[[fanfiction]] Middle school romance

- Chapie # 1! -

)(Amu POV)(

"Waahh!!" I yelled as I landed head-first, on the floor.

"Ow, ow, ow."

I rubbed my head and sighed as I looked up at the ceiling.

"How many times have I fallen off my bed already?" I asked myself.

My back was on the ground, but my legs were still on the bed.

i moaned as the alarm clock suddenly rang.

"Great! NOW you ring?"

I struggled to get up, but it took a few seconds. I suddenly slammed the clock hard, right on top, then sighed and got dressed in my school uniform, which looked something like my elementary school uniform, except instead of red stripes, it was green. After i tugged at the last wrinkle of my shirt, i faced towards my window and walked towards it. As i watched the sun start to rise form behind the other houses, i wondered about what this day held for me.

'School's finally starting again, huh?'

* - * - * - *

I walked downstairs as I fixed my hair. We've defeated Easter over the summer break, which I was thankful for so the new semester wouldn't be ruined for me becasue them, but even before that, me and Utau were already friends. And who would've thought that Ami would be the cause of our friendship? Rima is presently staying in the states, and it's for good [[wwaaaahhh!!]]. I don't even think she's coming back for at least a vacation anymore.

)(Normal POV)(

"Amu-chan!! Breakfast's ready!!" yelled Amu's mom from the kitchen.

"Coming!!"

She touched the back of her head.

"Ow!.....still hurts"

She walked in the kitchen and was immediately greeted by her mom.

"Ohayo, Amu-chan!!" she exclaimed happily.

"Ah? Ohayo-gosaimas." Amu replied with an unmotivated face, and took a seat as her mom laid down a bowl of cereal on the counter in front of her.

"Are you excited about school yet, Amu-chan?" she asked as Amu swallowed a spoonful of cereal.

"Why would I be excited about that?"

Her mom crossed her arms as a smirk quickly formed on her face.

"Of course. I mean, as if you, of all people would be excited about something like school, right? People like you would be much happier just emoing in their rooms."

She got a vein on her forehead and made some milk spill as she just tried to ignore what her mom just said. She swallowed another spoonful and quickly got up.

"I'll be leaving now."

She slung her bag over her shoulder & exited the kitchen. Her mother stared at her until she left the house. As soon as Amu was out, she let out a sigh and continued walking.

)(Amu POV)(

I sighed again as I walked down the sidewalk. I closed my eyes for a while then opened them up again.

'The truth is, I am a actually excited a bit about school. I mean, I get to see most of my friends again, & catch up on what's happening...'

I moaned.

'...but that aside, school seems really--plain--and just dead boring.' I thought then continued walking along.

)(Ikuto POV)(

I woke up to yell of a little cat. "Nyaa, Ikuto!...GET UP!! It's the first day of the new semester!! Nyaa?"

I rubbed the sleep form my eyes and moaned.

"What time is it, Yoru?"

"Mmm--7:30."

"Why'd you wake me up this early in the morning?" I asked as I sat up.

"--early?..." my chara said with a straight face.

I sighed and rubbed his head.

"never mind..."

I turned to face the other side of my room, hands behind my head.

"Mmm--wonder what Amu's doing right now..." I asked myself as I looked up at ceiling.

I quickly shook the thought away.

"...Wait...why am I thinking of Amu so suddenly--and so early in the morning too."

I placed a hand behind my head and moaned.

"--Oh well, gotta get going."

)(Amu POV)(

'...I'm finally in middle school...' I thought to myself as I stood in front of the school gate. Other students passed by me while laughing and giggling over some new boy band or something. I stared at a group of girls as they enter the school.

'Hmm--wonder how this semester will turn out for me.'

Suddenly, I felt a playful hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Kukai, and I had no idea why, but a smile was suddenly plastered on my face.

"Yo, Hinamori!..." he said with a smile.

"--long time no see!"

I laughed nervously.

"yeah, guess so..." I replied.

"So, whatsup?" I asked him as we entered the school together.

"Mmm?nothing much, just planning on joining both soccer and basketball teams this year too." He said as he gave out a little laugh and rubbed the back of his head.

"hmm--no surprise there."

he let out a loud guffaw before he replied back.

"...oh sure. and how about you?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Me? Oh, nothing much...you know me."

"Haha! well, that's true."

We kept talking about what happened over the summer break, that we didn't even notice that we were already in front of my class.

"Oh! We're already here." I said.

Kukai looked at the door and rubbed the back of his head while he started to laugh.

"--guess after all that talking, we didn't even notice we were walking down the hallway."

He stopped laughing, but there was still a smile on his face.

"Well, see ya', Hinamori!" he said as he rubbed my hair and messed it up in the process.

"K-Kukai! My hair!"

He just smiled again and took off.

I stared at him until he turned a corner, then sighed and arranged my hair. I entered the class and was relieved that class wasn't starting yet. I walked across the classroom and noticed most of the other students staring at me. okay, well, actually all of them--but still. I tried to ignore them and keep my 'Cool & Spicy' character up. And I'd like to say that I did a great job ignoring them, because I also seemed to have ignored Tadase-kun. As soon as I reached my desk, I placed my bag on top of it and took a seat. I looked out of the window with my chin resting on the palm of my hand.

'Hmm...wonder why I always get the seats near the window. Ah well, at least I have something to look at while spacing out.'

As i stared out the window, I also felt stares coming from behind me. Multiple of it.

'Dammit! Are they still staring!? Didn't they ever see a girl look out the window before!?'

Everyone finally took their eyes off me when sensei came in as the bell rang.

"Alright class, settle down." He said while signaling everyone to face forward.

'Saved by the sensei...' I thought as I sighed and faced forward.

He had black hair which was in a neat do, and was in a black suit. He looked about--oh, I don't know--somewhere around his twenties. He looked good actually. Everyone seemed happy that he was our sensei. I'm guessing that it isn't only because of his looks, because the boys seemed glad too.

'Is he really THAT great of a sensei?' I asked myself.

While wondering about that, I heard a noise coming from the back of the class. I turned around a bit with an uninterested face to match my character. Pencils, notes, and text books were scattered all over the floor. I looked up at the guy who dropped it. He was leaning on the floor and smiling with his eyes closed while rubbing the back of his head. He had messy brown hair, and I mean the really good kind of messy.

He laughed nervously as he noticed that everyone's attention was now on him.

"Sorry, I accidentally knocked my bag down."

Sensei sighed with a smile and walked over to where the guy was. He opened his eyes and I noticed it was of different colors. His left eye was a clear sky blue, while the other was green.

'Foreigner I guess.' i thought

"No problem, Calem-kun." sensei suddenly said, interrupting my thoughts.

'Hmm, so his name's Calem? Definitely a foreigner.'

once sensei helped him with his things, i noticed Calem take a quick glance at me, and I felt a blush start to tingle up on my cheek. I immediately faced forward and crossed my arms in a stubborn way. I heard him give off a little laugh from behind me, making a vein popped up on my forehead.

"Ah! Before I forget, class--" said sensei as soon a si heard them get up form the floor.

I looked back, still with an uninterested face on.

"--This is Calem Spencer, a foreigner from the states whose family suddenly moved here for some urgent business. He's fluent with Japanese, so i expect him to get along with everyone quite well."

Sensei looked at Calem.

"Hey, I hope to get along with everyone here and to be under your care. I am looking forward to spending this semester with you all." He said as he bowed down.

'whoa--formal alert.'

I raised an eyebrow when I noticed his eyebrow twitching with an annoyed look.
I couldn't help but give off a little laugh, eyebrow still raised.

"--Well, that's it for his introduction." Said sensei as he patted Calem on the back and walked to the front of the class.

Calem got up and took a seat again as he sighed. I just stared at him for a while then faced forward as soon as I heard sensei take his seat.

Without even noticing it, school was over. I sighed as I walked down the hallway, which felt like the millionth time.

'Finally, school's over. Hmm--Middle school's not that much different from elementary. Sure, the subjects are a little more--difficult. Most of the information I've gathered today hasn't even sunk in yet. And there are teachers that I've never seen before here too. But that aside, this place is sort of like eleme--'

I was instantly snapped back into reality when I accidentally bumped someone from behind--and fell flat on my bum.

"A-ah, gomen ne. I wasn't paying attention on where I was goin-?"

And I was cut off once again, when I saw Calem's smiling face just a few inches from mine, causing me to instantly blush a few shades of red.

"Hmm?you're real cute up close, you know?" he said and smiled at the last letter.

I felt my face blush ten fold as he offered me his hand and my eyebrow started twitching.

"W-What the-!? What's with you?! suddenly putting your face that close tom mine!" i yelled out.

"Haha! you're pretty slow on catching up, arent you?" he teased while wearing a smirk.

a vein popped up on my cheek as i stared up at him and got myself up.

"tch. Whatever."

)(Later)(

Calem & I walked out of the school together--without me even wanting his company. He just followed me out and walked beside me.

"Hmm--let me guess, you're the famous, Amu Hinamori, known for being the one and only 'Cool & Spicy' girl of this school." he suddenly said.

I looked at him with a confused look.

"how'd you know that? Aren't you just new here? Geez, you sound just like a professor or something?"

I gave out a little laugh in the middle of my sentence.

"--especially the way you introduced yourself back at class."

He looked down a bit and I could clearly see the vein on his forehead.

"Hey, I wanted to have a good 1st impression, okay?--and, I've heard a lot about you in class while you still weren't there. Everyone was hoping that you would be assigned to our class. You should have seen how desperate they were."

He started laughing.

"I still can't believe how shocked they were when you entered the classroom!"

I just smiled at him as he stared at me. He suddenly put his face a few millimeters from mine. My eyes widened and I started to blush, hard.

"--but then, how couldn't they? Especially with a cute face like that."

My face turned a few more shades of red, causing him to smirk. He suddenly burst out laughing while he pulled his face away.

"--Just kidding."

My face was still blushing, but you could see how annoyed I was.

"--Jerk."

"--delinquent."

a vein popped up on my cheek as i just stared at him laugh. I quickly faced sideways and crossed my arms so he couldn't see how pissed off i was. I'll just save that face for when he's not quite such a "new student" anymore.

"Hinamori-san!!" someone suddenly yelled from behind me.

I turned around and saw Tadase-kun and Kukai running towards me. Kukai quickly stopped in front of me, Tadase-kun following, panting as soon as he stopped.

"Hey--Hinamori-san?" He said, gasping for breath between each word.

"--Watsup?" Kukai asked with a big grin.

"Hey, guys. nothing much going on here--how 'bout with you?"

"Same."

"Hey, are you alright? You don't look so good." I said as I placed my hand on Tadase's back.

"--Well, see ya,--Amu." Calem said from behind me.

He turned around with one hand in the air, and the other in his pocket, and walked along.

"A-Ah, sure. later." I replied

I stared at him until he exited the gate, & sighed as I looked back at Tadase-kun.

"Your boyfriend, Hinamori-san?" he asked.

"W-What? Of course not! We just met." I said as I looked the other way, feeling a light blush tickle up on my face.

He just stared at me, a curious look on his face, when Kukai suddenly squeezed in between the both of us, and swung his arms around mine and Tadase-kun's necks.

"C'mon, we better get going!" he said as he dragged the both of us towards the gate.

"S-Souma-kun!!" Tadase yelled, struggling.

While all that was happening, I was wondering why Calem reminded me so much about someone. I just couldn't put my finger on it.

- EnD oF chApiE!!! -

- Chapie # 2! –

)(Normal POV)(

“Ow, ow, ow!” Amu said as she rubbed her head.

“WAH! I hate this damn bed!” she yelled.

“Amu-chan, you really shouldn’t blame the poor bed…” said Suu.

“Yeah, that was your fault anyway…you’re too careless.” Said Miki.

Amu was about to yell something to her charas, when she heard laughing coming from her balcony. She turned her head towards the balcony.

“I-IKUTO?!”

“Yo!...”

“What are you doing here, you perverted cat?!” Amu yelled while pointing at Ikuto, and still sitting on the floor.

“What? Is that all you got to say to me?” and

He smirked and jumped off of her balcony and into her room. He landed a few inches in front of her, and walked slowly towards her. Amu backed up until her back reached the side of her bed. He moved his face only a few millimeters in front of hers, causing her to blush.

“Geez, sometimes you can be so cold, Amu.”

He had that smirk again which sent chills down her spine.

“We haven’t seen each other in a while, and the first thing you do is call me names…”

Amu could feel his warm breath on her face, and she blushed ten fold. Ikuto’s smirk grew wider.

“Hmm? You’re blushing, what are you thinking about, perverted kid?”

“S-Shut up! I’m not perverted! Nor a kid!”

“Hmm…I see, I guess that’s true. It looks like you developed a bit.”

Her eyes widened and her blushing became uncontrollable.

“S-Shut up, you pervert!!”

Ikuto’s smirk suddenly faded away as he sighed, took a few steps back and closed his eyes.

“Hmm…seems like you enjoyed flirting with that foreigner yesterday…”

Amu was now as red as a tomato.

“W-What?! I honestly have NO idea what you’re talking about.” She said as she faced sideways and crossed her
arms.

Ikuto grimaced, but it was hardly obvious. Instead, it was obvious that Amu was lying. Ikuto sighed.

“Well, Whatever…”

Amu’s eyes grew wide with shock when Ikuto suddenly placed his fingers under her chin and brought her face up to his. All she could do was just stare at him.

“I-Ikuto?...” she said.

“…Just make sure you don’t go beyond the lines of flirting…coz that area is reserved for me…” he said as a smirk quickly appeared on his face.

Amu gained a few more shades of red, then lowered her head a bit.

“P-Pervert…”

Ikuto’s smirk grew wider as he gave her a peck on the forehead. Amu looked up and just stared at him, the shocked expression still on her face. then Ikuto moved in closer to her right ear, and Amu closed her eyes tightly.

“Nice gown…I can see right through…”

Amu suddenly opened up her eyes and Ikuto jumped back with the reflexes of a cat.

“Hmm…pink bra today, I see…”

Amu blushed ten fold as she looked down to her night gown.

-PANG-

She wasn’t IN a gown. She was just in her usual yellow and red checkered pj’s. She heard Ikuto give out a snicker in front of her, as a vein popped up on her forehead.

“YOU PERVERTED LIAR!!” She yelled after him as he jumped out of her balcony.

Amu was still sitting on the floor, and her eyebrows clearly showed that she was still pissed off. Then she slowly borught 2 finger up and placed it on the spot on her forehead where Ikuto had kissed her. then for some reason, she suddenly calmed down a bit.

‘Ikuto…’


)(At School…)(

Amu buried her face in her arms on the desk, as she sighed quietly. She was thinking about what Ikuto had said. The words ‘we haven’t seen each other in a while’ kept ringing in her head--and she knew exactly why.

She started to have this feeling toward him since she was in the 6th grade. Every time he appeared, her heart always starts to skip a beat. Her face instantly goes red and her stomach starts to do twists and turns. At first, she thought it was because of how much he pissed her off, but soon she found out--hard. She hadn’t seen Ikuto in 3 months, and in those 3 months, she felt real lonely…not even her friends could cheer her up. She always thought that something was missing. She never guessed that that something was Ikuto. Suddenly, her mama’s words started to pop up in her head. ‘You never know when you are truly in love with something, unless you are separated from it.’ She kept thinking of those words until Ikuto suddenly popped up in her head. As much as she hated to admit it, she had feelings for him, the perverted, teasing, alley cat, whom was once her enemy, not to mention the guy whose sibling had a serious case of brother complex. When Ikuto came back, Amu learned he was on search for his father. Amu could understand how important it was to him, so she couldn’t blame him. But for some reason…she just couldn’t forgive him. She couldn’t admit that she had feelings for him, and she couldn’t accept it. She decided that she would avoid him before she does anything that could affect her reputation, and hope that her feelings for him would just fade away. She sighed at the thought.

‘I haven’t succeeded at that part yet though…’

- PANG –

‘how did Ikuto know that I was flirt- cough “talking” with Calem?! Dammit!! He was spying on me!!’

She was almost pulling her hair out, with her face laying flat on the table.

“I….KU…..TO!...” she mumbled angrily.

‘WAH!! I’m so dense!!’ she scolded herself.

“Yo, Hinamori!” suddenly came a voice from beside her, snapping her out of dreamland.

“H-Huh?” she stuttered as she jerked her head up and looked around her.

She sat up straight and found Calem to her right.

“Oh, hey…” she said as an unsure smile appeared on her face.

“Hey, what’s wrong with you? You’ve been spacing a lot lately…”

“Really? Oh, gomen.” she said, then lowered her head.

He grabbed a chair and took a seat, with the chair facing the opposite direction. He placed his arms on top of the
chair and rest his chin on top.

“No prob…”

Amu was still looking down while he was just staring at her.

“Hey…”

Amu looked up at him.

“…If you have a problem, you can always talk to me about it.”

Amu was a bit surprised at what he said

‘Why does that sound familiar?’

“E-Eto--Thanks, but…I don’t think you can help with this one.” He said as she forced on a weak smile on her face.

Calem just silently stared at her.

“…Boy…”

“Huh?”

“It’s about a boy, isn’t it?”

Amu suddenly jerked up and placed her arms in a defensive position, sweat drops appearing everywhere.

“H-How the hell did you know?!”

Calem just smiled.

“I can read you like a book, Amu-chan…”

Amu slightly blushed.

“A-Amu-chan??...”

Calem looked at her.

“Hm? Oh, I just thought of saying it.” He said as he started to laugh.

“…sorry if it sounds disturbing.” He smiled.


)(After School)(

“Waahhh!! I’m late!!” yelled a worried Amu as she packed her things.

Calem, Tadase, & Kukai all stared at her with sweat drops on their heads.

“Late for what, Hinamori-san?” asked Tadase.

Amu looked up at the 3 guys.

“Oh, right! I got a job at a café just a few blocks from here. You guys should come over once you get the chance to.”

She said with a smile.

“Sure!” they all said in a chorus.

Amu flashed them all a smile, then left. They all just stared at the door for a while after her exit.

“Shall we get going, gentlemen? i beleive we are all free for the day...” Kukai asked after a few seconds of silence and stares.

“You know it!” replied the other 2.


)(At the Café)(

Amu was just finished being scolded by her boss for being late. She sighed and walked into the changing room to get into her uniform. Soon, he exited the room and stood beside the entrance, ready to greet the customers. She was closing her eyes the whole time while waiting for customers. Soon enough, she heard a chime, meaning a customer just entered. She sighed and quickly greeted the customer with a smile and her eyes still closed.

“ Hello, welcome to the café latte. Please allow me to escort you to your sea-..”

She was cut off when she saw Calem, Kukai, and Tadase standing at the entrance as soon as she opened up her eyes.

“A-Ah! Hey guys!..” she stuttered.

She noticed a blush creep up on their cheeks. She was confused at first, then followed their gazes to her uniform,
and she gave out a little ‘eep!’.

Her uniform was something like a maid’s, with a mini ruffle skirt, a black tube top, with a white ruffle running down
the middle, Fishnet leggings reaching half of her thigh, and a pair of black pumps.

Then she quickly covered her chest with the metal tray that she was carrying, and lowered her head when she
noticed her face starting to burn up. Kukai suddenly let out a cough.

“S-Sorry, Hinamori…it just sort of…caught us by surprise.” He said while still lightly blushing and looking away.

“N-No problem. Usually happens…”

“W-WHAT?!” they all yelled in chorus.

Amu was surprised and sweat drops quickly appeared behind her head. She waved her arms frantically in front of
her.

“U-Uh, nevermind!!...” she said while laughing nervously.

“A-Anyway, let me escort you guys to your seats.”

As they were walking to the other side of the café, all male customers were gazing at Amu, and all females at the 2
cute guys, and Tadase behind her.

“So, what will you guys be ordering?” Amu asked them like regular customers as son as they reached their seats

They all scanned the menus in front of them, and stopped as soon as they spotted the only thing that appealed to
them.

“Strawberry cheesecake!” they all chorused with huge smiles on their faces.

Amu just sweat dropped.

“Um…coming right up, then…”



)(A few min. l8er!)(

Amu came back with a metal tray, carrying the 3 strawberry cheesecakes. She placed the caked in front of the guys,
then hugged the tray to her chest.

“Enjoy!” she said while wearing her cutest face possible (Yes, it’s a part of her job.)

The 3 guys blushed lightly, then looked down on the cakes in front of them. Amu didn’t notice their blushes at all and
just stared at them.

“Hmm? You don’t like the cake?”

“N-No, it’s not like that!” they all said and waved their hands in front of them.

“mmm…that’s good. Otherwise, that would’ve been just a waste.” She said with a smile.

They stared at the cake again, then started digging in.

“mmm…this is good…” complimented Kukai after a few seconds of silent chewing.

“mmm…sure are!” said Calem.

Tadase just nodded, because his mouth was full of cake. Amu let out a little giggle.

“Well, I’m glad you liked it.”

Amu raised her eyebrows when she saw how quickly Kukai was eating his slice.

“Oh! Kukai, you got some frosting near your mouth.”

“Hm?”

He placed 2 fingers near the corner of his lips, and felt a little smudge.

“Hmm? I do?…”

Amu let out another giggle.

“here, let me get that for you…”

She bent closer and wiped the frosting near the corner of his lips with her thumb. Kukai felt a blush creep up on his
cheeks again while staring at Amu. While that was happening, Calem secretly wiped some frosting on his lips, and
let out a cough. Amu looked at him and chuckled.

“Calem…” she said while chuckling.

She took some napkins and wiped his lips.

“Aww…you’re not gonna wipe it with your thumb?”

She giggled again.


“What are you, some pervert?”

Calem put on a weak smirk.

“mmm….maybe…” he said weakly.

‘So, is the pay here good, Hinamori-san?” Tadase asked.

Amu looked at Tadase.

“Yeah, I guess so. Well, it has to be, for making me wear this-…” she said and pointed at her uniform.

“Actually, you look cute in it, Hinamori!” said Kukai while wearing a big grin on his face.

Amu blushed at the comment and faced the other way.

“T-Thanks…”

Suddenly, Amu heard a chime again and immediately faced forward. She saw a cute, short, blonde-haired girl
standing in the entrance. The girl caught sight of Amu and the 2 just stared at each other.

“Rima?...”


- End of Chapie! –

- Chapie # 3! –


)(Amu POV)(


“Rima?...”

I couldn’t believe it. I thought Rima had gone to the states and wouldn’t come back. A smile quickly plastered itself on my face. I was just so happy to see her again, and unconsciously, I ran towards her. I felt my skirt flapping up, and I heard boys behind me gasp and even fell on the floor, maybe even heard a few ‘waahh’s’.

“O-Oi!! What are you perverts looking at?!?” Kukai asked the other male customers, annoyed.

But I didn’t care though. I hugged Rima as soon as I was close enough. I couldn’t see her face, but I could tell she was smiling.

“Amu…” Rima said as she hugged me back.

I let go of her and took a step back with a huge smile on my face.

“Rima….”

She quickly smiled at me, but then an unsure expression formed on her face.

“uh….what are you doing here, Amu-chan? ….and….dressed like that too.” she asked as she pointed at the uniform.

I just blushed.

“U-Uh, well…I had so much time on my hands, that I didn’t know what to do with it, so I got a job here. It’s a great way to pass time, plus I can even earn some cash. I don’t really mind the mini-form though…”

“Mini-form, huh?”

I laughed nervously.

“Don’t you think the name matches it?” I joked.

Rima gave out a short laugh.

“…yeah, I guess so.”

“So, anyway…what are you doing here? I thought you were going to permanently stay at the US.” I asked.

There was a short pause before Rima suddenly let out a sigh.

“Alright…you have 3 options. 1, I forced my parents to make me come back here. 2, we had no money so we couldn’t go. 3, my parents had urgent business to attend to so we had to come back here.”

“Um…# 3?”

“Bzzztt!! Wrong.”

“…# 1?”

“Bzzztt!! Wrong again.”

“Okay, so it HAS to be # 2.”

“Bzzztt! AND you’re wrong.”

“W-What?!”

Rima started giggling.

“Oops, forgot…there was a 4th option.”

“What’s that?”

She hesitated for a bit before she replied.

“--We were only going for a vacation--and you misheard.”

Everything went silent, except for the cricket chirps. I suddenly hung my head and arms down, glumly.

“I-I…M-Misheard…”

Rima sweat dropped and shakily placed a hand on my back.

“H-Hey, Amu, it’s okay…”

I stayed in position for a couple of seconds, then suddenly jerked my head back up.

“Now then, ma’am, may I take your order?”

Rima sweat dropped.

‘Well, that certainly was a fast recovery…’ she thought.

She sighed, and I escorted her to sit beside Calem. In the background, the other male customers were shooting glares at Calem, Kukai, & Tadase-kun, mumbling stuff like, ‘How come those guys get the cute girls?’ but they were cut-off when Amu started visiting their tables and asked for their orders. They instantly started ordering while stuttering with hearts on their eyes, while Kukai & co. sighed and sweat dropped.

“Amu is real popular here, isn’t she?” asked Rima.

“Yeah, that’s exactly what pisses me off so much....” said Kukai annoyed, while biting his thumbnail.

“…I wonder why though…” he continued.

Calem sighed and faced Rima.

“So, you’re Mashiro Rima. Amu’s 2nd best friend, next to the girl--I mean guy--Nagehiko, right?” he asked her.

Rima just stared at him with a straight face.

“Who are you and how do you know this stuff?”

He just smiled.

“I heard a lot about you guys--the ex-guardians. And I’m a new transfer student, Calem Spencer. Nice to meet you!” he said with a huge grin, and eyes closed.

“Nice to meet you too…I guess.” replied Rima, an unsure look on her face.

“…But the only one I don’t know much about…” he said as he opened his eyes again and faced forward.

“…is you!” he continued as he pointed at Tadase.

‘What is this? An FBI case?’ Kukai thought as he sweat dropped.

“WHAT?! ME?! How come I’m the only one you don’t know about, when you sound just like a human encyclopedia with Mashiro-san and Hinamori-san?!...” he asked as a disappointed expression appeared on his face.

“…besides…I was popular before too…” he continued.

Calem yawned.

“Well, basically, because most of the information about you were made-up by all of your—“fan girls”, none of them were actually accurate…” he said as he placed an elbow on the table and his cheek on his hand, and closed his eyes.

“…The only true thing I DO know about you, is that you act like an evil dictator at the word, prin-…”

He was cut off when Kukai suddenly placed a hand over his mouth.

“S-Shut up!!” he said, panicked, with sweat drops behind his head.

He stretched himself all the way across the table just to cover up Calem’s mouth.

-POING!-

“MWAHAHAHAH!! I AM NO MERE PRINCE!! I AM KING!!MWAHAHAHAH!!” Tadase yelled as he stood on the chair and placed one foot on the table, while laughing maniacally.

“Great, NOW look at what you’ve done.” Kukai whisper shouted at Calem.

Calem removed Kukai’s hand from his mouth.

“Whoops, sorry. Slipped.” He said as he laughed nervously.

Rima stood on the table beside Tadase after grabbing a mob bucket from the corner & placed it on Tadase’s head.

“1…2…3…”

As soon as she took off the bucket, Tadase was back to normal, and a confused expression on his face.

“ta-da!” she yelled.

Everyone started applauding--though they weren’t quite so sure why.

Rima and Tadase took a seat again as Tadase sighed.

“Arigatou, Mashiro-san.”

“No problem.”

Meanwhile, Amu was placing drinks on the other customer’s table as she sighed in her head.

‘I knew this would happen sometime…so I placed that bucket there for that very reason…I’m not very sure if I already used that bucket to mop though…’

“Ugh…What was that about? He was obviously enjoying the change.” said Kiseki as he popped up from behind Tadase.

Everyone was shocked when they heard Calem suddenly fall to the floor.

“Wha-What’s that supposed to be?!?!” he asked while pointing at Kiseki, a frightened look on his face.

All of them stared at him.

“You can see Kiseki?” asked Tadase.

“K-Kiseki?! What the, Y-Yeah, can’t everyone see him?!”

They all looked at Kukai.

“Ugh….FINE! I’ll tell him abut it…”


)(After d Boring details…)(


Calem face was flat on the table and his hands grabbing his hair from confusion.

“So…wait…” he said, lifting his face.

“…You guys…guardians…have those mini people called…cha…ras…& they are your ‘would-be-selves’? And are also finding this special egg called the ‘embryo’ to grant your wishes?…sorta like a genie?”

“Mmm…yep! That’s pretty much it...” Said Kukai.

“…thing is…how can YOU see it?” he continued.

Calem started to think back.

“well, I sorta had one of those eggs flying beside me back when I was sad about some family problems. And when my parents finally got divorced, I locked myself in my room, trashing everything…then I accidentally cracked that same egg.” He explained.

Tadase sighed.

‘Well, that explains as to why you’re able to see our charas.”

“But I’m guessing it’ll come back. This is sorta like Nikaidou’s problem anyway.” Said Kukai.

“Who’s Nikaidou?” Calem asked, blank expression on his face, like nothing can surprise him anymore.

“Oh, just someone who used to be an enemy in finding the embryo, but is now a sensei from elementary.” He explained with his eyes closed in a calm way.

“So…all of you guys have charas too?” Calem asked everyone else.

“Yup! *giggle*” laughed Kusu-Kusu as she popped out from behind Rima.

“Yep!” said Daichi as he came out of his egg.

Calem just stared at the 2 with a straight face. Suddenly, he poked Daichi on the stomach, and Kusu-Kusu just let out a laugh.

“O-Oi! What do you think you’re doing?!” asked Daichi.

“Are you guys even real?” asked Calem still with a straight face.

“O-Of course we’re real!! You’re poking me right now aren’t you?!” yelled Daichi, annoyed, while Calem was still poking him repeatedly.

Kukai gave off a laugh.

“Amu! Could you come here for a sec?” he yelled as he faced Amu.

Amu just finished laying out food on another customer’s table.

“A-Ah, sure!”

She excused herself, and walked over to their table.

“What’s up?” she asked while hugging a tray.

“Do you mind showing Calem your charas?” he asked with a smile.

“W-What? He can see charas?!”

“Guess so…”

Amu’s chara pack suddenly started shaking. [[she had that with her all along?]]

“W-Wha-?”

She tried to stop it from shaking as she placed both hands on top of it. It popped open and Ran, Suu, & Miki flew on top of Amu’s head. Ran flew to the middle, Miki to the left, and Suu to the right.

“TA-DA!!” they all yelled and giggled.

Calem just stared, dumbfounded, then shook his head.

“wait, wait, wait…How come you have 3 of those mini-people, and everyone else only has 1?” he asked.

“Well, that’s what makes her special.” Tadase finally said.

Amu was confused, but she couldn’t stop the blush from trickling up on her cheek.

She suddenly heard another chime, and faced the door to see who it was, while everyone was too busy in the conversation to even notice…


- End of Chapie!! -

- Chapie # 4 –


Amu heard another chime and faced the door to see who it was. A shocked expression quickly passed through her face as soon as she saw who it was.

“I-Ikuto?!” she yelled out

Ikuto wasn’t even aware of the situation until he heard her yell out his name. When he laid his eyes on her,--

“Well, look who it is.” He said as he put on a smirk.

Amu just turned a few more shades of red.

“Cute outfit.”

“S-Shut up!”

All the other female customers laid their eyes on him, pink hearts suddenly formed in their eyes, and mouths hung wide open. Amu looked at all of them and sweat dropped.

“A-Anyway, you’re here asAnd a customer today, so…let me escort you to your seat.” She said with an annoyed look.

Ikuto saw Tadase in the corner of the café with everyone else, with his back turned on him. Ikuto put on a smirk and took the seat behind Tadase. He sat facing Tadase and the chair facing the opposite way, then flicked the back of Tadase’s head.

“Yo.”

Tadase freaked and jumped out of his seat. He turned around to see Ikuto raising a hand.

“T-Tsukiyomi Ikuto!! What are you doing here?!” He yelled while pointing at him.

“What? Is it a crime to walk in a café? If so, what are you doing here?”

Tadase was furious. He was about to yell at him, but Amu cut in to avoid any more unnecessary attention--with a twitching eyebrow.

“Um…Tadase-kun, I understand that you have something against Ikuto, but please refrain from yelling in here.”

Tadase stared at Amu.

“G-Gomenasai…” he stuttered as he took a seat again.

Ikuto’s smirk grew wider.

“Hear that? Amu’s on my side.”

“I-Idiot! It’s just my job!!” she stuttered as she hit his head with a tray.

“Hmm…not doing a real good job, huh? You’re even yelling at a customer.” He smirked as he brought a hand up to the back of his head

Amu took a step back and was as red as a tomato. She coughed.

“M-May I take your order then?...” she asked annoyed and facing the other way, holding a pen in one hand and a pad of paper in the other.

Ikuto just stared at Amu.

“Mmm…I’ll have--”

And like a breath of wind, Amu was suddenly halfway lying down in Ikuto’s arms.

“…you…” he continued in the cutest voice imaginable.

Amu blushed a few more shades, if possible.

“I-Ikuto! W-W-What do you think you’re doing!?”

He smirk grew wider.

“You’re blushing.”

Everyone was staring at them, Boys and girls shooting daggers at the 2. Tadase, Kukai, and Calem were especially pissed, while Rima was just watching.

“N-no I’m not!!” she said as she covered half her face with the tray she was carrying.

“Hm?...”

He lowered the tray from her face and dropped it to the floor with a soft ‘Clang’

“L-Let go of me, you old pervert!!” she yelled as she hit his chest.

“Hmm? Is that the hardest you can hit?” he asked teasingly.

“I-Ikuto! Let go of her!” yelled Tadase who was now as red as Amu.

Ikuto turned his head to face Tadase while still holding Amu in his arms. When he noticed how red Tadase was, he smirked grew wider.

“--Jealous much?”

Tadase took a step back and got even more pissed.

“Oh? You’re that mad already?...” he said as his smirk got wider.

“…well…I know something that will make you the maddest you’ll ever get.”

Everyone’s eyes grew wider as he finished the sentence.

“W-Wait, what are you-…” yelled Tadase.

Amu was blushing madly as she suddenly felt Ikuto’s warm lips on hers. Her eyes were wide and shaking, but…she found herself not resisting. The whole café went dead silent.

As soon as Ikuto slowly separated his moist lips from hers, his bangs were covering his eyes. Their lips were still only millimeters apart. He was sort of breathing heavily, and Amu could feel his warm breath blowing on her lips.

“I-I-IKUTO!!!Y-YOU BASTARD!!” yelled Tadase.

Ikuto smirked, bangs still over his eyes, and holding Amu. He pulled Amu up gently to make her stand. When they were both up again, Ikuto looked at Amu for a few seconds, smirk still on his face, and turned his head to face Tadase.

“Well, see ya….Kiddy king.”

He widened his smirk and walked towards the exit, with both hands in his pockets. As soon as he opened the door for a few millimeters, he stopped and turned his head to face Amu, then slowly wiped his bottom lip softly with his thumb and licked it.

“You have soft lips Amu.” He said with a smirk and swiftly left the cafe.

Amu’s knees were shaking as she silently stared at the door. Her hands grasping her arms and her lips slowly started trembling. All of a sudden, fell on her knees, and with a closed fist on her chest, started stuttering.

“I—I…”

Everyone just stared at her, still not taking in what they just saw.

“I’LL GET YOU FOR THAT, IKUTO!!!”


- End of Chapie!! –

- Chapie # 5! –


Amu got up unsteadily as Kukai rushed over and caught her as soon as she was about to fall over.

“A-Arigatou…” she said weakly, a grimace still on her face.

“--No prob.” He said as he looked at her, a concerned look on his face.

Amu couldn’t reply, and just kept her head lowered, her bangs over her eyes. As Kukai helped Amu up, he couldn’t help but wonder.

‘What’s wrong with me? Why do I feel so pissed?...’

Kukai’s eyes widened a bit as Amu lost her steadiness again and leaned on Kukai’s side. He just watched her as she tried to get back up.

‘That’s right…I like her…’ he thought after he had remembered, and helped her to her feet.

‘—I always had…’

She stood up with a hand on her head and still wobbled a bit, while Kukai was just staring at her. Tadase and Calem came rushing over to her with worried looks on their faces.

“H-Hinamori-san! Are you okay?” Tadase asked.

Amu just stared at the exit.

“Dammit…that was my…first…kiss…” she said weakly as she placed a fist on her lips.

“R-really?!” He yelled.

Tadase faced forward at the exit as well.

“Damn that perverted cat…” he said weakly as he sighed and faced Amu again.

“I’m really sorry, Hinamori-san…”

Amu shook her head.

“No…it wasn’t your fault, Tadase-kun.” She said, a blank expression on her face.

Tadase blushed slightly and faced the other way. Amu’s boss suddenly appeared between Tadase and Amu with her arms crossed.

“GYAAAHH!!” they both yelled as soon as they saw her.

“Don’t look so surprised. I understand that my beauty has stunned you, but please…”

Amu and Tadase sweat dropped with straight faces.

“Um…no, it’s not like that.”

Amu’s boss was a woman, somewhere in her thirties. Yet, she looked somewhat younger than that, but you could still see the bags under her eyes.

Her boss sighed and lowered her head.

“Why don’t you guys go back to your seats now.” She said to the 3 guys.

“H-Hai.” They all said cooperatively and walked back to their seats.

Her boss faced the exit while standing beside Amu, arms still crossed.

“Amu…”

Amu sighed.

“I know, I know, I’m fired. I better go change out of this uniform no-…”

“What?! Are you kidding?! You’re not fired!” she yelled as she unfolded her arms.

“Why will I fire you, baka?! Ever since you came, I’ve been receiving a tidal wave of male customers! It was one of the best choices of my life!!” she said as she laughed maniacally which reminded Amu of Saaya.

Then, her boss’ smile slowly turned to a sly grin.

“Actually, I just wanted to ask you if you can convince your boyfriend to work here so that he can attract a ton of female customers as well!”

Amu just stared at her boss in disbelief with a straight face and sweat dropped. Her boss looked at her, grin still on her face.

“Of course, if you get him to work here, that hard work won’t go unrewarded….”

Amu’s eyes widened and stared at her as she leaned in closer towards Amu.

“…I was thinking of giving you a raise of you manage to convince him.” Her boss said as she touched the tip of Amu’s nose and walked away.

Amu stared at her boss until she entered a nearby room, humming happily to herself at her new discovery.

Amu just sighed and walked into the changing room to….change! no duh!


)(Later)(


Amu got out of the dressing room holding a big, brown paper bag in front of her, containing her uniform, as she sighed again. The 3 guys were still on their seats in the corner.

‘Hm….Rima left already?’

I quickly put on a straight face.

‘Geez, she could’ve at least said ‘bye’ before she left.’

“Yo, Hinamori!!...” Calem yelled with a huge smile on his face while waving a hand in the air, from the back of the café with Tadase and Kukai.

“…You going home now?”

“Mmm…yeah, my shift just ended!” she yelled back.

“Cool, let’s go home together, my home’s just a block from yours!”

“Eh?!” Tadase and Kukai said in surprise.

“How did you know where she lived?”

“Hey, I see her enter her house everyday when I get home.” He smiled.

I just let out a little giggle.

“Sure. ” I yelled back with a smile.

Calem got up form his seat and walked to my side with his hands in his pockets.

“See ya, Hinamori! Me and Tadase’s just gonna stay here for a while!” waved Kukai.

“Goodbye, Hinamori-san!” said Tadase happily.

“Bye guys!” I yelled back.

“See ya.” Followed Calem as we walked out of the café.

There was a short silence after we exited the café.

“You know, I noticed that…the way you act at the café…is totally different from how you act at school.” He asked, still facing forward and walking.

I stared at him for a few seconds, and then faced forward.

“Well, the personality you saw me wearing at the café was…my real personality.”

Calem raised his head and opened his mouth a bit. His hair covered his eyes though.

“The café is the only place where I can show it, because none of my so called ‘fans’ ever go there. It feels nice to use that personality once in a while. I thought it would be safe to show it to just you guys though.” she continued.

Then there was a short silence.

“--It would be nice if you could use that personality at school though. I bet a lot more boys would like you.”

Amu looked at him, half-surprised, and thought she noticed a faint blush--but ignored it though, and just smiled.

“Yeah, well…I tried doing that once when Rima was just new in our class. The boys just thought of it as weird though.”

“--Then they thought wrong!” he said immediately after she finished her sentence, bangs still over his eyes.

She just stared at him with an even more surprised look, mouth slightly open as he faced her for a bit. Amu saw one of his eyes, and as soon as he noticed her staring at him, his eyes grew a wider and he looked back down, allowing his hair to cover his eyes again.

“S-Sorry, I’m in no position to say things like that.”

She just stared at him for a while then let out a little giggle.

“That’s okay.”

Calem slightly blushed at the sight of her smile. He then put on a weak smile himself as they continued walking along.


)(Amu POV)(


We kept walking until we finally reached my house.

“Ah! Here we are.” Said Calem

I was kinda disappointed our walk had to end though. I didn’t really feel like going home yet.

“Well, see ya!” he said while he was still in front of me, smiling, and eyes closed with a hand in the air.

His smile reminded me of…Kukai…actually. Then he ran off, as I stared at him until he disappeared from view, then I just sighed as I walked into the house.


- End of Chapie! –