Break-time Bribery; Soon; Blank (easily accessible) Canvas
Title: Break-time Bribery
Theme: Third Period: Math_Remainder (3d), usako_mamoru, 2010 anniversary challenge
Prompt: I wanted to manipulate her/him into doing something for me (#72), Reasons People Have Sex, fc_smorgasbord
Genre: Fluff
Rating: PG13
“I’ll buy you chocolate.”
“No.”
“I’ll buy you chocolate, and I promise not to eat any of it.”
“No.”
“I’ll do your laundry.”
“No.”
“I’ll get dinner the next time we go out. I won’t hog the blankets at night. I won’t bother you when you’re studying. You can choose the next movie we watch. I’ll make the bed for the next month. I’ll-“
“Usako! No,” he said simply.
Usagi frowned, pouting at the same time. She glanced down at the remaining offensive math problems.
“But it’s hard!” she whined. “And I’m tired. And I know how to do it - you just do it so much quicker. So, you’re not really denying me my education.”
“I love you,” he said fondly. “No.” He turned her around bodily and settled her back into the chair at the desk. Kissing the top of her head, he said, “Almost done,” and then disappeared into the bathroom.
When Mamoru came back, Usagi was still sitting studiously at the desk, furrowing her brow in concentration and marking her paper. Somehow, however, parts of her wardrobe had disappeared.
She wore only black cotton boy shorts and a lacey bright orange bra. She’d kicked her leg up on the seat, leaning on it with one arm, while her other leg dangled to the floor, slowly pivoting upon her big toe. She peeked at him innocently from underneath the wealth of hair that she’d let down.
Mamoru’s mouth parted when he saw her, but he snapped it shut and averted his eyes as soon as he was able. “No.” It was less assertive and more of a croak.
The angelic visage disappeared from Usagi’s face. Sensuously unfolding her body from the chair, she leaned upon the table with one arm, resting her face against her shoulder and letting his blue eyes flit cautiously and greedily over her body, displayed in posture but hidden by gold. Mischievously, she asked, “Can I at least take a break?”
And although she only had five more problems to complete, Usagi didn’t manage to finish her homework until far later into the night.
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Title: Soon
Theme: Fourth Period: Art_Paint (4b), usako_mamoru, 2010 anniversary challenge
Genre: Fluff
Rating: G
Notes: Image reference
Usagi leaned back with a contented sigh, rubbing her enlarged belly as she did so.
“There! All done.”
She watched with a smile as Mamoru rose to look in the mirror.
He’d bared his upper body for Usagi’s work. For hours, she’d brushed him with gray, black, and white. The top left quarter of his chest and back and his entire left arm had been covered in paint.
Over his chest and back, elephant ears drooped down, and black ancient eyes gazed out under wrinkled brows. His entire arm had been turned into the trunk, colored appropriately to indicate ridges all along. She’d even painted his fingers a light red for the soft tissue inside.
Mamoru turned back and forth, looking in amazement at his reflection. Usagi’s artistic abilities continued to surprise him, especially when she used him as a canvas.
“Usako. This is amazing.”
She smiled tiredly. “C’mon. We gotta go show you to my teacher,” she said, struggling to stand.
“Wait! Can I paint you too?”
Usagi glanced at the time, acquiescing.
Quickly, Mamoru knelt in front her distended belly, where she’d folded her hands in habit. Moving them and pushing her shirt up, he kissed her lightly, taking a brush and applying quick strokes.
Usagi giggled through the ticklish procedure, tilting her head back and enjoying the ministrations. When he was done, Mamoru pulled her up and led her to the mirror.
Usagi let out a laugh. Mamoru had drawn a simple black smiley face on her rounded stomach with pink conical pigtails. She leaned against him happily, taking his unpainted arm and wrapping it around her while intertwining it with both of hers.
They gazed at themselves for a while, knowing that soon there would be one more to interrupt this perfect, peaceful moment.
Mamoru kissed the side of her head. Usagi tenderly eyed the strokes of pink framing her abdomen in flowing lines.
“Soon,” she whispered.
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Title: Blank (easily accessible) Canvas
Theme: Fourth Period: Art_Brush (4d), usako_mamoru, 2010 anniversary challenge
Genre: Humor
Rating: G
When Mamoru woke up, the first thing that he couldn’t help to not notice was the group of brushes sitting on his stomach. Picking them up groggily, he saw that each were very thin and the brush ends even thinner. Mamoru assumed they were for detailing, and while he couldn’t imagine why Usagi had left them on him, he’d woken up to stranger things before.
The second thing he was able to observe when he finally sat up was the multitude of nail polish bottles on the coffee table. It seemed like Usagi had taken out every single color she had. Cotton balls and cotton swabs piled together, some of them dyed the same colors as the bottles.
Scared into being fully awake, Mamoru swung his legs over the edge of the couch and curled his fingers half halfway into his palm. Scrutinizing his fingernails, he was relieved to see that none of them bore any marks of nail polish.
Running his hands through his hair, his head dropped in relief. He breathed in deeply, opening his eyes and staring at the floor.
“USAKO!”
The third thing Mamoru noticed upon waking from his nap was the vividness that had replaced his toenails. Each nail was an assortment of colors that had been combined in various designs.
Flowers with big petals. Little petals. Fat hearts. Glittery dots. Bright suns. Crescent moons. Straight Lines. Curvy lines. Wavy Lines. Five-pointed stars.
Different combinations and shades made each toe distinctive from the others.
Usagi hurried into the room, tossing a bottle towards Mamoru. “Sorry, Mamo-chan! I had to practice ‘cause I’m doing the girls’ toes tonight, and I didn’t want to practice on myself ‘cause then I’d end up doing my own toes twice, which,” she said obviously, “is just ridiculous.”
She cleared the coffee table by sweeping all the little containers into a purse-like bag. She tossed the used cotton balls and swabs into the wastebasket, still talking. “I figured you wouldn’t mind ‘cause I was going to wait for you to wake up and show you and then clean it off, but you slept so long and I really wanted someone to see the work before I wiped it away so I haven’t had a chance too yet.” She paused. “Why are you so tired anyway?”
The doorbell rang.
“The guys are here, which means I’m running late. Just wipe if off with some cotton balls and the nailpolish remover.” Usagi took a few speedy steps toward the door, before whirling back around, pecking his lips, and snatching the brushes and the bottle from Mamoru’s hands. “Have a good time I love you bye!”
Mamoru sat stunned for a few moments. Quickly, however, he realized that in her rush, Usagi had snatched the bottle of nail polish remover from him accidentally.
He ran into the room, quickly changing into a clean unwrinkled t-shirt. He gargled with mouthwash next, staring unhappily down at his richly decorated toes. After he’d rinsed his mouth, he padded swiftly back into his bedroom.
“Mamoru! Where are you?”
He listened to his friends’ chatter as he pulled on a pair of white athletic socks. He glanced at himself in the full-length mirror before going to greet his friends.
He was wearing shorts and socks.
Record heat temperatures were currently scorching the city.
His toenails were painted and mismatched.
The guys were still ribbing him about wearing a tuxedo as a superhero outfit.
And the fact that the tuxedo was dyed violet in the future.
And the fact that his hair somehow turned lavender.
Mamoru sighed. It was going to be a long night.