Part Six: Double Life
Word Count: 374
Naru is covering for Usagi again, and she wishes she knew why.
The girl who shared everything with her is keeping a secret, and it's a big one. It must be-Usagi spends so much time off with whoever, while Naru smiles into the phone and tells her best friend's mother that Usagi is fine and good and yes, she is staying over.
A secret boyfriend seems unlikely-Usagi's not that kind of girl, she can't keep a secret very well anyways, and well…she's Usagi. She's nice and kind and generous, but she's not the kind of girl to get involved in some forbidden romance. But Usagi must be doing something wrong…otherwise why have Naru cover for her all the time?
How is it that she sees Usagi everyday and yet feels as if she is speaking to a bright-eyed stranger?
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Motoki looks at Rei. She is a nice girl, even if her tongue is a little sharp and her smile is a little sad. She's also very pretty.
Her eyes are fixed on a figure in a hideous green blazer sitting four stools down. Mamoru is bent over a textbook as usual; his eyes never leave the page, and he seems to be able to drink his coffee without spilling it despite his not looking at it. Motoki knows that Mamoru is no doubt studying relentlessly for a test he will pass with flying colors. Maybe Mamoru has noticed Rei staring. Maybe he hasn't.
Either way, he's never going to look up at her, and Motoki wishes there was a nice way of telling Rei she has no chance with him. Not because of anything to do with her, but simply because Mamoru is by definition a loner and thoroughly uninterested in a relationship.
Her violet eyes are intense; no doubt she is planning an assault doomed to failure. Her friend, Usagi, fiddles with one of her pigtails and watches her friend. There's something off about her normally constant smile; it's forced today.
"Everything alright?" Motoki asks. She looks up at him, fingers wrapped tightly around her milkshake, and smiles as widely as she can.
"Of course!" She chirps, and tries not to look at him, sitting so far away and so near.
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