Chapter Four: "I hate you!" Mamoru & Usagi

Usagi was already awake. She didn't want to waste her weekend and wanted to forget everything that happened last night. She was really humiliated, and wondered what Akio thought about her now.

"Forget it, it's done Usagi. You have to go out and just have a good time." She clapped her hands together confirming that she would forget this.

"But why did Motoki-san do that too?" She sighed.

"I'll just ask him when I get to the arcade." She smiled again, feeling very confident and in control. She happily changed her clothes and headed out. It was still very early and most of the stores were still closed. This was unusual for her, but she didn't want to waste one moment of her 'alone time'.

Depressed that she didn't really organize her timing very well, she headed to the park. It was empty, with a few ducks swimming around in the pond. It was very relaxing. She took a seat, looking out at the pond, wondering how she should ask Motoki about what he was thinking last night.

"Usagi-chan?" She turned her head to see Motoki a few feet away on the next bench feeding ducks. Her eyes lit up. She was still very happy to see him, even though he had done his part humiliating her.

"Motoki-san? What are you doing here?" She asked cheerfully making her way to him. She was greeted with his big hearty smile. He patted for her to sit down next time to him. She blushed.

"Usagi-chan, I need to talk to you about something. About last night." He was stuttering trying to find the right words. He had hoped that he would have at least until the afternoon to talk to her about this. He didn't expect her to be awake so early on a Saturday. Usagi put her hands together, resting them on her legs, looking down. She somehow felt like she did something wrong.

"Usagi-chan, do you know him?" He asked, unsure where to start. Usagi nodded blushing even harder.

"Were you really going to let him…kiss you?" He never thought in a million years that he would be having this conversation with her. He knew that she wouldn't figure out what Akio was really aiming for if he didn't talk to her.

"NO Motoki-san….I was just too shocked to move. It happened…all of a sudden…" She realized now that how dumb it must've looked to Motoki. She just met this guy and was even about to get her first kiss from him. Usagi remembered how scared she was when she saw Akio's face get closer to hers. Motoki wanted to be delicate with how he was going to explain this to her. He didn't want to use 'aggressive language'.

"Usagi-chan, you should stay away from him. He's really bad news." She looked up at him, he wasn't making eye contact with her.

"Why?" She asked feeling a bit saddened, but happy that maybe Motoki was jealous.

"Usagi-chan, guys like Akio just go after one thing. He's had a lot of girlfriends and he's broken all their hearts." He looked down to her. She looked very mature, very beautiful. He was really noticing her pretty features. Her body was also changing, she was becoming curvy. He blushed and looked away quickly before she could notice that he was checking her out.

"I get it, you think I'm too young to date him?" She asked, her voice low and soft. That was not what he was trying to say. He didn't want to come out and use words that would weird her out.

"No no Usagi-chan. It's not that. It's just Akio is very experienced and very mature…." He was hoping that it was starting to sink in but it obviously wasn't.

"I'm mature too Motoki-san!" There were two large bubbles of tears hanging at the edge of her eyes. He sighed, blushing nervously.

"Usagi-chan, I just don't want you getting hurt." He whispered, patting her shoulder. Usagi's world lightened up, Motoki was patting her back. And he was worried for her. She lit up with happiness. It was than that she realized that she was afraid of Akio, she felt uncomfortable and nervous. She always pictured her first kiss would be more happy.

"Oh Motoki-san, don't worry I'll be okay. It doesn't matter, Akio-san will probably never see me again anyways." She smiled, realizing that she was sounding way too happy about this.

"Good, Chiba and I were really worried." He sighed. Usagi's ears perked at the sound of his name.

"That baka? Worried about me? Yeah right!" She snorted stretching in her seat. Motoki flinched a bit noticing how nice her legs were.

"Seriously Usagi-chan, he was really upset with Akio. He got so mad that he even punched him."

"WHAT!" Usagi freaked out, almost sending Motoki off the bench in a panic.

"He hit him!" She was very very mad. There was a bizarre burst of flames surrounding her, as she cracked her fingers ready for murder.

"Calm down, he was really worried. It's not like him to get so worried. You should be happy that he cared." Motoki did make a point, but she was still upset that he stepped over that line. She sank back down, sighing; she now had confirmation that Akio would never in this life time see her again.

"Cheer up, I have to go now and open the arcade, come by later okay" He smiled, dusting off the bread bits off his pants. She stood up smiling agreeing to make a visit to the arcade a bit later. He waved her goodbyes and left. Usagi blankly starred at the pond, smiling.

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Later that morning…

"I think she got what I was trying to say. I mean I didn't want to come out and just say that he only wanted her for …" Motoki couldn't even say it out loud, when it came to Usagi it just felt wrong to associate those kinds of things with her. Mamoru put down his drink.

"You know she won't get it. You have to be blunt with her. She's so ditzy she won't understand unless you just say it how it is." He didn't want to think about Usagi, he hated that she was in his mind all last night. He hated that Akio almost got her first kiss. He didn't understand his crazy possessiveness, he had never felt that way for her or anybody else before.

"We have to talk to her Chiba, otherwise she might just get hurt."

"We? I'm not talking to her about nothing. I did my part last night." He groaned. He felt better knowing that at least his paper was done and over with. He could relax now. Motoki put down the glass looking at him worried.

"Chiba, don't you care if she gets hurt?" He asked examining his eyes. Mamoru leaned back a bit and looked back at his friend.

"It's not my problem Motoki. She's the one who just stood there, she wanted to be kissed by that lecher." His voice was deep, like his temper was rising again.

"She froze Chiba, she was shocked and couldn't move. She said she was afraid. Wait, oh so if you don't care, why did you get so hyped up last night?" He asked crossing his arms with a small smile.

"I was just stressed out and Akio is just a jerk, I just did it alright. Anyways, you're closer to her than me. So you should to talk to her again." He announced. Motoki sighed, thinking about what he should say to her this time.

"Anyways, I'm going home. I'm gonna catch up with some much needed rest." With that he waved goodbye to Motoki. As he left the arcade doors he noticed Usagi walking happily towards him. She stopped noticing him, her eyes burned flames, her eyebrows were narrowed to a mad point. Mamoru smirked.

"What are you doing here?" She shouted walking closer to the doors. Suddenly Mamoru noticed her lips, the very same lips that Akio would have kissed. His eyes narrowed.

"What are you doing here so early Odango atama?" He smirked. Again, he had just pushed her off the edge yet again.

"You BAKA!"She scrunched up her face and turned around to walk aggressively away from him when she felt hands wrap around her and another covering her mouth. Fear swelled up in her as she felt the wall against her back. She opened her eyes when she felt her attacker release her.

"You stay away from him, don't you get why he wants to date you?" He was merciless. Everything about his tone, his body language made Usagi upset.

"And why would I listen to you!" She screamed pushing his chest back so she had more room to get out of the small gap between the arcade and clothing store. He grabbed her arm again forcing her to stay put.

"You really are dumb Odango atama. Akio just wants sex. That's all. Didn't you wonder why a guy like him wanted to date you? He's had many girls like you, who are too stupid to realize that they're being taken advantage of." It was like he stabbed her heart a few times and than one last time to make sure it was broken. Her eyes let go of tears. She didn't know when she decided to slap him across the face, but she felt the stink of the impact on her palm. Mamoru stepped back feeling the blow on his right cheek. He was mad, he wanted to shake her and slap her back. But than he noticed her eyes were streaming out with tears. She was hurt.

"Don't you ever talk to me like that! Don't ever touch me! I hate you!" She screamed and quickly ran out crying. She felt belittled and hurt. Mamoru was equally upset, he tried to tell her the truth about Akio, and she slapped him. He was the one trying to protect her and she hit him instead of slapping her true attacker.

"That's it, I don't care what happens to her now." He murmured rubbing his cheek. He walked out heading towards his apartment.

"That girl….that Odango atama."