Author's Note: This is the prompt that started it all: Pizza. What's followed has been an incredibly rewarding game for my friends and me. I hope that you will enjoy these as I go along. Some are short, like this one at a whopping 290 words. Others are...well, I considered making them separate stories of their own because they're long enough and have enough plot (although not THAT much), but since I want to keep the spirit of the prompt game alive, here you are!
These are all unbetaed, for better or worse. So no one to blame but myself for any typos or weirdness.
Although the note is threatening to get longer than this first drabble, let me say that it's a study session set likely around Sailor Moon Super S.
Prompt: "Pizza"
Usagi stared out the window and sighed. Another beautiful spring day, and she was stuck inside. Studying. It was the worst situation imaginable. To her left, Rei and even Minako bent their heads over their books, while to her right, Ami helped Makoto with yet another math problem. She really should at least crack her history book, but the flowers on the tree outside Rei's window were such a gorgeous pale pink, and she could hear the birds singing to each other as they swooped past, over and over again.
"Usagi! C'mon! Get your head in the game!" Rei's voice dragged Usagi out of her reverie. She sighed and turned back to the table.
"Okay, okay. Sheesh. You act like I never study!"
"You don't!" chorused four voices, although none of the other Senshi bothered looking up from what they were doing.
"Hmph!" Usagi pretended to bury her nose in the books like the others. It almost worked. She read several paragraphs before yet another thing distracted her.
At first it was a scent. Far off, almost too faint to fully appreciate. As it grew closer, the aroma deepened. Usagi's nose began to twitch, and she peeked to see if anyone else was paying attention. All four of her friends were still diligently studying. Lips twisting sourly, she tried to go back to her own book, but another waft of that heavenly smell combined with a familiar footstep brought her head up.
She squealed when Mamoru stepped through the door, holding two large cardboard boxes.
"Hey, ladies. You've all been studying so hard, I thought I'd bring you some—"
"PIZZA!" Usagi screeched, interrupting him as she jumped up, hands clasped beneath her chin.
"Oh, Mamo, you're my hero!"