Long ago as the Road of Stars was laid out, there was a period time where the Guardians watched over their fellow students. It was not an easy task, since the hearts of students were easily swayed as they grew older, but this challenge was overcome by the efforts of the chosen four.

They held special being near them that helped them defeat that disadvantage. From there, they help nourished and raised the hearts of the students. Almost like a teacher overseeing her small students in a nursery.

The Guardians helped guide these lost beings down the so-called "Road of Stars," helping each lost sheep as they ward off the path. And if these sheep ever became lost, it was the Guardian's duty to help them turn toward the road like a shepherd overlooking his sheep and watching out for wolves.

You have been chosen for that task. From now on and to the time you will graduate, you will be a Guardian. But since there is work to be done to shape you into role model, I will assign you your temporary position until further notice.

The Guardians consist of four positions: King, Queen, Jack, Ace. Each one was shaped to their full potential, but only one rose above them all, the trump card, Joker. Each one of you have fulfilled one of the requirements for each position respectively, but none in the Joker position. That seat with gather dust only to be swept off until the Joker is found by the Guardians themselves.

The position that will be handed down to you will be…

Rich violet eyes read the extravagant colored card carefully once again. This card was given to her almost exactly three months ago and the position that she was assigned to was not a favorable one. She threw head back in frustration as she shoved the card to the side. Her caramel orange locks of hair flowed down to her mid-back, as she picked up a brush to comb through its small tangles. "King, eh…?"

Yes, Souma Konoe had been chosen to be the King's Chair, the leader of the Guardians. No one knew why she was chosen since her personality was not the best and the girl tended to get into fights with girls, though rarely with guys. The fact that she got into fights a lot, made several teachers side with the other girl even though they were the one to start it. This resulted in Konoe becoming disrespectful.

"Konoe? Are you still frustrated about being one of the Guardians?" A soft voice was heard from the King's bed as Konoe turned around to reply.

"No, not really. Well, not any more. Maybe a little." Konoe smiled softly to her friend, her very small friend. Konoe got up and walked over to her bed and laid down next to her shugo chara, Mero.

Mero had rich violet eyes that were identical to Konoe's, a trait that she was proud that her shugo chara had. In fact, Mero was almost like a mini version of her mother. They had the same rich yellow hair that strayed down to their lower body. It was just that Mero was dressed in flowery clothing that made Konoe questioned herself several herself before if she ever wanted to become a flower. But that did not matter anymore and maybe it did. Konoe thought it was cute of Mero having a bag by her side, holding a small white bunny doll.

Yep, before Konoe became a Guardian, she had this little one following her around, a few weeks before. Yep, she knew what the special being meant in the card. Because the Guardians had a shugo chara, they did not waver from the "Road" so easily, that was the reason why they were chosen to look over the others. Maybe being a Guardian would not be a bad thing after all…

"Konoe?" Mero floated over Konoe's face, placing herself on top of Konoe's forehead. Noticing that Konoe was lost in her thoughts, Mero thought of plan to tease to her to get her attention. "Ah, Konoe's forehead is so big, that I can sit on top of it. Yep, very big. Maybe big enough for me to sleep on at night. And then, I will be able to see her hair as a blanket and…"

Konoe's eyes twitched as her shugo chara made sarcastic remarks, but quickly thought of a quick idea. As Mero stopped talking, Konoe quickly got up, pinning her shugo chara down on her bed, tickling her as punishment. "Who has a big forehead, huh, Mero? Are you sure you don't have one too?"

Mero kept on laughing as Konoe kept on tickling her. As Konoe stopped, Mero caught her breath as she started to speak once again. "See, that's the smile I wanted to see on Konoe's face." She giggled as Konoe cheeks turned slightly pink. "So what do you think about taking up the position?"

"I'll take a shot at it. And we'll see from there." Konoe blushed again as Mero giggled at her once again. It must have been that her shugo chara knew that once Konoe picked something up, she would get it done to the end.

Unknown to Konoe, her mother had been listening out her door, worried that her daughter might have been feeling frustrated with her new position at school. Fortunately, Konoe was not. "I guess I can report to Nii-san about Konoe." She slowly tip-toed down the stairs carefully, step by step, as she made her way to the living room.

Her husband turned around, revealing bright emerald green eyes. "So it's a yes?" His eyes showed eagerness as he took his wife's hand and led her to the couch.

The brightly blonde haired women nodded, as her rich violet eyes showed happiness. "Yes. We're in." She sat next to her husband as she left her head stay on her husband's broad shoulders. And to think she thought that he was no good when they were younger.

"That's nice to hear." He placed a hand on his wife's leg, as his ruffled caramel brown head placed itself on top of his wife's head. "I guess Ikuto can now sleep a bit better."

"Yeah…" Utau snuggled a bit closer to Kukai as her doubts began to rise. "I just hope she could take it… It has been three months, and the first to say yes was the Jack. Then, we had the Queen and now, we have the King. All we need left is the Ace…"

Kukai took Utau's head off his shoulder and turned her face to look at him, holding both of her hands in his, only to see dimmed violet eyes. "Are you still worried about that? Look, we are talking about the Kiddy King that wanted to take over the world before. I can probably guess that he can get his own kid to agree with him." Kukai let out a soft chuckle as he patted his wife's head, getting up to prepare dinner.

Utau blushed as she looked down at the couch. Yeah, things will turn out okay. Remembering what had happened before in her past, she could now repay that kindness to that person. Yes, finally she can do something for the sake for those two.

"Oh, and Utau? I think Konoe got her supposedly big forehead from her mother." Surprisngly, after their shugo chara had returned to their hearts, they still had the ability to hear them, but rarely see them.

Utau turned around in a fit of embarrassment only her eyes to meet his chin as he placed a kiss on top of her head. Her cheeks quickly flushed as she realized what her husband did.

"And I'm grateful for it, since I get to kiss one of two important women in my life." He gave her big smile, as he soon spun around by his wife, pushing him out of the living room as she hid her flushed face. He could not help but chuckle as his wife's embarrassment at his actions. Maybe it was because he was younger than her by only a small amount of years.

"Mou… How can he still do that?..." But Utau lifted a hand and touched the spot her husband had kissed her. Yeah, she was still getting butterflies from Kukai and she still loved that feeling.

Upstairs, Konoe had come down for dinner, only to be found hidden between the banisters, as her cheeks were flushed like her mother's. "How can they still do that?!" Konoe whispered to Mero, who was busy stuffing her face into her stuffed bunny, squealing.

"I know, but it was so sweet of him teasing her like that! I mean, look at them! Even couples are too embarrassed to do that sort of thing to each other. It shows how much your father likes your mother." Mero started to squeal as the scene replayed in her mind.

Konoe nodded as she made her way downstairs. She couldn't help but repeat that scene once again in her head. It was a bit too warm for her self being. In a way, her parents' love was like honey. It was just too sweet for her.

Update: 09 January 2010

Ah! Kukai and Utau fluff! It was too cute in my mind. But I guess it turned out alright on the computer screen. But still I still squeal just thinking about it. Yeah, I'm a Kukai/Utau supporter. They're just awesome for each other. Yeah, I noticed that the characters might be OOC, but bare with us as we're trying not to make them too OOC.

Now, that I noticed. Our readers have found out who is our King's Chair. I like how we made up her shugo chara. Yeah, Konoe is a secret fangirl for her mother, but she doesn't even know it herself. How cute! And I would like to thanks our reviewer(s)! So happy that we got reviews. Please review and/or comment. Thank you. =]

P.S. When we were writing about Ikuto and his daughter in the previous chapter, we were listening to "How Do I Hold Back the Tears?" by Lee Jung Hyun from the "Iris" OST. It's such a sad song...