Afternoon Tea: 100 Theme Drabbles

by pencil gal

Sometimes love stories don't need fifty chapters to be told. Sometimes love, attraction, desire, or caring can be found in the smallest of moments. All drabbles centred around a different theme, all UsaMamo first season.

32. 26 Telephone

Written for Usagi and Mamoru: A Love Like No Other. Link can be found on my bio page.

26. Telephone (164 words)

"Yes my name is Tsukino Ikuko. I'm calling on behalf of my father who passed away last Thursday."

Usagi stood in the doorway of the lounge room listening to her mother speaking to the pension office. Taking a shaky breath she turned and closed the door, not particularly wanting to hear any more. She moved to go back upstairs but stopped next to the vase of flowers on the side table. Picking up the card she read it for the umpteenth time since finding the bouquet on the front step after the funeral service the day before.

To Usagi and family,

My condolences for your loss.

From Chiba Mamoru.

Usagi set the card down and looked at the phone as she heard her mother hang up the one in the living room. Her hand hovered over the handset close to picking it up before dropping back down next to her side. Usagi's eyes flicked back to the roses, unsure of what to do next.