Chapter four up and running minna-chan - hope you all like it xxx please review xxx
"Sir…we can't find her…" A man stuttered nervously, watching as another man behind a desk with short brown hair clenched his fists.
"What do you mean you can't find her?" The man behind the desk gritted his teeth
"She…She's nowhere to be seen, none of her friends have seen her…" The man stuttered
"Then look HARDER" He yelled angrily standing up, his chair swinging away from him.
"And if you still cant find her then get constable Hetei to contact me."
"Right a…away Mr. Yuso, sir.…" The man ran out of the room in fright.
The other man pulled his chair under him and sat down; he slammed his fists onto the desk.
"DAMN IT!" He roared
A weak cry awoke Usagi from her peaceful slumber. She looked next to her to see bright green numbers staring at her. 6. 24 Am. She growled.
She stumbled out of bed, put on her silk black dressing gown and trudged into the bedroom next to her. When she walked in she found Miako standing up in the cot tears trickling down her chubby rosy cheeks.
"What's wrong honey?" The blonde asked walking to her daughter
"Mummy!! Where are we!!?" Miako sniffled; Usagi sighed gently and lifted the girl into her arms, wiping away her tears softly.
"We're staying in a motel until we found a home" She smiled
"Where daddy can't find us?" The infant buried her head in her mother's chest and started to cry weakly. Usagi sighed, blinking back tears of her own and held her daughter tightly.
"Yes honey, where daddy can't find us…" Usagi whispered gently, stroking Miako's hair, the little girl let out a big sigh and snuggled closer to her mum. Usagi let a lonely tear slip down her cheek as Miako fell back to sleep in the warm arms of her mother.
Usagi gently lifted her back into her cot, tucked her in and kissed her forehead softly. She left the room and walked into the kitchen, turning on the kettle and putting her small hand through her hair, letting her tears finally go.
A few hours later found Usagi scrunched up on the Sofa, hugging her knees close, holding her now cold coffee mug tightly. Her eyes were red and puffy from her tears and her throat was raw from her cries. She let out a quiet sigh and fell back against the back of the sofa. She looked around her apartment and the corners of her mouth twitched in the memory of Mamoru.
"Mummy" A faint voice called out into the empty apartment.
Usagi snapped out of her dreamy daze and looked up towards the door leading to where her daughter was ment to be sleeping.
"Im here honey" Usagi answered, getting up and walking over to the open door. She spotted her daughter standing up in the cot smiling brightly at her. She returned the smile and walked over to her. "Did you have a nice sleep?"
"Hai, demo... I had a nightmare about daddy…." Miako bowed her head in remembrance
Usagi frowned slightly and lifted her daughter into her arms, holding her gently. "Tell mummy all about it" She said softly, brushing some bangs out of Miako's eye.
"I was upstairs in my room playing with my dollies when I heard daddy yelling and you screaming, I went down stairs and…"
"Knock, Knock. Breakfast is almost ready!" A cheerful voice behind them called. Usagi gasped and turning around to see Mamoru by the door smiling at her, she prayed he didn't hear anything. Miako wiped the tears out of her eyes and snuggled deeper into Usagi's arms.
"Hey Mamoru-San" Usagi grinned nervously "We'll talk later honey" She whispered to Miako.
"Gomenasai, was I interrupting? The door was unlocked… I wanted to surprise you…" Mamoru explained. Usagi smiled.
"Its ok, you weren't interrupting, Miako just woke up that's all…" She walked over to Mamoru, still holding Miako. "Miako, this is Mamoru. He's letting us stay here for a while" Usagi said looking at the small blonde in her arms. The little girl shyly pulled away from her mother's chest slightly and looked Mamoru up and down.
She held out a tiny hand and smiled a little
"Ohayo Mamoru-kun" She said sweetly. Mamoru grinned and took her hand gently, shaking it.
"Konichiwa Miako-san, nice to meet you. And my! What a lovely lady you are" Mamoru said.
Miako giggled, red staining her cheeks as she pulled away and buried her head in her mothers chest once again. Usagi laughed and Mamoru chuckled.
"Breakfast is cooking, come out when you're ready" Mamoru said smiling still.
"Arigato Mamoru-San" Usagi said nodding gratefully.
"No problem. See you in a minute Miako" Mamoru said, receiving a small giggle from the small blonde. He walked out of the bedroom with a bright smile on his face.
A bit later Usagi walked out of Miako's bedroom with the little girl safely sitting on her hip. They both heard whistling and quiet singing from inside the kitchen and Usagi grinned. She stopped just beside the entrance and hid behind the wall, signaling Miako to be quiet. They both listened in silence.
"I will tryy I just need a little time" Mamoru sang loudly. Usagi peeked around the corner and had to restrain herself from giggling.
Mamoru was infront of the cooker, he was wearing a little white apron, his face and hair was covered in flower and two small white wires came from two headphones in his ears.
He sang into a black plastic spatula and Usagi couldn't help but notice how adorable he looked.
"Every time I see you oh I try to hide away but when we meet it seems I can't let gooo"
His hips swayed as he threw his head back to the song.
"Every time you leave the room I feel im fading like a flowweerrr fading like a roseeee"
He started to nod his head fast and whistle as he flipped a pancake into the air and caught it in the frying pan.
A small giggle erupted from Usagi and she gasped quietly, whipping her head back around the corner and preying that Mamoru didn't hear her. She grinned to herself.
Mamoru carried on singing, not hearing the little giggle from the petite blonde.
"Talking to myself, getting washed by the rain its such a cold cold town"
Usagi suddenly came out from behind the wall and walked into the kitchen
"Ohhh it's such a collddd towwwnn" She half sang and half laughed, Miako was giggling sweetly in her arms.
Mamoru whipped around and took his earphones out of his ears with his free hand. His face went bright red and he lowered the spatula that was held to his mouth. Usagi just giggled fiercely.
"I…erm…ah…erm…I" Mamoru stuttered
"You sing good Mamoru-san" Miako giggled at the very embarrassed young man
Mamoru smiled slightly "Arigato Miako-san"
Usagi dried her tears with another small giggle.
"Hai, very good Mamoru-san" She grinned
"You know the song?" Mamoru asked, suddenly remembering her singing along
"Hai! My parents were very fond of Roxette"
"You're a good singer Usagi" Mamoru said suddenly
Usagi smiled sweetly, blushing and staring into his eyes.
"You have a little…erm…" she stuttered, Mamoru frowned looking at the blonde infront of him with a confused look and she grinned.
She reached out a small hand and rubbed Mamoru's nose gently. He looked down, seeing flour all over his face and on the tip of his nose slowly getting brushed off by Usagi's hand.
"Oh! Woops" He laughed
Usagi pulled back also laughing. A delicious smell caught her attention and she gasped
"Pancakes! My favorite!" She cried, licking her lips.
"Mine too" Miako cheered also licking her lips.
Mamoru chuckled lightly, noticing how much alike they looked.
"Well go sit down in the dining room and let me finish off" He said
Usagi nodded, putting Miako on the floor. The little girl ran into the dining room with Usagi close behind her. Mamoru chuckled after them and continued making breakfast.
"Breakfast is served!" Mamoru announced balancing three plates on his arms.
Usagi and Miako cheered. Miako was sitting in a highchair next to Usagi who had her back to the door. She turned around and went to help Mamoru but he protested.
"Sit!" He ordered, Usagi done as she was told with a small smile of her face.
A plate with three fluffy pancakes and large strawberries were placed infront of Usagi and Miako. Mamoru sat down opposite Miako and put his plate infront of him.
Immediately the two blondes picked up their folks and started to inhale their food. Mamoru stared wide eyed.
"Like mother like daughter" He grinned
The two stopped in the middle of a mouthful and looked up from their plates they both turned bright red and Mamoru chuckled.
Usagi smiled sheepishly and continued on devouring her food.
Mamoru continued to watch her eat, a light blush still staining her cheeks. Mamoru had a small smile on his face as he thought how cute she looked. Miako saw this and giggled to herself, continuing with her food.
Suddenly Usagi lost grip of her folk and it fell to the floor with a small clutter. Usagi sighed with annoyance.
"Im such a klutz" She groaned
Mamoru chuckled and both of them bent down to get the folk, their fingers brushed up against each other and sent a shot of electricity between them. Usagi gasped and looked straight into his eyes.
They were both caught in an inseparable gaze. Neither of them could bring themselves to rip their eyes away. Usagi was loosing herself in Mamoru's starry midnight eyes. She could feel her lungs burning from lack of oxygen but she couldn't take a breath.
He was staring back with equal amount of intensity. He was drowning in her deep crystal pools of joy and comfort. He felt at ease and not alone.
Suddenly a loud knocking came at the door and Usagi snapped out of the gaze immediately, she shot up in her seat and grabbed Miako protectively, staring at the front door with eyes as wide as dinner plates.
Mamoru frowned, watching the panic and fear in Usagi's eyes. All colour was drained from her face as she was holding her daughter close to her in a death grip.
"Calm down Usagi-San, its just Minako… the motel's chief maid…." Mamoru explained
Usagi turned her attention to Mamoru and eyed the front door up and down before letting out a deep breathe of relief. She released her grip on Miako and relaxed.
Mamoru gave her a warm comforting smile although inside his head questions were flying around like seagulls on the beach.
"Come in Minako-Chan" He called
Suddenly a bubbly blonde burst through the door wearing a wide smile, easily reaching her eyes. She had pure blonde hair reaching all the way down to the bottom of her back and sparkling blue eyes. She looked almost like Usagi, apart from the different hair styles and her eyes were slightly darker.
"Konichiwa minna!" She greeted cheerfully nearly skipping over to the threesome
A smile instantly lit up Usagi's face
"Hello Minako-San, nice to meet you," Usagi greeted, Minako's attention turned to her look-a-like and she had to hold in a gasp at her battered looking face. A slight pang of sorrow caught the bubbly blonde and she smiled, making her way over to Usagi.
Minako stood next to her and held out her hand
"Likewise," She smiled as Usagi took it and shook it. "And who's this beautiful little girl?" She asked with a giggle bending over slightly infront of Miako.
The little girl giggled, a blush staining her cheeks.
"My name is Miako," She answered
Minako's smile widened
"That sounds a bit like my name!" She gasped childishly "Well Miako, it's nice to meet you,"
Miako held out her small hand imitating the blonde's previous actions. Minako laughed merrily and took it gently, shaking it softly.
"Ahem," Mamoru coughed
Minako turned around to face the ebony haired man.
"Oh, hi boss," Minako sighed with mock annoyance
"Well it's lovely to see you too, Minako," Mamoru raised his eye brows
Usagi laughed watching the pair. They were obviously good friends and quite close by the look of their actions towards each other.
Minako smiled and turned back to Usagi.
"So Usagi-San, are you ready to start your first day as a maid?" Minako asked
Usagi nodded with an eager smile on her face.
"Defiantly!" She beamed
Mamoru made a note to himself that she was acting like it was her first job she ever had.
"Well then let's go!" Minako squealed excitedly
Usagi's grin widened, if that was possible and she looked at Mamoru. The sparkle in her eyes made his breathe catch in his throat.
"Thanks for breakfast Mamoru-San, I'll catch you later?" She thanked him sincerely. He swallowed the lump in his throat and forced his voice out.
"You're welcome Usagi-San, Hai, I'll check up on you later" He smiled
Usagi returned his smile whole heartedly and picked up Miako.
"Are you ready to help out mommy?" She asked the little girl in her arms
Miako giggled in return and waved good-bye to Mamoru as the threesome walked out of the apartment-like building.
Mamoru sighed deeply as the front door shut behind them; he ran a hand through his ebony hair.
"Stupid Mamoru" He cursed himself, however, a small smile played on the corners of his mouth.