Amu's eyes fluttered open. She flinched at the sight of bright ray of sunlight through the window. She sat up and streched out her arms with a big yawn.

"Amu-chan! Hurry up and get ready! It's your first day of middle school!" Ran flew with her pom-poms in front of Amu's face. "Yeah, hurry up or you'll be late!" Miki yelled, followed by Suu and Dia. "Yeah, I know." Amu got up and walked downstairs to the bathroom.

"Ne, ne, Amu-chan! Aren't you excited? Meeting new friends, learn new subjects!" Suu asked. "Emm! Of course I am! I wonder if I could meet new character-bearers there." Amu said while clipping her hair with a red X clip.

*Buzz Buzz*

Amu heard her phone vibrated on the desk. She got a text. It was a picture of a winking Ikuto. Then, she got another text.

Good luck on your first day, baby :*

After taking some time to finally understood the message, Amu exploded in embarrassment. "Wha-What's wrong with Ikuto? Geez!" She quickly put her phone in her pocket. "Amu-chan's red! Amu-chan's red!" Ran cheered followed by Miki, Suu and Dia.

"Sh-Shut up!" Amu yelled and hurriedly put on her middle school uniform (Kukai's middle school uniform. Well, Amu wear it with cool & spicy style) and went downstairs.

"Amu-chaaaan~!" Her father snapped same photos of her.

"I know it would be like this." Said Amu awkwardly. Her shugo charas just nodded. "Hurry up and eat. Papa wants too take some pictures of you." Amu's mother smiled. "He's doing that now." Amu said, quietly.

After waving goodbye at her family, she started her journey to her school. "I'm soooo excited!" Ran squealed. "How about we chara change? It will be faster to arrive!"

"W-Wait, Ran!" Before Amu could do anything to stop her, she was running on the sidewalk, crossed the road, with everybody looking, and in the blink of her eyes, she's already standing in front her middle school's gate. "Huff- Huff-" Amu gasped for air. "Ran! Don't do that again!" She yelled while Ran just laughed.

"Amu-chan." Amu spunned around. "T-Tadase-kun!" She blushed crimson red and tried to steady herself. "Just arrived?"

"Y-Yeah."

"Let's go." Amu nodded. She walked, with her cool & spicy style towards the hall. There, she met Rima and Nagihiko, which she just found out that he was Nadeshiko all along. Well, she did get mad and didn't talk to him afterwards, but they've made-up recently.

"Amu. Which class are you in?" Nagihiko asked her. "Class A. You?"

"I'm in class C, with Rima and Tadase."

"T-That means.. I'm alone?" They all give her a sorry-it's-not-our-fault look. "You'll be fine, Amu-chan." Tadase smiled. They all went to their class after listening to the principal's speech. Amu took an empty seat near the window.

"She's so cool~"

"Her hair is so cute~"

"Ne, Amu-chan! Why don't you go talk and make some friends?" Ran sat on her desk. "Let me guess, you're just too shy." Miki said, taking a seat beside Ran. "Nah. I like being alone." Amu said in a boring tone. "It's not good." Suu said with a worried face.

"Hey, what's you name?" Amu looked up and saw a girl with a bored face looking at her. She got a long black, shiny hair which she tied up in a ponytail with a white ribbon. Pretty. "Amu." She answered bluntly. "Oh. I'm Eve. Nice to meet you." The girl replied, giving a little smile.

"See? Your first friend!" Ran exclaimed. Amu smiled a bit. Her very first friend in middle school!

"Your chara?" Amu freezed. Is she a character bearer?

"You can see us?" Ran, Miki, Suu and Dia flew over Eve's face. "Yeah. But too bad I don't have one."

"Oooohhhh~"

"Then, you know about X-eggs?" Amu asked. Eve nodded. "Easter?" She nodded again. "How come?"

"I just know it." Eve said with a small smile on her face.

It's time for recess, Amu asked Eve if she could introduce her to her friends and Eve agreed. "So Eve-san can see charas?" Tadase asked. Eve nodded. They were having their lunch under a tree outside the class. "I've seen a lot, but only from far." Eve said while playing with their charas. "It seems that she gets along well with the charas." Nagihiko said, while taking a sip of her orange juice. "But she didn't talk much." Amu said, biting on her onigiri.

"Hey kiddies! Mind if I join you?" A hand pressed on Amu's head. "K-Kukai!"

"Yo!" He grinned at them. "What are you doing here, Souma-san?" Tadase asked. "Well, we have recess at the same time you know?" He took a seat beside Amu. "Eh? Who's this?" He pointed towards Eve. "Eve. She sat in front of me in class."Amu explained. "Yo." Eve responded.

"Kukai, how's Utau?"

"Wha-What? Err, I guess she's fine. Why-Why do you ask?" Kukai stuttered, his cheeks were slightly pink. Rima shot him a I-know-right glare with Nagihiko giggled teasingly.

"Oii, Kukai! Hurry up!" Two of his friends waved at him. "Before I go, welcome to middle school! See ya guys later!" He stood up and walked to his friends.

"Kukai…"

"Utau…"

Rima and Nagi grinned again.

The school had ended few minutes ago, the six of them were taking a walk in the town. "How's Yaya doing?" Kukai asked. "I'm kinda worried though. But I bet she's doing fine." Tadase replied. They all said their goodbyes and walked home. Amu and Eve took the same route to their home. "Amu, I'm buying some taiyaki over there. You want?" Eve said and pointed towards a taiyaki store near them.

Ikuto.

Amu thought of him. She suddenly remembered the moment he eats the taiyaki she bought him last time. She smiled at that thought. "Amu?" She recoiled a little in surprise. "Ha? Yeah? Oh, sorry."

"You want what flavour?"

"Anything is fine."

"Okay. Sir, give me two chocolate taiyaki, please." After they received their order, they walked home.

"Aah~ That was refreshing!" Amu stood on her balcony, gulped down a bottle of milk like she used to do. She gazed at the stars. I wonder what Ikuto's doing right now… Maybe he's busy on his tour.

As soon as she began to think about the cat-eared guy, her phone rings. She quickly pick it up, a bit hoping it was Ikuto. "Amu-chan?" Tadase's voice heard on the other side. "T-Tadase-kun?"

"What are you doing?"

"Umm. Nothing, I guess."

"Ooh.."

Silence filled the conversation. "Amu-chan." Tadase broke the silence. "Y-Yes"

"I love you." Amu blushed, but different from the other days. She gotten used to it by listening everyday. "That's for today and I'll be saying that tomorrow and after." Amu heard him giggled a bit. "Y-Yeah.."

"Well, see you tomorrow, Amu-chan. Good night."

"Okay. Good night." The call ended, Amu let out a big sigh. I thought it's Ikuto.. Wait, why am I hoping it was him who called? Argh! What's wrong with me? I love Tadase-kun, Tadase-kun, Tadase-kun… Only! Yes! Her face showed determination while her charas just stared at her with a =.= face. "A-Amu-chan…"

*Buzz Buzz*

A text? Who- "Eeep!" She blushed again, but darker than before. She got a text from Ikuto.

Amu-koi.

"What is this guy thinking?" She typed some words and pressed the send button.

What do you want?

After a few minutes, she got a text again. This time, a picture message. Ikuto was wearing a white shirt, with the sky filled with stars as background. His midnight orbs shined under the moonlight.

Isn't it pretty? The stars.

Amu was stared at the picture. He's so stunning. She shook that thought away. "Oh, I remembered!" She pressed a few buttons. She sent a picture of her eating the taiyaki Eve bought. She was eating from the tail. She asked Eve to take the picture before parting a moment ago. She thought of sending it to Ikuto, but she literally forgot.

It's choco flavoured.

Amu flopped on her bed and waited for Ikuto's text.

Hmm? You missed me that much?

No! My friend bought it for me!

Friend? That little prince? I'm gonna be jealous, you know..

"Geez, this guy.."

Why should you? ._.

You really want to know?

On second thought, maybe not. It might be perverted things again =.=

Geez, that's cruel, Amu. T.T

I don't care!

Strawberry, I miss you so much. When I get back, I'm gonna kiss you, hug you, stare at you, and do those perverted things to you until you can't let go of me and kept begging for more. Oh, that would be great.

Amu blushed again. "This cat!" She gritted her teeth in embarrassment, pressing a few buttons and sent it.

WHAT THE HELL IKUTO? YOU PERVERTED CAT-EARED COSPLAY GUY! AND WHO ARE YOU CALLING STRAWBERRY?

She tried to get rid of the heat on her cheeks until she got a reply from Ikuto.

Bad Amu, no cursing. What did those middle school teachers teached you? Tsk tsk tsk. But I know you want me so badly. You just can't wait to see me that you blushed everytime you think of me. I know, Amu, I know.

Amu's mouth formed an 'O' shape. She blushed again.

I did NOT! You pervert! I'm off to bed now! BYE!

Not without a goodnight kiss.

No way! You too, go to bed! You got tours tomorrow right?

Aww, is Amu-koi worried about her boyfriend?

WHO ARE YOU CALLING BOYFRIEND?

Okay, okay. *white flag* Good night Amu, sweet dreams. I love you.

Amu freezed at the last sentence. "Should I reply? But he'll tease me again! But if I didn't, he'll be hurt.."

Hnn… Bye…

She sighed. Ikuto didn't replied afterwards. She hugged a pillow beside her and went to dreamland, with a slight pink on her cheeks.

On the other side…

Hnn… Bye…

A slight smirk appeared on his face. "I love you so much…" He murmured, quietly. "Ikuto? Did you say something-nya?" Yoru rubbed his eyes, sleepy. "Nothing. Continue your sleep." Yoru went back to his egg, leaving Ikuto leaning near the window, gazing on the stars.

"Amu…"