Stolen Moments

Note:
This is one of my favorite one shots and because this was actually how I met my husband. Sort of. He and I were having lunch at a Retreat and he had this cough... and from that point in the story it's pretty much verbatim what happened... isn't God awesome to give us such a really funny story... not to mention a husband with a fabulous sense of humor.

For those of you really want to know I put an * next to what is true in the story and an * when it stops.

Hope you enjoy... this is one of my favorites and means a lot to me. I hope it brightens your heart as well. Enjoy!

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She watched the blue pen make multiple marks on the paper before him and she let out a breath. She actually enjoyed the baka's company. He was calm, intelligent, witty… and the thought of him never going away sort of gave her a comfort. Yet, she wanted him to be happy. He needed someone. He was too good to be left alone and in her mind he had been alone way too long… especially if she was his new only friend.

"You should meet a nice girl and settle down." Usagi said suddenly and Mamoru let out a breath and scratched through a whole sentence.

"Yeah, and you should really learn grammar." He mumbled, his eyes glued to the paper before him. "Now I know why Ami made me come help you…" He growled, scratching through another preposition at the end of a sentence.

"What kind of girls do you like?" Usagi questioned placing her chin in her hands.

"Blondes. Big blue eyes." Mamoru replied quietly moving to the next page. Usagi's eyes rolled skywards.

"Ugh, don't make me gag." She hissed at him and he let out a breath.

"A cute butt would be nice." He said off handedly than cried out as her foot interacted with his chin. Finally his eyes met hers and she smiled. "What?" He whined with a grin before a cough shattered it. Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. He'd been coughing all evening off and on. That was why the Librarian hung heavily close. Like she could stop him from coughing… honestly.

"Are you getting sick?" Usagi questioned quietly and Mamoru shook his head going back to the paper. It was well written… Usagi had a flare for words and it made him smile. She seriously sucked at grammar though.

"No, I just have a cough. I've had it for like three weeks." He confirmed and she furrowed her brows not remembering him coughing that much the last week they had spent hanging out. She moved a bit closer.

*"Ya know… You are kind of old." She began and Mamoru slowly lifted his eyes. "Maybe you have a disease." She finished, her voice slightly serious.

"You think so?" He questioned, amused at her new dry humor.

"Yeah… I mean you probably only have like three months to live." She mumbled seriously, her eyes glancing left than right than on him. A sad frown fell to his features and he leaned forward towards her.

"That's awful. Only three months?" He asked, his eyebrow raised and she nodded regretfully.

"You should probably do all the stuff you want to do before you die." She continued and he nodded, folding his hands over her paper.

"Yeah? Do you have any suggestions?" He offered and she looked thoughtful for a moment.

"You could go skydiving." She tried and he nodded.

"I have always wanted to do that. What about climb a mountain?" He mentioned and she nodded brightly.

"You better hop to it. You only have three months." She said checking her watch and he was trying very hard not to break into a grin.

"Well… I did kind of want to get married eventually." He mumbled to himself and her eyebrows rose.

*"Really?" She questioned and he nodded, going back to her paper.

"I'm not a total loner thank you. Becoming your friend and putting up with all of your crap has made me think that I could one day make a semi-decent husband." He responded and she thought about that for a while.

"Well, besides that obviously cruel dig at me… Thanks by the way." She wiggled her eyebrows at him and he smirked. "You still have a problem, you only have three months… if you want to get hitched you better start working at it." She said encouragingly and Mamoru let out a breath.

"I'd love to but I think it will take me two months just to fix this paper." He growled holding it up to her and surprise lit her features, her eyes immediately dropping their banter as reality hit her.

"Oh you meanie!" She cried and he smirked as she tried to dive across the table to grab him.

"A hem!" A voice snapped and Usagi froze mid table. She quickly moved her hands away from Mamoru and sat back down. He winked at her and she stuck her tongue out at him.

*"Good luck finding a wife." The blonde huffed and he smirked, quietly going back to her paper.

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