- 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.

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