Piiiiiie!

It promises to be a lazy day. The sort of day that involves a lot of snacks, a lot of movies, a lot of couch.

The sun is shining, it's mid-afternoon, and Naru is collecting together the snacks to have in easy reach of the couch, and considering the movie options. Early.. well afternoon conversations with Kunzite means that she's not in pjs anymore, but honestly, yoga pants and a baggy t-shirt are almost as comfortable as pj day.

Phone is the other part of the day on the couch. And sketchbook too. But the former can be used to text Usagi.


I can't decide on a movie. Suggestions?

Usagi herself is gathering her own supplies for Naru Spoiling.

Hmmm. Are these good coloring pencils?

And a drawer can never have too many sketchbooks, right?

She looks down at her phone and purses her lips before typing back.

TXT: Something light, maybe?

She lists off a couple titles, along with a few more random ones that come to mind.

TXT: Lemme know if you want me to pick one up!

TXT: Surprise me. Any of those sound good.

Naru decides on that and then adds only a moment later.

TXT: There's pie.

Even still hungry from burning through more energy than is sane, Naru isn't about to eat a whole pie on her own. Besides, pie is likely to keep Usagi from getting distracted by knowing everyone in Tokyo on the way over.

Naru flops on the couch, sprawling lazily as she digs out her sketchbook and starts doodling absently.

Usagi perks up! Pie!

She chooses a few movies, and maybe one of them is Ringu. Had she been paying closer attention...

She's let in by a Naru Mama, and her entry is announced by eager stomping feet on the stairs.

"Naru-chan~!" Plop goes the bags on the coffee table! She also brought school work, but bleh, that wasn't her idea.

She wiggles onto the couch, between Naru and the back of the couch, and there's at least a thousand different ways she could have done it more easily...

But then she's snuggling against Naru, and if her twintails were ears they'd be drooping. She even makes a sad little noise, even if she tries hard not to!

Naru laughs as she's ambushed and she tumbles in a heap with Usagi on the couch. Her mother takes herself back away, to let the girls be teen girls without needing her to have to witness it.

"Usagi!" Naru laughs and gives her a warm squeeze. "I'm /fine/. Starving, so you'll have to share the pie. I think I've eaten more this morning already than I usually do in a week." She unearths her sketchbook from under Usagi, tossing it onto the coffee table with Usagi's bags.

"AND I still got to go to the gallery opening!" Naru sounds pleased with that. "Although I might have sounded like an idiot. I was so zombie."

A sniffle! But she's not crying!

She props herself up to look at Naru. "Are you fine fine, or fine in the way that gets Kunzite to stop mother henning you?"

She does, however, perk at the reminder of pie! "Oh, yummy! I also picked up some other food! And chips! And meat buns! And other stuff!"

Her eyes widen as she rolls back. She's pretty sure she was likely to squish a spleen if she stayed where she'd been much longer. "There was probably alcohol, so odds are you weren't worse than others! But oooo how was it? Was there pretty art stuff? And pretty clothes? Was there little bacon wrapped scallop hordorvers?"

(This...may be why Usagi's not one people invite to art galleries.)

"The fine that gets Kunzite to stop mother henning me, that was a fail last night when I texted him. He didn't buy it. Which in hindsight, was probably for the best." Naru admits with a little wrinkle of her nose. "The fine that I am today, is actually fine. A little achey stiff, a lot hungry, I'll probably have a nap later, but fine." She grins and ooohs at the list of snacks that came with Usagi.

For once, Naru might even keep up on the snacking front. Just this once.

"There was alcohol, but I figured if I had any, Kunzite would be carrying me out and just /no/. Nuh uh." Naru giggles softly, shaking her head at that idea. "It was /awesome/!" She beams. "Her work is even better in person, and there was some really good stuff, and some enh stuff, and she had some of her sculpture out and everyone was all dolled up, and I don't think people thought I was fourteen, which was the /goal/, and I didn't even mess my dress up in the alley, which was /total/ win."

Every so often, Naru proves that she really /is/ a fourteen year old girl.

A moment of eye searching! Satisified that Naru's telling the truth, she gives a nod! "Okay! But if you start to feel the other fine let me know! Or if you just want a nap, I can tooooootally be quiet." A beat. "Or...go home."

Because let's be honest. Usagi is rarely ever quiet.

Unless she's sad.

So its probably preferable to the people around her if she just rambles on, not really caring if she's answered when people are feeling zombie.

Usagi tries to picture Kunzite letting Naru or even herself drink alcohol, fails, and giggles. Then she listens with fascination to Naru's story! "Ohhhh, I wish I was artsy like you so I could enjoy that stuff with you! And I bet you looked beautiful! Pictures, pictures! If you don't have pictures, I'm gonna poke Kunzite!"

That's why Usagi is around, Naru! To help people around her (occasionally) act their age and relax!

"If nap is anything like sleep from last night, you could invite the entire frat house over, and everyone else you know, and have a party in the living room, and I'd sleep right through it." Naru grins at Usagi. "So even if I do doze off, you don't need to leave, but I'm feeling pretty awake currently. That could also be the two cups of coffee I've had so far."

"Oh! I totally took a selfie before I left." Naru wriggles around Usagi to grab her phone again, deftly thumbing through the screens to get to the pictures. "You're not supposed to take pictures in the gallery, and I wasn't really coherent enough to think of taking any, even on the sly."

Naru passes Usagi her phone. All elegant and dolled up, the effect a little ruined by the bathroom selfie. "For once, glad it was warm enough I wasn't wearing tights, cause I'd of totally ruined them in the alley. Total win on that front." She leans over to consider the image as Usagi looks, her eye critcal. "It looked pretty good." She decides.

"You were busy being all adorable with Endy, so you couldn't have come to the gallery /anyhow/." Naru points out with a smile, gently teasing her bestie.

Usagi relaxes! She really doesn't wanna leave Naru right now! She may be feeling a tad clingy. But then, could anyone blame her given the circumstances?

Usagi oos and aahs and generally fawns over the selfie! "Ohhhh I was right, you look gorgeous! Wow, nice make-up! And your hair! And the dress! Is it new?"

She gives Naru the stink eye. "Pretty good? Sure, if the Moaning Lisa is just pretty good!"

And then! Blush! Fluster! And a happy little humming wiggle because Mamo-chan. "I gave him a jar of dirt."

"Not super new, but first time wearing it." Naru confirms and she giggles softly and gives Usagi a little elbow. "It would have looked better with heels, but I was walking from the metro stop to the gallery, and I figured I'd /kill/ myself in heels. In retrospect. Super good choice."

Naru giggles softly. "What did he think of the jar of dirt? Did he get it?" She leans over to start investigating the bag to find the snacks in question. "How's he feeling? I haven't been over ina few days. I was going to take the pie over, cause no Makoto baking right now, but now I suspect we're going to just end up eating it.

Usagi gives a long, suffering sigh. "So true. Good fashion is often thwarted by such trivial matters." She consoles her friend with soothing hand on her back!

Usagi shrugs a little. "I think he did. He woke up to Kunzite and me watching Pirates. He thought he was dreaming...and it seemed to help a little so that's the important thing!" She leans against Naru, and this time her sigh is more quiet. "I think he's feeling like he's going through a meat grinder."

To keep herself from falling into a state of woe, she holds her hands out toward the pie. "Piiiiiiiie."

Arms flop. "I'mma get Mako-chan back, too."

"Next time I wear it, heels. I'll have to get some." Naru decides with a little mmm and a nod. "We'll have to go shopping. After you guys get back from everything. Then shoe shopping." She nods, decision made.

A little shove of Usagi and Naru laughs, untangling from the couch to pad over towards the kitchen to retrieve the pie from the fridge. The way she moves, everything about her body language reinforces the notion of her /actually/ being fine, and not just 'fine'.

"You guys'll get back of them sorted out soon enough." Naru is confident there. "and then, there'll be a helluva party."

Usagi swoons! "Oh yes! And I still need to go shopping to replace a lot of my clothes from Woppletinger..."

There's an 'eee!' and outstretched fingers for the pie! And through it all is the cautious eye of a caring friend! And yay, affirmation of okay is affirmed!

Then she gasps! "A huge one! Do you think Mama and Papa would let me have a housewarming party as an excuse?"

A gasp! "You gotta come see it still! It's the same, but different! And somebody cheated because I think my room is bigger."

"Woppletinger?" Naru asks as she brings pie and plates and forks and lifter back to the coffee table. Some of these things may prove extraneous, all things considered.

"I'm pretty sure that Housewarming is a /perfect/ excuse!" Naru declares with a firm nod. "That'd be awesome." She considers as she sets pie down and hands Usagi a fork. "Can someone actually do that? Cheat and make it bigger?"

"Walpurgisnacht. The freak storm that wasn't a freak storm? Tooootally destroyed my house." Her eyes widen at the delicious pie set before her!

She helps serve it up, because Naru's still woobly and pie. And she even gives Naru the bigger piece because Naru. "I think so! It could also just be wishful thinking?"

"Oh! I never realized it had a /name/." Naru giggles softly and accepts her plate with pie, even with a little aww at getting a larger slice. "Thanks."

"Could be better arranging of stuff, too. That'll make more of a difference than you think." Naru stabs the pie, a fruit pie of some sort, peach perhaps? or cherry? Or both? "I'm pretty sure my room keeps getting smaller, but that's because it keeps getting more art stuff. And random things I want to play with to possibly use at the boys' apartment."

Usagi nods! And beams at the aww she gets! Naru gets it! "Yup! Though I can never remember how to say Walpurgisnacht, so I always mess it up!"

"That could be! My closet isn't exploding anymore."

Oh this pie is tasty.

She blinks at Naru, and is intrigued! "Ohhh? What're you gonne do and use there, tell me tell me!"

Eager scoot!

"You know I'm painting a mural on their walls, in the common area, right?" Naru opens with that as she tries the pie. She settles back on the couch and considers. "Mmmm. This was pretty experimental, the cherries are tarter than I wanted. But it's alright. The crust is good. I like this crust recipe."

Pastry critique complete Naru returns to art. "Soo.. right. Mural. Originally, Endy and I were talking about vines and foliage, but right now? Not so much with the plant motif. So I got the idea when I was out shopping with Kukai.. and I spotted the twinkle lights. Have those up at the ceiling, in the corner, to be the stars in the night sky, and then slowly shift from sky to .. city scape perhaps. We considered that. And a waterfall, I think we've decided on that too."

Usagi blinks. "I...didn't know this! Ooooo that sounds like a lot of fun!"

She gives her own critique of the pie. "The the rest of the filling has just enough sweetness to counteract most of the tart."

She chews on the yummy pie. "Mmf!" Swallow! "You know Kukai? He's so nice!" And then she listens more!

At the end, there are stars in her eyes! "Ohhhhh it's gonna be so pretty!"

"I joked that the lights would make for a great multimedia, but the waterfall? Not so much, or the guys would ahve to go pee /all the time/." Naru grins and eats more pie.

See, Kunzite? It's fruit!

"He is nice." Naru confirms with a smile. "We met by happenstance at the flea market, but pretty much as soon as I mention you or Endy, then I freshly realize that you two know everyone in Tokyo." She laughs a little, shaking her head.

"Any ideas for what else should be on the walls? I mean, I've never worked big before, but I'm hopeful. I kinda want it to like.. blend." Naru uses the hand holding her fork to gesture. "Like night sky, into something darkish, colour wise, not scary wise, and then becoming light as you go around."

She giggles! "Yeah, that probably wouldn't be fun for them. But I bet we'd get lots of giggles out of it!"

It's fruit and its tasty!

Usagi blushes! "I don't know everyone. Just...lots of ones." A dramatic sigh! "Okay I know everyone."

Usagi hums in thought. "I dunno. I mean, the only thing I can think of is bits of their kingdoms added in here and there. But I dunno how that'd work."

"See!?" Naru gestures with her fork. "Thank you! I totally thought of that, and Endy was all 'I dunno, we want reminders of modern earth' and Yes. I was totally thinking of that, but apparently not obvious enough for Endy to notice."

Naru has, apparently, decided.

"I just don't know them all well enough to know what to add in. So you'll have to help me there." Naru goes back to eating fruit. With sugar. In pastry.

"I still might do some sort of nature-scene.. but not forest, it's cliche, I think. I just haven't figured out what yet." Naru mmmms softly, shaking her head, as if that will shove more muse into it.

Usagi beams! She's helping! "Yes! Or, if he's like totally no, because Mamo-chan can so stubborn ug, you could add the animals!"

Usagi hums and taps her chin. "The one I know the most is Mamo-chan. I know Nephrite likes reality TV. And other stuff, but it's all just small things."

She hums! "You'll think of something! You're very artsy!"

Idly, she wonders if one day she could describe the Moon Kingdom to Naru and have her draw that.

"I don't know all the animals, so you might have to do some scouting for me." Naru grins. "I was.. well.. kinda hoping to like sneak in a bunch of little easter egg surprises in it. But don't tell the boys, kay? I want them to like just /find/ them, eventually."

Naru eats a bit more pie. "I feel bad, I really have only met Nephrite once, and it was when you guys were rescuing me, and I was so messed up, I barely remember him at all. I know Jadite even less. I really only know Kunzite, Endy and Zoi, but I want to make sure I include little tidbits for all five of them."

Naru sets her empty plate aside and curls back up on the couch.

An excited squeel and a clap! "Oh I love easter eggs! And I promise I won't tell!" She strokes her chin. "I wonder if the caracal will be annoyed if I take pictures of him..."

She nudges Naru. "Don't feel bad! I don't see him a lot, either. I seem to always just miss him or something! Though it could be because I'm not seeking him out a lot..."

She hugs Naru. "I'll help you with the tidbits! I may try to doodle something, but it could just end up looking like the spaghetti monster."

"Just be able to describe him really really well." Naru grins. "If you can't get pictures. Or like.. sneaky cellphone picture." She giggles softly at the idea.

"Oooh.. that'd be cool! Y'know.. have like a spot where people can draw?" Naru considers and then reaches for her sketchbook and flips through a few pages, some more notes than drawings, but lots of drawings. Sketches. Not all from this reality.

Naru settles on a page that's a penned in outline of the apartment walls at Endy's place. "Or have you, and the other girls.. add little doodles as some of the easter eggs to find? Is that dorky?"

Usagi hums and thinks. "He's a big grumpy cat who always looks at you like he's so done with your crap, but shhhh." She leans in close and whispers. "Sometimes he lets me hug him and scritch his fur."

Usagi blinks, then perks up! "Oooo like a giant chalkboard or something? Or...no, that'd be silly, wouldn't it?"

She peeks over Naru's shoulder because she's a peeker. "If it's dorky so am I because I wanna doodle little easter eggs!"

"I totally considered the giant chalkboard, but I think in the main area, Endy wants it to be a little less goofy, and an attempt at y'know, looking like a real house?" Naru speculates and then grins. "Then again, he's getting me to paint murals on the walls, but /still/."

Naru giggles softly. "I won't tell. He sounds kinda like Kunzite, except without the hugging or fur scritching."

Naru shows Usagi the sketches, which have pencil that has clearly been erased a few times, over the pen, to get an idea of what sort of scale would suit the walls. Stars and sky lightening from the top corner, down towards a waterfall, keeping the blues theme along that wall. "I love the idea of you guys adding in little bits."

Usagi giggles. "So I guess a field of bunnies is out of the question?" Daydream! That would be so cute!

Oooo, devious finger taps! "Kunzite lets me hug him sometimes. Mweeheehee." Devilish Usa! So devilish! And devious!

Usagi oooo's! over what's there. It looks like Mamo-chan's place! Her cheeks turn pink. "But if they're like mine, you'd have ugly scribbles on a pretty mural!"

Woe her lack of artistic talent!

"I can paint a field of bunnies in /your/ room." Naru offers with a grin and then a wink. "Or in Endy's room, if I end up painting /in/ his room>" She giggles softly and winks.

"Really? You hug Kunzite?" Naru shakes her head. "Nope. No hugging. I mean, it's not like I dont touch him at all. Dance class, or when he was making sure I didn't fall over at the gallery, but that's different."

Naru giggles softly. "I'm sure you can manage /something/.. or.. ooh! I Know! I'll draw something, and you can colour it in."

Usagi gets sudden stars in her eyes! "A field of bunnies in Mamo-chan's room!" He probably wouldn't want it, but it's nice to imagine!

Usagi nods! "It's more I hug him and he tolerates it, but that counts, right?" She gasps! Wait! "Dance class! Kunzite's in dance class?" She's missing something here!

And then she's squeeing! "Ooooo I can color and stay in the lines!!"

"Totally counts." Naru confirms and then giggles softly, going back to adding some more sketches to the layout of the apartment, a more more lines of detail into the waterfall, no matter that its just rough pencil at the moment.

"Uh.. yes?" Naru blinks and then squints. "How did you not know? It's been like weeks now, we have ballroom dance class on Tuesdays." She smiles. "He's good. Like, really good. I, am not that good, but it's fun. I think he's enjoying himself. It's sometimes hard to tell with Kunzite, but I'm enjoying myself."

"I'll totally hide a bunny somewhere, and you can colour it in." Naru promises with a beaming grin. "That'll be /perfect/. We should see what critters the other girls want, unless you know?"

Usagi's jaw drops to the ground. "What? He---what?!" She takes out her phone and texts Kunzite!

TXT: omg WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE TAKING DANCE CLASSES

"He never tells me stuff is how I don't know!" Arm flap!

Hmph!

(Across town, there is, of course, Kunzite giving his phone the most unimpressed face of all unimpressed faces for several seconds. It puts the caracal to shame.)

"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, though! Ahhhh, it sounds so much fun!"

Then she squeals! "A bunny! Yes, please! Eeeee! And I don't know what they'd want! Ooooo! An undercover mission! NINJASAGI TO THE RESCUE!"

Her phone buzzes.

TXT Kun: It didn't seem relevant outside of actual dances. When one would expect you to be otherwise occupied.

TXT: Fine meany jerk see if I ever tell you anything again ever ever ever!! ;.;

"Grumble. Kunzite's such a boy oh-em-gee."

Naru goes digging for snack the sequel as Usagi devotes herself to ambushing Kunzite by text. "It is fun. It was kinda a silly suggestion, but he agreed, and I'm really glad he did. I'm enjoying it a lot. I might even get alright by the end of the classes!"

"I leave undercover missions about critters up to you." Naru informs Usagi and then grins as she leans over to read over Usagi's shoulder.

"He does have a point. You'd never dance with anyone by Endy /anyhow/." Naru grins brightly, coming out of Usagi's bag of snacks with candy.

So much for fruit.

Ysagi's happy Naru's having fun!

She still wants to glare at Kunzite!

She preens! "I am a pro at undercover critter investigation!" She flexes!

Jaw drop! A short wail! "I so would! I danced with Kukai once!" ...during a time when Mamoru was brainwashed but that's beside the point. "And I'd totally dance with Kunzite. Or I would have!" She sticks her tongue out at the phone! Pleh pleh pleh! Stupid boy! Pleh pleh pleh!

"Oooo candy!" She dives for the snacks as well, rooting around for yummies!

"You danced with Kukai? When?" Naru asks with a blink, offering her jujubes, which are the candy of choice she found first. "I can't ever imagine a situation where I'd have opportunity to actually use the dances we're learning, but they're kinda fun." She pauses a moment and then pops another jujube in her mouth. "Other than at the recital at the end of the classes, I suppose."

Naru curls bakc up with her sketchbook, keeping a handful of jujubes handy. For keeping her strength up. Clearly.

She leans back and has a spread. She's used to lazy snacking! A bag of chips tucked here, licorice there, and sour gummies just here. "I did! It was several months ago, though. Sometimes a Puella puts on a dance party an--AIEEEE!!!!" She shakes on Naru! "AIEEEE!! Naru! I can ask if you can come to the next one! They're not all the time, but there's like...dresses! And boys! And last time, a boy kissed a boy while another boy kissed a girl! I think there was fighting after that."

Happy visions of Naru at future dances!

She settles back. "You have recitals at the end of classes?" Longing sigh! "Can I come watch one?"

"Puella.." Naru pauses a moment, rifling through her thoughts. "The ones who fight witches. Yes? And labrynths." She grins. See? She's learning!

"That sounds SO COOL! I'd love to go! I mean, they won't mind, right? I mean, that I'm just /me/."

Naru explains a little further. "I confuse a lot of people by just being me, and not me that has funky powers or anything. I /do/ have dresses. And .. er.. I'm not really much for kissing /or/ fighting." She points out and then giggles. "Dancing is good. And music. And people watching. Ohhh the people watching!

"Usually, yeah." Naru nods about recitals. "I dont know if people can come watch or not. I'll ask."

"Yep! There's two I know better than the others. Kyou-kun and Homu-chan! I like them. They don't get along together very well. I've only fought in a couple labrynths. They are scary!"

Usagi gapes! "But just you is awesome! And I'll ask and ask lots! And if they wanna know who you are, I'll be like 'she was the only one who could handle alllll of Usagi before I met you guys!' And I think I saw a few unpowered people and them before." She shakes her friend again. "My Naru-chan is awesome and anyone who says otherwise will get a swift kick to the toe!"

Then she claps! Yay! "If not, that's okay!" She really wants to.

"I know Kyou-kun, and Momo." Naru smiles and then laughs. "I think if I'm in a labrynth, I'm likely going to be unconscious. Which is probalby for the best, it know it was in the mirrored box thing."

"I know, I know. I expect it will be /fine/. I blend in fine, as long as I dont get into any fighting, and then I just hide." Naru grins and eees softly. "I hope they have another one soon. Like.. perhaps after things quiet down a little. Lots of parties. If things ever quiet down, they do, right?" She sounds vaguely concerned for the manic pace of crises that the group tends to enjoy.

"I mean, it would just be class if other people couldn't come, rather than a recital." Naru points out with a hunh. "I'll check. It's not for a while yet, which is good. I need more time to practice."

Usagi doesn't know of this Momo person! She would ask, but is distracted by more conversation! "If you aren't and there's magic people, try to do what they say if you can! Or if you're able..." She shrugs. "Try to keep calm." Nod!

Usagi looks a bit...guilty. "I...don't know? I mean, last year it was a lot quieter than it is now. It just feels that all of a sudden! Kaboom."

Usagi ees! She can't wait!

"I'm very very good at keeping calm." Naru assures Usagi of that, with a little quirk of a smile. "Generally .. okay.. I've never actually been in a fight where I wans't incapacitated in some way, so I can't say what I'd do. Hide, I'd hope." It seems unlikely.

"Well, I hope it's just a spike of stupid then, cause you guys need some down time toon." Naru reaches over to give Usagi's arm a squeeze and then relaxes in with more candy. "Movie time!" Naru declares, before they depress themselves any further with the sheer number of crises going on at any given moment.