And I thought I knew my friends...

[buntails]

Characters: Ami and Usagi (also OPEN to all)
When: during body-swap
Where: in a small park area, currently snowy
Rating: PG; they're sweeties
Summary: Usagi is studying passionately, Ami is goofing off. Something is not right here, and a glimpse was captured on the PCDs.

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[aquaticbeauty]

As the book slipped out of her hands, the blonde dumpling-haired girl let out a pathetic whimper, swiping her hands in a frantic attempt to retrieve the precious tome that was plucked away from her. "Usagi-chan, wait! I'll lose my place!"

She stumbled forward, stopping short before the snow. She recoiled underneath the awning, taking hold of one of the golden pigtails on her shoulder, and toying with a strand of her long hair sheepishly. "Usagi-chan, please come out of the snow, you'll get sick dressed like that!"

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[aquaticbeauty]

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[aquaticbeauty]

Ami turned around, facing herself (in a way) and held one of her elbows in her hand while tapping her chin thoughtfully. "If that is the case, would you please be more careful? It would defeat the purpose if you were to have me catch a cold before I could collect all the things needed to treat it."

Ami quickly backed down. "Sorry..." She didn't mean to sound condescending, but--but there were things that needed to be done, and playing in the snow was not one of them.

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But relaxing once or twice was important, too! Ami's face looked very strange with Usagi's pout on it.

"Sorry, Ami-chan. I don't want to get you sick!" Even she could see the logic: If she got sick in this body, the body itself would stay sick.

[aquaticbeauty]

Ami giggled a bit, and shrugged. "We'll play in the snow in a little bit. I don't think it's going anywhere." Articulating her thoughts in Usagi's voice, with Usagi's mouth...somehow it felt as though it wasn't accustomed to speaking with such polite mannerisms.

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But... but... the shiny snow, deep enough to play in! Ami's eyes gave it a longing look. Ami's face fell into a wibbly pout. But she dusted herself off, finally, with a small sigh.

"If you want, Ami-chan."

[aquaticbeauty]

Ami nodded, and looked ahead. "It seems that the hardest ingredients for me to find for cold remedies are the essential oils." She turned to look at her friend with an uncharacteristically serious expression -- for Usagi's face, that is.

"You've been here a while. Can you think of anyplace that would have such a thing?"

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"Not unless it might be at the mall somewhere. In a corner or something, where no one found it yet." It wasn't exactly a typical essential, after all. It may have been left there by scavengers - if there had been any there to begin with.

"We can try, at least. You need some more warm clothes anyway, don't you? I had to give some away; I thought it was best with winter..." And you not here anymore.

[aquaticbeauty]

Ami offered a reassuring smile. "That would work well, too. At least that way we won't go back empty-handed."

She stopped for a moment and took a step back to let Usagi get ahead of her. "Please lead the way."

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The mall is one place Usagi could certainly lead the way to; and so she did. Companionably, the currently blue-haired girl slipped her arm through her blond-right-now friend's.

"Ah but I'll have to try everything on for you!" Usagi gave a quick snicker at the thought. This totally meant fashions Ami would never wear were going on this body. At least to try them out.

[aquaticbeauty]

Ami felt Usagi's cheeks flush at the thought. Not the thought of having Usagi's particular taste in fashion on her body, but the thought that Usagi was going to see her in her underwear.

Chokingly silent, Ami kept her eyes fastened to the ground in front of her, figuring that as long as the mall stayed out of her field of view, it wouldn't come.

[buntails]

Usagi seemed absolutely oblivious to the horrors the mall would present. Instead, she seemed quite happy at the prospect of shopping together. (Ami, you have a perfectly fine body; nothing to be embarrassed about. You change for gym class, don't you?)

"Maybe we can even find something matching!" This was probably a joke; it'd be near impossible and they were a bit old for that, weren't they?

[aquaticbeauty]

Ami peeped below her breath. "...that won't be necessary..." She hoped that didn't offend Usagi too much, but they already had their school uniforms. Did they really need to match otherwise?

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"The important thing is that it'll be warm," Usagi relents; and the fact this was a top priority for her said something about being here.