Part two:

Serena stuck her tongue out at the black haired college boy. "I do not have a whiny voice!"

"Oh what was that? More whinnying? No ice cream for you, then." Darien said, plucking the cone of strawberry ice cream out of the girl's hands.

Serena gasped as he began to run off with it. "Come back!" she yelled as Andrew sighed. After Darien had told him earlier this morning that he and Serena were now a couple, he had hoped they would quit their childish antics. Unfortunately, it seemed as though that was the only way they functioned around each other.

Serena did not mind though. She was afraid that because they had decided to be a couple, things would change and they wouldn't be best friends like they used to be. But it looked like all of her worrying was for nothing. Darien was differently sweet with her – but he still teased her. Except now he did it with a caring smile on his face. Serena liked that everything was essentially the same.

"You're never going to catch up to me," Darien smirked, turning to face her and running backwards. "All that ice cream is –" Suddenly his foot caught on something and he fell backwards. The grass tickled his neck and he sighed as Serena came up to him.

"That's exactly what you get for taking my ice cream." She chided, and then noticed that when Darien had fallen, the ice cream had fallen from his grasp as well. She put her hands on her hips and pouted.

"I thought you were going to help me up." Darien said, lifting himself up and wiping off any grass stains.

"Oh fine," Serena said with a mischievous glint in her eye. "You've got some dirt on the back of your pants."

Darien turned around to see what she was talking about. "Where?"

"Here," Serena said, swatting his bottom and grabbing his wallet from his back pocket. Serena laughed and ran away before he even noticed what had happened.

"Serena!" he yelled after her. "Careful with that! My credit card-"

"-Is going to be used to me buy every ice cream flavor in the store!" Serena finished with a laugh, turning in the direction of the ice cream store.

Darien smiled as he held the pictures against his refrigerator with a magnet. After trying out several flavors of ice cream he had coaxed Serena into the photo booth of the store. The first three pictures were of them making silly faces and then somehow he had gotten ice cream in her hair. The next three were of them trying to dodge one another's ice cream attacks.

He gazed lovingly at Serena's smiling face. Even with ice cream covering her eyebrows she was perfect.

He had spent the whole day with Serena and decided that it was the most fun he had so far with her. Sure they still bickered with each other, but it was more playful now. And Darien made sure he only teased her about things that would make her smile.

After a nice shower, he went to his desk to complete his homework when the lights suddenly shut off. Darien sighed and reached for his desk drawer because he knew a flash light would be there. Unfortunately he bumped into a dresser. Wait, isn't my dresser on the other side of the room? He thought. Feeling his way around the dresser, he wandered in the dark.

"I'm not hungry, mama!" A voice shouted outside of the door. Wait – he knew that voice. The lights turned on and Darien cringed before realizing who was standing in front of him. "Darien?" she exclaimed, quickly shutting the door behind herself and locking it.

"Serena?" he asked incredulously.

"Keep your voice down! What are you doing in here?" she whispered. "How did you even get in here?" she said moving around him to check her window.

Darien looked equally as shocked as she was. "I don't know – one second I was in my room and the next I'm here."

"What? You just appeared from thin air?" Serena asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes!" he whispered. "Like yesterday when we were both in that crazy guy's closet. Maybe I still have some of that powder that nightmare monster threw on us." He frantically began dusting himself off.

Serena sighed. "It's not you who still has the powder on. It's me," Like Darien, she furiously began dusting herself.

"How do you know?"

"Because this is my nightmare." She said as if it was perfectly obvious.

"It's a nightmare for you to be in the same room as me?" Darien asked, a little hurt.

Serena looked at him and shook her head. "No, silly. It's a nightmare for you to be in my room when the rest of my family is at home. They're going to kill me if they find you in here. And then they're going to cut you up into little pieces and probably skin you alive."

Darien laughed. "You're exaggerating."

Serena rolled her eyes. "Okay, but I will be in super huge trouble. Let's just keep your voice down so they don't find out."

"Why don't I just say I'm a friend from school and I came to help you with homework?" Darien asked, feeling a bit claustrophobic in the pink room.

"You do not look like a high schooler Darien. My parents would never believe it. And besides they'd wonder how you got through the door without them or my brother's friends noticing. He's invited them for a sleep over so the little trolls are all huddled around the TV right now."

"Okay, how about your window?" Darien asked, moving the curtains aside. I hope the jump isn't too far down, he thought. But it was worse than he thought. The window was blocked by planks of wood nailed to it. He turned to Serena curiously.

"We've had some robberies in the neighborhood the past few days. They still haven't caught the guy and this is my dad's way of making sure we're all safe." Serena said with a sigh.

"Well I don't want to get caught in here and get you in trouble. How about we take them off?" Darien mused.

"Take them off with what?" Serena asked. "Besides my dad is going to notice, and I have no idea how to nail them back once you leave."

"I was going to suggest your tiara." Darien said, taking a seat on her bed.

That's when it hit Serena. She was alone with Darien in her bedroom. This was any girl's dream – minus the parents downstairs - and it made her insides jump.

"But that might be too loud and you could also end up shattering the window."

Serena nodded as her day dreams went away. Darien noticed her growing blush and looked at her questioningly. "Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked nervously.

"Your cheeks are turning pink." He said, stepping closer to her and Serena felt her heart beat speed up. "What are you thinking about?" he asked with a knowing look in his eyes.

"N-nothing," Serena said as he took another step toward her. He was so close she could reach out and touch his perfectly combed hair. "Just thinking of ways to get you out of here," But in reality she could barely form a coherent thought when he was standing so close. Another step. Serena smiled as he tilted his head towards hers. "Or maybe you don't have to leave so soon," she whispered against his lips which were barely an inch away. Before they could close the gap between them, a knock sound on the door behind Darien. They both froze- wide eyed. "W-what is it?" Serena called out frantically thinking of a way to hide Darien. She pushed him in the direction of her bathroom as the knock sounded again.

"Serena, I bought some dresses for you while I was out shopping today. Try some on, dear." Her mother's voice floated through the door.

"Uh- maybe later, mom!" Serena yelled back. "Stay here!" she furiously whispered to Darien – pushing him into the bathroom and closing the door.

"Serena open this door," her mother said and Serena sighed before opening her bedroom door. Her mother gave her a suspicious look. "First you say you aren't hungry and then you lock your door – what's going on?"

"Nothing," Serena squeaked with an innocent smile on her face. "But I mean since you are here, you can leave the dresses with me. I'll try them on."

She smiled again, but the suspicious expression from Serena's mother's face did not waver. "Go on then. Try a couple on in the bath room while I tidy up your room."

"You don't have to." Serena mumbled. However, she did not want her mother to grow even more suspicious so she obliged and took the dress. She opened the door and shut it quickly before her mother could notice Darien. You have to hide. She mouthed to him.

Darien looked around the bathroom and then back at her. Where? He mouthed back.

Suddenly a knock came at the bathroom door and Darien jumped into Serena's bath tub and pulled the shower curtain close. "Do you need some help, sweetie? I know that red one has a zipper on the back." Before Serena could respond, her mother opened the door and poked her head inside.

"Give me a second, mama." Serena whined. "You're always bursting in my room for no reason!"

Her mother rolled her eyes. "Well hurry up then." She said and closed the door. Serena sighed and began to undress.

"You better be facing the wall." Serena hissed in Darien's direction. He smirked in his position in the bathtub. He was facing the wall but he couldn't help the shadow that was cast on it. After trying on several dresses with several close calls – once Serena's mom came in to check her hair and Darien had to flatten him against the bottom of the tub – Serena's mother finally left and Darien sighed before getting out of the tub.

"She's a wonderful lady." Darien said, rubbed his back.

Serena shrugged. "It would be better if she wasn't bugging me all of the time. She might've seen you! Thank goodness dad is doing the dishes tonight and not me."

"I get along with moms very well, maybe it wouldn't have been that bad." Darien said.

Serena gave him a look. "How many do you have?"

Darien laughed. "No I meant whenever my friends introduced me to their mothers they always like me."

"Your friends introduced you to their mothers?" Serena asked with a smile, imagining Andrew's mother and Darien meeting.

"Yeah, like ex-girlfriends." He said with a shrug and immediately regretted his words when Serena's smile fell off of her face.

"If they introduced you to their mother that's kind of serious, don't you think?" she asked quietly.

"I've never been in a long, serious, relationship." Darien said reassuring her. "Not until now at least."

"We've only been in this relationship for one day," Serena mused.

"Well, maybe I'm hoping we're together for a long time."

Serena's moth formed a small "O" and she blushed again. "I – um – I'm going to go wash up." She said, gathering some pajamas from her dresser. "They'll hear the shower and shouldn't bother me, but I'll lock the door just in case."

"Can I join you?" Darien asked as Serena stepped into her bathroom.

"Where?" she asked, turning around with a confused expression.

"In the shower." He said as if it was an everyday thing to request. Serena blushed fiercely and Darien began to laugh. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding." Serena let out a small laughed and shook her head.

While she took a shower, Darien passed the time by looking at the pictures in her room. She had several with her family. They were all smiling in them and her parents protectively held their arms around a baby Serena. Darien wondered if – were his parents alive – they would have treated him the same.

When Serena came out of the shower she found Darien at her dresser – eyeing the pictures there. He smiled and turned around – gesturing to a picture. "You were such a cute baby. What happened?"

Serena huffed and snatched the picture back. "I'm still cute." She argued. "Much cuter than you." Darien thought about it as he looked at her sparkling blue eyes. Her hair was dripping wet and she smelled of strawberries – he wondered what she would do if he pulled her against him right now. She was much cuter than him, he decided at last. But no way am I going to say that.

Darien chuckled. "No one is cuter than me." He mused, and then turned to another picture. "Why do you look so upset?" he asked, pointing to the little girl with her arms crossed and a frown on her face despite the fact that her father was smiling with an octopus on his head.

"I wanted to go to Disney world, but my parents took me to an aqua show in Tokyo instead. I was so upset at them because everyone had already been to Disney world at least once by that age. Did your parents take you?" Serena asked.

Darien looked away. "My parents – uh they died in a car crash when I was very young." Serena looked up at him and saw a vulnerable Darien. She had never seen him like this and it made her heart squeeze as she saw the sadness in his eyes. "I was put in the foster system for a long time – I never really had a permanent family. And come to think of it I've never been to Disney world either." His tone was light but it was clear that just talking about his parents hurt him.

Serena looked at the ground, feeling bad for bringing it up. "I'm sorry." She said, lacing her finger with his. "You must probably think I'm childish and rude for talking about my parents in a bad way. I can't imagine how you must feel."

He shook his head. "I'm not judging you, Serena. I suppose if my parents were alive I'd find faults in them as well."

Serena shook her head. "Well, how about I take you to Disney world then?" she asked and Darien smiled at her. "We'll be enough family for both of us."

"I'd like that." The cheery silence between them was broken by Darien's growling stomach. He looked her sheepishly and Serena giggled. "Sorry for breaking up the moment." He said. "I didn't have a chance to have supper before arriving here."

"No don't worry," she waved off. "I'll get you something. I think my mom ordered pizza for the boys downstairs. I'll get us some." When she came back with four pieces, Darien heard her brother teasing Serena about how she was becoming fat because of how much pizza she had taken. "Yeah, well I'm not as fat as you!" Serena yelled back, slamming the door. "Little brat," Serena muttered and them noticed Darien's amused expression. "And don't you dare think about agreeing with him, or no pizza for you."

Darien laughed and held up his hands in mock-surrender. "Okay, okay. You're not that fat,"

"What do you mean that fat?"

"I thought you said I was supposed to be quiet," Darien said, grabbing a slice of pizza. Serena huffed at him but did not argue – she did not want her parents to find out after all. "So," Darien said, looking around the room. "There's a lot of pink here."

Serena shrugged. "I like pink. And besides I'm too broke to buy a new coat of paint. Not to mention saving the world from danger at least twice a week." Serena peeked up at Darien over her pizza. She was only ever able to talk about her stresses with her four best friends and her cat. It was weird that she could now include Darien in this special group of people as well. She wondered if he would tell her about being Tuxedo Mask. Darien stood up and eyed a poster of Tuxedo Mask near her dresser. He posed like the man in the picture was and Serena laughed. "I got it from the arcade; Andrew was selling them like two months ago."

Darien nodded. "Oh I know,"

Serena gave him a curious look. "How do you know? You bought one from him too?"

Darien smiled mischievously. "I know because I was his model."

Serena almost fell off of her bed from shock. "You?" she exclaimed and examined the poster more closely and hoped Darien hadn't noticed the lip prints on the man's cheeks. Serena would have never guessed that Darien was Tuxedo Mask if he had not told her yesterday. But now that she knew to compare them she saw the obvious broad shoulders, the jet black hair, and the same smirk. How could she not have noticed before? "Does that mean Andrew knows who you are?"

"No," Darien shook his head. "I didn't tell him, but with all of the girls in the city going crazy over me I figured there was a way we could make some extra money. So I dressed up in my costume and Andrew was in charge of the posters."

Serena nodded in approval. "I should do that too."

"Yeah, but you'll probably never sell as many as me."

"You think so, Mr. Bigshot?" Serena mocked. "What is it you fight with again? Oh, I remember! Flowers - and sometimes a magic wand!"

Darien looked back at his pizza dejectedly. "Well you don't seem to mind when I'm using them to save you. And besides, it's a cane. Not a magic wand." Serena rolled her eyes and sat next to Darien, imitating smelling flowers. "What do you want me to fight with? Do you have any extra tiaras lying around, my dear Sailor Moon?" he asked in a girl's voice. Serena squealed with laughter. Darien smiled and tickled her so that she began to laugh harder.

Tears were forming in Serena's eyes and she wriggled under Darien's hands. "Please stop –" she managed.

"Not until you give me your magic tiara," he sing-songed in a girl's voice again.

Serena shook her head, barely able to keep her laughter down. "Okay, okay. I give up."

Darien let go of her and smiled smugly. "I don't know why the negaverse monsters haven't tried tickling you yet. You'd be done for sure,"

Serena shook her head at Darien, still wiping the tears from her eyes. "Oh, I hope they never think of that."

From downstairs her mother's voice yelled, "Serena, make sure you finish your homework!"

Serena sighed and an annoyed expression replaced the smile. "Yes mom!" she responded, and turned sheepishly back to Darien. "Want some more pizza?" she asked.

"I could help you if you want,"

"You don't need to –"

"No, I don't mind." Darien shrugged. "If I'm going to be here, I might as well be helpful." Serena sighed and went to retrieve her school bag.

"I only have math. But no teasing me." Serena warned pointing a finger at Darien in warning. He simply grinned in response.

"Come on, meatball head let's just get started." Half an hour later Serena was only on the third problem and was looking at Darien like he was speaking another language. "How about we try a simpler way? To find the vertex you-"

Before he could finish, Serena threw her hands up in defeat. "This is so dumb." She sighed. "Who needs to know how to factor equations and graph quadramatic functions."

"I think you mean quadratic, Serena." Darien chuckled.

"It's definitely time for more pizza." She said, pushing the book away. "Go hide in the bathroom, will you?" However, when she came back she was holding a piece of cake instead of pizza. "They finished it all. Is this fine?" she asked, as Darien took a seat next to her on the bed.

"Looks delicious," Darien said. "I'm kind of glad the negaverse did this because all I have in my fridge right now is eggs, milk and bread."

Serena smirked. "Loser," she said grabbing some frosting with her spoon and smearing it on Darien's forehead. With a growl he reached for the spoon but Serena held it away from him. Without warning he grabbed a piece with his hands and pressed it to Serena's neck. She squealed and jumped away.

"Serena?" A voice asked from outside her bedroom door. Darien quickly ran into the bathroom as the door opened to reveal Serena's dad. Serena gulped and hoped her dad would not come in. "Is everything alright? I thought I heard you scream."

"No daddy. I – uh I thought I saw a spider, that's all." Serena waved it off as nothing, but to her dismay her father frowned and walked in. He inspected the window and turned back to Serena. "No wonder, there's pizza and cake crumbs all over the floor."

Serena gulped as his eyes landed on the bathroom door. She quickly ran in front of it before her dad could step toward it. "Yes, I should probably clean it up."

"And you have some on your neck too," her dad said with a confused look. Serena simply smiled and waited until he left. When he finally did she rushed to lock the door and scolded herself for not doing it earlier. "Darien?" she asked, entering the bathroom. She found him rinsing out the cake in his hair.

He stood straight and shook his wet hair at Serena, who laughed and pushed him away. "Why is it, that when we're having dessert we always end up getting it on ourselves?" he asked.

Serena shrugged and began to wash the cake off of her neck. "I blame you." She said, sticking her tongue out at her boyfriend. Darien simply laughed again and went to eat the rest of the cake. When they finally finished Serena's homework, her eyes were dropping. Darien put the book and notes back in to her school bag. "I bet I'll see those quadratic formulas in my sleep." Serena murmured quietly.

"Well, at least you said the name right this time." He stood awkwardly as Serena took out her hair buns and went into bed.

Then, as if suddenly she suddenly remembered Darien, Serena turned around with a surprised look. "You won't be able to sneak out of the door – all my brother's friends are there and they might not be light sleepers." Darien nodded, but said nothing. Serena pulled her blanket back and motioned to Darien. He raised an eyebrow at her but didn't argue – he was tired as well. "Just stay on that side of the bed," Serena murmured, turning off the light. The bed sank under Darien's weight and Serena's heart began to speed up. They were both silent for a moment and each could feel the electricity in the room.

Eventually they both turned on their sides and faced each other. Serena could feel herself blushing as Darien gazed at her. "You look so much different without the meatballs on your head," he mused and even in the darkness she could make out the outline of his smile. She loved his smile.

"Don't think I'm ever going to give them up though, that's my signature style."

"Don't worry, I couldn't imagine you without them, anyway."

Sometime during the night Darien had curled his arms around Serena and she woke up in a warm embrace. The sun had not risen yet and she listened to Darien's quiet breathing before falling asleep. Her last thought before fading off to dream land was I wouldn't mind waking up to this every day. She hoped the next negaverse monster would be one that made her happiest of dreams come true.

FIN.

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this sweet and fluffy story! I can't wait for Sailor Moon to come back on TV so I was re-watching some episodes and I couldn't believe this plot hadn't been done already. And because I kind of changed the plot I still loved that scene where Serena says she'll be Darien's family and I just had to have that in there! I loved writing this story so much because they are so cute and funny - it was so easy to write about two characters who I've known since I was like 6 years old.

Anyway, please review and tell me what you think!