The weekend had already came. Working with Mamo-chan was just 
like heaven. We got to see each other every day, not like when I was in
school. 
	On Saturday evening, we decided to go to our old place in the 
park-the dock and remember old times again. We sat down on the bench. 
Mamo-chan looked at me with those deep eyes of his. Mamo-chan reminded 
me of wine; as it grows older, it gets better. It was true. Nothing 
had really changed about him, except that he was a little taller. His 
hair was always the same. His eyes... maybe that's why I loved him so 
much. Maybe it's because of his deep, meaningful eyes.
	He came closer to me, putting his arm around me. I snuggled up 
closer to Mamo-chan. I put my head next to his chest, listening to 
the faint beating of his heart. He titlted my head to his direction, 
seeing his face. I wanted to ask him to take off those glasses, but 
he was one step ahead of me already. Just to please him, I quickly 
tied my hair up in odangos.
	When I finished tying one, he gently pushed my hand away from 
my hair. He brought me to his lips and before I knoew it, his soft, 
gentle lips were pressed against mine. I just closed my eyes and 
cherished the moment.
	Finally, we drew apart. he whispered, "I love you," I knew that 
and nodded. This time, it was my turn to give him a surprise and 
kissed him in a way that I've never kissed him before. I thought the 
two of us would be happy forever.
      The next day, Mamo-chan went to visit Motoki, leaving me in 
absolute peace and quiet. I planned on finishing my paperwork when my 
dad knocked and entered. Although Papa was old and wrinkled, he was 
still a jolly old man.
      "Seiya was waiting for me outside. I went downstairs seeing my 
mother telling me what I wanted to hear.
      "Don't worry, I still like your Mamoru," mama said. At least 
there was someone who still had sense in the house.
      "Well, if it isn't the little genius lady. Tell me, Usagi. Why 
are you wearing odangos? You never have been wearing them since High 
School. To wear them means that there is someone special, am I right? 
Is it me?" I was getting sicker and sicker of Seiya by the second. 
I would never let Mamo-chan even talk to Seiya, just for one 
milisecond.. Then I saw something that brought horror to me: Mamo-chan 
was walking nearby!
      I tried making hand signals telling him to stay away. I guess 
he did not understand my message. Instead, he ran faster and faster. 
He reached up to me and said, "Usako, why were you telling me to come 
to you as soon as possible?" I just sighed, having a vision of a 
nuclear war.
      Might as well get over with it, I thought. I curtly told Seiya,
"Seiya-kun, this is Chiba Mamoru, MY Mamo-chan. Mamo-chan, this is Kou
Seiya. I just stepped back to let the volcano explode.
      Mamo-chan shook hands with Seiya, then he said, "You're one of 
those Haruka-types, aren't you? Only difference is the long hair and 
that awfully flat chest," I guess I forgot to tell Mamo-chan that 
Seiya was a boy.
      "I'm a boy, Mamoru. Didn't I say my name was Seiya?" he was 
annoyed at Mamo-chan's mistake.
      "Oh, sorry. I thought your name was SeiyI, not SeiyA,"
      "You would have said something better if you listened to my 
Usagi-chan. Usagi, how did you know Mamoru? Oh, yes, the one that 
left you alone for 4 years. Not a visit, not a phone call, not a 
letter, not even a photo of you at your campus. Isn't she lucky of 
her to have me for a friend when she was depressed?" I knew it.
      I wanted to tell Mamo-chan to just go and visit Motoki, but 
Mamo-chan said, "The troubles of living far away, no communications, 
assginments, projects, what would YOU understand, Seiyi?" I could see 
that Mamo-chan was getting angry. I wanted to stop them, but the war 
was raging.
      "A feeble excuse, no doubt. Chances are you went out more than 
study,"
      "Where did you study, Seiya?"
      "Same university, as Usagi-chan,"
      "Seiya, I went to study in England, not Kyushu," I cut in. He 
just waved me off.
      "Not now, Usako. Right now I'm putting your so-called boyfriend 
in his place," That really hurt Mamo-chan and me.
      "Since when are YOU able to MY Usagi by that name?" I was taken 
aback by Mamo-chan's outburst of anger.
      "Since I started getting closer to UsaKO," He pronounced 'Usako' 
with the popular obnoxious voice of Kou Seiya.
      "Mamo-chan, go visit Motoki,"
      "Who's Motoki? Another boyfriend?"
      "Motoki was not at home, Usagi,"
      "Mamo-chan-"
      "WHAT?" Mamo-chan looked at me with an angry look on his face 
that I had never seen before. After looking at me for a while, he 
cooled down into the Mamo-chan I have always known.
      "Sorry Usako. I got all heated up," He walked away, saying, 
"Continue your date, Usako. See you on Monday," I was plain 
speechless. Then Seiya grabbed my hand. "Come, Usako, let's do what 
Mamoru wantd us to do-continue our date," by then, all I wanted to 
do was just go home and finish my paperwork.