A.N. I wrote this for the Usagi and Mamoru: A Love Like No Other 100 theme challenge referred by my cousin Mikazuki Tsuki.
100 Ways to Fall in Love
Tsuki no Juushi
16. behind the blue curtain
202 words
"Oh! That Mamoru-baka! Why is he so mean to me?" Usagi wailed tearfully as she walked backstage in the near empty auditorium. She pushed aside the blue curtains of the stage.
Juuban High and Juuban Junior High were joining together to put on a charity production of Romeo and Juliet and Usagi had decided to try out for a part of Juliet.
Of course she would not have bothered had she known that Mamoru Chiba was going to be one of the role casters.
"Ha! Odango Atama is auditioning for a play? I highly doubt someone as stupid as you would be able to memorize any lines!"
Suddenly, she tripped. The blonde landed on her bottom with a pained groan, eyes were clenched shut. "Owww..."
Cornflower eyes opened slowly. They not long after, widened with curiosity as she saw a thick, leather bound book that she had seen Mamoru carry around numerous times, lying on the blue fabrics of the curtains.
The book had been opened to one page in particular.
--I ask myself countless times why I am so mean to her... The only thing I could come up with is that I love her... I love my Odango Atama...—
