Everyone gathered around the table, some laughing, others simply smiling. The noise disappeared when Tadase began handing out several papers. The other guardians looked down at what they'd gotten.

"Tadase-kun," Amu asked, "What are these papers for?"

"Ah, sorry, I forgot to tell you. You have to fill in your opinion about your fellow guardians, write down their strong and weak points."

"What for?" Rima asked dryly. "We all know Yaya's the only one with weak points."

"What?!" the red haired girl shouted. "What's that supposed to mean?!"

"That you're a big baby."

"Aah, Rima-tan," Yaya cried, "I thought we were friends!"

The rest of the group laughed silently at the situation before they turned serious again.

"But, Tadase-kun, why do we need to do this?"

"Yeah," Nagihiko agreed after looking down at his papers, "I don't even know what to write..."

"That the previous Jack was way more awesome!"

Rima and Yaya stopped fighting and, just like their friends, turned their heads to the Royal Garden's entrance.

"Kukai!" nearly everyone yelled.

"Is that the guy who pushed me in the snow once?" Rima asked darkly.

*

"Yo!" Kukai yelled cheerfully.

"The entire group had surrounded him, and al of them (with exception of one) were excited.

"It's good to see you again, Soma-kun." Tadase said.

"Kukai, Kukai", Yaya shouted as she clung to him, "Rima-tan is being mean to me!"

"Ah, sorry," the soccer guy apologized, "You're going to have to save yourself out of this one."

"Eh?"

"Is something wrong?" the prince asked.

"No, no, I'm fine." Kukai turned to Amu. "Amu," She shocked. "Can I talk to you?"

A few moments later the two kids were walking along the sports field, leaving a whining Yaya (and Pepe of course) far behind them. When Kukai sat down on one of the benches, Amu quickly sat beside him. They didn't speak for several moments.

"Eh, Kukai, y-you're not going to work with me again, right?" Amu asked nervously.

Kukai laughed. "No, not at all!" His laugh faded pretty fast. "I just wanna talk. Just talk."

Amu noticed he was sad. Or nervous. Maybe both. Either way, Kukai wasn't his usual, active, happy self.

"Say, Amu," Kukai started silently, "Do you remember our time together?"

The pink haired eleven-year-old immediately remembered their tiring workouts at random moments.

"How could I ever forget?" she whispered, sounding quite down.

"When you were a new member of the guardians, I was the first to approve you."

In a flash Amu saw Kukai laughing at her before he held up his thumb, a wide smile on his face. He was right.

"It's going to be Valentine's Day soon."

Darn, I totally forgot! Amu thought, panicking. What am I supposed to give to Ta-Wait. Why is... She turned her head to her friend. Kukai... telling me this?

It was almost unnoticeable, but the former Jack was blushing.

"Amu!" Kukai said as he faced her.

"Y-Y-Y-Yes?!" Amu replied, suddenly also blushing.

"Would you mind if I gave you chocolates on Valentine's Day??"

Amu's head grew entirely red at his question, and before she could stop herself she ran away. As she ran, she yelled something.

"I thought we were just going to talk!"

Within a few moments, love had gotten a bit more complicated. Again.