Takes place when Amu is about seventeen or eighteen and Ami is around ten years old.
Twoshot.
Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara!
Amu's POV
As a child of thirteen, I loved, envied, and hated my little sister.
There she was, so cute and funny and great at singing (or maybe that came later…?).
She was passionate and devious (A/N the episode where she tricked her classmates into winning the prize for herself).
She was pretty. Honey eyes (like mine) and soft brown hair (unlike my atrocious pink).
Everyone was constantly telling me that I was just so lucky to have such a cute little sister and that I should be grateful.
"She's so funny," they'd tell me.
"She's so cute," they'd tell me.
And then I'd later hear them talking about how much greater Ami was going to turn out as an adult than I would be.
Not only that, but Ami had everything I wanted.
She had my parents' love, the passion, the drive, the ability, and a great future ahead of her.
Even when I was fourteen, and then fifteen, all the way up to seventeen now, things changed only a little.
Ami is still the cute one, still the funny one, still the one with a great voice, and still the one with a great future.
I envy her for that.
I wish I had that.
Even though I know Ami envies me, she only envies my outside character.
She tries to hide the fact that she envies me, but it's pretty obvious.
I also know that she thinks I only see her for her outside act. Like me, she has someone else she shows on the outside—one that is a lot like Rima's.
I wish she knew the real me, the loser me, the one that isn't as "cool and spicy" as everyone says.
I wish I had the attention my parents always gave her, the attention she gets from everyone else effortlessly.
I wish I was her.