Me: Hello readers, I wanted to try something different today.

Daichi: A boring Tadamu story? How lame…

Me: For the one millionth time, I will NOT write that amazing soccer story you told me about!

Daichi: Whatever…

Kiseki: World Domination?

Me: NO!

Kiseki: = . =

Dia: Cool! I'm in it…

Me: Yes…Miki disclaimer!

Miki: TadamuRocks8 does not own Shugo Chara. All rights belong to Peach-pit.

Kiseki: Lights, Camera, Action!

RING! RING! RING! RIN-

Amu slammed her hand over the alarm clock. She rose slowly, muttering things about needing her sleep. It was going to be another boring day at school.

"Boy am I tired..." she yawned. Her mouth curled into a large oval shape.

"Hold on Amu!" Miki, her blue spade Chara screamed. Amu's golden amber eyes widened. Su and Ran hurried in the room, clutching a ruler. They held it up to her mouth, measuring from her bottom lip to her upper.

"12 and a half! New record!" the three Charas shouted in unison. Amu couldn't help but groan. They always measured how long her mouth was when she stretched it into a yawn. She grimaced, annoyed by how they always did that.

"Come on, let's get to school. There's a guardian meeting today, remember?" she said. Ran replied:

"Go, go Amu-chan! Go, Amu-chan!" She waved her fluffy pink pom-poms frantically.

"Jeez... You'd think that Ran never actually gets exhausted sometimes..." Amu said tiredly as she walked to the bathroom down the hall. She got ready for school, and rushed back to her room, slightly woken up. Su was setting down a breakfast tray down on Amu's desk just as the pinkette was changing from her checkered pajamas into her modified school uniform. She tied her hair with a red x-shaped clip, and saw the breakfast spread out for her on the desk. "Thanks, Su!" Amu smiled weakly.

Dia was the first to speak: "Amu-chan, are you alright? You don't seem as happy this morning. What's going on?" Ran continued on:

"Yeah, Amu-chan! You don't seem like yourself." Ran and the others looked worried.

"Oh, really? It's probably just my outer character kicking in. I'm alright." Amu replied as she emotionlessly stuffed a piece of toast into her mouth.

"Oh no, you're not! You seem troubled. Don't lie to us! Tell us what's going on. Besides, we're your Guardian Characters! You can tell us anything." Miki told Amu. Su joined in:

"She's right, Amu-chan. You can tell us! It's not right to try keeping anything from us, you know ~desu." Su encouraged. At this point, Amu sighed.

"Alright, alright. I'll tell you, but only when we leave the house. I don't want my little sister eavesdropping on us again." she replied sadly. The four guardian characters exchanged worried glances. "Good bye, Mama! Papa! Ami! I'm on my way to school!" Amu called after her as she rushed out the front door. Amu stopped running after a few blocks away from her house.

"So what was it you wanted to tell us, Amu-chan?" Dia asked sweetly.

"Well... It's about...uh... I can't say it." Amu said.

"Come on, you can tell us ~desu." Su urged.

"Err...well... It's...about…Tadase-kun..." Amu said slowly.

"What, are you having a relationship?" Miki smirked. The other Guardian Characters smiled slyly.

"Oh, is that it, Amu-chan? Well, we Charas don't know anything about the game of love, so... you're on your own." Ran snickered happily. Amu shot a serious look at all four of her Charas. Dia and Su hung their heads low and apologized gently. Ran and Miki screeched loud apologies as well. The Charas all had small tears in their eyes, knowing just how serious the matter was. Amu looked at them with a gentle look in her eyes. She smiled without humor.

"It's okay... Ran... Miki...Su…Dia. You were just joking. It's okay." Amu said slowly. The four Charas sniffled, knowing that Amu was still in despair, no matter how much she would try to smile. "It's just..." The pinkette continued, walking on.

"What?" Dia asked sympathetically. "It's just... It's been more than a month since Ikuto gave me kisses in the park right in front of Tadase before he left to search for his father. Tadase ran away from me. He thought I betrayed him." Amu whimpered.

Flashback

"Amu, I will be searching for my father for a couple of seasons." Ikuto explained kindly. He stepped up to me and gave me kisses on my forehead. By then my outer character started overreacting. I hated Ikuto! But I loved Tadase…

"What are you doing?" Amu screeched helplessly. Ikuto smirked and gave her another kiss.

"I have to go now, you shouldn't leave Utau waiting." Ikuto replied. Amu agreed; Utau was an annoying little sister, and she hated Ikuto being with Amu too long. "Take care." Those were Ikuto's final words, and he dashed off. Amu spotted Tadase by a tree, crying. He saw the whole thing! "This was just great, now Tadase would think I love Ikuto. " She thought. Amu ran towards him. The next moment, he dropped his pile of roses, turned and ran.

"Wai-" Amu shouted after him, but it was no use. He was gone. She picked up a rose. "These were for me…" A warm tear rolled down her delicate face.

End of Flashback

"But I think..."

"Think what ~desu?" Su asked.

"I think that Tadase-kun is mad at me forever, and it's my entire fault." Amu went on. "He's... hurt. I know that for sure. Every time he looks at me now...it's just... he smiles a fake smile, just for me. Lately he's been like that. Or is it Ikuto's fault? I just... can't..." She paused. But up ahead, Amu bumped into someone, unable to continue her thoughts. "Oh!" Amu cried. The contents from her bag spilled open over the concrete sidewalk. "Oh no! My math homework!" Amu shrieked. Someone bent down, helped her pick up the last worksheet from the ground. "Thanks, but next time, look where you're walking, kid." Amu replied coldly as her outer character took over.

"Um, okay. If that's how you want it, Amu-chan..." Amu looked up, hearing a familiar voice. A pair of ruby tinted maroon eyes looked at her.

"T-T-Tadase-kun?" Amu stepped back. But unfortunately, she tripped on a rock and almost fell. Tadase caught her just in time, holding his arm against the upper portion of her back. Amu blushed slightly. "So he doesn't hate me…" She thought.

"Be more careful, Amu-chan." Tadase half closed his eyes, smiling. Ran, Miki, Su, and Dia were in the back, observing the situation with a grin on each of their faces. Amu's cheeks flushed even more. He helped her back to her feet. "You're cute when you look like that, you know?" Tadase said sweetly, a shade of pink appearing on his face. Amu's face turned a bright red.

"Come on, we'll be late for school!" the blonde grabbed her hand and dragged her towards Seiyo Academy. As they passed the gates, Amu said shyly:

"Um... Tadase-kun? I'm sorry about that back there. I didn't mean to bump into you. That was just an accident, and I'm really sorry about being so cruel to you back there. That was just my outer character, you know?" She opened her mouth to say more, but Tadase spoke: "It's okay, Amu-chan. I understand." He flashed a small grin at her, but it wasn't a real grin. He was faking it. They were outside the Royal Garden now.

"Tadase-kun..." Amu murmured.

"Huh?" he turned his head to look at her.

"No...No, it's not okay! You're smiling, but those smiles aren't real! Stop smiling for me! Just stop it! There's something wrong, and you're hiding it, so that's making it even worse!" There were tears in Amu's eyes. Just seeing the look on her face, Tadase stopped and frowned. Bowing his head, he said:

"I know. I know how bad it is to contain things, but I didn't want to trouble you. I just didn't want you to feel bad over a person like me. I didn't want you to be concerned. I'm sorry, Amu-chan." His eyes were filled with sadness. Heavy tears began to pour out of Amu's golden honey eyes.

"Stop it! There's nothing that you have to apologize about to me! I've done something to hurt you, I know that! Was it the Ikuto thing you were depressed about? Just tell me! So please, stop lying to me…" She paused, heavy tears streaming down her cheeks and onto her shirt.

"Amu-chan..." Tadase looked up to see her sniffling. He grabbed her hand. "Amu-chan... I-I'm sorry. I'm not being honest with myself. I...I just..."

"What?" Amu looked up, her vision foggy with tears still in her eyes.

"I just wonder if... You liked... Ikuto…better than me…" Tadase said quietly. "I'm sorry... I just..."

"That's not true. Tadase-kun... I... I... I only think of him as a perverted cat- friend that comes up to me once in a while for help and stuff, and that's that. But you..." She put a hand up to his cheek, "I.. I... I have a closer relationship to you than him. That's a fact. In fact, I..." She paused, summoning up courage to say what she always wanted to say before. "I think that I… Love... you... Tadase-kun..." Her cheeks flushed red. Ran, Miki, Su, and Dia all gasped. It took a while to process her words in Tadase's head.

"You... you... You love ME?" Tadase blurted out. Amu smiled.

"Yes. I love you, Tadase-kun." Tadase smiled back, his cheeks a rosy pink.

"Thank you...Amu-chan!" He exclaimed quietly, only Amu could hear. In a state of surprise, he hugged her. The punk-pinkette Amu blushed while her four guardian characters were sighing in the background.

"I love you too, Amu-chan." Tadase grinned. Amu smiled and flushed red again,

"I know… I know Tadase-kun." Amu replied.

Me: Yay a good ending!

Miki: It's so good I have no comments! :3

All Charas: Awesome!

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