The sunrise morning light flooded through the windows of Hinamori Amu's bedroom. The young girl's eyes tried to filter the light, to block it out, so she could enjoy a few more hours of peaceful slumber. Amu tried to fight it as much as possible, including rolling over onto her side, but nothing really worked. Amu, with her eyes shut tight, and didn't even realise that there was another person, fast asleep in front of her, in her sleep deprived state.

Amu's sleep had been troubled, She had woken up several times during the night, due to several bad dreams. In fact, She had startled Tadase several times, waking him up with her tossing and turning, and her mumbled sleep talking. Unbeknownst to Amu, Tadase had ending up soothing her with words and a reassuring hug everytime, which helped her in her dreams to defeat the monsters and demons that effected her so badly.

Amu sat up, releasing herself from Tadase's arms, annoyed at the fact that she was not going to get the sleep she so desperately needed, and wanted. She yawned slightly, and looked down at her sleeping saviour, realising that he was there. If Tadase hadn't turned up when he did last night, Amu probably wouldn't be alive now.

The young girl smiled at her saviour, who was asleep next to her. He was too peaceful looking to wake up, so Amu crawled over him, tucked him a bit with the covers so he wouldn't be cold without her, and went looking for an outift for the day. Amu began sleepily rifling through her blue wardrobe, continuously yawning.

"Amu-Chan, Are you alright ~ desu?" A small voice said to the young girl. Amu turned around and saw her little green chara flying towards her. Amu smiled at Suu, who had herself been up half the night worrying about her mistress, hearing Amu talking and whimpering in her sleep.

"Yeah, thanks Suu, just a bad night...What about you? Are you alright?" The young girl asked, putting on a weary smile. Suu nodded, and flew up to Amu. The chara sat on her mistress's shoulder and hugged her neck. Amu smiled at the small girl, and cupped her in her hand, as if giving her Chara a hug. Amu walked over to the little house where the chara's had slept that night. Suu got down off Amu's shoulder and went inside again.

Amu smiled again, as she saw Suu start bustling around trying to clean up the mess from last night. Even though the Chara's had been tired, they had still managed to make a horrific mess from all the moved furniture and midnight hot chocolate they had made in the doll house's small kitchenette.

Amu turned, took in a fleeting glance of her sleeping prince as she walked out to her beautifully lit balcony. The young girl leant on the bannister of the balcony and stared out at the brightly lit city, her first plans about selecting her outift completely forgotten. The pinkette smiled as she saw people already getting ready for work, and bustling about making breakfast, and getting ready for the day.

Amu sighed, thankful that she was here to witness this. Although it may have been the norm, it had a strange soothing effect. Amu stood there staring at the city in wonder, as its power of normality warmed her soul, making her evermore thankful for her life.

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Tadase's eyes fluttered slightly as he awoke. For a split second he thought Amu was in trouble because of her missing prescence. The poor young girl had experienced nightmare after nightmare during the night, and no matter how many times the young prince had comforted her, Amu was having another nightmare mere hours later.

Tadase stretched slightly on the bed, and stared at the empty spot of where Amu had slept. Flashbacks from the night before began flitting through his mind, and fear over-rode him at the fact of how close he was to losing his princess. Tadase closed his eyes, as if in silent prayer, thanking the gods, yet again, that she was alive.

The young prince sat up and wiped his eyes, sunlight flooding even more into the room, now that the balcony door was opened. The prince smiled when he saw the familiar outline of his princess leaning on the balcony, just watching daily life begin. Tadase smiled bigger as he swung his legs from out underneath of the covers, and stood up shakily. Tadase's footsteps were almost silent as he walked across the room, his princess not even noticing him. He smiled again and as he reached her, slipped his arms around her.

"Are you Alright Amu?" He whispered in her ear, and she flinched not realising for that split second who it was. Tadase felt her relax after a moment, her shoulders which were before tight and stiff, now relaxed and soft. He felt her sigh, and she turned around to face him. Her face lit up from behind, so that she was basically a silhoutte to Tadase.

"I am, thanks to you," She exclaimed, throwing her arms around his neck. Tadase didn't even have time to think before he felt her lips on his. They both closed their eyes, and let the power of love take them away. Nothing stopped the moment, even the car horns down in the streets below, the birds chirping away in the trees, the sound of the town, of life waking up for the day.

Tadase and Amu broke apart at the same time, and stood there in a embrace, simply smiling at each other. Tadase realised what time of day it was, and realised that it was dangerous to be out on Amu's balcony, especially if Amu's parents didn't know he had spent the night with her, not that anything had happened, but Tadase could see the principles of why her parents would be angry.

"Amu, I should get going, If your parents or Ami come in, We'll both be in trouble," Tadase said to the young pinkette. She looked up at him, and nodded solemly, knowing that he was right. She gave Tadase a gentle squeeze before they let go of each other. Amu sighed again and shut her eyes tight, wishing that the demons that haunted her during the late hours wouldn't appear after Tadase was gone.

"Amu, are you alright?" Tadase asked, putting his hands gently on Amu's arms. Amu looked down at his hands, and a million thoughts raced through her mind. Would she be plagued by evil monsters as soon as he was gone? Would she feel lost again?

"N-nothing, just thinking," She replied shakily, and looked down at her feet, trying to compose herself in front of her prince. He grasped her shoulders, picking up something was obviously wrong. Tadase tilted Amu's face up slightly so he could face her. Amu's eyes were filling up with tears, threatening to slide down her rosy cheeks.

Tadase looked at Amu downcast as he saw her eyes full of tears. He didn't know why, but he knew that his princess was obviously in anguish about something. He closed his eyes, and kissed the young pinkette softly. The prince felt his princess's tears break the boundary of her eyelids, and begin a cascade down her rosy face, sliding onto his face too. Tadase tried to bring as much love as he could to Amu's lips, He wanted to show that he cared about her, even though it was blatenly obvious anyway.

Amu broke away, crying lightly, and turned away from Tadase, thoughts to herself racing while she stood, staring out towards Seiyo Elementary's high buildings.

'I need to be strong, I must be strong, for Tadase's sake...He was strong for me, so I must be strong for him, courage' repeated like a mantra in her mind, continuously running through it. Amu folded her arms to her chest, as though a shield to herself from foreign emotions.

"Amu...Amu...calm down...its Ok...everything is alright..." Tadase said to her, completely confused as to why she was crying. He slid his arms gently around her waist, and used one hand to wipe her tears away. He laid his head on her shoulder, and just held her, wiping away every tear that fell down towards the ground.

"Tadase, I'm sorry, you shouldn't have to see my like this," Amu said in between quiet sobs. She took in a deep breath, and made herself stop crying. Tadase smiled, while intertwing Amu's fingers with his. He was nervous about saying this, but it had to be said. Tadase looked at his princess's hair and ran his other hand through it softly, while the other sat on her waist.

"Amu, I should see you like this, because we should spend every minute we can together. You are my princess, and I am your prince. You can tell me anything you need to, and trust me with your secrets. I will hold them to the grave." He said, gently brushing down her face with his hand.

Tadase felt the Pinkette smile onto his hand, and was surprised when he felt her hand drift around to his own face, which proceeded to loop through his own blonde hair. She turned around to face him, and Amu smiled.

"Thankyou, I'm Ok now...Gosh, you must think I'm a nutter..." Amu said sniffling, as she let go of Tadase and wiped her eyes. Tadase frowned and shook his head at her words, and began to lead her back inside her room. The prince shut the door after Amu, and got her to sit down on her own bed. He sat down next to her, and grasped her hands gently.

"I don't think your nuts at all, I just think that you've had a tough night, and that its getting to you. Why don't you try and sleep again, it might help you," Tadase said to his princess, while Amu stared at him stunned. Tadase's face spoke the words without making a sound, and Amu smiled, finally feeling courage running through her bones again. She threw her arms around him and squeezed him as hard as she could.

"Thankyou," Amu whispered in his ear, and she felt him shudder slightly. Amu smiled at this, and felt him slide his arms around for another countless time, and they both sat there in their embrace.

- - -

Tadase stood at the doorway of Amu's balcony, now dressed in some normal casual clothes. The prince sighed, and turned to Miki. She smiled at him and nodded at her handiwork. Tadase thanked her, and looked over at his now sleeping princess. Amu was asleep in her bed, with the covers drawn lovingly over her. Her pink hair draped beautifully over her face, not awoken by the sounds of her family bustling about downstairs.

"Tadase, we must leave, otherwise we will be caught. You'll be able to see her in a couple of hours, I'm sure she will be fine," Kiseki said, now awake and sitting on his partners shoulder. Tadase nodded solemly, and opened the balcony door quietly, shutting the curtain and the door quickly so as to shield Amu from the sunlight. He stood facing the closed door, and blew his princess a kiss. The prince smiled and swung his leg over the balcony and climbed down.

A minute later, he was on his way home...reluctantly.

- - -

Amu moaned quietly as her slumber ended, and as the Pinkette stretched out in bed, she opened her eyes grogilly. When the missing presence of her golden saviour registered in her mind, she smiled sheepishly.

"Amu-Chan?" A small pink cheerleader guardian asked her, and Amu sat up in her bed and nodded. The pinkette looked to her alarm clock and looked at the time. It read 10:30am, and Amu smiled. It had only been 6:30 when she had been awake before.

"Amu-Chan, your phone went off a little while ago," Ran said and pointed to it lying on Amu's bedside table. Amu smiled again, and picked it up.

"Thanks Ran," the young girl responded as she opened her phone delicately. The screen read 'one new message' and Amu opened it. The pinkette smiled as soon as she saw who it was from. The pinkette's eyes hungrily read the text message from the person she adored.

Hey Amu,

The Guardians r gonna meet at the mall at 1:00pm.

Wanna come down with us?

Awaiting ur reply

Luv u

Tadase x

Amu smiled. Did she want to go? Was the Earth Round?! Amu immediately swung her legs out of the bed, and went downstairs for some breakfast without a fore thought. The pink-haired girl greeted her family in her usual icy way as she sat down at the breakfast table. Amu's mother placed a enormous plate of breakfast foods in front of her family, and then sat down herself.

After eating a brilliant breakfast with her family, Amu bade them another Icy farewell and went upstairs to bathe. Locking the bathroom door, Amu showered quicker than she ever thought possible, and then asked her artistic chara to come up with a outfit for her to wear. Within another half an hour, Amu was ready to go, now wearing a light blue polo top and a white skirt with leggings and tennis shoes. The girl lay down, stomach up, on her bed, thinking about her prince, and how he had saved her.

- - -

Tadase sat in his room, worrying relentlessly over his princess. He had texted her over an hour ago, and had not received a reply. He looked at his laptop screen once more, seeing both the clock and his unfinished history homework, before picking up his mobile swiftly. The Young prince dialed Amu's number expertly, and put the small device to his ear, listening to the ringing sound that it emitted.

The non-stop ringing just annoyed Tadase even more than he was, He was worried about his princess, didn't he have a right to be worried? He was about to hang up and go and see if she was ok when there was a click.

"Hello?" A happy female voice said, and you could hear her adjusting the phone in her hands. Tadase mentally sighed in relief, happy that she at least answered the small device.

"Amu-Chan? It's Tadase, are you alright? You didn't reply, I was getting worried," The prince responded hastily. Tadase could almost feel her smile, and it brought a subconscious smile to his own face.

"I'm Fine, sorry Tadase, I was excited and I kinda forgot...," She said with a nervous laugh. Tadase smiled wider at his princess's chiming laugh, and gave out a small chuckle of his own.

"Its Ok Amu-Chan, I was just worried is all. Do you want to meet up a bit early?" Tadase said, looking at the clock on his laptop, realising that there was still a fair amount of time until the guardians were going to meet up. Tadase sensed Amu smile again, and heard the phone making faint noises as she nodded enthusiastically. Tadase laughed heartily and laughed even more when he heard her stop and laugh herself, realising her lapse of mind.

"Of course! Where and how soon?!" She said happily, and Tadase felt himself smile even more than he ever felt possible. Tadase did some quick thinking, and passed his message down the communication line to Amu. They both agreed to meet at the park in 10 minutes and spend the morning together. They said their goodbyes, and then shut their small devices and smiled.

Tadase's smile reached his eyes as he looked at his chara, who had been sitting in front of the laptop screen, reading over Tadase's history homework. Kiseki looked startled, and wondered what his owner was so happy about .

"Come on, We've got somewhere to be!" Tadase said smiling as he stood up and shut down his laptop. The chara looked at Tadase confused as the said prince started bustling around in his wardrobe for a jacket.

Normality, can be the biggest soother in life, yet also the biggest annoyance. Take life as it comes.


Thankyou everyone for all your brilliant reviews! And this is your reward! I have decided to continue this story for a little while, just for the heck of it! I am quite surprised at this story and am quite proud of it! (first time ever!) lol. Ok, so please! Read it! Review it! SUPPORT YOUR PAIRING! :P