Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silence Amongst The Rose So Cold ❯ Lunch with Usagi ( Chapter 2 )

Silence Amongst the Rose So Cold

Lunch with Usagi

Hmm thanks to the reviews I'm really inspired to keep writing glad you people like it ^^ er I'll try to put out chapters as fast as my laziness lets me but they'll get shorter once August 26th hits then I go to college and gotta concentrate…I think but I'll try not to keep you waiting but I probably will end up doing that anyway sorry in advance. Before the summer ends though I'm gonna try to get done a chapter like every two or three days. More when I need to find inspiration or work on my other stories ^^

Mamoru glanced back to Usagi's door for a moment before turning back to look around the hallway…it was all so cold and lifeless. It was a wonder anyone could stand living here crazy or not, he shuddered a little as a blast of cold air from an A/C vent in the hall played across his face. A slight frown appeared on his face as he glared up at the offending vent for a moment before shaking his head a tad and moved on. He slowly moved down the halls every door closed and even so he glanced back and forth between them…were any of them like Usagi? Or was she just special…either way he had a feeling his life would get very interesting with Usagi as a patient. Eventually his wandering brought him to the hospital's main cafeteria on the fifth floor. Of the ten floors of the Juuban Psychiatric someone was smart enough to put the cafeteria right in the middle so it'd be convenient for both those on the top floor and those on the bottom floor. He pushed open the swing too door and stepped into the main area of the cafeteria, a decent amount of tables were currently taking up most of the room…though it seemed only a few people were actually at lunch at the moment. With just one look around he could tell there was no one that he really knew…maybe he'd just wait for Ami…then again reporting the two orderlies that had rough housed Usagi may take some time. For some reason just the thought of someone touching the girl with those innocent eyes angered him beyond reason…but he simply disregarded it as his natural feelings of men hitting women. It just wasn't right, with a shake of his head he slowly headed for the food line.

Just like the rest of the hospital the cafeteria seemed to have that subdued tone, the people he passed by on his way to the lunch line had their conversations in whispers…afraid that with the huge space someone would hear them. Every now and then he caught a small snippet of what they were talking about. None of it seemed to interesting to him…this room just made him tired. The whole hospital actually did, when he got to the lunch line the dull silence was at least broken by the friendly chatter of the cafeteria staff and the constant back round noise of the dishwashers and ovens going constantly. He picked up one of the sickly looking yellow trays…a small frown playing across his face. They looked just like the same trays he had in high school…that also somehow appeared in college. Now it seemed he was doomed to see them once more in his life. Once was too much but their repeated haunting was starting to bug him.

"What's wrong Hun?"

"Huh?" Mamoru snapped out of his thoughts with a surprised look on his face, much like a small child being caught by their mother doing something they weren't supposed to.

"I said what's wrong? You look kind of dead on your feet…" The tall brunette glanced out across the small crowd of doctors and other hospital staff seated at their own table in the room in small groups or pairs. "Well…more of a zombie then you doctor guys usually do." A light chuckle passed her lips before glancing over Mamoru with a critical eye causing the taller man to fidget slightly. "You are a doctor right?"

He curled his fingers about the plastic yellow plate much like a life line. Usually when he got lunch he didn't expect some one to initiate conversation with him. The distant sort of look he normally kept on usually kept most people at bay…but the young cook before him didn't seem to have any trouble with such a draw back. "Er…yes…I'm new here Dr. Chiba." It sounded weird just saying it, like some other person and not him. He really hadn't had much need to use it. "People mostly call me Mamoru though."

"Alrighty then Mamoru what can I get you today then?"

Mamoru shrugged uncomfortably before looking up to her with a questioning glance. "Uh what do you have?"

Makoto simply chuckled at the question. "You really are new here aren'tcha? Anything you want we can make."

"Oh…" Mamoru glanced about the small display cases trying to figure out what he'd have…he raised his head enough for the wound to be easily seen.

"Hey there, Mamoru…you know you got a big gash in your head?"

Mamoru nodded a little stiffly…at her questioning glance that obviously asked for an elaboration on the subject he decided it'd be ok she seemed to be a trust worthy person. "Well…my new patient Usagi…"

"Usagi! That sweet little girl did that to you!" Makoto practically yelled in surprise before her emerald eyes settled into a glare. "What did you do to get her to attack you…or was it Shiva?"

Mamoru blinked a bit as he tried to analyze the information…Shiva…that was one of Usagi's other personalities. "No actually I first met Hotaru…then she switched to Usagi and started freaking out when she saw me…I guess I just triggered something." He gave something of an uncomfortable shrug, he didn't really want the brunette power house as an enemy…she could easily tear him apart in a fight. "Then…she ran to the corner screaming…and threw an alarm clock at me. And this is the result." He glanced up to see Makoto nodding a tad before a small smile came across the woman's face.

"I think I know how you can make it up to her."

"You realize she was the one that hit me with the alarm clock not the other way around." He answered dryly as he set the tray down on the counter.

Makoto kept on talking as if she didn't even hear his response. "Here take a second tray, they rarely ever let her have my cooking but if you want to make it up to her you bring her food. She'll love you if you bring her some of my cooking." She shot the speculative looking man a superior smile as she picked up a second tray from the rack and grabbed Mamoru's right out of his hand before heading off towards the back. Right before she disappeared around the corner she yelled over to him. "Be back in a minute."

Mamoru blinked a bit before giving up with a defeated sigh…did she even listen to people. He pondered the question while Makoto was off in the back but soon gave up the mental venture. It kind of surprised him that the girl would be such good friends with someone from the lunch room. He slowly tapped his fingers at his side and under the counter so he didn't look like he was waiting on her. After a few more minutes Makoto came back out with a tray in either hand, both were loaded down with food, some of which he was sure he could not afford especially in mass quantity ( Yes what would a hospital be doing with a five star cook like Makoto you ask?...No more questions from you! ) . This would set him back for a few weeks…come to think of it since when did the hospital food get this good. He was sure the other day the food was the normal mediocre he had expected.

She set both trays down over onto the metal counter with something of a grin just seeing the way his eye's bugged out. He seemed like a kind man though…maybe if he was working with Usagi…he would finally figure out what happened in her past. And when he did, she was going to pay back who ever did this to her in full that was for sure. The dark thoughts swirling about in her mind were hid behind that confident smile of hers. "Don't worry, this is on the house…my own cooking Usagi loves it the best…after you give her this you'll be a hero in her eyes. Oh yeah by the way the name's Makoto…if you ever get in trouble with Usagi again just come to me I'll make up some food for her."

A grateful nod was given to Makoto as he picked up both trays, carefully balancing the full loads between hands…well as best he could. With a slight shooing motion from Makoto, Mamoru once again found himself outside of the cafeteria and within the cold halls. With a shrug of resignation he slowly started to retrace his steps. After a few wrong doors and rather disappointed patients much to Mamoru's embarrassment he managed to find Usagi's room. She of course was still strapped down to the bed, apparently no one had thought to untie her or still considered her to be unstable and capable of dealing damage to poor new doctors such as himself. The moment he entered he caught that stare of hers…the fear still present in her eyes. A slight sigh passed by his lips as he set the two trays down upon the small writing table. Maybe this hadn't been such a good idea…he could always ask for a transfer from Ami. It wasn't that he didn't want to stay but she still looked to be afraid of him.

First she attempted to move her wrists from the restraining straps the moment she saw him coming through the door. Next an attempt to wiggle her feet out of the other restraints failed in vain. Somewhere deep down she knew he'd come back, she had hoped after he had gone he wouldn't come back…but Seiya never broke his promise. And that promise long ago…"You little whore no one breaks up with me!" "I'm sor-" she winced slightly at the pain even trying to think of the night brought up. Her memories of the night had been partially blocked out from too much shock of fear and pain, but still she knew he had done something unforgivable on that night. Her thoughts turned to vapor as the smell of food wafted through the enclosed space of her small room. Immediately her eyes shot open again, she didn't realize she had closed them during the slight flash back. Who she found by her side caused more fear to run through her veins…the urge to scream for help any help started to rise up to her brain. Before she could do anything though she felt a finger gently resting across her lips, which stopped the need to scream for help that wouldn't come. Teary eyes turned towards her tormentor once more with confusion in her eyes as he started to undo the restraints.

"Shh…I'm just here to help you Usa…Please don't scream…." Mamoru sighed a tad as she calmed down into almost quiet whimpers…she was so afraid of him. All he could do was hope that the food would convince her that he was on her side. The moment that he had gotten all the restraints off her, he carefully backed away to give her space. Instead of moving though…she just lay there on the bed, practically quivering and with his luck it was fear. "I brought you some lunch…" He watched her expression and to his disappointment it didn't change at all, she just stared at him with those teary eyes looking for the entire world like a small child that had just lost everything dear to her. His heart truly went out to her, right then he remembered that Makoto had said Usa loved her cooking maybe that would help it was worth a shot. "A girl from the cafeteria named Makoto made it." Bingo he watched her eyes light up like Christmas lights…those beautiful cerulean blue eyes held a sparkle he had never seen before.

The word Makoto caused Usagi to look at the man that looked like Seiya with hope in her eyes…she was confused because she saw someone that almost looked like Seiya. Yet he wasn't trying to hurt her like Seiya would if he were here. Maybe he was planning to try and hurt her later…though the thought soon left her mind as the man that looked like Seiya brought a huge platter of food over to her. The man held it out to her…and for a moment she simply stared at him before taking the tray from his hands and the moment it was set down on the top of her legs she lost herself in the tasty food Makoto cooked her.

A small chuckle of amusement left his lips as he watched the blonde dig into the food with utter abandonment to the outside world. `Well at least she's happy and isn't throwing alarm clocks at my head for the moment.' After a moment of watching her eat he returned to the other tray of food. This one was also filled to the top…and there was no way he could eat all of this let alone even half. After going over the trays contents he pulled a bowl of curry and a plate of egg rolls and set them aside from the rest of the tray. He'd have to figure out something else to do with the rest of the food since he was sure Makoto would not be happy if he returned with leftovers. Taking the bowl of curry he started to eat while watching Usagi going through every food upon her plate…if he saw her like this at a café, he would never have guessed she was practically mute and scared beyond belief of him.

The meal between them continued for a while in silence till he was almost done with his egg rolls and Usagi was done with all the food on her tray. When he looked up again, she was eyeing him strangely almost in a longing type of way. "Something wrong Usa?" She only pointed towards him, if not for the way her eyes were staring intently at him. Much like a small child pleading for a new toy, he would have thought she was accusing him of doing something to offend her.

"She wants the rest of your food on the other tray."

A voice out of no where startled Mamoru badly, he almost dropped the plate of egg rolls right onto his lap at the sound of someone else's voice. He managed to recover in time to stop the plate from it's continued slide towards his lap and carefully set it down to his side. Once he had done that he glanced over to the door to find another golden haired girl. A confused look spread across his face as he looked to the golden haired woman's huge smile back to Usa who now had a happy grin on her face. "Oh…well…at least I don't have to get yelled at by Makoto for bringing back leftovers." Scratching the back of his head a moment, he slowly got up from his seat still trying to figure out how the two were related…they had to be they practically looked like twins. He carried the tray of food over to the waiting girl who looked beyond grateful towards Mamoru. After making sure Usa was happily settled with her food he turned back to the girl at the door with a questioning look. "So who are you? Usagi's sister?"

The blonde chuckled a bit before shaking her head. "Of course not Seiya…don't tell me you've forgotten about your girlfriend's cousin Minako!"

Mamoru blinked a bit before glancing back to Usagi who had tensed up at the sentence. Something had bother Usagi about what Minako said…he had a distinct feeling it had something to do with this Seiya person. If Minako thought he was this Seiya person then maybe Usagi had thought the same or still did and feared him for that. "I'm not Seiya, I'm Doctor. Chiba in charge of Usagi now." He found himself answering almost automatically his concentration had left him the moment he answered. He blinked a bit trying to remember what he had been trying to link the name Seiya with and simply shook his head, Usa probably just didn't like to hear her boyfriend's name since she probably couldn't communicate with him and he didn't understand. Still the very fact Usagi had a boyfriend no matter how estranged from her, hurt him inside rejected almost. "Sorry…but call me Mamoru."

"I'm sorry." Minako blushed a bit at her mistake. "You look a lot like her boyfriend Seiya…I just thought maybe he'd finally managed to reconcile with Usa…ever since she came in here Seiya's been sending her gifts but she always tears them up. I don't know why…and he never comes in himself after the first time when Shiva tried to kill him."

"Kill him?" He asked incredulously as he glanced over to Usagi who was just wiping her mouth with a napkin after finishing the last bit of the milkshake that had been on her tray. He didn't believe for a second that such an innocent girl could actually try to kill someone.

Minako nodded once in confirmation before she stepped fully into the room and moved right over to Usagi with a small bag from Walden's books in her right hand. "Shiva is…I don't know how to explain it but when she feels really threatened Shiva will come out. It's like her violent side or something." She gave a small shrug before turning to Usagi who sat in her bed with a smile on her face, seeming happy with her cousin's explanation of things. "I brought you some more books Usagi…and I brought some for Hotaru as well."

Usagi clapped her hands together at that, few people ever did anything for more then one of her personalities usually choosing to ignore their existence in place of just Usagi. When Hotaru took over again Usa knew she'd be happy with the present as well. Once her cousin had deposited the books on her lap she slowly flipped through the books, slowly separating them into two piles. The smaller more teenage books were obviously to entertain Hotaru along with a few CDs that Minako thought the younger girl may like. The other larger pile consisted mostly of larger books and adult novels that she'd enjoy. Finally she was down to one final book it was a romance novel…it looked to be too long for Hotaru. Then she realized it was meant for her and she turned to Minako with a questioning glare and simply pointed to the offending book.

She sighed a tad as she saw Usagi catch on before she could even leave. After the first two times she supposed Usagi had started to remember her tricks. Without looking at Usagi directly, she knew the girl was probably giving her a death glare for the action. Minako picked up the romance novel and placed it into her small hand bag as best it would fit.

"Why didn't she want that one?"

The question almost startled Minako…she had totally forgotten the man was there for some reason. "She doesn't like romance novels…she only reads horror novels where everyone dies at the end…she's got some kind of morbid personality…I don't know she used to love them. Now if you give her one she'll give it back and if you don't, she'll systematically tear out every page with any kind of loving words or anything really. My last one she tore out every page and Xed the whole page out with a magic marker."

"I'm amazed you can communicate so well…I mean minus the words it's like she's completely normal." Mamoru was quite amazed at the whole interaction it was as if Usagi was a happy adult with Minako around. It made no real sense to him, when other people were around mainly him she'd throw things at them and scream.

"I guess me and Usagi just hold a stronger bond…she's never taken to a stranger quite this quickly…well. At least she hasn't thrown anything at you yet and screamed. It seems she's more afraid of men then women or so I've observed from my visits."

"Er yeah…well actually she did clock me in the head with an alarm clock."

Minako grinned slightly before turning to her cousin with a mock frown on her face. "Usa…did you really hit him with an alarm clock?"

Usagi simply gave a non committed shrug before setting the books for Hotaru on one side of the nightstand and then all of her own books except for one on the other side of the nightstand. With one more glance at the man that looked like Seiya, having learned his name was Mamoru from the conversation her cousin was having. She didn't trust the man, but it seemed he was here to stay.

"Well I have to get going back to work, this was just my lunch break." She said to Mamoru before Minako once again turned to Usagi with a gentle smile on her face. "I'll see you tomorrow Usa…I hope you get better soon."

Mamoru waved good bye to Minako before turning back to Usagi…the girl was deeply engrossed in the novel before her and seemed to be engrossed in the book she was reading. This was an interesting case…hopefully something later in the therapy session would turn out. At the moment though he had to get the trays back to the cafeteria and report back to Ami's office to get a key and his ID for the building. Then after a therapy session with Usagi he'd go home for the day and return the next day. After collecting both trays he gave Usagi a small wave…not that she even noticed before walking out the door.

Next Time: Therapy and A late night Escapade: A therapy session with Usagi, and Seiya finally is on the scene as the caring boyfriend with more plans then bringing his girlfriend sweets and candy. What happened to Usagi on that night long ago and why does Seiya want to cause her so much pain?

Review Answer Session yay!

erica6060 : Yeah I know they aren't allowed to slap patients, that's why Ami was so pissed off with them and yelling about the set back of the patient's trust and then taking them down to their manager. Ami was kind of taking care of Mamoru so she couldn't really do anything till it was too late further then yell at them. Both of the men are working Seiya so ya know they don't exactly follow hospital protocol. If you notice anymore big mistakes I make feel free to point them out I'm not exactly well versed in how the hospitals operate so I'm just kinda basing it off how I think it may run and that kinda stuff and some of the things that'll happen would probably never happen at a mental hospital but they have to for the story.

Starling Sinclair: I've never heard that song but I'll see if one of my friends as A Perfect Circle CD with that song on it or just download it once I get to college evil 56K modem… beh

Chibi Crab: I haven't given up on Raven's Feathers, I just thought it might be interesting to take the same thing that's happening to Usa in Raven's Feathers minus Shiva in complete control with a huge mecha on her hands and modernize it I suppose. I actually have part of the next chapter done but I usually write chapters to stories as I get inspiration that and this story suddenly inspired me and people seem to like it and I need to update Reflections of Glass too a new chapter of Raven's Feathers will be out eventually don't worry

Thank you as well to Momocolady, Lady of Enchantment, Total-fanfic-gurl, Queen Diamond, Sailor-Sara-Moon and Tramie especially for bein the first one to review my story ^^

Just a side note, that the amount of people that reviewed just the first chapter was amazing lol Heh I hope I can uh keep this thing going to you people's liking er try at least.