Title: In His Dreams
Theme: Aphrodisiac
Genre: Romance/Humor 
Version: Manga 
Rating: R

	The first thing Helios noticed as he entered the sitting room of his 
maiden’s suite was the candles. Casting off a warm, romantic glow, they were 
scattered everywhere throughout the room, making the need for artificial 
lighting unnecessary. Indeed, the room was otherwise dark, the only other 
source of light being the bright full moon that shone in through the large 
window.

	In the center of the room, he saw that a table for two had been set. 
A group of five pure white candles had been set together in the middle of the 
table, making the light more concentrated there than the rest of the room, 
and a bottle of champagne was chilling in a bucket of ice. Walking over to 
the table, he noticed that it was one of his favorites and began to pour two 
glasses, wondering where Serenity was. Diana, who he had run into on the way 
to Serenity’s suite, had told him to go right in, but his maiden was no where 
in sight.

	“Serenity?” he called. “Are you here?”

	Just then, the door that lead to Serenity’s bedroom opened, revealing 
his beloved maiden, although she looked quite different than her usual self. 
In contrast to her usual flowing dresses of innocent pastels, Serenity wore a 
curve-hugging, burgundy gown that made her look more the vixen than the 
maiden, especially when she turned around. The dress was almost completely 
backless, and a golden chain dropped down from the collar, ending with a 
garnet stone that fell right at the small of her back.

	Sucking in a sharp breath, Helios tightened his grip around his 
champagne glass so he wouldn’t accidentally drop it.

	“Do you like it?” Serenity asked coyly, though by the smile on her 
blood-red lips, it was obvious she already knew the answer.

	Helios could only nod, unable to take his eyes off of her as he 
silently offered her the other glass. She had always been a beautiful girl, 
but that night, Serenity was absolutely stunning, showing off a side of 
herself he had never seen before. He had to admit he quite liked it.

	“Shall we eat?” she suggested, indicating the two plates on the 
table, which were suddenly filled with oysters.

	Funny, Helios didn’t remember seeing them before, but he pushed the 
thought from his mind and pulled one of the chairs out from under the table 
so Serenity could sit down. As she did so, he caught a whiff of her jasmine-
scented perfume.

	The dinner, which consisted of nearly every rumored aphrodisiac known 
to man, was delicious, and the food certainly worked its mythical magic on 
him. By the time dessert -- a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries -- 
arrived, they could barely keep their hands off of each other, Serenity 
abandoning her chair to sit on his lap. They took turns feeding each other, 
stopping in between each strawberry to give each other lingering kisses and 
soft caresses.

	“Maybe…we…should…continue…this in…my bedroom,” Serenity said 
breathlessly during one such kiss, the strawberries by then all but 
forgotten.

	Helios agreed, standing up while still holding Serenity in his arms 
and heading to her bedroom. As in the sitting room, the room was lighted by 
candlelight, and somebody had strewn red rose petals all over her pillows and 
bedspread. After Helios gently set Serenity back down on her feet, they 
continued where they had left off, passionately kissing each other as they 
helped take each other’s clothes off.

	Serenity, as it turned out, had not been wearing anything at all 
underneath her sexy dress. As the gown slipped down to her ankles, revealing 
her beautiful nude form, she temporarily broke away from their kisses, 
letting Helios take it all in. She then led him over to the bed, ridding him 
of his last piece of clothing -- his boxers -- before laying back and 
offering herself completely to him.

	For a long moment, Helios simply stared down at her, taking in every 
inch of her pale white skin from her full round breasts to her mile long 
legs. She was unbelievable beautiful, just as he had imagined, and he 
couldn’t believe it was finally happening. Joining her on the bed, he fought 
against his desire to just go for it and took things nice and slow, exploring 
her body like a detective looking for clues. Her sighs and lustful moans told 
him when he was on the right track, and he became even more excited by her 
reactions. In fact, for one moment, he thought he even felt the earth move.

	Unfortunately…

	“Helios-sama, wake up! You‘re going to be late for morning prayers.”

	Groaning, Helios opened his eyes and found himself staring up not at 
the face of his maiden, but of Aurora, one the Maenads who lived with him at 
the shrine. He quickly realized he was back in Elysion, sleeping in his own 
bed, and what he thought had been an earthquake had only been Aurora shaking 
him awake.

	He blushed in embarrassment and sighed.

	A dream.

	It had only been a dream.

DISCLAIMER: "Sailor Moon" is the property of Takeuchi Naoko.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Any comments or criticisms can be sent to me at 
ElysionDream@aol.com. Written for the sm_monthly community at
Livejournal.