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It's been a while since I updated this story, but now I'm back again. I hope you enjoy it, and please let me know what you Think!

/StarbrightAngel

Chapter 4 -

As Amu made her way to school the next day, she felt a bit nervous. She had never expected all the things that happened the previous day. She had given up hope of ever seeing Ikuto again a long time ago, and she would never had expected to have him turn up as a teacher at her school. It was just too weird to be true.

Amu snapped out of her thoughts once she reached the school gates. What did she have to be nervous over? Ikuto probably didn't remember her anyway. What's more, she didn't care about that guy anymore. It was in the past, and besides, he was a teacher now so whatever feelings she had for him before had to be gone. With that decided she stepped into the school and prepared for another boring day.

Amu thought the enthusiasm from the day before about the new hot teacher would have died down by know, but apparently she was wrong. The girls were still talking about him all over the school, and by the end of the day Amu was tired of hearing all the rumors about him. Sometimes when she heard rumors she knew were not true, like him being a rich foreigner, she wanted to scream to them they were wrong, but of course she didn't do that. After all, how would that look? If people knew she had actually known him in the past, she would probably never hear the end of it.

The English class finally ended and Amu let out a sigh of relief when she realized there was only one class left. But it was the one she had dreaded the most – Music class. As the other girls let out excited squeals and started to run over to the music room, Amu sighed and got up from her seat. She might as well get this over with. Hopefully, nothing too bad would happen.

As class 1B began dropping into the music room, Amu noticed there were more people than usual there. Many people were not interested in music at all and used to skip this class, but that was not the case today. It looked like no one wanted to miss the class with the new teacher. And there he was, walking in to the room like he owned it. He didn't react to the girls sighs or the guys glares, he just stood there, completely confident. Amu couldn't help but look up at him, even though she had promised herself not to. He hadn't changed much in all those years he was away. He still had that silky blue hair that hung down in his eyes. He was still tall with broad shoulders; he might even have grown a bit since she saw him last. He was still the most handsome guy she had ever seen… Wait, she did NOT just think that.

"Hello class 1B, I am your new Music teacher. Please call me Tsukiyomi-sensei." He let his eyes wander over the students, and for a second his gaze seemed to linger at Amu. She stiffened, but before she could think any more about it, he had already moved his gaze away. Had he been looking at her or was it just her imagination?

"I am happy to be able to guide you through your music teaching. But before we start, if someone has any questions, feel free to ask."

Amy groaned at that statement. Didn't he know he just stepped on a land mine? This was going to be a very long lesson. The first question was obvious.

"How old are you sensei?" It was a blonde girl asking, one of the popular ones. Ikuto didn't seem bothered by the question, but he managed to avoid it.

"It's a secret", he said, and with the smile he gave them afterwards, all the girls forgave him. The next half hour continued in the same way, with the girls asking questions and Ikuto either answering them or avoiding them with help of his smile. Amu only listened halfheartedly, since she already knew the answers to most of the question. But then someone asked a question that sparkled her interest.

"We heard you were overseas for four years, what did you do over there?" At this question, Ikutos confident mask seemed to slip of for a second, but he quickly put it back again. Amu was probably the only one who had noticed.

"I just went there to develop my knowledge in music, and I've been playing with a professional orchestra. It was a nice experience."

Amu frowned a little at his words. Wasn't the main reason he went there to look for his father? Had something happened? Well, it wasn't her business anyway, since they had nothing to do with each other anymore. Except for being teacher and student of course.

"Well, that's was the last question, let's get on with class. The plan is to have a concert at the end of this term, and you will all take part in it." As some of the guys began to protest, he gave them a quick glare. "This is a kind of test, meaning those who don't take part in this concert will get a zero. Remember, everyone can do something. Think hard about what you want to do, and write it down on this paper", he said as he started to hand out blank papers to everyone.

Amu was unsure about what she should write. She couldn't play any instrument; actually she was really bad at it. She shrugged and just wrote down 'singing'. She liked to sing, just don't in front of other people. But if it was in a chorus it would probably be okay.

In a few minutes Ikuto had collected all the papers.

"Alright, I want everyone who chose singing to stay behind. Everyone else can leave; we can talk more next time."

As half of the class got up and left, Amu sent an angry glare towards Ikuto. She wanted to go home too, not stay here with that strange teacher. He seemed to be catching her glaring at her. Did he just smirk at her? No, a teacher wouldn't do that, right?

"Okay, so all of you left here want so sing right? I hope you understand that even if we are doing a chorus, I need to hear each of you sing individually, so I know where I should place you."

Everyone in the room nodded. Well, everyone except for Amu. Was he serious? Did he want her to sing in front of all these people? There was no way she was going to do that! While Amu was having her inner dilemma, Ikuto explained which song he wanted them to sing and everyone sung, one by one. After a while, Amu was the only one left to sing. She could feel all the stares directed at her.

"Feel free to start, Hinamori-san", Ikuto said in a voice that sounded almost teasingly. Was he mocking her? He knew that she hated to sing in front of other people, didn't he?

"No way", Amu replied meeting his hard gaze. She could hear gasps around the room, as if they were surprised she dared to speak back to him.

"Is that so? Well then, as a punishment you have to stay after school to sing, you have to sing in front of me at least. Everyone else may leave now."

All the other students got up and started to leave, the girls looking at her jealousy, wishing they had refused to sing too. Who didn't want to be all alone in a room with hot Tsukiyomi-sensei? Well, Amu didn't! She started to panic as all the others left the room. She was going to be all alone with Ikuto. This was bad, really bad!