Kukai the Matchmaker
Pairing: KukaixRima
Summary: Mashiro Rima is in love with Fujisaki Nagehiko. What happens when she decides to get some help from Souma Kukai, Nagehiko's matchmaking best friend? Will she end up with Nagehiko, like planned, or will she fall for someone else?
Warning: May contain HEAPS of cheesiness or may be overly cliche.
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara!
Chapter 2- Dancing
Kukai's POV
I whistled happily as I ran next to Nagehiko. We were currently in the middle of gym class.
"Why are you so happy?" He asked me supsciously.
I grinned. "Well, I found a way to get Hinamori!"
"Oh. The girl you've been crushing on for...like, 1 week?"
Geez. "It isn't the time that counts,"
"You sound like my great grandmother,"
I glared at him. "She must be very wise then, just like me."
"People called her the lunatic in our family,"
I gave a laugh. "Well, aren't you going to ask how?"
"Fine. How?"
With a thumbs up, I replied, "I got her best friend, Mashiro Rima, to matchmake us together!"
"Mashiro Rima? She's called the Ice Queen or something, right?"
I nodded.
Nagehiko thought, a weird look imprinted on his face. What was wrong with him? Usually I can read my best friend, but this time, I finally found some sort of mystery about him.
"What is wrong with you?"
He glared. "Don't say it like that."
"Am I supposed to show care?"
He rolled his eyes. "If you're a friend, probably."
"Honestly. Leaving the work up to me."
Nagehiko gave another roll of his eyes. "Good job for your VERY HARD work, Kukai,"
"Thanks!" I gave him a beam.
At that moment, Hinamori and Mashiro came out. I instantly blushed at the sight of Hinamori.
Nagehiko was somewhat staring at me, a bewildered look on his face.
"CLASS! LISTEN UP!"
We all turned towards our teacher.
"We are going to do dance for 5 weeks in order to prepare for the School Prom!"
I groaned. I HATE dancing. Nagehiko's eyes were shining though. Well, he IS taught to dance whilst he was little after all.
"You can choose your partners now!"
Now a stream of girls ran towards Nagehiko and I. I noticed that a stream of boys went towards Mashiro and Hinamori.
"DANCE WITH US, NAGEHIKO-SAMA!" "KUKAI-SAMA, I WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU!"
I love how they put "sama" at the end of our names.
Rima's POV
Meanwhile, Amu and I were trying to shoo away the boys. Obviously, Amu didn't want to hang out with them anymore than I did.
Suddenly, I had a brilliant idea. "Amu, come with me,"
Before she could say OK, I grabbed her hand anyway and called out, "MAKE WAY,"
All the boys instantly made way for us.
I walked with Amu to Kukai and Nagehiko, who stared at us.
Unfortunately, the girls won't budge, so I tried sending a look to Kukai that I wanted to talk to him, and he somehow got it. He whispered to Nagehiko a bit.
"Now girls, please move aside," Nagehiko stated with sparkly smile that made me want to go "I LOVE YOU!" along with the other girls.
All the girls instantly moved aside.
I dragged Amu towards the two guys. "Let's be partners,"
Kukai stared at me, and I stared back. Finally, he figured out the plan and grinned. "That sounds great! Hey, Hinamori, want to be my partner?"
Hinamori just smiled and nodded, but mostly because I pinched her. Kukai and Hinamori walked off together.
"I guess that leaves us,"
The only thing I could do was nod dumbly.
"Do you want to start?"
I nodded.
All the girls and boys groaned in unison, before going off to find someone else.
"I-I'm not too good at dancing though..." I murmured, and Nagehiko actually heard.
He gave me a gentle smile. "That's okay!"
Nagehiko, in one swift motion, grabbed my hand and suddenly, we began to dance.
It was weird. I wasn't even THINKING. It seemed like Nagehiko made all those who he danced with naturally talented as well.
I blushed as I stared into this innocent brown eyes. "Y-You're...good."
IS THAT ALL I CAN SAY? I mean, it was basically what Amu was saying, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't like Kukai yet!
"Ahaha! Sorry! I really suck, don't I?" I heard Kukai say.
Amu probably shook her head furiously. "No! You're really good! I'm the one messing it up!"
"Nah, that's not true!"
The pinkette gave a laugh. "It is! I've hardly ever danced before!"
Then they went rambling on. If only Nagehiko and I could have a conversation like that.
"You're doing great too," replied Nagehiko, smiling his killer smile once again.
I gave another blush. "O-Only because of y-you.."
"That's not true. You have your own radiance,"
I shut up, mostly because I was sure I would stutter like mad.
We continued to dance until I heard a shriek. AMU! I instantly stopped, and spun around to where my best friend was.
She was on the ground, flat on her face. That must hurt. I immediately gave an accusing glare to Kukai, who just waved his hands "SORRY!" frantically.
I freaking trusted him with MY Amu.
"What on earth happened?" asked the teacher.
Kukai rubbed his head. "I-I forgot to catch her whilst she was spinning,"
"Well, we should make sure she's okay. I don't trust you with her anymore...Fujisaki! Please accompany Hinamori to the nurse's office,"
Fujisaki nodded. "Yes, Ms."
He turned towards me and gave me a wave before running off. "See you, Mashiro-san,"
I gave another blush, but that all ended when Amu and Nagehiko exited the gym.
"Mashiro, do you mind being Souma's partner?"
I glared. "He's going to injure me too!"
"I'm sure he learnt from his mistake,"
Annoyed, I stomped over to Kukai and glared at him, muttering a "You ruined my time with Nagehiko..."
"S-Sorry, Mashiro! I suck at dancing, you know..."
I glared at him. "I've noticed,"
We stood there for five seconds, when Kukai suddenly grabbed me and started to dance.
"What on earth?"
Kukai gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry! It's just that...we don't want to be standing around forever, do we?"
"Well, you'll have to pay for that...incident,"
The matchmaker sighed. "Fine,"
We danced some more, and realised his dancing really did suck. I'm not an expert, but compared to Nagehiko's...awful. His timing was so wrong, and he couldn't keep in beat!
He stomped on my foot for the 8th time.
"Kukai,"
He looked at me. "Sorry,"
"You suck."
The boy gave a glare. "Hey! I know I suck already!"
"I don't know what Amu was thinking when she was dancing with you,"
Kukai sighed. "I know..."
"You fail with her. At least learn how to dance."
He put on a gloomy face, but I didn't care. "It's going to take me serious work to get you two together,"
Kukai nodded. "You don't take pity on anyone, do you?"
"I'm not that weak,"
He glared at me. "I'm not weak!"
"Sure."
Why the hell was it more easier talking to Kukai than any other boys I've known?
"But you know..."
I stared at him. "What, you retarded douche-bag who can't dance?"
"Geez. But I'm not sure if I truly love Hinamori or not..."
With one swift motion,I kicked him in the shin.
"OW!"
Everyone turned towards us, and I said in a deadpan, "Sorry, I accidentally stepped on your foot. I didn't realise I was that strong,"
"Geez..." Everyone resumed to what they were doing.
I gave a sadistic smile to him. "Continue what you were saying. If I don't like it, I'll thrust my hand into your mouth and pull out your tongue as a reward."
"U-Uhm...Well...I don't want to anymore!"
I rolled my eyes. "Just kidding. Hurry up and tell me,"
"Okay! Well, I only liked Hinamori for a week...and its kind of like one of those out of nowhere crushes..."
A tick mark appeared on my forehead. He only liked Hinamori FOR A WEEK? "You know what..."
"What?"
I swung my leg up and hit his private part. "Say an Ow, and I'll do it again,"
"O-I mean...Haha..."
Then I got back into dance position. "Your reward."
"Y-You said you were just joking..."
I rolled my eyes. "I said I was just joking about THAT reward. Why would I want to get my hands all disgusting with your saliva?"
"R-Right..." He said, and then murmured, "So freaking violent..."
I heard up my hand, which was curled up into a fist. "What was that? I didn't hear you properly,"
"I said that you were a v-"
I interrupted him. "Oh my, this hand looks ready to punch someone in the face today,"
"I-I said that you were a violet! Pretty, ehehe?"
I smirked, satisfied. "I'm not sure I want to be compared to a mere flower, but okay,"
Kukai gave a nervous laugh.
Nagehiko's POV
I stared at them. Rima and Kukai.
Amu and I had just gotten back from the nurses' office. She was fine, so we decided to come back.
That's when we both saw Rima and Kukai dancing, talking together. They both looked...really happy.
"Don't they look happy?" Amu said, smiling a tad.
I glanced at her and nodded. "Yeah..."
"I've never seen Rima so comfortable with any other boy!"
Another nod. "Yeah..."
"Well, it looks like we're partners then, right?"
Why can't I stop nodding? "Yeah..."
"Aren't you going in then?"
I finally made my last nod. "Alright then."
We both walked in, and got into our positions.
During the whole lesson, my eyes never strayed from Rima and Kukai.
