Warm and cold (Cálido y frío) - Franco De Vita

For this love against the flow.
For this love that no one understands.
And sometimes it knows no boundaries,
and it pours out the wrong way.
It drags me like the river's flown,
in between warm and cold,
but it's yours and it's mine.
Clear as a moon night,
a full moon night, but it's worth it.

And sometimes it takes me far away,
where I've never been before.
And sometimes I lose it,
and it comes back after a while.
In between warm and cold,
this love is yours and mine.

For this love that pretends nothing.
For this love, that bounces and it expands.
For this love born out of time.
For this love that sometimes I don't even understand it myself.
And it plays like a kid,
with a crook's face, playing cat and mouse.
And sometimes it comes to me naked,
so fragile and pure, that to be wrong
I doubt it.

And sometimes it takes me far away,
where I've never been before.
And sometimes I lose it,
and it comes back after a while.
In between warm and cold,
this love is yours and is mine.
And sometimes it mistakes the sky
with the earth, sometimes I don't know if it goes
or if it's coming back, in between warm and cold
this love is yours and mine.

It takes me so far away...
where I've never been before.
And sometimes I lose it,
and it comes back after a while.
In between warm and cold,
this love is yours
and mine...

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CHAPTER 12

The earth shone brightly in the velvet sky, beautifully, with its shades of blue and green, and all the stars around it.

One tall, young blonde woman was standing there, alone, out in the balcony, staring up at the blue orb, as the night's soft wind played with her short hair. Wondering if she would ever be able to see all those forest, all those rivers and mountains and wild animals she had heard of.

The happy conversations and the sound of the orchestra playing inside for all the dancing couples reached her ears, but she ignored it all. She hated that kind of balls. But being the Moon Queen's birthday ball, she simply could not afford not to come.

But that didn't mean she was enjoying herself... at all...

"Princess Uranus," a soft voice called behind her, and the tall blonde turned around, with a small, tender smile playing on her lips, already recognizing that voice.

And her smile turned into an amused one when she saw the little black haired girl standing there, bowing respectfully to her. But then the young preteen girl looked all around them, making sure there was no body else but the two of them, before a big, bright smile came to her young features.

Etiquette and good manners completely forgotten, she lunched herself towards the tall blonde woman, her little arms going around her slender waist, holding her close, and burring her face on the woman's flat stomach.

"That's more like it," the woman said, chuckling. "Hey, kiddo," she greeted the girl, kissing her forehead and then chuckling again, when the girl giggled happily.

"I missed you!" the girl informed, still holding the tall young woman.

"I missed you too, Saturn," Uranus said, tenderly messing with the girl's shoulder length black hair. "I thought you were allowed to skip these parties..."

Saturn pouted cutely. "Not anymore," she complained. "As a Senshi, I have to be here too."

Uranus frowned at that. She couldn't understand how the Moon Queen had called this lovely little girl to be a Senshi. And the Senshi of Destruction, at that... she was only eleven!

But she shook her head, knowing the Queen surely must have her reasons, and she was in no position to question her Majesty.

"Having fun, then?" she asked.

Again, Saturn pouted at her. "Everyone treats me like a little kid... that is, the ones that actually talk to me..." she said. But then the smile came back to her small, beautiful features. "That's why I like you," she pointed out. "You treat me like an equal."

The blonde woman smiled at her. Eleven or not, the kid surely was very mature for her age.

"We're friends, remember?" she said, her smile never fading. "Friends don't look down on one another."

Saturn giggled again, her arms around the tall woman's waist never losing their hold. But when the sound of heels, softly clicking against the marble floor, reached their ears, the girl jumped away, looking incredibly embarrassed.

"Oh, don't part," came a soft voice they both recognized immediately. "Not on my account."

Saturn's smile came back to her face, as she now jumped to the aquamarine haired woman walking towards them. "Neptune!" she exclaimed, hugging her close.

"Hey, little one," she greeted the little girl, softly kissing her forehead. And then she looked into green eyes, and she smiled to her fellow Senshi, vowing respectfully to her. "Princess Uranus."

"Princes Neptune," the blonde vowed as well.

Saturn looked at them, frowning, not really understanding why they were being so formal towards one another. But when fireworks illuminated the night, she forgot all about her friends' strange behavior, going to the railing; her hands firmly resting on it, as her big, purple eyes got glued to the sparkling lights on the sky.

"It's so pretty!" she exclaimed, smiling. She felt her friends walking up to her, one to each side, and she smiled up to them. "Isn't it the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?"

Blue eyes met green ones for the briefest of moments, before they both looked away, down to the black haired Princess, smiling to her.

And Saturn beamed at them, taking one of their hands on each of hers, and then putting their linked hands over her chest, close to her heart. Happy of having her friends with her again. And completely missing the blush that came to the women next to her, as their hands softly brushed against the other over Saturn's gesture...

.-.

"Wake up!" a voice calling to her, along with an extra weight now all over her, made her come back from dreamland.

Or more like, back from Memory Lane... For some reason, her dreams from her past life always came to her as a play, and she could always see the entire scene, and not just what her past self had seen and lived. And it made it all feel even more distant. Like watching a movie she could relate to, somehow, but still not completely identify with.

It didn't really matter, anyway. What truly mattered was the present. And her present, right on that moment, included one little three year old currently jumping on her stomach.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

She opened her blue eyes, and looked at the black haired girl; big, purple eyes shining down at her, as the biggest of smiles was playing on her little lips. And Michiru smiled back to her daughter, her hand reaching up to mess with her short black bangs.

"What is it, sweetie?" she asked, her voice rusty and sleepy. And she vaguely wondered why Hotaru was the one coming to wake her up, instead of Haruka...

"Papa's making pancakes!" the girl informed, excitedly, now jumping all around the bed.

Oh, that explained it... "Really?"

"Yeah!" the girl exclaimed again, now jumping off the bed, and taking Michiru's hands in her little ones. "Come on, wake up, wake up!"

"I'm up, I'm awake," she said, giggling at Hotaru's excitement, letting the girl drag her all the way off her bed, out the room, down the hallway, and finally into the kitchen.

And there she was.

Hotaru's papa.

Short blonde hair still slightly messed from sleep. Her tall frame wrapped around a navy blue, silk robe that hung open from her shoulders, letting the aqua girl see the tall blonde was still wearing her night clothes. White, cotton shorts, showing off her soft, incredibly long legs, and one of the many tank tops the blonde used to sleep on.

Haruka never, ever used real pajamas. No matter how much Michiru would try to get her one, the blonde would always say she never find one she liked, so she rather used her comfy, cotton tank tops. Not that Michiru complained that much in the first place, anyway. Haruka looked incredibly sexy on those tank tops...

She walked up to her, her hands going around the blonde's waist and under her tank top, to gently caress her warm, flat stomach.

"Morning," she said, into Haruka's ear.

"Morning," the blonde greeted back, smiling, but not turning around, as she flipped around the pancakes on the frying pan with her spatula. "Hey! No stealing!" she warned, when she saw one small little hand making its way to the plate full of fresh pancakes.

Michiru smiled at Hotaru, winking, and taking a piece of a still warm pancake, to then give it to the little girl. Making the girl squeal happily and one tall blonde girl look at her, frowning.

"That goes for you too, you know," Haruka said.

But then she smiled, putting aside her spatula, and turning around. Her arms encircling themselves around Michiru's waist, before she kissed her softly on the lips, to then looked at her again. A faked, annoyed expression on her face.

"Now, what did I tell you about changing routines, huh?"

"Hotaru woke me up," Michiru informed, smiling, and kissing the tip of the blonde's nose.

"Did she, now?" she asked, looking to the small black haired girl, as Hotaru looked back at her from her sitting position on the kitchen's table.

A sheepish smile on her little features. She knew she wasn't supposed to wake her Michiru mama up -that was her papa's job-, but she was just too excited about her up coming pancakes!

But the tall blonde simply couldn't get mad at her daughter. And -sadly to her- the girl knew it, too. So she simply smiled at her, winking, before her green eyes went back to the blue ones she loved so much.

Michiru smiled smugly at her. "You know, technically," she said. "it's your fault."

"Oh really?" Haruka asked, eyebrow going up in a questioning, yet amused manner. "How so?"

"You're the one getting her all excited over those," she said, pointing at the frying pan, and remembering the blonde she needed to pay attention to it.

"Setsuna-mama!" Hotaru exclaimed, when she saw the dark green haired woman walking in. Her long hair pulled up in a messy bun, wrapped on her red, silk robe.

And looking like she still had her pillow stuck to her face.

"Good morning," Haruka greeted her, smiling.

The young woman looked at her, blinking for a moment, before a frown came to her face. "I find that quite contradictory," she said, growling softly.

And both Haruka and Michiru laughed at her. The Senshi of Time was not a morning person. Quite the opposite. Who would of thought!

"Look, a butterfly!" they heard Hotaru's excited voice again, as the little girl jumped off her chair, running all the way to the backyard. "It's so pretty!"

"Hotaru, wait!" Setsuna exclaimed, running after the little girl. "Have your breakfast first!"

Again, the teenage girls laughed at the happy little girl, as they saw her running around in the backyard, with Setsuna running right behind her, trying to get the girl back inside for her to have breakfast.

The four of them have been living together for four months now. And although Hotaru's growing rate was somewhat disconcerting, they were all enjoying the peaceful time. No more fights, no more enemies.

Just the four of them, and the dreams they were now chasing after.

Haruka turned back to the aquamarine haired girl, smiling.

"Hey, Michi," she called out, making the smaller girl to look up at her. "I know I said it would be just you and me, and we have this little addition..." she trailed off, pointing with her head to the backyard.

"Hotaru, come on!" they heard Setsuna exclaiming. "You need to eat your breakfast!"

"And one not so little," the blonde added, chuckling as the dark green woman took the little girl in her arms, throwing her over her shoulder like a potato bag, and earning a happy, childish laughter in the process.

Michiru smiled at their laughing daughter, and kissed the tall blonde sweetly on the lips. "It's still you and me," she said, in a soft whisper. "Our own happy little family. I wouldn't have it any other way."

They looked at each others eyes, arms around one another. Small, loving smiles playing on their lips.

This was their moment. Their chance to be normal. There was no need for them to hold back, no need to buried dreams and hopes.

Just like the Senshi of Time had promised, so long ago.

And as said Senshi entered the kitchen, still carrying one happily laughing little girl in her arms, the four of them took their seats around the table, enjoying their family breakfast. There was no way to know what the future might bring their way; if there would be a need for the Outer Senshi to appear again. But right on that moment, none of them cared.

And as Michiru reached out her hand, gently taking Haruka's, her thumb caressing the soft skin on the blonde's wrist, and earning a tender smile in return, the aqua girl realized this was exactly how they were all meant to be.

Together. As a happy, loving family. That was all that mattered.

Loving you like this (Amarte así) - Alejandro Lerner

Loving you like this
is to live an endless dream beside you.
Is trusting the universe this miracle of feeling
Loving you like this.

Loving you like this,
giving myself to the destiny I chose.
And you being on my path, and I'm in yours,
and we share...
Loving you like this.

Like this, until I die.
To the very depths of my soul,
loving you like this.
Like this, until I die.
Eternity is not enough to be thankful for loving you like this.

Loving you like this,
feeling the infinite beats inside me,
and it's witness of this immense love I feel for you.
Loving you like this.

Like this, until I die.
Till the end of hope, loving you like this.
Like this, until I die.
Eternity is not enough to be thankful...

Until I fill your heart.
Until I fuse myself in this love.

Loving you like this...

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THE END!

Thank you all for reading! I hoped you enjoyed this story, and I really hope you liked the ending!

I just thought a nice family moment would be nice. Considering I made them suffer like a Magdalena, giving them a peaceful ending wouldn't hurt, right? I mean, I even made Setsuna suffer! So they deserved a happy family little moment, right?

I know, I know, it's a short story. But really, the whole point on this one was how Haruka and Michiru got together, so there's no point on making it any longer...

And it kind of gives me the perfect edge for the sequel... kind of...

Anyway! Thanks again for reading! Hope you enjoyed the ride!