"Content" A Song fic by: natia_99 Rated: G Disclaimers: since my name it nat and not naoko I do NOT own Sailormoon, I just "borrow" her without official permission! ;) I wrote this little fic while listening to Bryan Adams sing "Where Angels Fear to Tread". Just a pointless little sketch about Darien in bliss. It's set after the Doom Tree serious in that brief time they are together and happy and life is good! I'm gonna try using the Japanese names in this one :) Here goes...... Tsukino Usagi walked slowly through the streets of Tokyo to her true love's apartment. She was deep in thought. Although she and her beloved had been together lifetimes, in this particular one they were only recently so. And after so much had happened to keep them apart she was still in a kind of hazy disbelief that they were actually together. Still trying to balance the sensation of new love in her young body this lifetime and the overwhelming deja vu of a thousand years before.....but most of all she was worried about one, singular thing. She was worried she would be a bad girlfriend. She'd been worried ever since they'd defeated Ann and Ail. I'm so young and inexperienced. I'm not graceful or beautiful or talented like I was on the moon! What if I bore him or annoy him or embarrass him? This last thought horrified her and she stopped dead in her tracks. I can't embarrass him! I won't! If I'm going to have a serious boyfriend it's time I grew up and stopped acting ditzy and klutzy and....everything! Everything I do is terrible and irritating and immature! Ahhhh! She silently screamed. She continued walking and started tugging out her odangos. These stupid things will be the first to go... She tucked her clothes in carefully and straightened her posture. She pulled the lip gloss out of her purse that she'd been reluctant to use and applied it generously, then dabbed on some vanilla perfume she'd saved 'just in case'. She passed a flower cart and stopped, spending the last of her allowance on a pretty bouquet. As she reached his building she stopped, smoothed down her skirt, tucked her hair up into a long, more sophisticated ponytail and walked in, chin up, shoulders back...ready... Mamoru meanwhile sat waiting for her. He was tucked, cross-legged on his couch in casual pants and a loose cotton shirt, reading through his textbooks. Cocoa was made, cookies were baked, and the apartment was warm and sweet smelling. He ran a hand through his tousled hair and smiled with satisfaction. Not for the first time he reflected how simultaneously lucky, grateful and humble he felt for having Usagi in his life. And stretching out comfortably on his couch he also reflected how nice it was that he could relax and just be himself around her..... KNOCK KNOCK He stood up and went quickly to the door, eager to start an afternoon of sweets, cuddling and reading with his sweet bunny. "Hai Usako! Come in, come in! I baked cookies!" "Hello Mamo-chan-these flowers are for you!" she smiled sweetly and he took them from her with surprise. "Arigato-what's the occasion?" "No occasion, just because I love you." He grinned and pulled her inside, setting them in water he pulled her onto the couch into his arms, "I love you too." he said comfortably. And the words once again sunk in with staggering force. How amazing that this small, soft, warm girl was his. How amazing when he'd never done anything in his life to deserve her. I'll do anything for her....anything she wants....I feel so blessed. If Usagi had only known the power she wielded over the tall young man who held her.....at that moment he was caught up completely in devoting himself to her... Well I'm wrapped around your finger And I'm never letting go You know I'm happy just to linger And let the feeling flow This must be an illusion I know this can't be real but right here and right now this is paradise I feel I never thought I'd find someone to move me Someone who could see right through me You found your way into my head Where even Angels fear to tread How dark and empty had life been before Usako. How embittered and cold his mind. The fierce loyalty he'd always felt towards her as Prince and Masked man was nothing compared to what he felt now, in this lifetime. She was everything. She straightened in his grasp and faced him, remembering her earlier resolve to be a better, more mature girlfriend, "Soo, what do you want to do today Mamo-chan?" He laid back against the soft couch, "I thought we'd just stay in. We've got cookies and cocoa...." He pulled her in and tucked her under his chin, "...and a perfectly good couch to cuddle on..." She giggled and surrendered to his warm arms her resolve crumbling, "Alright Mamo-chan, whatever you want." He held her close and stroked her hair....but guilt ate at her a bit.....he probably wants to go out...he just doesn't think he can take me anywhere...I've got to prove to him I can be better! "Wanna go for a walk in the park?" "Nope." don't wanna go out walkin' "We could go driving....do you feel like that?" "Nope." don't wanna take a drive He squeezed her affectionately and took to rubbing her back. "I just wanna be here with you Usako...mmmm... you smell like vanilla...." Don't wanna move from this sweet spot baby While this feeling's still alive The way we fit together It's like we're meant to be and right here and right now this is paradise to me He smiled and reached to tug playfully on one of her odangos. But discovered to his horror, that there was none to be found! "Usa....where are you odangos?" "hmmm?" "Why did you wear your hair differently?" "I-I thought you hated my odangos....besides, it's a pretty childish hairdo don't you think? I mean....I shouldn't act so immature if I'm going to be a good girlfriend for you....I know I'm not really what you deserve...I'll try to make up for it..." He pulled back from her with shock. "Wh-at! Usa! I love you just the way you are! You-" He stopped short and really looked at her for the first time since she'd arrived. All tucked in tightly and her hair pulled up sleekly, her lips shining and painted. He shook his head. "Usako," he sighed and reached first for her hair, pulling it from the pony tail to trail over her shoulders in a long sea of gold, "You are far more than I deserve! You are wonderful and you bring joy to my life constantly! I feel so grateful and lucky to have you with me! You don't need to try and impress me..." He brushed the gloss from her lips gently with his finger and she blushed, "...you already impress me more than anyone else in the world...just for loving me..." He untucked her shirt, "I feel like I can just relax and be myself around you and I want you to feel the same okay?" She smiled beautifully and wrapped her arms around his neck in pure, uncontainable bliss, "Mmm, oh Mamo-chan..." she murmured into his neck. He tucked her carefully in his arms and then kissed her, slowly with deliberate tenderness. "Mmmm, I love it when you come over Usa.....you make everything just....you make me feel...." he searched for the word a moment then smiled, "....content." She grinned up at him and kissed him sweetly then reached hungrily for a cookie, settling back against him to munch on it while he read. The way we fit together It's like we're meant to be And right here and right now This is paradise to me..... AN: C'est tout! Just a short one! Hope you liked..???