Only the Best
A rainbow of colour ran down the bathroom drain as ChibiUsa rinsed her hands. Even after a thorough scrubbing, her fingers were marker-stained. She wrinkled her nose as she examined them, but when she went back to the living room, she decided that pink and purple finger-tips were an acceptable exchange for the array of beautiful Valentine cards she had made.
Mamoru nodded approvingly as she held up each of her creations for him to see. The hearts were decorated with cut up doilies, glitter, and stickers. Each was truly a work of art; the young girl had spent the entire afternoon crafting her masterpieces.
Checking to see if the glue was dry, ChibiUsa packed up her cards, eager for the next day. First she would exchange cards with her friends at school. She had decorated a mailbox in art class the previous day and was excited to put it out on her desk for the Valentine's Day party. After school, Makoto had invited her and the other girls over to her house to make heart-shaped cookies. She had made a card for each of the girls as well: even Usagi.
Finally, she would come back to Mamoru's apartment to give him her cookies. Yes, he had a date with Usagi that night, but surely she could catch him before he left to give him the cookies. And his Valentine. She had been up late at night all week, working on the card a little each night after Usagi went to sleep. That meatball head kept staying up late so it had been hard to do much after she was finally alone, but ChibiUsa had finally managed to finish the card. It was by far the best of the cards she had made, but that only made sense considering she had started it over six times! Mamoru deserved only the best.