Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Apollo's Fire ❯ Frail Girl ( Chapter 2 )

AN's: oh. Low and behold I am updating!

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Setsuna looked up at the man. He smiled down at her and locked his eyes with her own teary ones. He bent down to help her up. "What ails you?"

"I- I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to run into you," Setsuna replied sobbing.

"It is all right. What were you running from?"

"The prince and his new lover, sir."

"Did you offend them, then?"

Setsuna looked down, more tears falling from her eyes. "Apparently, I did."

"How so?"

"I thought he loved me, though I was terribly mistaken."

"He led you on then?"

"Yes. The thing is, I knew it was too good to be true. He was just using me in one of his twisted plots to gain popularity amongst the peasants. I shouldn't have fallen for it. I knew it couldn't work out, but I went along anyway. Now I feel rather stupid that I did so just because someone noticed me. I fell in love and now it hurts is all," She said, barely coherent. The man sighed. This girl, whoever she was, had no self-confidence.

"I'm sure he's not the first man to notice you, you're very pretty after all."

Setsuna shook her head. "Its not just that. I'm an orphan. No one cares for me. I just jumped at the possibility of a friend; and when he offered me more than such, I grew too rash. So the whole thing is my own fault."

"How many times did he break your trust?"

"Once, sir."

"Then this is his fault, not yours. You've nowhere to go?"

Setsuna shook her head, and she wasn't lying. "No, sir, I haven't."

"You may come with me if you wish."

"Sir? Why do you offer?"

"I wish to. All I ask of you is that you do not ask me my name. You may stay as long as you like, and I would never make a guest in my own house do any work. Just do not ask my name, for if you do, you must leave."

Setsuna pondered this for a time. The man looked rich, and he was certainly beautiful -godlike even. She had trusted once and been hurt, but this man said she could stay as long as she wanted. "But I can't ask his name?" She thought, "That is indeed an odd request." Setsuna decided to give this man a chance; he seemed nice enough, and it wasn't he who had broken her heart. "Thank you sir, I shall gratefully accept your kind offer."

The man smiled. "That is good. Come then, unless you have things you need to retrieve."

"No, I do not, sir. I wear all that I own."

He looked at her with pity. "I'm sorry to hear that. Not to worry, you'll be fine with me. It is quite a long walk, are you feeling up to it?"

Setsuna shook her head and at the same time said, "Yes, sir." "That's a lie," She thought, "I couldn't walk another step."

The man laughed. "Is that a yes or a no?"

"Nes, I mean yo, ugh, I just can't talk today."

The man laughed again and scooped her up into his arms. "You don't have to lie to me, I can see right through any lie."

Setsuna was blushing profusely. "Oh," she said in a whisper barely audible.

"Sleep, we can talk later," He said. For some reason, exhaustion overcame the girl and within a few minutes she was sleeping peacefully. The man smiled and walked onward.

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Sorry its short again, I'm trying to update everything with chapters. Ugh, this'll take a while. Please review, and thank you to those who did. **wink** Love ya all and happy Memorial Day.