Konnichiwa, Minna-san!
Well, here is the first chapter of "Symtoms of Love", and this time,
Motoki and Anasauma are included in it! Yeah!!! (for those who are 
not familiarized with the manga, Anasauma is a friend of Mamoru,
which unfortunately, doesn't appear in the anime, and in my fanfic
he will be a friend of Mamoru.)

This one is for Sailor Dee and Sailor Twilight, both of your 
e-mails encouraged me to keep writing this story.

DISCLAIMER:
I don't own Sailor Moon, and I'm not making any profit out of 
this. I'm just an obsessed fan of the series (specially 
Mamo-chan ^.^), so please, don't sue me. Since I'm only 
seventeen and in my first year of University, I don't think 
that you can win anything, anyway.
 
This story is rated PG-13

   "Love is more than a word, more than a caress, more than forever.
    Love is everything..."

						~ Anonymous

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                   "Symtoms of Love"
			Part 1

By Yukino Tenshi



  Mamoru sighed. Finally, FINALLY the classes started.
  When they arrived, they had five minutes spare before the bell, 
and like always, that meant hell to him.
  The "Usagi fan club" as he called it, always made their moves 
at that time, and since he was only her bestfriend, he just 
couldn't punch the lights out of all those morons that were 
trying to get close to her. 
  After all, she was, without any doubt, the most popular girl
in Highschool, for her amazing beauty and intelligence.
  "But she is not only that" he angrily thought, "and those
bakas only care for her looks. I love her for who she was when I
first meet her, and who she is now! Her beauty, intelligence, 
cheerful spirit, stubbornness and a heart of gold are only a few
of the reasons of why I love her so! Every smile, word or gesture,
coming from her, are capable of melting me! And yet, I haven't
find the courage to tell her my feelings, letting that all this
guys try to date her, even if I'm so jealous that is taking me 
almost all my control to not to punch them, just because you're
afraid of rejection! Mamoru, You're pathetic."
  "Konnichiwa, Mamoru-kun! Daydreaming again about you and a
certain blonde which happens to be a close friend of yours?" 
A familiar voice asked in front of his desk.
  Startled, Mamoru looked up to see Motoki, and after reassure
himself that Usagi wasn't close enough as to hear what he has
just told him, he proceed to strangle him, growling, "If you 
ever said that outloud again, you will never see what hit you, 
Motoki-kun. Understood?"
  The only response that Motoki could give him was a choked
yes, as Mamoru was successfully cutting his air supply.
  The person next to them, seeing that Motoki was slowly
turning a lovely shade of blue, decided to intervene.
  "Calm down, Mamoru-kun! He just was trying to get your 
attention, since we were trying to talk with you for the past
three minutes, he decided to say something to you that could
snap you out of it!"
  Mamoru, after forcing himself to calm down, slowly released
Motoki, who fell to the floor, slowly regaining his natural 
color.
  "You're right, Anasauma, I was just a little worried. But 
what if she was closer and heard what Motoki-kun just said?"
He asked, still a little angry with Motoki.
  "I think that you trying to strangle Motoki-kun is 
something that she most likely sees instead of hearing us!
Besides, we made sure that she wasn't close enough to hear it."
  He calmly responded.
  "Yeah, we know that if she finds out something, you will
turn us into bloody heaps in the floor!" Motoki added, finally
regaining the use of his vocal chords.
  "Ok. Maybe I overreacted a little." He conceded. He only got
a pair of raised eyebrows. "Fine, I overreacted a lot. Gommen ne."
He finally blurted out.
  Anasauma smiled "It's ok. Remember when Motoki said exactly
the same thing about Mako-chan and me? He sometimes deserves it."
  "Hey!" Motoki said, annoyed. "It was my fault that I didn't 
realized that Makoto-chan was right behind me when I said that?"
  "Yes" They dryly responded.
  "Well, anyway, why both of you where trying so hard to talk 
with me? What's up?" Mamoru asked, after finally regaining his 
composture.
  "Well, first of all, we wanted to snap you out of your
daydream. If you keep doing that, you know, Usagi-chan will
notice it, and I don't think that you want that. Second, we 
wanted to talk with you in the lunch brake, alone, and since
you're always with her at lunch, this was the only moment to 
tell you" Motoki said, his face adopting a more serious expression.
  
  "Ok. I will meet you both by the gym at lunch break." Mamoru
reluctantly agreed, not really wishing to leave his Usa-chan
alone and unprotected of all those bakas flocking around her,
but Motoki´s and Anasauma´s serious expressions make him decide
against his better judgment.
  "Good. Ja ne, Mamoru-kun!" They both said, running back to 
their respective classrooms.
  Just a minute later, Usagi came to her seat, next to 
Mamoru´s (a little fact that made Mamoru endlessly happy, 
and at the same time, was the most annoying fact for the rest of
the boys in their class), and asked, "Mamoru, why in the world
did you tried to strangle Motoki-kun?"
  Mamoru invariably cursed under his breath. 'Why do you always
have to be right, Anasauma-kun?', and came with the best excuse
that he could, "It was just a joke, Usagi-chan, don't worry about 
it." 'I hope that she believes that'
  Usagi only gave him an exeptical look, and a raised eyebrow.
'I guess she didn't. Darn'
  Usagi smiled. "It's ok, Mamoru-kun. I believe you. Even if I
couldn't believe that from anyone else, I trust you. You could 
never hide anything from me, and likewise, I will never hide
anything from you. After all, we're friends, right?"
  Two thoughts dominated Mamoru´s mind after her statement.
'Just friends? Is that everything that I will be?', and guilt,
mostly because he WAS hiding something from her, and something 
really important, just because he didn't have the guts to tell her.
  However, there was only one answer that he could give her, so
he gave it, feeling that his heart broke just a little as he 
said it.
  "Hai"


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End of Chapter 1

  Well, what do you think?
  I hope that you like it. And please, Please, e-mail at 
moon_princess29@hotmail.com me and give me your opinion. 
That is the best reguard that I could possibly recieve and the 
only that I have ever wished. And I promess to try to finish
the second chapter ASAP, but as I already said, it´s a little
dificult to find time available at the university.

  Ja ne! ^.^