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Amu's P.O.V.

I walked to my own classroom with a small smile on my face. I stopped in front of my classroom door and changed my face to a cold one. Then, I opened the door. I walked in and slammed my bag down on my desk, then plopped down on my chair and stared out the window.

"Hey Amu!" I turned my head to see one of my best friends, Rima Mashiro. Rima was a petite blonde with big hazel eyes. She had a lot of fans who admired her looks. I nodded at her and looked back out the window.

"Any progress yet?" Rima asked softly. She was one of the ones who knew about my love for my childhood friend. I sighed and shook my head. "You know, I don't get why you just don't give up. He's hurting you, yet you mask your emotions. You're hurting yourself Amu."

I turned my head slowly to look into Rima's sad eyes. "I'm not even sure if I can stop Rima." She just sighed heavily as our teacher came into the classroom. I returned to staring out the window and tuned out of class.

Lunchtime…

As soon as the bell rang, I grabbed my bag, grabbed Rima's hand and ran towards my locker.

"Amu, slow down!" Oh right! I forgot Rima couldn't run fast. I stopped and let Rima catch her breath.

"*pant* What's *pant* the *pant* rush? *pant*"

"I'm sorry Rima. I actually just want to go see Kukai practice for his soccer game tomorrow," I replied, blushing slightly. Rima rolled her eyes, walked to my locker, opened it, and threw my lunch at my face.

"Gee, thanks a lot Rima," I replied sarcastically.

"No need to thank me. Now come on, you wanted to go see Souma right?" I nodded enthusiastically and started walking towards the soccer field. I looked around for Kukai while Rima looked around for a seat. Once she found one, she dragged me towards the bleachers, climbed up the stairs and sat down in the middle row. I looked around and saw Kukai's fan girls, the cheerleaders but no Kukai. I sighed, sat down, opened my bento and got out my chopsticks.

"Itadakimasu!" Rima and I shouted and started eating our lunches.

"Yo! Amu!" I looked down at the soccer field and saw Kukai with his group of friends. I put my lunch and my chopsticks down.

"I'm going to go say 'hi' ok?" I told Rima and waited for her nod. After she nodded, I jumped down the stairs and ran towards Kukai and his friends. "Hey Kukai, Tadase and Nagihiko."

"Hi Amu-chan," the two greeted back.

"What's up?"

"You see Amu, we need another player for today's practice," Kukai started.

I raised my eyebrow. "And what does that have to do with me?" I asked innocently.

"Yamada isn't able to make it today," Nagi continued.

"So we were wondering if you can sub in for him," Tadase finished. After hearing that, I felt very uncomfortable.

"Um, I'm not that good and besides, I'm wearing a skirt in case you haven't noticed," I said.

"Go get your gym shorts or something! Please?" Kukai said as he showed me his puppy dog eyes. I groaned and turned away so I didn't have to see them. I took a peek at him and saw him still doing his teary-eyed puppy dog face. I sighed and started walking away.

"Hey, where are you going Amu-chan?" Tadase and Nagi called.

"To my locker you dimwits!" I walked to my locker and got my gym shorts. "Boys…" I muttered under my breath. Can't live with them, yet you can't live without them.


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