Again THANKS to everyone for reviewing and for reading.
And to answer the biggest question asked about when Mamoru will find out the truth about Usagi…He will in time but not anytime soon since I don't want to rush it. I'm thinking around chapter 10 maybe sooner. We will see how it plays out. Any ways, Enjoy. EvaC.
Chapter FOUR
Mamoru woke up the next morning not thinking of anything until he heard a sound coming from his living room. Suddenly remembering his little guest, Mamoru quickly got out of bed and ran to the door and looked out seeing his guest still sleeping in the spot from the night before.
Mamoru walked out and over noticing that Usagi had dropped her cat sometime during the night. Mamoru picked it up and placed it beside Usagi on the coffee table before walking over to the bathroom forgetting that he was only in his underwear.
He did his morning business and walked out looking toward Usagi again as he walked to his room thinking that even if Usagi did wake up he was male also so it wouldn't bother him to see Mamoru in only his underwear. They both had the same thing Mamoru thought before he smiled and laughed to himself while putting on some clothes.
He glanced out of the room seeing Usagi still asleep wondering how long the child would sleep. He walked out and over to the washer and started it again since he had forgotten to take the clothes out to put them in the dryer the night before. He didn't want Usagi's clothes to be wrinkled.
Mamoru turned around and walked to the kitchen and started to cook breakfast missing Usagi as she sat up and looked around forgetting for a moment where she was. Seeing Mamoru with his back to her in the kitchen Usagi got up and ran to the bathroom.
When she was done she opened the door slowly and looked around being glad that Mamoru was still in the kitchen. Usagi ran back to the couch and got on it and under the covers just as Mamoru turned around and looked toward her again.
He smiled seeing her awake and walked over to the couch and looked down while Usagi looked up.
"Good morning Usa I hope you slept well?"
"Yes thank you."
"Breakfast is almost ready, go and use the bathroom if you need to. You will have to wear those clothes you have on since I am rewashing yours again since I forgot to put them in the dryer last night. I hate wrinkles in garments."
"That's fine."
"Okay well go on then come eat."
Usagi watched Mamoru going back to the kitchen as she grabbed her hair brush and the bandana making sure to hold it tight since her pins were wrapped in it. She left her hat were it was as she once again went back to the bathroom acting like she hadn't just left the room.
This time Usagi put her hair up and put the bandana on making sure it was tucked in so no hair was showing. She walked out of the bathroom and spotted Mamoru at the table reading a newspaper. Usagi walked over and sat down on his right side since that was where he placed her food.
Usagi looked down at the plate and her eyes widened and her mouth started watering after spotting the French toast and bacon. She glanced over to Mamoru as he placed his paper down and smiled.
"Go on and eat." He told her picking up his fork.
Usagi picked up hers and started to eat only slowing down after she heard Mamoru laughing softly. They ate in silence but Usagi could feel Mamoru's eyes on her now and then.
Mamoru got up at one time to get more coffee and while he was up he went and put the clothes in the dryer. He went back and sat down after he got Usagi another helping of food being glad that she liked his cooking.
After eating, Usagi followed him to the kitchen and watched him put the dishes in the dishwasher. She smiled being kind of glad that he had one and they didn't have to wash by hand. She had done plenty of that in the past.
When he was done loading, Mamoru turned around and looked to Usagi who stood to his side looking up at him.
"Come on, let's go talk about you." Mamoru said holding his arm out showing Usagi to go to the living room.
Usagi walked back to the room followed by Mamoru who stopped by the couch and started to fold the blanket she had used the night before.
Usagi reached for the sheet and started to fold it letting Mamoru take it from her when she was done. Mamoru took the items and the pillow and placed them on an empty chair than sat down noticing as Usagi sat down across from him. He looked down and noticed she had her stuff cat on her lap.
"It's still raining out and from the weather forecast on the news this morning it's going to rain hard on and off for a few more days. I guess the monsoons are here finally." Mamoru started saying.
Usagi only nodded her head after she looked out the balcony windows and saw the rain pouring down. She thought about her makeshift home knowing it would be gone after that rain. She looked down thinking that she couldn't go back there any ways since they had sat those bombs off. She looked back toward Mamoru when he started talking again.
"I have been thinking about you all this morning and I figured you can't go back to where you were staying. I thought about taking you to the cops but I heard in your voice last night how scared you are about those homes you were staying at."
Usagi only nodded her head up and down a few times as she sat silent not really knowing what to say.
Mamoru looked away then back to her and sighed.
"I tell you what. I will let you stay with me for a few. But if you do anything to harm me in any way or if you steal from me I will make sure you are locked up and not in a home. I will have them put you in a jail for kids. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Usagi whispered before she looked down wondering if she should leave. How was she going to stay with him for too long and hide the fact that she was really a girl?
Mamoru sat there suddenly realizing what he had just said. He was going to let this child, who he believed was a young boy, stay with him for a while.
Mamoru looked away toward the windows telling himself that he was really doing it until his mother got home from her trip so he could talk to her about what he should do.
He glanced back toward Usagi who happened to look at him at the same time. Usagi gave a half smile making Mamoru smile back.
"I promise not to give you any problems. I can clean and I do know how to make a few meals. Nothing fancy but I will help around here as payment for the space to sleep and the food you give." Usagi said with her voice sounding small and a hint for fright.
Mamoru smiled once again thinking that the young person in front of him wouldn't hurt a fly.
"So tell me about yourself. If we are going to be roommates for a while we should know more about each other." Usagi suddenly said as she lifted her cat up then back down on her lap.
Mamoru chuckled once again liking how Usagi seemed to be.
"I'm twenty three live here alone duh. I have an older sister, not too much older, who lives in a different area managing one of our fathers other businesses. I use to run track in school and really think I should start again." Mamoru said before he started laughing thinking of his thoughts from the days before.
"I work five days a week helping my father in the main business which I'll show you on Monday since today is Saturday and the place is closed. Another of my father's ideas to be more westernized."
"What do you do for fun? Do you go out with others?"
Mamoru looked down thinking then back up.
"I…. Hang with my friends when we aren't busy working. I don't date."
"How come?" Usagi asked noting he said the last part fast.
"I just don't. Now tell me Usa about yourself." Mamoru said wanting to change the subject. He didn't want to talk about his ex.
"I told you last night."
"You said your mom died and you don't know anything about your father."
"True. My mom died when I was eight and I never knew anything about the man who knocked her up with me. I don't even know if he knows I'm alive."
"What do you do for fun?"
"Nothing. I have to find what I can to eat and stay out of trouble so the cops don't get me."
Mamoru stayed silent suddenly feeling bad again.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you upset. Is there anything you like to do?"
Usagi just shook her head no as an answer.
Mamoru sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"How about reading?"
Again just the shake of her head. Usagi wasn't going to tell how she really didn't know how to read really well.
"Well no worries. How about we watch some TV?" Mamoru said standing up and walking over to the TV and turning it on. He sat down on a sofa near the TV and smiled when Usagi walked over and joined him.
Keeping his eyes on her while he flipped the channels Mamoru finally stopped on a show that Usagi seemed to like. Mamoru smiled and sat back and watched the show with her realizing that he hadn't really sat and chilled like that in a long time.
After a few hours Mamoru got up and went to his office remembering that he had a few reports he had to do for work. He looked up after some time had pasted seeing Usagi slowly walking up the stairs. Usagi spotted him smiling and she looked down.
"Come on up and look around." Mamoru said.
Usagi walked up the rest of the way and looked around noting the desk and chair with the file cabinets behind them and the two chairs in front of the desk. In a corner was another smaller sofa near it a coffee table and along one wall were some bookshelves and a few lamps on end tables here and there. To the right of his desk was a closed door making Usagi wonder if it was the other bathroom.
"I put that plastic bag with those papers in my top desk drawer just so you know where it is." Mamoru said pulling the drawer open showing Usagi the bag. Usagi nodded her head and sat down across from him.
"Those are just a birth certificate and I think a shot record and a few other papers. I really haven't looked at them for a while. I just keep them since my name is on all of them." Usagi said holding her hands on her lap.
Mamoru only smiled and closed the drawer and looked back at his computer screen. He watched Usagi stand up and walk over to the books and started looking at some.
"Those books to the left I think you will like." Mamoru suddenly said making Usagi look to him then to the bookshelf that he was pointing too.
Usagi walked over and looked only to smile and pull a book from its spot and flip the pages. It was a manga book, what it was about Usagi really didn't know but she liked looking at the pictures. Usagi put that book back after seeing it had a number five on it. She reached for the first book on the first shelf and sat down and looked at the pictures while reading what words she did know.
Mamoru sat back smiling more, being happy that he had kept his collection being glad that Usagi seemed happy. It made him feel good knowing he was making Usagi happy after living such a hard life.
Mamoru went back to his work finally finishing being glad he thought to do it now so he would have Sunday free. He stood up and stretched while glancing over toward Usagi who was sitting in the same spot looking at one of the mangas. He noticed she took her time on each page and when she did turn the page Usagi was gentle.
Mamoru smiled and walked back down and went to the kitchen and made them some lunch. He walked over and looked outside to watch the rain that was still coming down hard.
Mamoru was glad that his Kawasaki KR 250 as safe and locked up in the covered parking garage in his personal spot. He didn't want his baby getting wet from that rain. He smiled again thinking that if Rei and the others knew he had that motorcycle they would all die of shock. Him of all people. Rei and their friends all thought he just had a regular ol bicycle.
Mamoru walked back to the stairs and walked back up to the loft and over to Usagi and bent down and touched her shoulder making Usagi look at him fast.
"Are you hungry? I made some sandwiches. Come and eat and later you can come back up here and read some more." Mamoru said before standing straight up.
Usagi nodded her head and stood up and placed the manga she was looking at down on a table beside her. She followed Mamoru back down to the lower floor and over to the table.
They started eating with Mamoru once again watching Usagi out of the corner of his eyes. He had to smile again since Usagi was eating so fast. Mamoru was glad that he thought to serve vegetables and fruits knowing he didn't want Usagi getting fat right away. He knew it would take the child sometime to gain weight and he didn't want it to be all fat.
"Usa how old are you?" Mamoru asked suddenly realizing that he didn't know.
Usagi looked at him and swallowed her food and said, "I just turned seventeen."
She noticed Mamoru's eyes fly open.
"You're seventeen?!" Mamoru asked the shock evident in his voice.
Usagi looked down tilting her head as low as she could get it. Mamoru noticed and reached over and moved her head back up so she had to look at him.
"I'm sorry I thought you were younger. I guess you are like I was at that age. A late bloomer." Mamoru said before he smiled.
Seeing him smiling made Usagi give a half smile back. She looked away first knowing she would start to blush if she looked in his eyes for too long.
Mamoru was glad to see that he didn't upset Usagi and smiled when she started eating again.
After eating, Mamoru watched while Usagi this time cleaned up. They then went back and watched some more TV.
Again that night Usagi went to sleep fast curled up in her ball hugging her cat while she laid on the largest sofa loving how comfortable it was. Right before sleep over took her, she wondered if it all was just a dream and she was going to wake up in the alley.
Mamoru lay in his bed with his door half open again thinking to himself that if the rain let up some on Sunday he would take Usagi, who to him was now a seventeen year old, late bloomer, boy, over to meet some of his friends at the cafe they hung out at some mornings.
To be continued