Claraowl: Greetings!
Amu: Why are you back? I thought this was a oneshot!
Claraowl: Well, people have requested a second chapter! Therefore, they shall get one!
Ikuto: *humming happily*
Amu: What's he so happy about?
Claraowl: *ignores* I own none of this!
Amu: Wait, what's he so happy about? Tell me! Hey - wait, what?
The next morning, Amu awakened slowly to the smell of sizzling pancakes. She rubbed her eyes as she got out of bed, dragging herself over to her dresser. After dressing, she noticed that her charas were still asleep. She heard a faint mumble coming from Miki's egg and put her ear up to it.
"Mm… Yoru, are you sure you want to share your fish? M'kay…."
Amu smiled sadly; Miki missed Yoru.
After awakening fully, she set off down the stairs to enjoy breakfast with her family.
"Onee-chan, I'm sticky!" Ami squealed as she hugged Amu's legs by way of morning greeting.
"Ew, Ami, get off of me," Amu laughed lightly, peeling her off and setting her in her chair.
Halfway through breakfast, Midori inquired, "So, what are your plans for the day, Amu-chan?"
"I was planning on meeting one of my friends in the park," Amu replied, cutting up her pancakes and coating them liberally with syrup.
"What time?"
"Um… actually, I don't know. I forgot to ask."
"Well, you should find out, because your father and I are taking you girls out for a movie tonight. You need to be back here by six."
"Alright," Amu agreed, then smiled. "What movie?"
"It's an older movie, a romantic comedy -"
Suddenly, she was interrupted by Tsumugu. "But don't get any ideas, my little sparrows! You can't fly away from the nest just yet!"
Midori laughed as Amu looked vaguely uncomfortable and Ami upturned the syrup bottle… all over her new dress.
After a (mostly) uneventful breakfast, while Tsumugu went to help Ami find a new dress to wear, Midori and Amu cleaned up.
"So," Midori asked after a few moments, "who are you meeting today?"
"I - I -" Amu stuttered, blushing, "I - er -"
"Ooh!" Midori exclaimed, "Are you meeting a boy?"
"I-Ikuto…" Amu's blush deepened to the shade of an overripe cherry tomato.
Midori grinned at her daughter. "Just don't do anything I wouldn't approve of, alright?"
"Yes, Mama," Amu promised. Just then, her phone went off. "Oh!"
"You'd better get that," Midori smiled. "I can finish up here. Have fun at the park!"
Amu answered her phone as she started out the door on the way to the park. "Hello?"
"Yo."
"Ikuto?" Amu asked, her cheeks heating.
"Aw, I'm not your baka neko anymore?" Ikuto pouted. "So, when are we meeting at the park, Amu-koi?"
"D-don't call me that!" Amu protested. She added, "How about in a few minutes?"
"Are you that anxious to see me, Amu-koi?"
"I can hear your smirk."
"You didn't deny it. See you then, Amu-koi."
"Don't call me -" Amu managed to half-shout before the line went dead. She made her way to the tree in the park, her blush alternately fading and deepening. She reached the tree and sat down, staring into its branches.
"Boo." Ikuto appeared, as usual, out of nothingness.
"Hello."
"Aw, you didn't jump," Ikuto pouted, sitting down next to her and pulling her into his lap.
"Kyaaa! Let go of me, baka neko!" Amu squirmed, blushing fiercely.
"But Amu-koi," Ikuto whined, "you promised to let me help you with that part of the choreography today."
"That doesn't mean I have to sit on your lap!" However, her body language was making her words null and void; she had ceased squirming and settled into a comfortable position.
Ikuto asked, "How exactly does one hear a smirk on the phone?"
"Shut up, Ikuto."
"Make me."
"Make me make you," Amu replied, hoping to create a word game and therefore distract him.
"Alright!" Ikuto said in a happy tone, pulling her in for a kiss.
~*Meanwhile, on a nearby bench*~
"Admit it, Rima, you liked dancing with me."
"Shut up and eat your parfait, Nagi," Rima said, turning away from him.
After a few moments of silence, she felt a slight tugging on her hair. "What are you doing, cross-dresser?" She demanded furiously.
"Relax, Rima," Nagi soothed, "I'm just getting some knots out. I finished my parfait a while ago."
"Oh…" Rima was silent once more. She then said, rather roughly, "Thanks."
"For what?"
"Getting the knots out, idiot. What did you think I was going to say?"
"Gee, I don't know," Nagi said, pretending to think. "Maybe for teaching you to dance and putting up with you stepping on my feet about fifty-four times?"
Rima quietly finished her parfait. When she'd finished, she turned around to ask Nagi something and wound up losing her balance.
"Why, hello, Rima!" Nagi exclaimed cheerily to the girl who had her head on his chest. "Fancy meeting you here!"
Rima quickly got off of him and gave him her signature glare, which caused him to beam.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing, Rima."
"Tell me!"
"Promise not to hit me, kick me, slap me, or harm me in some other fashion?"
Sighing, Rima promised.
"You're funny when you're angry at me."
Rima stuck her tongue out at him.
Nagi reciprocated by pulling at the sides of his mouth with his fingers.
Rima crossed her eyes.
Nagi stuck out his front teeth and rolled back his eyes.
This continued until they both began to laugh. Soon their laughter echoed throughout the park.
A little while later, after they calmed down, Rima glanced up at Nagi. "Hey, Nagi," she smiled.
"Yes?"
"You've got parfait on your face," Rima said, leaning up to remove it.
~*And at a ramen stand*~
"HA!" Utau exclaimed triumphantly, having just beaten Kukai in yet another ramen-eating competition.
Kukai groaned as he slumped over the countertop. "You win, Idol - huh?" His gaze had fallen upon that day's newspaper. "What?"
Utau glanced over, then froze. There, clear as day on the front page, was a picture of the two of them kissing.
"Well, this is going to be interesting."
"What do you mean by that, kid?"
"This is going to cause some sort of scandal, isn't it?"
"I'm not looking forward to explaining it to my manager…."
"Ah, well," Kukai said, throwing an arm over Utau's shoulders as the began walking, "life can't always be simple."
"Since when was life simple, kid?"
"I don't know about you, but I think life's simply great!"
Utau groaned. "Only a kid would tell such a corny joke."
"Three times, Miss Idol." Kukai grinned.
"Oops," she smirked, leaning in for her 'punishment.'
~*And, finally, at one of those ice cream stands*~
"..and so, Kairi-kun," Yaya said, wrapping up a rather long-winded story, "Yaya learned to never sit on a metal cow again!"
"Yaya," Kairi blinked, licking his waffle cone, "why were you at a cheese shop, anyway?"
"Because they had chocolate cheese! It was made out of cheese, but it tasted like chocolate!"
"Ah," Kairi nodded, biting into his cone. "Yaya," he asked suddenly, "which do you prefer - chocolate cheese or dancing?"
Yaya giggled slightly as she answered. "Yaya generally prefers chocolate, unless …"
"Unless what?" Kairi prompted, biting into his cone with more than the necessary amount of force.
"Unless Yaya is dancing with Kairi-kun!"
"Kairi," the samurai corrected, blushing, "just Kairi."
Yaya beamed at him and pointed to a couple sitting under a tree a short distance away. "Kairi, isn't that Amu-chi and Ikuto-kun? I think they're kissing!"
"Yes, I believe so… and isn't that Kukai-san and Utau-san over by the ramen shop?" "Yeah, and Rima-tan and Nagihiko-kun over on that bench! I think that love's in the air, Kairi!"
The samurai blushed as El swooped over the two of them, showering them with rose petals, before moving on to the other three couples.
~*Later, at the movies*~
"It's about a group of friends who all wind up with a friend," Midori explained as they stood in line for popcorn, "except for the main character, who winds up with the enemy."
"You know," Amu whispered to her charas, "this sounds oddly familiar…."
~*End*~
Claraowl: Welll, what'd you think?
Ikuto: *asleep with his head in Amu's lap* Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
Amu: *blushing madly*
Nagi: Admit it, Rima.
Rima: Never!
Utau: *on phone with manager* How was I supposed to know someone would take a picture?
Kukai: *on phone with brothers* Yes, that is me with Utau…. NO, she is not up for grabs….
Kairi: *observes*
Yaya: Review, please!