Hi…I'm sleepy and it's the middle of the day. YAY SUMMER! XD …Can't think of much to say, so enjoy the chapter and please review :3

Shugo Chara! And its characters all belong to Peach-Pit. I'm too lazy to deal with them now anyway xD

Warning for: Kuukai hawtness, skating and…extra character over-load.

The Colours of Love: Chapter 7

Another Mysterious Chara-Change

The next morning, Kuukai awake with the sun, as he did every morning. He was somewhat shocked to see Arisa's bed empty, but smiled of relief when he saw her fast asleep on his desk. He got out of bed as quietly as he could and made his way over to her, while dragging a blanket with him.

As he stepped beside her, he draped the thin blanket over her shoulders, receiving a satisfied sigh from her. He smiled and began his morning routine, as the girl slumbered on.

Finally, after about an hour, Arisa's lids fluttered open and she looked around the room; no Kuukai in sight. She sat up in the chair, stretching her limbs, earning some very relieving cracks in return. Arisa then stood up to stretch her legs, more cracks. The young girl sighed, Hiro's right, she thought, maybe I will snap into pieces one day.

Dismissing the random thought, she looked down at her wrinkled uniform and scowled, "Crap, I forgot to change."

She unbuttoned the top two buttons of the dress shirt and stretched one last time before exiting the room onto the hallway, headed for the bathroom. As she passed by one of the windows, the golden rays of the sun blinded her for a moment, but once she adjusted her sight, she stared dreamily as a small flock of birds suddenly flew past the window in a panic, shocking her out of her trace. She sighed; I am such an air head.

She opened the door of the bathroom, still half asleep and was shocked when she came face to face with, yes again; shirtless Kuukai. His amber coloured hair was wet and drooping, due to the water. He had a dark green towel on his head, and brown cargo pants, sitting comfortably on his waist.

She instantly knew it was a mistake when she looked down, at her feet from embarrassment, because when she did, her face flushed when she caught sight of his well-endowed stomach muscles; also known as, his abs.

At first, the two of them were silent, heat quickly rising to their cheeks, then suddenly Arisa turned and ran down the stairs as fast as she could, leaving a clueless Kuukai behind.

When she stepped into the kitchen, she was greeted by the usual scenery, but this time, Kuukai's mom was on the phone with someone. Probably someone she knew, since she was laughing like a maniac. Just as Arisa sat down she shoved Rento off his chair and conquered his breakfast as her own. Hana walked over to her and handed her the wireless phone.

"Arisa-chan it's your mom."

She took the phone gingerly in her hands, since when did we get a phone…?

"Hey mom," she greeted, somewhat awkwardly.

At first, there was a silence then her mom greeted her as well. Arisa had always been quite open with her parents so her first question was obviously, "Mom, since when did we have a phone?"

The woman snickered and answered her question, then wasted no time to talk about her main reason for calling.

"Arisa-chan, you made friends besides Kuukai-kun right?"

At first, she hesitated, suspicious of her mom. Then she replied with a simple yes.

"Are any of them female?"

Busted; suddenly remembering, her mom DID tell her to make an effort of making female friends…but she did!

"Yes; two of them!" She didn't really count Rima, Amu or Yaya as her friends yet. First of all, she never really liked Amu all that much, Rima thought she was boring and she just never really spoke to Yaya.

There was another silence from the other end, just as Arisa was going to say something her mother cut her off, "You know it wouldn't kill you to make more girl friends."

Arisa scowled, knowing this lecture by heart by now, "But it could internally scar me for life," she responded, while rolling her eyes.

She heard her mom sigh, "Arisa-chan, you've nearly blown the house up on multiple occasions and you won't take that chance?"

The girl gave an exasperated sigh as she took a bite of the toast sitting on the plate, "Seriously mom, I thought you'd be happy that I made even one girl friend, but I guess not."

Her mother sighed as well, "Arisa-chan, just try a little harder. I'll see you later."

"Bye mom…"

Arisa handed the phone back to Hana who took it to another room without uttering a word to her. The young girl finished Rento's breakfast and proceeded back up the stairs to pack up her things for school.

On her wait up the wooden stairs, she walked past Kuukai who was wearing a simple long sleeved shirt along with the same pants from earlier.

"What's with the lack of a uniform?" Arisa asked, dismissing the memory of that morning from her mind.

"It's a Guardian and ex-Guardian retreat today! So you don't need to wear your uniform today," his cheeks turned pink for a moment, he probably remembered, she thought, blushing herself.

A tense silence followed then Arisa announced that she'd go and change and awkwardly walked around Kuukai, dashing up the stairs.

She crashed through the bedroom door, slamming it shut behind her and dived into her bed, blushing like mad.

"Uwaa…stupid Kuukai…"

Arisa laid in bed until Koorei floated over to her and simply kicked her until she got up, which wasn't too long. She sat up and looked at the clock.

Another day, another morning rush.

She ran over to the dresser where she had placed her clothes in, and pulled out a plain, grey long sleeved shit, a royal purple t-shirt, a pair of light brown cargo pants and put them on as quickly as she could. The weather was beginning to cool down, so she had to stop wearing t-shirts wherever she went or else she'd catch a cold.

She grabbed all the papers off the desk and shoved them into the briefcase, disregarding if they were important or not.

Just as she was leaving the room, she grabbed her camoflaudge baseball cap and the pouch containing her two eggs. As she ran down the stairs Koorei floated by her, mentally preparing himself for chara-change.

She wasted no time putting her shoes on and just as she opened the door, she called to the family, "I'm leaving!"

The four stopped whatever they were doing and stared at her. She waited for a response but gave up and continued out the door.

"A-Arisa!" Kuukai called after her, quickly grabbing his skateboard and dashing after her.

As he slammed the door shut behind him, the remaining four family members sighed in unison, "So energetic in the morning," then returned to…whatever they were doing before.

-

Kuukai set his skateboard down on the cement sidewalk and jumped onto it, quickly accelerating, until he caught up to her.

"Arisa, wait up!" He called. She was already at the first cross walk, so if he didn't hurry up he'd loose her in the massive crowds of people.

Exhaling deeply he called to Daichi, "Daichi! Chara-change!" The little guardian did as he was told and suddenly a star clip appeared in the soccer player's hair and his skateboard lifted slightly off the ground and raced ahead until he was side by side the still sprinting girl.

"Seriously Arisa, what's the rush?" The white goggles and gloves were on, indicating her chara change. She sprinted around people, until she reached the school grounds, with Kuukai cruising alongside her.

Once they reached the gate, they were both panting, bent over and trying to catch their breaths. Kuukai was about to ask her again, but before he could, she sped into the school grounds, past all the present students and through the door.

He sighed and leaned against the school gate, admitting his defeat, Might as well just wait out here for her, he thought.

Even though the bell still had not rung, Arisa barged through the front doors of the school, to her destination. She sped up the stairs and through the hallways receiving strange looks from the teachers and staff she had passed by. Finally she stopped in front of her classroom 'Star Class 6' and pulled the door open.

From the first impression, she expected Nikaidou to fall under a pile of monstrous textbooks, but when the door slammed against the wall, she looked up and saw Nikaidou sensei, without his glasses on, and a woman about his age with burgundy hair under him, leaning against his desk. His hands were…not where they were supposed to, and basically, they looked like they were about to do something very…inappropriate for grade school.

"H-Hoshiwa-san, this isn't what it—"

Before he could finish his sentence a certain blue-eyed 4th grader walked by, carrying several books and papers in his hands. When he glanced into the room, his jaw dropped along with the books he was carrying.

"K-Kairi!" The woman called.

His eyes widened, causing his glasses to slip down his nose, "N-nee-san? What are you doing awake so early in the morning? Didn't you have a hangover last night?"

Arisa sighed, "Dude; we just caught my teacher and your sister making out and that's all you worry about?"

Kairi, who was surprisingly as tall, but almost taller then her, sent her a stern look and responded, "It's not normal, and she's my sister so I'll worry about what I want with her!"

As the duo sent glares to each other, the couple in the classroom, stood up and straightened their clothes, keeping a safe distance from each other.

"And what are you doing here so early in the morning anyway?" Arisa demanded.

"I could say the same to you! You don't exactly look like the one who loves school, or is any good at it for that matter," Kairi shot back.

"Eat fist four-eyes! Nobody breaks my best friend's heart and gets away that easily!!" Arisa suddenly cried.

Even their charas had caught their fighting spirit and began a rough wrestle with each other. Arisa had acknowledged Kairi's chara the first time they had met, and learnt his name after Koorei had called him some appalling names.

Just as Arisa was about to plant a rather frightening punch into the younger boy's face, Nikaidou gave an attention seizing cough, which made the duo turn their heads over to look at him.

"Hoshiwa-san, did you need something?" he asked, putting his glasses back on.

Her face instantly brightened as she released Kairi from her vice grip on his collar, "My homework; I finished it!"

She riffled through the books of her bag, then her hand finally emerged with a thick packet of paper stapled together at the corner,

He sent her a satisfied smile and took it gingerly in his hands, "Thank you Hoshiwa-san, now you have permission to go on the retreat with the Guardians today."

Arisa let out an excited cry, then waved her teacher farewell.

"I'll finish up with you," she pointed an angered finger at Kairi and glared, "later."

She ran down the hallway and exited the building to find Kuukai sitting against the gate, awaiting her arrival.

"Hello there, since you look satisfied can you tell me what the hell happened to you?" He asked, standing up and brushing the dirt off his pants.

She sent him a playful smile, "It's a secret! ~" causing the Souma to scowl and walk after her after had had ran ahead in the direction of the Royal Garden.

When they finally arrived, Arisa crashed through the door of the Royal Garden, riding Kuukai's skateboard and slammed into a bush, falling over and sending Kuukai's skateboard flying, until it broke…well whatever it was it sounded expensive.

All the Guardians were there to witness this freakishly amazing crash, and ran over to her to make sure she was still alive.

"Arisa-san!" Tadase called in concern.

Kuukai pulled her up by the arm after retrieving his skateboard and pulled some stray twigs and leaves she had gained from the crash.

"I'm okay! And Kuukai, next time I ask you if I could ride your skateboard, say no," Arisa scolded, as she attempted to regain her balance.

"But," She continued, "I'm going to end up riding it anyway," the young girl smiled and walked over to Tsukiga and Shinyu who were waiting for her.

"Ne, now that Arisa-chan and Kuukai are here, we can go right?" Yaya chirped, jumping up and down from excitement.

Nagihiko responded with a nod and gathered everyone at the front of the Royal Garden.

After clarifying some instructions or 'guidelines' they set off, walking together in the direction of the large dome, Tokyo Arena.

Arisa ran ahead of the group, clearly hyper and the most enthusiastic after learning that they were going on a skating trip. She kept telling the group to hurry up until they finally arrived at the large dome.

She sped inside, down the numerous flights of stairs and called to the familiar girl behind the countertop.

"Sachiko-senpai, size five skates for your new favourite customer!" She called, sitting on the countertop.

"My Arisa-chan, ditching school already?" She laughed, heading to the back to the room where the skates are kept. She was wearing a thick sweater covered in black and blue polka dots, along with a simple navy scarf around her neck.

Arisa glanced closer into the little office and saw a pile of used Kleenexes in the lavender waste bin next to the chair she was found sitting in.

"What about you? Aren't you supposed to be in school too?" Arisa asked.

The older girl returned with a pair of skates in hand and a tissue at her nose, "I thought it was obvious," she threw the tissue onto the ever-increasing pile and continued, "I caught the cold, so my dad said I could work."

Hesitating for a moment Arisa finally spoke, "But shouldn't you be resting at home?"

"Nah, my dad thinks I heal better when I'm around the rink. It's not the same as back home, but its cool enough," Sachiko shrugged and walked to the back on the room again. After waiting for several minutes, Arisa hopped off the counter and walked over to the benches to put her skates on.

Just before she began, the rest of the group entered the rink, chatting amongst themselves. After Kuukai, Nagihiko and Tadase received their skates, she watched as Amu, Yaya and Rima converse with Sachiko over the fashion magazine she was previously reading.

They laughed and giggled as they flipped through the pages and by the time they were finished Arisa had brushed them off and finished typing her skates.

The three other female Guaridnas kept talking and talking, but as they did, Arisa couldn't help but feel a bit left out. As a life-long tomboy (thanks to someone by the name of Hiro) she was normally left out of female related conversations and recently wished to be part of them. Who knows, if she were about to dye her hair's a different colour, it'd be…interesting.

Soon after, Kuukai sat down next to her along with Nagihiko and Tadase.

She watched in awe as Nagihiko conversed with the girls, submitting a comment every so often. Arisa sighed in defeat, even an actual boy can be around girls easier than me.

When she fastened the final lace of her skates, she stood up and adjusted her shirt and glanced down at Kuukai.

His leg was propped on the bench as he tugged and tugged at his laces. She silently laughed to herself then walked over to him and sat down on the floor in front of him.

He sent a look of confusion at her as she forcefully pulled his foot to the floor until it was nestled comfortably between her legs.

"You're really slow you know," she stated, pulling on his laces and gaining progress much quicker than him.

He gave a grunt in response and turned his head to the side, blushing slightly, recalling the previous events when they went to the rink together.

As she worked through his laces, she heard whispers that she hears a little too often for her liking.

"He he, they're so cute together!"

She grumbled bitterly to herself and tugged extra hard on one of his laces, causing the Souma to give out a small yelp in surprise.

"Violent today," he grumbled.

Once she finished, she stood up and stretched, her muscles irritated from being bent over for so long.

As she stood up properly, she noticed a figure coming out of the dressing rooms, putting on a pair of black gloves. Arisa instantly recognized her for her long blonde hair, but it was now pulled back in a low ponytail, and the usual gold on her clothes. But this time, she was wearing all black, with gold accents.

When she walked past her, they exchanged a quick glanced, then looked away. Rika walked over to the ice and leaned against the wall separating the ice and the floor with a dazed expression on her face.

Finally, the gate to the ice opened, and Rika stepped onto the ice, gliding gracefully. Arisa looked back at her friends who were long ready, and motioned them to follow her onto the ice.

Tsukiga had an almost nauseous expression on her face when she shakily stepped onto the ice.

"Tsu-chi, are you okay?" Arisa asked, supporting her by the arms. She nodded shakily and tried steadying herself, until she was able to skate properly.

Arisa was one of the best skaters, but directly after receiving the comment from Negihiko, Kuukai decided otherwise.

"Fujisaki-kun; what about me? Aren't I the best skater?" He cried, imitating a humorous form of distress.

Nagihiko have a small, apologetic smile and tilted his head to the side, "Sorry, Souma-kun, but Arisa-chan is just better than you," Arisa playfully stuck her tongue out at him and skated ahead leaving him to silently fume.

"I'll show her," he declared, speeding up to her, as she was with Shinyu and Tsukiga by the wall. He suddenly stopped directly in front of them, sending a spray of shredded ice landing all over her cargo pants. While Shinyu yelped in freight and raised her hands in defence, Arisa fumed, "Hilarious Souma, I heard black goes with green, so let's make you pretty and add a black eye to those sorry green ones of yours!"

She chased him relentlessly around the ice, shouting random threats at him.

Then, eventually she opted to doing what she does best; she pushed forward as quickly as she could, and pounced onto him sending both of them, sliding until they came to a crashing stop against the wall.

"Kuukai; I'm got blades on the bottom of my feet, so it'd be a lot smarter to never do that ever again."

All and every innocent bystanders can feel the anger radiating off her.

"Take your demotion like a man, why don't you!" She cried, wrestling with him.

He gritted his teeth and shoved her off, "Well stop taking your 'promotion' so greatly since we never even duelled." He stated boldly.

She recovered and stood up, crossing her arms, "Souma Kuukai, are you challenging me?"

His lips tugged upwards into a playful grin, "Maybe I am hime-chan." (Princess)

The remaining Guardian's mouths formed the shape of an O and "Oooooh-ed" knowing how Arisa hated being called anything girly. Actually; she already hated people calling her 'Arisa-chan', so 'hime-chan' was going to blow her roof off.

"One round around the ice," she told him venomously, glaring daggers at the smirking boy.

He nodded and grinned even wider while she sported a dark scowl on her face and skated over to the start line they have selected. They had forced Rika to judge, having met the Guardians once before and being easily persuaded by Kuukai.

They took their positions and prepared themselves for when they would give the signal.

"Prepare to eat your words Souma."

"Right after I show your pretty ass up, hime-chan."

Arisa hissed and held her remarks back, knowing they'll easily distract her.

"GO!" Yaya cried and the duo sped from the line across the ice in a flash. When Arisa raced someone, the same rule applies; blink and you miss the entire thing.

After staring for about ten seconds, they were on the other end of the ice, not even breaking a sweat.

"So Rika-san, who won?" Arisa asked, after smacking Kuukai on the arm.

The blonde gave a devastated stare and was silent for a moment, and then she blinked lamely and finally said, "I…have no clue."

Kuukai and Arisa recommenced glaring at each other and growled at the same time, "Rematch; you better not chara change, cheater."

They sped back to the starting line and went again…and again, and again.

At first, it was best 2 out of 3, but soon, best 2 out of 3 became best 3 out of 5, and 3 out of 5 quickly became best out of 15 out of 17.

Finally, they collapsed against the wall in exhaustion, panting.

Rika had gone back to absentmindedly skating, and twirling around the ice as the rest of the Guardians approached them.

Shinyu heaved a sigh, "See Nagihiko-kun? This is what happens when you say one of them is better than the other."

He gave an apologetic look at the two, but they were too busy glaring at each other to notice.

Tsukiga sighed too, holding onto the wall for support, "I never thought it'd come down to it, but I have an idea to solve this," she said, shoving roughly past Kairi, not even acknowledging him.

Chocolate brown eyes and neon green ones stared into her bright orange orbs as they both asked simultaneously, "How?"

"Rock, paper, scissors of course," she said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

At first they gave a blank stare, but recommenced glaring at each other, placing their hands out with their palms up, preparing for the simplest game of rock, paper, scissors.

Too bad they never noticed how it has nothing to do with skating.

Hiro, who Arisa's mom overheard, told Kuukai's mom, who Kuukai over heard, the weakness that would come to her downfall. (Yes, everyone's pretty insane at the moment) Arisa Hoshiwa; loves sharp things and would obviously choose scissors.

"Rock! Paper! Scissors!" They cried together, and placed their hand symbol down on their palms.

Kuukai; rock.

Arisa; scissors.

Her eyes widened in shock, but quickly overcome the defeat and lunged onto him, "I'm still better than you!!"

They fought (yes, again) until Arisa sat atop him. Just as she was going to voice yet another nasty remark, she caught sight of Rika who was skilfully spinning on the spot with her leg raised up in the air. She finished her spin gracefully and glanced over at the group.

Their eyes connected and Arisa's eyes, darted away and went back to Kuukai, "Just…I'm going to show you, I'm better than you."

She got off his torso and skated a bit ahead on her own.

Before Kuukai could go after her, he was pulled aside by Amu and Yaya, so they could catch up. After sending a worried glance at the girl, he complied and put on a bright smile.

Arisa's mind wandered and she couldn't help but sometimes stare at Rika. The blonde, danced gracefully around the ice, sometimes jumping or spinning and finishing gracefully with her arms stretched out.

Seeing Rika figure skate knocked one of Arisa's long forgotten memories back into her head. The memories she had when she watched girls figure skate and laugh with each other at practices.

She had thought of trying figure skating, and being able to dance on the ice since her relatives weren't very impressed with her hockey skating, saying she's 'good.' But Arisa always wanted better than good, so she thought of figure skating so that she'll be recognized for once.

But the only problem that held her back was that she was scared. Yes; she was scared. She was most comfortable with her hockey skates and figure skates always strangled the life out of her feet.

'If I could figure skate…then maybe I'd be a little more female…but the outfits are so girly.'

She felt a shiver sun up her spine, but shrugged it off.

But over by the bleachers where Arisa had left her pouch and eggs, a curious white egg peeked out and floated out of the bag and in the direction on the ice rink.

Kuukai had long left the girls and trailed after Arisa, searching for a sign of her being…emotionally stable, eventually, he just gave up and skated over to the boys who were skating ideally discussing several Guardian related matters.

Arisa gloomily circled the ice, deep in her thoughts.

'Even if I do become good at figure skating, nobody will take me seriously in every other sport ever again. That's what always happens. Girls and sports like that are always treated girlier than most. And my well earned tomboy reputation would be destroyed, obliterated, extinguished, and any other word for destruction.'

She rambled on in her mind, until she opted to sitting down on the bleachers.

Almost directly above her, a crystal white egg with light blue designs on it floated, relaxed. Just then, it cracked open and a small girl with her sky blue hair pulled back and held with a clip. She giggled and floated closer to her owner.

Her thought continued, but was suddenly interrupted when she heard a voice.

"If you want to figure skate, then go! From one of the boys to your own girly self! Dancing, ribbons, bows, chara-change!"

Arisa's eyes flew open, here it goes again.

A checkered purple and white scarf around her neck along with fingerless gloves similar to Koorei suddenly appeared. Her legs unwillingly dashed over to Sachiko who was sitting boredly behind the counter. Arisa sprang onto the counter and hastily pried the laces of her skates off.

"Arisa…are you okay?" The older girl had asked.

An exuberant smiled appeared on Arisa's face as she giggled--Yes; giggled, and responded, "Sachi-chan, I need figure skates on the double!"

Sachiko' teal blue hair had hung in her face, and was quickly blown aside as she stood and took Arisa's removed hockey skates and returned with a pair of white figure skates, yawning.

"I don't know what Kuukai-kun is feeding you, but here you go," she said lazily, handing them to Arisa.

Arisa took the skates and bounded over to the bleachers and tied them as quickly and as tight as she could. Eventually, she finished and ran back to the ice, almost tripping.

She stared down at her feet and pushed forward. For the entire period of time, she couldn't think. It was like something was capturing all her panicked thoughts and making sure they never got out.

After getting the hang of the figure skates, she sped forward for a jump she had once learnt; the waltz jump.

It was vague but this unknown force seemed to understand it perfectly. She picked up speed and had acquired the curious gaze of the Guardians, while Rika tried her best to ignore the girl.

Arisa spun, twiled, and danced around the ice, until she was pulled aside by the ever-popular Souma.

"Arisa, I never knew you could figure skate. Are you feeling okay?" He asked, with his hand on her arm, gripping her slightly. She let loose another giggle and responded, "I'm fine Kuukai-kun! How are you doing?"

She folded her hands together and bent over slightly batting her eyelashes, giving him the most innocent and…girly look he has ever seen.

"I'm…fine. But you're the one who's acting weird, Ari-kun," Kuukai told her, leaning back slightly, now uncomfortable.

She giggled, again, "Kuukai-kun you can call me Arisa-chan if you'd like."

Kuukai couldn't help but gulp nervously, clearly uncomfortable with the current situation. She pressed herself closer to him as he slowly backed away. Arisa's hand wandered onto his own, while a wolf whistle could be heard from across the rink. (coughShinyu)

Shinyu had been greatly interested with the duo since Arisa reappeared on the ice. She was leaning forward in anticipation, and acquiring strange stares from Tsukiga.

Then all of the sudden, the scarf and gloves disappeared and Arisa regained her senses. She stared wide-eyes at the Souma she had gotten so close to and instinctively…punched him in the stomach.

He swiftly dodged her sudden attack, but when she spun around on her skates, she sent another punch upwards to his chin. The punch successfully connected and left Kuukai on the ice; down for the count.

The rest of the Guardians rushed over, along with Arisa who fell to her knees and shook him by the arm, pulling him up.

"Sorry Kuukai! I-it was an accident!" She cried.

For a moment, he felt his chin and flexed his jaw, receiving a cracking sound. He smiled contently, the stared at her, "How was that an accident? You punched me in the face!"

Arisa looked away sheepishly and muttered, "That's just 'cause you dodged the first punch.

Kuukai scowled, and looked at Arisa's apologetic face, then burst out laughing.

"You're lucky I can't hit a girl," he teased.

"Even if you do, who says you'll be able to hit me?" She shot back, sticking her tougne out and resuming her tomboy personality.

The Guardians laughed while Shinyu sobbed, "But Arisa-chan was going to kiss him…" This caused Arisa to fume, "Do you want me to punch you in the face too?"

Shinyu quickly skated off, as far away from Arisa as possible. Arisa sighed and averted her attention back to Kuukai. "Sorry…" she muttered.

"So why did you punch me to begin with?"

Arisa paused to think about it, then replied, sounding unsure of herself, "…Instinct?"

Less than a moment later, they all burst out laughing. A loud bell rand through their ears, causing some of them to flinch, and signalling the end of the skating.

They exited the ice laughing, and removed their skates. As they returned them, Sachiko leaned forward, over the counter and placed her hand on Arisa's forehead. Feeling the coolness of her skin, she pulled her hand away and told her, "You were acting really weird, so I thought I have you my cold."

A playful punch landed on Arisa's upper arm, "I told you so," Kuukai said.

She punched him back and looked around, above her, what WAS that?

After walking a small part of the way home with the Guardians, Kuukai and Arisa turned down his street after waving their friends goodbye.

They passed by several houses, and a playground, similar the one Arisa had run off to the other say. She cringed at the memory.

A boy with light brown hair and a simple green sweater passed by, with a German Shepherd pulling eagerly on his leash as he passed by Arisa. The large dog, sniffed around her legs, causing the girl to acknowledge his presence and stop to look at him.

The boy sent a small smile, and waved to his dog, giving the girl permission to pet him.

As Arisa bent over to pet the large dog, who was happily licking at her face, she subconsciously thought, Cute dude…

From that point, she just dismissed it as one of her pointless comments and commenced rubbing the dog behind his ears.

After, she glanced up at the other boy, who smiled at her; she smiled as well as feeling a slight tingle in her chest. She instinctively smiled and stared into his bright turquoise eyes. Kuukai watched as her face tinted a light shade of pink, as she smiles. After an agonizingly long time (for Kuukai) and after the boy's dog had calmed down, they parted ways.

After the encounter, Kuukai was strangely silent. But he wasn't alone; Arisa was too busy contemplating on the boy earlier.

Who was that guy anyway? I had no idea who he was, but I thought he was cute? I'm being such a slut today…

In the distance, the white egg, followed. The chara peeked out of her egg and sighed, "Mou…slow down girly."

-

Kuukai unlocked the door, giving a shove to open and called to no one in particular, "We're home!"

Receiving a silence as he took his shoes off, he wandered around the house, as Arisa trailed him. They wandered into the kitchen, and found yet another note on the table.

Out for errands. Your brothers are upstairs, dinners in the fridge.

Kuukai crumpled the note in his fist and shrugged, making his way over to the fridge, only to find Arisa, bent over staring intently into it.

As he approached her, she suddenly shot out of the fridge and stood up straight with a water bottle in her hand.

"I like your fridge, lots of good food," she joked, unscrewing the bottle with ease.

He shrugged and pushed past her, grabbing a bottle for himself. He made his way up the stairs. Instinctively, Arisa followed him step by step until they reached halfway up the stairs, when he turned to look at her.

"I'm guessing you have nothing better to do?" He asked.

She shrugged and nodded.

He led her to his room and knelt down next to his bed. Arisa did the same and stared curiously at him. His arms snaked under the bed and stayed down there, forcing Arisa to wait in anticipation.

"Come on! What is it??" She demanded. Her arms shot underneath the bed and felt around until she felt the warmth of his skin against hers. But then her hands came in contact with a box and inside the box…

"KYAAAAA!!!" She squealed, pulling on the box onto her lap. Laid out before her was a vast collection of the one other thing she has learnt to adore (besides sports and food). She had knocked the box over and scattered around her were the greatest collection of video games she has ever seen.

Kuukai quickly covered his ears from the sudden noise and laughed at her reaction.

Arisa scrambled to pick up as many of the cases as she could at once and stare at them all with adrenaline shining in her eyes. Soon the room was filled with shouts of excitement coming from the girl.

After watching her scramble through each case, he reached under his bed and pulled out an orange game controller and tossed it at her.

Her eyes widened and stared at him in disbelief. Kuukai shrugged in response, "It's in Unkai's room so be careful." Arisa laughed and grabbed as many games as she could and dashed off into the direction of the older blonde's room.

After slamming the door behind her, Kuukai kicked the remaining cases back underneath his bed and yawned, bringing his hand up to his forehead.

Even before his hand landed on his skin, he could feel the heat radiating off it and when he did feel his skin, it was burning. He already began to feel light headed and his throat was itching every time he spoke.

Running a hand through his hair, frustrated, he walked over to the lights by the door way and flicked them off, listening to Arisa arguing her way into Unkai's room to play.

Once he reached his bed, he collapsed and everything went black.