conservation about her, was now secretly attentive.
"Usagi! You are that Usagi?!" She smiled and nodded. "Two years ago I took a small business class while at law school. I wanted to know everything there was about business so I could defend it better. My professor created an entire week's worth of lecture around you and Lunar Teachings. Your process, techniques and even on your advertising." Usagi sucked in her breath. Her mind was spinning. She had no idea that her organization was so renowned.
"Well I hope I was some help to you."
"And what do you do Usagi, at this organization of yours?" She could tell that Mamoru's voice held a snide smile.
"Well we started off helping low income families find homes, but now we just signed a partnership with Gratis to start helping low income families receive life saving treatments and surgeries." The color drained out of his face, but he just kept his mouth closed and nodded. The rest of the evening stopped revolving around Usagi and as she sat back quietly listening, she could tell that Kunzite and Minako were attracted to each other. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. Usagi wasn't surprised, this wasn't the first man to walk into their house and be in awe of her. It was the first time however that her sister seemed just as taken. When the rest of the group had gotten up to go into the drawing room, Usagi noticed that Mamoru was lagging behind.
"I hope you see now that I am not some little girl." He stopped and looked at her. It didn't take Usagi long to realize how close they were.
"I'm sorry." He breathed out in a barely audible whisper. He found himself too close but couldn't bring himself to pull away. He noticed everything about her, the way she smelled of strawberries and wine, how plump her lips were and the way she shuddered when his breath roamed across her neck. "For everything." He ran his hand down her arm to bring her hand up to his lips. Then as quickly as he was kissed her, he was gone.
He sat in the large corner chair, breathing heavily. Kunzite sent him a glance of worry. He shook his head, and picked up a book next to the chair. He began to read it.
"Usagi wrote that." Rei said as she came over. Mamoru could tell at dinner that the two youngest girls were exactly the who he thought Usagi was. She bent over a little too far and touched his leg.
"Your sister is very accomplished. You should feel proud." Rei snorted.
"My sister, is daddy's little princess." She sat on the foot stool, keeping her legs open. Mamoru saw what she was doing, and attempted to turn his attention back to the book. He looked up in time to see Usagi staring at him. Her expression conflicted. He could see the tears welling in her eyes, and the look of pure hatred staring back at him. He tried to get up, but Rei got up instead and smiled at her sister and walked back over to Makoto. Usagi ran out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
"I'm sorry, you must not worry about her behavior, Usagi can be very hot headed and emotional." It was clear to Mamoru that Usagi was not her mother's favorite, but the worried look on her father's proved she was his. Mamoru tormented himself on if he should go after her, but by the time he made his decision the party was breaking up.
"Please give my best regards to your sister. I imagine she will tell you, but what she saw." He stopped and looked over at Rei. "I wanted nothing to do with." Minako followed his glace.
"Believe it or not, but I completely understand. Have a good night Mamoru, Kunzite. It was a lovely evening."
"What an evening!" Kunzite streched as they got into the limo. Mamoru nodded and looked out the window. He could see Usagi's shadow through the curtain. She was brushing her hair, sitting at the window bench. "So what happened between the two of you at the wedding, and what's this about a frog?"
"I was a complete ass, and I guess she heard me. I said she was barely tolerable enough to tempt a frog." Kunzite glared at him. "I know!" He cupped his face in his hands. "You know how much I hate weddings, and my brother was on my case all evening, desperately trying to push Usagi on me, all the while I was trying to fight up the hoard of drunk girls, that were trying to get me to fuck them in the bathroom. I was annoyed, and I can't think right around her!" Kunzite's expression grew into a grin.
"You like her."
"I barely know her. Besides it's clearly obvious that you want her sister. Just watch out for the two youngest ones."
"What happened to you after dinner? You walked in, sat down and nearly got a lap dance from Rei. Usagi came in and then ran out. I seen her look." Mamoru let out a sigh.
"I nearly had her up against the wall in a very inappropriate display of affection, I wanted to warn her about Gratis, but I couldn't even speak. I heard the maid coming with coffee and I withdrew. I'll go to her office in the morning and try and talk to her."
"Usagi?" Minako came in and sat on the bed. "You know that Mamoru is completely innocent. We know how Rei is." Usagi smiled.
"It doesn't matter." She smiled sweetly. "Besides I am way more interested in hearing about how much you like Kunzite." Minako blushed and couldn't stop herself from gushing. The sisters spent the rest of the night talking.
So that is chapter 3. I really hope every one is enjoying it as much as I enjoy writing!
