Box of Chocolates
Sum: Sort of drabble-esque without the rules, but each bite has a different flavor, some amazingly mouthwatering, some, not so good.
23 September 2009
Just because I couldn't really decide on a summary:
sum 2: Drabbles, sort of... misleading adventures of our senshi... thoughts that go nowhere but are entertaining nonetheless
sum 3: the slightly different takes on life as the senshi know it... the changes that could alter things drastically.
AN: I know, I know.... EWM, LIT, TA, TTB, SUS, and many others that you all want me to finish... will eventually be... there are a few more on the back burner that you don't even know about yet, and I fear I won't do them justice.... but as I've said before, reading is a very bad thing as it points things out that even those authors didn't realize they'd brought up, and makes me want to explore down a very different path.... HOPEFULLY this one will only be a short one parter, maybe two or three.... but..... it's going to be written in the mean time. EWM I have so much more written for it, except I need to transcribe it from my notebook, which is currently not in my possession, as it's at my parent's place and I refuse to rewrite it unless it's the way I had originally envisioned it to be. So, hopefully, here's the shortie:! I don't even really know if I like the summaries....
Chili Chocolate
23 September 2009
Csum: Mamoru POV on the shortness of skirts and Ugg boots
word count: 1135
It was always a wonder to me, what made a girl, all types of girls, almost every girl, desire to wear a short jean skirt and ridiculous looking Ugg boots in the middle of winter. First off, if it was cold enough to wear boots that heavy to protect their feet and keep warm, then what on earth would drive them to expose their legs to the weather with wearing a skirt at all? Secondly, said skirt was super short and impossible to sit in, probably drafty at the same time.
The girls probably thought it attracted males, but men were just mind boggled by the concept, most of whom were too cold to even think about exposing any part of them to the elements that nipped and caused them to wear jackets and hats and jeans when most would rather be on the ocean's shelf, riding the waves. Most men.
Third, the boots were just ugly.
I opened my mouth to comment on a girl who was wearing something similar, not Ugg boots, but rather a nicer pair of camel colored lace-ups with a knee length skirt of deep red and had just discarded a coat similar in color to the boots to reveal a long-sleeved white sweater. The girl was familiar, and she was quickly taking off said boots to replace them with a pair of dry white flats. My comment got stuck in my throat as I realized those boots were only to wear through the snow until she could get to a drier area.
The other girls had switched to their Uggs once inside from sneakers, just to show off the fact that they had those boots and could wear them as well. I frowned, wondering why this one girl, who seemed so much on trend and similar to those others, would choose the other way around, and if she was going to go to lengths as to wear them just outside, why wouldn't she just wear jeans underneath?
"It's much too hot with those boots on in here." She was saying to my best friend, and owner of the arcade, fanning herself as she adjusted to the temperature change. "It sure is nice in here though."
"They offer you some protection then?" I lifted a black brow and her light blue eyes move to mine in surprise.
"Maybe not the protection I would like between them and my skirt, but it's a hazard of wanting to wear something other than jeans every day of your life." She shrugged and there was a small smile on her lips as she turned away stating she was thinking something beyond what she'd said to me, but wasn't willing to share, and it was humorous to her. I turned, hoping she would return the attention, but she seemed in too good of a mood to argue with me today, and was blatantly ignoring me.
I had no smart comment about her choice, hers actually made sense to me in this case, and I had no wish for her to start acting like the other girls in here, at least in the fashion sector. Another girl walked in, this one a friend of the girl next to me, but a distant one at that. She was wearing a short skirt with leggings that reached her knees and a pair of newer Uggs, ones that only reached her ankles verses upper calf. I wondered at that fashion trend as well, the desire to put a skirt over pants and a pair of boots that would not protect you from getting snow in them and you would still get very cold.
I shook my head, girl's fashion was too hard to understand, I would take a men's meager amount of choices any day than try to figure out what was acceptable this year. I turned back to Motoki, but he was looking at yet another newcomer, and I glanced from the corner of my eye to see his girlfriend pulling on a pair of Ugg boots and heard his low whistle of appreciation as he caught a glimpse of what she was wearing under her skirt. He'd no doubt have found out later anyways. I rolled my eyes at him, I guess some guys liked that sort of thing.
I turned my attention back to the girl who had surprised me once again, only to discover she had disappeared, again. I looked around the arcade for her, wondering if she'd just gone to play video games again, but having a feeling that, no, she wasn't. She did this sometimes, disappear for a couple of hours to return again, usually to pick up the stuff she'd left behind, which Motoki dutifully kept for her.
Her boots were gone, her white flats sitting where she'd left everything else, including her coat. I wondered what could have prompted this run, her usual excuse was that she left something she needed and had to go get it. I could not dwell on my thoughts any longer, as another girl called for me.
I pulled on my heavy coat and scarf and left the arcade as well. Motoki looking after me with a frown, but I never left anything behind, just a generous tip.
When I got to the fight, everything was as it usually was, but something else caught my attention. I had always noticed and appreciated how short their skirts were, especially the leader's and their addition of boots or high heels. The cold though drew that attention to the fact that I was so much more protected from the chill than they were. Mars and Venus had heels and a short skirt, Jupiter boots to her ankles and a short green skirt. Mercury and Moon both had boots that went up to their knees and left their long legs bare until it reached the impossibly short skirts that left not much to the imagination when they moved. How could they stand the chill? It wasn't like we could change the outfits at whim to fit the weather, but I suppose in some ways this probably sparked the trend of boots and skirts, and it would make it possible for any girl to be used to it during the day hours as well.
It made a good training for such occasions as these, otherwise they'd no doubt be freezing on top of everything else during battle. No wonder Usagi had been laughing at me, she was probably so much more used to the cold than I was, and if I had to go outside in just my boxers, I wouldn't be able to stand even a tenth of a second where she could traipse around all day in her outfit because she was used to it.
EAN: Yeah, I don't know.... I partly like it and partly wonder if I should redo it.... in the end though, this is probably going to be one of my worst.... the next few I promise I will try harder!