A Collection of Drabbles in Honour of the Usagi and Mamoru 2nd Anniversary.
Birthdays – Cake
Unforgotten Odango
Usagi's heart jumped to her throat as she entered the arcade and took a seat on a stool beside the dark haired grump she had come to "despise". They exchanged no words, refusing to acknowledge each other lest another argument commence. This was not the day to argue. Usagi only spoke when Motoki came to her, asking if she'd like her usual sundae.
Finishing her sundae with a flourish, Usagi set the spoon aside and gave a great sigh of satisfaction. She smiled up at Motoki as he took the empty glass away, and then fell back onto the stool to continue her silence.
The silence was maddening. She had never been one to sit still with no words - especially with the man to her left. She set her elbow on the counter, her head resting in her palm and her right hand drumming.
She wondered if he remembered – she had been screaming it out all week. She wondered if he had been so cold-hearted as to forget or do nothing.
With another sigh she sat back again and stooped low to retrieve her forgotten school bag. When her eyes met the counter, she stood straight just quick enough to see his arm slithering back to the textbook he had been reading. Her eyes scanned the counter; a small pink icing chocolate cupcake with a single unburned candle did not go unnoticed. A small scrap of paper with a tidy scroll of 'Happy Birthday Odango' adorned its side. Usagi smiled silently, lifting it to her lips to taste the pink icing with a hum of satisfaction. Despite the rude nickname, he had remembered! Mamoru had presented her with her own personal cake, just big enough for her – her favourite kind too!
She turned to her dark counter-part and threw her arms around his shoulders in a tight hug. With a whisper of "My name is Usagi", she released him and lifted her bag and cupcake from the counter, skipping out of the arcade.