Disc: NO. STOP ASKING.

Notes: Based loosely off that episode where Usagi and Rei get trapped in that snow...thing.

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"This stinks."

"No, really?" Rei sneered, crossing her arms over her chest in an attempt to keep precious body-heat within the confines of her jacket. "I thought this was going well."

Usagi sniffled, either from the cold or an oncoming well of tears, Rei wasn't sure. "Aw, Rei, why do you always have to be so mean?"

"'Cause life's mean sometimes, 'dango," the other girl sighed, trying to keep from leaning against the snowy wall of their prison. "Someone has to be the tough one here."

"Hmph. You just wanna wear the pants," Usagi snorted, elicting an embarassed sputter from her friend, as well as a storm of giggles. Rei ran a gloved hand through her damp hair, flashing a grin at the blonde; and for a moment, Usagi had never seen anything pretier in her entire life.

"At least I'd be warmer," she said. Usagi laughed, and decided to tempt fate; she wrapped an arm around Rei's arm and clung to the side of her friend, warmth building up between them. Rei didn't say anything; but whether it was the heat from the middle of their bodily contact that stopped her from ending it or something else, Usagi wasn't sure.

She didn't want to be, quite honestly.