~ Y/N's POV ~
While walking down the path with Ember on my shoulder, we continued through the nature-filled park, and I couldn't help but feel like I was in Wonderland.
Because I was using a cane, I was walking quite slowly so as not to put too much pressure on my ankle.
Then I saw Mr.Baxter planting some flowers in a plant bed. "Hello, Mr. Baxter!" I said as I walked up behind him.
Then he turned around and said, " Ah, Y/N, it's been a while since I saw you in the park, that's a beautiful little bird friend you have there!".
As I sat on a bench nearby, I saw ember puff his chest at the compliment, and I thanked Mr.Baxter for his kind words.
He sat with me and after a while of casual conversation, he heard Amy, Serena, and Rei call out to me.
When they sat down with us, Serena said, "Amy told us that you worked here since she was a kid.".
Mr.Baxter gave a kind but sad expression as he said "that's right, I also knew Y/N here since she was a child, but now I am about to lose my job".
I looked at Mr.Baxter worried as he continue to explain " all they're gonna do now is put up a big office building in this park, I'm so angry about it because now they're going to wipe out the whole park"
As I looked down at the ground remembering all the happy memories I gained from this park, I turned to Mr. Baxter and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Baxter, I wish I could help you".
Mr.Baxter looked at me with a smile as he said " I know you would try anything you could Y/ N, I did everything I could as well to stop them but they wouldn't listen, nobody cares like you and Amy do Y/N!".
Mr.Baxter got back up and walked over to the flower bed and start attending to them again. Amy, Serena, and Rei got up from the bench and started walking away as Mr.Baxter told them " oh I'm sure they'll bulldoze them down to, enjoy the park while you can girls cause it's all gonna be gone next week".
Sitting on the bench, I watched the three girls walk away and thought to myself, 'there has to be something I can do?'. Serena then called out to me, "Come on Y/N! We're going to the arcade!" and with that, I got up off the bench and slowly hobbled over to the girls.
| Time Skip |
We continued to walk down the street when ember spread his wings and flew away from us.
All of us were talking casually we heard Ember, my little bird friend, began squawking aggressively from somewhere. As I hobbled faster to find out what was happening I saw Darien holding Ember as well as Serena's cat Luna.
"You guys need to be more careful," Darien said to ember and Luna. Serena gasped in horror as she asked "what have you done to her?". Then I turned to Serena and said, "calm down, I don't think he did anything to either of them?".
Darien smiled and said, "Hey listen to Y/N meatball head, if it weren't for me, these two would be a kitty and bird pancake right now."
As I hobbled over to Darien, I took Ember out of his arms and placed him on my shoulder. As Darien smirked at me, he said, "He's a little reckless like his owner isn't he, huh Princess~?". My eyes widened as I glared at Darien, "I'll have you know, all the injuries I suffered were accidents!".
Darien started to chuckle before the arcade doors opened and Andrew emerged. Andrew called out to me and Darien as Serena gasped and said, "Oh Andrew, you know this creep, he nearly mutilated my kitten!" pointing at Darien.
Serena's overdramatic shenanigans just made me shake my head.
| Time skip |
I was sitting at one of the arcade games with Darien next to me, and we were just having a casual conversation.
Darien then blurted out, "do you wanna go on a date with me?". In shock, I couldn't understand what he had said as I was so confused by the sudden outburst of confidence.
Then I asked, "I'm sorry I didn't understand what you just said?". Darien smiled awkwardly before repeating what he said: "do you wanna go on a date with me?". A smile spread across my face, and I said, "I'd be glad to go on a date with you.".
Darien looked incredibly relieved before sitting beside me and asking, "Where do you wanna go then? I don't want to put any pressure on your ankle, so walking is out of the question.".
I smiled at how thoughtful he was, then thought about a way for our date to work, so I suggested, "How about a picnic in the park?".
Darien smiled at the suggestion and said, "I think that's a great idea, Princess~". An irritated smile spread across my face as I said, "I'll make the lunch for the picnic because I don't trust your cooking~".
His hand was placed over his heart as if I had wounded him with my comment before he smiled again, soon we were both lost in each other's eyes.
| Time skip |
On the following day, Darien and I were walking down the street together to get some coffee. I had to interlock my arms with Darien so I wouldn't fall over or fall behind because of how fast he was walking.
As the two of us continued our walk it appears that Darien stepped on someone's head just now. Both of us were spooked, as Darien said " Oh sorry!" and I was trying not to laugh at the poor girl, also known as Rei.
Darien pulled my arm and the two of us began walking away from Rei as she said, "so sorry, that was all my fault." However, Darien didn't even glance at her as he said, " yeah I know."
I looked at Darien and said, "Maybe we should have helped her?". As he looked down at me, he smiled and said, "Nah, I'm sure she did it on purpose.".
Darien's arm was suddenly yanked back by Rei and she said, "Hold on!". At that moment, Darien stopped and I fell forward. Due to the way my ankle twisted, I couldn't catch myself, so I just allowed myself to fall forward.
( Y/N is not pointing it's just the way she fell and how Darien caught her )
Darien ripped his arm from Rei's grasp and reached out to grab me before my head hit the ground. My cane made a clattering noise as it hit the ground.
We stared into each other's eyes until Rei coughed, interrupting the moment. At this point, Darien looked irritated, and I just tapped his shoulder to lift me up.
My cane was gently handed to me by Darien after he lifted me up. Suddenly, he snapped at Rei with an irritated face, saying "hey! be more careful, she could've gotten hurt! she's already injured."
Then Darien started dragging me again down the street without even looking back at Rei as I looked over at her with a reassuring smile.
| Time Skip |
In a booth by the window, Darien and I were drinking our coffees after planning a little bit of a project we were doing together for college.
At that moment, all of a sudden Darien just started ranting, "I'm sorry Y/N but I just got to say this, what was that girl's problem? I know that she's Serena's friend, but did she not see that I was holding you're arm?!".
With a confused look on my face, I quietly said to Darien "come on, Darien, cut her some slack!".
But even after I said that it still didn't cool Darien down. He just kept ranting "I'm not going to cut her any slack Y/N! Your safety was at risk and your injury could have worsened due to her pulling on my arm like that! And why would someone even do something like that?!".
As I slowly slide my hand on top of his, I interlock our fingers, distracting him from his rant. I smiled gently at him and said, "Darien, I know you're worried about my safety, but give the poor girl some slack. Perhaps she was attracted to your handsome face and wanted to go out with you?".
"I just worry too much about you sometimes, Princess~," Darien said, as he looked down at our interlocked fingers.
Again, I just smiled at him and said, "Hey you don't have to worry about me so much, I'm a big girl!". Suddenly, before Darien could reply, we heard a dramatic gasp and looked over.
It was none other than Rei looking at us in shock. She stared directly at our interlocked fingers, as she stammered over her words, " b-but I d-didn't believe you t-two were together?".
When I was about to deny the accusation, Darien tightened his grip on my fingers and blurted out "we are and I didn't appreciate how you almost made my girlfriend fall over". The moment Darien called me his girlfriend, I could not believe what I was hearing.
She looked as if the world just fell apart around her, and I was about to tell her it wasn't true. As Darien got up from his seat, he picked up my cane and walked over to me, placing it in my hand while saying, "How about we go on that date now, I know you packed a picnic basket~".
After another gasp, Rei looked over at me as I gently stood up with the basket in my hand, not even looking at her. Although I didn't know what was happening, Darien was eager to leave, so we headed for the door as soon as he paid the bill.
| Time Skip |
Darien and I enjoyed the sunset at the park while sitting on our picnic blankets. The noise of screaming suddenly interrupted a nice conversation we were having.
We both looked over and saw a man being attacked by squirrels. Darien immediately looked around the park to see all the animals attacking innocent bystanders.
We heard the squeaking sound of birds at that time. When I saw a huge flock of them flying toward us, I screamed.
Darien jumped on top of me and used his body as a shield, but the bird began to cut into his back. Suddenly, I yelled, "Are you okay Darien?". As he looked down at me, he said, "I'm fine, but I need you to go somewhere safe!".
With that, Darien picked me up in a bridal style, carried me over to an empty bush, and then hid me behind it. Darien then placed my cane by the tree with the bush in front.
Then he said to me, "Would you stay here, Y/N, I am going to take a look at what's happening outside for your safety." However, before I could reply, Darien had already run off into the park to find out what was going on.
There was already an indication it was related to Negaverse! Immediately, I pulled out my brooch, which was hidden beneath my skirt, and yelled:
SUN...PRISM...POWER!!!
As soon as I had fully transformed, I grabbed my cane and hobbled over to where the dark energy was coming from.
Serena, Rei, and Amy were tied up in vines, but Amy looked as if she was having a particularly difficult time.
To help them, I decided to free them from the vines that were trapping them.
The only move I had was my tiara throw, that is until I thought, 'why don't I do something similar to Sailor Mars' power move? '.
I yelled out the first thing that came into my head:
SOLAR.....HEATWAVE!!
In a single motion, I had launched many flames at the vines, burning them all. As soon as I got out of my hiding spot, I asked, "Are you guys all right?".
Then Sailor Moon looked at me and complained, " you almost set me on fire Sailor Sun! And when could you do that? ". All I could do was smile sheepishly before saying, "look we don't have time for that, focus on the battle!".
I then pointed out what looked to be a flower lady and said "I am Sailor Sun, the soldier of light and hope, and I pledge on behalf of the Sun that I will bring light and vanquish Evil."
I then pointed at the woman and said " and the means you!". In the background, Sailor Moon complained that I was stealing her thunder, but I couldn't care less.
In a gravelly voice, the flower woman said: "You can't beat me, Sailor Senshi! She thrust her arms towards us as the two flowers bloomed.
I stared at her in fear and worried about my injured ankle and how I would avoid the attack, as the other sailors report she screamed in fear.
It wasn't until a rose hit the flower woman's face cutting it that she realized she'd done it wrong. After screams of pain, Sailor Moon looked up into a tree with a blush on her face and said "Hey, it's Tuxedo Mask!".
Tuxedo Mask then stared down at me and yelled "Be strong, Sailor Sun! You can do it!".
Sailor Moon began complaining about how Tuxedo Mask was all focused on me and I turned around and scowled at her while saying, "You know I don't want it!".
I turned to Tuxedo Mask and said, "Thanks for the encouraging words I guess" with an awkward smile and small blush.
Although I still find Tuxedo Mask quite annoying, I was gradually warming up to the idea of him helping us, but I couldn't help but wonder why.
After that, I looked over at Sailor Moon and said, "Come on Sailor Moon, let's finish this creepy plant lady!". She nodded at me and we both grabbed our tiaras.
" SUN/MOON...TIARA...MAGIC!!"
The tiaras struck the creature once more, causing her body to disintegrate into ashes. When I looked over at Mr.Baxter, I noticed that his body had returned to its normal state.
As we heard Tuxedo Mask say down from the tree, "you broke the spell sailors, so long" and then he vanished with his cape held high.
The moment I glanced over at Sailor Moon, I saw that her face had heart eyes with her going all mushy for the freaking guy in a tuxedo.
Suddenly, it was dawning on me that I must return to the hiding spot that Darien had put me in before he returned.
In response to that, I turned around abruptly and started hobbling quickly back to the hiding spot, but it wasn't until Sailor Mars called out "hey Sailor Sun? Where are you headed?". After that, I turned back to her and said, "I have to go somewhere, but congratulations, on the defeat of that monster!" After that, I disappeared into the canopy of trees.
| Time skip |
I heard rushing footsteps coming towards me as I was jumping behind the bush that Darien had placed me behind before.
After that, I saw Darien hurrying over to the bush and peering over the top of it. The relief on his face was evident as Darien then pulled on my hand and I left the bush.
As he pulled me into a hug, I heard him say "God, I was so worried about you, I was afraid something bad might have happened!". In the end, what I did was smile reassuringly at him, while patting him on the back, and telling him, "I'm completely OK, Darien, but thank you for being worried".
( just no tears )
As we stared into each other's eyes, we both smiled, but again, the moment was interrupted by dramatic gasps.
Darien and I both looked over and saw Amy, Rei, and Serena as well as Mr. Baxter. When she pointed at us, Serena said, "what do you think you're doing with my sister, creep!".
That's when Serena and Darien started bickering, and Rei tried to convince Darien to go on a date with her, but he didn't pay any attention to her.
Along with Amy and Mr. Baxter, I started laughing at how silly they all were.
☀️~𝓣𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮𝓭 ~☀️