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28 Days of Romance
Day Four
Story Thirty: Vogue
Summary: Having perfect vision isn't everything.
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The everlasting flames that licked on the surface of the damnable lake of fire stood still in mid-motion, frozen: Usagi Tsukino had sat in her booth at Game Center Crown for thirty minutes with an untouched, uneaten chocolate milkshake sitting in front of her. Despair dripped, seemed to seep out of the girl's very pores as it created its own dark astrosphere around her.
"I'm concerned," Motoki commented, refilling his best friend's Mamoru's coffee mug.
"What are you concerned about?" Mamoru glanced over his shoulder, his heart tightening upon seeing Usagi's complete and utter desolate expression. "It could be possible that she's just not hungry."
Motoki shook his head, "Or maybe she's on one of those crazy diets teenage girls are always going on." His gasping lungs resounded, "Oh! You don't think she's being bullied in school do you?" He bit down on his knuckle, "You're beat-" Motoki's frantic screech was cut off when Mamoru clapped his hand over the blonde's mouth.
"Shh!" Mamoru whispered harshly. "What's wrong with you!?" He inquired, slowly uncovering the boy's noise hole.
A frown tugged on Motoki's lips, "It's just that," He rubbed his forefingers together. "I don't like seeing my precious," He inhaled sharply, his irises shaping themselves into little hearts. "Milkshake ignored, you know it's a masterpiece in a cup!"
Rolling his sea colored eyes heavenwards Mamoru stood from his seat at the counter. "I'll go see what's wrong with- stop pacing!" He commanded causing Motoki to apologize. "With Odango, you go serve your customers."
"Ok! But be sure to remind her about the comforting flavors of chocolate milkshakes!" Motoki whispered harshly at Mamoru's retreating backside.
"Yeah, yeah," Mamoru called out absently over his shoulder upon crossing the room towards Usagi's seemly empty booth. "Odango," He greeted with a half-smile.
"Yes?" Usagi turned towards him, her usually sparkling azure colored eyes were significantly dulled, laced with her sadden disposition.
No Mamo-baka, that was strange.
A tiny cry resounded within Mamoru's chest and he utmost desired to take the petite girl into his warm embrace but with a lot of effort he stifled the impulse. Instead Mamoru simply slid in next to the tiny blonde in her booth, "What's wrong?"
"What makes you think something is wrong?" Usagi asked absently and Mamoru simply gestured towards her untouched milkshake as sufficient evidence. Allowing for a sigh to escape past her lips the young blonde fully turned towards the boy at her side. "Well, I guess sometimes it's easier to confess to a stranger then it is to a friend."
Mamoru grinned tightly, swallowing the pain that came from her causally stringed syllables. "Confess?" He chuckled. "Did you do something dirty Odango?"
Usagi shook her head, her golden pigtails swishing around her. "No, nothing like that," She sighed once again. "I went to the doctor's office today," Her voice trailed off, her eyes shifting towards the table top.
Every muscle in Mamoru's body stiffened, "Eh?" Placing his warm hand on top of her he unconsciously scooted closer to her. "Is it- are you-" He simply stared at the young girl searching her azure colored orbs for answers, his thoughts too jumbled to form a proper inquiry.
Nodding somberly Usagi met his gaze, "He told me the worst thing imaginable." She leaned her head on his shoulder and he couldn't help but wrap his arms around her small frame.
Fearing the absolute worst Mamoru swallowed the lump that had begun to develop at the back of his throat, "How long?"
"Life," Usagi responded.
Mamoru blinked, shifting away so he could look down at her. "For life?" Usagi nodded, "Wait, what kind of doctor did you go see?"
"An eye one, he told me I needed to wear glasses," Heavy moister began to build at the corners of Usagi's azure colored orbs. "How could he do this to me?"
Eyebrows furrowed Mamoru pushed the young girl away before he pinched her cheek, "Idiot, I thought we were talking about something serious."
Yanking herself out of his reach Usagi held her reddened cheek, glaring all the while at the older boy. "This is serious! I'm never going to be able to get a boyfriend with these," She practically screeched throwing a black case with the word Vogue written on them. "I'm not Ami-chan, I'm not a genius! It makes no sense for me to wear glasses. Oh God! I'm going to have to settle for Umino!"
"Whoa!" Mamoru yelled in efforts to snap the young blonde out of her own hysteria. "First of all you don't have to be smart to wear glasses, it's a problem with your eyes not your brain. But in your case," He let the words trail off when she turned the full onslaught of her sparking eyes towards him. "Second, some guys think girls look cute in glasses."
Usagi frowned, "Not the hot ones," She commented, her finger tracing the black case.
Mamoru sighed, "Have you tried them on yet?" He asked, gesturing towards the black case.
Nodding once Usagi answered, "At the store but-"
"-But, not in public yet," Mamoru finished her incomplete statement, watching her nod again in confirmation. "Then close your eyes," He commanded.
"Why? You're not going to do anything perverted are you?"
Blanching Mamoru glared at her, "No idiot!" He yelled, covering her eyes as he reaching into his jacket pocket. Curiosity crept, consuming Usagi easily as she fidgeted in her seat until he removed his hold over her eyes.
Usagi blinked-
Motoki from his position behind the counter eyed the milkshake with dejection-
Mamoru blushed, sitting next to her with his own pair of glasses adorning his proud face. "It will be easier for you if you have someone with you when you try on your glasses for the first time, right?"
Cherry rogue painted her cheekbones, "Mamoru," Usagi said in surprise, touched. Clenching her tiny fists together as she tried to build up her own courage Usagi unzipped her Vogue case, pulling out her glasses.
They were simple plastic black frames with faux diamonds on the side, taking a deep breath she slipped the glasses on before shifting towards the older boy.
Mamoru gasped.
"W-What? Do they look bad?" Usagi inquired, fidgeting.
"No," Mamoru shook his head. "Quite the opposite, I don't know if I want you walking around Juban looking this deli-" He coughed, swallowing the complement before it gave him away completely. "What," He asked after a few moments noticing Usagi's critical eye inspecting him.
"You know, I never noticed before but you're kind of cute Mamoru-kun," Usagi confessed while giggling.
Turning away from the young girl Mamoru tried to conceal his scarlet complexion, "Is that so." He commented catching Motoki's inquiring eye.
"Do you want to share my milkshake with me," Mamoru raised an eyebrow at the young girl's forwardness. "You know as a thank you for making me feel better," Usagi said already tearing open an extra straw to place inside the cup.
Catching sight of her sparkling orbs Mamoru couldn't help but smile, "Sure Usagi," He accepted, leaning in closer towards her as they both took a sip of the milkshake at the same time.
At the counter Motoki bit the end of his handkerchief, "Nerds in love, the wonders my miracle in a glass can do."
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An: Sorry, I don't have much more choices for you guys today, I was going to write out a week's worth of stories yesterday but I wasn't feeling all that well so I only ended up writing one. Not sure what I'm going to do since tomorrow is always a heavy day at work, wish me luck guys.
A Last Bouquet: My twisted version of ep 173, because Usagi doesn't do lost distance relationships nor does she like to say good-bye, unless it goes a little something like this "Screw you Mamo-baka!"
Mamoru blinks, "What have I done?"
B Cancer: Usagi is sick and in her desperation she turns to med-student and not to mention her archenemies Chiba Mamoru.
C World's Apart: Next installment in the WoTR series: In an act of desperation Mamoru tries to close the distance between Usagi's and his worlds.
Secluded Sapphire, Gwen xx, CharmedSerenity3, Ummster, Sakanscales876, Sessy's Mistress (hugs), Flowerypetal, Simplybored (I think it would lose its charm if it was a full series because I meant for it to be just snippets, takes away from the mystery.. plus I'm fairly new at descriptive writing so I don't think I could write a full fledged chapter in that writing style), BeeDiddy (You won a hug from me, if that helps. I haven't been able to write anymore advance chapters so I am putting the trivia on hold until I do), Arinariena (Kenshi lit means swordsman but only in ref to someone who practices Kendo), Roswellachick ( I liked the switched roles between U and M in WotR's too), Midnight blue08 (Very unfair, but Mamoru manages to escape) and Kireisnowtenshi (It was revenge for him calling her his woman, Usagi in that series doesn't like the idea of being owned or having any feelings for anyone because it opens the flood of emotions she doesn't want to deal with; aka what happened in the pervious chapter with her crying herself to sleep.)
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