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THIS STORY IS RATED T FOR LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SO BEWARE OF THE LANGUAGE!

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You guys have excellent timing by the way, I was so sad because of this little problem I have with this creepy stalker dude and when I read your reviews I just wanted to gather all of you up in a big crowd in front of me, make my arms all long and stretchy then give all of you a big old bear hug!

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Taking One for the Team

CHAPTER 9: Write it Down, You Psycho Path!

SATURDAY

HINAMORI RESIDENCE, 08:15 HOURS

"I just don't get it," Rima sighed as she stirred the sugar into her coffee. She leaned on the counter In front of the microwave lazily.

"Don't get what?" Amu asked taking a sip of her coffee and staring at her best friend. She sat at the wooden dining table not too far away with Ami happily sitting across from her.

"Nagihiko, my head keeps thinking about him," Rima sighed frustrated. She dropped the spoon in the sink and plopped down in the seat next to Amu.

"Maybe you like him," Ami sighed as she dropped her head onto the table in exhaustion.

"Are you mental?" Rima snapped, "I don't like him!"

"How come?" Ami inquired gazing up at Rima with pure curiosity in her eyes.

"Because he…..is….is…evil! Yes he's evil! Plus, I hate him!" Rima reasoned.

"Whatever," Ami muttered. She pushed herself away from the table and rose up from the chair, "I am going back to bed,"

"Don't forget, it's your turn to wash the dishes," Amu reminded her sister sweetly.

"I know, sis. Do me a favor and wake me up if I am not up by 12:00,"

"Okay, not intending to sleep late this Saturday?" Amu inquired.

"Nah, I have a date," Ami groaned.

"You don't seem too pleased about it," Rima observed.

"I'm only eleven and all these guys like me, I tell ya, it's a sin to be beautiful," She grumbled as she trudged off down the hall.

"Your sister is something else you know," Rima chuckled.

"I know," Amu sighed, "remember when we were that age?"

"You were a little emo kid," Rima recalled with a laugh.

"And you were a cute, quiet, and misunderstood clown," Amu shot back.

"Yup indeed I was,"

"By the way I was not Emo, I was punk,"

"Same thing, darling."

"No, no, no, it is not the same thing. Do not confuse them or you'll get stabbed by the emo gods, I assure you." Amu joked.

Rima looked at her and laughed, and then Amu couldn't help but join in. The two of them stayed there laughing their teenage asses off until Rima remembered her issue and sighed.

"Why did you kill the mood?" Amu asked.

"Because, I hate thinking about Nagihiko! Last night I even chased away a girl!"

"Oh you naturally hate whores," Amu reminded Rima.

"Yeah well, every time he says something to me, I like…I sort of….uh…..well I think about it…a lot. Way more than I think about what Ikuto or Kukai says to me! I think of all the things It could mean, and what he meant, and why and…."

"Oh my god," Amu breathed. Rima snapped her head in Amu's direction and glared.

"What?"

"You really do like him; look…you have that soft gentle expression when you talk about him!"

"What is wrong with you?" Rima exclaimed, "How dare you suggest that I….."

"Okay fine then you're attracted to him."

"I'm attracted to a lot of people, it's nothing special."

"Like?" Amu asked suddenly interested.

"Kukai," Rima said haughtily, "I am attracted to Kukai,"

"Oh really now?"

"Yes, I mean he's hot, and every time he takes his shirt off it's like….." She didn't finish her sentence she only turned red and drooled.

"Well that's physical attraction and we've already established that you feel different when interacting with Kukai and interacting with Nagihiko."

"So that doesn't mean I like him!"

"Fine," Amu groaned, "when Kukai hugged you after the game, what did you do?"

"I hugged him back,"

"What if it was Nagihiko….what would you have done,"

"Disintegrated,"

"Why is that?"

"I DUNNO AMU!" Rima shouted, "I'm kind of trying to figure that out!"

"You like him! Admit it, you are totally head over heels in love with him!"

"I do not like Nag-evil!"

"You do!"

"I don't!"

"Rima, I am your best friend believe me when I say, you Mashiro Rima are in love with Fujisaki Nagihiko!"

"I am not!"

"You are!"

"Okay maybe just a little,"

"You ar-WHAT!" Amu screamed nearly waking up the entire neighborhood.

"I said maybe I am…..just a little," Rima replied blushing, "I dunno it's just….he is like prince charming."

"Oh my god," Amu whispered blushing, "Prince charming? That's deep,"

"Seriously, I mean like when mama was beating me he came to my rescue, and he wipes my face if there is sauce all over it, he calls me pretty and he….oh my gosh Amu I like him!" Rima freaked out standing up abruptly and screaming.

"Rima, calm down, calm down, look I know just what to do, okay? It will all be alright!" Amu assured her standing up and gripping onto her shoulders.

Amu lead Rima upstairs to her room and to the back of her closet. She searched every coat and picked out a random green one, she checked it's pocket and pulled out a small pink dairy with a darker pink heart on it.

"This," Amu said pointing to it, "Is Mama's love journal, she and her friend in high school recorded all their lovey dovey feelings in it, to let it out."

"Why?" Rima questioned.

"because it makes you feel better, I did it too. It has all my feelings for Tadase and Ikuto in it,"

"Wow," Rima breathed grasping the book in her hands, "Wait what? Tadase!"

"I'll explain some other time, look, write down your feelings for Nagihiko in it, you can read mine too I don't mind," Amu said closing the closet.

"Thanks," Rima whispered.

O.O.O.O

04/05

Monday

It's the first day of school and I met this dazzling guy. He reminded me of prince charming it's a shame he doesn't know I exist

-Hinamori Midori

05/07

Friday

I always thought that I hated Ikuto yet…he makes me feel so warm inside. It makes me cry to know that he is just playing with me. Yet when he is around me I can't help but feel like jumping around and screaming joyfully.

-Hinamori Amu

06/ 15

Tuesday

Summer vacation has begun and Hikaru-kun and his friends are going to a villa on the beach, I overheard them. I really wish I could go with them.

-Hiroshima Sayuri

06/ 21

Monday

My prince charming invited me and Sayuri to go with him and his friends to his villa! It seems he has an interest in me. Nothing can bring me down now!

-Hinamori Midori

04/ 12

Monday

The second semester has already begun and Ikuto continues to play with me! On the bright side, there is this guy Hotori Tadase that seems to distract me from Ikuto. Maybe I don't really like Ikuto after all! Maybe he is the one I like!

-Hinamori Amu

Rima continued to read Amu's mother's entries and her friend's entries and Amu's as well, before she gathered up all her courage and wrote down some feelings of her own. Amu sat down on her desk flipping through her text book in a perplexed manner. Rima stared at her friend as she lay on her stomach on the plush pink bed. She looked at the journal and stared at the blank page. Slowly, she began to write.

Saturday

So it's the day after the big game and I think I've just realized that I like Nagihiko. Like like. I'm totally freaking out here. I really like Nagihiko he gives me butterflies. That isn't something I get often. Even though I pretend to be all tough I really melt every time he touches or brushes up against me, and not to mention I mentally freak out when he talks to me. Though I am sure of my feelings for him I am not sure if I will do anything about it. He is graduating with us but…I can't imagine him being my boyfriend. I am happy with the way things are now, I guess.

-Mashiro Rima

Rima looked at her entry satisfied and closed the journal with a smile. All of a sudden loud rock music blasted though out the room. Rima scanned the room for the source and settled upon Amu's phone.

Amu lazily picked it up and flipped it open.

"Hello?" She huffed.

….

"Ikuto! Hi!"

…..

"What? Twelve? SURE! That's perfect!"

…...

"No, no, I am not going back to that café, the waitress is such a…."

…..

"I am not jealous she really is a…"

….

"Either we go somewhere else or I'm not coming,"

…..

"Well… get her fired or something I don't care, I just don't like her!"

...

"Great, the park then! Twelve o'clock sharp! Pick me up?"

….

"Alright bye bye!"

….

"Love you more!"

….

"No you're right you love me more,"

"Ikuto I have to study,"

….

"Fine goodbye! Mwah!"

Finally the pinkette hung up her phone and went back to studying, only this time with a huge smile on her face. Rima stared at her from the bed as if Amu had turned into a textbook herself and Rima was suddenly interested in her for research. She just stayed their frozen glaring at the happy bubble gum head.

"Amu," Rima finally said.

"Yup!" Amu asked all giddy.

"Do you two get grosser every day?"

O.O.O.O

SATURDAY

HINAMORI RESIDENCE, 18:15 HOURS

RIMA'S POV

"Yeah I tell you, Ikuto was just so sweet during lunch today," Amu chattered happily.

I swear to fucking god if she says another fucking word about fucking Ikuto I will fucking kill her!

Pardon my language. It's just that, you know when you have a friend that you care about deeply? She listens to your problems, you listen to hers, spend every second of the day together? Well when that friend goes on a lunch date for an hour comes home and doesn't stop talking about it until evening, how would you feel? You would wanna curse every fucking second, wouldn't you!

"Amu," I said sweetly.

"Yes?" She answered her cheeks as rosy as ever, her smile brighter than the ones on the Colgate commercial, and her eyes twinkling more than the big dipper.

Is this what love does to you?

"Can I borrow your hoops?" I sighed not wanting to ruin her mood. She nodded and handed me her thin black hoop earrings.

We were currently getting dressed for our very first After Match Party. Luckily for us this was said to be the biggest match Seiyo's ever won so the party is going to be the wildest Seiyo's ever seen.

I chose to wear my black skinny jeans, my almost plain white tee that fitted me a little tight with the words "shut up" in small black letters across my chest, black heels, and now, black hoop earrings. Of course I proudly let my blonde curls down.

"I just can't get over the fact that we actually picnicked in the park!" Amu squealed.

"Exciting isn't it? Imagine what else he has planned for the rest of your relationship," I muttered. Her eyes twinkled again as she slapped me really hardly and blushed.

"Oh, stop it!" She giggled.

"Amu that hurt," I groaned. Then she slapped me again!

"Seriously your making me blush!"

"Are you even hearing what I'm sayi-OW!"

"pshhh I'm so embarrassed!" She giggled yet again in her dazed mode. I slowly backed away from her and sat down on one of the bean bags flipping through one of her many mangas.

"Have any gag mangas?" I asked her.

No reply.

"Any gag mangas, Amu?"

Still no freaking reply.

"Amu, where are the rest of your mangas?"

No flipping reply!

"EARTH TO FRIGGING AMU!" I wailed as I turned around I saw Amu on the floor in a complete daze staring hazy eyed at her phone, "Amu what the hell?"

She blinked for a moment then looked at me. She looked like a wreck.

Then the scariest flipping moment of my life happened. I'm not even joking if I hadn't gone like 2 minutes ago I probably would've crapped myself. Horror movies can't compare to this trauma.

Amu charged at me! Like a flipping bull! She practically pounced on me viscously. I thought I was going to die! For a second I even thought she was possessed. The worst part was she was just in her pink skinny jeans and a bra.

"Rima look at my phone! LOOK AT IT NOW!"

"Amu calm the fuck down! You're freaking me out!" I wailed, but instead of her calming the heck down or getting off of me I found a strawberry colored cell phone shoved into my face. I sighed and looked at it. It was a message from Ikuto.

"Amu I had a really good time today. I just want you to know that I love you. I have never loved someone as much as I love you, Amu you are my…" I read out loud when suddenly the phone vibrated and startled by the sudden loud rock music I dropped it.

"WHO THE HELL IS IT?" Amu asked as she scrambled to pick It up, "Yaya, not only do you have bad timing! But as of now you are officially on my bad list!"

Then she hung up.

"Amu don't you think maybe you….."

Black dress with the tights underneath, I got the breath of a last cigarette on my teeth…..

"DON'T ANSWER THAT!" She growled, "Finish looking at the message!"

"You're a fricking psycho path!" I squealed. I grabbed her phone and looked at it, "Amu you are my first love. It ends there,"

"Yes! You see my dilemma?" She said ripping her hair out (not literally).

"NO I DON'T!" I screamed, "You fricking jumped on me for this!"

"He said first love!"

"And?"

"He's not my first love!"

Ohmyfuckinggodi'mgonnakillher!

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT! AMU YOU HAVE ISSUES! YOU PROBABLY MADE YAYA CRY!"

"You don't understand, Rima, I'm his first love! But guess who my first love is?"

"Who?" I asked annoyed.

"Tadase!" Amu squealed. I furrowed my brow.

"The only thing that is wrong with that is the fact that it's creepy, but if Tadase wasn't so gay there would be no problems with that at all! Ikuto's a fricking playboy! Of course this is his first love! You are a pure child obviously it's not yours! It's an unspoken fact!" I explained the best way I could.

"He hates Tadase! How am I supposed to tell him that he was my first love!"

"You don't!" I screamed, I glanced at the bed helplessly, and then I saw it! The love journal, I climbed on the bed despite Amu pulling on my leg trying to drag me back down, because she is in her psycho path mode. I managed to grab The Love Journal and fling it at her, "Here! Write it down!"

"But…."

"It will help." I said with a smile, "Look Ikuto doesn't expect you to say he is your first love and he isn't going to ask. So just enjoy being his first love and as for telling someone about Tadase, share it with the book."

Amu looked at me then smiled. She hugged me tightly, then grabbed the book and started writing. Suddenly the doorbell rung. I sighed and looked at the half naked child in front of me scribbling on the empty page all her emotions.

"When I come back here I expect you to be ready! It's already 6:30, the boys are coming for us in 10 minutes so put your damn shirt on and I'll go see who it is downstairs," I admonished. Amu nodded and smiled.

I live with a freaking crazy, psychotic, fanatical, pink-haired, spaz.

I ran down the stairs hastily then opened the front door roughly. There in front of me was Yaya, and Kukai.

"We tried calling twice," Kukai said awkwardly.

"Amu-chi seemed disturbed," Yaya said worriedly inviting herself in, "Is she okay?"

"Yeah, just a little tired….long day, you know?" I explained, "Come in, come in. She's just getting dressed, should be down in a sec."

"Okay," Kukai said as he entered the house closing the door behind him, "Sorry for the intrusion,"

"Not at all," I said sweetly, "Well it's not exactly my house, so you should say that to Amu."

"Rima-chi you look hot," Yaya said with a grin.

"Well you know, I try," I said blushing.

"Nice shirt," Kukai commented dryly.

"You know you love it," I teased sticking my tongue out at him."Yaya doesn't look bad either,"

She was wearing a pink and brown plaid skirt and a white tank top with brown metallic swirls on it. She completed the outfit with pink hair clips in her usually pig tails and brown ballet shoes.

"Yaya doesn't even need to try, she's naturally cute." Yaya squealed.

"'I can see that," I smiled. Then suddenly we heard jingling and at last Amu was ready.

"Okay, okay I am here!" She announced as she reached the bottom of the stairs.

She was wearing her pink skinny jeans, a black off-the-shoulder tee with a pink skull and bones across the top and a pair of black converse. She had a small gray purse around her shoulder and a black X clip in her hair. Her hair was down and covered her ears so I couldn't tell if she was wearing earrings or not.

"Sorry for the intrusion," Yaya and Kukai said at the same time.

"Ah, hey you guys!" Amu greeted. Before we could continue our conversation the doorbell rung, Amu ran hastily over to the door opened it slowly. There in the doorway stood Ikuto and Nagihiko.

"Let's go," They said in synch.

Both Amu and I blushed. Wait what? I freaking blushed!

This is going to be a long night.

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