Usagi and Minako sat at the counter chattering happily between themselves about the up and coming French speaking tests. Minako had just had hers earlier that day and Usagi's was the next day and to say she was nervous was a bit of an understatement. Usagi twirled a napkin in her fingers, tearing it into small pieces. Then she realised.. something wasn't right.
There was something missing..
More like someone..
Bingo!
Mamoru!
"Hey Motoki, Where's Mamoru-Baka? I haven't seen him since we got here after school and it's like" She glanced down at her watch and frowned "5:30 in the afternoon. He'd usually be here by now"
Motoki and Minako shared a knowing look before Motoki started
"You know, You seem awful.."
Motoki was cut off by the phone which he quickly proceeded to answer. He paced slowly twirling the cord around his finger
"Hello, Crown arcade how can I.. Oh.. Really? I'm so sorry to hear that. Tell him I'll be over once my shift ends and to hold on. Yes... Ok, I'll tell her. Thanks for letting me know. Bye" As Motoki turned back to the girls and stopped his pacing they noticed that his eyes were glazed over and there was a small silver track running down his left cheek.
"What's wrong Motoki?" Usagi leant over the counter holding her arms out towards him.
"Ma.. Mamoru has.. has cancer and till midnight tonight to live" He sniffled and watched Usagi sit back down, her face turned pale as her own eyes glazed and she let out a quiet sob. He continued "He said, He wanted us to go one.. without him, live happily and all that" He pulled out a pen and some paper then scribbled down an address "Go see him"
"Yeah, go to him" Minako nodded, supporting Motoki and Usagi nodded back swiping back tears as she took the paper and fled to it's address.
At the apartment.
There was a sharp knocking at the door and Nurse Momiji, a short and furrowed old woman answered the door, hastily slinging it back and startling the young girl.
"Hai?"
"Um.. Is this Chiba Mamoru's residence?"
"Hai, And whom are you?"
"I'm a.. a friend" Stuttered the quivering blond
"Friend friend or girlfriend?"
"Best friend?"
"Hmm.. I don't trust you" The nurse gave her a searching look and opened her mouth to say more when a voice from deep within the apartment called out, faintly.
"Momiji, Who is it?" The voice sounded weak, it was recognisable but it lacked the usual joy in it's monotone.
"Some blond child, in a white and blue uniform"
"Does she have it pulled up into two buns with long bits falling from them that looks like Odangos?"
A few minutes of examining and the woman nodded calling "Hai"
"Let her in then, She's a good friend"
"Hai" She responded in a distasteful tone, opening the door wider and letting the girl in, snapping it shut behind her.
Usagi wandered through the apartment till she reached Mamoru's room, the door wide open to reveal a sickly looking Mamoru, curled against a mountain of pillows. She let out a sob and found herself blushing as he looked up to her.
"Hi, Odango"
"Hiya" An uncomfortable silence passed over the two in which Usagi took to staring at her interesting shoes while Mamoru smiled fondly at her.
"I can't do it" Her voice came out in a tiny whisper that he barely caught
"Can't do what?"
"Can't go on living" She swiped at her eyes, wiping the tears from her eyes as he blinked "Not without you".
"Usagi, I.. What do you mean you can't? Of course you can. You're you! My Odango" He croaked
"Mamoru, I can't. I'd miss you too much and I l.." She trailed off and he missed the rest of her words.
"I l.. huh?"
"I.. love you" She allowed her voice to raise slightly before she gulped.
"Usagi, I.." He sighed for a moment before chuckling "I love you too"
She looked up to him, more tears flowing from her eyes as he opened his arms to her. She almost dived into his embrace, lips eagerly searching for his.
Usagi bolted up in bed, panting heavily as she tried to calm herself. Her hand swiped a layer of hot sweat from her forehead and she fell back against the mattress. The mattress shifted besides her and she lazily turned her head towards her pet cat, Luna. Large emerald eyes shone at her as the cat rubbed her head against the back of her head. A warm purr reached her ears as she slowly drifted off to sleep, sleek black fur rubbing against her skin.
T
he next day a pair of quiet blonds stepped into the arcade, backpacks in hand. They moved over towards the counter where they took a seat and ordered a milkshake as per usual. Usagi glanced around..
No Mamoru..
That couldn't mean...
Didn't mean..
"Motoki, where's Mamoru?" Minako cast a worried look towards her friend, having already heard the blond retelling her dream from the previous night.
"Right here, Odango" He wrapped his fingers around one of her pigtails and gave it a gentle tug as she turned a bright smile towards him. She noticed his fingers lingered slightly longer then they should have but was glad for the touch. He sat down besides her and Motoki instantly gave him his usual black coffee before moving over to talk to Minako.
"Did ya miss me?" She blushed slightly and grinned towards him, relieved.
"Not really, just making sure my dream didn't come true.. You're really going out of your way to haunt me aren't you"
"Huh?" He blinked, confused at her, tilting his head to the side.
"I had a dream about you last night"
"Ah, and?"
"You had cancer and you had till midnight to live" Conveniently she decided to leave out the part of them confessing their love for each other.
"Cool, what did I do with my last day?"
"You were stuck in bed, you did have your personal nurse ring us and tell us to go on without you, though"
"I can't believe I did nothing in my last day to live"
"You were sick!"
Minako rose from her seat and tapped Usagi on the shoulder before grasping her wrist "The girls are here, come on". Usagi nodded and gave Mamoru an apologetic smile before grabbing her things and following Minako to a booth where the other girls were crowded round.
Some time later, Usagi and Makato, cuisine extraordinaire, took a seat back at the counter. The two gossiped animatedly for a while before Usagi grinned up at Makato. She reached out and shyly poked one of her friends curls that fell from her customary ponytail.
"Your hair looks great curly, Makato"
"So it looks bad the rest of the time?" Makato grinned, knowing her friend would feel guilty.
"No! It looks good straight. It just looks a little nicer then usual today"
"I like your eyes. I'd kill for blue eyes, wouldn't you Motoki?"
Motoki blushed, he'd been caught eavesdropping "They're a cool shade, although I love your hair"
Usagi blushed as Makato leant over the counter and tapped Mamoru's arm.
"Mamoru, Don't you think Usagi's new haircut suits her better then when she had it all long and floppy?" Makato and Motoki leant forwards, two pairs of green eyes fixed on the raven haired man while Usagi shrank back.
"A definite improvement" He chuckled loudly as the blond blushed further, stuttering a thanks. The three friends laughed at the shy blond who was now wishing she'd be sucked up into a whole.
"Be right back. Gotta make a call" Mamoru got up and pulled a sleek black cell phone from his pocket as he made his way outside. A few minutes later the place beside him was deserted while Makato and Motoki drilled Usagi for information.
"Have you told him you love him yet?"
"Have you kissed yet?"
"Has he tickled your.."
"Motoki!" The two girls screeched loudly and slapped their hands over his mouth causing him to wince in pain.
Mamoru returned and took a seat, eyeing the two girls with a strange look as they sat back down. Makato burst into giggles, elbowing Usagi while Motoki wiggled his eyebrows at her. Usagi growled at the two and grabbed her things, quickly moving to the occupant seat beside Mamoru. He turned to her then to a now guilty looking Motoki and Makato before looking back to Usagi.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"Come on, I can tell when something is wrong with you, Usagi"
She sighed
"Makato and Motoki are just annoying me, making comments and stuff"
Mamoru nodded in understanding before placing an arm around her shoulders and squeezing them lightly
"England sounds good right about now" Proclaimed Mamoru
Usagi chuckled at his statement, remembering a conversation they'd had in February.
Flash Back
Usagi groaned and swiped at her nose with a tissue before burying her head in her arms.
"Ugh, work is terrible" Sighed Mamoru
"Ugh, School sucks" Sighed Usagi.
"We should go somewhere, just you and me to get away from it all" He turned to her with a grin.
"Yeah, we should" She too turned to him with her own silly grin.
"How about France?" She suggested
"Too French"
"Italy?"
"Too cold"
"Australia?"
"Don't like the people"
"Why don't you like Australians? They're so cool and their accent is great"
"I just don't like them, Odango"
"China?"
"Too communist"
"England?"
"Hmm.. Where abouts in England?"
"East Yorkshire"
"East Yorkshire it is, then" The two nodded and shook hands.
Back to the present
"Come on. Let's pack our bags and go.. Actually no, we should just go now" Mamoru frowned and dipped his hands into his pockets while Usagi opened her school bag.
"Well.. I've got a pair of gloves, an ancient cereal bar, an mp3 player with a dying battery, a belt.."
"Well that's more then what I've got.. 200 Yen, A cell phone, CD player and some Tai flavoured crisps"
"Wow, We'll really get far, especially with the careers you're given us"
"Hey! I'll have you know I'm bound to earn loads from my job of selling my services.. I'll have you know I was a model"
"Yeah, A hand model"
"Pfft! At least I was a model"
"Was? Did you get made redundant after some freak accident that disfigured you're face"
"You wish"
"I wish.. You'd get a hair cut" She smirked at his mock offended pout before he ran his hands through his ebony locked and fluffed out his sideburns. Sadly to say, his hair was a little longer then usual and in need of a good trim, especially the sideburns and slight curls on the nape of his neck.
"You need to do the back" His hands flew to the back of his head but he decided the curls were to be left as they were.
"I can see you having a side parting" She giggled as he tenderly brushed his bangs to the side and flashed a soft grin. It was genuine and heart melting, it suited him perfectly. She laughed and he proceeded to pat his hair back into place but when several clumps decided they would stick up she burst into hysterics. A quivering hand pointed out the stray locks and he tamed them quickly till only one was left. She pointed to it but they found he couldn't pat it down so upon sighing frustrated he hung his head in indication for her to sort it out for him. She quickly smoothed it down, giving it two extra pats, just to be sure before grinning.
"Done"
"Thanks"
"Let's go fishing for a dream,
Lets find some place new.
Some where, we can be ourselves,
And don't say you won't,
Loose your heart.
I loose my mind.
We'll make quite a pair,
Dazzling all the time.
Celebrity parties, Red carpet mile
Nothing is too good there for my girl"
"Mamoru! Stop ruining a good song will you?"
"Aww I thought you liked me singing to you"
"Shut up!"
"Oh, Usagi! It's you!" Usagi turned to see a class mate smiling at her.
"Oh, Kay! Hi"
"Hi, I like your necklace but who has the other half, hmm?" Usagi blinked, having forgotten about her silver pendant. It was half a heart with a jagged line, and the letters Be.. Fri scrawled across it in black. It was one half of a best friends necklace she had swapped with an old friend from kindergarten.
"I do" Mamoru chuckled gaining a laugh from Kay.
"You wish.. Actually my old friend called Jess has it"
"Jess wouldn't happen to be a codename for Mamoru would it?"
"Definitely not"
"Aww, Well you make a cute couple anyway"
"What was that? I didn't quite catch it" Mamoru's eyebrows rose as Usagi blushed
"Kay was just saying she'd.."
"I said you two would look great together, perfect couple"
"Oh" He broke into a cocky grin
"I'd look great with anyone"
Author's notes:
4 pages, phew! My mom bought me the Kaiser Chiefs album, Woot! and Turin Brakes new single "Fishing for a dream" and school of rock... I was offered a job too while I was convincing her to buy it. The song Mamoru was singing is Fishing for a Dream as mentioned, by Turin Brakes.
I'm just wondering if I should add one of our little spits in.. just to make it not so happy sappy and all. Let me know what you think I should do although be warned, I have loads of happy sappy material and not so much Bad.. although there's more for Usagi being angry then for Mamoru.. Gah
Glad the people that read the last chapters like them and thanks to everyone, especially Sun-Chan for the lovely reviews, I really, really feel special now. And the thing about the green eyed monster bit was funny and one of my favourite parts of the story. I was trying to go see my friend David and because I hadn't told Baka where I was going he wouldn't let me go till I explained so I ended up missing him thanks to Baka.
Baka-Mu: Well you're mine.. and David is kinda... stupid
Meg: I know he's not smart but he's a nice boy.. now shut up because I don't need you to tell me things I already know
Duo-Mu: Heero, she didn't deny it did she
Hee-Mu: Nope she didn't
Anyways... I definitely think there's a bit of Mamo-Chan in Baka-san and I've been feeling a little vulnerable myself lately, broke down crying twice in two weeks due to stress of exams, an ongoing argument going on between two of my friends, confusion over my feelings for baka, built up anger over coursework. .which gives me an Idea for my next chapter because I've just remember another sweet moment with Baka.. Reminder for self : Right next chapter so it's similar to the time science coursework was handed back
Yeah, I was close to tears when I got that given back but Baka just said a few encouraging words, squeezed my hand and had a quick look at it and I got it done, had to fight back the tears though. Alls good with Baka though and I did get a short hug from him when I told him I had several FutureHead songs, a Kaiser chiefs song and Main Offender on my mp3 player.. I think I made his day with that.
Anangelslife: Sparks are definitely flying from Usagi, a little confused about those from Mamoru
SailorMoonHannah: Glad you like it, We've got a little bit of a craze with it because Baka's friend started playing it and the two of them have passed it on so now it's not quite as fun for me.. Hey I just realised.. I'm winning 3:2 YES!
CharmedSerenity3: Usagi likes Mamoru, Mamoru.. well I don't know his feelings but they aren't together because it's based on things that happen between myself and one of my best friends who I have a huge crush on however he doesn't seem to like me in the same way although he still acts like he does at times.. confusing I know, feel sorry for me, I'm having to cope with it all being the one that Usagi's OOCness is based on
Sun-Chan (Sun+Moon,Earth+Sky): What can I say that I haven't alrady.. um I wuff you for your reviews? Keep them up hehe. Going to get a book to get people to sign on Monday so will try to get him to sign it and upload it.. If it's nice, otherwise I'll sit and moan about it and If it's possible would you please Email me Sun-Chan? You're one of my favourite reviewers hehe