here's the next bit! hope you like it. as always, any feedback is welcome:)
When Mamoru arrived at the Tsukino residence promptly at 7 o'clock, he was dressed in a sharp black sports coat with nice khaki pants and a dark blue cardigan that complimented his eyes perfectly. As he went to ring the doorbell he realized that his hand was shaking. Oh my gosh! he thought, I'm actually nervous about this! This is crazy. I can't believe I'm actually taking Odango out to supper. I can't believe she agreed to go!
Mrs. Tsukino answered the door, and upon seeing Mamoru, raised a curious, yet approving, eyebrow.
"Hold on," she said,"I'll go get Usagi for you. She's been digging through her closet, and I'd really rather not have you get lost in that pit she calls a room trying to find her." And with that, she left Mamoru to wait.
He had been there for about 5 minutes before Usagi came down the stairs. At first, all he could do was stare at her beautiful figure. She was wearing a knee-length royal blue silk dress with spaghetti straps. It was very fitted through the bodice and flaired gently away from her body at the waist. Her hair, which was normally in two little buns with pigtails was now in a long, loose, silky french braid. Her eyes sparkled like sapphires and her long lashes curled gently away from them. On her feet she had 4-inch strappy black heels that must have been killing her.
Usagi had to clear her throat to get Mamoru to stop staring. He jumped and blinked a few times before smiling and offering her his arm. She took it gratefully, because she didn't know how well she could walk in her heels.
When they got out to his black BMW, he opened the passenger door and helped her in.
"Why are you doing this?" she asked, after he had started the car and they were on their way.
"I'm not allowed to be nice to you?" he responded, trying to sound innocent and slightly hurt at her questioning of his motives.
"Why do you always respond with a question?" she countered.
"Alright! Enough with the questions!" he laughed, "I would like to make a fresh start. I'm trying to be friends with you, Usagi. If you'll let me, anyway," this time he was serious.
Usagi was slightly taken aback at the seriousness of this statement.
"Oh. Uh, alright, then. Well, if you want to be my friend, you have to stop calling me Odango Atama! And don't make fun of me anymore!"
"Oh, come on Usagi. You know that's just a pet name, kinda like how I know when you call me a baka that it's just a sorta pet name that you have for me," he smiled and put his hand on her shoulder. He was shocked at just how smooth her skin was. He quickly moved his hand so that he didn't get too used to the feel of her skin.
She grinned, "yeah, I suppose, but that doesn't mean that I have to like it! So it's only under protest, and if anyone else calls me that, I'm gonna kill you!"
"Okay, okay, settle down, Chibi Odango," he laughed.
A few minutes later, they pulled up at La Chateau, the best French restaurant in Tokyo.
"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!" Usagi exclaimed.
"I'm assuming that means you like La Chateau?" Mamoru laughed.
"This is like, the best restaurant in town! It's my favorite! How did you know?!" she babbled.
"Let's just say a little birdy told me," he chuckled, thinking back to how wide Minako's eyes had gotten when he'd explained the situation and asked what Usagi's favorite restaurant was.
They ended up having a lovely dinner and a very easy-flowing, congenial conversation.
After dinner, though, Mamoru had a suprise for Usagi.
"Okay, I'm going to blindfold you to get to this next place, okay?" he told her.
"Alright," she agreed, intrigued.
He tied a black silk handkerchief over her eyes. They drove for what seemed like ages before he finally stopped and helped her out of the car.
"Can I take this off now?" she said, indicating the blindfold.
"Not just yet, we're going for a little walk. But don't worry, I'll help you," he added quickly, sensing that she was uncomfortable with walking around blindfolded.
They walked for a little ways and by this point, Usagi's feet were killing her. Mamoru noticed that she was limping.
"Do you want to take your shoes off?" he asked.
"No, no, I'm fine. My feet just hurt a bit," she quickly brushed off his questioning. Then she fell.
"Ouch! I think I just rolled my ankle!" she whimpered.
"Okay, that does it, you're not walking any more," he stated, and with that he picked her up as though she weighed no more than a bunny, and carried her. At first she was tense, but he was warm, and smelled of roses, so she quickly relaxed against his strong chest.
"Alright, here we are!" he said, setting her on a bench and taking off her blindfold.
She blinked in the starlight and then gasped at the site before her. They were in a park on a hill a few miles outside of Tokyo where they could see the lights of the city, but the stars also twinkled brightly overhead. But most impressive was the full moon that was right overhead. It was so large that it looked like you could reach out and touch it.
"I thought you might like this," he whispered.
"Oh, I do, I do! You have no idea! This is sooo sweet!" she whispered back, still in awe of the beauty around her. But Mamoru was only looking at the beauty right in front of him.
"Usagi, may I ask you something?" he said hesitantly.
"Of course. What is it?" she asked, still looking at the moon.
"May I kiss you?" he said it so quietly that she almost thought she didn't hear him correctly. But she knew that wasn't it, because when it came to stuff like that, she was a romance buff.
Her eyes turned away from the moon, and she fixed an intense stare into his blue-purple eyes. "Yes," was all that she could manage. He sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her. Then, he slowly lowered his mouth onto hers and kissed her, lightly at first, but the longer they kissed, the more passionate it became. When he finally sat back, both their breathing was ragged, and if it hadn't been night, Usagi would have sworn she was seeing stars. Mamoru thought the world was spinning.
Wow. Did that really just happen? Did I really just get my first kiss from Mamoru? Oh, I really hope this isn't a dream, because if it is, I never want to wake up!
Just then, Mamoru glanced at his watch.
"I guess I should be taking you back home," he said, slowly.
"I guess so," she said, starting to stand up. Then she realized that she was supposed to have twisted her ankle. It didn't hurt anymore, but she really liked how it felt to be in his arms.
"Oh! My ankle!" she said, sitting back on the bench and clutching her ankle.
"Here, I'll carry you back to the car," he offered, and quickly whisked her away in his arms. She smiled and leaned against his chest again.
She must have fallen asleep like that, too, because she didn't remember anything from the car ride, and he was nudging her when the arrived at her house.
"Are we here already? Oh," she said, disappointed, "Well, I guess this is good night."
"I'll walk you up to your front door," he said, and jumped out to get the car door for her. Always the gentleman, now, I see.
When they got to the door, he again leaned over and lightly brushed his lips against hers.
"Good night, my princess," he whispered into her hair. Princess? Where'd that come from? He couldn't possibly know who I really am, could he? Nah.
"Good night. And thank you for the wonderful evening, Mamu-chan," she sighed, blushing slightly. Mamu-chan?! Hehe, I better be more careful of what I say.
They stood there in each other's armsfor a few more minutes, and then he left, and Usagi went into the house, with a bittersweet feeling of being happy about what had just happened, and sad that it was now over.
okay, that's all i've got for now. i really hope you liked it! i had fun writing it:) and honestly, i've never been kissed. so i won't have any french kissing or anything in these, because i don't know what that's like. i'm pretty much just basing the whole kiss stuff off of other various romance stuff that i've read before.
