#tho srsly that scene when chibiusa's undressing in front of helios

[aegisoul-blog]

Hey Mamoru did you know Helios once lived in Chibi-Usa's room for MONTSH and saw her getting undressed too?

More than anything, Mamoru wants to call the stranger a liarand send them on their way. Not his Chibiusa. She would never… But even as words of protest take shape in his mouth, he can’t bring himself to shout them.Not when there’s that undeniable doubt that’s tunnelled its way through hisconviction and nested in that sacred part of his heart where he treasured and lovedhis daughter.

Some may call Chibiusa her mother’s daughter and she is inso many ways, but her need for secrecy is a trait that she’s inherited entirelyfrom her father. It wasn’t so long ago when they’d all been so embroiled intheir own troubles. Usagi and the senshi with the new enemy and him with thatblack death that’d sat heavy in chest. As was the way of things there’d never been that moment to rest and to talk and to think, everything had spiralled downwardswhen it had all converged into yet another calamity they’d needed to avert.

He never had the time nor the energy back then to give Chibiusathe attention she needed and she’d drifted into her own little world, keepingsecrets. So very much like her father.

“Is that so?” At best he manages a wan smile and feels onlythat familiar sharp stab of disappointment. Not at Chibiusa, but at himself forhaving failed her so badly.

“Then I trust she has her own reasons for not telling me andI’ll wait until she’s ready and if she doesn’t…” He shrugs. It’s as if someone’s pricked his side with a pin and he feels whatever strength he’s managed to cobble together leak away. His smile vanishes and his fingers curl tight at his sides. “Thenit’s her secret to keep.”