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1 Title: Missed Chances
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2 Authors: Amazoness Duo
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3 Rating: H-hentai
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4 E-mail address: amazonessduo@hotmail.com
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5
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6 Hello everyone! We hope you had a safe and wonderful Holiday
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7 Season! We also hope you enjoy this story. It's about ChibiUsa and
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8 Hotaru. It goes along the same timeline as our other stories with
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9 the two of them. Sorry it took us so long to finish this one, but
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10 we've been pretty busy lately and it took us a while to finally
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11 type this up. We've already started our next story which should
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12 hopefully be up next week or the week after. It should be longer
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13 than most of our stories and it will take place in an alternate
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14 timeline from the one we're currently writing about. We'd like to
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15 thank everybody who has encouraged our writing so far. And please,
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16 we love e-mail from people who read our stories, so if you have
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17 time, we'd love to hear what you think.
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21 "Missed Chances"
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22
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23 "This college stuff isn't fair," grumbled Usagi. She, Minako,
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24 and Ami were sitting in the library studying.
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25 "And why is that?" asked Ami.
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26 "Well, from what we've heard about the future from ChibiUsa
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27 and Setsuna, I'm going to be Neo Queen Serenity in a couple of
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28 years. I shouldn't be worrying about college right now," said
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29 Usagi.
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30 "All the more reason to take it. That way you'll be a better
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31 ruler and not totally screw us all," said Minako.
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32 "You hate it just as much as I do," said Usagi.
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33 "Yeah, but I'm not the one who's going to be the neo queen,"
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34 Minako answered.
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35 Usagi stood up. "I'm going to put these books back up. Is
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36 there anything you want me to bring back?"
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37 "Don't worry about it. Just get back quickly. There are a few
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38 things I want to go over and then we can leave," said Ami.
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39 "We're almost done? Great! I'll be back in a minute," said
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40 Usagi. She turned to leave and walked right into ChibiUsa, the
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41 armful of books the younger girl had been carrying clattered to the
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42 floor.
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43 "Baka Usagi. Don't you ever watch where you're going?
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44 ChibiUsa kneeled down and started picking up the books she had
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45 dropped.
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46 "You weren't looking either," Usagi said defensively.
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47 "There you are. Sorry I took so long finding the books I
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48 wanted. Are you okay? What happened?" asked Hotaru as she walked
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49 up. She leaned down and helped ChibiUsa pick up the books.
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50 ChibiUsa looked up when she saw Hotaru. Her eyes seemed to
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51 brighten. "I'm fine. Usagi and I collided. I guess I got all of my
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52 clutziness from her," said ChibiUsa. She picked up the last of the
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53 books and stood up.
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54 "I don't think that's bad. I think it's cute," said Hotaru.
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55 ChibiUsa's eyes went wide. Usagi, Ami, and Minako looked at Hotaru
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56 strangely. Hotaru just looked at ChibiUsa innocently. She turned to
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57 Usagi. "So, how are you doing, Usagi?" she asked politely.
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58 Usagi looked at her for several seconds before replying. Had
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59 she said that her future daughter's clutziness was cute? "I'm doing
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60 pretty well. We were just about done studying. Then we're going to
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61 get something to eat."
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62 "That sounds good," said ChibiUsa, getting hungry.
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63 "So do you both have a big test coming up?" asked Usagi,
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64 indicating the books ChibiUsa was holding.
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65 "No. These are all the books Hotaru wants to check out. How
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66 she can read like that, I'll never know. You should see her room.
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67 There are books everywhere," ChibiUsa said. 'She doesn't even
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68 notice me when she's reading.'
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69 "Oh, it's not that bad," said Hotaru. "And I always notice
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70 you,"
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71 "You get really wrapped up in it. It's like the rest of the
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72 world isn't there," said ChibiUsa.
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73 "No. I like reading, but that's not what happens. Only one
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74 thing make me feel like the rest of the world isn't there, and it's
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75 a lot more important to me than any book I've ever read," said
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76 Hotaru.
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77 "You know what I mean," said ChibiUsa.
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78 "Maybe I'm not looking at the books as much as you think I
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79 am," said Hotaru.
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80 "So do you two want to have dinner with us?" asked Minako.
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81 "Actually, we were going back to Hotaru's house after this.
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82 Haruka and Michiru are on a date tonight, Setsuna's rearranging
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83 things in the Time Palace. Don't ask me why," said ChibiUsa.
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84 "And I'd be lonely by myself, so I wanted ChibiUsa to stay
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85 with me," said Hotaru.
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86 "You two have fun then," said Usagi as ChibiUsa and Hotaru
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87 waved and walked away.
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88 "That was strange," said Minako.
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89 "Yeah. I swear they act like a couple sometimes. And what
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90 were some of those things they were talking about?" asked Usagi.
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91 "They're kids," said Minako.
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92 "They're teenagers," Ami corrected.
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93
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94 Hotaru and ChibiUsa arrived at Hotaru's house. Hotaru closed
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95 the door behind them.
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96 "Would you like anything to drink, Odango-chan?" Hotaru
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97 asked.
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98 "Yeah, that would be nice," ChibiUsa answered. She followed
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99 Hotaru into the kitchen.
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100 Hotaru opened the refrigerator and started looking for
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101 something to drink for ChibiUsa. She felt ChibiUsa walk up to her
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102 from behind. Her arms encircled Hotaru's waist. She leaned her head
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103 against Hotaru's shoulder. Hotaru was just slightly taller than she
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104 was, so ChibiUsa fit perfectly against her.
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105 "Why did you do that earlier?" asked ChibiUsa.
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106 Hotaru smiled. "You should know me well enough by now. Why do
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107 you think I did?"
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108 ChibiUsa sighed, an altogether pleasent sensation for Hotaru.
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109 "Because you hate acting like we're just friends and you want
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110 everyone to know that I'm your odango-chan."
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111 "Yep," said Hotaru. She turned around in ChibiUsa's embrace
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112 so that she was facing the other girl. "And I was just being honest
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113 while we were talking to Usagi."
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114 "So you really do think that my clutziness is cute?" ChibiUsa
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115 asked.
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116 "Absolutely. I have ever since I met you," Hotaru answered.
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117 ChibiUsa smiled.
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118 "I love you, Hotaru," she said as she kissed the dark haired
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119 girl. "I only wish my first kiss had been with you and not Helios."
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120 Hotaru blushed. "It wasn't."
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121 "What do you mean?" asked ChibiUsa.
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122 "It happened before I was changed into a baby." Hotaru
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123 blushed deeper as she continued. "I was sleeping over at your
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124 house. I was still shocked by the fact that you had invited me
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125 over. Or that you even wanted to be my friend. No one else cared
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126 about me, but you did. I was falling in love with you."
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127 "But I was a kid, Hotaru," said ChibiUsa, surprised by what
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128 Hotaru was saying.
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129 "That didn't matter to me. And didn't you go after some
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130 people back when you were that age? Anyway, you had fallen asleep
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131 and I stayed awake to watch you. You were so beautiful. I started
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132 to wonder what it would be like if you and I were together. I guess
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133 I got a little carried away while imagining that. I wanted to know
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134 what it would be like to kiss you, so after working up the courage,
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135 I did."
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136 "I thought that was just a dream I had," said ChibiUsa. "I
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137 remember feeling bad in the morning because I had had an ecchi
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138 dream about my best friend."
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139 "It wasn't ecchi. It was romantic that you'd dream about me,"
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140 said Hotaru.
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141 "Though the dream was happening in real life. I sure missed
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142 out," said ChibiUsa. She looked into Hotaru's eyes. "I'm glad you
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143 were my first kiss, even if I didn't realize it."
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144 Hotaru giggled. "Well, I'm glad I did then. I almost didn't,
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145 but you were so cute while you were sleeping. I wanted to know what
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146 kissing you would be like."
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147 "Now you know. And you can whenever you want," said ChibiUsa.
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148 "I'll have to take you up on that offer," said Hotaru as her
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149 lips gently met ChibiUsa's. Their kiss grew more passionate as the
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150 girls let down the guise of only being friends in the solitude of
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151 the house. Hotaru felt warm inside. It was as if so many things had
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152 opened for her when she had admitted how she felt about ChibiUsa to
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153 the pink-haired girl and herself. She had kissed ChibiUsa before,
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154 while she was asleep, but she had tried to suppress her feelings
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155 for the other girl after that. She had know that she had very
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156 strong emotions for ChibiUsa, but she hadn't quite known what they
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157 meant. She was so happy to have learned that ChibiUsa loved her,
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158 too.
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159 ChibiUsa was a bit surprised when she felt Hotaru's tongue
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160 push into her mouth. Their breath mingled as they kissed. ChibiUsa
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161 loved the way Hotaru's soft lips felt against her own. Hotaru's
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162 hand slowly went up to ChibiUsa's blouse and started to undo the
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163 bow of her school uniform.
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164 "I don't know if you noticed or not, but I had been acting
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165 differently for the past couple of weeks before we got together,"
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166 said ChibiUsa.
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167 "How so?" asked Hotaru.
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168 "Well, I kept coming up for excuses for what I was doing, but
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169 I knew. I was always trying to look my best for you. To make sure I
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170 made a good impression everytime I saw you. I told myself that I
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171 was just trying to look pretty and there was nothing wrong with
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172 girl trying ton look pretty when she's around her friend," said
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173 ChibiUsa.
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174 Hotaru giggled again. "So that's what you were doing. You
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175 shouldn't have worried. I had already noticed how pretty you were
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176 before you started doing that. And if it helps any, I kept telling
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177 myself that there was nothing wrong with a girl noticing how pretty
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178 her friend is." She kissed ChibiUsa again and started to unbutton
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179 her shirt. ChibiUsa blushed as Hotaru removed her clothes. She
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180 noticed that Hotaru's cheeks were flushed as well. ChibiUsa ran her
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181 hand along Hotaru's leg. She stopped when she reached Hotaru's
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182 thigh. She slid her fingers under the tight cloth of Hotaru's dark
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183 stockings. She slid the cloth down and off of Hotaru's leg. She
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184 repeated the process with Hotaru's other leg. ChibiUsa reached
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185 under Hotaru's skirt again and pulled her panties down and past her
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186 feet.
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187 The two girls looked at each other. ChibiUsa was only clad in
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188 her unbuttoned blouse. Hotaru looked up and down ChibiUsa's lovely
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189 body. ChibiUsa's hand ran under Hotaru's skirt, caressing her soft
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190 skin. Hotaru leaned her shoulders back as ChibiUsa's other hand
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191 started to unbutton her school blouse. Hotaru's hands went up to
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192 ChibiUsa's shoulders. ChibiUsa was a bit tense, still. Hotaru
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193 started to rub away the weariness from ChibiUsa. Hotaru kissed
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194 ChibiUsa's shoulder as ChibiUsa removed Hotaru's bra. Hotaru
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195 felt ChibiUsa's fingers brush against her inner thigh. Hotaru let
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196 ChibiUsa's gentle touch envelop her. "Hotaru, you are so
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197 beautiful," said ChibiUsa.
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198 Hotaru leaned towards ChibiUsa. "So are you, my Odango-chan,"
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199 said Hotaru. She cupped the other girls breasts with her hands.
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200 ChibiUsa moaned lightly. ChibiUsa's fingers reached their
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201 destination between Hotaru's legs. She started rubbing slow circles
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202 around Hotaru's netherlips. ChibiUsa sighed as she felt Hotaru
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203 gently massaging her breasts. Hotaru slid one hand away from
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204 ChibiUsa's breast and started to run it down her body. Hotaru
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205 brought her mouth to ChibiUsa's breast. She licked ChibiUsa's
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206 nipple,causing the pink haired girl to shudder from the pleasure
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207 she was getting. ChibiUsa brought her other hand up to Hotaru's
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208 breasts. She pinched one of Hotaru's nipples, bringing forth a moan
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209 from her lover. ChibiUsa felt Hotaru's soft lips wrap around her
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210 nipple as Hotaru started to suckle her. Hotaru moaned again as she
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211 felt one of ChibiUsa's fingers slide into her vagina. Hotaru licked
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212 to the top of ChibiUsa's breast. Hotaru lightly pushed ChibiUsa
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213 onto her back on the floor. ChibiUsa continued to pump her finger
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214 in and out of Hotaru. Hotaru's hand went down across ChibiUsa's
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215 stomach and down between her legs. Hotaru's hand ran through
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216 ChibiUsa's pubic hair before stopping at her entrance. Hotaru used
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217 to fingers to open ChibiUsa's inner lips. She slid one of her
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218 fingers into ChibiUsa. ChibiUsa gasped as she felt Hotaru's finger
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219 inside her. Hotaru loved the way ChibiUsa's body felt against her
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220 own. ChibiUsa moaned as she felt Hotaru's fingers stroke her
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221 clitoris. Hotaru opened her legs further to allow ChibiUsa further
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222 access into her. Both girls moaned the others name as they reached
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223 orgasm.
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224
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225 "ChibiUsa?" Hotaru asked sleepily.
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226 "Yes, 'Taru-chan?" replied ChibiUsa as she absentmindedly ran
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227 her fingers through Hotaru's hair.
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228 "What did you think of me after you had that dream?" asked
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229 Hotaru.
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230 ChibiUsa thought for a moment. "I thought you were very
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231 pretty. And very shy."
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232 "You were my first friend. I was nervous about losing you
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233 when you got to know me," said Hotaru. "I didn't know what to do.
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234 With the exception of my dad, nobody cared if I lived or died."
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235 "You seemed really lonely. I wanted you to feel better since
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236 you had a friend. I hated those kids at your school for treating
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237 you the way they did," said ChibiUsa.
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238 "They were all scared of my healing powers. They didn't want
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239 anything to do with me." Hotaru held ChibiUsa closer as memories
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240 started coming back to her.
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241 "I really wanted to know you better. I thought it was so
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242 great to spend time with you," said ChibiUsa.
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243 "So, did you have any romantic feelings towards me back
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244 then?" asked Hotaru.
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245 "My whole childhood I was sure that one day I'd meet a
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246 charming prince and that he and I would live happily ever after and
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247 rule Crystal Tokyo. That's what I heard from my parents and what I
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248 think everyone expected. No one ever told me what would happen if I
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249 fell in love with a princess instead. That's why I was so confused
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250 about a certain mysterious, dark haired girl," said ChibiUsa.
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251 "I wonder who that lucky girl could be," said Hotaru as she
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252 lovingly kissed ChibiUsa.
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253
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254 ChibiUsa was sitting on Usagi's bed while Usagi was getting
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255 ready for a date with Mamoru. Usagi looked at different outfits in
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256 the mirror, trying to find the right one.
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257 "Usagi, I have a question," said ChibiUsa.
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258 Usagi was surprised. ChibiUsa usually didn't come to her for
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259 advice. "Okay, what is it?" asked Usagi.
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260 "Ummmm... well, it's perfectly normal for a girl to get a
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261 crush on another girl, right? I mean, if the girl really admires
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262 the other girl and they're really close? It doesn't mean anything,
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263 right?" asked ChibiUsa nervously.
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264 Usagi tried to understand what ChibiUsa had just said. From
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265 the way ChibiUsa had been talking a month ago, Usagi had been sure
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266 that ChibiUsa was going to visit a sick boy she liked, but it had
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267 turned out to be a girl named Hotaru that she was visiting. Usagi
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268 had dismissed the idea of ChibiUsa having a crush on the person,
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269 but what if she had been right in the first place? "ChibiUsa, is
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270 there something you want to tell me?"
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271 ChibiUsa looked at her annoyed. "No. I just want you to
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272 answer my question."
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273 "Why are you asking then?" asked Usagi.
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274 "Because, okay?" Now answer my question," said ChibiUsa.
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275 "First you have to tell me why," said Usagi. "It's because of
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276 that girl you met in the park, isn't it?"
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277 "No! It is not!" said ChibiUsa. She thought quickly. "It's
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278 just that I thought you liked Haruka and I want to make sure that
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279 you'll still get with Mamoru."
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280 "I do not like Haruka. And you better not tell Mamo-chan that
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281 I do," said Usagi. ChibiUsa walked to the door. "Where are you
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282 going?" asked Usagi.
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283 "Downstairs, so I can wait for Mamoru," said ChibiUsa. She
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284 stuck out her tongue at Usagi and ran downstairs.
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285 "ChibiUsa!!!" yelled Usagi.
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286
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287 Hotaru smiled. "Did you really ask Usagi that?"
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288 "Yes," said ChibiUsa. "I had to talk to somebody. You were
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289 scaring me. I was looking for a nice boyfriend and I was starting
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290 to feel strangely about another girl. That wasn't supposed to
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291 happen."
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292 "What were you afraid of?" asked Hotaru.
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293 "I'm the heir to Neo Queen Serenity and the senshi of the
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294 future moon and I was falling in love with the senshi of silence. I
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295 had a lot to worry about. And I admit that I was a little scared.
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296 But that's a lot for a kid to deal with. And you weren't helping.
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297 You just confused me more," said ChibiUsa.
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298
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299 "This doll is so kawaii!" said ChibiUsa as she picked up the
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300 doll off Hotaru's dresser. It slightly resembled Hotaru with short,
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301 dark hair and purple eyes. It wore a beautiful kimono.
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302 "Thank you," said Hotaru as she smiled at her friend's
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303 enthusiasm. "My mother gave it to me when I was fairly young... a
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304 couple months before she died."
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305 "That's so sad," said ChibiUsa. She looked at the doll closer
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306 as a tear ran down her cheek.
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307 "Don't be sorry," said Hotaru gently. "I miss my mom, but I
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308 don't want to forget about her. I like to remember the good times I
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309 spent with her. The doll helps remind me of those times."
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310 "It's not fair, Hotaru," said ChibiUsa, clutching the doll as
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311 if it could make all the sadness and despair she was feeling go
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312 away.
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313 Hotaru was shocked to see ChibiUsa so sad all of the sudden.
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314 "It's okay ChibiUsa," said Hotaru, trying to comfort her friend.
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315 "No, it's not," cried ChibiUsa as several more tears
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316 trickled down her face. "I have both my parents and their friends
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317 and I still act like a brat sometimes. You lost your mom when you
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318 were a little girl, your father spends most of his time in a lab,
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319 and all the kids at your school are so mean to you. It's not fair,"
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320 ChibiUsa's head lowered slightly. Hotaru kissed the younger girl on
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321 the cheek. ChibiUsa's head jerked back up, several tears forgotten
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322 as they ran down her face. ChibiUsa blushed a bright crismon as
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323 she stared wide-eyed at Hotaru.
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324 "Hotaru?" ChibiUsa managed weakly.
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325 Hotaru smiled at her. "ChibiUsa, you're my bestfriend. I'm
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326 happy for that. Please don't cry."
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327
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328 "Okay," said Hotaru. "I guess I didn't make it any easier for
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329 you."
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330 "Nope. You had me confused for a long time," said ChibiUsa.
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331 "When did you first know? It took me forever to sort things out."
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332 "When did I first know I was in love with you?," Hotaru
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333 smiled at the pink haired girl. "It was during the battle with
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334 Pharoh 90. After I returned your heart crystal to you, I knew."
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335 "I mean when you first knew for sure," said ChibiUsa.
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336 "I know. That was when I first knew for sure that I loved
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337 you. When I saw you open your eyes and looked at me, I knew I was
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338 in love," explained Hotaru.
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339 "Then why didn't you say anything for all of these years?"
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340 asked ChibiUsa confused.
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341 "Because I didn't remember. I was changed into a baby shortly
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342 after that. It wasn't until a couple weeks ago after I told you I
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343 loved you that I remembered," said Hotaru. "Anyway, what would you
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344 have done if I had told you before I was changed into a baby?
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345 Actually, I think I did hint at it right after I realized I loved
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346 you.
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347 "Yes. You said 'It's strange. We're both girls, but its like
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348 fate we met,'" said ChibiUsa, trying to sound like Hotaru.
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349 "What was that?" asked Hotaru.
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350 "That was my Hotaru impression," said ChibiUsa smiling.
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351 "I do not sound like that," said Hotaru. She playfully pushed
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352 ChibiUsa. "So what did you think I was talking about when I said
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353 that? It sounds to me like, 'ChibiUsa, even though we're both
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354 girls, I feel strangely about you, as if destiny brought us
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355 together.'"
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356 ChibiUsa stared at Hotaru. "You're weird, Taru, but that's
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357 just one of the many things I like about you. I understood what you
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358 were talking about back then, but afterwards I tried not to think
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359 about it. I was heartbroken after you were changed into a baby. I
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360 didn't know what to do. I buried a lot of my feelings about you
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361 then. I didn't understand why I felt the way I did at the time."
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362 Hotaru looked at ChibiUsa for a while before replying. "I
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363 love you, Odango-chan."
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364 "I love you, Hotaru," said ChibiUsa.
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365 "You'll never know how glad it makes me feel to hear you say
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366 that," said Hotaru.
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367 "I do because I feel the same way," said ChibiUsa. Both girls
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368 looked into each others eyes. The two girls lips met as they kissed
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