SailorStar9: With Chapter 14 uploaded, this is Chapter 15 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Pairings: Furuya Rei/Mizuno Ami
Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing, except this plot and pairing.
Chapter 15: Turning To A Gold-Digger Wife
About two years before present time...
Chiba Mamoru sighed in relief when he found the final divorce decree to his mail box; after marrying for four years, and filing for divorce on the fifth year, he was finally free from the money-leeching Tsukino Usagi. What had gone wrong? The 30-year-old male wondered. They were happy during the first year of their marriage, but the reincarnated Earth Prince had sensed his wife's discontent had risen once again when they met up with Mizuno Ami and her beau during that ill-fated Tanabata Festival. Her dissatisfaction was made worse when the rumors ran rampant throughout their neighborhood about Kumada Yuuichirou, the heir to the affluent Kumada Holdings, introducing Hino Rei as his future wife.
Usagi had raged for hours within the couple's bedroom when the rumor was confirmed to be true; it was not fair, she had fumed. This was not supposed to happen! The girls should've been miserable without me! Even Rei... the one person expected to be by my side, is now going to get happily married to someone rich! And me... she looked around at the demolished bedroom. The amount Mamoru earns in a month is merely cheap pittance compared of what Yuuichirou can earn in a day. Why couldn't I have that? Yes... she let out a slow smile. Why shouldn't I be entitled to that good life? It was then when Usagi decided she would 'help' Mamoru climb the social ladder.
It was six months later when Usagi put her plan into action.
At first, Usagi had started out small; organizing parties for the women in their middle-class neighborhood and playing the devoted and dutiful wife, pulling the wives of the more influential company servicemen aside and nudging Mamoru's name card to them, hinting not-so-subtly for them to put a good word for Mamoru in front of their husbands. Her plan had then began paying off when Mamoru was later poached over to a more influential company with a higher position and a better paycheck.
And it was at the next gathering when Usagi flaunted her new Jimmy Choo heels to her guests.
But then, as Mamoru steadily climbed the corporate ladder, Usagi found herself getting addicted to partying and she started spending more than what Mamoru earned: her middle-sized gatherings had turned into lavish parties where she allowed herself to indulge in luxuries that included Armand de Brignac champagne, France designer brand clothes and diamond jewelry.
"I'm doing this for you, Mamo-chan." she cooed, when Mamoru found out about her lavish parties and told her to cut back on her extravagant spending. "You need good connections if you want to climb the corporate ladder, you know."
It was about three years into their marriage when Mamoru discovered that Usagi had changed; whenever they went out for dinner, she had insisted on dining at high-class restaurants and ordering the most expensive menu item to show off her new wealth.
Mamoru also found that Usagi had grown irrationally jealous; she would create a ruckus whenever she thought a woman was making eyes and flirting with him. His female co-workers would more often than not, find death threats issued against them, warning them to 'keep your distance from my Mamo-chan if you know what's good for you'.
"No tip." she would insist, pulling back the dollar bills Mamoru had forked over to pay and counting out the exact change, she smacked the exact amount on the payment counter rudely.
About four months later, Mamoru came home to find Usagi rummaging through the drawers.
"Money!" the blond searched frantically. "Money! There's no money! I know!" she grinned, pulling out the mortgage to their house. "We can take out a second mortgage."
"Hey, Usako!" Mamoru voiced from the opened door.
"Is something wrong?" Usagi scoffed. "Or do you want a divorce instead? I only married you so that I can become Queen of Earth!" she retorted. "You can't give me what I want anyway, now that Crystal Tokyo's nothing more than a pipe dream. So, I'll just squeeze whatever money out of you and find someone else richer to sponsor me after the divorce."
That sentence alone was the final straw broke the camel's back and Mamoru wasted no time in filing for a divorce.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.