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1 Disclaimer: ChibiUsa, Hotaru, Michiru and Haruka are not my characters or
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2 creations. They were created and belong to Naoko Takeuchi.
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4
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5 Happy Birthday Hotaru!
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7
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8 The music was playing softly and there were two shadowed bodies
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9 sitting by the fireplace. The two bodies just sat there holding one
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10 another. One of the bodies had it's hair up in buns, while the other had
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11 it's hair down. It looked around shoulder length.
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12
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13 (Where is this place? I've never seen this place before. Does this
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14 mean that something different is going to happen?)
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15
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16 Suddenly the music stopped and a loud and horrible laughter begun.
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17 Then, without warning, the person with shoulder length hair began to glow.
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18 As the person glowed, it also began to shrink. The laughter just kept
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19 getting louder and louder as the person just kept getting smaller and
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20 smaller. Soon the person disappeared and then the laughter stopped. The
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21 room then vanished and the person with their hair in buns was all alone in
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22 darkness.
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23
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24 "Hotaru!," the person screamed, "Don't leave me! Hotaru!"
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25
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26 (Hotaru! NO!!! Come back! Hotaru! I need you here with me!)
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27
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28 "Hotaru! I'm scared! Please come back and help me!
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29
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30 (Hotaru, I miss you.)
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31
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32 "Hotaru, I... love you."
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33
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34 ChibiUsa then snapped up panting and sweating. Her heart was
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35 racing. It had been the same reaccuring dream or nightmare as she called
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36 it, the only difference this time, was the room. She sat there alone in the
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37 dark for the rest of the night, afraid that if she fell back to sleep, she
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38 would have the nightmare again.
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39
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40 ***
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41
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42 The following morning was like any other, Usagi's alarm clock was
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43 blasting and the rays of sunlight were beaming down on her face through the
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44 blinds. The aroma of a freshly cooked breakfast was fastly filling the air.
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45 Sitting at the dinner table, ChibiUsa wasn't in too happy of a mood. The
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46 nightmare kept her up all night and Ikuko has started to notice.
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47
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48 "Is that nightmare getting at you, hon?"
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49
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50 "Huh? Oh, yeah."
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51
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52 "You care to tell me about it?"
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53
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54 "I'd rather not. There's someone else that I need to talk to it
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55 about."
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56
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57 "Ok but just be sure to talk to someone about it."
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58
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59 "I will. Thank you."
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60
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61 After this ChibiUsa finished her breakfast and readied herself for
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62 school.
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63
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64 ***
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65
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66 "Hotaru, wait up!" ChibiUsa called out in the hallway.
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67
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68 Hotaru tunred around with a smile, greeting ChibiUsa. ChibiUsa
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69 couldn't help but to notice Hotaru. The young girl was wearing a black
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70 babydoll size tank and a short pair of jean shorts that end at half thigh.
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71 ChibiUsa caught herself and stopped before Hotaru noticed.
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72
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73 "ChibiUsa! My birthday is in a week. I hope you'll come over and
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74 spend some time with me. You can come over and have supper with us."
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75
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76 "Of course I will. I wouldn't turn down an offer to spend time with
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77 you, silly."
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78
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79 Hotaru just smiled with joy. She was so happy that her only real
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80 friend was going to be with her on her birthday.
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81
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82 ***
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83
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84 ChibiUsa spent the rest of the day trying to decide how she could
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85 tell Hotaru about her dream and how she felt. Then she decided, she would
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86 tell her on her birthday.
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87
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88 'Do I want to do anything or do I just want to ignore my feelings?
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89 How could I even begain to tell her how I feel? I want to do something
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90 special for her birthday but what?'
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91
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92 By the end of the day ChibiUsa had done more serious thinking in
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93 that one day than she ever has in her whole life. Finally she decided that
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94 she would take Hotaru on a picnic and tell her everything. She still needed
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95 some time to plan out all the other details.
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96
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97 The next day ChibiUsa spent most of the day dreaming about what she
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98 would say to Hotaru. She not only thought about what she would say but
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99 imagined all of the possible responses. She liked some better than others.
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100
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101 ***
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102
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103 Slowly the days passed by and Hotaru's birthday was now only a day
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104 away. ChibiUsa started to get her things together so that she could spend
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105 the next day with her best friend. She had never been more nervous nor
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106 excited in her life.
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107
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108 That night ChibiUsa couldn't sleep. Not because of the nightmare
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109 but because of her excitment. She couldn't wait to tell Hotaru how she
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110 felt. She prayed that Hotaru would tell her that she felt the same way
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111 about her. The night hours slowly dragged on and ChibiUsa fell asleep and
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112 dreamt.
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113
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114 ***
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115
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116 It was a warm evening and the sun was begining to set. Two shadowed
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117 figures sat on the grass and had thier backs agianst a tree. You could
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118 easily tell that the two shadowed figures were both female from curves of
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119 thier bodies. One leaned over to the other and gave her a soft kiss on the
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120 lips. As they parted it became clear who they were. Both had thier hair
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121 down. One was Hotaru, the other was ChibiUsa. Hotaru smiled and blushed
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122 then slowly she leaned over to ChibiUsa and began to kiss her softly and
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123 held her in her arms. As the kiss went on Hotaru slipped ChibiUsa her
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124 tongue. Shocked and caught off gaurd by this, ChibiUsa let out a soft moan.
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125 When the kiss ended they both smiled and blushed. ChibiUsa took hold of
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126 Hotaru and guided her to the ground and ran her hands over her body.
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127 ChibiUsa, then, went to lie down beside her laying her head on Hotaru's
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128 cheast and placing her hand on Hotaru's breast. ChibiUsa started to tease
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129 her a little.
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130
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131 ***
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132
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133 The alarm clock started buzzing and ChibiUsa woke up, annoyed that
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134 it was only a dream.
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135
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136 'If only it had been real.' she thought to herself. When she got
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137 out of bed she noticed a stain on the sheets and looked down to see that she
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138 was wet. Upon noticing this she smiled and wondered how Hotaru would react.
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139
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140 "Today's the day. I gotta make this work. I just have to."
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142 ***
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143
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144 It started out like any normal Friday. There was no School that day
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145 because of Teacher planning. ChibiUsa finished wrapping the gift that she
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146 had gotten Hotaru.
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147
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148 It was around noon when ChibiUsa went over to Hotaru's house. She
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149 was set to be there for the day and night if Hotaru didn't turn her away.
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150 She wasn't sure how she was gonna get Haruka and Michiru to leave them alone
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151 long enough for her to do what she wanted. She thought hard about what she
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152 could do while she walked to Hotaru's house. When she got there sure
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153 enough, Michiru answered the door. Haruka wasn't there though.
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154
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155 "Michiru, where is Haruka at?" ChibiUsa inquired.
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156
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157 "She is out getting some things for Hotaru's party. Some last
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158 minute pick up's. Why do you ask?"
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159
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160 "No reason, I was just wondering. I figured that you two would have
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161 started something by now."
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162
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163 "No not yet. We have something special planned for her so we want
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164 to have everything perfect."
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165
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166 "Really? I have something special planned for her too. If you
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167 wouldn't mind I would like to do it with her alone. It's kind of
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168 embarrassing for me so..."
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169
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170 "I understand. I'll talk to Haruka about it but I'm sure we can do
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171 that for you."
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172
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173 "Thank you." ChibiUsa said and smiled.
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174
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175 ***
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176
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177 Michiru and Haruka were setting things up and told ChibiUsa that she
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178 and Hotaru could go off and do whatever while they worked on the
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179 decorations. ChibiUsa saw this as the perfect time to make her move.
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180
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181 "Hotaru, I know of a really nice place in the park, lets go there.
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182 I have a couple of things that I want to give you."
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183
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184 ChibiUsa had her backpack with her and had a few things with her.
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185 She led Hotaru to a secluded place in the woods beside the park.
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186
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187 "This place is really beautiful ChibiUsa. Thank you for bringing me
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188 here."
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189
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190 "Hotaru I want to go ahead and give you my gifts."
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191
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192 Hotaru nodded and ChibiUsa opened her bag and pulled out a small
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193 package and a larger package. Hotaru opened the smaller package first. It
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194 was a cd that was imported from America. It was a group called Savage
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195 Garden. This was thier fave. American band. Next she opened the larger
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196 package. It was a big teddy bear. It looked just like her old bear. She
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197 would still have it if the school bullies hadn't messed it up.
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198
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199 "Thank you ChibiUsa!" Hotaru said, beaming with joy. She then gave
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200 ChibiUsa a big long hug. ChibiUsa took this oppertunity and as Hotaru
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201 loosened the hug she turned her face to where they were face to face and
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202 ChibiUsa gave her a quick peck on the lips. ChibiUsa was red with
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203 embarrassment. Hotaru just sat there motionless and speechless. She
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204 couldn't believe what ChibiUsa had just done.
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205
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206 Hotaru stood there confused and silent. Not knowing what to do she
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207 ran home. ChibiUsa knew that she had messed up, she knew that the next move
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208 would be up to Hotaru. She was afraid that she had just ruined thier
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209 friendship. When Hotaru got home Haruka and Michiru were waiting for her
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210 and ChibiUsa.
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211
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212 "Where's ChibiUsa?" Michiru inquried.
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213
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214 "Something came up and she had to go." Hotaru couldn't tell them
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215 what had really happened. As the day went on Hotaru couldn't think about
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216 anything besides what ChibiUsa had done. As days passed all Hotaru could
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217 think about was did she do the right thing. She thought it over and
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218 wondered. She had battles between her feelings and what her brain thought.
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219
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220 ***
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221
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222 One afternoon ChibiUsa had come by and knocked on the door. Michiru
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223 answered and asked her to come in.
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224
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225 "That's ok, Michiru, I just came by to drop these off for Hotaru.
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226 They are her birthday presents from me. I've been really busy lately and
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227 haven't had time to drop them off. Tell her I said hi, ok?"
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228
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229 "I'll do that. Bye-bye ChibiUsa."
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230
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231 Hotaru was standing around the corner and had heard everything. She
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232 knew that ChibiUsa had to have strong feelings for her then. That night all
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233 Hotaru could do was think. She had to do something and it had to be soon.
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234
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235 ***
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236
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237 The next morning before school she wrote ChibiUsa a note and dropped
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238 it off in her locker. When ChibiUsa went to get her first period book she
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239 saw the note and read it.
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240
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241 'The woods by the park? At 6?' she wondered to herself. All
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242 ChibiUsa could think about for the rest of the day was what Hotaru had in
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243 mind.
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244
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245 The day passed and 6:00 arrived pretty quickly. ChibiUsa ran to the
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246 spot that Hotaru and mentioned in the note as fast as she could. When she
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247 got there she saw that Hotaru had a battery powered radio and she had the cd
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248 playing that she had given Hotaru for her birthday.
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249
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250 "ChibiUsa," Hotaru started, "I'm sorry I ran off. I didn't know
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251 what to do and I had to think things through. You had cought me off gaurd
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252 and I didn't exspect that. What I'm trying to say is, I'm sorry. Can you
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253 forgive me. I want you to love me and I want to love you." With that said
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254 Hotaru started to cry. ChibiUsa ran up to her and hugged her.
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255
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256 "Of course I can forgive you. I want to love you and have you love
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257 me too." Hotaru looked ChibiUsa straight in the eyes. Thier faces grew
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258 closer and closer to each other's and they kissed. Thier tongues exploring
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259 the other's mouth. They stayed this way for a while. When the kiss broke,
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260 Hotaru said, "I love you chibiUsa and I want you to go out with me."
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261 ChibiUsa looked at Hotaru, smiled and nodded.
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