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Daisuke had waited for his answer.

He waited.

Waited.

And waited patiently.

But the only thing she said was that she won't tell him.

He was surprised, disappointed and a bit angry. "Was that even an answer?" he muttered angrily to himself.

His best friends Yuki and Kento comforted him, saying, "I'm sure that she's just too embarrassed to admit that she likes you back!"

He had lit up at this possibility, until he came across that she might not like him romantically at all, but was too nice to break his heart.

Either she really liked him or had no feelings for him whatsoever. He sincerely hoped it wasn't the latter.

A week after Labyrinth's defeat, a new boy came to take Setsuna's place.

Daisuke didn't like Setsuna at first, because Love was paying too much attention to her and fawning over her. She was also smart and popular. But this new kid was even more popular than Setsuna.

His name was Akio. Meaning hero and manly. He was the tallest boy in the class, and he was muscular with blonde curls and blue eyes that made every girl swoon. His dimples that made him look cute. He was half French and half Japanese. He was also friendly, and made every girl's heart melt with his winning smile. In less than a day the whole form knew this "god". Two days later the whole school.

The moment he stepped into the classroom, all the girls gasped. He could get it that the single girls wanted him, but even Love's friend Yumi (who was dating a pretty handsome senior) had that look in her eyes. That starry, far away look, complete with that light blush.

And it was completely ridiculous that Love was under his spell too. She suddenly became the school tour guide and offered to show him around Yotsuba, and was so friendly to him.

What made it even worse was that the new kid sat at Setsuna's old place, so he sat right next to Love. And Daisuke could see everything that happened between them because he sat on Love's other side.

On the first day, the girls couldn't concentrate because of the gorgeous boy in the classroom. The teacher was frustrated about it, but Daisuke was more frustrated. Seeing Love help the kid with classwork was making him nauseous. And she was spending a lot of time with Akio, even more than she spent with Daisuke...He gritted his teeth. It was sickening to watch.

She wasn't like what she used to be, always laughing and carefree. One of Daisuke's favourite things about Love was her ability to stay optimistic even in bad times. But now she's constantly blushing and stuttering. It was really strange. And he was sure Akio was behind all of it.

At lunch break, when Love dragged Akio out of the classroom to give him a tour, Daisuke decided that the boy must be dealt with immediately.

"What is wrong with Love?! She's acting strange!" he roared out to nobody in particular. But everyone heard.

"Yeah, that boy is making every girl fall in love with him! It's not fair!" a boy yelled.

Daisuke suddenly felt his heart plummet when he wondered if Love liked Akio.

Boys from all over the classroom all complained about the new kid. "How dare he flirt with her?" "I'll like him to see what I can really do!" "Let's just punch him!"

At this moment, Love returned, dragging Akio behind her excitedly. The classroom went silent immediately.

"What?" Love asked, confused, tilting her head.

The class resumed to what they were doing before. Meanwhile Daisuke was tearing a piece of paper he found randomly, letting out his anger.

He grunted and slammed his hand on his desk. The small pieces of paper jumped up and fluttered down like delicate feathers.

Hold it, dude. Daisuke scolded himself. She's just being nice because she is nice and he's a new kid. Nothing romantic in there.

But that did not stop him from buying a huge pack of doughnuts after school.

"Stress eating again?" Kento asked dubiously, looking at the monstrous pile of doughnuts.

Daisuke didn't answer, his mouth stuffed with doughnuts.

"That's one thing you and Momozono have in common," Yuki muttered. "Stress eating doughnuts."

Next day, Daisuke had to bear up with the chatter, Love talking to Akio, Akio's stunning smile, and the girls swooning. And then becoming a teacher's pet, answering all the questions correct and beating everyone in sports. Every time Love talked to Akio, he gritted his teeth and thought of happy stuff to distract him. Doughnuts! Daisuke yelled to himself. Think of the delicious doughnuts, with sweet chocolate icing and sprinkles…

But even that couldn't stop him from being angry, or make him stop liking Love. She's the most beautiful girl Daisuke has ever seen (yes, he says that to annoy his sister), with big deep pink eyes that light up when she's happy, her two pigtails swinging from side to side. But the most beautiful thing about her was her smile, which seemed like it could light up the whole world.

What happened on day three was what the rest of the class called drama.

And it was one of Daisuke's and Love's friendly arguments. Again.

"Hey! I've saved you a lot more than you saving me!"

Daisuke huffed. "What do you mean 'a lot more'? I mean, I-"

"I saved you during that amusement park attack, and that baseball game, AND that Shisa from Okinawa, also I freed you from Labyrinth's control! You even said I saved you back in Okinawa!" Love shot back. "Maybe you didn't remember, but I saved you when the school turned into a haunted house! You could have died!"

"And you could have died drowning!" Daisuke replied, with equal amount of temper. "I saved you in Okinawa!"

"Yeah, but that was after I saved you from the monster attack! I could've died saving you!"

"But I still got you out of the haunted house," Daisuke said stubbornly.

Love sighed. "Ugh, you could just let me go and then I can transform! You were so overprotective!"

Yuki and Kento smirked.

"Well you can just tell me you're Pretty Cure."

"...but Tarte told me not to tell anyone…"

"I can keep your secrets!"

Love bit her lip. It was true that Daisuke can keep her secrets when she didn't want to tell the girls. Like the time when she told him she got jealous of Miki and her fashion sense…

"Yeah, but-"

"Will you two shut up!" Yuki broke in, annoyed by their bickering, no matter how amusing it was. Apparently it was the wrong moment as both Daisuke and Love shot angry glares at him. He backed away nervously.

The two continued to argue. "I saved your sister too! You didn't do anything!"

"Well it's not like I was at every concert she hosted." Daisuke argued.

"Don't you two realize this is very childish?" Kento asked. The duo ignored him.

"I still don't get it why they're friends," Yuki said with a yawn.

Meanwhile, Daisuke just said something that made Love look like she was going to punch him. She yelled at him, "HOW DARE YOU-"

She cut herself off suddenly. Perplexed, Daisuke looked around. Then he sighed."Not that Blondie!"

Akio walked towards his seat calmly with girls screaming behind him. "Good morning," he winked at Love, making her blush furiously. "O-oh, g-good morning," she stammered. As he sat down, all the girls swarmed around him, including Love, who had forgotten her argument with Daisuke.

Daisuke thumped his fist on the table angrily. "That kid is making Love act weird! She's not like that! I'll do anything to make her back to normal!"

"Well dude, sorry to break the news to you, but I think she likes Akio. He's not that bad. " Yuki said offhandedly. Then he realized his mistake as Daisuke lowered his head. "Ah, s-sorry, I didn't mean to..."

He was interrupted by Love saying excitedly somewhere in the crowd of girls, "Hey Akio! You can meet my friends too! I'm sure they'll like you!"

Both Yuki and Kento froze.

"Miki," Yuki whispered, looking scared.

"Miss Yamabuki," Kento gulped.

They turned to Daisuke.

"We're with you. Anything to get that boy outta the way."

"Good."

A/N: This is my first fanfiction, so is it good? Bad? Spelling mistakes? Grammer mistakes? Please give me your feedback and please review.