Disclaimer : I do not own either Sailor Moon or Barbie. Chocolate Syrup Overdose Chapter 3 - Shop-hopping! Seeing a teenage girl standing in the middle of the overly pink Barbie aisle might not be too strange a sight to see. But when you see an almost full grown man standing beside her, looking just as, if not even more, interested in the dolls, you might have something to worry about. Usagi knew they were getting a few stares, but tried to ignore it. Mamoru probably hadn't noticed, and seeing as how he was in a childlike state of mind at the moment, she didn't want to let his feelings get hurt by telling him that some people thought they were strange. "Usagi! How about this one? ," he called over to her, pointing at a Barbie in a wedding dress. "She's so pretty!" "Hmmm, alright! But don't you think she'll need a Ken doll? ," Usagi replied. "Probably, but I don't like these Ken dolls. They all look funny," he complained. "Well, here. This one is different. He has black hair; in fact, he looks almost like you! ," Usagi said in hopes of cheering him up. "Wow! Thanks Usagi. Can we go now?? I can't wait to open them up! ," Mamoru said like an excited child with a tempting pile of birthday presents in front of him. "OK, come on, let's go pay." ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:-~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: Because Usagi knew that taking Mamoru back to her house would make her father pull out the dangerous weapons and her mother ask too many questions, she decided that going back to the arcade would work out better. When she walked in, her friends were all still there. They seemed to be a little less shocked about everything than they were when Usagi and Mamoru first walked out together, but some of the shock came back when they saw Usagi and Mamoru return. I'm sure the Barbie dolls in Mamoru's hands didn't help. "Hi guys! ," Usagi said to them. She went to stand in front of the table with Mamoru following right behind her. "Hi," Rei managed to get out first, but she seemed slightly dazed. "So, Mamoru's still acting like... that?? ," Makoto said. They saw Mamoru sit down at the table beside theirs. "Well, it depends. What do you mean by that? He seems perfectly happy to me! ," Usagi said, seemingly oblivious to Mamoru's sudden strange actions. Everyone turned to look at Mamoru, who was making his Barbie and Ken dolls walk across the table with each other. The Ken doll was handing the Barbie doll a little package of Sweet and Low. "OK, so maybe he is acting a bit strange..." Usagi said unsurely, turning back to look at the others. "A bit! A bit!? He's practically a whole different person!" Rei shouted. " Well, he seems happier now..." Usagi said quietly. "He seems like a child, Usagi," Ami said. " Speaking of.... where did Mamoru go??," Makoto asked. Everyone turned to see... well, to not see Mamoru. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Thanks to the person who solved the mystery of how to spell shop-hopping! |