Disclaimer: I don’t own Sailor Moon.
Chapter 2: Meeting the ‘Boyfriend’
I drove up to my house. I hope my parents are suspicious of my so called boyfriend already since it to me over an hour to pick him up. Hopefully they’ll find nothing wrong with me stopping to talk to friends. Mamoru walks up beside me and rests a hand on my shoulder.
“Don’t worry, Haruka-san, I’m sure you’ll be fine.” He tells me. This doesn’t relax me.
“Fine?! How will I be fine? I took over an hour picking you up. They might have already killed Michiru! If they haven’t already, they’re sure to in the future! This whole plan is bound to blow up in our faces!” Through all of my ranting, I never notice Michiru come out of the house till she embraces me and kisses me on the cheek.
“Setsuna’s having tea with your parents,” She tells me, “They’re starting to wonder where you’ve gone.” She walks over to Mamoru. “Does Usagi-chan know you’re here?”
“Yes, she’s the one who suggested I do this.” Mamoru explains. He notices Michiru’s confused face. “She says a lesbian won’t run off with me so she’s fine with this.” Michiru nods.
“Arigatou, Mamoru-san.” She turns back to me. “We should get back in before your parents come out.” I nod and we all head into the house. I see my parents sitting on the couch with tea. They were in the middle of a conversation with Setsuna, when the notice my arrival.
“Haruka! You’re finally back! I almost thought you disappeared from the face of the planet.” My mom says.
“I just stopped to talk to some friends.” I tell her. She doesn’t appear to approve of that. “My ‘boyfriend’ was hanging out with them and when I went to pick him up, a conversation started. I almost forgot you were here visiting.” I could almost feel a big sweat drop forming at the back of the head through that lie. I was sure my mom saw right through me. When I was younger, she was the human lie detector. She knew I was lying when I told her I got a license over sea, surely she would she though this.
After a brief pause my mom finally says, “Don’t worry about it dear. It happens to me all the time. Why just last week I was talking to a friend on the phone and forgot to pick you father up from work. But enough about me, who’s your boyfriend?”
I turn to Mamoru. “Mom, Dad, this is Mamoru. Mamoru, these are my parents.” He reaches out to shake hands with my parents.
“Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Tennoh.” He says politely. My mom laughs.
“How polite of you. What a fine young man you are, but please call me Sakura. After all, we are almost family.” She tells him. I could almost see Mamoru laughing nervously at her statement.
“Yeah, sure thing, Sakura-san.” He turns to my father.
“Mamoru-kun, you’re a good man for my daughter. You’ll make a wonderful groom someday. I think it’s only right you call me Hiroshi.” He tells him and gives him a pat on the back. I can just see the sweat on Mamoru’s face during this. Man, this is going downhill face.
“Right, Hiroshi-san.” Mamoru replies in a nervous voice. My mom turns back to me.
“So Haruka,” She begins.
“Yeah, what is it mom?”
“Have you, you know, done the nasty with Mamoru-kun yet?” She asks me. My face turns bright red. I could not believe she just asked me that. I notice the Mamoru has gone red too. I can’t blame him. Just the mere thought of doing it with a guy… it’s sick! I turn to Michiru for help. She looks like she’s holding back a lot of rage right now. I suddenly realize she won’t be much help at the moment. I turn back to mom.
“Mom,” I say, thinking up another lie quick, “We’ve only just met a few weeks ago. Surely you don’t think we’ve already done that.” My mom gasps.
“Only a few weeks? Why I met your father in middle school!” She tells me. Yeah, nice mom. Well I meet Michiru at the end of middle school and we’re destined to be together. I doubt she could say that about her and dad. They’re probably only together, because their parents forced them.
“Well, true love can take awhile mom. It’s worth the wait if you can find someone you truly love with all your heart.” With saying this I turn to Michiru and wink. Her face turns red at this action. My mom notices this so I quickly think of yet another lie to cover this. “My friend, Michiru, is a big believer in true love. She believes that one day she’ll meet her special person and they’ll live happily ever after.” Well I guess this wasn’t a total lie. My mom seems to buy this.
“Well you’ve found a nice young man, Haruka. I’m sure you two will have plenty of time tonight to get caught up with each other.” She tells me. “Your father and I are going to be staying here for a few weeks. While we’re here we have no problem with Mamoru-kun and you sleeping together. In fact, tonight, I insist you sleep with Mamoru-kun. Ah, it’s so nice to know you’ve found a man. Growing up, I’ve always thought you’d be a lesbian and I’d have to kill you.” What did she just say? Staying here for weeks?! Me, sleeping with Mamoru?! She thought I’d be a lesbian?! Well she was right with the last one. Honestly, if she knew, why did she bother to come? It makes no sense.
My parents walk up stairs with Setsuna. “Well we’ve off to bed Haruka!” My mom says, “Hope to hear lots of noises from your and Mamoru-kun’s bedroom tonight!” With that Setsuna leads them to their room. I turn to Michiru. She looks like she’s about to explode.
TBC…