Recap

"I wonder where they live." Rima quietly mused to herself.

"Me too..." Utau murmured.

We continued to stare after them, trying to find out where they lived or what direction they were headed to. The guys were only less than half a mile away from us before the car steadily started to slow down and it slowly turned a left... into the driveway of the mansion next to us.

"Oh, my, god." We all said.

The Beginning of Friendships

"WHAT?" Utau screeched.

The girls covered their ears and the guys winced.

"Well you girls aren't the only ones with a rich house." Kairi called out.

"But I have to live next to that pervert..." Amu's eyebrows twitched.

Ikuto merely smirked.

"Enough guys," Lulu glared at the group of arrogant boys. "Let's go inside."

The girls hurried inside and shut the door as the amused pairs of eyes followed them. Kukai whistled and started laughing.

"We're gonna have an interesting year alright."

-Time Skip-

The next morning, there were shouts and grumbling complaints of being woken up as the ten young adults hurried to get ready for school, grabbing their uniforms for their sport and making a speedy breakfast. There were clothes being thrown onto the floor, doors being slammed for privacy, hair dryers operating nonstop, and sinks running full of frothy toothpaste cream. The two mansions were hectic, making any wild animal look as tame as an old dog. Finally, after what seemed like an interminable amount of time, the groups were finally decent looking. Amu and her girls hurried out out the garage door and started up the Audi, steadily reversing out of the drive way. Just as Amu changed into drive, Ikuto and his crew opened their garage and unlocked the BMW M3 with the "beep beep" echoing to the quietness of the morning. The usual habit of singing to the radio was replaced with the silence of the running engine as the girls thoughtfully stared out the windows. The same went for the guys who seemed to have their usual LMFAO songs on a barely audible volume. It wasn't soon until they reached the calm parking lot of the high school and parked away from each other.

Amu locked her car and the girls headed into the building carrying their duffel bags. After going to the girls locker room and changing, the girls departed with a goodbye to their morning practice. Amu saw Ikuto talking to Nagihiko and Kukai and uncomfortably pulled her spandex shorts down, not wanting to attract any attention from them. But of course, that was impossible because of her head of bright pink hair. Ikuto looked up and caught her eye, which immediately made Amu duck her head and jog to the laid out mats already occupied by stretching girls who made the team.

Meanwhile, the whistles shrilly blew as Rima maneuvered a soccer ball down the field, dodging other oncoming girls, as Lulu ran panting towards the volleyball and spiked it down to the other side, and as Yaya dribbled down the court as she ran past her underestimating teammates. Utau was in full concentration as she did a freestyle to an upbeat song, sweat slowly making its way down her framed face.

The football team was outside on the field doing warm up drills and throwing balls to one another, everyone in full participation.

After the morning's first real practice, the exhausted teams hurried into the locker rooms and quickly showered, refreshing themselves and preparing for the day of school.

When the bell rang for second period, Amu reunited with her friends and they energetically chatted about the happenings of their morning.

"Hey girls, wait up!" Nagihiko shouted as the guys caught up with them.

"Good morning!" Yaya shouted happily, jumping onto the guys for a group hug.

"Yaya chill out boo, you're gonna choke them!" Utau laughed.

Tadase smiled. "So how was the first day of practice?"

"Tiring." Utau nodded.

"Rough." Said Lulu.

"Easy." Rima shrugged.

"Well none of you guys have cheerleading AND volleyball, so I beat you!" Amu exclaimed wearily.

"Ah, we have an over-achiever." Kukai tapped his chin and nodded his head seriously.

"Shut up." Amu glared.

Ikuto chuckled and patted her head. "You'll get used to it squirt."

The warning bell interrupted their conversation as everyone quickly said their goodbyes and headed to class.

When lunch time finally came, Ikuto's group met the girls outside underneath a tree and they all sat down to get to know each other. There was some bickering here and there and some times where someone had to hold Amu, Utau, and Rima back from clawing out Ikuto, Kukai, or Nagihiko's eyes because of something they said or implied. Eventually, the lunch period was over and classes had to resume. Throughout the day, everyone had occasional classes with one another here and there so there were chances to catch up. Slowly but surely, the day ended and school was out for the day.

Bang!

Amu groaned and leaned her forehead tiredly on her locker as she stared down at the fallen textbook on the floor underneath her locker.

"Really textbook? Really?"

Amu sighed and was about to bend down to pick it up when a swift hand snatched it up and held it up for her. She glanced up and rolled her eyes.

"Ikuto." She mildly said.

"What? No thanks for picking up your book? When instead I could've watched you bend down and had a great view of that sexy a-"

"Shut up. Now." Amu snapped as she snatched the weight away from his hand.

Ikuto sighed and shifted his weight onto one foot and leaned against the locker next to her.

"What, long day?"

She nodded. "I think I'm going to have to quit volleyball, I can't keep up with so much physical activity before school even starts.. I walk through the halls and feel like I just had sex for the first time..."

"Oh, so you had sex already? Oh darn, I wanted to be your first." Ikuto chuckled with slight sarcasm in his voice.

Luckily Amu was too exhausted to pound the crap out of him. She yanked her backpack and duffel bag out of her locker and began loading all of her materials into her bags to take home. Closing the locker slowly, she groaned and laid her head onto the cool metal door.

Ikuto thought for a moment. "C'mon let's go."

Amu's head shot up at the monotonous command. "What?"

"You heard me, let's go, I'm gonna take you somewhere." Ikuto nodded his head in the direction of the front doors.

"Yeah, so you can rape me?"

"Of course," He rolled his eyes slightly. "Hurry, it's something I do to calm me down and empty my mind when I get stressed."

"Ugh, fine.." Amu grumbled.

Ikuto grabbed her heavy backpack for her and started walking towards the exit. They both walked out to their waiting friends who were parked in the front waiting for them. Amu got into her backseat and Utau began to drive out onto the street as Kukai followed her with Ikuto in the front passenger seat. When they got home, everyone scrambled inside to retreat to their beds for a nap except for the two quarrelers from earlier.

"So.. What is this thing you want to show me?" Amu tapped her foot impatiently.

"Come out onto your balcony in an hour, and you'll see then."

Amu yawned and stretched. "Okay, I'm gonna go to sleep for a bit."

Rubbing her eyes, she dragged her feet into the house and up to her bedroom. It wasn't until exactly five minutes before an hour later that she woke up to the sound of a new text. Checking her phone, she saw that the screen showed the name of the blue-haired boy.

"That jerk must've stolen my phone to put his number in it... Desperate much?" Amu sighed as she got out of her bed.

Fixing her hair, she opened her balcony doors and breathed in the fresh air.

"It was about time you woke up."

"Yeah yeah..."

Ikuto stood from his balcony and waved her over. "Come here, just climb down that vine ladder you have and jog over."

"Just a sec." Amu hurried back into her room and emerged back out a second later with her backpack.

She hastily climbed down the patterned wood entangled with vines and quickly hurried over to Ikuto's balcony where he had a rope with knots every couple feet already on the ground so she could climb up. When Amu finally made it to the top, she dropped to the floor panting.

"Thanks.. for... making me do... all the work to get here." She glared.

Amu's POV

Ikuto smirked at me. "Anytime."

What a jerk.. I barely even met the guy but it seems like I know him already. Ugh. I hate his guts. HATE. IT. He plopped down onto his swinging porch chair and wiggled his eyebrows at me, patting the spot right next to him. I smiled a fake smile before quickly throwing my heavy bag at him, almost hitting him in the face if it weren't for his stupid reflexes. I huffed and sat down.

"The sunset if just about the start..." He murmured.

I looked up at the sky, which had darkened noticeably with the sun still blazing.

"So this was your way to relax?" I inquired.

He shrugged. "It just empties my mind, along with playing my violin. Don't hate me for tricking you yet, the sunset actually looks better than the word sounds. Just watch."

"I have homework..."

"I'll have Kairi do it and say that its mine and I'll give it to you tomorrow in athletics before school."

I cautiously glanced at him before returning my gaze to the sky. Suddenly a random breeze came, making me shiver and wrapping my arms around myself.

"Here."

Ikuto held out a dark blue wool blanket. I thankfully took it from him and wrapped myself in it. Not to be a stalker or anything but I secretly sniffed it, smelling the scent of his cologne. It surprisingly smelled pretty good.

"So what's up with talking to me so suddenly? I thought you would always be the inconsiderate perv." I eyed him conspicuously.

He chuckled. "I'm not always like that, it's just a natural habit. But I mean come on, I don't want you hating me all the time. You're my neighbor, at least we could be just that if you don't want to be friends."

"Uh huh."

"Unless you want us to be something more, then sorry there's a line." He added suggestively.

".. In your dreams!"

"Hn."

I peered over. "You're so bi-polar."

"I can be what I want to be can't I?" His brow raised.

"Yes, but you're so... UGH."

"Ugh?"

"Yeah! The first time you saw me you acted like an ignorant bastard, then you act like someone who doesn't seem to care about anything, and then you go off again to your egotistic personality."

"Whatever."

"That's what I mean!"

"Well that's enough for now, stop talking, the sunset is starting."

We sat in silence looking up at the sky and watched as the colors changed from a lightish blue to the beginnings of a burning fiery red horizon. Ikuto coughed here and there and I glanced at him every so often before I sighed and held out one side of his blanket.

"Here."

Without a word, he took the sheet and draped it around himself. Sometime along the end of the sunset, he seemed to sneak him arm around my shoulders without me noticing. It wasn't until I stretched my arms that I finally knew. I wiggled myself away from his clutches and stood up.

"T-Thanks, that really helped clear my mind." I lightly blushed.

"No problem." He yawned.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow, don't forget my homework!"

"Yeah yeah, strawberry." He waved me out as I scrambled down his rope and back up my own balcony.

Once I shut the door, my breath left my body. What was that tingly feeling I felt just earlier? No, there's no way that its the feeling that I like him. Hmm I must be starting my period then... Yeah! That's it, I just probably am coming to my time of month. There's absolutely NO way I like the guy. I mean I barely know him! I took a deep breath and began to strip my clothes on the way to my bathroom as I began to shower before I went back to bed. There was no way I am going to get into another troublesome relationship that will break my heart and make me a freak with emotional problems.

Ikuto's POV

I stood in the shower absorbing everything that happened earlier while cold wet beads of water pelted my back. Amu is too interesting.. I should get to know her more. I smirked to myself. She's different, I like it.

Shutting off the water, I grabbed a towel and dried myself off. If she's gonna want to play stubborn with me, I'll make sure I do the same.

-The night passes-

Thump!

"Dammit, who did that?" I mumbled as I burrowed into my deeper into my bed.

"That's the homework that you need me to do." Kairi stated as he left my room.

I groaned, looking at the clock. Guess its time for school... I regretfully climbed out of bed and rubbed my eyes, entering my bathroom and turning on the sink. After brushing my teeth, I patted my face dry and looked up at my reflection in the mirror.

"Oh hey there sexy." I smirked, flexing in the mirror

"Hmm.. My stomach is getting a little pudgy." I frowned, poking at my abs. "Time to work out."

I got dressed and collected all my stuff before going downstairs and eating a fast breakfast.

"Oi, Kukai, you're going to drive to school! I'm going to work out in the weight room before practice."

"Okay Your Highness! Whatever floats your boat!" He shouted in reply.

Utau's POV

I fluffed my hair up and winked at myself in the mirror. I am one hot girl. Call me conceited but its my looks that makes the boys come running to me at school! Haha okay I'm kidding, the girls and I are all equally pretty. I laughed to myself and picked up my bags and headed for the kitchen.

"Girls! Let's go!" I yelled.

"Here." Rima said in a monotonous voice as she sipped her latte.

"Okay, okay." Lulu huffed, her voice coming from her downstairs bedroom.

"P-p-p-poker face p-p-poker face." Yaya sang as she danced her way into the kitchen.

"Oh Yaya, you got some moves, boo!" I grinned, dancing along with her.

"Where's Amu?" Rima asked, looking up from her phone.

"She left early to take a morning jog around the track at school." Lulu answered as she carried her belongings into the kitchen.

"Alright let's go." I ushered the girls out the door and locked up.

Starting the car, I looked behind as I reversed out of the driveway, turning back, I shifted gears and started to accelerate before...

"UTAU, STOP!" Lulu screamed.

I snapped my head up to see that I was just inches from hitting a car. Glaring at the driver, I revved the engine.

"Kukai move your fat chunky car out of the way." I growled.

"Sorry girls, I think its the more gorgeous looking group of guys who should go first." He grinned.

"Oh! My bad, ladies first." I said in a sugar-sweet voice.

He scoffed and began to drive when I beat him to it and sped past.

"Sorry hun! Better luck next time!" I giggled.

Amu's POV

I removed my headphones and gulped down my water bottle as I walked into the weight room. Being a cheerleader and part-time volleyball girl requires a hot belly and plenty of stamina. I already jogged a couple of songs away on the track and now I was about to go lift some light weights and do a few crunches. The light in the weight room was off and I scrambled around for a switch, touching things around me while trying to find it. My foot suddenly hit a machine (I assumed) and I started to fall.

"Ahhh!" I screamed like hell.

I was expecting my face to come in contact with the cold hard floor but instead, I felt myself smack right into something warm and bony. The thing and I collided into the bare floor where there was thankfully no other equipment and I took a moment to recover from my shock. I shook my head and immediately noticed that something was groping my ass.

My eyes shot open wide and I hastily grab and felt the thing I was on top of.. Something long and soft like hair... Squishy like cheeks.. Pointy like a nose...

"Ow.. who is this?" A familiar voice grunted, breathing a minty breath dangerously close to my face.

"I-I-IKUTO?" I shrieked.

And suddenly, I felt my heart begin to beat faster.


A/N: HAPPY BIRTHDAY IKUTO -insert tons of hearts here-

I love you(: haha

Okay so today struck my mind that it was Ikuto's birthday and I was like.. AHHH! I need a birthday present/shout out for him! And I hurried to type this chapter so I'm sorry if it was so crappy... Also, I'm sorry I've been abandoning my job as a fanfiction writer.. I'm truly sorry, but my reviewers are not even at like 5 I think and I just lost hope my story wasn't good enough and soon I forgot about this website... But now I think I'm back on track and hopefully you guys can encourage me to write more?

Thanks, I love you guys, and my birthday is Saturday:D December 4th woot woot!