A hand reached out, for the hundredth time, and quickly retracted.
For the hundredth time.
Mamoru was furious with himself, how could one rectangular object taunt him this much? 'Oh,' said the devious little voice in his head, 'How much that one rectangular object could teach you.' This was enough.
"One quick peek."
Scanning the pages, he reached out for the diary and scanned its pages, his fixed stare almost burning the ink away from them.
Hairdresser's appointment - 3:00PM…
Meet girls for lunch at mall - 12:30 PM …
Hot date with Raiko - 6:30 PM …
Buy cat foo-
"Hot date?" Mamoru almost spluttered coffee all over the diary's pages after reading those poisonous words. As people turned to stare at him, he laughed weakly and buried his face back into the diary.
'So she has a hot date huh? I see the name is Raiko, not Mamoru. Or should I say… Baka.' The voice had returned, that little annoyance everyone must encounter at least once in their lives. As he was still staring at 'Hot date with Raiko', Usagi happened to skip back into Crown. Before she could utter a single sound, Mamoru found himself yelling.
"Who is this Raiko? I don't think he's good enough! Not for you! If you're going on a date with anyone, it will be me! I am responsible and I actually have a car, and a good job, and I have two brain cells to rub together, unlike those failures at your school! If I ever find this Raiko I'll give him what for!" [AN - And that's some serious yelling/rambling.]
There was a period of silence throughout Crown, as once again people turned and stared at the couple. They were shocked, as not only was it a rarity to see Mamoru ever raise his voice, it was never raised in compassion or over-protectiveness. Especially not for Usagi. The latter broke the silence.
"Erm, okay, Dad, but that's Minako-chan's diary, not mine. Do you think I would be silly enough to leave my diary lying around near the likes of you Baka?" She blushed momentarily at these words, but shook it off before Mamoru noticed. Quickly snatching the diary from a stunned Mamoru, who was reeling from what had just happened, she spun round to leave.
Just as she reached the doors, she turned her head to face him.
"Friday, 7 o'clock? Pick me up from my house.' And with that, she was gone.
