I know, two updates in one day, what the hell is this?!

I was in the mood so I kept going. I won't update again tonight, maybe in a few days, I feel like this is a comfortable place to leave it.

"Mom's gonna kill me, first I had detention and then I lost track of time at the arcade, then on top of that I spent an hour looking at shoes! I'm gonna be grounded!" Usagi whined aloud. She looked up at the street around her, it was eerily quiet and dark. She hoped a creep wouldn't grab her and kidnap her, but just as that thought popped into her mind, she saw someone round the corner ahead of her, half a block away. It was obviously a male, and he looked like he was just walking home too. Just to be safe, Usagi stopped and held her breath in an effort to become invisible to him. She was surprised when he stopped in the middle of the road, turned, and looked directly at her. She could feel his eyes burning into her, but she wasn't as scared as she thought she'd be.

Usagi didn't know what to do, or if she should say anything, so instead she stood there frozen.

The man started walking towards her, and she felt cold shivers run up her spine. She wanted to scream, to cry, to transform into Sailor Moon and kick his butt, but all she could do was stare at him. She saw her life flash before her eyes and tears welled in her eyes.

"Usagi, is that you?" The man asked, and she instantly recognised his voice. Without thinking twice, she ran up to him and hugged his arm tightly.

"Mamoru you scared me! But I'm glad it was you…" She wept.

Mamoru was clearly startled, he rested a hand on her head and softly stroked her hair. "Hey, what's the matter?"

"I thought you were a scary rapist or something and I was so scared, then you spoke and I knew it was you and I was so relieved."

"Come on Odango, who would wanna kidnap you?" Mamoru half laughed. Usagi pouted and looked up at him.

"You said you'd be nice to me. I knew you were a liar."

"Sorry, sorry, force of habit. I was heading home from the pub, I'm so surprised to see you here. What are you doing out so late? I know it's a weekend but it's dangerous at this time of night."

"I lost track of time by accident and I didn't think it was too late." Usagi confessed.

Mamoru laughed, and Usagi glared at him. When he looked back down at her, she saw no sarcasm or harsh feelings, only soft blue eyes looking at her in the dark. "Silly Usagi."

Usagi laughed weakly. "Yeah, silly Usagi."

"Come on Usagi, let me walk you home, and I'm not taking no for an answer this time." Mamoru said.

"Okay…"

Mamoru turned on his heels and Usagi followed, still gripping his arm close to her. Even though she felt relieved that it was only Mamoru, there was still a weird feeling inside of her, it was similar to when she was nervous but it was completely different all at the same time.

"You know Usagi, I'm only saying this to be a gentleman, but you're holding my arm awfully tight somewhere." Mamoru said, scratching his nose with his free hand.

Usagi didn't understand what he meant until she looked down at his arm and saw she had it squished in between her breasts. She squealed in surprise and let go of his arm.

"Thank you Mamoru, that was gentlemanly." Usagi blushed and looked at her shoes.

"Well, I'm not a proper gentleman yet. What kind of gentleman escorts a lady without the proper manners?" Mamoru joked as he gave his arm to Usagi. "This time, not so tight."

Usagi smiled and accepted his arm, gently resting her hands on it and leaning into his side.

"I never knew you could be so nice." Usagi said.

"Well, getting yelled at by Motoki certainly does it. And alcohol helped too."

"Are you drunk?" Usagi gasped.

"No no, tipsy is all, enough to lift one's spirits." Mamoru replied.

"Well, you know, you're not so much of a baka when you're nice." Usagi said, Mamoru looked down at her with obvious surprise. Then he looked away, Usagi couldn't figure out why, so she instead looked ahead of her and tugged him when the needed to turn.

Soon they arrived at Usagi's house. She released Mamoru's arm and quickly noticed how cold it was outside without his warm body next to her.

"Thank you so much for bringing me home Mamoru, I felt really safe next to you."

"I'm glad, and be more careful next time. I might not be there to help you again, and I'd hate it if you got hurt."

Usagi was taken aback, surprised by Mamoru's compassion. He quickly noticed her surprise and turned away from her.

"Might see you at the arcade this weekend, bye Odango."

He was only able to take only one step before Usagi grabbed his sleeve, he looked down at her. Usagi was smiling ear to ear.

"Remember, it's Usagi. Not Odango."

Mamoru returned a small smile. "You're right, sorry, Usagi."

Usagi flopped on her bed and hugged her pillow, the nervous-yet-not feeling hadn't left her for one minute. Her Mother and Father weren't mad at her when she walked through the door, just very worried, and told her to bring Mamoru to the house one day so they could thank him for bringing her home safely. Mamoru had been on her mind ever since he left, he's always been a little weird but this was getting a little too much.

Usagi shook her head, trying to make the thoughts fall out of her ears, and decided to distract herself by going on her laptop. She opened her favourite chat site and scrolled through her friend's posts. Luna had previously been asleep on her coffee table, but awoke after a few more minutes. She jumped onto the bed and nestled under Usagi's chin.

"You were home late, did a monster appear?"

"No, but there was one this morning."

"What?!" Luna screeched, her claws dug into Usagi's arm. Usagi carefully removed them so she didn't hurt herself more.

"It's fine, Tuxedo Kamen came up with a brilliant idea and helped us!" She replied happily. "He's so clever."

"And handsome, and tall, and caring - I've heard all of this before Usagi." Luna moaned. "You love him, we all know it."

"Yeah…" Usagi mumbled. "I do love...him."

Just as she said that, she came across a photo of Mamoru and Motoki at the movies from a few days prior.

"These days, Mamoru really reminds me of Tuxedo Kamen. Maybe that's why I'm feeling weird, because he's distracting me from my love. I won't be swayed! Tuxedo Kamen is my one and only! Chiba Mamoru is just...just...been acting strange."