Happy Valentines Day to you all!

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23. - - Valentines

Crash!

Half the people in the arcade turned around to the pile of small presents that fell down on the floor and flew around like a basket of apples. But, only one guest found it hilariously laughable, specially when he noticed a pair of buns peeking out behind the small mountain of Valentine's presents. He could hear her whispering curses to her chin and only laughed more.

With much struggle, Usagi managed to raise all the presents and all the cards, and with little attention unceremoniously dropped them on the first free table, which turned out to be the one Mamoru sat at. Only after she raised her head with her eyes wide open, she jumped away and pointed at him.

"Mamoru!"

He rose one eyebrow at her, and tried to calm down from laughing. "Yes, Odango?"

Feeling defeated she pointed to the mess on the table and with wild eyes turned to him. "You! You're to blame for this!"

Mamoru's laugh stopped short in his throat and he rose both of his eyebrows. "Come again?"

"Yes, you, with your stupid sayings. If only you didn't so stupidly proclaimed to the entire world that you would give me the most expensive gift in the history of all Valentine's, I wouldn't have to deal with this!" She yelled, waving her hands around, every now and then looking at the table as if her own death was lying there. "You really don't know when to stop joking!"

That laugh returned back and in full speed, and it took Mamoru all his training not to double over and roll around the floor. "Usagi.." he managed to say between breaths. She stood before him, with her hands on her hips and tapping her foot. "Yes?"

Mamoru finally calmed down and got up, catching one package in his hands. "Chocolate? With caramel?"

Usagi looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Yes..?"

With slow steps he approached her, towering over her and pressed his nose against hers. "Will we eat it now, or by dinner time?"

Usagi giggled and blushed a bit, her hands going around his neck in a firm grasp. "Mamo-baka, you and your chocolates." Was all she was allowed to say before his lips lowered hungrily on her own and played. He smiled into the kiss, because he still didn't tell her she was much more sweeter than chocolate.

"Well," she said after they broke apart, "I'm still waiting for that most expensive gift in the history of all Valentines." He smiled and pulled her down into his lap, sitting down and back into the booth. With a devilish gleam in his eyes, Mamoru unbuttoned his shirt only to show her big red ribbon tied around his neck.

"You get me."

Usagi's happy and crystal laughter rang out through the arcade for a long, long time.