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[closed] A Way Into Your Heart
Who: Minako ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
idolater & Rei faithfulflame
When: IC Feb 14 / OOC Aug 3
Where: starting at their apartment, and moving to various places around Cerealia
What: Valentine's day! the girls have surprises for each other! thank goodness they are unaffected by the event.
Rating/Warning: girls becoming girlfriends, nothing too steamythis time ...also Archer is mentioned for some reason
[at last. this was it.
she was going to do it. she was finally going to do this...!
Minako was going to tell Rei she was ready to date her. for real.
she'd taken some time to think it through, of course. there were so many things to consider. for one, Minako had been boy-crazy all her life. she still kind of was, honestly. when she saw a cute boy, her instinct was to flirt it up!
the more she thought about it, though, the more she wondered if the constant flirting was just a way of blocking pain, or keeping her mind preoccupied. after all, long ago, she'd been cursed, told that she would never have a real love life. Minako's life would be devoted to her duty, and she'd gradually begun to accept that.
now, here she was, with some kind of freedom. Usagi and Mamoru weren't here, and their world was supposedly destroyed. Minako could date whomever the hell she wanted, right? ...weeeeeell, technically, yes? but she still felt that she had a duty. she would always be a soldier, and, eventually, she wanted to protect her Queen again. whatever happened in Cerealia would stay in Cerealia, or something.
then Minako wondered if she was just settling. Rei would be around far longer than any boy she would date. the Senshi would live for thousands of years, so that meant any human relationships would be pointless. Rei was the obvious choice, in that case! but that wouldn't be fair to her, if Minako decided just because of that. Rei truly liked Minako, and Minako did not want to sully that.
her decision had come while she was in the chocolate-making class at Thistle Do Nicely, and she was talking to two lovely young women about her dear friend. Minako had thought about how cool and beautiful Rei was, and she began dwelling more on that. once, not too long ago, Minako would have told any person that she was quite the catch, herself. now, Minako was beginning to consider that Rei actually was the catch. and the way she doted on Minako, cheered her up, kept her in line... Minako was the lucky one, to have a friend like that.
when she started thinking of things that way, Minako's deliberation circled back to dating. she wasn't sure if she was attracted to Rei the way she was attracted to boys, but that could come later, right? she wanted to give dating a shot, and see if her feelings grew stronger.
that's why, early in the morning on Valentine's Day, Minako is already awake and waiting for her friend to get up. she could barely sleep the night before, so she's already bathed and dressed in a casual, but nice outfit, and she has the fourth attempt at homemade chocolates resting beside her in a pretty gift bag. she's sitting on her legs in the living room, squirming nervously, clenching her fists on her thighs as she tries to think of exactly what she wanted to say. Minako had rehearsed it so many times in her head, but she still is skittish]
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idolater & Rei faithfulflameWhen: IC Feb 14 / OOC Aug 3
Where: starting at their apartment, and moving to various places around Cerealia
What: Valentine's day! the girls have surprises for each other! thank goodness they are unaffected by the event.
Rating/Warning: girls becoming girlfriends, nothing too steamy
[at last. this was it.
she was going to do it. she was finally going to do this...!
Minako was going to tell Rei she was ready to date her. for real.
she'd taken some time to think it through, of course. there were so many things to consider. for one, Minako had been boy-crazy all her life. she still kind of was, honestly. when she saw a cute boy, her instinct was to flirt it up!
the more she thought about it, though, the more she wondered if the constant flirting was just a way of blocking pain, or keeping her mind preoccupied. after all, long ago, she'd been cursed, told that she would never have a real love life. Minako's life would be devoted to her duty, and she'd gradually begun to accept that.
now, here she was, with some kind of freedom. Usagi and Mamoru weren't here, and their world was supposedly destroyed. Minako could date whomever the hell she wanted, right? ...weeeeeell, technically, yes? but she still felt that she had a duty. she would always be a soldier, and, eventually, she wanted to protect her Queen again. whatever happened in Cerealia would stay in Cerealia, or something.
then Minako wondered if she was just settling. Rei would be around far longer than any boy she would date. the Senshi would live for thousands of years, so that meant any human relationships would be pointless. Rei was the obvious choice, in that case! but that wouldn't be fair to her, if Minako decided just because of that. Rei truly liked Minako, and Minako did not want to sully that.
her decision had come while she was in the chocolate-making class at Thistle Do Nicely, and she was talking to two lovely young women about her dear friend. Minako had thought about how cool and beautiful Rei was, and she began dwelling more on that. once, not too long ago, Minako would have told any person that she was quite the catch, herself. now, Minako was beginning to consider that Rei actually was the catch. and the way she doted on Minako, cheered her up, kept her in line... Minako was the lucky one, to have a friend like that.
when she started thinking of things that way, Minako's deliberation circled back to dating. she wasn't sure if she was attracted to Rei the way she was attracted to boys, but that could come later, right? she wanted to give dating a shot, and see if her feelings grew stronger.
that's why, early in the morning on Valentine's Day, Minako is already awake and waiting for her friend to get up. she could barely sleep the night before, so she's already bathed and dressed in a casual, but nice outfit, and she has the fourth attempt at homemade chocolates resting beside her in a pretty gift bag. she's sitting on her legs in the living room, squirming nervously, clenching her fists on her thighs as she tries to think of exactly what she wanted to say. Minako had rehearsed it so many times in her head, but she still is skittish]
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Opening it, she gulps down half the can wordlessly before nodding.]
Right. Okay. I...sure. Sorry, I needed that first.
[And nervously, mirroring the tension in Minako's own emotions, she takes a seat on her knees and waits. Internally, she's steeling herself for a rejection, and is fully prepared for one. That must be why Minako was so nervous. It had to be.]
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she sucks in a breath of air and thinks about how to calm Rei's nerves. oh, a smile! when she looks up again, Minako has changed her expression. it's not a huge, goofy smile. it's warm, as though Minako were trying to convey all her feelings into it. she's still nervous, but she is trying to hold that back]
First of all! [she begins, then picks up the little bag] I made you chocolates... and before you refuse them, you have to know that I tried really hard, and even had someone else taste them! I think they're okay!
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Anna had warned her. Really warned her. But...how could she refuse.]
Of course I won't refuse them. Thank you, Minako-chan. It's a very thoughtful gift.
[Dipping her head submissively, Rei takes the bag and smiles back.]
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Also... [might as well just get it out with it, so that Rei doesn't have to worry] I think we should date, Rei-chan!
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Then Minako speaks...And Rei immediately replies]
Of course. I understand. Sorry...for putt-
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[Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait! Rei's thoughts come to a screeching halt. Her words die in her throat, her lips part in astonishment. Sleep addled as she was, parsing this is going to require more than a second or too. She gulps down the rest of the coffee drink, sags forward into a half bow...]
Minako? [Her voice is small, breathless. Barely a whisper. Because she can hardly believe it...]
You mean it?
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but she nods, leaning forward as well, still smiling]
I like you, Rei. And I'd be lucky to have a girlfriend like you.
[ahhh! she did it! Minako's heart is racing again. a returned confession of love, like she'd always dreamed of!]
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She swallows, lets out that breath, and takes another heavier one.]
I...this is...unexpected. [Because you're you and she's her and...while she's never lacked for self-esteem? She has very often put Minako on a pedestal, especially here in Cerealia, someone close but not ever returning those feelings. A perpetual state of uncertainty. A continuous loop of doubt, of regret over feeling this way, and a steady, ineffable fear of spoiling something wonderful.]
Unexpected. But I...[Another swallow and she bites back tears.] I'm so glad. I feel like the luckiest girl alive right now.
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that's when her smile widens, eyes sunny and bright. she shakes her head] I guess we're both lucky, then. [and then she moves to take Rei's hand and give it a firm squeeze if she can] I took the day off, so we can do whatever you wanna do.
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I'd love to go out. Like. I...made a tentative reservation at a restaurant. I was going to ask if you wanted to go as friends. But...a date would make it so much better. Especially after yesterday.
[She's not going to get into the Nexus Code, the less said about that the better.]