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A/N: Hello readers once again. I know, I know, speedy update. I'm proud too. This one just felt easier to write so hopefully enjoy this much more progressive chapter!
P.S. If you didn't know already, this series is set in present time where we have iPhones and such. You'll get what I mean.
Telephone
"Please…..let…..me…..see…...it…"
"….."
"No."
Usagi slammed her hands on the counter in front of her, "Come on! Mamoru-baka I promise to be careful! Just let me see the darn thing!"
He took another long drag of his hot coffee, pondering her request before… "No."
The blonde tore at her pigtails, pulling them in frustration instead of using her hands to strangle the teen in front of her, "Mamoru-bakaaaaa…"
Mamoru sighed, putting his coffee cup down, "Usagi-san, I'm trying to have a civil and adult conversation with you and you respond with calling me a 'baka'. You see my displeasure in complying with you."
"Stop using fancy words to get yourself out of this and just let me see it!"
"You act like yours is garbage compared to mine."
"It is!"
"It's barely that old! Get hold of yourself!"
A deep breath was taken by the blonde who rethought her plan, "Okay Mamoru-san….could I please see your phone. I promise to be careful and treat it with the uttermost respect."
Mamoru smiled warmly, "Well since you put it that way-"
"Yes!"
"-No."
Usagi's jaw nearly slammed onto the counter, "Come on! I asked nicely and everything! Don't you trust me?"
"Sure, I trust you to be clumsy and break my very new and very expensive phone."
"You can watch and supervise me! What can go wrong?!"
Mamoru looked to her with an upturned eyebrow. They've been having this conversation for what seemed like hours but in fact it only started a half hour ago when Usagi had, unfortunately, spotted Mamoru using his new iPhone at the counter. Ever since then, the blonde had been begging to use it, a slur and line of "pleases" and "I promises" being all he could hear.
His expression twisted into one of thinking, most specifically, thinking of the past, "Should I remind you of the mask incident, the lasagna incident, and the dishwasher incident." At his words, a red blush and sharp eyes presented itself on her face. "With you Odango, anything could go wrong…."
"I promise you, I will be careful!"
"For the last time no!"
Usagi knew where she stood now and decided to take out her most powerful and dangerous defense. Her lip jutted out into a pout, her eyes glazed over, and she perfected her "Usagi wants something" face.
Mamoru was surprised to not hear anything else from the girl so he made the mistake of looking at her. His eyes connected with her crystal ones.
'Her eyes…..Usagi…...'
A few minutes later, Usagi was giggling and playing with Mamoru's new phone. "This is so much better than mine! So advanced! So new! So shiny!"
Mamoru coming out of his mind, felt his face twitch as he watched Usagi swipe and tap apps on his new iPhone 7, he bought it just this week. It was still new and very fragile. And seeing Usagi playing with it in her very small fingers made every muscle in his body tense and alert.
"Odango please...uhh..be careful-"
"This is so cool! Mamoru you're so cool to have this kind of phone!"
"Yea, yea, yea-wait?" What had she called him? "Did you just call me cool? You think I'm cool?"
Usagi snorted, eyes never leaving the device in her hands, "Mamoru, I've always thought that you were cool. Okay well not always but I most of the time I thought of you as cool."
A dust of pink and a sparkle in his eyes happened. She thought he was cool, it was something and it made his heart soar for miles. "Thanks Usagi-san…"
"No probl-OH MY GOD! You have such nice camera quality!" At this outburst, the giddy blonde swiped her phone from her bag, slamming it down on the counter. "I soooo need to buy this new phone! Look how shiny it is and look how not shiny my phone is….stupid iPhone 6."
He chuckled at her disdain look. "Relax, your phone isn't that bad. You're making a big deal about nothing."
"Says the guy who has the new phone…," she mumbled under her breath. Suddenly her eyes brightened and she began to furiously swipe and type something on his phone, a small blush presenting itself.
Mamoru grew very suspicious, 'Please don't be setting my wallpaper to something embarrassing..' "Odango, what are you doing?"
"Relax, I realized something…" From his angle, he saw that she was now on his camera, selfie mode apparently. He looked to her and saw she was giving a picture perfect smile into it, snapping a photo. "Perfeccttt!"
The blonde tapped and swiped a few more times before finally handing it back to the nervous teen next to her. Immediately, he went through his information, looking to see what she changed.
"Oh baka, baka," Usagi dropped a few coins on the counter before getting off her stool, her school bag in tow, "I just put my telephone number in your contacts. We're friends and friends have each other saved on their phones."
Mamoru taped at the phone icon, then to contacts, searching and stopping at the U's and T's, but he didn't see Usagi's name anywhere, "I don't see it."
Eyes twinkling, she leaned in, "Look a bit harder then."
With a turn on her heel, Usagi began to walk out, leaving Mamoru to frantically search his contacts until finally he stopped at a slightly altered name, his eyes doubling in size.
"Usako?"
A shiver ran up her spine as he called it out to her, she really didn't think he would find it so fast. Plastering a smug smile on her face, she twisted her head around to see his surprised look. "I figured that name had a better ring to it than 'Odango'. Don't you think?"
He gave her a lopsided grin before he brought his eyes back to his phone, "I don't know, it's hard to part from 'Odango' but I'll see. What made you come up with it?"
A redness came to her face and she had to choke back a laugh when she remembered just how she came up with it. The fourteen-year-old herself felt embarrassed for the older teen who had no clue what he had done when he was sick out of his mind many weeks ago. The nickname he called her, however, stuck to her mind and it really grew on her, she even grew to actually love it. "Let's just say I got it from someone."
Jealousy and hurt crossed his eyes but Mamoru quickly rebuilt himself, 'Relax Chiba, she could be talking about a relative or something...relax.' "Oh okay, well then, I'll see you later. Usako," he rolled out the name, a heart-stopping smile on his face.
The shiver came back up and she felt the heat on her face rise even more. Maybe she should have just typed 'Odango' instead, especially if he's going to say her name like that.
With a small wave and a blush, Usagi exited the arcade, leaving Mamoru to stare dumbly at his phone where her selfie picture was proudly presented. The little blonde had set it to be her contact photo and somehow he could not stop looking at her bright smile and shining eyes she was giving the camera.
"Usako," he repeated out loud, a wistful smile pulling at the corners of his mouth. 'I can get use to that…'
What you guys think? Cute little drabble, I figured I should add in Usako again, you know progress the story and such. Well anyway, REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT! Until next time….
