[Scene: Hen Tie Hospital. Rei has asked Zoi for a ride, and he can't very well tell her he gets around via teleportation.]
Zoi: You'd have to ride in the back of my dad's squad car.
Rei: I don't care.
[Rei sees his deer in the headlights look and is starting to take offense.]
Rei: What?
Zoi: I...uh... totally would ask my dad to give you a lift... Except...
Rei: Except what?
Zoi: I'm not going to the Crown. My dad and I are visiting other people, so he's taking me straight to the cinema.
Rei: [Narrows her eyes in suspicion] Oh, really?
Zoi: Yeah, one of his oldest friends is having heart problems... Harry Clearwater... It's pretty bad so I can't rush him along... you know, so you're better off not waiting for us.
Rei: Are you kidding me? The movie starts in thirty minutes and it's clear across town!
Zoi: [shrugs sadly] Yeah, I guess I'm going to miss all the previews.
[Rei pulls out her Smartphone and stomps off]
[Zoi waits until he's alone and teleports away. He has at least a half hour to kill, so he wants to give Kunzite the latest update on the Minako situation]
[He rematerializes in Kunzite's kitchen. Kunzite's penthouse apartment is very sophisticated. With black granite and walnut paneling with black suede furniture and many lighted niches holding ancient books and statuettes. Pictures windows provide a panorama of the city. Not Zoi's asthetic, but it suits Kunzite, and Zoi must admit it does look sharp.]
[Kunzite seated at his desk, studying a book, he looks up from his studying and stares at Zoi with a surprised expression on his face.]
Kunzite: Are you supposed to be seeing a movie with your friends tonight?
[An instant later he realizes that in his eagerness to report on Minako's progress, he's turned up at Kunzite's unexpected and unannounced. He considers teleporting away again, but Kunzite is staring right at him.]
Zoi: I was coming to tell you I spoke to Minako in the hospital. She seems to be back to her old self.
Kunzite: Oh?
Zoi: And Rei asked me to give her a ride to The Crown. Long story short, I have to hide somewhere for about a half hour until the movie starts.
[Kunzite just smirks at him]
Zoi: [walking up to Kunzite] I'm sorry. I know I should have knocked instead of just barging into the middle of your kitchen like that... but I didn't want to teleport into the hallway.
[Kunzite turns in his chair and points to his knee. Zoi recognizes the cue and climbs onto his lap. Kunzite removes Zoi's hair tie and smoothes out his hair and kisses him tenderly]
Kunzite: Zoisite, we're married. You don't have to knock. You're welcome to barge into my kitchen whenever you feel like it.
Zoi: [giggles] But what if I catch you in a compromising position?
Kunzite: Why would I be in a compromising position with anyone but you?
[Kunzite reaches for a bookmark, and closes the book without taking his eyes off Zoi. Zoi looks at the book, but it is written in a language he doesn't understand.]
Zoi: What is that?
Kunzite: A text on the moon people. I need to teach you to protect yourself from them. This book was transcribed from ancient Babylonian tablets. It has been a very long time since I've faced a Moon Guardian, so I thought it would be best to refresh my memory.
Zoi: I thought you said the Moon People were extinct?
Kunzite: It appears the Guardian associated with the planet Venus has been reincarnated here on Earth.
Zoi: You mean Minako? How can you tell she's associated with the planet Venus?
Kunzite: Mostly because of her attacks, but partly because of the way she spoke of me seducing and betraying her.
[Zoi gives Kunzite a cross look.]
Zoi: You seduced her?
Kunzite: In a manner of speaking. Absolutely nothing happened.
Zoi: [dubious] Absolutely Nothing?
Kunzite: [sheepish] ...well...very little...
[Zoi turns away from Kunzite in a huff]
Kunzite: What? I only did what I had to in order to protect Mother from the White Queen. And in any case, that was a thousand years before I met you. You have absolutely nothing to be upset about.
Zoi: And yet, I am upset.
[Kunzite pulls Zoi back so he can look into his eyes]
Kunzite: There is nobody but you. There has never been anyone but you. I've been with others, but you were the only one I tried to follow into the grave.
Zoi: Don't say that.
Kunzite: [strokes Zoi's hair] I am nothing without you. My life means nothing without you in it.
[He leans forward with uncharacteristic shyness and kisses Zoi. Zoi turns in his lap until he is straddling him and returns the kiss.]
Kunzite: [breathless] My love. My only love.
[They kiss passionately for several minutes]
Kunzite: May I carry you into the bedroom?
Zoi: Please do.
[Kunzite stands, lifting Zoi as he does and places him on the end of his bed. Zoi likes Kunzite's bed, the pillowtop makes it far more luxurious than the one he is used to sleeping on. Kunzite removes Zoi's shoes and socks, then pushes him flat on his back into the center of the bed before he peels off Zoi's shirt. But rather than pull it completely off, he uses it to pin his forearms to the bed as he kisses him.]
Kunzite: So. You have to kill a half an hour before your movie starts?
[Zoi nods with his face flushed with desire]
Kunzite: I think I'll make you miss the entire movie.
Zoi: Oh, no. You mustn't do that...Hen Tie is a small town and you know how my friends are... If I miss the first ten minutes it will reinforce my story, but if I miss the entire movie, they'll blame my dad for it.
Kunzite: [stern] Fine. Forty minutes. [Kuzite tucks Zoi into the bed] But you're coming back here and making it up to me. I expect you to visit more often, especially since we'll be seeing a lot less of each other in Hen Tie.
Zoi: [alarmed] Seeing less of each other in Hen Tie? Why is that?
Kunzite: [starts undressing]If Minako is a reincarnated Moon Guardian, it would be best for me to stay as far away as I possibly can. No more visiting Hen Tie, no more rides to school-
[Zoi is staring at Kunzite's chiseled body with undisguised hunger. Even after many months, he still has a hard time accepting that someone as hot as Kunzite is so deeply in love with him]
Zoi: You don't have to stay away. She doesn't remember any of that. She feels really bad for attacking you.
Kunzite: Maybe, but I can't take any chances. [slides into bed and gathers Zoi into his arms] You're not to mention me to your friends anymore. And under no circumstances are you to let anyone know you've become a Shitennou. She might want to kill you for that alone.
Zoi: [rolls his eyes] Oh, great, so it's the situation with the Blackmoons all over again.
Kunzite: [pulls Zoi closer] No, this is nothing at all like the situation with the Blackmoons.
Zoi: Why not?
[Kunzite kisses Zoi passionately]
Kunzite: Because I would have absolutely no trouble killing a moon guardian for you.