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1 The story contains some sexual scenes so don't read it if you're
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2 underage. Right, like if you'd listen to me, but don't come to me
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3 when your psychiatrist tells you you're not quite normal!
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4 The story takes place after the senshi defeat Neherenia. So Hotaru
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5 reached her normal age again and lives with the Outers and ChibiUsa
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6 with Usagi and her family. Hotaru is about 14 and ChibiUsa a bit
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7 younger.
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8 Before we begin I would like to thank Naoko Takeuchi for creating
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9 the beautiful legend of Sailor Moon.
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10 These characters ain't mine, I'm just borrowing them for a while.
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11
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12 This story is a continuation of the story "Hotaru's pain", but it
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13 makes sense on it's own too (but it makes more sense if you read
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14 Hotaru's pain first).
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15
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16 Hotaru's pain part 2
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17 Featuring Hotaru and ChibiUsa
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18 By The Ghost of 'lectricity
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20
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21 Hotaru ate her lunch in silence as her classmates laughed and had
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22 fun around her. It seemed like nothing had changed from yesterday.
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23 Her classmates were still ignoring the silent and a bit weird
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24 black-haired girl in the back row.
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25 What was wrong? Everybody had seen how she healed the boy
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26 yesterday, everyone had stood in the circle around them as she put
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27 her hand on the boy's head and made the blood disappear.
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28 They weren't calling her a witch. Well, at least not more than
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29 once. But still she didn't know what they were thinking about her.
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30 She knew they were talking about her, but she did not know what
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31 they were saying. She saw a pair of eyes turning her way but as
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32 soon as her eyes wandered across the room to meet them the pair
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33 quickly turned away.
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34 <Okay, let's see now... Mio thinks I'm a... a witch > It was still
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35 hard for Hotaru to say the word, even in her mind. <She stated that
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36 pretty clearly. How about the others? Mio's been walking around the
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37 class talking to everybody all day. Why does she want to make
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38 everyone hate me?. Why is she so mean to me? ...just because I'm
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39 better in history?... What about Ryu?. 'Twas almost funny how he
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40 thanked me in the morning... so respectful and official... but he
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41 said he'd have lunch with me > At these thoughts Hotaru blushed.
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42 <He's not even in the room now... he was talking to Mio a while
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43 ago... maybe she persuaded him not to eat with me... maybe he just
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44 forgot... >
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45 Hotaru was watching Mio wander around the class, as the blue
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46 haired girl was making sure she wouldn't let anyone out. Hotaru was
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47 feeling like she was trapped inside a circle. Inside a circle of
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48 people, turning their backs to her. Suddenly a shadow fell over
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49 her...
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50 "Hi!"
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51 "R- Ryu..."
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52 "May I sit down? Why are you so amazed? I said I'd have lunch with
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53 you."
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54 "I... I thought you forgot..." Hotaru replied silently.
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55 "How could I forget? You saved my life."
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56 Hotaru remained silent and was looking down.
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57 "What?! Aren't you proud of what you done?" Ryu asked surprised.
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58 "I... I don't know. Now everybody thinks I'm a witch." Hotaru
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59 said, looking at Mio now, who was still running around the
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60 class.
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61 "You think she's telling that to everyone?" Ryu asked, slightly
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62 grinning.
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63 "What else..."
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64 "Well, actually... I talked to her earlier. I told her not to call
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65 you that - what she called you yesterday... Now she's telling
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66 everyone that I'm in love with you! HaHaHa!"
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67 As Ryu was laughing loudly Hotaru just blushed. The fact that
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68 anyone - other than ChibiUsa - would like her *that* much seemed
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69 totally absurd to her. Obviously Ryu was thinking pretty much the
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70 same about it.
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71 "See Mio, I'm talking to Tomoe Hotaru and I'm not dead yet!" Ryu
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72 shouted across the classroom.
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73 "Well then why don't you two find a quiet place where you can do
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74 what you *really* want to do!" the blue-haired girl shouted back.
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75 "Are you getting jealous?" Ryu teased her. The whole class knew
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76 Ryu and Mio had a crush on each other since they first laid eyes on
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77 each other. As the two and the rest of the class were enjoying
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78 their quarrel Hotaru went through hell. She never liked to be in
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79 the center of attention. Ryu and Mio made her a part of the show
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80 they were putting up.
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81 "Jealous of her? No, the poor scared girl wouldn't dare to do
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82 anything."
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83 "So, what's the problem then?"
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84 "You! If you're so nice to her she'll think you like her!"
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85 Then someone cut in: "Yeah, and we all know whom he *really*
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86 likes!" The two just blushed, which doesn't happen often and
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87 simultaneously shouted back to the other boy: "Shut up!"
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88
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89 ***
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90
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91 "I'll get it!" Hotaru chimed cheerfully as the doorbell rang.
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92 Just before she opened the door she looked at Haruka and Michiru,
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93 who were sitting on the couch.
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94 "Can't you two ever stop? Haruka-papa, take your hand out of
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95 Michiru-mama's blouse!" As Hotaru turned to open the door she said
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96 over her shoulder: "And from under her skirt too!"
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97
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98
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99 It was an unusual view: this time it seemed like Hotaru was the
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100 more cheerful one and ChibiUsa had a somewhat sad look in her eyes.
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101 But she didn't want Hotaru to notice.
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102 "So, how was it in school?" ChibiUsa asked Hotaru as they entered
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103 her room, trying to disband the heavy thoughts that lingered in her
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104 mind.
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105 "I think I met new friends." Hotaru said with a big smile on her
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106 face.
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107 "You think?"
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108 "Well, I don't have that much experience in making friends,
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109 ChibiUsa-chan."
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110 "That's great then." ChibiUsa said.
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111 "What is with you ChibiUsa-chan? You're strange." Hotaru inquired
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112 concerned.
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113 ChibiUsa looked her best friend square in the eyes.
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114 "I got a letter today.... It was from my mother... from the
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115 future..." ChibiUsa saw something break in her best friend's eyes.
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116 "Oh, ChibiUsa-chan..."
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117 "I'll have to go home soon..."
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118 To Hotaru it seemed like the world stopped turning and this moment
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119 of pain would last for an eternity.
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120
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121
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122 "Haruka-papa? Michiru-mama? Can I come in?" Hotaru asked as she
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123 knocked on the door of the pair's bedroom.
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124 "Of course, come in."
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125 "What is it, angel? Why aren't you asleep yet?" Michiru asked the
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126 figure who sat down on their bed in the darkness.
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127 Not answering the question Hotaru asked immediately: "How do you
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128 know you love somebody?"
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129 "Uhm... Errr... I... I... Haruka, would you like to answer that?"
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130 "Me? Hmmm... Errr... When you like to be around that someone.
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131 Michiru, would you care to continue?" Haruka picked up the game
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132 Michiru began.
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133 "When you like to hug someone!" Michiru said as she hugged Haruka.
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134 "When you like to kiss someone!" Haruka kissed Michiru.
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135 "When someone is more than just a friend to you."
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136 As Haruka and Michiru began kissing passionately Hotaru figured
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137 they wouldn't be of any more use to her.
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138 <More than just a friend...>
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139
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140 Hotaru was walking down the hall toward her own room when she
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141 bumped into Setsuna.
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142 "Oh, sorry Setsuna-mama." Hotaru apologised.
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143 "Hotaru-chan, wait. I have to talk to you." Setsuna said as put
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144 her hand on Hotaru's shoulder to stop her.
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145 "Why, what is it?" Hotaru replied.
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146 "...let's sit down."
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147 "Here? On the floor?" Hotaru asked but Setsuna already began
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148 speaking.
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149 "In a few years ChibiUsa will be born." Setsuna took a long
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150 breath. "You know she didn't know you when she came to our time,
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151 right?" Setsuna knew she was about to break the girl's heart. "I
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152 know it's hard but... you will have to..."
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153 "No, no, no! You can't demand that!" Hotaru screamed with tears
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154 building up in her eyes as she ran toward her room.
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155 Setsuna let out a sigh in the dark corridor. She was sure she
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156 wouldn't get any sleep tonight, just like the last six weeks. There
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157 must be another way. And so another sleepless night would go by.
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158
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159 Hotaru was again crying herself to sleep this night. In a few days
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160 ChibiUsa would go away and she would lose the sun that made her
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161 dark world brighter. The fact that maybe she would't even be
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162 allowed to see her friend for the next one thousand years only made
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163 her tears flow faster down her cheeks. Without ChibiUsa her own
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164 life seemed meaningless to her. What was she really feeling for
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165 ChibiUsa? Was she just a friend... or was she... more...? Her
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166 feelings for the small pink bunny were much stronger than for any
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167 other of her friends. Even stronger than for Haruka-papa, Michiru-
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168 mama and Setsuna-mama. Is it... love? But she's a girl! In school
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169 they say girls should love boys! But Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama
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170 love each other, and they are girls...
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171 "Oh, ChibiUsa-chan..." a whisper echoed silently in the dark room.
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172 Why does it hurt so much...? Love...
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173
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174
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175 It was an ordinary Saturday morning the next day at the Outers'
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176 mansion. Michiru was making breakfast, Haruka was reading her
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177 sports magazine and glancing every now and then over to Michiru.
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178 Michiru would then bend over, on purpose of course, so Haruka could
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179 admire her long legs and firm butt. Setsuna was rambling something
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180 about the "damn primitive clocks" like she always did when she was
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181 waken by the alarm clock. Hotaru was silently eating her breakfast,
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182 just like always, but the three young women knew Hotaru was
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183 restless inside.
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184 Haruka stood up, wanting to comfort Hotaru. She always felt so
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185 guilty for trying to kill the fragile little girl so many times.
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186 She had a very feminine and motherly side - the side only Hotaru
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187 and Michiru knew. Just as she wanted to say something to Hotaru -
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188 what, she did not know yet - the telephone rang. Saved by the bell,
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189 Haruka picked up her saviour.
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190 "Hello?... Hi Usagi-chan... Yes, she's here... Wait a minute.
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191 Hotaru-chan! It's for you. It's Usagi. ... Take the phone in the
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192 living room, we don't want to disturb you."
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193
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194 Hotaru sat down on the couch and picked up the phone.
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195 "Hello?"
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196 "Hello Hotaru-chan, it's me, Usagi."
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197 "Hello."
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198 "So you heard the news..."
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199 "Yes..."
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200 "I need to know something Hotaru-chan. What do you feel for
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201 ChibiUsa-chan?"
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202 Hotaru was hit in her weak spot.
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203 "I... She's my best friend."
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204 "Do you... ... Do you love her?"
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205 "I... I... I don't know. ...yes..." The last word was just a
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206 whisper, as if Hotaru didn't want Usagi to hear it. Or maybe she
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207 didn't want herself to hear it, knowing it would only bring her a
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208 lot of pain once it's said.
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209 "You have to tell her that!"
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210 "No! I can't! She... I... She won't understand."
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211 "Hotaru-chan... You know she will. She a smart girl." Hotaru could
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212 hear the shaking in Usagi's voice. Usagi would miss ChibiUsa just
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213 as much as Hotaru will.
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214 "But she'll be gone in a few days anyway. It doesn't matter
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215 anymore..." A tear - a silent witness of Hotaru's pain - ran down
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216 her cheek.
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217 "You're wrong, it does matter! If you don't tell her, you'll never
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218 know what she feels."
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219 "But- , but-" She couldn't say anything beyond that. Her sobs
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220 choked away the fake excuses.
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221 "I'll- I'll send her over, okay?" Even Usagi started to sob now.
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222 "O- o-kay."
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223 "Hotaru-chan, I'm gonna put down the phone now, OK?"
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224 "Usagi-chan, tell me... that it's gonna be alright..."
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225 "Everything is gonna be okay... I promise..."
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226 "Thank you..."
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227
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228 Except for Hotaru the house was empty when ChibiUsa came over.
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229 Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna said they had some business to attend
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230 to. Although they had the house for themselves Hotaru led ChibiUsa
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231 to her room. Hotaru needed the shelter of her room to say what she
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232 intended to. For the last hour she was grinding the words in her
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233 mind but she still had no clue of what to say. She sat down on her
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234 bed and ChibiUsa sat down beside her. They were sitting in silence
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235 and tension for a minute, Hotaru was still thinking of what to say.
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236 Suddenly ChibiUsa hugged Hotaru around her waist.
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237 "Oh, Hotaru-chan..." Within ChibiUsa's embrace Hotaru's mind
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238 finally found the peace it was longing for. ChibiUsa put her head
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239 on Hotaru's chest and closed her eyes and Hotaru put her arms
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240 around ChibiUsa's back and closed her eyes also. After a while
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241 ChibiUsa began:
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242 "You know why I like to hug you?"
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243 "You... You like to hug me?" Hotaru said in amazement, thinking of
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244 what Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama told her yesterday night.
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245 "I like to hug you because you're not as tall as the other girls."
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246 "What?"
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247 "You know, if I hug them my head reaches only their tummy. And
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248 except for Usagi, all of them have really strong muscles there -
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249 they are not soft. If you look up from there you only see two big
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250 balloons hanging over your head. I get really scared if I hug Mako-
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251 chan." Then she paused for a moment. She remained serious when she
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252 continued to speak: "But if I hug you my head lands straight on two
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253 soft pillows - with two chocolates on it, just like in a hotel
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254 room. Sometimes the chocolates are soft and I want to eat them, but
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255 sometimes they are really hard and I want to hold them in my hands
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256 so they would get softer. And if I look up from here I can see your
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257 beautiful face and your beautiful eyes looking down at me." Their
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258 eyes met but Hotaru turned her head away.
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259 "ChibiUsa-chan, I have to tell you something..." Hotaru took a
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260 deep breath. "ChibiUsa, you have been my first true friend. You
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261 made me laugh when no one was there to care for me. You were the
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262 light that made me hang on to my life when I was almost dead. You
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263 mean everything to me... I... I love you ChibiUsa..." Hotaru's eyes
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264 were closed as she whispered the last words. Her head wasn't facing
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265 ChibiUsa. Moments seemed like hours, seconds like eternity. Then,
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266 she heard a soft whisper.
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267 "I love you too, Hotaru." Hotaru felt a pair of soft lips press
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268 against her skin, sending shivers down her body.
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269 "...oh, ChibiUsa..." ChibiUsa was kissing Hotaru all over her face
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270 - on her cheeks, on her nose, on her forehead - until finally
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271 Hotaru felt the soft lips touch her own. Hotaru opened her mouth
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272 lightly and her tongue carefully touched ChibiUsa's lips and tasted
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273 their sweetness.
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274 ChibiUsa pushed Hotaru's body softly so Hotaru fell backwards on
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275 her bed and ChibiUsa right on top of her. "...oh, ChibiUsa... I
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276 dreamed of this..." ChibiUsa was sitting on top of Hotaru, her
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277 hands placed on Hotaru's belly. Hotaru felt the two hands move
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278 upward, slowly reaching her ribs and the base of her breasts,
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279 stopping there. Hotaru opened her eyes and found ChibiUsa's
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280 questioning face.
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281 "Go on... please..." Hotaru whispered. She felt the two soft hands
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282 finally reaching the end of their journey as they softly squeezed
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283 the tender flesh of her breasts through the fabric of Hotaru's
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284 shirt. Hotaru sighed when ChibiUsa began kneading her breasts.
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285 ChibiUsa saw Hotaru's nipples push against the fabric and she took
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286 one between her fingers. Hotaru felt the little fingers squeezing
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287 her nipple and sighed once more, the sensations driving her crazy.
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288 She couldn't bear it any more. She reached to her waist and pulled
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289 off her shirt, revealing her aroused breasts.
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290 "... my chocolates..." Before Hotaru could realize what ChibiUsa
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291 was doing she felt something warm encompass her nipple. ChibiUsa
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292 was kissing it! Hotaru never felt this kind of pleasure before. The
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293 warmth of ChibiUsa's mouth, ChibiUsa's tongue flicking over the
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294 nipple. Hotaru was panting heavily.
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295 Hotaru was on the brink of the greatest orgasm she ever had. Her
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296 hand travelled down her belly toward ChibiUsa's pussy that was
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297 placed on Hotaru's lap. ChibiUsa jerked when she felt something on
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298 her pussy, but Hotaru squeezed her hand gently past ChibiUsa and
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299 cupped her own sex. As her fingers were teasing and pleasuring her
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300 own pussy through the skin-tight pants she felt the warmth of
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301 ChibiUsa's sex against her wrist. ChibiUsa was licking and sucking
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302 on Hotaru's nipples and rubbing her crotch against Hotaru's wrist.
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303 Then Hotaru's body froze up and in the same moment her scream of
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308 Eleven young people gathered in the park a few days later. But the
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310 the air. It was a sad ceremony - ChibiUsa was saying goodbye to all
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311 her friends. Usagi was trying very hard not to cry by holding on to
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312 Mamoru as hard as she could. Their goodbye present was a box of all
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313 the photos of her they had. Amy bought her a book. Makoto baked
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314 cookies for her. Rei gave her a special lucky charm. Minako
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315 presented her with a big poster of Sailor V.
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316 The only one left to say goodbye to was Hotaru. She hugged
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317 ChibiUsa gently and they kissed. They didn't bother about what the
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318 others would think and they whispered into each others ears a soft
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319 but definite "I love you."
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320 "ChibiUsa, my present is a poem. I've written it for you." Hotaru
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321 promised herself not to cry, not to make it even harder for
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322 ChibUsa. But as soon as she saw ChibiUsa's eyes fill up with tears
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323 when she gave her the envelope, she knew she wouldn't be strong
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324 enough.
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325 "You've written a poem for me? No one ever wrote a poem for me..."
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326 "But don't read it now. After you get home..."
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327 "I have something for you too, Hotaru." ChibiUsa said, reaching
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328 into her pocket and giving the dark beauty a picture. It was a
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329 picture of ChibiUsa and Hotaru holding hands, smiling brightly into
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330 the camera. It had a precious carved frame and in the corner of the
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331 picture were the words "I love you, Hotaru" written.
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332 They hugged again and let the tears of their loss flow in silence.
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338 Say, Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama? Hold my hand tonight.
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339 Stay with me all night long. I want to have happy dreams. Dreams
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341 smiling with joy.
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348 The Ghost of 'lectricity
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349 Peter.dobaj@guest.arnes.si
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