Fyen: For some reason, I feel like this is a filler chappie. What do you guys think?
Rima: Why are you all of a sudden introducing a chappie like this?
Fyen: Because it's more fun! And that wasn't what I meant by 'What do you think?'!
Nagi: I think this is a Nagi-bashing chapter.
Fyen: WHAT?! Why do you say that? I didn't bash you!
Nagi: Yes you did!
Fyen: Nu uh!
Rima: Guys don't give out clues for the chappie!
Fyen & Nagi: *keeps arguing*
Rima: *sigh* Just read the chapter okay?
Amu's POV
The next day, I got dressed in my school uniform and headed out to school as quickly as possible. I felt so optimistic like a flower blooming, ready to receive all the sunlight it had expected to have to become even more beautiful and healthy. Mostly because there was a chance that my prince could remember me.
As I neared the school gates, I quickly glimpsed around for Tadase. 'What are you thinking? If he doesn't even remember you, he definitely won't remember that you and him used to walk together to class!' I realized silently to myself.
"What's wrong, Amu-chan?" My first-born chara asked.
"Mm… It's nothing," I assured her and all the rest of my charas that were now staring at me and I continued to head to my class.
When I reached the door of my classroom, I paused for a moment before hearing loud chattering voices from inside.
"Ah, Tadase-kun! I knew you would come back! After all these years, do you know how much I've missed you?" I recognized that voice. That's Saaya. Then came many other comments from other girls.
"Where have you been? You left without telling any of us!"
"Kya! You've become so much more handsome than before though!"
"Did you know I was planning on confessing to you on the day you left? I was so heartbroken!"
"Psh! He wouldn't accept your confession anyways, he was dating Hinamori Amu."
And there were so many other questions and comments directed to Tadase that came afterwards but since I knew Tadase-kun was inside, I slowly entered the classroom to see a crowd of girls surrounding Tadase's desk. My blood warmed up a bit at the sight but I struggled to make my way to my desk anyways since it was right next to Tadase's.
I finally noticed that Tadase never made a reply back to any of the fangirl's comments and questions. 'Weird….' I managed to get a small glance at him between some girls and caught Tadase keeping a straight face as if ignoring everyone that was talking to him.
Finally, the teacher announced for class to start and that everyone get in their seats for the lesson he was going to talk about. The girls cleared away from Tadase's desk, but Saaya stayed for a moment glaring at me with flashing eyes before returning to her own desk.
'Whoa. That's the meanest glare yet that I've seen from her,' I noted to myself as I turned my attention back to Tadase absentmindedly. His eyes then wandered over to mine. My cheeks went hot and I quickly looked away to see Rima smirking at me from across the room instead.
I could feel Tadase's questioning stare burn into my back as I slowly turned to face the teacher instead.
"And to think that she held Tadase-kun's hand without hesitating just yesterday," I heard Ran gossiping with the other three silently beside me in the air.
"Today, she all of a sudden can't hold Tadase-kun's gaze without blushing," Miki added, pretending to whisper by cupping her mouth with one hand.
I just turned to them and silently glared at them. I then heard Nagi chuckle slightly two seats behind me. 'Nagi's in my class too?! How come I didn't notice that yesterday? As if having my charas and Rima to tease me wasn't enough!' I silently thought to myself, probably still blushing all the while. 'Wait a second… does Rima and Nagi already know why Tadase was acting like he did yesterday?' I wondered as I, once again, laid eyes on Tadase, but he didn't notice. He never seems to notice, really.
When the hour before break time was finally over, I was just about to head out the door after Tadase when some grabbed my shoulder. I turned around.
"Rima? " I said a bit surprised as I also noticed Nagi was with her.
"Amu-chan, is Tadase-kun alright now? He seems to be okay with you being near him now…." Rima noted to me.
'So they didn't know yet…,' I realized. "Mm. He actually really did forget all of us…," I started to explain as Rima's and Nagi's faces began to look anxious. "It was because he had amnesia though," I said, looking down.
"What? Why?" Nagihiko asked, now alarmed.
"He was in a car crash." I simply said, not wanting to put in the detail that his parents still haven't wakened up yet.
"I knew it," Rima said quietly, her eyebrows furrowing. "I overheard the teacher talking about some kind of accident with him this morning."
I took a deep breath then said, more hopeful than I was before, "Well, let's hurry and catch up There's a chance that he can start all over again… and remember everything again. I promised to help him."
"We'll help too," they both replied at the same time. I gave them a small smile as they returned the smile back to me gladly.
Tadase's POV
As I walked outside with all the rest of the students for break I took a glimpse behind me for that Amu girl. 'Where is she? Wouldn't she come out after me—Wait, why am I thinking this? No, it's because I need her to help me remember things…,' I argued foolishly with myself.
"Tadase-kun!" I suddenly heard that girl yell my name. I turned around to see that she had two other friends with her and another three were already approaching me from another side of the school grounds. I stood there, waiting for all of them to reach me.
'I couldn't have had this many friends before, have I?' I wondered as they finally reached me. I stared at the others that I've recognized from the day before when I told them I didn't know any of them.
"Um…, all of us here… were your friends before you lost your memory," Amu slowly told me, a little bit awkwardly while gesturing to the others there. I felt awkward too.
But I could tell she proceeded to try her best to inform me of my past as she continued to introduce them individually.
"This is Nagihiko," she said looking at a blue-ish, purple-ish-long-haired boy.
"Fujisaki Nagihiko. Pleased to meet you… again," he chuckled at me. I forced myself to crack a smile. This was way too awkward and it continued to be that way as she introduced everyone else.
Finally when she reached the last person, which was a green-haired person with glasses who was as tall as me, she said, "And this is the Class Prez, Sanjo Kairi."
"We meet again, king," the Class Prez said. I was confused to how he addressed me though.
"King?" I said, expressing my confusion.
"Uh, you were the King's chair before in Seiyo Academy Elementary. You see, we had councils there that were called guardians and there were five chairs in all. You were the chosen as the leader and was placed in the kings chair. Hinamori was the Joker, Yuiki-san the Ace, Mashiro-san the Queen's chair—"
"And I was the former Jack before Class Prez, and crossdresser here!" the Souma guy finished, interrupting Kairi.
"Why'd he say crossdresser?" I said even more confused. I noticed the one they called 'Nagi' glaring at Kukai and having some kind of evil aura surrounding him.
Nagihiko faced me putting on a dangerous smile and said, "Oh, no reason. Don't… mind him. He just likes calling people… names."
'Must be because he looks like a girl,' I thought silently, chuckling from the inside.
So, I had to hang out with these people to remember everything, huh? This should be interesting…, very interesting. While we were together, at some point, most of them had to go do something or go use the restroom which left only me and Amu alone.
Again, the awkwardness started, except this time it was silent between us. I looked at the time on my watch. We didn't have much time until class started again and I wanted to find out more about myself. "Um…," I was about to call her 'Amu-chan' but I remembered what my grandmother said about being polite with calling their last name instead so that's how I started out instead. "Hinamori-san?"
Amu's POV
I looked up at Tadase straight in the eyes the moment he said my name like that. It's been such a long time since he's called me that.... In fact, that was since before he… confessed to me. I felt a sudden small throb in my chest. Well more like my heart.
I know it wasn't his fault that he got in a terrible car accident, injured his head severely and had amnesia, forgetting practically everything's that happened in his past life, but I can't help but feel some hurt inside of me that he even forgot he ever loved me…. The truth is… I want him to love me again more than ever… and when he does remember, I won't let him forget ever again.
"Just call me… Amu-chan," I simply told him. "It's what you used to call me."
He seemed to hesitant before saying, "Uh… okay, Amu-chan. I have something to ask you."
I felt so happy hearing him say "Amu-chan" again. It's like I'm reliving the moments I had with him before when he confessed to me. I snapped back into reality before he could ask what was wrong with me, "Um yeah, go ahead."
He looked away to the sky staring off into the distance above before asking, "What was I like… before I forgot everything?"
I stood there in silence for a moment, pondering, before I looked off into the distance like him, just like seeing off into a long, unforgettable, distant memory. "You were a brilliant person, and you'd still be one even if you didn't remember what you were. You were a brave, honest, considerate, kind, leading person," I said, taking each and every word straight from my heart without thinking about what Tadase thought.
I suddenly realized what I had just said when I turned to smile at Tadase but then saw him staring at me with wide eyes and a sort of shocked look.
I blushed furiously and glared at Ran expectedly. "Ran!" I hissed but she just smirked.
"You never chara changed, Amu-chan."
I stared at her wide-eyed. 'What?! I said all that… myself?'
Nagi: You still bashed me.
Fyen: That's it! I'm not letting you talk to the author anymore! This story's about Tadase and Amu anyways!
Rima: Please don't mind them, just review and I'll give Nagi away to you guys!
Nagi: WHAT?!
Fyen: *laughs her head off* Please do! XD
