Rainy Day Surprise

a Sailor Moon fanfiction by Sara Jaye

Rain pounded on every surface of the house like miniature wrecking ba= lls threatening to rip it down. This was the worst storm Tokyo had seen in yea= rs, and everyone was locked away in their houses fearing for their lives like= the world was ending.
 
Minako sighed, lying back on her bed and kicking a leg into the air.= She'd read all her manga, she'd wasted an hour trying to draw. She was so bored= she'd even finished her homework and organized her closet for lack of anything= better to do.
 
As if that wasn't bad enough, the storm was so bad her mother refused= to let anyone leave the house; if they didn't drown or get blown away or electrocuted, they'd catch pneumonia. Minako had unsuccessfully tried to= argue that a quick bike ride to a friend's house wouldn't kill her before throwi= ng up her hands in defeat and going off to her room. Each member of the family= had staked out their own little part of the house; normally the family would= make shadow puppets or read stories when the power went out, but everyone seeme= d to be in a particularly foul mood today.
 
The solitude and overall gloomy feeling around the house were beginni= ng to drive Minako crazy. She wouldn't have minded being stuck in the house if= the phone was working, then at least she could call Rei. It's not fair, th= e weekends are supposed to be our special time together. Sure, we see each= other during the week, but those are Senshi meetings and study sessions, not exa= ctly the best date spots.
 
She closed her eyes and tried to pretend she was curled up on the cou= ch with Rei in front of a roaring fire or a romantic movie. (Rei refused to= admit it, but Minako knew her taste in movies was rubbing off on her) She pictur= ed them huddled under a big, fluffy blanket, talking about anything, Minako= idly braiding strands of their hair together. She could almost smell the faint= aroma of woodsmoke and lilies that always seemed to surround Rei, feel the softn= ess of her hair on her fingertips.
 
A crash of thunder shattered the illusion, and Minako growled.
 
"I'm going to lose it if I have to be stuck here any longer!" she sai= d aloud. "That does it, I don't care what Mom says. I'm going to see her."
 
She was about to open the window to sneak out when there was a knock= on the door.
 
"Now that's random. Who'd be crazy enough to be out in this?" she mut= tered. "Might as well see who it is." She padded downstairs, answered the door,= and gasped. A soaking wet Rei stood on the front steps, shaking out her umbrella.
 
"Sorry to drop in on you like this, but you weren't answering the pho= ne and I got worried."
 
Minako could have cried with relief.
 
"I was just on my way to see you! Get in here before you dro= wn!" she laughed, pulling Rei inside. "Does your grandfather know you left?"
 
"I left a note. He was sleeping when I left, and I didn't wake to wak= e him," Rei said. Minako's parents rushed into the foyer just then, having= heard the commotion.
 
"Rei! Oh, I'll ask questions later, let me get you a towel before you= catch cold! Kenichi, don't just stand there, go light a fire in the den!" Rumiko= ordered, then glanced towards her daughter. "We'll let you have the den to= yourselves while Rei's here, but don't make a mess," she warned.
 
"Don't worry, we won't," Minako sighed. Even her mother's usually irritating neat-freak nature couldn't ruin her good mood.
 
*
 
Minako sighed happily, snuggling closer to Rei and listening to the= roar of the fire mingle with the sound of the rain. Her parents had agreed to let-actually, they'd insisted that Rei stay the night; the storm= wasn't about to let up anytime soon and Rei going out in it a second time wasn't= an option.
 
"You don't know how glad I am you came," she said. "I was about to go= crazy!"
 
"So was I. I heard the storm was especially bad in your part of town= and I was so worried," Rei said. "At least now I know why you didn't answer the= phone."
 
"That was what nearly drove me crazy. The power probably won't be bac= k for another day," Minako said, sighing dramatically. "Would you believe I was= so bored I did my homework?"
 
Rei laughed, pulling the blanket tighter around them.
 
"Looks like I came here just in time," she said, placing a chaste kis= s on Minako's lips. Minako made a small, contented noise, braiding a few strand= s of their hair together.
 
"You sure did."

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