Happy Birthday Hotaru
The music was playing softly and there were two shadowed bodies
sitting by the fireplace. The two bodies just sat there holding one
another. One of the bodies had it's hair up in buns, while the other had
it's hair down. It looked around shoulder length.
(Where is this place? I've never seen this place before. Does this
mean that something different is going to happen?)
Suddenly the music stopped and a loud and horrible laughter begun.
Then, without warning, the person with shoulder length hair began to glow.
As the person glowed, it also began to shrink. The laughter just kept
getting louder and louder as the person just kept getting smaller and
smaller. Soon the person disappeared and then the laughter stopped. The
room then vanished and the person with their hair in buns was all alone in
darkness.
"Hotaru!," the person screamed, "Don't leave me! Hotaru!"
(Hotaru! NO!!! Come back! Hotaru! I need you here with me!)
"Hotaru! I'm scared! Please come back and help me!
(Hotaru, I miss you.)
"Hotaru, I... love you."
ChibiUsa then snapped up panting and sweating. Her heart was
racing. It had been the same reoccurring dream or nightmare as she called
it, the only difference this time, was the room. She sat there alone in the
dark for the rest of the night, afraid that if she fell back to sleep, she
would have the nightmare again.
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The following morning was like any other, Usagi's alarm clock was
blasting and the rays of sunlight were beaming down on her face through the
blinds. The aroma of a freshly cooked breakfast was quickly filling the air.
Sitting at the dinner table, ChibiUsa wasn't in too happy of a mood. The
nightmare kept her up all night and Ikuko has started to notice.
"Is that nightmare getting at you, hon?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah."
"You care to tell me about it?"
"I'd rather not. There's someone else that I need to talk to it
about."
"Ok but just be sure to talk to someone about it."
"I will. Thank you."
After this ChibiUsa finished her breakfast and readied herself for
school.
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"Hotaru, wait up!" ChibiUsa called out in the hallway.
Hotaru turned around with a smile, greeting ChibiUsa. ChibiUsa
couldn't help but to notice Hotaru. The young girl was wearing a black
baby doll size tank and a short pair of jean shorts that end at half thigh.
ChibiUsa caught herself and stopped before Hotaru noticed.
"ChibiUsa! My birthday is in a week. I hope you'll come over and
spend some time with me. You can come over and have supper with us."
"Of course I will. I wouldn't turn down an offer to spend time with
you, silly."
Hotaru just smiled with joy. She was so happy that her only real
friend was going to be with her on her birthday.
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ChibiUsa spent the rest of the day trying to decide how she could
tell Hotaru about her dream and how she felt. Then she decided, she would
tell her on her birthday.
'Do I want to do anything or do I just want to ignore my feelings?
How could I even begin to tell her how I feel? I want to do something
special for her birthday but what?'
By the end of the day ChibiUsa had done more serious thinking in
that one day than she ever has in her whole life. Finally she decided that
she would take Hotaru on a picnic and tell her everything. She still needed
some time to plan out all the other details.
The next day ChibiUsa spent most of the day dreaming about what she
would say to Hotaru. She not only thought about what she would say but
imagined all of the possible responses. She liked some better than others.
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Slowly the days passed by and Hotaru's birthday was now only a day
away. ChibiUsa started to get her things together so that she could spend
the next day with her best friend. She had never been more nervous nor
excited in her life.
That night ChibiUsa couldn't sleep. Not because of the nightmare
but because of her excitement. She couldn't wait to tell Hotaru how she
felt. She prayed that Hotaru would tell her that she felt the same way
about her. The night hours slowly dragged on and ChibiUsa fell asleep and
dreamt.
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It was a warm evening and the sun was beginning to set. Two shadowed
figures sat on the grass and had their backs against a tree. You could
easily tell that the two shadowed figures were both female from curves of
their bodies. One leaned over to the other and gave her a soft kiss on the
lips. As they parted it became clear who they were. Both had their hair
down. One was Hotaru, the other was ChibiUsa. Hotaru smiled and blushed
then slowly she leaned over to ChibiUsa and began to kiss her softly and
held her in her arms. As the kiss went on Hotaru slipped ChibiUsa her
tongue. Shocked and caught off guard by this, ChibiUsa let out a soft moan.
When the kiss ended they both smiled and blushed. ChibiUsa took hold of
Hotaru and guided her to the ground and ran her hands over her body.
ChibiUsa, then, went to lie down beside her laying her head on Hotaru's
chest and placing her hand on Hotaru's breast. ChibiUsa started to tease
her a little.
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The alarm clock started buzzing and ChibiUsa woke up, annoyed that
it was only a dream.
'If only it had been real.' she thought to herself. When she got
out of bed she noticed a stain on the sheets and looked down to see that she
was wet. Upon noticing this she smiled and wondered how Hotaru would react.
"Today's the day. I gotta make this work. I just have to."
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It started out like any normal Friday. There was no School that day
because of Teacher planning. ChibiUsa finished wrapping the gift that she
had gotten Hotaru.
It was around noon when ChibiUsa went over to Hotaru's house. She
was set to be there for the day and night if Hotaru didn't turn her away.
She wasn't sure how she was gonna get Haruka and Michiru to leave them alone
long enough for her to do what she wanted. She thought hard about what she
could do while she walked to Hotaru's house. When she got there sure
enough, Michiru answered the door. Haruka wasn't there though.
"Michiru, where is Haruka at?" ChibiUsa inquired.
"She is out getting some things for Hotaru's party. Some last
minute pick up's. Why do you ask?"
"No reason, I was just wondering. I figured that you two would have
started something by now."
"No not yet. We have something special planned for her so we want
to have everything perfect."
"Really? I have something special planned for her too. If you
wouldn't mind I would like to do it with her alone. It's kind of
embarrassing for me so..."
"I understand. I'll talk to Haruka about it but I'm sure we can do
that for you."
"Thank you." ChibiUsa said and smiled.
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Michiru and Haruka were setting things up and told ChibiUsa that she
and Hotaru could go off and do whatever while they worked on the
decorations. ChibiUsa saw this as the perfect time to make her move.
"Hotaru, I know of a really nice place in the park, lets go there.
I have a couple of things that I want to give you."
ChibiUsa had her backpack with her and had a few things with her.
She led Hotaru to a secluded place in the woods beside the park.
"This place is really beautiful ChibiUsa. Thank you for bringing me
here."
"Hotaru I want to go ahead and give you my gifts."
Hotaru nodded and ChibiUsa opened her bag and pulled out a small
package and a larger package. Hotaru opened the smaller package first. It
was a cd that was imported from America. It was a group called Savage
Garden. This was their fave. American band. Next she opened the larger
package. It was a big teddy bear. It looked just like her old bear. She
would still have it if the school bullies hadn't messed it up.
"Thank you ChibiUsa!" Hotaru said, beaming with joy. She then gave
ChibiUsa a big long hug. ChibiUsa took this opportunity and as Hotaru
loosened the hug she turned her face to where they were face to face and
ChibiUsa gave her a quick peck on the lips. ChibiUsa was red with
embarrassment. Hotaru just sat there motionless and speechless. She
couldn't believe what ChibiUsa had just done.
Hotaru stood there confused and silent. Not knowing what to do she
ran home. ChibiUsa knew that she had messed up, she knew that the next move
would be up to Hotaru. She was afraid that she had just ruined their
friendship. When Hotaru got home Haruka and Michiru were waiting for her
and ChibiUsa.
"Where's ChibiUsa?" Michiru inquired.
"Something came up and she had to go." Hotaru couldn't tell them
what had really happened. As the day went on Hotaru couldn't think about
anything besides what ChibiUsa had done. As days passed all Hotaru could
think about was did she do the right thing. She thought it over and
wondered. She had battles between her feelings and what her brain thought.
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One afternoon ChibiUsa had come by and knocked on the door. Michiru
answered and asked her to come in.
"That's ok, Michiru, I just came by to drop these off for Hotaru.
They are her birthday presents from me. I've been really busy lately and
haven't had time to drop them off. Tell her I said hi, ok?"
"I'll do that. Bye-bye ChibiUsa."
Hotaru was standing around the corner and had heard everything. She
knew that ChibiUsa had to have strong feelings for her then. That night all
Hotaru could do was think. She had to do something and it had to be soon.
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The next morning before school she wrote ChibiUsa a note and dropped
it off in her locker. When ChibiUsa went to get her first period book she
saw the note and read it.
'The woods by the park? At 6?' she wondered to herself. All
ChibiUsa could think about for the rest of the day was what Hotaru had in
mind.
The day passed and 6:00 arrived pretty quickly. ChibiUsa ran to the
spot that Hotaru and mentioned in the note as fast as she could. When she
got there she saw that Hotaru had a battery powered radio and she had the cd
playing that she had given Hotaru for her birthday.
"ChibiUsa," Hotaru started, "I'm sorry I ran off. I didn't know
what to do and I had to think things through. You had caught me off guard
and I didn't expect that. What I'm trying to say is, I'm sorry. Can you
forgive me. I want you to love me and I want to love you." With that said
Hotaru started to cry. ChibiUsa ran up to her and hugged her.
"Of course I can forgive you. I want to love you and have you love
me too." Hotaru looked ChibiUsa straight in the eyes. Their faces grew
closer and closer to each other's and they kissed. Their tongues exploring
the other's mouth. They stayed this way for a while. When the kiss broke,
Hotaru said, "I love you ChibiUsa and I want you to go out with me."
ChibiUsa looked at Hotaru, smiled and nodded.
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