Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Fate ❯ No Joy Without Sorrow ( Chapter 5 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: MysticRei 
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Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.08.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 331 | Status: Completed
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Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.08.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 331 | Status: Completed
Fate- No Joy Without Sorrow
'Gosh, I'm so lucky to have someone like her in my life. Why didn't I ever let her see that?'
'Well this is turning out for the better,' thought Serena. 'Wow he wants to be friends, maybe by some miracle, in the future, he'll want us to be more. At least he's trusting me enough to tell me so much about himself. I wonder who that special person he was talking about is?'
After dinner, they picked up a movie, A Few Good Men, and went back up to their room.
"Have you seen this yet?" Serena asked Darien as he was putting the video in the VCR.
"Yea it's really good, have you?"
"I've seen parts..."
Well Serena didn't really see any more of the movie than she already had. They were up the whole night, talking about their views on this and that, getting to know each other better. Serena found out how much of an insecure person Darien really was.
"Why share all this juiciness with me?" She had asked him, after he shared his fears about life and relationships to her.
"Because I feel that I can trust you to not pity me, and to understand." He replied.
"I'm glad," she smiled back.
"Oh do you know that Andrew and Rita are getting married?" He asked out of the blue.
"Yea, I got an invitation. About time he popped the question right?"
"Seriously, so are you going to go?"
"Yep, I promised him I would."
Andrew had been Darien's best friend, and like an older brother to Serena. He had finally asked his longtime girlfriend Rita, to marry him.
"Well, then, I guess I'll see you there." Darien said as he rewarded her with a sweet smile.
"I wanna see the look on Andrew's face when he sees that we're not fighting"
Darien chuckled, "Yea, that'd be great. Hey listen, I hear that there's this really nice restaurant a couple blocks away, um I was wondering if you'd want to go there for lunch tomorrow?"
"Of course!" Serena replied. 'Wow, does this count as a date?' She pondered quietly.
"Great, we catch a taxi back to the airport from there. Till then I guess if you wanted to go shopping or something..."
"No way!" Serena screeched, "I did not just hear the great, oh so controlled Darien Shields suggest that we go shopping! Oh this is too good of a chance to miss!"
"Well it's not like there's anything else to do. Besides I'll be super busy when we get to Kyoto, so no time like the present to spend time with an amazing new friend." Darien smiled.
Serena was caught of guard by that comment. 'Oh if only we could be more than just friends' she thought desperately...'At least we're getting of too a good start.'
Darien looked down at his watch, "Good lord it's 3:00 a.m.!"
"Really?" Serena asked, and the sudden urge to yawn overtook her. "I guess I better get some sleep, you should too," she told him.
They got ready for bed; Serena helped Darien set up the sofa bed. 'Oh how I wouldn't mind falling asleep in his arms...' she thought. 'Gosh I have to watch myself with these emerging thoughts.'
"Well I guess this is goodnight," he said to her. 'Lord I sound as if I'm leaving after a date' he thought. They were standing in the doorway at the bedroom.
"I guess so," she replied, "sweet dreams."
"You too." He didn't know what initiated his next action, but he did know that he wasn't sorry for it either.
Before Serena knew what was happening, Darien's lips brushed hers, for a mere second, and then he was back at his original stance.
"Goodnight," he whispered, and he turned around and walked over to the couch.
"Night," Serena said with a smile on her still tingling lips. Their eyes caught, and they smiled at each other, before she turned and went to her own bed.
Darien sighed as he entered Serena's bedroom. It was almost 10:30 a.m.
Serena woke up to smell of hot coffee.... and was that blueberry pancakes?? After a few groggy moments, she heard that faraway voice that was calling her name, get closer, and closer, and closer still....
"Serena, Serena wake up, wake up." Darien repeated over and over. 'This girl is impossible,' he thought.
Her eyes flew open, they had a bemused expression in them, and as usual they captivated him.
"It's almost 11," he said, "I thought you might want a little breakfast?"
"Oh you are the best!" She squealed and grabbed the tray from him.
They sat there on the bed eating and talking. Darien had opened the curtains, the sunshine was pouring in with the promise of another beautiful day.
"Darien?" Serena had finally gotten up the nerve to ask him.
"Yes?"
"How did you survive in an orphanage for that long, without any family?"
He let out a heavy sigh. His only reply was, "The sun has the courage to rise everyday, doesn't it?"
Serena, wanted to take him into her arms then and there and comfort him all she could. Instead she merely leaned over and gave him a hug, which he accepted whole-heartedly. The tender moment ended soon after that.
They finished eating, and Serena got up, took her shower, brushed her teeth, and did her hair.
They stopped at many stores on the way over to the restaurant. Darien had bought a few books in this bookstore. While Serena bought a cute little light that clips on the pages of a book, and makes it easier to read. 'I know Ami would love this!' She thought to herself as she purchased the mini-lamp.
"Oooh Darien, look!" Serena said as she rushed over to a jewelry store. "Come on, just one peek..."
Darien just sighed, and followed the meatball headed blonde in.
Serena walked around the whole store, 'ooing and ahhing' over this and that through the glass showcase. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw a locket in the shape of the star. (AN: anyone guess what it is???) She asked the clerk to take it out for her. It had a crescent moon and start on top of it.
"It's so beautiful," she whispered.
"That's not the best thing about it either," the clerk replied. He reached over and opened the locked. A sweet haunting melody floated out.
Darien who was across the room, noticed the sound, and started walking over to where Serena was.
"How much is it for?" He heard her ask.
"$17,650 madam," was the clerk's reply.
Serena's eyes widened at the price, and handed it back to him. She turned around and saw Darien walking towards her.
"Lets go," she said, and walked out the door.
"Serena, hold up!" Darien yelled after her. She turned around...
"Uh um why don't go ahead to the restaurant, it's at the corner, and I'll be right there." Darien said, sounding rushed.
"Why what's the problem?" She asked him, concern over her features.
Darien simply held up his pinky finger, smiled sheepishly and rushed back into the Jewelry store. Serena simply shook her head, and kept walking down the street. Darien emerged a few minutes later, with an extra bag in his hand. The sales clerk bid him a good day, and another thank you for the purchase.
"Jee couldn't hold it for another two seconds?" Serena said sarcastically as Darien approached the table she'd picked out.
"Well ya know, nature calls...."
They placed their orders, and started up a conversation. Serena realized that Darien seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"Um, sere?" He asked tentatively..
"Yea?"
"Do you mind if I tell you something?"
"Of course not Dare"
She didn't know when they started using nicknames, but it came naturally.
"Uh... never mind, it's nothing."
"Oook..." Serena knew not to probe anymore.
The lunch went by pretty fast after that, it was almost 3:00 and they had to be at the airport soon. Darien quickly paid the bill, and hailed a cab.
He should have noticed something about the way the cab pulled up to the curb, but he dismissed any suspicions he had in his mind when Serena started getting in the car. They told the driver their destination- the ride seemed to be going fine.
Seemed to be.
"What's that awful smell?" Serena asked making a face.
There was a red light ahead, but the driver, apparently a woman, wasn't slowing down.
"Excuse me miss, there's uh um...intersection coming up...."
Perhaps she didn't hear.
The cab gained speed just as a jeep was going across the intersection. It hit the cab at the front passenger side; the cab spun out of control, and was headed towards the street light at the corner.
The light and sound was so blinding, Serena didn't notice when Darien picked her up and threw her to the other side of the seat...
Then there was a blasting sound, maybe glass shattering? And all was silent.
Serena opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was that she was in Darien's previous spot. She looked over to where she once was, and what she saw horrified her...
It was Darien.
His head was almost hanging out of the window, over the broken glass. There was blood trickling down the side of his face; his neck was bruised as well.
"Oh my gosh..." she whispered.
"Darien! Darien please wake up," Serena frantically scooted over to him, tried to see if he was still breathing. 'O lord please, please...' Were the words that went through her head. Serena was too terrified to notice anything else going on around her.
She didn't hear the blowing horns, the ambulance, and the police sirens...none of it. The only thing she saw was Darien. She saw how he wasn't responding...and the color was draining from his face.
End
'Gosh, I'm so lucky to have someone like her in my life. Why didn't I ever let her see that?'
'Well this is turning out for the better,' thought Serena. 'Wow he wants to be friends, maybe by some miracle, in the future, he'll want us to be more. At least he's trusting me enough to tell me so much about himself. I wonder who that special person he was talking about is?'
After dinner, they picked up a movie, A Few Good Men, and went back up to their room.
"Have you seen this yet?" Serena asked Darien as he was putting the video in the VCR.
"Yea it's really good, have you?"
"I've seen parts..."
Well Serena didn't really see any more of the movie than she already had. They were up the whole night, talking about their views on this and that, getting to know each other better. Serena found out how much of an insecure person Darien really was.
"Why share all this juiciness with me?" She had asked him, after he shared his fears about life and relationships to her.
"Because I feel that I can trust you to not pity me, and to understand." He replied.
"I'm glad," she smiled back.
"Oh do you know that Andrew and Rita are getting married?" He asked out of the blue.
"Yea, I got an invitation. About time he popped the question right?"
"Seriously, so are you going to go?"
"Yep, I promised him I would."
Andrew had been Darien's best friend, and like an older brother to Serena. He had finally asked his longtime girlfriend Rita, to marry him.
"Well, then, I guess I'll see you there." Darien said as he rewarded her with a sweet smile.
"I wanna see the look on Andrew's face when he sees that we're not fighting"
Darien chuckled, "Yea, that'd be great. Hey listen, I hear that there's this really nice restaurant a couple blocks away, um I was wondering if you'd want to go there for lunch tomorrow?"
"Of course!" Serena replied. 'Wow, does this count as a date?' She pondered quietly.
"Great, we catch a taxi back to the airport from there. Till then I guess if you wanted to go shopping or something..."
"No way!" Serena screeched, "I did not just hear the great, oh so controlled Darien Shields suggest that we go shopping! Oh this is too good of a chance to miss!"
"Well it's not like there's anything else to do. Besides I'll be super busy when we get to Kyoto, so no time like the present to spend time with an amazing new friend." Darien smiled.
Serena was caught of guard by that comment. 'Oh if only we could be more than just friends' she thought desperately...'At least we're getting of too a good start.'
Darien looked down at his watch, "Good lord it's 3:00 a.m.!"
"Really?" Serena asked, and the sudden urge to yawn overtook her. "I guess I better get some sleep, you should too," she told him.
They got ready for bed; Serena helped Darien set up the sofa bed. 'Oh how I wouldn't mind falling asleep in his arms...' she thought. 'Gosh I have to watch myself with these emerging thoughts.'
"Well I guess this is goodnight," he said to her. 'Lord I sound as if I'm leaving after a date' he thought. They were standing in the doorway at the bedroom.
"I guess so," she replied, "sweet dreams."
"You too." He didn't know what initiated his next action, but he did know that he wasn't sorry for it either.
Before Serena knew what was happening, Darien's lips brushed hers, for a mere second, and then he was back at his original stance.
"Goodnight," he whispered, and he turned around and walked over to the couch.
"Night," Serena said with a smile on her still tingling lips. Their eyes caught, and they smiled at each other, before she turned and went to her own bed.
Darien sighed as he entered Serena's bedroom. It was almost 10:30 a.m.
Serena woke up to smell of hot coffee.... and was that blueberry pancakes?? After a few groggy moments, she heard that faraway voice that was calling her name, get closer, and closer, and closer still....
"Serena, Serena wake up, wake up." Darien repeated over and over. 'This girl is impossible,' he thought.
Her eyes flew open, they had a bemused expression in them, and as usual they captivated him.
"It's almost 11," he said, "I thought you might want a little breakfast?"
"Oh you are the best!" She squealed and grabbed the tray from him.
They sat there on the bed eating and talking. Darien had opened the curtains, the sunshine was pouring in with the promise of another beautiful day.
"Darien?" Serena had finally gotten up the nerve to ask him.
"Yes?"
"How did you survive in an orphanage for that long, without any family?"
He let out a heavy sigh. His only reply was, "The sun has the courage to rise everyday, doesn't it?"
Serena, wanted to take him into her arms then and there and comfort him all she could. Instead she merely leaned over and gave him a hug, which he accepted whole-heartedly. The tender moment ended soon after that.
They finished eating, and Serena got up, took her shower, brushed her teeth, and did her hair.
They stopped at many stores on the way over to the restaurant. Darien had bought a few books in this bookstore. While Serena bought a cute little light that clips on the pages of a book, and makes it easier to read. 'I know Ami would love this!' She thought to herself as she purchased the mini-lamp.
"Oooh Darien, look!" Serena said as she rushed over to a jewelry store. "Come on, just one peek..."
Darien just sighed, and followed the meatball headed blonde in.
Serena walked around the whole store, 'ooing and ahhing' over this and that through the glass showcase. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw a locket in the shape of the star. (AN: anyone guess what it is???) She asked the clerk to take it out for her. It had a crescent moon and start on top of it.
"It's so beautiful," she whispered.
"That's not the best thing about it either," the clerk replied. He reached over and opened the locked. A sweet haunting melody floated out.
Darien who was across the room, noticed the sound, and started walking over to where Serena was.
"How much is it for?" He heard her ask.
"$17,650 madam," was the clerk's reply.
Serena's eyes widened at the price, and handed it back to him. She turned around and saw Darien walking towards her.
"Lets go," she said, and walked out the door.
"Serena, hold up!" Darien yelled after her. She turned around...
"Uh um why don't go ahead to the restaurant, it's at the corner, and I'll be right there." Darien said, sounding rushed.
"Why what's the problem?" She asked him, concern over her features.
Darien simply held up his pinky finger, smiled sheepishly and rushed back into the Jewelry store. Serena simply shook her head, and kept walking down the street. Darien emerged a few minutes later, with an extra bag in his hand. The sales clerk bid him a good day, and another thank you for the purchase.
"Jee couldn't hold it for another two seconds?" Serena said sarcastically as Darien approached the table she'd picked out.
"Well ya know, nature calls...."
They placed their orders, and started up a conversation. Serena realized that Darien seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"Um, sere?" He asked tentatively..
"Yea?"
"Do you mind if I tell you something?"
"Of course not Dare"
She didn't know when they started using nicknames, but it came naturally.
"Uh... never mind, it's nothing."
"Oook..." Serena knew not to probe anymore.
The lunch went by pretty fast after that, it was almost 3:00 and they had to be at the airport soon. Darien quickly paid the bill, and hailed a cab.
He should have noticed something about the way the cab pulled up to the curb, but he dismissed any suspicions he had in his mind when Serena started getting in the car. They told the driver their destination- the ride seemed to be going fine.
Seemed to be.
"What's that awful smell?" Serena asked making a face.
There was a red light ahead, but the driver, apparently a woman, wasn't slowing down.
"Excuse me miss, there's uh um...intersection coming up...."
Perhaps she didn't hear.
The cab gained speed just as a jeep was going across the intersection. It hit the cab at the front passenger side; the cab spun out of control, and was headed towards the street light at the corner.
The light and sound was so blinding, Serena didn't notice when Darien picked her up and threw her to the other side of the seat...
Then there was a blasting sound, maybe glass shattering? And all was silent.
Serena opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was that she was in Darien's previous spot. She looked over to where she once was, and what she saw horrified her...
It was Darien.
His head was almost hanging out of the window, over the broken glass. There was blood trickling down the side of his face; his neck was bruised as well.
"Oh my gosh..." she whispered.
"Darien! Darien please wake up," Serena frantically scooted over to him, tried to see if he was still breathing. 'O lord please, please...' Were the words that went through her head. Serena was too terrified to notice anything else going on around her.
She didn't hear the blowing horns, the ambulance, and the police sirens...none of it. The only thing she saw was Darien. She saw how he wasn't responding...and the color was draining from his face.
End