The Right Thing
TITLE: The Right Thing
AUTHOR: SUPERCUTEFOXY
MEDIUM: FANFIC
THEME: Procrastination
GENRE: General
VERSION: ANIME/MANGA
RATING: G
He put this meeting off for as long as possible. He didn’t want to go in there and apologize to this man. He didn’t want to have to admit that he was wrong. He didn’t want to accept that the man he had looked up to so much back then could be so flawed, so human now. But he didn’t want him mad at him either.
So Mamoru took a deep breath and walked into the university library. He instantly found the silver haired man sitting in a corner table with notes and books and folders spread around him. Mamoru slid into the seat across from him. He didn’t even look up at Mamoru.
“Can I help you Chiba-san?”
Why did he have to make this so difficult? Has he really changed so much? Another thought that was worse than before slowly came to Mamoru’s mind. Maybe he hadn’t changed so much and had been like this back then too.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said those things.”
“No, you shouldn’t have.”
Mamoru waited for the signal; the sign that would let him know that everything would be ok between them now. It never came.
“That’s it? That’s all you’re going to say? What more do you want me to say? I’m sorry, ok. I’m a jealous person, I can’t help it.”
“Yes, I know you are. But why are you apologizing to me?” Finally he looked up at Mamoru. Mamoru almost wished he hadn’t. Takehito had such an accusing expression on his face; as if Mamoru was doing something he knew was wrong.
“Saitou-san, do you know how long it took me to actually get up the nerve to apologize to you? What else do you want?”
“Like I said, I’m not the one you should be apologizing to and you know it. So stop wasting our time. If you want to make amends then go apologize to Aino-san. She’s the one you hurt.”
Mamoru looked down at his hands. They were clenched into fists resting on the table.
“I can’t.”
“Prince.” Takehito’s sighed and pulled off his glasses. He tried to rub the tension out of his head. He could feel the headache coming.
“She took you away from me then and she’s going to do it now. Usagi had time with just her and her Senshi. Is it so bad that I don’t want to share you just yet?”
“No it’s not so bad. But you still hurt her and you still need to apologize.” Takehito reached across the table and gave Mamoru’s hand a reassuring squeeze, “I’m not going anywhere, Prince. No one is going to take me away from you.”
Mamoru smiled.
“Now, if you’ll help me pack up we’ll be going.”
“Going where?” Mamoru stacked the notes up and closed the folders.
“You didn’t really think I would let you get out of apologizing to her did you? You’ve put it off long enough.”
Mamoru sighed. He didn’t want to tell Takehito the reason he had been putting off apologizing was that he was actually frightened of Venus.