It was sunny Sunday, ironically enough, as Amu went through a fit of trying to find the right outfit out of her closet leaving her guardians to duck and weave until they'd had just about enough of it.

"Amu!" Ran screamed as loud as she possibly could, causing her to turn her head abruptly.

"What?"

"Calm down! You buried Miki and Su." She huffed pointing to Dia trying to pull out her blue clad sister.

"Help me, desu…" Su mumbled underneath a skirt, jacket and dress. Amu's expression changed from annoyed and pouty to lax and a bit sad as she rescued the girly of the four and gave Dia a little help with Miki before plopping on the bed.

"Sorry guys….I just…don't know…" she folded her arms and threw her head down in contemplation. She went from thinking to annoyed, annoyed to frustrated and from frustration to rage. She threw herself back on the bed flailing her legs and ruffling her hair beyond the point extremely messy.

"Um….Amu-chan…" Dia waved a quick hand towards her.

"Yeah?" she responded before sitting up.

"Weren't you supposed to meet him at 12?"

"Yes."

"A-Amu…it's 11:30 now…you haven't…well…even combed your hair…"

"…….W-WHAT?! Noooo!" she began digging through piles frantically that ever.

"Just wear this!" Miki yelled pointing towards a black strapped top with a black and red ruffled skirt. Without much of a choice she quickly complied, tossing off her pajamas and slipping into her ensemble. She slid on her red and black high socks and black boots. She grabbed her blue and white jacket and bolted for the door.

"Amu-chan!" Ran called quickly, halting her.

"What?" she yelled looking back and clinging to the door frame.

"Here you go." She placed a heart shaped hair piece in place of the usual plus or 'X' shaped pin. A light flush crossed her face as she nodded, thinking of the one who gave it to her.

"Thanks. One more thing Ran, please?"

"Sure! Hop, step, jump! Go Amu, go!" she cheered, initiating her chara-change. Amu again bolted, but with added speed.

"Hey Sisher!! I wanna play witchu!" Ami smiled happily upon seeing her older sister for the first time that day. She latched herself to the pink haired girl's leg somehow in mid-dash.

"S-sorry Ami, I have to meet Tadase today. Ask Papa, he'd love to." She sweat-dropped at the pout she received until she realized she said "Tadase" Her little sister's eyes lit up like the fourth of July.

"Sis ish goin to shee her boyfwiend?! Okai! I'll shee you latew sistew!" she yelled running away from the door nearly squealing. Along with this happy reaction, and angry on erupted as well.

"No! No! No! No! No! Papa will not allow this! Amu has to stay with Papa today!" the said father warned but whined at the same time while charging at her. Amu back stepped a bit in disbelief at how quickly he was stopped by her mother. Grasping her husband's ear, she winked with a thumbs up.

"Go have fun for me okay?"

"Bu….but Mama…." He complained, tears rolling freely this was just answered by a tug on the ear and a few "ows" were produced.

"Bye sis!" Ami waved happily. Amu sighed shaking her head but smiling nonetheless.

"See you guys!"

Tadase sat alone on the park bench, eyes closed as he sensed a familiar presence nearing. He looked over to see Amu floating down from hopping to her destination. After landing, she ran the rest of the way to him, panting just a bit. He quickly stood to accommodate her.

"S-Sorry Tadase-kun! Am I late?" he blinked confusedly before smiling.

"No, just in time, I get here just a few minutes before you. Shall we go, Amu-chan?" he questioned, extending his hand to her with the smile that she loved so much. The strawberry fled to her cheeks again as she nodded, linking her hand to his. They'd just walked along sometime before Amu noticed something that left her a bit unsettled.

"It's quiet without the little ones, isn't it?" she asked smiling a bit sheepishly while holding her fingers to the appropriate size of a guardian character.

"Ah, yes…it is…" he smiled weakly, perspiring at the thought of his own little devil that wished to rule the world with his maniacal laughter. Amu, upon noticing, began to laugh. "Amu…." Although unpurposely, she laughed harder.

After her laughing fit ended, they sat at the fountain. Of course, having the public rules they sat at a bench across from it to gaze at it while talking. In mid-conversation, Tadase just found himself listening to Amu talk about the random things on her mind. He smiled at her, which made her stop talking to ask the obvious question at hand.

"Tadase, what is it?"

"I love you Amu-chan…" Amu flinched upon hearing it, because he hadn't said it in a while. They were so busy with their middle school they hadn't had much time for them to be together let alone for him to say it. Before she could respond he kissed her cheek, causing her to involuntarily freeze and completely redden. He returned to sitting position and almost immediately noticing an ice cream vendor. Pointing slightly he asked simply: "Do you want some?" she'd just nod in agreement; too busy trying to fix her blush. She calmed it down but still…"Okay." He smiled at her one last time upon standing before running off. She sighed, closing her eyes smiling. As she opened them slowly, she receive a gentle kiss on her other cheek. She turned quickly to find her blue haired devil with cat ears himself, smirking at her side.

"Hello Amu…" her eyes widened to almost double their size as her mouth gaped wordlessly for longer than she would've liked. As she'd finally gotten her voice back she'd nearly screamed while pointing at him.

"I-I-I"

"Yes?" he scooted closer to her, ears now flicking with his apparent amusement.

"Ikuto!" she'd finally managed out.

"Yes Amu?" she went silent, to let him actually being there sink in.

"Umm…you're back. I thought you were in the orchestra…"

"They're in Japan for a couple weeks and I asked for some time to visit some friends. As long as they see me for practice, they don't mind."

"Oh…wait, why'd you kiss me?!" she yelled clutching her cheek.

"Didn't I tell you before, that night you insisted on kicking me out the bed?" she flushed almost instantly.

"You make that sound dirty…" a chuckle from his side.

"But I did tell you." She looked on with a titled head. "Maybe I should say it again. I-love-you. I-have-feelings-for-you." He spoke slowly and clearly, turning her face toward him. It all but instantly hit her. She stuttered a few times, stopping herself after nothing formed itself in the least.

"Big brother Ikuto…" he spoke slowly looking at the two. Ikuto shifted an eye in the boy's direction, as well as Amu since Ikuto wasn't letting her turn to face him.

"T-T-Tadase, uh….um…"

"Hello there, kiddy king…."

"What are you doing here with Amu?" the question sparked many ideas in his head as he began to slowly smile.

"Oh, nothing…." He slid his hand from her cheek to her shoulder, yanking her abruptly, causing her to fall into his embrace. "We're just getting closer…" Amu would've fought if it weren't for the surprise attack and how tightly he was holding her. She was quickly drawn in by his scent and his heartbeat. She had no clue why it all fascinated her to no end!

"Ikuto-niisan…unhand Amu…now…."

"Or what? That king chibi isn't here so what can you do?" his tail swished, preparing for some "play" with the two. Tadase grimaced due to his disadvantage.

"Pr-" Amu started but was quickly silenced by Ikuto's hand.

"Ah, ah, ah. None of that Amu…" he scolded, nuzzling into her bangs. "You should've known…" she simply looked down after that, trying badly to hide her face. That just caused Tadase to growl a bit.

"Why are you doing this?"

"You shouldn't leave her all alone like that. That makes it easy for this to happen. Happened the last time too didn't it?" upon this the blonde abruptly lunged for the bluenette just to be dodged easily. First he hopped to the other side of the bench whilst cradling Amu, then to the headrest of it before high back flipping into a nearby tree branch. As Tadase neared, he hopped a bit higher, too high for
Amu's liking without Ran nearby. She cringed in his arms as another idea popped into his devious mind. He let Amu dangle freely in his arms clearly over the edge of the branch.

"W-What the heck?! Ikuto?!" she screamed clinging to the sleeves of his black sweater.

"Keep flailing like that and he'll see your underwear…" she replied with a quick "eep!" and folded her legs underneath her.

"L-Let me up Ikuto….." it came out as more of a whine than a plead he smirked at her worrying face.

"I will….as soon as you say you're mine. That's the only way." She stared at him, jaw dropped. 'Did he really just tell me to say that?!'

"That's a dirty play, even for you Ikuto!" the boy yelled from the ground. He glanced completely down, smirk unchanged.

"It doesn't matter. It depends on Amu completely but…" he looked back to the girl hanging off his arms, "she'd better decide quickly. I doubt you can catch her without that handy little 'holy crown' now can you?"

"Let her go Ikuto!"

"You sure!" he began to let her slip freely now.

"T-Tadase!" she screamed, clinging to Ikuto more, causing him to quickly regret his poor choice of words for the situation.

"So, what is it Amu?" he looked to her. Now she was slipping due to her own weight and she knew he wouldn't help until she'd said something. The more she sank, the more she panicked. At the moment her grip weakened she felt herself falling through the air. The last thing she'd seen before shutting her eyes was Ikuto smiling at her. Giving up she screamed.

"I'll be yours Ikuto!" she felt a ting of pain for saying that but something also seemed very right about it. Tadase on the other hand felt more than a mere ting as he watched Ikuto bound from branch to branch to catch her. She relaxed her body almost upon his contact, she quickly leaned into him out of shock and the only sense of safety. He landed on one of the lower branches of the same tree, placing her in a sitting position against the base of the tree. He sat next to her, tail swishing from left to right.

"Amu, you can open your eyes now…" she'd had them so tightly shut it seemed almost impossible to open them. She did so slowly. When she'd finally gathered her wits, she attacked the neko-boy with a barrage of punches. Of course it didn't hurt but it was slightly annoying to be continually punched like that. "Amu…" she continued her fist rain. "A-mu…" he more growled that anything, but she kept on . Breaking his resolve, he slapped her hands away and used a finger to her forehead to push her against the tree bark. "Amu, why are you doing that?"

"Because I can you………cat-eared jerk!" an ear licked upon this insult as he grabbed her chin.

"That's not a real reason…"

"Yes it is!"

"What is it?"

"Just cause!"

"Just cause, huh?" she didn't notice the shift in the look in his eyes. She just glared away blushing, ignoring his hand placement. Truthfully, she was doing it because she was scared and she was scared because of him so it seemed to make perfect sense why she felt she had every right to go and wail on him.

"Well Amy, am I allowed to do something 'just cause'?" she blinked then turned towards him.

"Like what Ikuto-" her eyes widened as his closed. All she felt was her being pushed to the bark and his lips against hers. She'd realized that she set herself up for that. Saying his name actually put her lips in the correct position for him to kiss her. Then she wondered why on earth she'd left his hand on her chin. Then her mind snapped to something else. 'Tadase! Is he-?!' she let her eye trail to him and she saw how angry he was….he was at the verge of tears. She then shut her eyes and tried to focus on pushing him away. Out of a slight surprise, the kiss broke and she broke and she turned her head to the side quickly. To counter her, he threw her arms around him a wrapped his around her lower back. He smiled before kissing the brim of her chin, then slightly lower then right between her neck and shoulder, he took in a bit of her scent before slightly biting.

Amu abruptly gasped as he did so, causing him to chuckle. She pressed her lips together to suppress the sounds that wanted badly to be let out. He snatched her closer to him, causing her to latch onto him in return. She then mentally curse herself for being this easily played into his hands. A breathy light moan escaped her before she could stop it, causing her to blush more than the occasion caused for. He smiled at the sound, he'd been waiting for that. He stopped his work at her neck just to lean up to her ear.

"Amu…I won't stop until you kiss me back….or do you want him to keep watching us all day?" she was very well aware at the boy at the bottom of the tree but she groaned. Was it her or was he playing way below the belt today? She growled as he came to face her again. He raised an eyebrow to her as she huffed at him angrily. "What? You can just finish it quickly you know…"

"Whatever…" she grumbled, obviously angry that her first kiss was stolen from her as well as her second was about to be, but that was particularly her fault for breaking the first wasn't it? She closed her eyes as he grew extremely close again. As he connected their lips she remained unmoved. He tugged on her jacket's back to get her in motion. She slowly began to form her lips to his, melding them together. She could feel the smile on his lips at her actions. She felt one of his hands slide up to her neck to deepen the now two-sided kiss. A slight muffled protest that went to oblivion. They remained that way until Amu was starting to go breathless. She tugged endlessly at his sweater until he finally let her go. She panted heavily upon release, ignoring the fact that Ikuto had begun to pet her. When she'd finally caught her breath, he scooped her up and landed on the ground fluidly. He looked to the kiddy king before placing her down. Upon placing her down he stood in front of her, smirking with a challenge.

"Something wrong, Tadase…cat got your tongue?"

"……." Amu peeked around Tadase just to notice the boy had been slightly crying as he held his head down. She went to run over to him but was held back by Ikuto. She was about to yell at him but stopped due to the silent one finally speaking. "I am Hotori Tadase….and I will NOT allow you to defile her anymore in my name as the guardians's previous king's chair. You, cat thief, have stolen something precious and I will not allow anymore of your insolence!" he glare now fully at Ikuto even though the tears were still visible at the corners of his eyes.

"……heh….I see…." He then tilted his head mockingly. "Question. Which sounds better to you? 'King and Joker' or 'Joker and Cat Thief' ?" he turned and kissed her forehead. "Later, Amu…" and with that he took his leave by first walking then taking one of his random alley cat paths. The two stood there for a moment before Amu stepped towards him.

"Amu-chan…" she flinched…wondering wither to answer or not.

"Y-yes?"

"I think…it's best if we just go home…"

"………" she looked down a moment. "I'm sorry Tadase!"

"It's not your fault…I'm not angry at you…I'm just not up for today anymore. Maybe next week?"

"Um sure, okay….well…" she ran up to him from behind in a hug. "Bye…sorry…anyways…" he slightly smiled at her efforts.

"Thank you…"

(A/N) Actually…..not a huge fan of Tadamu so I was glad to do this lol AMUTONESS but yeah, if you want this to continue, review me and tell me what you guys want!