Mirene: Hello guys! I lied. I have WiFi at my hotel so whoot for updates on my cousin's laptop! One more day and I'll be back home though! For now I am typing up this chapter in my hotel room listening to my cousin snore. Whoo hoo for insomnia.
Ikuto: The souvenir... in your hand... it disturbs me.
Mirene: Oh yeah! I have a kitty bell charm that I bought in Seattle... :3 But it was 5 bucks! Rip off but too cute not to buy! I should have bought one for all you lovely reviewers :3
Amu: I don't want one.
Ikuto: Because she has the real version~
Amu: -_-
Mirene: Haha, she doesn't deny it.
Amu: Mirene denies ownership of SC! though.
Mirene: ;~; Sadly so... Anyways... enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 2
"Haha, that's Hinamori Amu? This is so funny!" Saaya bellowed as she walked up to the quiet rosette next to Tadase, beckoning for her crew of admirers to come forth with her. "Hinamori Amu, so we meet again."
Amu looked up once at Saaya. She found her textbook to more interesting than her. Saaya stuck her hand out and pulled Amu's face up to hers, sneering in the young teenager's face harshly. "It's funny how the tables have turned, isn't it, Amu?" Saaya cackled loudly before pulling a boy over that Amu found familiar. "Remember Tsubasa?"
Amu thought this was all a waste of time. So what if she remembered them? It was nothing involved in her new plan. Especially since Tsubasa was one of those types of guys who ignited Amu's hatred for them. She looked at them through her cloudy glasses, which were fogged and it was getting annoying; but she couldn't risk taking them off in fear of people seeing her natural face—her plan would be ruined.
"A-Amu? Is that you?" Tsubasa asked in astonishment. "You've... you've really changed..."
'No shit, sherlock,' Amu thought, but only smiled sweetly on the surface. "Yes, I suppose I have."
"She was more stylish in her Kindergarten days!" Saaya cackled as she locked hands with Tsubasa, who seemed more embarrassed with Saaya than joyous. Amu felt bad for the poor kid. He really changed too.
'Just like Ikuto,' Amu thought silently, then shook the thought away. She didn't need to waste more brain cells on him. Instead, she focused on the situation in front of her, which was getting annoying.
"Please leave, I'm trying to study," Amu said, returning her attention to the book. Saaya huffed and pushed the book aside, making it fall onto the floor with a loud clatter. "Tch." Amu stood up and picked up her book before giving Saaya a cold look while her glasses were slightly down.
The sharp glare of the gold in her eyes startled Saaya.
"Y-You... You..."
"I what, Yamabuki?"
Saaya bit her bottom lip. 'You haven't changed at all, Amu. You're even going as far as calling me by my last name, like in Kindergarten, when I was the hated girl by the boys in class and you were the most liked... and now that the tables have turned, you're perfectly fine with it? You are truly a formidable opponent, Amu, but I will remain victorious,' the redhead thought passionately.
"You really are Amu. But I am the winner, was the winner, will be the winner, at all costs." She turned her head around and walked off with the rest of the girls, complimenting her on her bravery and leadership... whatever she did. Tsubasa, however, stayed.
"Tsubasa," Saaya called.
"In a minute, Saaya," he replied before shifting his gaze onto Amu. "Amu... you... what in the world happened to you?"
Amu shifted uncomfortably in her seat. 'Don't do this to me, Tsubasa...' Amu looked up carefully to not let her spectacles slip away from her façade. "Whatever do you mean, Tsubasa?"
"You know what I mean. You dressed even better than this in Kindergarten. Kindergarten. Who cares how you're dressed in Kindergarten, but you were the stylish girl there. And now this? What kind of a joke is this?" he babbled. Amu rolled her eyes and hesitantly looked over to Tadase.
He was looking. And hearing. He smiled at Amu. "So, Hinamori, what joke are you playing at, as Tsubasa has indicated?" Tadase asked sweetly. Amu felt a bit flustered in the blonde's presence.
"N-nothing! H-he's weird," Amu managed to say before getting back to her book. "I-I have to study!" She gave a glare at Tsubasa. "What are you still standing there for? Leave," she commanded.
Tsubasa smiled. 'Now there's the attitude-filled Amu I knew,' he thought as he pulled out a sticky note and wrote his number on it. "Here. Dress normally and come talk to me after school ends," he said. "My treat," he winked at Amu before he left.
Amu scrunched her brows into a confused expression on her face. "I... found my ideal guy so quickly," she thought. "He... he went up to me first. Without caring how I was dressed... Or my reputation here... but I'll have to put it to the test later," she thought as she tucked the note in her pocket while getting back to her book.
Tadase watched everything with an amused look. "Hey, Hinamori," he said. Amu suddenly popped up, pulled out a very old version of an MP3 player, and began listening to classical music. Tadase chuckled upon hearing Beethoven.
"W-What?" Amu asked, a bit red. Tadase wiped a tear from his eye.
"Nothing. You are just quite amusing," he said before apologizing and leaving the classroom, as well as leaving Amu confused... for a second. Amu tried to shake the blush off her face. 'My goodness, have I really found two of my ideal guys already? On the second day? Thank God I chose to come back here," she thought happily as she put her book away and began napping on her desk.
Ikuto noticed the entire situation from his seat, and for once, he did not spend all of study hall staring out the window. Instead, he was looking at his old Kindergarten classmates talking with Amu, apparently his former love. He couldn't help but chuckle when Amu gave Saaya a glare that even Ikuto could feel the coldness from where he was sitting.
But what really irritated him the most was that Tsubasa and Tadase. Those T-men. He felt a bit annoyed when even after Saaya left, Tsubasa stayed to talk to Amu and even gave her a note... which he noted that she happily tucked into her pocket with a slight blush. Wait, it's not like he's jealous or something! Amu wasn't his type (or anyone else's for that matter), and he wasn't looking for a relationship anyways. Just because she was his first love and only love doesn't mean anything! He just didn't like Tsubasa. Yeah.
And then Tadase. He never did like Tadase. Tadase was too open to the crowd, too nice to the fan girls, and smiled too much. Ikuto was sure that all of his smiles were made of plastic. That is, until he saw him laughing at Amu. He looked genuinely amused. Ikuto did not like this one bit, and when Amu turned red, it just made his hate for Tadase grow. Because he laughed, of course. No one gets to laugh that happily... yeah.
'Okay, I'm not making sense anymore,' he thought as he stared at the rosette putting her book away, looking around, and then taking a nap. He found that her not taking off her glasses before sleeping was weird. But he wasn't going to do it for her.
He noticed that if you didn't look at her body, and just her face, she looked a bit cute... Not bad. No, what the hell was he thinking?
Shaking away any further thoughts, he returned his gaze back to the window view that he had always known.
A while later, the bell rang, and everyone left the class. All but Kukai, Tsubasa, Ikuto, and Amu, who was still sleeping on her desk. Kukai began walking up to Ikuto, Tsubasa began walking up towards Amu, Amu stayed asleep, and Ikuto stood up.
"Hey, Ikuto-" Kukai began.
"Hey, Amu-" Tsubasa began.
"Wake up, Amu," Ikuto said as he patted Amu on the back from behind.
"E-eh?" she asked, her glasses falling off onto the ground. She yawned and rubbed her eyes before blinking a few times. "E-eh? I can see clearly now... EHH?" She yelled frantically and shot upwards, her head hitting Ikuto's bottom jaw and he screeched in pain. She began touching her face and was scared to find that her thick rimmed spectacles had disappeared.
"Fuck!" he yelled as he fell down onto the ground, grimacing in pain as he held his jaw. Kukai rushed over to Ikuto confused, and helped him up. Tsubasa walked over to Amu, grabbed her glasses, and quickly put them on.
"Amu, are you okay?" Tsubasa asked, concerned.
"D-Did anyone see me? Did they?" she asked worriedly, pointing at the two boys standing in front of her. Tsubasa shrugged. Amu sighed in relief. "S-sorry, Ikuto," she said quickly and quietly, rubbing her head. "D-Don't startle me like that," she mumbled. "L-let's go, Tsubasa." He nodded and the two quickly left the classroom.
Kukai was the first to speak. "Why did you go and wake her up? That Tsubasa was already on the way..."
Ikuto shrugged. "I didn't see him. And it's not like we should have just left her here asleep after school has ended."
"But... I thought you didn't like her."
Ikuto pondered his statement. Yes, he did not like her, nor love her, even if she was his first love... wait a minute. "She was my first love I told you about," Ikuto said.
"... I thought you said she was cute and stylish?"
"Don't know what happened."
Kukai nodded his head slowly in concern. "Okay... so... you still like her?"
"No."
"Then why did you help her?"
Ikuot racked through his mind for a response. The one he found was risky, but it'd have to do. "She's... Well, she's actually living with me now."
"Ohh, I see..." Kukai said understandingly. Then his mind processed the information and his eyes popped open.
"Wait, what?"
"Let's go to Tsuki Coffee Cafe," Tsubasa offered, and Amu nodded.
"Are you sure? I mean, I'm dressed like this..." then she thought about it. "And most of my closet is like this too," she lied.
"That's fine," he said. "When I take you out on a date, we'll do some shopping, okay?" he winked and Amu blushed shyly.
"N-no, it's fine, I'll just go home," she said. Tsubasa nodded understandingly.
"Call me," he said before taking off. Amu smiled to herself. 'It's as if he's taken Ikuto's kindness from kindergarten and Ikuto's taken his meanness.'
She was about to walk off when someone had grabbed her by the arm. "E-eh?" There stood Tadase, clad in the waiter's uniform for Tsuki Coffee Cafe. He smiled and Amu blushed. She was blushing too much today.
"Amu, today was your shift, remember?" Tadase smiled. Amu looked up and smiled sheepishly.
"O-Oh... I didn't know," she said stupidly. "I didn't know you worked there too, Tadase." He smiled as he took her inside the cafe and they stood in front of the girls' changing room.
"Well, everyone needs money," he said happily before tapping Amu on the head. "Don't forget to change into girl clothes next time, okay?" Amu blushed and nodded before heading inside the changing room. On her first day she changed into a boy's uniform by accident and she didn't notice until the boss laughed, saying it was okay for the day. She didn't see Tadase that day though... so how did he know?
Oh well.
She quickly grabbed the maid-like uniform and wore it tightly, making sure the skirt was below her knees, that it wasn't hugging her body, and that her glasses were on just right. Yup, she looked completely unattractive.
One step outside had her rammed right back into the changing room by none other than a girl named Rima. "Hinamori Amu, new worker, known to be nerdy and totally unattractive, and apparently from what I've heard, on purpose. Well, my name's Mashiro Rima, and I am your path to sexy."
Amu just gave her a completely mind blown look. Rima smirked.
"That's right, be afraaaaaid. Just kidding," the small blonde said before commanding Amu to strip. "You gave the boss big measurements on purpose, didn't you? Well, the boss was afraid of that, and for an extra sum of money by him for better business, I'm going to make you into a girl perfect as a maid." Amu gulped.
"N-no, th-this is fine Mashiro..." she murmured as she adjusted her glasses. Rima shook her head and gave her a cold, hard glare.
"STRIP."
Amu attempted to make a run for it, but as soon as she opened the door, there stood Tadase. "Sorry, Hinamori," he said before shoving her back in and tightly closing and locking the door. Amu slowly turned around to find a Rima with tightrope. She was grinning with a vein popping from her forehead.
"NO. ONE. RUNS. OUT. ON. ME."
Tadase stood outside the door chuckling as he heard screams coming from behind. "Interesting indeed..."
Amu walked out the door quietly without a single sound. Tadase looked her up and down and nodded his head. "She looks good, Rima."
"Don't forget the raise," she said. "And the money for the ropes," she added before swishing her hair back and leaving with a pompous air surrounding her, going back to her job.
Amu's skirt was up to the middle of her thigh, the midsection of the dress tightly wrapped around her curves, and her hair was up in pigtails. She had a cute, frilly apron on and her glasses were off, confiscated by Rima. She would have to go out and buy another pair.
"You look cute, Hinamori." Tadase smiled. "You should dress like this everyday. Can you see well without your glasses?"
She shook her head in hope, but Tadase only laughed some more. "Oh, Hinamori, you can go a few hours without fake glasses blurring your vision, so go out there and do your job well," he said before pushing Amu out into the open for everyone to see.
'Please don't let anyone see me,' she prayed. And luckily, no one was really paying attention to her, everyone was busy chattering with everyone and people were eating. Who cares about a new waitress who just got a makeover by force, right?
Wrong. Tadase handed her a notepad, pen, and a tray of iced water. "Look, your first new customers of the day. Go take care of them," he said before disappearing into the kitchen.
Amu gulped and slowly walked towards the doorway, where two young boys walked in.
If Amu could shit her pants right then and there, she probably would have.
Because standing right in front of her right now was none other than Tsukiyomi Ikuto and Souma Kukai.
'Do they visit this damn place everyday?' she thought cursedly as she forced herself to smile.
"What would you like?" Amu asked coldly. The two had just been staring at her for years and kept taking their time with the menu. Ikuto was looking her up and down, and Kukai looked like he was about to drool.
"Hold up, I'm thinking," Kukai said as he kept staring at her instead of the menu. Amu sighed. "I'll get back to you guys-"
"What's your name?" Ikuto asked suddenly. Kukai stared holes into Ikuto.
Amu shook the question off. "I'll be back." And she walked off.
"Did you just ask a girl for her name?" Kukai asked incredulously.
"... she looks so familiar..."
"Did you just ask a girl for her name?"
"I said she looks familiar... and cute, I guess."
"Did you just-"
"Yo," Rima suddenly popped up with her notepad and a pen in hand. "Time's up. What are your orders and- Oh god. It's you again."
"Hey baby," Kukai said, licking his hand and slicking his hair back. "Nice to see you again."
"Just give me your orders."
"Who's that girl over there?" Ikuto asked, pointing at Amu, who was serving iced water to a few customers in the far corner. Rima turned around to look and rolled her eyes.
"She's not on the menu, kiddo."
"Just wanted to know her name," Ikuto replied.
"She'll tell you if she wants to. Look, you look normal for a guy. Don't be an idiot and start acting like your goon over here," she pointed at Kukai, who was still talking to Rima's back.
"Fine, I'll get it from her, just give me a creamed coffee," he said, handing the short blonde his menu. "Make it sweet, and add a bit of cocoa to it." She nodded and grudgingly turned around to the brunette.
"Same, plus you in that cocoa," he said. Rima just stomped away without wasting another second.
"Kukai, you're embarrassing..." Ikuto muttered while resting his forehead on his palm. Kukai shrugged.
"Well, you're a stoner in class, if that isn't embarrassing, what is?"
Ikuto ignored Kukai for the rest of the day without ever seeing that cute, familiar looking waitress again.
When Amu returned home from work in her original school uniform and glasses that she just bought a few minutes ago from a convenience store, she was a bit surprised to see Ikuto home before her, especially since when her shift ended, he was still sitting there at his table with his friend, intently staring at the door where her head was poking out.
"Amu."
Amu turned around to find Utau standing in the doorway, clad in a stylish shirt, leather jacket, jeans, and boots. Her hair was up in bunches and she was grinning from one side of her face to the other.
"Utau," she said back. The blonde jumped up and pounced on the pinkette.
"AMUUUU, WHY ARE YOU STILL WEARING THESE CLOTHES LIKE THIS? AND THOSE UNNECESSARY GLASSES?" she yelled as she tossed the glasses to the side and bumped heads with the rosette.
"U-Utau, why are you home so late today-"
"Because, Amu," she said, returning to a more mature posture and manner, "I bumped into a cute brunette who really wanted my number and kept pestering me until I gave it to him," she said, squealing. "I learned that guys like the hard to get girls these days," she stated.
'Really? I should add that into my plan,' Amu thought silently as Utau let go of her. "Well, come on. I bought you a million new, cute clothes that you must absolutely wear when you are going out with me," she said as she snapped her fingers.
Several butlers began walking in, carrying bags, boxes, and pulling carts filled with clothes and accessories. Amu's mouth was gaping wide open after the 20 minute trail of butlers ended.
"Oh, don't worry, half of it is mine," she said as she began pulling Amu upstairs.
'Oh no.'
Mirene: See that super slight Amuto there? Just squint a bit.
Ikuto: I finally get to see the hot Amu.
Mirene: But you don't even know it! Aha!
Amu: Just review.
Mirene: Please do! Oh, and I'm coming back home tomorrow, so I'll be able to update the other stories too since I have the files on my laptop. This one isn't really mine, well it used to be, but now it's my cousin's, hee hee!
Ikuto: And so, review.
