Week 2E: Snow
Sailor Raspberry
369 words

She tilted to head up towards the gray, overcast sky, palms outstretched and face set with pure determination.

Snowflakes fell in twirling fat clusters, cluttering on the tips of her hair and curl of her eyelashes. Each time she felt the cool shock of a flake on her palm, she jumped and tried to press her nose into it.

Mamoru came to a slow stop when he finally spotted her, and with a curious arch of the brow, he stuffed his hands into his pockets and approached her. Around her, citizens loitered at the entrances of shops and clutched onto their bags. Christmas was just around the corner.

Usagi paid him no heed though, and as he paused directly in front of her, he cocked his head to the side and let a smirk slide onto his face. "Odango, what are you doing?"

She barely looked in his direction before her attention went back to the palm of her hand. "Catching snowflakes."

His forehead crinkled. "Why?"

A slow silence stretched out between them. Mamoru scratched the back of his head. "How long do you plan to keep this up?"

Usagi flexed her fingers, watching as another flake melted against her skin. "I don't know. Until I can actually catch one."

Mamoru opened his mouth to explain that, no, she would probably not be able to catch one. But then he caught himself and watched, amusedly, as a particularly plump flake perched on the tip of her nose.

She crossed her eyes to look at it, and as it melted away, Mamoru felt something bubble inside him.

Usagi looked up as he began laughing, a rich, deep, pure sound, and she blinked, watching as he slapped a hand over his mouth. "What?" She lowered her hands to her side. "What's so funny?"

His lips twitched. "It's nothing." Then, after a bead of stillness, he added. "You are just too much sometimes."

She glowered and stomped her booted foot. But before she could get her rebuttal in, Mamoru pointed over his shoulder. "Do you want to go get some hot cocoa?"

Usagi regarded him with narrowed eyes. "Alright," she said slowly, taking a step toward him. "But only if you pay."