Keeping Up Appearances
Part Four
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Keeping Up Appearances
Part IV
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was so strange being back in
after a year. She looked away and walked over to the bassinet. "Hi,
baby," she said softly as her she realized her daughter was awake. The
baby cooed at her mother and reached for her long locks as she was lifted into
the air. "You slept the whole way like a good baby."
"She’s awake?" Michi asked as she walked
into bedroom of the suite.
"Yes and hungry too," Haruka answered as
she sat down and began to breastfeed.
Michi smiled and sighed in jealous content. She
hoped to have a family of her own someday. However, it looked impossible now
that the person in her life was gone. They didn’t take to well when she told
them that she was leaving to look after Haruka. It
was probably better off that way; she wanted to be their number one choice not
number two.
"They ‘re early," Haruka
replied in response to the excited knocks at the door. "You know
Serena."
"Well I’m sure Hortaru had something to do
with it," Michi smiled as she put away her sad
thoughts and answered the door.
"Michi-momma!"
"I missed you, Ta-chan,"
"Hey, Michiru," the others greeted as
they came inside the sitting room. "Where’s Haruka?"
Michi smiled. "She’ll be out in a
minute."
They all began to talk and catch up on the past year. Haruka
took a deep breath inside the bedroom and walked out. "Hi
everyone."
"Hi…" everybody’s eyes widened as they looked at the baby
snuggling in her mother’s arms.
"You and Michi got married and had a baby in
Serena asked curiously.
"We’re friends," Michi replied trying to
keep from laughing.
"This is my daughter," Haruka
replied as she moved closer. "Her name is Zoe."
"How cute," the girls gushed as they all crowed around the baby.
Zoe smiled as she looked at all the attention and
new faces.
"Haruka…." Serena began.
"I got involved and had a baby. We’re not talking,"
sentence was going.
A tense silence hung around the room for a second as they all stared at
unusual shade of green." Lita commented.
"Such a cutie," Mina added as she tickled Zoe
under her chin and watched her grin.
"Haruka, we’re throwing you a baby
shower," Serena announced.
"Good idea, Meatball head," Rei
congratulated as Serena stuck her tongue out.
"Yes," the others agreed.
"I don’t think…" Haruka began.
"We’re involved and we’re going to do it anyway," Serena
interrupted with a smile.
Haruka shook her head in surprise. "Okay
then."
The others smiled as they started to plan.
"Well, Zoe, looks like we’re going to a
party," she commented as she kissed the baby on the forehead. "You
are a cutie."
~*~*~*~
"Hi, I’m Serena Tsukino and I’m dropping off
the deposit on the floral arrangements I ordered."
The young man punched a few keys on the computer and error message appeared
on the screen. "I have to get my manager."
Serena sighed and waited as the teenager went to get the manager. She perked
up as a handsome well-dressed man walked over to her. "I’m
establishment and I can assure you we will find your records," he replied
as he bowed deeply.
Serena smiled as she looked into his eyes. "Man, am I glad when he
and Malachite were reborn we didn’t dust him." "Thank you, Mr.
Zoicite went to the computer and did a search on
the computer to find the file. Serena looked at him dreamily. "He’s
still not as cute as
she thought as she looked at him. "He has such a beautiful shade of
green. I’ve never seen that shade except with…Zoe?"
Serena cleared her throat. "These arrangements are for a party I’m
throwing for a friend. She moved to the
yesterday," Serena commented casually trying to gage his response. When
she didn’t see one she decided to up the stakes some more the
be sure "It’s great to have Haruka and
Zoicite’s eyes widened. "Did you say
"Yes do you know them?" Serena asked innocently.
"Haruka and I used to be friends," he
replied simply in tone that seemed regretful.
"Then why don’t you come with me to the park to see her again for old
Serena pleaded.
"I.."
"There’s no time like the present," Serena began as she grabbed him
and started leading him to the park.
At Hi Sakura Park, the others were laughing and talking about the shower and
the day’s events. Haruka watched them wistfully as
she and Zoe sat on a blanket. Michi
had gone off to run some errands, so she sat alone playing with
crawl to mommy?" she asked as she picked Zoe up
and hugged her. Haruka had never imagined motherhood
to ever make her so happy. Zoe brought about new
feelings in her that she never imagined. She couldn’t help but be proud of her.
"Soon you’ll be walking and talking. Of course boys will come but I’ll
never let them hurt you, k Zoe-chan?"
"Haruka…"
Haruka paused a second and then turned around.
"Zoicite…"
Zoicite tried to fight the impulse to crush her in
his arms. He had spent the better part of the year looking for her, but her job
would not tell him where she was or how to get in touch with her. The most he
could get out of the neighbors was that she moved somewhere far away. He
stopped short when he saw the infant in her arms. "Could it?"
He took the baby from her arms and looked into the green eyes of his
daughter. "How old is she? When did you? What’s her name?"
Haruka took a deep breath. "She’s five months
and her name is Zoe," Haruka
answered as she watched him hold the baby awkwardly. "You have to support
her head, like this," she instructed as she placed Zoe
in his arms the proper way.
"She’s beautiful," he sighed. He placed his face close to
"Thank you," Haruka replied as she
looked at him playing the baby. "I meant to…"
"I want to talk to you alone," he interrupted. "We’ll bring
the baby with us."
"Ok," she replied taking a deep breath and picking up her and
everyone know her business. She looked towards everybody who casually looked
around as if they haven’t been listening. "I’ll be back."
"Take your time," Lita winked. The
others crossed their fingers.
"By the gods they are incorrigible," she thought as she and
Zoicite walked away.
About ten minutes after they left, Michiru walked
up to the group of friends eager talking about what had just happened.
"Hi, everybody," she greeted as she held the hand of her lover.
"Hi," Ami said as the couple came up. "You just missed
"K…then I’ll tell her later," Michiru
began as though she were about burst with information. "I want to
introduce you to someone. This is Malachite…my fiancée."
~*~*~*~
Zoe slept in her travel bassinet peacefully as her
parents sat on the couch in silence. "Why didn’t you tell me?"
"After we had the fight, I thought you didn’t want anything to do with
me," she answered. "I was going to come and see you…"
"When? When you were about to leave?" he
asked hurtfully.
Haruka blushed as she turned away. That was
exactly what she planned to do. Tell him and run, hoping that he would not try
to take Zoe away from her. "I thought you at
least deserved to know. I didn’t want to deprive her knowing that she had two
parents that were alive."
"I want to be part of her life," Zoicite
said as he moved closer to her.
"What are you doing?" Haruka asked as
she became aware of his closeness.
"Trying to become a part of your life," he replied as he stood and
pulled her to her feet. "What was said last time shouldn’t have
been," he said as she lifted her in his arms. He carried her to the
bedroom and laid her down. "I want to make it up to you."
Haruka turned her head away from him and he turned it
gently towards him. He kissed her deeply as he pushed back on the bed. "
breasts. She had grown from B cup to a D due to her pregnancy.
towards her belly button. He undid her jeans and looked at her tenderly as he
removed his shirt. "I love you," he whispered as he nibbled at her
neck and ear.
Haruka eyes widened as at his words. She shut them
tightly, rolled over on top of him, and straddled him. "No you
don’t," she whispered in his ear as he eased her pants and panties off.
"Yes, I do, Haru-chan," he replied as he
kissed her breasts.
In her pleasure, Haruka threw her head back
passionately. Without realizing it she looked towards his nightstand, and saw a
post-it with her name on it. "He can’t love me, even thought I…"
her thoughts trailed as he rolled over on top of her and entered her
powerfully. She almost screamed out. It had been quite a while since they had
been together even though five months before she had Zoe.
It was tighter than she expected, almost virginal.
Zoicite groaned in pleasure at the unexpected
tightness and smiled. He was glad to know that she hadn’t at least been with
another man. "Do you love me?" he asked lowly in her ear as he
grinded against her pelvis.
Haruka scratched her nails down his back and
sighed in pleasure, but did not answer.
In her response to her silence, he began to move quickly and powerfully with
in her, making her hiss in pleasure. He knew she wouldn’t be take
much more of that before she came. He could feel her vaginal walls tightening
around him and her pace changed, trying to encourage him to a slower pace.
"No," he whispered as he wrapped her legs around his waist to get
more leverage.
"I can’t," she whispered as her emotions started to become
furthered stirred up.
"Do you love me?" he asked as he continued to push her towards the
edge.
Haruka buried her face in his shoulder and a tear
started to trickle down her cheek as she lost control. Her orgasm started to
haze her vision and she bit her lip to keep some sort of grip of sanity.
Zoicite was not fooled by her silence and knew
that she was approaching her peak and moved within her with all his passion and
strength. He knew she had about all that she could take, but he had to make it
intense. "Do…you…love…me?" he asked in the rhythm of his thrusts. "Tell
me truth, Haru-chan. I know you do."
"Yes," she whispered as she spiraled out of control. "Yes, I
love you!"
As she answered, Zoicite let go completely as he
started down his own peak and they came together in perfect bliss.
"Haru-chan…" he whispered a little later
as they both lay half-stunned and numb on the bed. He held her in his arms.
"Yes," she answered softly.
"Do you know why I’ve been looking for you the past year?"
"You’ve been looking for me?"
"Yes," he said as he pulled her closer to him.
"I…didn’t think that…"
"It’s all right," he replied as he kissed her hair. "You can
spend the rest of your life making up to me as my wife."
Haruka sat up and looked at him strangely then
shook her head. "Just like a man to always take charge," she mumbled
as she lay back down in his protective embrace. "I’m not going to be a
housewife. I’m not changing anything about me."
"I wouldn’t have it any other way," he chuckled.
"And you can make it up to me, the rest of your life as my
husband," Haruka corrected as she snuggled up
against him. "I always wanted to start my own firm."
Zoicite smiled. He was glad everything was working
out. He reached over and pulled velvet box of the nightstand. He removed the
ring from inside it and placed it on her finger.
Haruka opened her mouth to question him about when
he had bought the ring. "Don’t say it," he whispered. "We have a
lot of lost time to make up and if you say something else, I’ll have to take
you again."
"Something el…" she began when he kissed her and rolled over top
of her.
"If I could give
away the feeling that I feel
If I could sacrifice
whatever baby
If I could take a part
all that I am
There’s anything I
would not do
Since I’d die with out
you…" PM Dawn I’d Die Without You
© 2000 Devon Masterson.
I think we know who belongs to who, SM characters
belong to the wonderful Naoko Takeuchi, who let me borrow her characters for
fun and imagination. Everybody else is a figment of my wonderful imagination.