Rose dragged her feet slightly as she followed Usagi to the arcade. She loved Usagi, but she could be slightly annoyed with her crushes. Motoki was a nice guy, but Rose just wouldn't see it working out. She was also fairly certain that Motoki knew Usagi liked him and never did anything to show her in the slightest that he wasn't interested. Sometimes he almost seemed to encourage her attitude towards him. It sometimes just made Rose feel a little displeased with him. She supposed it might have just been her protective side taking over.
"Aww, it looks like he's not here," Usagi said as she looked through the windows of the arcade. "Oh, I really wanted to see him."
"Oh well," Dose said with a small shrug. "I suppose we should just head-"
"Oh, hey, Rose, Usagi," a voice said from behind the sisters. They turned to see Motoki standing behind them wearing a suit and tie. "Talk about perfect timing. I was just about to start my shift."
"Yeah!" Usagi happily said.
"The Sailor V game just came in," Motoki said opening the door. "Want to be the first to play it?"
"Actually," Rose tried to say.
"Of course!" Usagi happily said skipping inside. Rose sighed and slowly followed her hyper sister. She sat next to Usagi as she started her game. Rose watched the screen as Usagi went into a series of mashing the buttons as shaking the joystick.
"Come on! Come on! Yes! I got'cha! No!" Usagi exclaimed. Her screen then read game over.
"That's a pretty tough game, huh?" Motoki said walking up next to Usagi.
"Yeah," Usagi said.
"Want some tips?" Motoki asked.
"Sure," Usagi said reaching for another quarter. Motoki suddenly took a quarter from his own pocket and put it in the game machine.
"Wait!" Usagi exclaimed.
"It's on me," Motoki said with a smile.
"Okay," Usagi said blushing.
Rose looked at Usagi nervously as Motoki explained things about the game. She could tell Usagi was daydreaming based on the expression on her face. Sometimes, it hurt Rose to think about Usagi's crush. She just didn't think Motoki would ever view Usagi in that light, and Rose hated the thought of Usagi getting a broken heart over it.
Rose suddenly felt something plop on her head, breaking her from her thoughts. She looked up to see Luna resting on her head. "Luna?" Rose said in confusion.
"Oh, Luna?" Motoki said looking at Rose and the cat. "Is that her name. I've been seeing her around here a lot. Is she another one of your animal friends, Rose?"
"Well, yes, in a way," Rose said reaching up and gently petting Luna. To Usagi's surprise, Luna purred in responses instead of hissing or smacking Rose's hand away.
"That's adorable, Rose," Motoki said with a small chuckle.
"Adorable?" Usagi said slightly nervous.
"Yeah," Moroki said. "I always thought Rose having all these little animal friends was so cute."
"Well, we'd better leave," Usagi said suddenly standing up and taking Rose's hand.
"But you're still in the middle of your game," Motoki said.
"I'll finish it another time," Usagi said quickly hurrying towards the door.
"Well, hope you come back soon," Motoki said. "Seeing you always brightens my day, Usagi."
Usagi suddenly stopped in her tracks, looked over at Motoki, and smiled before heading out of the arcade.
"Aren't the both of you supposed to go home after school?" Luna asked once they were outside.
"I tried to tell Usagi, but she didn't listen," Rose said taking Luna off of her head and holding her in her arms. They both suddenly noticed Usagi was skipping away.
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Luna exclaimed.
"To see that fortune teller, so he can tell me more about my future with Motoki!" Usagi happily replied.
"Oh, dear," Rose said following Usagi and still carrying Luna. "She slowly becomes more and more obsessed."
"I didn't know you had other animal friends," Luna said.
"Oh," Rose said blushing a little. "Well, like I told you this morning, I've never really had that many friends besides my sister. I'm just really bad with people. I ended up feeling more comfortable around animals, so I ended up becoming friends with the animals in the park and a few strays in the streets."
"Oh," Luna said lowering her head slightly.
"You're my favorite, though," Rose said with a smile as she gently petted Luna's head. Luna simply purred in response.
"He's gone," Usagi said catching Rose's and Luna's attention. Rose looked at the empty spot where the elderly fortune teller was.
"I guess he went home," Rose said.
"And we should do the same," Luna said.
"But I really want to know," Usagi said with a sigh. "Oh, I could go to the House of Fortune." Rose and Usagi crossed the street and stood in front of the new business.
"Are you sure, Usagi?" Rose asked. "Can't you just wait until tomorrow when he comes back?"
"Hmm," Usagi thought putting her index finger to her mouth. "Oh, I know." Usagi slipped off her shoe. "Heads: I go to the house of fortune. Tails: I wait for the man to come back." She kicked up and sent her shoe flying.
"Ow!" they heard someone exclaim.
"Uh oh," Rose said quickly turning around. "Please, forgive my sister. She-" Rose paused when she saw who was hit by Usagi's shoe.
"It's that stuck-up guy again," Usagi said.
"You need to watch where you're throwing things, Meatball Head," the guy said walking towards the two girls with Usagi's shoe in his hand.
"Is that all you can say?!" Usagi angrily asked getting up in his face.
"Well how about this," the guy said getting up in her face as well. "Why don't you try acting more like a lady for a change?!"
"Okay, I think that's enough," Rose nervously said stepping between the two and separating them. She took Usagi's shoe from the guys hand and gave it to Usagi. "You don't have to be so mean to her," Rose said directing her attention to the guy. "She didn't hit you on purpose."
"She wouldn't have if she wasn't such a bone head," the guy rudely remarked.
"What was that?!" Usagi said as her face turned red and she clenched her fists. The guy didn't say anything else and just walked away.
"Hey! You come back here!" Usagi yelled. "I'm not done with you!"
"Let it go, Usagi," Rose calmly said placing her hand on her sister's shoulder. "He's just trying to get under your skin. Let's just go home."
"Okay," Usagi said with a grumble slipping on her shoe. "Oh, and I was in such a good mood, too." She and Rose continued down the sidewalk and headed for their house. While walking, Rose kept thinking about the interaction she and her sister had with that strange guy. She had the weird feeling again, like she somehow knew him from somewhere. She decided to forget it and just continued to walk home with Usagi.
