My finals are finished!!! :D And to celebrate, I am bringing you a drabble!! I had the idea for this last night and have been dying to write it ever since. Hope ya like!

Unforgettable Moments: 100 UsaxMamo Drabbles

#17: Ice Cream (1330 Words)

The CROWN Fruit Parlor was abuzz with Saturday afternoon customers. The cheery place was full of laughter, friends, and family, as well as sweet treats and cool drinks that provided relief from the sweltering summer heat outside.

At the front counter, however, there was a lone man sitting with his face buried in a book and a cup of steaming hot coffee in front of him. He didn't listen to any of the chattering, happy noises around him, blocking it all out with his book.

The tinkling bells signaled when new customers arrived, and they rang out cheerily. Tsukino Usagi sauntered through the doors, and she spotted the man at the counter. Pushing back her shoulders and taking a deep breath, she clutched the book bag at her side, straightened her school uniform skirt, and strode forward. Plopping her book bag on the floor beside his stool, she hopped up on the stool next to his and swiveled her stool around to look at him.

Chiba Mamoru noticed the stares out of the corner of one of his blue eyes, and he lifted his dark-haired head to give the blonde pigtailed girl a glare. "What is it, Odango Atama? Can't you see I'm busy? I don't have time to deal with hyenas today."

Usagi leaned her elbow against the counter lazily and crossed her legs. The action hiked the skirt up her leg, and Mamoru's eyes slipped downward against his will. He tore his eyes away from her bare skin before he could let a blush cover his face.

Usagi gave him a sultry, adult smile that baffled the man. His glare was long gone, and he stared unabashedly at the girl, wondering what had gotten into her. She hadn't snapped back at him, and she was giving him a flirtatious smile. He reached down to pinch his arm, just in case he was dreaming.

Usagi leaned forward slightly, and her demure school top tilted open. Mamoru tried to avert his eyes. "Would you like to buy me an ice cream, Mamoru-san?" She asked, licking her lips and giving him yet another seductive, alluring smile.

His jaw dropped open. His blue eyes widened to the size of teacup saucers. "Wh-what?!"

She leaned back and shrugged her shoulders lazily, rolling her cerulean eyes as if he was boring her all the sudden. "Oh, never mind."

"What in the hell do you mean by this, Odango?!"

She tossed one of her pigtails behind her shoulder and gave him a saucy, wicked grin. "Well, you see, Mamoru-san... when a pretty girl asks you to buy her a drink when you're say, in a bar, you're supposed to buy her a drink." She hopped off the stool and grabbed her book bag. "But seeing as I'm fourteen, ice cream seems a reasonable, and delicious, alternative." She shrugged. "But of course, you are Mamoru-baka, after all." She shook a finger at him. "Make this a lesson for the future, Chiba-san!" With that, the girl gave him a wink before sweeping past him and out the door.

Mamoru stared after her for the longest time, his jaw still slack and his heart hammering in his chest.

"Did you do it?!"

"Yep."

Aino Minako squealed, bouncing on the balls of her feet and clapping her hands together. Her sunny blonde hair bounced right along with her. "Way to go, Usagi-chan!"

Hino Rei scowled from beside her. The raven haired priestess tossed her head to the side and crossed her arms. Sitting beside her on the park fountain, Kino Makoto, a tall brunette, smirked at the violet eyed girl's antics.

"Rei-chan, come on. Just because Usagi-chan beat your dare doesn't mean you aren't still the... err... queen of dares, or whatever."

Rei gave her a dirty glare. Makoto only grinned and looked back to Usagi, who was sitting on the park bench across from the fountain beside Mizuno Ami, a quiet blue-haired girl who currently had her eyes set firmly in a book. "I can't believe you did it."

Usagi giggled. "Me, either. I've never been so nervous in my life! But I so pulled it off! You should have seen the look on his face when I asked him to buy me an ice cream." She clutched her stomach while she laughed. "Wow, I have to say, scaring Mamoru-baka is a lot of fun."

"Mmm, well, anyways," Minako waved a hand. "You did it, so tomorrow it'll be your turn to dare someone!"

Usagi grinned evilly, looking at Rei. The girl squirmed. Maybe her idea of "Dare Week" wasn't such a good idea after all. She had thought there was no way Usagi would actually take her up on her dare to flirt with Mamoru. Why did the blonde have to be so crafty?!

Mamoru was still baffled by Usagi's actions as he walked home that evening. What in the world had gotten into the girl?!

Not that she hadn't looked incredibly adorable...wait, where did that come from?!

The man clapped a hand to his forehead. He was either sleep deprived or going out of his mind to have such thoughts about Odango.

"Ja ne, minna!"

Mamoru looked up and saw Usagi waving to her friends and running away from them, not looking at where she was going. He winced and waited for it.

Slam. The girl plowed straight into him. "Kyaa!" She yelled, and he reached out and grabbed her arms to steady her before she fell. Tilting her head up, Usagi blushed crimson when she noticed that Mamoru was holding her. "Ahahaha... Mamoru-baka."

"Odango." He looked crossly down at her and pushed her away slightly, shaking his arms out as if to rid himself of the feeling that coursed through him at the touch of her.

"Er... gomen ne, I wasn't watching where I was going."

"I saw that."

Her eyes narrowed. "If you saw, why didn't you get out of the way, baka?!"

The man shrugged. "Not enough time."

Usagi rolled her eyes. "You are so annoying."

"Speak for yourself, Odango."

"Hmph!" The girl started to brush past him, except that he reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Hey, I wanted to ask you..."

She turned and gave him an icy glare. "What?"

"Why did you ask me that earlier?" He dropped her arm as yet another spark ran through him. "You, uh, were... so..." He searched for the word. "Nice?" Well, it wasn't exactly the word he was thinking... but it would do.

Usagi giggled and waved a hand. "Oh, yeah. Gomen ne. Rei-chan dared me to."

"Dared you? Dared you to what?"

"Flirt with you." Usagi shrugged. "It didn't seem to work anyways."

"Ahh..." He seemed at a loss for words, and she noticed. Her eyes perked up and she grinned.

"Oh my God, it did work! Haha, Chiba Mamoru-san is not a total stone block of ice!" She pumped the air with her fist. He glared at her, and her fist dropped to her side. She giggled again. "Gomen ne." She looked away down the sidewalk. "Anyways, I'll be going now." She turned to start walking away.

"Hey, Odango..."

She turned to look back at him, tilting her head. "Yeah?"

The man averted his eyes away from her again, wondering what in the hell was prompting him to do what he was about to do. He cleared his throat and looked at her, and the slightest tint of pink could be detected on his face. "Ah... can I buy you an ice cream?"

Usagi blinked and looked at him for a long, silent moment.

Then her face broke out into a smile and she laughed, walking up to him once again. "That would be great."

End

Hehe, it was just a little idea I had, and I wanted to write it out. I have another idea in my head at the moment too. I'll try to write it tomorrow. Ja ne!

(Oh, and please review! :) Arigatou gozaimasu!)