Romantic Rendezvousing: 25 Romantic Themes
By: Bunny
The Romance Themes List Drabble Challenge
#13 Poetry
December 15, 2005

Words: 662

Mamoru sat at the counter of the crown arcade trying to look disinterested in his surroundings when he was really sneaking glances over at a young blonde girl. She was sitting in one of the booths across the room with her friends and they were joking around as she kept talking large gulps of a vanilla milkshake. It had become somewhat of a ritual for him. Sit, act cool, and watch Usagi and her friends. Soon, she would head back home, but not before pausing on her way out to spat with him verbally. It was their routine.

Sure enough it was not long before the blonde finished off the last of her milkshake and exited the booth, waving her goodbyes to her friends. She headed towards Mamoru, who had strategically taken to sitting near the exit so she couldn't avoid him. Today though, she steered left instead of right when she hit the counter and sat down next to Mamoru.

Shocked, Mamoru tried to keep his face calm and collected. 'What is she up to?' he wondered. "Hey Meatball Head," he said in way of a greeting.

"Hi Mamoru-baka!" she chirped at him cheerfully as she laid down a stack of books and notebooks on the counter and turned wide blue eyes up at him.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" he asked, for certainly she was different today. Usually it would be 'USAGI! My name is USAGI, U-S-A-G-I, you big, stupid, jerk!' instead of a cheerful 'hi baka.'

"Oh nothing, I suppose I just had a good day," she practically sang to him in her happiness.

"You don't say, so what happened that made it so good then? Did you almost not fail a test? Did you teacher let you out early from detention?" Mamoru jibed.

Usagi rolled her eyes at him. "Can't I just have a good day?" she asked.

"No," Mamoru grumped.

Usagi burst out laughing. She stood and patting him on the shoulder said, "I just realized something today, that's all. It's been fun baka, I'll talk to you tomorrow I'm sure." She grabbed at her stack of books and headed for the door while Mamoru just stared after her in puzzlement. 'That was really weird,' he thought. He turned back to the counter to sip the last of his soda and then stood himself. He stretched out for a minute, getting out the kinks from sitting on the stool and then stepped away from the counter, only to step on something.

'Huh?' he wondered as he stooped over to pick up the fallen object. Upon closer inspection, Mamoru discovered it was a notebook. Opening up the cover he glanced to the right to see who the owner was and noticed Usagi's name with a little bunny drawn next to it. He smiled and decided he would have to return it to her tomorrow. 'Wait – what if she needs something in this for class tomorrow?' Mamoru realized. His eyes quickly scanned over to the first page, looking for any indication if the notebook was for school, or just personal.

I'm not in love,
So don't forget it.
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
And just because
I call you names,
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got me now.

I'm not in love, no no, it's because...

I like to see you,
But then again,
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me.
When you smile,
I don't make a fuss.
I can't tell my friends about the two of us.

I'm not in love, no no, it's because...

I'm not in love,
But you're always there
Is it because you want to see me too?
And just because,
I tease you back,
Don't get me wrong; don't think I need you now.

I'm not in love, no no, it's because…

Mamoru dropped the notebook onto the floor in shock. 'So now she writes poetry?' he wondered incredulously.

"About…me?" he whispered.

AN: For those of you wondering, these drabbles are all for the romance themes drabbles list challenge at smfanfiction . net. You can read all about it in my profile, or just go to smfanfiction . net to read up about it. It's on the first page of the site there in the "Featured Stories" section. There are real prizes, so if you like to write drabbles yourself, head on over and enter.