AMU'S POV

I woke up feeling exhausted after not sleeping very well. I looked at the clock; it was only 7:00. Getting out of bed, I got dressed and ready for school. I had some time so I didn't mean to rush. On my way to school I came across Kukai. He was headed to school as well. I ran up behind him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"BOO!" I shouted laughing. Kukai seemed to cringe in pain. I stepped back as he rubbed his shoulder.

"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you." I said. He turned and looked at me half smiling.

"Nah, you didn't hurt me. I hurt my shoulder in soccer practice." He said grinning.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't know." I replied.

"Haha! Don't sweat it! Anyway, since you're here wanna walk to school together?"

"Uh sure..."

"Alright!" He said grabbing my wrist. "DASH!" He began running to school. By the time we got there I was out of breath again. Kukai's 'Dash' was faster than I had run in a long time. He laughed at me again.

"Well, see you later then!" He said running off to class. I stood there awhile trying to catch my breath, after I finished I went to class.

AFTER SCHOOL STILL AMU'S POV

I was getting ready to walk home when I saw Kukai leaning against the school gate. He looked very spaced out.

"Hey!" I said walking up to him. I think I surprised him because he flinched when I spoke; I obviously knocked him out of deep thought.

"Oh, hey Hinamori." He said standing up straight, his voice sounding different than usual.

"Are you okay? You seem kind of out of it." I asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Wanna go hang out in town?" He asked, his voice sounded more normal when he asked that.

"Sure!" I replied. We walked to town talking about random things. I was so glad he didn't make me 'Dash' again. I still felt tired from that morning.

When we got to town it became very hot outside. It was good to have some nice weather. We passed by a fountain, It was so hot that I almost wanted to jump in the fountain, of course I didn't. That would make me look foolish. Just when I looked away from the fountain I felt a splash of water on my back. I squealed at the shock of cold and quickly turned around. Kukai was laughing he had splashed me. I was furious, so naturally I splashed him back. I didn't want to get the tip of my sleeve wet so I rolled it up and swung my hand through the fountain aiming at Kukai. But I missed, I had bad aim. He rolled up his sleeves and splashed me again. Now I was wet and he was completely dry. This made me determined to get him. I splashed over and over until finally hit. I laughed at him just as he had laughed at me and when he went to splash me for a third time, I ran. I ran to an open field far away from the fountain. He walked over laughing.

"I got you!" He said still laughing.

"Well I got you too." I said, proudly.

"I got you more." He said smirking. He was taunting me but I wasn't going to give in to it. I noticed now that his sleeves were rolled up that he had a large bruise that seemed to go upward on his arm towards his shoulder. Was that the soccer injury he was talking about? It was huge! I walked over to him wide eyed, looking at his arm. When I got closer to him I took his arm in my hand to look closer.

"Kukai! This is huge! How could you get that from soccer?" I asked amazed. He pulled his arm away from me and rolled down his sleeve.

"I just did." He replied gruffly. I looked at him worriedly. It was hard to believe because soccer isn't really a contact sport.

"Don't worry about it." He said looking away from me.

"O-okay, So... What do you want to do now?" I asked. He got his grin back on his face.

"Well we're too wet to go in any stores or anything." He seemed to be thinking about it.

"We could go to my place?" I offered. He smiled.

"Sounds good!" He said. "DASH!" He yelled grabbing my wrist and pretty much dragging me behind him to my house. When we got there I was even more out of breath. We went inside and took off our shoes.

"I'm going to get changed." I said running upstairs.

KUKAI'S POV

I looked around the down stairs of Hinamori's house. It didn't seem like anyone else was home. I made my way into the living room and sat down on the couch. I rolled up my sleeve to look at the bruise. I knew that she didn't believe me I had gotten it from soccer. I probably wouldn't believe me either. But I couldn't tell her how I really got it. I didn't want her to worry. She was the last person I wanted to worry. But I would probably be best to keep my sleeves rolled down from now on. These bruises and what not were the reason I hadn't seen Utau in awhile. Utau would try and pry into it even more, and I couldn't have her worrying either.

I heard Hinamori coming down the stairs and quickly rolled down my sleeve. She came down in a short skirt, it was...hot. I shook my head and closed my eyes tightly. What was I about to thinking? Hinamori was a good friend of mine but that was it.

"Do you want something to drink?" She asked.

"Sure!" I replied. I got up and walked into the kitchen where she was getting drinks. Her house was so clean and peaceful, nothing like mine at all. It smelled like air freshener and didn't have bottles all over the floor. I liked it.

I ended up hanging out at Hinamori's for most of the day. When her parents came home her father cried and was going on about her having a guy over. It was really strange. But it seemed to embarrass Hinamori. It was actually rather cute to see her face go completely red in embarrassment. I began to think about it; actually she was really cute most of the time. I shook my head again. What was I thinking? I looked at her, a strange feeling in my gut appeared but I didn't really know what it was.

Once it got dark her mother said it was probably best I go home before it's too late. 'Damn' I thought. I had been hoping that I could stay longer. I knew nobody was asleep at home at this time. I felt sick at the thought of going home. I guess her mother noticed this sick look on my face because she seemed to change her mind.

"Souma-san, would you rather stay the night? You could stay on the couch." Hinamori's mother asked. I felt so much better when I heard those words and gladly accepted.

That night as I lay on their couch, Hinamori upstairs, I was peaceful. I closed my eyes knowing this was going to be the best sleep I had in a long time.