1/2PM Conversation in the Car (Usagi/Mamoru)

[Neo Queen Serenity]

"Ummm..." Usagi tried to think back, pursing her lips and concentrating. "He can relax," she finally said. "At least, somewhat. He at least has a sense of humor. But I do know that he goes to bed after I do and he wakes up before I do. And he runs like 12 kilometers a day." She giggled at Mamoru's mention of Lucan sounding completely awake at three am. "I can't say too much here, since we're in public and all, but that's part of special forces training, to be able to snap awake, or so I've been briefed when it comes to our units."

She smiled at the thought of taking the senshi on a vacation. They deserved it just as much as she did, after all, Usagi wasn't the only one with a lot of stress in her life. "Of course! After all it was Minako who first suggested the idea, when we talked about it we all talked about going together."

Usagi giggled at Mamoru's declaration that he'd sweep her off her feet if it wasn't for making security antsy. Truth be told at this point in time it would probably make her senshi antsy, too, which was something Usagi was much more concerned about, at this point. "Thinking of kidnapping me again?" she teased.

The tension had just started to leave her shoulders-- in fact, Usagi had almost dozed off in Mamoru's arms, she was relaxing so much underneath his touch, when the server showed up. Suddenly she realized how sad and-- well, weak she was behaving-- all in front of various members of her government!!

Usagi instantly pushed back from Mamoru, shoving all of her thoughts under a bright smile, and she beamed the intense light of this smile right onto the server, who shrank back a little at her immediate transition from melancholy to sheer cheer and charm in little under a second. One could practically hear the 'boing' as she bounced from one emotional extreme to another.

However, inwardly she was still feeling the affects of their conversation. "How about a blow job?" Usagi asked blithely when the server inquired if they wanted anything else. She needed a good drink now, and chugging that tasty Singapore Slinger was not the way to go. She needed something she could knock back.

The server choked and dropped his tray, sending several glasses of water crashing to the floor. Usagi immediately pushed back her chair to allow him to clean it up. "I meant the shooter?" she suggested, not remotely embarrassed about her request. It was just a drink after all.

[Chiba Mamoru]

Mamoru nodded and said, “I doubt that there is anyone that could claim that Lucan wasn’t dedicated to his job.” He grinned when she giggled at his comment and then proceeded to explain to him how Lucan woke up so alert at three am.

“That would be nice,” he murmured. “A chance to reclaim the closeness that you all use to have and just be yourselves. It’ll be good for you, all of you.”

Mamoru leaned back in his seat gave her the best rakish grin he could. “Of course, how else would I be able to get you all to myself and have my wicked way with you?” he teased.

To say he was disappointed when the server walked up and Usagi pushed away from him would be an understatement. He would have preferred to be able to stay like that for a lot longer. Still he understood, after all hadn’t he just been thinking that they were beginning to be noticed.

Mamoru blinked a little in response to Usagi’s bounce from one emotional extreme to the another. However, he was not at all convinced that she was happy now. He was still worried about her mental and emotional health, but now was not the time to think about it. He simply shoved his concern away for the moment in order to continue enjoying his evening.

He very nearly choked along with the server at Usagi’s sudden request for a blow job. Logically he knew that it was only a drink she was asking for but that knowledge didn’t prevent his mind from conjuring images to fit that particular scenario. He quickly shook his head to rid itself of those enticing thoughts and simply gave the server an amused smile.

Again Mamoru was dimly aware that he should be careful about how much he indulged tonight. After all he really should keep a clear head on his shoulders with a proper amount of judgement, but he was out to have fun tonight and so he dismissed that voice of reason and said, “I’ll have a fuzzy martini please.”

[Neo Queen Serenity]

(OOC: forgive the gratuitous use of NPCs to fix gaping plot hole)

"You could always ask," Usagi teased back, though her brain was beginning to warm to the idea of Mamoru having his 'wicked way' with her. Whatever that meant, it sounded like it would be entertaining to find out. "In an emergency, you could always hide me away in a broom closet."

Usagi nodded to Mamoru as he ordered another drink. "Ooooh, fuzzy martini, that sounds good! Let me have a sip?" she begged. Usagi couldn't resist mooching, even as Queen.

However she was interrupted from digging into her food as Phillips and several other agents swept in. "Sir," Phillips frowned at the server, "I'm going to have to ask you to step away." He indicated the broken glass at Usagi's feet.

"But--"

"Drop the shards, son, and step away slowly."

"But--"

"Drop it."

"But--"

Phillips expression turned from polite and gregarious to hard, cold, and menacing quickly. "I said drop it/"

"They're a bit paranoid about strangers with any sharp object," Usagi whispered to Mamoru in explanation, pushing her chair back further. "Now it'll take all six of them to supervise someone sweeping up glass." She grabbed a prawn from her dish, dipping it into cocktail sauce and watching, and then set the tail down once she had finished chewing.

"We should go dancing while they're busy."

[Chiba Mamoru]

Mamoru could only stare at Usagi in surprise for a moment, his mind trying to assimilate the fact that she had just told him that he could just ask and that he could always hide her away in the broom closet. He overcame his surprise quickly enough to be able to give her a roguish smile and say, “Maybe I will ...”

He grinned at Usagi and shook his head, there were some things about her that were never going to change. “I’ll let you have a sip of it, but only a sip.”

Mamoru rose an eyebrow when Phillips and several other agents swept in to order the server to step away. He watched curiously as Phillips went from polite to cold in a short amount of time. Even before Usagi mentioned that they were paranoid about strangers being around her with sharp objects Mamoru had figured out the problem. Although he doubted very much the server meant any harm, the possibility that he could have hurt Usagi with those shards of glass was very real.

He ate one of his own prawns before saying, “Dancing is a good idea.” He gave her another brilliant smile as he remembered that dancing was another thing he had missed at the ball. “It’ll give them time to get done with this so that we can go back to being uninterrupted.”

[Neo Queen Serenity]

"Only a sip!" Usagi complained. "I'm not twelve. I can have more. I'll let you drink some of mine," she tried to bargain, until she realized that she ordered a shooter. "Well, half, at least."

Usagi stood from her seat as Mamoru agreed to go dancing-- more than agreed, actually.

He had no idea what he was getting into.

She kept the light, innocent smile on her face as she took his hand to lead him out onto the very small dance floor that was currently occupied by only two other couples. The latin jazz was still going, and Usagi stopped, dropping Mamoru's hand for a moment.

"You do know how to bossa nova, don't you?" Usagi asked sweetly. This-- this she had to see. She only wished she had a camera. Heck, she would invite a reporter up to take pictures just of this, even if it did wind up in the papers. It was simply too rich.

[Chiba Mamoru]

Mamoru’s gaze smoldered once more as he gave her another appreciate look before huskily replying, “No you aren’t twelve, that’s for certain.” His teasing grin returned as he added, “I wasn’t holding back for your own good silly girl. I was holding back because I wanted to drink it myself, maybe I can be persuaded though.”

He followed her out to the dance floor, vaguely missing the warmth of her hand when she dropped his. He glanced at the two other couples curiously before turning his attention back to his date only to have her ask him if he knew how to bossa nova.

Mamoru hadn’t ever actually danced the bossa nova. It was a dance far outside his normal comfort zone and it wasn’t anything he’d ever considered doing before. Ordinarily he might have refused, but he was out to change things between them tonight. He was out to loosen up more and have fun wasn’t he? This would count as fun and so he turned his attention back to the other couples once more for a moment before returning his gaze back to Usagi with a teasing grin. “I think I can manage, it is after all my punishment isn’t it?”

He stepped back a little and held out his hand, “Shall we then?”

[Neo Queen Serenity]

"Persuaded, huh? Persuaded how?" Usagi asked back saucily. She had an idea of just the kind of persuasion he was thinking about...

Usagi smirked at Mamoru's response. Yeah, so like him... trying to play it cool. She'd see what he was really made of on the dance floor. "It is your punishment," Usagi agreed, laughing a little as he held out one hand for her.

She took it, and then grabbed his other one, holding both and lifting them so they were at chest-level. She softened her knees in preparation, listening to the beat. The bossa nova was really quite easy, but the art was in the beat and how you could really shake it.

Usagi smiled sweetly at him again. "Males lead in bossa nova, darling."

[Chiba Mamoru]

“I’m sure we could think of something that would persuade me,” Mamoru replied softly, still grinning appealingly.

“I always make it a habit to take whatever punishments that are coming my way,” he murmured absently as he watched the other two couples again. He had no intention of making a fool of himself so he wanted to be sure about what he was about to do before he did it. Although this was the first time he had actually danced this dance, it wasn’t the first time he had seen it being danced so it didn’t take him long to pick up the steps. Feeling a little more confident Mamoru followed her example by clasping her hands, bending his knees a little, and listening to the beat.

Glancing back down at Usagi, Mamoru offered her another smile before murmuring, “Of course we do ...” With that he lead her into the dance, keeping his gaze locked upon that of his dance partner. His first few steps were a little hesitant, but he fell easily enough into the beat and it wasn’t long before he was swaying his hips as rhythmically as the best of them.

[Neo Queen Serenity]

Usagi held Mamoru's gaze, her excitement growing as he started into the dance. She mirrored his movements. Step back, set together. Step forward, step together. Simple! It was something she could do without klutzing out and killing herself plus several bystanders.

She loved Latin beats. Latin music of any kind just had a rhythm that could sweep you away, same for African beats. She loved to dance, even if she couldn't do it like Minako or she looked goofy doing it. There was something wonderful about turning off one's brain and just giving into the movement that the music forced out of one's body.

Usagi kept her knees soft and her torso straight, swaying her hips from side to side with each step, moving with the beat and keeping in time with him. She found her gaze being drawn down to his own gyrating pelvis, a grin splitting across her face.

"Look at you! I didn't think you had it in you! I should take you drinking more often..." Usagi laughed, kicking up the speed of her movements as the tempo jumped slightly.

[Chiba Mamoru]

The more Mamoru participated in this seductive dance, the more he enjoyed it. He barely was even concentrating on his steps anymore, just allowing himself to move with the music. The best part of course was that it was Usagi that he was dancing with and that she seemed to be enjoying herself as well.

He kept time with both the beat of the music and his beloved dance partner. Mamoru returned her grin a roguish one of his own as he murmured seductively , “I’m a man of many talents Usa. I just never used them often enough. As for taking me out drinking more often, go right ahead I certainly won’t be complaining.” As the tempo sped up, Mamoru’s steps picked up in speed as well as he lost himself to the music and the feelings.

[Neo Queen Serenity]

"I just thought you would be too proper and stiff to really get into it," Usagi teased. "Now you're swingin' it like a..." she couldn't say cabana boy. That would be bad. That would remind him of their previous conversation about her vacation. And that would send her mind in places it ought not to be. And besides, she had never seen a real cabana boy, she assumed that they would shake it with Latin flavor should she require it, but it might be something that forbidden on the universal cabana boy contract, if such a thing existed. Maybe they even had a union that would only allow for 10 minutes of uninterrupted booty shaking. She would have to see if she could find any non-union cabana boys. "...Brazilian guy. I guess you're 'pretty fly for a white guy,'" she joked, throwing back to that '90's song.

"So what other talents have you been hiding, Mr. Shaking-His-Booty-Like-a-Maraca?"

[Chiba Mamoru]

“Perhaps I was and now I’ve decided to loosen up more ...” Mamoru grinned before adding teasingly, “would you have preferred I refuse my punishment?” He arched an eyebrow at her when she paused before finishing her sentence. He watched her curiously, wondering what could possibly be going on in her head. When she finally came up with Brazilian guy along with the throw back to the song he grinned and murmured, “a compliment dear, but I wonder ... why the pause?”

Mamoru simply grinned at her again and murmured lowly, “You’ll just have to wait and see won’t you?”

[Neo Queen Serenity]

"You think I would have let you refuse your punishment?" Usagi countered in return, a throw-back to their talk about who was dominant. "I had to think of something good," Usagi replied when he asked her why the pause, glad that it was an answer easily supplied. She wouldn't admit her cabana thoughts for the world. "I'm not as 'quick on my feet' physically or mentally as you are," she quipped.

Usagi pouted. "No fair! Don't play coy. You have to tell me at least one thing. What's one secret talent that Chiba Mamoru has? Can you balance a spoon on your nose? Put your legs behind your head?"

[Chiba Mamoru]

“It’s a good thing that I decided to comply then,” Mamoru replied smoothly, “otherwise I’d hate to think of whatever punishment you might have come up with for my refusal.” He frowned a little when she mentioned that she wasn’t as ‘quick on her feet’ physically or mentally as he was as it felt like more evidence of her self depreciation tendencies. He squeezed her hands gently as he continued his steps across the floor and murmured, “Usa, do you realize how long it took me to figure out some of the things you’ve known all your life and I still don’t know that I’ve got it figured out.”

Mamoru rose an eyebrow again and asked, “Can you really picture me doing any of that Usa, honestly?” He grinned then and added, “Pout all you like my dear, but I’ve got to keep some secrets or you might get bored in my company. I wouldn’t want that.”

[Neo Queen Serenity]

"If you had refused, I would have made you do the Macarena with me-- standing on the bar," Usagi smirked back. She didn't have to to think too hard about that punishment!

She tilted her head to the side questioningly as he went on about things that she knew that took him forever to figure out. "Like what?" Usagi asked. He was probably going to say something about people, or whatever, something he probably did know subconsciously all along. He was the smart one, always had been-- that first day with her horrible test score had set the precedent for that.

"Well, I couldn't picture you shakin' your ass doing the bossa nova before, oh, five minutes ago... so if you can do this, maybe you can put your legs behind your head. Who knows..." She pouted even more as he wouldn't tell her anything.

"That's so not fair! I don't have any secret talents, it wouldn't be very sportsmanlike for you to keep all of yours hidden..."