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Amu's POV
The beginning of a new school year is nearly three months away but I still kept a lookout for Tadase's arrival. I've been waiting by my phone every night but there wasn't the usual call from Tadase. He'd always call me every other night but if it wasn't because of money, he'd probably call me every night and day. I'd call him every hour. (A/N: Yes, its weird that they call and send letters to each other.) 'Mabye...he's on his way here...' I thought excitedly.
I flopped down on by bed, taking another look at my bracelet then grabbed my cellphone, about to call Rima because I needed to do something to pass the time. Just when I was about to dial her number, I heard my mom gasp pretty loud downstairs. "Oh...my...god," I heard my mother say as I walked halfway down the stairs from my room, out of pure curiosity, forgetting about calling Rima.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a misfortune," My father said shaking his head as I walked into the living room. They were looking at something.
"Mama, Papa, what are you looking at?" I asked them.
"Oh, we're just reading the news, Amu." My mother replied with an almost pitiful look.
Now I was really curious. I always thought newspapers were boring and they always had worthless crap in it that young people would never want to read. I am one of those people.
"Let me see," yet I said, as I went to sit right beside my mother to see the newspaper. I stared at it for a long time before realizing what the picture in front under the heading was. It was a traffic accident and from what I saw, it looked pretty awful. The headline read above it read: "SEVERE CAR CRASH NEAR OUTSKIRTS OF TOKYO" And it did look severe. The cars crashed together so badly that I couldn't even tell what kind of cars they were, but from what I could tell is that it was some kind of pick-up truck that crashed into a smaller car.
I quickly scanned my eyes across the rest of the section catching the word "drunk-driver." Hmm, why am I not surprised? And from what I read, two people were seriously injured and were in a coma while one younger passenger got a severe head injury and they were all immediately taken to the hospital. Except for the drunk-driver 'cause he died right on the spot. I couldn't help but think, 'That's what you get, drunkard.' I looked away from the newspaper, stopping myself to read more and sighed.
"Well...what can we do about it even if we know about it? All we can do is feel bad for the people that get injured and its not the same as having our family injured like that," I said absent-mindedly as I headed upstairs to call Rima. I could hear both my parents sighing, probably agreeing with me. I don't know why but knowing about stuff like that weighs my heart down.
"Amu-chan...?" My first-born chara said in a concerned voice.
"I'm fine, Ran. I'm going to call Rima." I said in an assuring tone as I opened the door to my room and I forgot all about the news the moment I talked with Rima.
. . .
Three months have passed now, a new school year is fast approaching and still no sign of Tadase. And I mean seriously nothing. No phone calls, no letters, and no arrival of Tadase for the past three months. No one even picked up the phone when I called him. Every time I think about it, the word 'Liar' always come to mind. And then I keep shaking it off, stubbornly. 'No, Tadase wouldn't lie to me. He'd never lie to me. No matter what. But...why hasn't he contacted me then? Has he forgotten about me? Did his father's plans change, causing him to stay away from Tokyo longer?' I grab my head in frustration. 'Ugh! Shut up! Stop thinking like that!' I kept telling myself.
But how am I supposed to feel like, knowing that Tadase hasn't contacted me for three months? Is this suppose to be some kind of surprise? Because if it is, its not funny. Of course, I'm supposed to feel awful and lonely! Its how I've always been feeling these past three years while he was gone....
I looked up at my calendar on my bedroom wall near my balcony. Sigh. School's going to start in just two days. He promised me he'd come back in time to become a ninth grader at Seiyo Middle with me. He promised, he really did.
"Daijoubu, Amu-chan?" Dia said in a concerned voice, floating up to me.
I looked at her miserably then lied, "Mm. I'm okay."
"Ohhh...," she said, not believing me, of course. I tried to change the subject.
"Well, I'm going outside for a walk. Ran, Miki, Su, wanna come?" I said, gesturing towards the rest of the charas as they were spinning around in their egg shells for fun. 'They sure come up with weird stuff to do...,' I thought with a small smile.
"YEH! (~Desu!)" they all shouted back.
. . .
RING! RING! RING!
"GAH! URUSAI!!!" I yelled as I slammed my hand over my clock to shut off the alarm.
"Come on, get up, Amu-chan!" I heard a small energetic thing say to me.
"Hurry Amu-chan, or you'll be late." says the smart-mouth one.
"Your first day of school is today~desu!" goes the girly little chara.
"As a ninth-grader, Amu-can." Dia finished.
I finally shot up from my bed. 'Oh great, school's today...and Tadase's supposed to go there too...' I thought painfully.
"Agh, just wait for me by the door. I'll get ready." I grunted as I heaved myself off of my comfy bed.
As I got ready and headed out the door to walk to Seiyo Middle to start my first day of school in the ninth grade, all I was thinking about was him. I was sulking the whole way there.
"Oh come on, Amu-chan, cheer up!" Ran said, trying to lift my spirits but it wasn't working. Especially when I knew Tadase would not be here today.
"Amu-chan...maybe Tadase-kun is waiting for you in the classroom!" Miki suggested.
I looked up at her with a frown. 'Could he?' I thought, a little more hopeful. Oh what the heck? What do I have to lose? Well yeah I have a lot to lose if I find that he's not there. It would mean, I'd lose the hope of ever seeing Tadase again. But I ran anyway. I ran all the way into the school hoping with all my might that I would see him there.
I stopped then looked up at the school's class list on a bulletin board on the wall, looking for my name and then I saw it. I saw his name right next to mine. My heart nearly leaped out of my chest. "Hotori Tadase," it said. 'So he is attending this school in ninth grade!' I thought happily, nearly shouting it aloud. I actually chara changed with Ran just to get to my classroom and as soon as I got inside the classroom, I stopped to look around.
There were so many students there since it was such a huge classroom, but I should be able to notice Tadase right away, if he was here because he's different from the rest. I was pretty sure I'd be able to tell what Tadase would look like even if he was three years older than I last saw him, but I saw no one that looked like him. No one. He wasn't here, he was no where to be seen in the classroom.
I continued to sulk like I did before and sat at a random desk towards the back. I felt like banging my head on my desk with all my strength for a hundred times. I felt so stupid. How could I expect him to all of a sudden appear at school after nearly three years of never seeing him and three months of absolutely no connection with him. I sighed heavily and didn't care if students were staring at me. I felt miserable. I felt like I was lied to. 'I've been waiting all this time for him, missing him more than I ever thought about Ikuto.' Now I felt like crying. 'But wait, how come his name was on that...?'
And my thoughts were interrupted from the teacher. "Alright, class, take your seats! Class is going to start now." I groaned inwardly. "And we also have a new student that is going to join us this year." The teacher said with a smirk-ish grin and gestured toward the classroom the door. "You may come in now and introduce yourself."
The new student walked in, and all the girls gasped at his charms and were fangirling. My eyes widened to the max, my heart felt like it froze up, and I could feel myself start to tear up as a certain familiar-looking blond-haired boy walked up to the front of the room.
Oh geez, I forgot to include the discaimer in the first chapter: I DO NOT OWN SHUGO CHARA. Yes, I know, who does a disclaimer at the end of a chappie? Well, I do. (in some cases) Have a nice day!