A/N Hello everyone! I'm back with a new chapter of "Pink". Well, I have to say that this time I haven't received as many reviews as before. And now I think, was the 3d chapter that bad that you don't want to review it and share your impressions with me? O.o''' How pitiful.

However, I'm still working on this fic and will definitely finish it.

So, now here are my replies to the reviews I had happiness to get.

Sechuri Sera: Thanks for your kind words! I like this story myself ^.^''''
Amu: but there is too much pink colour
Ikuto: and I hear it from Amu…*rolls his eyes*
Amu: you have a problem with that? *shows her fist*
Ikuto: not really. I like pink *takes her fisted hand and kisses it gently*
Amu: *blushes madly* weirdo!
Kit2000: *grins*

Nesszl: emmm, thanks for the review but I can't get it what you meant by telling that you wonder how I speak English outside since it's too polite to be true o.O''' what does it mean???

BowlingStar08: thanks, dear! I'm trying my best to update the chapters as soon as possible! Thanks for reading my story! ^.^

RoundAndRoundxKuruKurux966: Thank you very much for liking my story! I'm really very flattered! Keep on reading it, please! I will do my best to continue this story using the same style ^.~

WolfLoverLisa: Me: thanks for your review! I'm always very glad to get them!
Ikuto: stop bouncing; you're not a kid, Kit2000. Hehe, your nickname sounds just like KiD2000.
Kit2000: *smirks mockingly * and what if I force you to jump into that river?
Ikuto: *gulps* you won't do that. Cats don't like water.
Amu: *examining her nails* oh yes, she will. Nice swimming, neko-mimi. *puts her headphones on and listens to "Carmen"*
Ikuto: *glares at Amu* traitor!
Kit2000: maybe I will make you pay for teasing me in some other way. And Kit2000 is Kit2000. Remember it once and forever!
Ikuto: *lowering his head* hai…

OliviaLively: Really? Wow, I am glad that this story brings happiness to you! Enjoy! ^.~ and thank you for the review!

So now, let's get to the story!

Pink

Chapter 4

It was quite shocking for her to receive a phone-call from Utau two weeks later after their dinner at the restaurant. The pop-diva asked to accompany her to Paris as her personal assistant, because her former assistant got sick and couldn't come.

Amu was wavering. She wasn't sure if it was really alright if she would go. The offer was quite tempting, but she couldn't just go to Paris to help a famous pop-singer! She wasn't suited for that!

Fortunately, the girl's mother was passing by and heard the phone-conversation her daughter held.

"But Utau, I'm not good enough for this kind of work! And moreover, I don't have any savings to go to France!"

"Amu, dear, who is it?" Midori Hinamori asked, stopping by the opened door to her older daughter's room.

"Wait a minute, ok?" the pink-haired girl said in the phone and turned to face her parent. "It's Utau, Kuukai's wife. She asks me to be her personal assistant when she goes to France to give a concert, because her former assistant got sick and can't go".

The woman rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

"Do you want to go, Amu?" she asked then, showing a gentle smile to the younger girl.

The daughter got silent for a second and sighed heavily.

"I don't know. Maybe I want. I have never been to Europe before, but it costs a lot. I better tell her that I can't go".

Midori looked at her child through her glasses kindly. Amu looked very miserable and lost during the past several months, and her mother's heart was telling her that the reason of her daughter's depression was connected to Hotori-kun somehow.

"You may go, dear," the woman said finally, sending a beautiful smile to the girl. "Papa and me will take all the charges. You need to refresh a little. It's a good opportunity to see the world and meet new people, by the way. So, tell your friend that you're coming," and the older Hinamori winked at her daughter before disappearing behind the door.

Amu couldn't believe what happened. She was sure that her parents would forbid her to go anywhere abroad, but the result was right here. Still bewildered, she pressed her pink cell-phone to her ear and said unsurely:

"Utau, I will go with you."

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"She is coming," declared the blonde, putting her cell-phone back in her bag.

The young man who was sitting across her, breathed out in relief.

"Thank you," he said.

But amethyst eyes looked at him warningly.

"Ikuto, you know that respect Amu deeply and I don't want to see her heartbroken again. She had enough pain with Hotori. I agreed to help you because you are my brother, but if you hurt her, you will never find a place where you could hide from my wrath. Are you serious about her?"

Tsukiyomi's eyes looked downwards as if he was absorbed with his own deep thoughts.

"You know, Utau," he spoke slowly, trying to find the right words, "I'm interested in her, very much interested."

The beautiful young woman just rolled her eyes sarcastically.

"So why do you need her in France? If you are so interested in her, why don't you just try to know her better here in Japan? Or maybe…" she bent forward in her sit and her face showed a derisive expression. "Maybe you have fallen in love with her?"

The Souma lady thought that he would start arguing and snarling, call her insane for thinking that way about him, but she didn't hear any of those things coming. Her brother stayed still, only his expression became more serious and focused, as if he was trying to understand something very important that could help him to find a solution to some tangled mystery.

The singer was surprised to no limits. She had never seen her older brother like that before. Could it be that her mean joke had hit the bull's eye? So that meant that the pink-haired girl had brought a miracle to their family. The amethyst eyes softened as she prayed silently for her sibling's happiness from the bottom of her young heart.

The pop-diva stood up gracefully from the leather arm-chair she was sitting on and sat next to the midnight-blue-haired producer.

"I will help you, if she means so much to you, Ikuto," Utau said kindly, taking his hand in hers. "You can't imagine how glad I am that you have finally realized what it feels like when you have a crush on someone. I thought this day would never come."

"Don't dramatize, Utau. And it's not a crush," he answered sternly and turned his head to face his sister. "It's something more…umm…more…and…"

The blonde listened very attentively to what her onii-san was trying to utter, but she got very disappointed with the result of that little dilemma of his.

"I don't know how to describe it, but I assure you, that what I feel can't be called a simple crush."

"Ikuto, you're such a baby sometimes," moaned the beauty, falling backwards so her back hit the back of the sofa. "That's why, if you want to gain her friendship, you have to follow to what I say. I don't know what you could have done earlier, but every time Amu sees you, she falls into a stupor. I just can't understand what you could have done to impress a girl only to get a negative result!"

Ikuto was silent. He didn't know it himself why every time he saw the flamingo-girl, he couldn't but start teasing her. It was such a natural feeling. And when she would get mad with him, he would see her golden eyes full of life and passion.

During that dinner 2 weeks ago, she looked so broken and lost. Her orbs were dull and didn't reflect the same lively flame of life. He wondered then, what could have happened but something was telling him that the reason of her distress lay deep in her heart. Obviously, that blond guy had something to do with it. And now Ikuto was full of determination to bring that mischievous smile, that he saw at his sister's wedding, on her face back again. Even if it meant to follow Utau's orders that he hated to do, by the way.

"I agree," was all he answered.

"Good." The blonde singer stood up and walked to the door gracefully. "I will inform you about the details of your role in this story later. And before that, don't even dare to think of interfere on your own!" with those strict words she left the room, leaving her brother sitting all alone, absorbed with his deep thoughts.

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Amu looked at her already packed luggage and then at her pink cell-phone. A few minutes had passed before she pushed the #2 button and pressed the tube to her ear. After several long beeps, she heard a voice that she wanted to answer, but then she realized that it was just an answering machine.

"Hello! You are calling Hotori Tadase. Unfortunately, I can't answer you call now. Please leave your message after the beep and I will contact you as soon as possible."

After a long beep-sound the girl summoned all her courage, took a deep breath and spoke in the phone-tube.

"Hi, Tadase-kun, it's me. I'm leaving for France in 2 days. Let's go there together. It will be a good opportunity to improve our relations. I'll be waiting for your reply. Bye."

And the voice message was accepted. Hinamori sat on her bed and stared at her cell phone for a while.

"It will decide everything. If he doesn't come this time, then everything is over between us".

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"Come on, Amu, it's our turn now," said Kuukai friendly, helping her with the luggage.

"Umm, yeah. I'm right behind you, guys," she showed them a fake smile. If to be honest, her heart was bleeding right now. She was still waiting for Tadase's appearance but he never showed up. After receiving an SMS from him the same day she left her voice message, where he told her that he would love to go with her to France, Amu gained some faith and was in enlightened mood all the time. And now she couldn't persuade herself to believe that it was his final decision. Oh, how it hurt! It felt like her heart was breaking into millions of small pieces. He didn't come after all, he didn't even come to see her off, to wish her a nice trip, to tell her that he would miss her, to kiss her good-bye. Could it be for real? Did she mean this little to him?

It was so hard to hide the upcoming tears of regret and offence. How would she look at her friends with those red and puffy eyes? They would start asking her the reason of her mood and she wasn't ready to persuade herself to face the cruel reality just yet.

"Oi, Amu-chan! We're gonna miss our flight! Hurry up!" she heard Souma's voice from the crowd.

One last hopeful glance at the entrance and…

He didn't come…

The girl turned on her pink high heels and walked to the married couple that was waiting for her by the customs survey.

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Hotori took his luggage and headed to the exit of the Research Institute, when someone called out for him.

"Hotori-san, thanks Goodness you haven't left!"

A blond young man turned to look at the person. He smiled kindly when he recognized professor Hidaka.

"May I help you, Hidaka-san?"

"There will be a delegation of foreign scientists in 3 hours here. You have to deliver a lecture about your last research. They are very interested in this theme. So hurry up and prepare for their visit."

The man looked nervous as he waved his hands in the air frantically.

The young biologist bit his lower lip in frustration.

"But I have to leave today. My flight is in 2 hours. I can't stay…"

"What are you talking about?! Can't you understand that it's a great chance to show your talent to the world!" insisted the professor surprised that his best student was procrastinating. "Think of your career! It's not an everyday's event when lots of famous scientists are gathered together!"

Tadase felt like he was standing between two fires. On one hand, he wanted to go with Amu and spend a wonderful and memorable trip with her; on the other hand, the foreign delegation was really a chance one in a million to show himself to good advantage. But he had only one choice. So what should he choose?

"Amu will understand. I will call her and beg for her forgiveness later. After all, I'm doing it for her own sake, so that when we get married we could live a happy and wealthy life."

With those thoughts, the blond biologist looked up at the older man and nodded with a gentle smile.

"Of course I'll do it. Thank you for worrying about my person, Hidaka-san."

"Good luck, Hotori-san!"

They shook each other's hands and proceeded to their work.

"She will understand…" Tadase convinced himself before entering his laboratory and putting his white robe on.

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A/N so, that is. Finally, we saw Tadase here ^^''' Thanks for reading! I'm waiting for your feed backs, guys! Don't make me write the next chapter forever! I need a motivation! Push that green button and tell me your impressions!