Two To Tango – Part 3
"Ami-chan! Wake up Ami-chan!" Usagi was kneeling on the ground next to her blue-haired friend and shaking her repeatedly.
"Usagi-chan? What's wrong with Ami-chan?" Makoto ran over to the two girls.
"She passed out."
"Was she just walking and then passed out or did something happen?"
"Um… I showed her my mark on my test and she just passed out."
"Was it a lower than possible grade? Let me see." Makoto grabbed the paper from Usagi's hand and her eyes bugged out of her head when she saw the mark. "Eighty-seven percent! No way! How on Earth did you pull this off Usagi-chan? Isn't your average mark on tests a 30?"
"Yes… but Mamoru-san is a great teacher. Hey! She's coming to!"
"Us-a-gi-ch-an st-op sha-king me!" Ami managed to say as Usagi was still shaking her.
"Oops! Sorry Ami-chan! Are you alright?"
"I'm just in shock I guess. That's a really good grade Usagi. I'm proud of you."
"Thank you!" Usagi said cheerfully. The 3 girls talked for a while longer, but they were interrupted by the sound of someone honking.
"Who's that?" Makoto asked looking around.
"Mamoru-san! Over here!" Usagi called. He parked his car and got out. "Look what I got on my test!"
"I've gotta see this! Since it isn't in a ball, and you aren't throwing it at me, it has to be a good mark!" He grinned at her, it was still hilarious to tease her, as long as she didn't get to upset, since they were friends now. She stuck her tongue out at him and handed him the paper.
"See?"
Mamoru was surprised. "Congratulations Usagi-chan!"
Ami looked over at Makoto when she heard him say 'Usagi-chan,' Makoto just shrugged her shoulders. When they looked back their mouths dropped when they saw that Mamoru and Usagi were hugging.
"Good job! I knew you could do it!" Mamoru spun Usagi in a circle, while she squealed desperately trying to let her feet touch the ground. When he stopped he helped Usagi steady herself and then asked her, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yep! Bye girls! I'll see you later, or maybe tomorrow!" Usagi called as she started to walk towards Mamoru's car.
"You're going?" Ami asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I've still got some work to do." Usagi said as she climbed into Mamoru's car beside him. With a skeptical look from Ami, and a devious one from Makoto, she closed the door and they drove off.
"Are your parent's home right now?" Mamoru's question caught Usagi off- guard.
"Um… I don't think so." She replied.
"Can we make a short stop at your house then?"
"I guess so." Usagi wondered why it mattered if anyone was home at her house, she suddenly felt a bit nervous being alone with him.
Once they got to her room Usagi was relieved, Mamoru wanted to see if she had any clothes to wear to the party on Saturday, he figured that a 16-year old wouldn't have many formal dresses. She had 2, one that hadn't fit her since she was 12, and another that would be too uncomfortable to dance in.
"Okay then. Do you want to go shopping, Usagi-chan?"
"Are you serious? You're taking me shopping? No way! This is so cool!"
"Are you gay?" Usagi asked Mamoru as they walked out of their last store with shoes and a beautiful dress that he had picked out for her.
"WHAT?"
Usagi blushed slightly. "I'm sorry, it's just that, you don't have a girlfriend, you like to dance, and you're shopping for dresses and shoes, and you're damn good at it I might add!"
"No." Mamoru laughed. "I am most definitely not gay!"
"How do I know you aren't just saying that? I won't care if you are, I always thought that it would be cool to have a guy friend that was gay."
"I'm not gay! Do you want me to prove it?"
"Yeah." She knew he wasn't gay, but seeing him get frustrated was always good for a laugh. Her mouth was suddenly too busy to laugh and she realized that Mamoru was kissing her. Usagi, who had never been kissed before, wasn't sure what to do, but she kissed back.
"Wow! Okay! I believe you!" Usagi was reeling from the incredibly passionate kiss. 'Who would've thought that I would enjoy kissing Mamoru so much? Are all of his kisses like this, or is this one just special because he was trying to prove he wasn't gay?'
"Usagi!"
Usagi slowly turned around. She recognized that voice anywhere, Rei. "Hi girls." She said as her cheeks turned a dark pink.
"What do you think you're doing?" Rei scolded.
"Don't be such a mother!"
"It's not the way it looks!"
"Yeah! I thought he was gay!" Usagi shouted, rather loudly. Mamoru turned red and hid his face with his hand as he heard the 4 girls start to giggle a bit.
"Usagi-chan!" He pleaded quietly to her. "Can we please go and spare ourselves further embarrassment?"
"Definitely!"
"Wait! Usagi-chan! What's going on?" Ami yelled.
"Yeah! And what kind of dumb excuse is: 'I thought he was gay?'" Minako called after them.
"Hey look! They dropped the receipt from one of their bags!" Makoto pointed out. Minako quickly ran over and picked it up.
"Look at this! It seems Mamoru just spent a whole lot of money in this shop." Giggled Minako.
"On what?" Rei asked.
"A dress, and it's Usagi's size." Minako said.
"Interesting!" Makoto laughed.
"Hurry up Usagi-chan!" Mamoru called through the closed door.
"OK, I'm coming out!" Usagi called and slowly opened the door.
Mamoru stood back to give her enough room, and couldn't believe his eyes. "Wow!" Was all he could say. 'Usagi is beautiful!' was what he was actually thinking.
"Does it look okay?" Usagi asked shyly.
"Y-you look great, terrific actually." He finally managed to say. "But go change back, we don't want anything to happen to the dress before the party."
"Of course!"
As Mamoru waited for Usagi to finish changing he thought to himself, 'I never realized how pretty she was. And there is something about her, she seems so familiar, and even when we are teasing each other I'm happy to be around her.'
Meanwhile Usagi was fixing her hair in the mirror and she wondered to herself, 'What's going on between us? I've never felt this way before, about anyone. I like being with him, something I never thought I would say. And that kiss… and what about the way he just looked at me when I showed him what I looked like in the dress?'
"These shoes are hard to walk in." Usagi complained as she walked over to Mamoru.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get used to it."
"I hope so, at least in time for Saturday. Today's Tuesday, that means that we only have 4 more days."
"I know. Let's continue where we left off yesterday, shall we?" He took her hand and led her to the area of the floor that he had cleared out for dancing.
"Which one is this again?"
"This is the waltz."
"What were we doing on Monday?"
"That was just basic dancing, it wasn't really anything in particular."
"Oh!"
"Do you realize that we're dancing in perfect time to each other and aren't even trying to or paying attention?"
"Really?" She asked as they moved gracefully around the floor in perfect unison.
"It's like we're one person." Mamoru and Usagi suddenly said at the same time.
"That was a pretty good refresher from yesterday." Mamoru said. "I can't believe that you learned how to waltz in just over one day."
"What now?"
"Now, we keep practicing."
"Oh."
"You know, you're a very graceful dancer for someone who's usually such a klutz."
"Thanks, I guess."
"Well, I guess we can call it a night, it's almost eight."
"Yeah, hey, Mamoru-san… do you want to get something to eat? You bought me that dress, the least I can do is buy you dinner."
"That sounds fair, thanks Usagi-chan."
"Ami-chan! Wake up Ami-chan!" Usagi was kneeling on the ground next to her blue-haired friend and shaking her repeatedly.
"Usagi-chan? What's wrong with Ami-chan?" Makoto ran over to the two girls.
"She passed out."
"Was she just walking and then passed out or did something happen?"
"Um… I showed her my mark on my test and she just passed out."
"Was it a lower than possible grade? Let me see." Makoto grabbed the paper from Usagi's hand and her eyes bugged out of her head when she saw the mark. "Eighty-seven percent! No way! How on Earth did you pull this off Usagi-chan? Isn't your average mark on tests a 30?"
"Yes… but Mamoru-san is a great teacher. Hey! She's coming to!"
"Us-a-gi-ch-an st-op sha-king me!" Ami managed to say as Usagi was still shaking her.
"Oops! Sorry Ami-chan! Are you alright?"
"I'm just in shock I guess. That's a really good grade Usagi. I'm proud of you."
"Thank you!" Usagi said cheerfully. The 3 girls talked for a while longer, but they were interrupted by the sound of someone honking.
"Who's that?" Makoto asked looking around.
"Mamoru-san! Over here!" Usagi called. He parked his car and got out. "Look what I got on my test!"
"I've gotta see this! Since it isn't in a ball, and you aren't throwing it at me, it has to be a good mark!" He grinned at her, it was still hilarious to tease her, as long as she didn't get to upset, since they were friends now. She stuck her tongue out at him and handed him the paper.
"See?"
Mamoru was surprised. "Congratulations Usagi-chan!"
Ami looked over at Makoto when she heard him say 'Usagi-chan,' Makoto just shrugged her shoulders. When they looked back their mouths dropped when they saw that Mamoru and Usagi were hugging.
"Good job! I knew you could do it!" Mamoru spun Usagi in a circle, while she squealed desperately trying to let her feet touch the ground. When he stopped he helped Usagi steady herself and then asked her, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yep! Bye girls! I'll see you later, or maybe tomorrow!" Usagi called as she started to walk towards Mamoru's car.
"You're going?" Ami asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I've still got some work to do." Usagi said as she climbed into Mamoru's car beside him. With a skeptical look from Ami, and a devious one from Makoto, she closed the door and they drove off.
"Are your parent's home right now?" Mamoru's question caught Usagi off- guard.
"Um… I don't think so." She replied.
"Can we make a short stop at your house then?"
"I guess so." Usagi wondered why it mattered if anyone was home at her house, she suddenly felt a bit nervous being alone with him.
Once they got to her room Usagi was relieved, Mamoru wanted to see if she had any clothes to wear to the party on Saturday, he figured that a 16-year old wouldn't have many formal dresses. She had 2, one that hadn't fit her since she was 12, and another that would be too uncomfortable to dance in.
"Okay then. Do you want to go shopping, Usagi-chan?"
"Are you serious? You're taking me shopping? No way! This is so cool!"
"Are you gay?" Usagi asked Mamoru as they walked out of their last store with shoes and a beautiful dress that he had picked out for her.
"WHAT?"
Usagi blushed slightly. "I'm sorry, it's just that, you don't have a girlfriend, you like to dance, and you're shopping for dresses and shoes, and you're damn good at it I might add!"
"No." Mamoru laughed. "I am most definitely not gay!"
"How do I know you aren't just saying that? I won't care if you are, I always thought that it would be cool to have a guy friend that was gay."
"I'm not gay! Do you want me to prove it?"
"Yeah." She knew he wasn't gay, but seeing him get frustrated was always good for a laugh. Her mouth was suddenly too busy to laugh and she realized that Mamoru was kissing her. Usagi, who had never been kissed before, wasn't sure what to do, but she kissed back.
"Wow! Okay! I believe you!" Usagi was reeling from the incredibly passionate kiss. 'Who would've thought that I would enjoy kissing Mamoru so much? Are all of his kisses like this, or is this one just special because he was trying to prove he wasn't gay?'
"Usagi!"
Usagi slowly turned around. She recognized that voice anywhere, Rei. "Hi girls." She said as her cheeks turned a dark pink.
"What do you think you're doing?" Rei scolded.
"Don't be such a mother!"
"It's not the way it looks!"
"Yeah! I thought he was gay!" Usagi shouted, rather loudly. Mamoru turned red and hid his face with his hand as he heard the 4 girls start to giggle a bit.
"Usagi-chan!" He pleaded quietly to her. "Can we please go and spare ourselves further embarrassment?"
"Definitely!"
"Wait! Usagi-chan! What's going on?" Ami yelled.
"Yeah! And what kind of dumb excuse is: 'I thought he was gay?'" Minako called after them.
"Hey look! They dropped the receipt from one of their bags!" Makoto pointed out. Minako quickly ran over and picked it up.
"Look at this! It seems Mamoru just spent a whole lot of money in this shop." Giggled Minako.
"On what?" Rei asked.
"A dress, and it's Usagi's size." Minako said.
"Interesting!" Makoto laughed.
"Hurry up Usagi-chan!" Mamoru called through the closed door.
"OK, I'm coming out!" Usagi called and slowly opened the door.
Mamoru stood back to give her enough room, and couldn't believe his eyes. "Wow!" Was all he could say. 'Usagi is beautiful!' was what he was actually thinking.
"Does it look okay?" Usagi asked shyly.
"Y-you look great, terrific actually." He finally managed to say. "But go change back, we don't want anything to happen to the dress before the party."
"Of course!"
As Mamoru waited for Usagi to finish changing he thought to himself, 'I never realized how pretty she was. And there is something about her, she seems so familiar, and even when we are teasing each other I'm happy to be around her.'
Meanwhile Usagi was fixing her hair in the mirror and she wondered to herself, 'What's going on between us? I've never felt this way before, about anyone. I like being with him, something I never thought I would say. And that kiss… and what about the way he just looked at me when I showed him what I looked like in the dress?'
"These shoes are hard to walk in." Usagi complained as she walked over to Mamoru.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get used to it."
"I hope so, at least in time for Saturday. Today's Tuesday, that means that we only have 4 more days."
"I know. Let's continue where we left off yesterday, shall we?" He took her hand and led her to the area of the floor that he had cleared out for dancing.
"Which one is this again?"
"This is the waltz."
"What were we doing on Monday?"
"That was just basic dancing, it wasn't really anything in particular."
"Oh!"
"Do you realize that we're dancing in perfect time to each other and aren't even trying to or paying attention?"
"Really?" She asked as they moved gracefully around the floor in perfect unison.
"It's like we're one person." Mamoru and Usagi suddenly said at the same time.
"That was a pretty good refresher from yesterday." Mamoru said. "I can't believe that you learned how to waltz in just over one day."
"What now?"
"Now, we keep practicing."
"Oh."
"You know, you're a very graceful dancer for someone who's usually such a klutz."
"Thanks, I guess."
"Well, I guess we can call it a night, it's almost eight."
"Yeah, hey, Mamoru-san… do you want to get something to eat? You bought me that dress, the least I can do is buy you dinner."
"That sounds fair, thanks Usagi-chan."