Disclaimer: I don't own Smoon and the song SWAY.
A/n: My first time ever posting here in this category. This is also my first attempted songfic, the song is by Bic Runga, titled Sway.
Summary: College student Mamoru Chiba and high school junior Usagi Tsukino have this what you might call a love and hate relationship. It's true at what they say that there's a fine line between hate and love but will these two finally realized it when they crossed that line?
All Because Of YouMamoru Chiba entered the Crown Arcade with his usual confident stride. His gorgeous blue eyes roamed the ice cream parlor and found two persons that he was looking for. One was Motoki, the other one was…
"Hey Odango Atama." Mamoru greeted with a challenging smile.
Usagi who's back was against him, winced at the infuriating nickname he gave her. Slowly Usagi turned towards him. "What do you want Mamo-baka?" Usagi spoke her pretty face darkening into a scowl.
Mamoru ignored her scowl. "How have you been doing with those quizzes of yours? Got any higher than 30%?" Mamoru asked grinning.
Usagi fumed. "As a matter of fact, I got a 75% today." She spoke icily.
"Only a 75? Maybe you should go home and study for awhile." Mamoru suggested mockingly. "Now why don't you be a good girl and do just that?" He said patting her head repeatedly, watching in amusement as her face flushed red in anger.
"That's it! I'm outta her!" Usagi growled pushing him hardly away. "Bye guys." Usagi spoke grimly to her friends.
"Bye…" they echoed watching as she pushed the door.
Meanwhile, Mamoru had already sauntered off to the bar to greet his friend.
"Motoki! How about a soda?" Mamoru spoke sitting casually at the stool.
"Was that Usagi who stormed out seconds ago?" Motoki asked as he handed Mamoru his soda.
"Huhummm." Mamrou gulped down his drink.
"You know it really puzzles me why you like to tease her so…" Motoki asked his friend studying him carefully. "Any specific reasons?"
"I dunno… coz she's so easy to tease?" Mamoru shrugged nonchalantly.
"I've always thought that you two have some sort of unnatural attraction to each other. That maybe you like her?" Motoki commented thoughtfully.
Mamoru choked and laughed forcibly. When Motoki didn't laugh, he glared at him. "What?! Me and Odango…like each other?" He sputtered.
"Like they say, the more you hate the more you love. And besides I didn't exactly say that Usagi likes you. Not after the way you have been treating her…" Motoki trailed off.
"Me? Like that ditz?" Mamoru scoffed.
"I;m not so sure which planet your from Mamoru…but Usagi is quite a looker don't you think? And let's not leaved out that nice body of hers…" Motoki speculated.
A funny look crossed Mamoru's face.
***
"I swear those two are perfect for each other." Mina said with a sigh.
"If they don't kill each other first that us." Lita grinned.
"I have the most wonderful idea! Why don't we set those two up?" Mina spoke a gleam in her eyes.
Rei snorted. "Not one of your crazy ideas Min." Rei warned. Amy nodded her approval at Rei.
"But GUYS!" Mina pouted.
Rei shook her head NO firmly.
"Hey! Isn't that Usagi talking to Seiya outside?" Rei spoke aloud.
All eyes turned towards the window.
***
"Looks like that guy thinks Usagi's pretty hot too." Motoki spoke glancing outside.
"Huh? Where?" Mamoru spoke feeling a bit panicky, following Motoki's gaze. "He probably needs directions or something." Mamoru tried to console himself not to get worried.
"I don't think so…they seem to know each other." Motoki commented.
Mamoru looked at the two figures outside hard. "Who the hell is that?" Mamoru scowled.
Motoki imitated Mamoru's nonchalant shrug earlier. "Why don't you ask Usagi?" Motoki suggested indifferently but was grinning inside at Mamoru's odd reaction. He left and served Usagi's friends.
Mamoru's blood was beginning to boil. His hands were clenched tightly as Usagi smiled sweetly at the man Mamoru didn't recognize. The unknown stranger gently touched Usagi's elbow leading her away. His scowl got deeper when Mamoru arrived again.
"Guess who that guy was? It's Seiya, the lead singer from that new rock group the Starlights!" Motoki shared the information he got from the girls.
Mamoru just glared at him and stood up abruptly.
"Hey! Remember its not yet too late to change the way d\she thinks if you. I for one thinks that you should start being nice to her." Motoki called out to his best friend who was walking briskly out.
SWAYDon't stray don't ever go away
I should be much too smart for thisYou know it gets the better of me
Mamoru sat at his seat, listening to his professor talk, and for the first time since he started taking this course, Mamoru found himself distracted. He mentally slapped himself and tried one more time to listen to the lesson taught. But visions of a golden haired, blue-eyes girl blocked any of his capacity to think sensibly, and of course that guy Seiya that she was smiling at.
"Could I really be falling for Odango?" Mamoru wondered.
He recalled all the times they were together, and mentally chuckled at the picture that formed in his mind. All they ever did was bicker, argue and squabble and yet…Mamoru thoroughly enjoyed himself during those times.
Sometimes, when you and I collideI fall into an ocean of you, pull me out in time
Don't let me drown, let me down
I say it's all because of you.
Mamoru carelessly walked down the street where he and Usagi usually bumped into each other. This was now a block away from his new apartment and he went all the way here just for a chance encounter with the blonde bubbly, girl that sent his heart beating furiously, previously his hated adversary Usagi Tsukino.
"But did I ever really hate her? Maybe that was just a mask for love and envy. I envy her passion, I envy her zest for life and yet I am irresistibly drawn to it, like a moth to a flame." Mamoru thought.
"Sigh…the things I do for love." Mamoru mused remembering the ton of homework his Prof. assigned him for slacking off in class daydreaming and here he was standing here wasting time.
"Maybe I should just look for her?" Mamoru thought as he checked his watched. "3…2…1…" Mamoru started moving then "BANG!" He wasn't disappointed. But Mamoru was quite ready, his arms circled around her steadying her.
***
Usagi's head was buried at someone's chest. Her hand was sprawled in an awkward position, holding onto the man's shirt another on his arm. Usagi blushed at the hard, lean body, she felt beneath her hand.
"I'm sorry." Usagi murmured eyes downcast as she began to push him away and regain her own balance.
"No problem Usagi." A familiar voice answered her sending out an electric shock through her spine.
Usagi froze. "Why in all the people in the world does it have to be him?" She hastily broke away, straightened herself up and glared wearily up at him.
"Mamo-baka." Usagi's voice was clipped.
Mamoru lost himself as he stared at her blazing blue eyes, totally transfixed.
"Well…" Usagi snarled.
"Are you alright Usagi?" Mamoru asked broken from the trance.
"Wait…did you just call me Usagi?" Usagi wondered. Then her eyes narrowed suspiciously, "Alright… what do you want and what are you up to this time/" Usagi asked arms folded at her chest.
Mamoru held out his hand in surrender. "Do you prefer me calling you Odango Atama then?" Mamoru teased. He sighed when she didn't crack a smile.
"Ok…Ok…I just wanted to apologize for any of our past misunderstanding." Mamoru spoke with a smile that could melt anyone's heart. But Usgai Tsukino wasn't just about any woman; she was the most infuriating, stubborn, headstrong woman that by a chance of fate he had fallen helplessly in love with.
A long moment ensued of silence with Usagi's eyebrows raised still skeptical. Mamoru was getting nervous about the situation. He nearly breathed a sigh of relief out loud when Usagi's face eased; her stance relaxed a slow smile tugging at her lips.
"Yeah, you're right. This little fight of ours is getting tiring isn't it?" Usagi acknowledged. "I'm sorry too. So friends?" Usagi offered her hand for a handshake.
Mamoru was momentarily paralyzed, his heart skipped as he touched her hand.
And here I go, losing my control
I'm practicing your name so I can say it to your face
It doesn't seem right, to look you in the eye
And all the things you mean to me, come tumbling out my mouth
"Um…you can let go of my hand now." Usagi fidgeted as Mamoru held her hand firmly in his. The moment Mamoru's grip loosened, Usagi snatched back her hand.
"Well, I've got to know now. See ya!" Usagi spoke with forced cheer as she tried moving past him.
"Wait!" Mamoru panicked and grabbed her arm.
"What now?" Usagi asked with a tinge of annoyance and suspicion.
"Well…you see…ahhhh…" Mamoru stammered. Usagi looked amused.
"I have to tickets for the ice rink near here and I was wondering if you'd like to go…with me of course." He said quickly. "We can go catch a movie or maybe I can treat you to dinner?" He added flustered.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" Usagi asked slowly with emphasis.
"Yes…Um well, no, well see it's not like a real date or anything, sort of like a friendly date to make up for all those times I made fun of you and stuff." Mamoru hastily explained.
Usagi's smiled, her blue eyes sparkling. "Okay!" She chirped latching on to his arm. "C'mon, I'll go watch a movie with you…as long as I pick!" Usagi announced.
***
"I wonder what he's up to?" Usagi thought as they walked inside the cinema. "But no matter…" She thought devilishly as she picked out the movie that they were going to see. She was going to pick out the most annoying movie that Mamoru was surely going to hate and then he might tell her what this peace business is all about. Usagi thought satisfied.
Inside Usagi giggled as the character did one ridiculous stunt after another. "Mamoru must be counting the seconds till this movie is finished." Usagi thought wickedly. She was sadly mistaken however as this were the thought that went through his mind…
"Man, she's so perfect." Mamoru thought with adoration, his eyes on her barely watching the flick.
After the movie, "SO did you like the movie?" Usagi asked with laughter in her voice.
Mamoru snapped out of his daydream, the silly look gone from his face. Usagi giggled.
Mamoru looked down at her. "Huh?" He asked giving her a charming smile as though asking her to forgive him.
"I said did you like the movie?" Usagi repeated her eyes twinkling.
Darien frowned and tried to remember. All he remembered was a lot of shouting and stupid laughter and of course Usagi's blue eyes, lighting with pleasure as she enjoyed the movie. Not wanting to disappoint her, "Uh, sure. They deserve an Oscar!" he spoke grinning.
Usagi couldn't hold it anymore and broke down laughing.
"What?" Mamoru asked confused. Usagi shook her head still laughing and grabbed his arm.
"I'm hungry." Usagi complained.
"Good, cause I'm treating you to dinner." Mamoru spoke automatically.
They ate at a little café that wasn't too expensive but wasn't actually quite cheap either.
"Are you sure about this? You know how much I eat don't you?" Usagi asked skeptically. Mamoru simply kept quiet and led them to their seats.
After eating, "Are you sure you can pay for all of these? I didn't exactly spare any expense." Usagi spoke guiltily willing to split up the tab.
Mamoru shook his head. "I said that I'm going to treat you didn't I?" He spoke picking up the bill and paying it with his credit card. Usagi watched surprised. Mamrou then ordered 2 glasses of wine to toast to their newfound friendship.
"Why are you doing this?" Usagi asked with stunned amazement.
Indeed it's time to tell you whyI say it's infinitely true
"Because I'm in love with you." Mamoru instantly thought but instead… " Because I wanted to make up for the bad start we had." Mamoru spoke sincerely.
"I thought you were only kidding with this friendship thing, but now I guess you really mean it." Usagi spoke smiling.
Mamoru grinned. "But don't you agree that this is much better than those fighting match we had?"
Usagi rolled her eyes. "Much better."
Mamoru clasped Usagi's hand that was lying on the table. She looked at him startled.
"M'lady would you care for a dance? They're playing our song." Mamoru asked gallantly flashing her on of his "you-cant-resist-me" smile.
"But I don't even know what they're playing. How can it be our song?" Usagi protested.
"We'll learn it afterwards." Mamoru spoke grinning. Usagi grinned back and accepted his hand shyly.
The café had a little dance floor by the center and there were people playing the instruments to provide a sensuous music.
Usagi mentally sighed as Mamoru held her close. She closed her eyes and lost herself to the music.
Say you'll stay, don't come and goLike you do
Sway my way yeah I need to know
All about you
"This feels nice." Usagi murmured.
Mamoru's brain wasn't functioning properly for he was in cloud 9. He held her tightly, savoring her scent. She felt so good to be in his arms…so right. By the time the song ended, they realized how much deeper their feelings for each other ran.
"Mamoru I…" Usagi's mouth parted her eyes meeting his.
Mamoru couldn't take it anymore, his mouth brushed against her for the briefest moment making Usagi's eyes go wide. "Her first kiss!"
An: As you know this is my first time writing a song fic…I fell in love with Bic Runga's song Sway!!! This was originally a one-shot fic but I'm too tired to finish it off typing. Yes, this is not end, as you can see the song wasn't even finished. I know that this scenario or type of story isn't exactly original but I enjoyed writing it so I'm sorry if there are a lot of similar fics like this. ThankS! And Review please!
