Chapter 1 Amy Marshall

Music Room 3 was so quiet on those days when they did not have any customers.

Amy enjoyed the silence.

It made reading easier. Especially when reading InuYasha. She loved that manga. It was one of her favorites.

As always, Amy was off in her corner; reading. And everyone else was spread out. They were all in their usual spots. Melinda was in Kaoru's lap as they both sat in a chair in the corner. Lynn was sitting on a couch and texting ferociously. Then there was Hikaru.

He was the only one that seemed like he wasn't content with life as it was. Everyone else was happy and in love.

Then, Amy realized that she and Hikaru were the only ones in the host club that were single.

To be honest, Amy had considered some of the boys in the host club, but she never saw them as anything more than friends.

She checked the time on her phone and stood up. She gathered her things and walked towards the door.

"Amy! Where are you going?"

She turned around to see Lynn staring at her.

"I've got soccer practice tonight and I need to get home and do my homework."

Lynn waved and repositioned herself on the couch.

When Amy turned around, she caught sight of Hikaru. He was staring at her.

Amy offered a shy smile, but his scowl only hardened and he turned away quickly.

She almost stopped in her tracks but she forced herself to keep going. When she made it outside, she stopped in front of the doors and leaned back into them. She sighed and zoned out as she thought about Hikaru.

What was his problem? I've never even spoken to him. Much less offended him, Amy thought.

She shrugged it off.

However, no matter what she did, his menacing scowl kept creeping back into her mind.

She sighed.

An hour of homework, soccer practice, and a shower later, Amy was sitting on the floor at Melinda's house.

Melinda had called Amy, Lynn, Rose, Laney, and Kat over to her house to eat takeout sushi. This innocent get together quickly progressed to Lynn and Kat playing some dance game on the Kinect, Laney and Rose cheering them on, and Amy and Melinda still sitting on the floor and eating.

When Amy finally decided to talk to Melinda, she quietly asked, "What's Hikaru's problem?"

Melinda sat for a second.

"What do you mean?" She slurped up a piece of sushi.

"Well," Amy began with a sigh, "today he gave me this horrible scowl and I was wondering what I ever did to him."

"Oh," Melinda stared sadly at the bottom of her takeout box. "Well, he's still upset about Kaoru and me…"

"Still?"

"Yeah, he's a real touchy guy. He's like an emotional time bomb. I swear, if he ever got shot up with gamma radiation, he would be the worst hulk ever."

Amy laughed at how dorky her friend was.

"You watch too many superhero movies."

Melinda gave her a big, cheesy smile.

"They're just so amazing!"

Amy let the Hikaru topic drop and she just enjoyed herself the rest of the night.