Darien looked around the Sailor Scouts' impressive East Village apartment.
"Man," he said removing his trademark green coat, "What's the rent like for a place like this?"
"I have no idea," Serena said grabbing a couple of beers from the kitchen, "Amy does all the bills."
Darien's eyes vacillated as he turned towards the kitchen rather confused: "You don't know what the rent is for your own apartment?"
"C'mon Darien," the blonde walked into the room, "You know I'm no good with numbers." She handed him a beer.
"Aren't you still a little young to be drinking alcohol meatball head?"
"You call me that one more time," Serena said annoyed.
"Oh you'll do what?" Darien said grabbing a hold of her forcefully.
Serena laughed in good humor, "Hey," she cried, "Stop it!"
Darien let go of her, laughed and walked into the corridor leading to the two bedrooms. He peaked into Raye and Mina's room. It was impressively clean. The bed was so perfectly tucked into the matress. The rug was spotless. Darien had spent enough time with Raye to know she was a bit of a neat freak.
"I assume Raye and Mina sleep together," Darien said.
Serena followed him into the corridor taking a sip of her drink. She nodded her head.
"Are they still…" He hesitated looking at his blonde friend.
"Yeah," Serena said curtly.
Darien raised his eyebrows, "That sounds hot."
Serena rolled her eyes, "You know, you did date her for a while."
Darien moved away from the doorway, "Yeah, but I kinda had a hunch she was a lesbian. I never would have guessed that with Mina. I guess you can't always tell who's gay and who's not."
Serena looked down to the ground thinking about Amy and spoke softly, "You're telling me!"
"And this must be your room," Darien came to a closed door and began to turn the knob.
Oh crap, Serena immediately thought. The room is a mess, me and Amy's clothes are all over the floor! The toys are on the nightstand! She ran towards her boyfriend and stopped him, "Uh, you don't wanna go in there." She pulled his hand away.
Darien squinted curiously at his girlfriend: "Why not?"
"Uh," Serena hesitated, "Amy's got some air-cleaner thing she runs during the day."
Darien's eyes waved back and forth, "Okay…"
Serena pulled him back into the living room, thankful that he didn't see anything.
"So Amy bunks with you?" Darien asked as they stood in the living room.
"Yup, she's my roomie!"
"And where does Lita sleep?"
"She usually takes the couch, unless she's sleeping with one of us-" Serena stopped in mid-sentence. She had almost blabbed about the open-love between the five of them.
"Sleeps with one of you?" Darien was confused again as he took another sip of his beer.
Serena didn't know how to get out of this one, but she tried, "Sometimes…" she hesitated, "Lita gets lonely, and shares the room with one of us."
"Ah," Darien smiled, "I suppose you two have to share the couch is Amy brings home a guy? I dunno if she has a boyfriend or not."
Serena thought about the question. "She doesn't have a boyfriend. Neither does Lita."
"Aw," Darien took another sip of his beer, "That's a bummer," he cleared his throat. "Hey, maybe Amy and Lita can be a couple."
Serena looked at Darien confused, "Huh?"
He laughed "I'm just kidding around."
Serena still remained silent, until she laughed forcefully to cover up the awkwardness. She brought her bottle to her lips. She knew Amy was out with Lita. She missed the blue-haired girl so much. Every minute she spent with her 'boyfriend' only made her think more about her girlfriend.
"Anyway," Darien put his drink down on the coffee table, "One of the reasons I wanted to see you, aside from being with you of course," He smiled and picked up her feminine hands into his. His hands were masculine and tough, quite different from the soft creamy fingers she held each night, or at least felt though a pair of gloves. "You're 19 now. I think we need to start thinking about our future. I'd really love for you to come back to Japan."
Oh no! Finally, the opportunity to marry the prince, a dream Serena had since she became Sailor Moon, was something she hoped would never come up. She was in love with Amy. Amy loved her. New York City had given the couple a chance for a new life together. Now, she would be pressured into going back to Japan with a man she didn't love.
Or did she?
Sailor Moon dropped her head and sighed. "Darien," she said as she sat down on the couch. The blonde put her drink on the coffee table, "We need to talk."
Darien felt uneasy. Talk about what? However, he casually put his drink down next to hers and calmly said, "Okay." As he sat next to her.
Serena took a deep breath. This wasn't going to be easy. In her mind she could hear Luna screaming at her not to tell him. This could not only ruin their relationship, it could jeopardize the future. But the blonde haired girl twiddled her fingers and started the conversation:
"Darien," she hesitated, "A lot has changed since high school. I'm-" She closed her eyes and paused. "I'm-" She just couldn't bring herself to say the words as she stared out the window.
"What is it Serena?" Darien held her hand, "You can tell me anything you know."
Finally she thought of something, "Have you ever cheated on me?" She stared into his eyes.
Darien closed his eyes and sighed, "I knew this would come back to haunt me someday."
Serena didn't flinch.
"Yes," Darien said with a grave look on his face, "I have. It's not easy being so far apart for so long. I know ever since you got to high school we've been drifting apart. I take some responsibility for that. I wasn't deliberately trying to cheat on you, but I did kiss a few girls here and there."
So have I, Serena thought to herself.
"And," He swallowed before confessing, "I did sleep with a couple other girls." He immediately became defensive and looked into her eyes, "But it was only a one-night stand deal. They meant nothing to me, you're the only one I love." He paused, "I'm really sorry Serena-"
"It's okay," Serena said closing her eyes, "Don't apologize. I haven't been so innocent myself."
Darien nodded. He didn't like hearing this, but he wasn't about to be a hypocrite, "I had a feeling. I mean, you're 19, you have needs."
Serena was glad to see he was so understanding, but it was about to get a lot worse.
"I do hope," Darien lectured, "That you used protection."
Serena was silent. Protection? He thought she was sleeping with guys: "I haven't been sleeping with guys, Darien."
The man was surprised to hear this. Hadn't been sleeping with guys? "What do you mean, I thought you said you haven't been inn-" He paused as a sudden revelation came upon him. "Ohhhh…"
Serena sighed. The cat was out of the bag now. "Yup."
Darien didn't know what to think of this: "Are you bi?"
"Yup," She said coldly.
Darien thought about how this could have happened. Of course! He rolled his eyes and smiled, "Was it Raye and Mina?"
Serena looked back into his eyes, "No," Serena said and took a long sigh, "It was Amy."
Now Darien was really surprised. His eyes shot wide open and he let go of the girl's hand, "AMY?" He repeated in shock.
Serena finally felt easy enough to let it all out, "Amy is my girlfriend." She said the words very calmly and succinctly. Now everything was out in the open.
There was an awkward pause between the two. Darien stared at the blonde in pure disbelief. "What do you mean girlfriend?"
"You know girlfriend, lover. The person I go on dates with and have sex with." Oh wow, she felt like she was just torturing him now.
"Sex? What have you two done?"
"You name it," Serena's voice was very low, "We've done it."
Darien immediately grabbed his drink and chugged the bottle down within a matter of seconds. He gasped and raised his hands in confusion: "Hold on a second." He brought his two index fingers to his lips and then pointed them at the blonde princess, "You're talking about Amy Mizuno? Sweet, innocent, good-natured, shy, bookworm Amy? Sailor Mercury?"
"Well she's not as innocent as you might think." Serena said almost smiling at the thought.
"I don't doubt it." Darien said expressionless. "This is insane. My girlfriend is a lesbian. What are you gonna tell me next, that all five of you guys are involved in a five-some?"
Serena's eyes vacillated. He had hit the nail right on the head. She gestured her head back and forth not sure whether to tell him yes or no. But he already picked up on it.
"OH GOD!" The dark haired man slumped down on the couch.
Serena didn't really know what to do at this point. So she raised her hands in the air and softly said, "Surprise." She smiled hoping to cheer him up.
Darien slowly turned his head in annoyance towards his not-so-girlfriend.
As if things couldn't possibly get more tense, the door flew open revealing Amy and Lita. Amy stopped as she saw Darien sitting on the couch, Serena next to him. Darien's eyes turned to his girlfriend's mistress; as he thought of her. The two stared at each other for a few seconds. Amy knew what had happened. She was going to burst into the room and shout at the top of her lungs "Serena I love you!" But it looked like Serena had beaten her to the punch. The blue-haired scout's eyes now focused on Serena:
"Did you tell him?"
"She told me everything," Darien didn't blink once.
Serena was silent. Amy and Darien were silent. There was so much intensity in the air, someone needed to break it up.
"Well then," Amy sighed, "I guess we should all have a little talk."
"I guess so," Darien nodded his head.
"I don't know about you guys," Lita spoke up, "But I could really use a drink!" She pointed outside the door, implying that she wanted to leave.
"Yeah," Darien stood up and grabbed his green coat, "I'm with you on that." The man made his way to the doorway passing by the bluenette. He stared at her for a second angrily towering over her. But Amy didn't flinch.
"Hey," Lita broke the tension, "It's good to see you Dar-" The man simply walked out of the apartment past the thunder scout, "-ien." The brunette shook her head and followed him out.
Amy watched as Serena slowly walked towards the door. She looked like the world had collapsed on her. Amy put her hand on the blonde's shoulders and smiled:
"I'm so proud of you. Thank you!" She moved into kiss her girlfriend, but the blonde recoiled.
"Not now, I can't," Serena whispered.
Amy let go of her girlfriend, "Okay I understand. Let's go a drink, this is gonna be a long day."
As the two of them closed the door. Serena looked down to Amy's hands in confusion, "Hey, are those my gloves?"
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