One for Three

Chapter 33

After saying goodbye to Kunzite and Kaori, we got back into the car. Diamond didn't say anything, but I made it clear that I was upset. He could have at least mentioned that Kunzite was his cousin. Instead, he let me walk right into it.

"What's wrong?" he finally muttered to me after some time, breaking the silence.

"What do you think?" I snapped back, and he suddenly stopped the car.

He sighed and turned his head towards me. "Spit it out."

"Don't you think it would have been relevant for me to know that this business partner of yours is your cousin and his wife?"

"No, because Kunzite and I actually had some business matters to discuss. It had nothing to do with family ties. It was a business dinner."

He just didn't understand what I was getting at! Ah! Idiot! Angry, I got out of the car, slammed the door shut, and walked along the road for a bit. I heard his door close as well, and I turned around. Diamond's stubborn expression hardened when he noticed my agitated reaction. His eyes sparkled with tension, and he pressed his lips together.

"It was just a dinner, Usagi! Stop making such a drama out of it and get back in the car!"

I walked briskly towards him and poked my index finger against his steel chest. "No! That was not just a dinner! That was a dinner with your family, at least a part of it. That's something completely different! Kaori at least thinks I'm your partner."

He grabbed my hand and pulled me tightly against him, tilted his head, and his lips met mine. "Tonight, you still belong to me."

I pushed him back a bit. "Diamond, I am not your possession. I don't belong to you or anyone else, only myself." I turned to walk away again, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards him. The familiar desire flared in his eyes, and my pulse quickened. I tried to push my inner junkie back into its corner. No. I was mad at him. No sex without understanding. Maybe he would understand that language. I turned away from his embrace.

"What is this going to be?" he shouted as I got back in the car.

"I'm sitting in the car. You can keep driving." He clearly hadn't expected that, as he stared at me in astonishment.

We spent the rest of the way in silence. I lay lengthwise on the bed in the bedroom, contemplating. Occasionally, I saw Diamond pacing back and forth on the terrace, talking on the phone, without approaching him. It was our last evening. Tomorrow morning, I would be leaving again. Then the chapter with Diamond would be over. He had even agreed to distance himself from me and make way for Seiya... A strange feeling in my stomach made itself known.

Three men, three names for me. It would all be finally over soon... Bunny, Usagi, and my darling...

No one would ever address me as Bunny again, as Mamoru was the only one who used that name. He would soon become a father... Our relationship had been perfect for a long time, almost too good to be true. And then everything fell apart... Just over a year ago, we were so happy. Who would have thought our relationship would look like this today...

Some still called me Usagi, mostly business clients, but if Diamond distanced himself from me, I would never hear my name from his mouth again. With that unique bedroom voice... I would never again experience our little adventures. No one would ever push my buttons and arouse me sexually like he did... At that thought, I glanced at the terrace, but he was gone.

Instead, I was left with the name "darling" that Seiya had given me. Seiya, who always made me laugh, who was always lovingly there for me and took care of me. He even cut his tour short just to be with me after the accident. Plus, he had written that breathtaking song for me. A slight fluttering sensation filled me as I thought of him, and the melody was already playing in my mind again. I sent a message to Seiya: "I'll be back tomorrow, not sure exactly when. Let's have breakfast together the day after tomorrow."