Sailor Moon Monthly Fanfiction Challenge - Day 26
Jade looked over to the girls who were frantically working on plans for the surprise party. He shook his head and looked back to the other guys, who were in charge of the grilling and purchasing the present.
“I’m not sure I entirely get this. From Usagi, yes, but… all five of them? And even the Outers seem to be taking this very seriously.”
“I’m just surprised that Makoto was willing to actually give up part of the cooking for this.”
Zoi raised an eyebrow, “We’re grilling meat. We’re men. It shouldn’t be that difficult.”
Kunz glared at Jade before he could make the comment that all of them knew was coming. Instead he just huffed and muttered, “You’re no fun.”
Before they could say anything else, Rei came over to the group of men and handed Kunz a piece of paper. “Can you make everything out on that?”
Kunz looked over it and nodded, “You want a helium tank?”
Rei nodded, “Yes.”
Jade blinked and shook his head, “Why?”
The Senshi of Fire turned towards her fiancé with a raised eyebrow, and Jade wondered if the fact that he found that quite as effective on her as on Kunz meant that he was whipped. “To inflate the balloons.”
Zoi and Neph snickered as Rei answered with, what could have only been, the obvious answer.
Jade sighed, “Rei, how many balloons are we going to have? Wouldn’t it be easier to just… have them blown up at the store?”
“200.”
All them just looked at her, “200?”
“Rei? Who is going to be blowing up the balloons?”
Rei’s smile was enough to cause the men to groan as she returned to the planning activities with the other women.
“200 balloons. Kunz, this is insanity. We have to put an end to this.”
The silver haired man shook his head, “I’m not stupid, Neph. That’s one fight that I’m not going to engage.”
Zoi whimpered as Mamoru showed up with the pizzas. The guys moved to help him set them out.
“How’s it going?”
“They want us to blow up 200 balloons. I’m half surprised they’re not renting a pony.”
Mamoru laughed, “I don’t think Kenji would necessarily appreciate a pony at his surprise party. Even Small Lady’s a bit old for that.”
“They’re certainly going all out. I mean, I realize that he’s turning fifty, but…” Zoi shook his head, “isn’t this a bit much?”
Mamoru shook his head, chuckling, “Not if you understand that Kenji became like a father to all of them. Think about it… Minako’s the only one other than Usagi whose father was really in her life, and even then… he wasn’t a bad father, but he wasn’t very involved. It was little things at first, but by the time they graduated from high school, he had become like a father to all of them.”
The other men nodded and Kunz smiled slightly, “Then 200 balloons is a small thank you.”
Mamoru smiled as he looked over to the young women. He looked back to his men and smiled before calling the girls over to take a break and eat, “Thank you.”
I realize that there is no real justification for giving Kenji such a role, but it seemed right to me.
“I’m not sure I entirely get this. From Usagi, yes, but… all five of them? And even the Outers seem to be taking this very seriously.”
“I’m just surprised that Makoto was willing to actually give up part of the cooking for this.”
Zoi raised an eyebrow, “We’re grilling meat. We’re men. It shouldn’t be that difficult.”
Kunz glared at Jade before he could make the comment that all of them knew was coming. Instead he just huffed and muttered, “You’re no fun.”
Before they could say anything else, Rei came over to the group of men and handed Kunz a piece of paper. “Can you make everything out on that?”
Kunz looked over it and nodded, “You want a helium tank?”
Rei nodded, “Yes.”
Jade blinked and shook his head, “Why?”
The Senshi of Fire turned towards her fiancé with a raised eyebrow, and Jade wondered if the fact that he found that quite as effective on her as on Kunz meant that he was whipped. “To inflate the balloons.”
Zoi and Neph snickered as Rei answered with, what could have only been, the obvious answer.
Jade sighed, “Rei, how many balloons are we going to have? Wouldn’t it be easier to just… have them blown up at the store?”
“200.”
All them just looked at her, “200?”
“Rei? Who is going to be blowing up the balloons?”
Rei’s smile was enough to cause the men to groan as she returned to the planning activities with the other women.
“200 balloons. Kunz, this is insanity. We have to put an end to this.”
The silver haired man shook his head, “I’m not stupid, Neph. That’s one fight that I’m not going to engage.”
Zoi whimpered as Mamoru showed up with the pizzas. The guys moved to help him set them out.
“How’s it going?”
“They want us to blow up 200 balloons. I’m half surprised they’re not renting a pony.”
Mamoru laughed, “I don’t think Kenji would necessarily appreciate a pony at his surprise party. Even Small Lady’s a bit old for that.”
“They’re certainly going all out. I mean, I realize that he’s turning fifty, but…” Zoi shook his head, “isn’t this a bit much?”
Mamoru shook his head, chuckling, “Not if you understand that Kenji became like a father to all of them. Think about it… Minako’s the only one other than Usagi whose father was really in her life, and even then… he wasn’t a bad father, but he wasn’t very involved. It was little things at first, but by the time they graduated from high school, he had become like a father to all of them.”
The other men nodded and Kunz smiled slightly, “Then 200 balloons is a small thank you.”
Mamoru smiled as he looked over to the young women. He looked back to his men and smiled before calling the girls over to take a break and eat, “Thank you.”
I realize that there is no real justification for giving Kenji such a role, but it seemed right to me.