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Ikuto's P.O.V.

"Dude…dude!" I heard Kukai's sharp voice yelling in my ear and I started, looking at Kukai in surprise. "God man, you've been spacing out all day. Something going on?"

I shake my head and push off from the hallway wall, beginning to walk to my next class. "No, I'm just thinking of what I should say in my next letter to Amu." Well it wasn't a complete lie. That had been what I had started out thinking of, then my thoughts became all jumbled and my mind ran into things I'd never realized it was capable of. I replayed my visit to Amu's house multiple times in my head, and I still couldn't figure out what that strange feeling I got was. And to make everything all the more difficult, my mind was being stubborn and I couldn't stop thinking about her. Her.

Is she doing alright in class? Maybe we should have gone over those problems she was having trouble with a couple more times. I hope she doesn't get confused by those tough practice tests.

Each class I had apart from the pinkette, this was all I was thinking of. I couldn't focus on the lessons and for the first time all year, I had failed to hand in my classwork by the end of class because I hadn't finished. For the classes I had with the pinkette, it was just as bad. I frequently found myself glancing over at her to see how she was doing, then for some reason I kept getting distracted by either the silkiness of her hair, her choice in clothing, the shuffling of her feet, or the way she bit the end of her pencil when she was trying to concentrate. My mind was on auto mode, and I struggled all day to set it back to manual.

"Ikuto! For crying out loud, listen!" I looked over at Kukai, pissed at myself for letting my thoughts wonder yet again.

"Sorry man, what did you say?" I asked, running a hand through my hair.

"I didn't say anything, it's this girl who's been talking to you." Kukai grinned and I whipped my head around, surprised to find the girl who was the source of my running mind all day standing directly in front of me.

I quickly tried to compose myself and put on my usual mask, smiling crookedly at her and leaning over slightly. "Well hello there, Amu."

I saw a slight tint of pink appear on her cheeks as she looked up at me. "I-I was just wondering if you were free this afternoon…"

"Hm, lemme check." I smirked and pulled out my phone, pretending to flip through a calendar of some sort for my 'schedule'. After a moment, I turned to look at her again and grinned. "It looks like I am! Completely free."

Amu giggled softly and I couldn't help noticing that certain odd feeling appear in my chest again. "Well would you be willing to help me out again tonight?" She asked, hope in her gaze which made me determined to succeed as her tutor.

"Of course, Amu." I smirked and the tint of pink returned to the girl's cheeks. She flashed a smile, muttered a thank you, and said something about seeing me in science class later. I watched her disappear through the crowds of people and Kukai caught me staring.

"Woah dude, I sense something…not too good…" He said, half grinning and half looking worried.

I turned my face to him, not knowing what he was talking about. "What?"

"Nevermind, just remember what you told me not to worry about." Kukai said then turned, yelling "See you in history!" before turning right into the other hallway.

I had no clue what he was talking about. Everything had been so confusing throughout the day that I couldn't even think straight anymore. Maybe after I get home from Amu's house I should get some rest.. Oh god now I have to think of something to write in another fake love letter to Amu. What can I use to spice it up this time…?

Amu's P.O.V.

I walked cautiously over to my shoe locker, practically knowing what I'd find inside. These last two days I'd received two love letters, obviously from the same person, on folded pieces of notebook paper. My heart fluttered when I read them both, but I was still completely clueless as to who was my secret admirer. I was no closer to finding out who it was as when I had received the first one.

I opened my locker, expecting the same as the last two days. To my surprise, I found a message written on a post-it note and stuck to the inside of my locker door and an origami rose taped next to it. My face flushed a dark pink as I read the post-it.

Dear Amu,

I hope you'll find this origami rose acceptable and blush almost as red as the crimson paper. I would have bought you a real rose if I'd had the time, but I had to make do with items I already possessed. Maybe next time, though.

Love, your secret admirer.

I felt the blood rush to my face as I read it and furrowed my eyebrows together. It sounded oddly like someone I knew could've written it, but who? Dismissing the thought, I reached for the beautifully crafted origami rose and pulled it off of the locker. I carefully peeled the tape off the back so the paper wouldn't rip and slid the card into my bag's special pocket that had been adapted into my secret admirer's letter pocket and kept the rose out to admire it.

"That's pretty amazing.." I suddenly heard the familiar deep voice creep up behind me and peer over my shoulder. I gasped in surprise and turned around to face Ikuto, blushing dark red. Once I realized he was talking about the origami, my face flushed even more. "I had no idea you were so talented in origami."

"Y-Yeah.. ahaha.. I-I've never really told anyone before…" I stuttered out, lying. I didn't want to say my secret admirer gave it to me, so I had to think of something else to tell him or he would get suspicious.

"Well aren't I special then? I'd love it if you made me one of those sometime. You know, as a thank you for being such a great tutor." He grinned down at me and I got the strange feeling that he knew I didn't make the rose. How did it seem to be that Ikuto knew everything? Even so, I went on with the lie, feeling myself practically sweat under the attention.

"Ahaha.. yeah p-possibly…" I smiled at him nervously and quickly shoved the rose into my special pocket, still being careful so not to rip it or crush it. "S-should we get going now?" I looked up at him, my cheeks a rosy-pink color now.

"Yeah. Did you bring an umbrella?" Ikuto asked and I whipped my neck to look out the window. It was pouring again. And I forgot my umbrella. Again. Even the one my secret admirer had so kindly given me yesterday. Great, now what was I going to do?

"I-I forgot… It was clear this morning…"

Ikuto chuckled and reached into his bag. "I suppose sharing wouldn't harm anyone." My cheeks lit up with warmth as Ikuto pulled out his own umbrella, alluding to sharing it with me.

We walked to my house silently, our shoulders gently rubbing against each other as we walked in order to be shielded from the rain by the small umbrella. Even with our closeness, one of my shoulders still got wet from the umbrella being too small to fit both of us. About halfway to my house, Ikuto seemed to notice this because my shoulder stopped getting rained on. I glanced over to check why and realized that Ikuto had slightly tilted the umbrella toward me, having it cover me completely and having half of his body be rained on. I blushed gently at his unexpected kindness in the situation and attempted to tilt the umbrella back over to him again without him noticing. This, however, failed.

Ikuto glanced over at me and smirked, noticing my attempt to tilt the umbrella over to him more. "You want to get rained on?" He asked, grinning.

"I don't really mind the rain.." I said, smiling softly.

"In that case…" Ikuto shot me a crooked smile and snatched the umbrella away from me, leaving me to get poured on. I gasped in surprise and looked over to a playfully-laughing Ikuto. Two can play at this game.

I laughed softly then snatched the umbrella back, having it be his turn to be poured on. I then started running forward, stealing the umbrella away and Ikuto chuckled as he caught up to me, grabbing the umbrella.

"I think I should hold this." He said, grinning.

"You started it!" I exclaimed, still laughing softly.

"Yes, but you continued it. To great extents." He smiled and I giggled. We were both completely soaked now.

"Fine, how about we both hold it then?" I suggested, smiling up at him.

"Hm, I don't know if I can trust you with this…"

We laughed under the umbrella, forming a bond between us neither of us had even realized. Friendship.

~Chapter End~

Wow the longest chapter yet! I hope you guys enjoyed this fluffy chappie, haha! ;D Please review and tell me what you thought of it! There's more cuteness to come! ^-^

~AmuletFortune98