Chapter 30: Heart Break, Stomache Ache, Sleep Break, Energy Take, Unwanted but Awake
"Luna this is terrible."
"What Serena?"
"Rini. She constantly clings to Darien. Ever since that brat fell from the sky I've been second...and...*sniff*...and..."
"Now Serena, we have to protect her. The scouts have risked their life. The fact that she has the crescent symbol on her forehead means she has some attribution to the moon...somehow..."
"She's an impostor..." Serena mumbled into her pillow.
"Either way we have to watch out for those people from the Black Moon as they call themselves. Those sisters have some serious powers. We have a formidable enemy Serena."
"Sometimes I wish I could just be normal...then I could be with Darien and I wouldn't have to go chasing after bad guys and little bratty girls..."
"Remember Serena, Darien and you probably would have never dated if it wasn't for learning about your past life and your aliases as Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask."
"Mhm..." She looked out the window. Why couldn't anything be smooth for her and Darien?
"Rini what are you doing here?"
"Serena doesn't like me. I want to stay here with you."
"I'm sure its not that she doesn't like you Rini, here come in and have some cocoa." Darien opened the door to his apartment.
He left to go make some cocoa as Rini sat on the floor.
"I over heard Serena, she said she doesn't want to leave her room. She wouldn't open it for me tonight."
"Oh why's that?" Darien said as he put the hot chocolate on his table in front of Rini.
"She yelled at me that she didn't want to see anyone but Luna." Rini crossed her arms. "She called me a dumb boyfriend stealing brat."
Darien almost choked on his coffee. He hadn't wanted to distance Serena but ever since Rini had come around, he'd had those dreams. Rini was just in the middle of it thats all...Serena just didn't understand...he'd wished he could just tell her...but that voice...
"Darien?"
He sighed. "You're not what she said you are Rini. She just doesn't get that we need a break."
"Why do you go out with her anyway? She's a klutz." Rini said staring down at her Luna ball, mad at Serena for ignoring her these last few days.
"She's stronger then you think Rini...but that doesn't matter now." He looked to the picture of Serena on his desk. "Why don't you sleep on the couch for tonight if you don't want to go home, but you should go back in the morning Rini." Darien got up and cleaned his cup and went back to his room.
Dammit why were things so complicated between them...he'd felt like he'd just gotten his memories back and now he couldn't be with Serena. He missed their dates, and her sugar coated lips but instead...instead...he couldn't let anything happen to her. No matter what.
"I don't care Luna...I'm just going to eat all my sorrows away." Serena sat in front of the ktichen fridge crying.
Rini watched in a corner, and she started to feel bad for Serena. Darien had a new girlfriend? But he sounded like he liked her still last night? This can't be! Darien wouldn't do that, would he? She felt a pit in her stomach now that she'd called Serena a stupid klutz she had to try to fix this!
Sailor Moon looked up at the stupid monster. This wasn't what she needed...why couldn't she just have a night to herself? Rini was safe but what did it matter anymore...nothing mattered now that Darien didnt care...She didn't want to be the Moon Princess if she couldn't be with her Prince...she...she...
"Sailor Moon no!" Luna cried as she saw her slink down to the ground in a deep sleep.
Darien didn't want to tell Serena how his "date" was just a girl he happened to be giving a ride home. Still Serena didn't hate him, he'd just cried for him. Even if he got a new girlfriend he would just be playing with the feelings of the other girl...he just had to make sure she didn't go near him. He went into his room and layed on his bed...until he felt a tap on his stomach. He woke up to see Luna...this wasn't good...
He looked at Serena...Sailor Moon was almost...she was cold...could he really let the princess he'd fought to revive just go because of his neglect? Could he let the Moon Princess die because of some dream? He felt his lips kiss her strawberry lips and felt her stir in his arms. Relief.
She'd felt love in her heart when she woke up...but to be honest now she'd wanted to go back to sleep...Darien should have just left her there...what did it matter...
"Our Love is Like a Rose..."
She looked at the rose petals on the ground after he'd walked away from her again. How could she fight if she felt this hole in her heart the whole time? She went home alone, barely noticing Rini who was followed her back after she became Serena again...she had to fight the negaverse for Rini...but everything else...didn't seem to matter. She sat on her bed and cried herself to sleep for the third night in a row.