A/N: So I've been itching to write a one-shot recently, but half the ideas I came up with seemed as though they'd be better as actual full stories. But after procrastinating so much by reading random mangas, I've finally come across one to base an Amuto oneshot off of! Yay! Plus it gives me a little fun break from Tagteam Matchmakers (Not that I don't love writing that one). Anyway, enough of my babbling. Onto the story!


"So girls, what time do you want to leave to go to the guys' place tonight?"

Amu looked up from her lunch and turned to face her best friend.

"I'm not even sure why you always ask that, Utau. We go the same time every Friday night."

They attended a co-ed boarding school with pretty strict regulations. After nine o'clock each evening, someone monitors the halls on each floor of the dormitories and they check each room to make sure the lights go out and everyone goes to bed.

"Yeah, Utau. It's always the same time. Stop asking dumb questions."

"Shut up, Rima!" Utau yelled as she tossed some of her rice at the petite blond.

But it's almost like a secret tradition on the weekends for people from the girls and boys' dorms to sneak out and visit each other. Since the people monitoring the halls don't actually inspect the rooms, everyone just hides whenever the lookout says so.

"Stop it guys! You're making Yaya here look like the mature one," Amu scolded.

"Hey! No fair. Don't bring me into this!" Yaya pouted from across the table, but the other three girls just laughed.

"Don't be so stingy, Yaya. Anyway, so eight-thirty then?" Utau asked.

"I still don't know why we always plan this out at the lunch table when we all live in the same room together," Rima noted.

Utau shot an icy glare in Rima's direction. Despite what it seems, the two are actually fairly good friends. They just get into stupid arguments all the time. Especially when it comes to visiting the boys.

"Guys, don't start again, please," Amu moaned, "Anyway, who wants to let the boys know this time?"

Utau and Rima exchanged glances and grinned. Oh no! Not me again!

"Well, Amu. I think Tadase would love to hear from you. Don't you think so, Rima?"

"Sounds like a good idea to me."

"What? That's not fair. You made me do it last week!"

"Yeah, and nothing came of it," Utau pointed out, "Once we got to the room, you just sat there and argued with Ikuto the whole time again!"

"That's because he's always so rude! And I was also nervous! It was the first time I'd talked to Tadase since I realized I liked him! You guys are so mean! Help me out, Yaya!"

"No way, Amu. You just called me immature! Besides, this should be a good opportunity for you. Just do it."

"Or would you rather spend the whole night with Ikuto again? Pretty soon Tadase is going to get the wrong idea." Rima said with that stupid grin of hers.

Ugh. If there was one thing Amu didn't want, it was to be forced to have a conversation with Ikuto again. She wasn't sure why the rest of the boys chose him to be their fourth roommate. He was just a disagreeable person by nature. She'd never done anything wrong yet he was always mean to her whenever she went over there. Stupid jerk.

"Rima's right, Amu. If you actually talk to Tadase though, Ikuto will have no chance to cut in and ruin it."

She didn't really see how that worked. Since Ikuto generally said whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. But she was tired of having this conversation and lunch was almost over.

"Fine, I'll ask Tadase before we leave to head back to the dorms today."

Rima and Utau high-fived. Amu just frowned and got up to leave. At least they stopped arguing. She sighed. She knew they were just trying to help her with Tadase, but she couldn't help acting shy around him. He was just so cute and nice, and he was exactly her type! She just didn't want to ruin it. Besides, if it hadn't been for Utau meeting Kukai, they'd never have been invited over in the first place and she never would have met Tadase. So in some backwards way, she guessed she owed it to Utau to try her best with this.

Amu waited out by the entrance to the school for Tadase to come out. Rima, Utau, and Yaya were off by themselves in the courtyard, probably watching her from afar. She was sure she looked kind of stupid just standing there by herself, but she promised them she would be the one to ask. So she had to do it.

I hope he comes out soon. The stress is killing me.

She could feel her palms start to get sweaty. She heard the doors open again and she looked up in anticipation, hoping it was him. But instead her eyes met those of her enemy. She scowled as Ikuto walked toward her.

Why him? Of all people.

"If you're expecting to get picked up by some guy, it isn't gonna happen with that face."

Her mouth dropped open. Seriously!

"Whatever, Ikuto! I didn't ask for your opinion!"

"So. Why are you standing here by yourself then? I saw your posse leave earlier."

My posse?! Who talks like that?

"It's none of your business why I'm here. Please leave me alone."

"Hey. Amu, Ikuto. What are you guys up to?"

Amu flinched at the sound of Tadase's voice. Shit! Here she was arguing with Ikuto again when all she wanted to do was talk to this guy. She probably just seemed like an annoying, bothersome girl since he was always seeing her worked up like this.

"Nothing much, Tadase. I just got here myself." Ikuto said as he put his arm around her.

Amu looked at him in shock. What does he think he's doing?!

"Amu here was just waiting for me to come out so she could talk to me."

She practically died on the spot.

"What?! No. Tadase, he's just—"

"Oh. I'm so glad you guys have become so close!" Tadase exclaimed as he flashed them a smile. "So we'll see you guys tonight, right?"

Amu blushed at the sight of his smile. "Uhh, yeah. We'll be there."

"Great!" Ikuto cut in. "Well, Tadase and I will be off then. See you later, Amu!"

He smirked at her before turning to leave. Amu's eyebrow twitched. Oh my god! That bastard! I hate him so much! The only thing good about him is his face! I'm so gonna kill him!


"That jerk! I can't believe he did that to you!" Utau yelled as she fixed her hair in the mirror.

"Tell me about it. I'm sure Tadase has the wrong idea now. This sucks."

Amu finished straightening her hair and added a tiny bit of lip gloss to her face before walking out of the bathroom. She was going with the casual look this time. Just a nice pair of jeans and a cute yellow top.

"You guys almost ready?" she called out to Rima and Yaya from the main room. Each dorm consisted of a main room where they each had their own floor mat to sleep on, a large closet for all of them to share, and a large bathroom.

"I'm ready!" Yaya yelled excitedly as she came out from the closet.

"Just a minute!" Rima's muffled yell came from behind the door.

She checked her watch. It was already eight-thirty and they hadn't even left yet. She sat down in one of the chairs in the common room to wait. Meanwhile, she mentally prepared herself for the evening. I'm finally gonna talk to Tadase for real tonight! And I'm not gonna let that asshole Ikuto get his way!

"Alright, we're all ready. Let's go!" Utau yelled and they headed out the door.

Luckily, the boys' dorms were on the first floor of the building next to theirs so it only took two minutes to get there. Even more fortunate was the fact that they were one of the last rooms in the hallway so they had a lot of time to hide once nine o'clock hit.

As they came up to the boys' door, Amu felt Utau whisper something into her ear.

"Hey Amu, when the lights go out tonight, you should hide under Tadase's covers! And then you should give him a kiss."

"What?! That's way too forward!" she whispered back.

"Well, think about it. You've got to do something drastic to get his attention and make up for the damage Ikuto has done."

Rima knocked on the door.

"But a kiss, really Utau?"

"Fine. It can just be on the cheek. But you have to do something!"

Just then Kukai opened the door and invited them in.

"Hey babe," He grinned as he pulled Utau in for a quick kiss. She saw a faint blush spread across Utau's cheek. Amu blushed just watching them. Hopefully Tadase and I can be that cute someday!

As she entered the room, she noticed Tadase had a towel on his head and he was patting down his hair. Amu felt herself blush again. He must've just gotten out of the shower! Her eyes started to sparkle as she let her mind wander off and conjure up images that just made her face go even more red.

"What the hell are you doing?" she heard as someone whacked her on the back of her head.

"Ow!" she yelled as she turned around to see who assaulted her. Even though she already knew who it was.

"Sorry. You were acting like an idiot," Ikuto said nonchalantly.

"I was not! I was just…thinking."

He raised an eyebrow at her and then flashed his signature smirk. She clenched her teeth. What I wouldn't give right now to just smack that smirk off his face! She'd only been there a few minutes and he was already bothering her.

She walked back toward the center of the room where everyone else was and tried to make her way over to where Tadase and Yaya were talking.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey there Amu." Tadase smiled at her. Yaya just winked at her, ducked out of the conversation, and went to talk with Rima and Nagihiko.

He's so cute! I'm finally going to have an actual conversation with him!

"Hi! How's it going?"

"Good. It's always fun to hang out with everyone like this."

"Yeah. I agree. We don't get to see each other much in school."

"Yeah. We didn't end up in any classes together it seems."

They were just finishing the third week of actual classes, they're fourth week since actually moving in. They had their last orientation activity tomorrow afternoon. It was the one everyone looked forward to, the mountaineering contest. They were going to be paired up and given a map to the huge forest leading up to the mountain top a few miles outside the school. The contest was to see who could make their way through the forest to get to the top of the mountain first.

"Yeah. At least we have tomorrow to look forward to."

"That's true. Though I feel bad for whoever ends up with me

"Why? Are you bad with directions?" Amu giggled at the thought.

"No. He's just scared of bears."

Amu immediately frowned at the sound of Ikuto's voice. Just when things were getting good! He walked up and stood inbetween them.

"I'm not scared of them! I just don't want to run into one is all!"

"Quick guys!" Nagihiko yelled from the door, "The teacher is headed this way!"

He flicked the light switch quickly and everyone started scrambling around. Amu could barely see anything, she could just feel people brush past her.

"When the lights go out tonight, you should hide under Tadase's covers…"

She was nervous. So nervous. But Utau would never let her hear the end of it if she didn't at least try. She squinted in the dark as she tried to find Tadase's covers. Oh there he is!

She knelt down and quickly got underneath the covers. They could hear the teacher talking to the boys in the room next to them. She looked over at Tadase who was pretending to be asleep. His hair looked so much darker when the lights were out. She heard footsteps get closer and she quickly pulled the covers over her head.

She heard the door open and several seconds went by before it closed again. They always waited before they heard the teachers go up the stairs to the next floor before they turned the lights on again.

"And then you should kiss him."

This was her last chance to do it before the lights came back on. Utau said it'd be okay if it was just on the cheek right? She started to get really nervous but if she didn't do it now, she didn't know if she'd ever be able to do it. Here goes nothing.

She quickly pulled the covers back down over her head so she could see him. She leaned forward and pecked him on the cheek. His eyes shot open and he looked at her slightly bewildered. Wait a minute… Those eyes were way too dark to be Tadase's.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Oh my god!

"Ikuto?!"

Then the lights came on and she came face to face with that blue-haired devil she'd been spending this whole time trying to avoid. She noticed a faint tint of pink on his cheeks. Oh my god! I just kissed Ikuto!

"Shit!" She yelled.

She got up quickly and ran out of the room back toward the girl's dorms. She checked to make sure no teachers were around before she entered her own building and ran straight to her room.

God Damnit! How was I supposed to know which bed was Tadase's! And why do they have the same haircut anyway?!

She couldn't even blame this one on Ikuto. Everything had been going so well for her too. She had finally talked to Tadase, yet she went and kissed his best friend instead. Thank God it was only on the cheek! But she probably looked crazy just sprinting out of their room like that. The girls were most likely on their way back already to make sure she was okay. She really hoped Ikuto would keep it to himself but knowing him, he was probably already having a field day telling everyone the story.

How did it end up like this? Maybe I'll get paired up with Tadase tomorrow and I can explain everything to him properly.


A/N: Okay so this is turning into a two-shot cause I have to go out now and I wanted to post something by the end of tonight. Hopefully the next part will go up tomorrow so you shouldn't have to wait long. Hope you guys like it so far! I think we all know who she's going to get paired up with for the contest! ;]

P.S. Thanks to everyone who decides to review! I really appreciate it!