Hey guys, I'm trying to write this story because the plot just hit me out of no where. It's going to be pretty short and I probably won't write anymore if there aren't any responses so let me know if you want me to continue. Thanks! *Disclaimer to the characters of Shugo Chara* (and as always, no editing or any kind of review done whatsoever)

Hi, my name is Hinamory Amu and I'm a freshman at Seiyo University. I got accepted in to Bachelors of Nursing and I have a boyfriend that I have been dating for a year and a half. This is my life and it's absolutely horrible at the moment.

When I started University, I thought my life would be amazing. I was finally free of the hell hole called high school and I thought I could start anew. You know, like new people new place new life. My boyfriend for almost two years applied to the same bachelors as me and we applied for our classes together so we could take the same classes. It really sounded perfect when I planned it out. I was ready for the change and I couldn't wait for the start of the semester.

Even the start of the semester was okay. The workload was crazy but I kept up somehow with energy drinks and sleepless nights. My grade was pretty decent and I liked most of my professors. Then the midterm season hit and it hit freaking hard. When people think "midterm" you would think that you take one exam for every class and be done with it right? Well. I was dead wrong. Starting mid October, it was weeks filled with exams, quizzes and assignments and there were at least three things that was due during a week. Every. Week. Even this wasn't that bad. Sure, there was a lot of stuff due and I was practically running off of less than three hours of sleep every day but I survived. Then shit literally started falling apart in my life.

I had this issue dealing with stress in grade 10 so I got depressed. I wouldn't eat, wouldn't get out of bed and wouldn't go to school. I didn't talk to anyone about this and no one knew what was wrong with me. My parents both went to work early in the morning and by the time they were off work and at home, it was time for me to be home anyways. It probably helped that I was always the responsible older sister that did no wrong. My friends just thought I was sick or had a test the next period and I ditched that one class to study for it. This excuse was always believable because I used to have a horrid immune system. It wasn't really "immune" to anything. I was coughing and had a fever most days and in grade 11 I had pneumonia twice. Not once, but two times in a span of couple months. This cycle of ditching and not going to school and silently crying myself to sleep every night went on for quite a bit. But that semester ended and I recovered during the summer break of that year and had an awesome year of grade 11. The depression didn't come back so I thought I recovered from it and happily ignored the fact that I was ever depressed in the first place. It did come back though.

Once the midterms hit and I was literally struggling to pass courses and tests the signs of depression I experienced in grade 10 slowly started to appear. I still went to classes but I was late for the first class everyday because I had such a hard time waking up. I started to eat less which brought back the iron deficiency. It probably didn't help that I was working two jobs and volunteering at a nursing home at the same time. I was feeling so worn down I felt like giving up on everything.

You're probably wondering how my boyfriend didn't notice my mood changes and struggles right? He was so busy with his own stuff and was so stressed out himself that he didn't really have time to consider me and my emotion on top of his. He was actually adding on to my stress more than anything. He got overly emotional and I would have to listen to his problems when I already had enough on my hands as is. He thought I was doing better than him because I was still smiling and laughing and seemed like I had a lot of time. In reality, I was breaking apart with no one to lean on. It felt like the world was closing in on me.

When I was ready to give up on everything, I met someone. He walked in on me when I was silently crying on what I thought was an isolated place on the campus that no one knew about. I had my earbuds in so I didn't notice him until he wiped my tears with his thumb. I stood up because I was surprised and stared at the stranger who just wiped my tears away. He was the definition of tall dark and handsome. He had dark blue hair and dark blue eyes. He towered over my average height of five foot three with his six feet. The first thing he said to me was "you can talk to me if you want." You know what they say, sometimes it's easier to talk to a stranger and at that point I was ready to blow and really needed someone to listen to me. So, I broke down in front of him and he just sat there beside me listening to everything. After that embarrassing incident, I did feel better. Not completely okay, but better.

Couple weeks passed and I went back to that place to relax for a bit. I'm not really good with people and people generally stressed me out and made me more tired than I already was so I searched for places that was quiet and free of people. So, I sat there, beside a heating vent with my earbuds in and closed my eyes for a bit. When I woke up, he was there again. Me being me, screamed. After all, I didn't plan on seeing mister stranger again for like maybe the rest of my life. He just smiled at me and said "not crying this time huh." When I tried to walk away with a blushing face, he grabbed my phone, opened MY phone with the fingerprint scanner and casually added his number to my contact list. Then he walked away first with a casual "call me when you need someone to talk to".

Weeks passed by and in couple weeks it would be the finals and the end of the semester. My relationship with Tadase was getting worse by the day and on top of the stress I was feeling with everything going on, didn't feel like trying to make a relationship that was falling apart better. This was when I thought of mister stranger who just listened to me quietly and offered me a place to lean on when I needed it the most. So, I scrolled through the contact list to find his name and at the same time realized that I have no idea what his name is. So, I scrolled through, looking for a name that I don't recognize instead of the ones that I do. I found his name pretty quick because I really don't have much numbers saved unless it's people I'm really close to. 'Ikuto' is what he saved his number as and I assumed that it was his name and texted him to see if he was willing to listen to me again. He replied with 'sure, I'll meet you at the place in 10.' So, I went to see Ikuto.