"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! CAN YOU BE ANY MORE ANNOYING! AaAaARGH!" Usagi's voice steadily rose in pitch, her face turning redder with each sentence. Mamoru just smiled, "Really Odango, can you be any less mature?"

Usagi just stared at the older man, "I cannot BELIEVE you! For the last WEEK all you have done is ANTAGONISE me, and I'm getting pretty damn sick of it!"

"Excuse me, antagonise? Where did you learn such a large word? Little Odango Atama must be growing up! Oh I'm so proud of my little girl," Mamoru's tone was provocative and incredibly antagonising.

"You are such a JERK!" Usagi stepped closer to Mamoru, screaming at the top of her lungs, the sound of feet on the pavement was barely audible in comparison. "Yeah? A jerk? Well, you're a BABY!" he finally let himself sink to her level, something Mamoru had been fighting for the last half hour they had been arguing. Unsurprisingly, the crowd which usually gathered around these fights had disappeared back into the Crown Arcade.

Mamoru sighed internally, this was getting old, and his patience was failing more each time they fought, he was even ending up yelling childish insults long before he usually would; 'but what can I do to stop it?' he asked himself, '..hmmmm…'.

SLAP, there was a cracking noise, as Usagi's small palm made contact with Mamoru's face, "That's for ignoring me while we're fighting!" Her voice was indignant, highly annoyed, and still at the pitch which could be considered a yell. Mamoru did the only thing he could think of to shut her up: he kissed her. Not very hard, nor soft, or passionate, or any other thing which would usually be associated with a kiss, it was just his lips against hers.

Usagi blinked at him, dumbfounded, then she recovered, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, BAK-", the end of the sentence was cut off, once more by Mamoru's lips. Unable to move, Usagi just glared at her tormentor as he moved away.

"That, my dear, is going to happen every single time you yell, scream, yelp, shout, squeal, shriek, screech, or howl at me. And each time I'm going to make the kiss a little longer, until you realise that this is juvenile, ridiculous, and completely pointless." Mamoru held her eyes for a moment longer, until she realised he was completely serious, and then began walking away.

"You can't get away with this!" Usagi shrieked, Mamoru turned, "Just watch me," he said quite calmly, and his lips descended upon hers for the third time in less than a minute. Astonishingly, Usagi's rage at the annoying man was decreasing each time he kissed her.

"I'll see you later Usagi," He called to her, walking away with a spring in his step. That went much better than I imagined he thought, satisfied.

Their next encounter wasn't until 3 days, a large period of time, considering that they were usually in the Crown Arcade at the same time every day. Mamoru had altered his schedule to try and get a few days of peace before their next fight. However, today was a Saturday and, as usual, Mamoru had decided to go and spend some time with Motoki in the Arcade, figuring that his arguments with Usagi shouldn't stop that, and that she probably wouldn't be there today anyway.

Unfortunately, for Mamoru, Usagi was there, happily enjoying a double chocolate milkshake, with extra whipped cream. Without thinking, Mamoru commented upon her choice of drink, "Don't you think that's a bit too much sugar, Odango?", and was rewarded with a glare. Usagi was smart enough to not comment, knowing that she would end up yelling at the annoyance, and of course, being kissed; neither of these things was on her agenda for the day.

"No, actually I don't; to be honest, I don't think I have enough sugar, but I'll make do with what I have." Usagi was perfectly polite, adding a smug smile to the end of her extra sweet reply.

Mamoru's eyes narrowed, wanting to do something about her, but not finding anything that was against their verbal contract. This only made Usagi's smirk larger, she was learning, and she knew that she had done nothing wrong – yet.

"Oh, well that's no good," Mamoru stood up, bringing the sugar holder with him as he walked towards Usagi's milkshake, "Let me help you," he said as he very calmly tipped the sugar into her drink. Usagi was shocked; her only reaction for a few seconds was to stare at the 'improved' drink.

"I CANNOT believe you just did that!" Usagi yelped.

"Tut, tut, Odango, now you have encroached on our contract, and I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the consequences," he kissed her, this one lasting a few seconds, until Usagi pushed Mamoru away. "Uh-uh! Bad Usagi, you can't do that, it goes completely against our terms." To prove his point, he kissed her again, "And that, my dear, is the punishment if you do not keep to our contract."

"Can it be a contract if I never agreed?" The blonde wondered out loud, Mamoru had to bite back a laugh, "Think of it as my agreement with myself, and you're just the subject."

"The subje-" Usagi cut herself off, this was never going to work. She stood up and pushed the drink towards Mamoru, "Thank you for this talk, I am going to go and see if I can improve my day, away from here, and away from you."

Usagi had, in fact, made her way to Juuban Park, and was sitting on a bench overlooking the large lake which was at the centre of the park. She was beginning to realise that she didn't hate this change in her and Mamoru's fighting as much as she had thought she would when he'd first announced his terms. In all honesty, he wasn't too shabby a kisser either. Stop that! she berated herself You can't begin thinking that way, otherwise he'll become something to you, and that would just be embarrassing. Time to go and meet the girls for that shopping session we're supposed to be having. Usagi sighed and pushed herself off the wooden bench, making her way towards the local shopping centre.

Rei, Mako, Mina and Ami were all waiting for Usagi in the food market, knowing she would want something to eat before even thinking about shopping.

"Hey girl," Mina greeted her, "Why so late?" Usagi groaned in response, "Do I have to say?"

Mina nodded eagerly, "You really, really do now. It sounds like some interesting gossip!"

"Hmm, alright, but you girls have to promise not to tell," at their assent, Usagi told them about Mamoru and his ridiculous idea about shutting her up with kisses, and how she'd been late because she'd been fighting, and kissing, him and then had gone to go and think for a minute. When Usagi finished Mina was giggling uncontrollably, "He's trying to stop you yelling by KISSING you? That's ridiculous! But you have to tell us, does he kiss well?"

Usagi went bright red, "He's... Umm, he's alright, I guess…" She was beginning to think that she should have kept all this to herself; you silly girl, you knew Mina would react this way, Ami and Mako too probably, and I bet Rei starts screeching at me any minute now. Right on cue Rei began, going on about how Mamoru was hers, and had Usagi known that!

Ami interrupted Rei, "Actually Rei, if this is the way Mamoru," she stressed the male's name, "Is choosing to quieten Usagi, it probably means he has underlying feelings for her!" Impossibly, Usagi's face went even redder; this was definitely a bad idea. Mako and Mina started avidly agreeing, finding no problem with Ami's logic.

I wish a hole would open right now and swallow me… this is sooo embarrassing.